At the end of November, the temperature in the capital should be below freezing. Xu Qi'an woke up to find a thin layer of ice on the water tank in the courtyard and deduced the temperature from that.

The Great Feng Dynasty dominated the Central Plains for six hundred years and claimed to be the legitimate ruler of the world. The climate in the capital should belong to a temperate continental monsoon climate.

In this type of climate, it would be very difficult to endure the winter without heating.

"In this era, it's only natural for people to freeze to death in winter. It's a matter of course," Xu Qi'an sighed in his heart.

He regretted that his knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry was not good enough to develop agriculture during this era of poor infrastructure and scarce resources, which could have benefited the people.

The sun in the sky hung high, and a beautiful girl led her five-year-old sister through the bustling streets of the city. Her exquisite eyes looked around, and a shallow smile hung on her delicately carved lips.

Her sister wore a light blue silk dress today, with blooming flower vines wrapped around her cuffs and collar. The loose sleeves added a touch of ethereal beauty to her.

Xu Qi'an couldn't help but think of the ancient beauties in his past life and compare them in his mind. The women's clothing in this era tended to be more conservative and less seductive than the ancient beauties.

"I suddenly thought of a way to make money. Can't I improve the clothes and make them more beautiful and alluring for women?" Xu Qi'an had a sudden inspiration.

In an instant, many revolutionary women's clothing designs flashed through his mind: hollowed-out designs, black silk, suspender stockings, and sexy open crotch panties...

Stop, stop...I'll be executed at the Wumen Gate!

The rumbling of carriages, the peddler's carrying goods, the hurried pedestrians, and the rows of shops...formed a vivid picture of an ancient market.

After a month of getting along, Xu Lingyue's impression of her cousin had changed a lot. It was no longer as distant as before.

Before, because of her aunt's influence, the original owner didn't like any of his two younger brothers and sisters except for Xiao Er Shu's little bean curd. At first, Xu Lingyue called him "big brother," but after being ignored many times, she just nodded and bowed her head when they met.

Now their relationship had improved a lot, but there was still a bit of unfamiliarity. The beautiful elder sister walked beside her younger sister, deliberately staying two steps away from Xu Qi'an.

Little bean curd was attracted by various things on the street and tried to break free from his sister's grasp several times, but she held him firmly.

"Candied hawthorns, candied hawthorns..." Little bean curd pointed to a peddler on the street and shouted.

"Don't you want your teeth anymore?" His sister scolded him and pulled her younger sister forward.

The Xu family had suffered a great disaster and was now penniless. They had been living a difficult life for the past month, and Xu Lingyue had no money to buy candied hawthorns for her sister.

Xu Qi'an walked behind them, looking at his sister, especially his elder sister, who had a tall figure and exuded the youthful and graceful charm of a teenage girl.

Her back was like a newly sprouted willow shoot, perhaps not as plump as a mature woman, but the youthful and lively charm was unique to girls of this age."Big brother, big brother..." Xiaodouding was in a hurry, his butt raised, and his feet plowed the ground to resist his sister's pulling.

Xu Lingyue bit her lip, with an anxious and annoyed expression.

"Big brother didn't bring silver, but we will soon have some..." Xu Qian signaled his younger sister to calm down. As he spoke, he stepped on a hard object under his foot and lowered his head to see that it was a dull-colored broken silver.

He bent down to pick it up and weighed it. It was indeed one qian.

In the past month, he had found silver too frequently.

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from bit.ly/3iBfjkV.

Xu Lingyue widened her eyes.

Found silver?!

Today's money for listening to music at the theater...calculating the time, he hadn't gone to the theater for two days because he hadn't found any money.

Xu Qian was somewhat happy. He pinched the broken silver and walked towards the hawker. "Give me three strings of sugar-coated haws."

"Okay," the dark-skinned hawker smiled and picked three strings. "Six copper coins."

The broken silver couldn't be used as change, so the hawker selling sugar-coated haws ran to a nearby store to break it and kept six for himself, returning 94 copper coins to Xu Qian and stringing them together with a thin rope.

In the currency system of Great Feng, one liang of silver equals eight qian equals 100 wen. Gold was a luxury item and not included in the currency system. Poor families might never come into contact with gold in their lifetime.

Xu Qian took the copper coins and sugar-coated haws and bit one string himself, then handed the other two strings to his two younger sisters.

Xu Lingyue received them gracefully and said softly, "Thank you, big brother."

She took a bite and enjoyed the sweet taste in her mouth. Her big eyes curved into crescents, the softness that could hit the hearts of straight men.

Xu Qian nodded and looked at Xiaodouding, who had already started eating.

"Big brother, is your sugar-coated haw sweet?" Xu Lingyin asked with her cheeks puffed, her words unclear.

"Do you want to try?" Xu Qian saw through the little girl's thoughts.

"Huh? How did big brother know?" Xu Lingyin was surprised that her thoughts were discovered by her big brother. He was really amazing.

