There were quite a few families along the riverbank, and many children were still playing by the water at this time. It was easy to distinguish between the children of farmers and the wandering beggar children. Although the farmer's children were not wealthy and their clothes weren't clean—their faces and hands were dirty from playing, and their shirts were heavily worn—they at least wore complete outfits.
Beggars were different. Very few among them, like An Youyou, could master the skills of begging with such precision. Throughout the half-day of An Youyou's begging, Qin Huai saw more than one beggar anger people due to their clumsy speech, or fail to evoke enough sympathy, or be so pitiful that they upset benefactors, leading to beatings, insults, or even brutal attacks.