Xu Qian chuckled, "If you eat too many sugar-coated haws, worms will grow in your mouth."

"What kind of worms?" Xiaodouding's little face showed alertness.

Xu Qian thought for a moment and described it to her, "It's the kind of white and fat, greasy worms."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his younger sister swallow her saliva.

Damn it...Xu Dalaong arched his hand towards her and handed her the sugar-coated haws.

Xu Qian led his two younger sisters to walk on the street, the bustling scenery of the capital passing by in his pupils, but he didn't feel particularly happy.

I found silver again...

This is not scientific!

As a graduate of the police academy, he was extremely sensitive to such unexplainable details.

"Could it be related to my crossing?" Xu Qian clearly remembered that before he crossed, he had not touched antiques or had his head patted by an old man.

"Is this my golden finger? But why do I find one qian of silver every day, coincidentally the money for listening to music at the theater? So, is it fate that I go to the theater every day?""First, let's find a way to break through to Qi Refining. For now, no matter what's wrong with my body, it's always good to go out and make some money."

"I'll level up first, then observe to see if there will be any changes. Also, I don't know where the ceiling of martial power is in this world. When my abilities become stronger, maybe I can figure out the reason for my strange luck."

Xu Qi'an remained vigilant about his strange luck. If it were a system, he would have welcomed it because it was within his understanding.

.......

There was a brothel on this street called "Guiyue Building," a third-class brothel.

Thanks to the teachings of Wang Butou and others, Xu Qi'an learned a lot of knowledge about brothels, greatly enriching his personal cultural background.

The suffix of a brothel can determine its grade. First and second-class brothels are mainly named with "courtyard," "hall," and "pavilion."

Third and fourth-class brothels are mostly named with "class," "building," and "store." ...Pay attention!

It wasn't even noon yet, and the girls in the brothel had opened for business early. Several beautiful girls in red and green leaned against the railing on the second floor, smiling and scrutinizing the passersby on the street.

When they saw someone they liked (wearing silk), they waved a colored handkerchief and coquettishly said, "Sir, come up for a drink."

....Even if it was a third-class brothel, it would cost two silver coins to enter and drink. Depending on the quality of the girl, the cheaper ones would cost around five or six coins, while the expensive ones would cost one or two taels. After pondering for a moment, Xu Qi'an confirmed that he couldn't afford it.

There was no need. He only had a few taels of silver on him. He looked at the birds and flowers on the second floor and sighed, "When I was young and wore thin clothes, I rode my horse on the bridge, and the red sleeves waved throughout the building!"

This was what all men dreamed of.

"Big brother, your poetic talent should be used in the right place," Xu Lingyue said lightly.

She tasted it silently in her heart, sighed silently, perhaps Uncle Er was right, Big Brother was the seed of reading.

"Big brother, the ladies upstairs are so beautiful," Little Dou Ding said crisply.

"Of course, those who do business must dress decently," Xu Qi'an replied.

"What kind of business is it?"

"Selling abalone."

"Abalone?" Little Dou Ding's eyes lit up, looking up at the brothel, not wanting to leave.

"Big brother!" Xu Lingyue stamped her foot and scolded Xu Qi'an for discussing these things with her younger sister.

Xu Qi'an turned his head and glanced at his sister. "Why are you angry? Did you understand my reference?"

Leaving the brothel behind, they passed by a fish meatball shop. The pervasive fragrance made Little Dou Ding's legs rooted to the spot.

Xu Lingyue glanced over there a few times, quietly swallowing her saliva. After being released from prison, the Xu family had a hard time, and sometimes they could only eat meat every three days.

When she was growing taller, her demand for food was great, especially for meat.

"Wait, big brother will buy it for you."The shop was small, with many people waiting in line to buy. Xu Qi'an asked his sisters to wait by the roadside and squeezed his way through.

"Big brother is really nice." Xiao Douding said while swallowing his saliva, looking at his sister.

Xu Lingyue held her younger sister's hand and looked at Xu Qi'an's back, her mouth unconsciously curling up.

Soon, Xu Qi'an bought three portions of fish meatballs, wrapped them in butter paper bags, and returned to see four or five followers surrounding Xu Lingyue, teasing her without touching her.

The sixteen-year-old beautiful girl was like a trapped deer, protecting herself while trying to break through the encirclement, but was always forced back by the followers.

She was so anxious that she was about to cry, her face full of fear.

The followers laughed heartily.

Beside them, a young man in brocade clothes was riding on a spirited horse, watching the scene like a spectator.

Xu Lingyin saw her sister being bullied, ran to the young man with her short legs, threw herself forward, turned her hands back, and then cried out "wah", launching a sound wave attack.

"Noisy." The young man instinctively raised the horse whip in his hand, suddenly stopped, and a cruel look flashed in his eyes. He pulled the reins and forced the spirited horse to lift its hooves and trample on Xu Lingyin.

Xu Lingyue let out a scream of despair.

PS: This chapter is 3,000 words long, and is a compensation for the late update.