Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

After finishing their meal, the Li Qingfeng brothers burped at the same time, looked at each other, and laughed at the same time.

The two brothers rested for a while, and Li Qingfeng said to his younger brother Qingshan: "Qingshan, let's not go forward today. Find a place nearby to stay for a day."

Li Qingshan said, "I understand, brother."

Li Qingfeng thought for a while and then spoke again: "Qingshan, we are out of salt now. Wait here for a while. I will go to the nearby village to ask where the nearest town is. Then we will see if it is far away. If it is far, we can go together. If it is close, I can go alone."

After hearing this, Li Qingshan said, "Brother, can you go alone?"

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Why not? Besides, if we both go, what if someone else steals the cart and the things on it?"

Li Qingshan nodded and said, "Okay! Brother, you have to be careful!"

Li Qingfeng said, "I know. I'll go now! Qingshan, if I don't come back for a long time, I must be going to the city to buy things. Don't worry about me just because I haven't come back for a long time."

Li Qingshan nodded, his eyes red as he said, "I understand, brother."

Li Qingfeng rubbed his brother's head and said, "Qingshan, you have to be careful here. If you see someone, hide first and don't meddle in other people's business."

"Yeah." Li Qingshan nodded heavily.

Seeing that his brother had taken his words to heart, Li Qingfeng picked up a backpack and headed north.

Li Qingfeng walked alone for about twenty minutes. When passing by a small mountain village, he first observed and saw people walking around in the village. The atmosphere in the village was pretty good, so he slowly walked towards the village.

Before entering the village, he ran into a big man carrying a hoe and preparing to go to the fields. Before Li Qingfeng could ask any questions, the big man asked with a scrutinizing look: "Who are you and where are you from?"

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Brother, I came here to escape famine from Henan. I want to ask you where the nearest county town is."

The big man thought for a while, looked at Li Qingfeng again, and then said: "The nearest city to us is Handan. You can see it if you go more than 30 miles to the north." After that, he left without paying any attention to Li Qingfeng.

After hearing this, Li Qingfeng happily said to the big man, "Thank you, big brother." Then he walked in the direction the big man pointed.

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Li Qingfeng walked thirty or forty miles alone, which was quite fast. After walking for another twenty minutes, Li Qingfeng saw Handan City not far away, and there were many pedestrians coming in and out on the road.

Li Qingfeng was walking on the road, following the pedestrians forward, when he heard their conversation.

Pedestrian A said to Pedestrian B, "It's a good time for us to enter the city now. The Japanese in the city took the second Japanese to sweep the surrounding areas today. There are not many Japanese in the city and at the gate, and they are basically all second Japanese."

Pedestrian B said happily: "Then let's go into the city quickly, buy things and then go home quickly, otherwise we may come back after the Japanese raid." After that, the two of them hurried into the city.

Li Qingfeng also rushed to the city gate at this time. He saw that there were not many people guarding the gate. There were only three or four Japanese devils standing there listlessly. They just gave a casual inspection and it was over.

Li Qingfeng followed the team into the city. After entering, Li Qingfeng walked on the street and looked around, wanting to see what the city looked like at that time. After looking for a while, he didn't think it was very good. It felt average and rather dirty and messy.

When passing by a steamed bun shop, Li Qingfeng bought 20 meat buns and asked the seller, "Boss, where is this grocery store and the place selling livestock?"

The bun stand owner pointed with his finger and said, "Young man, if you go straight ahead and turn left, you will see a grocery store. The place that sells livestock is in the east of the city. You can go over and ask around and you will know."

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Thank you, boss."

The bun shop owner smiled and replied, "You're welcome!"

Li Qingfeng ate two meat buns first, and put the rest into the space when no one was paying attention.

Then I walked in the direction of the grocery store that the bun seller mentioned. I went in to take a look and found that the goods were quite complete, so I bought some more salt, various vegetable seeds and grain seeds, a box of cigarettes and matches. These cost me more than 20 French francs in total, and the kilograms of salt accounted for the majority of it.

After leaving the grocery store, Li Qingfeng lit a cigarette directly. He finally smoked a cigarette here, but there was no filter. He took a puff of the cigarette and his mouth was full of tobacco.

Li Qingfeng spat out the tobacco in his mouth, looked at the direction of the sun in the sky, and then walked towards the west of the city. As he walked, he used his mental power to build several animal sheds in the space with blue bricks and wood, such as cow sheds, sheep sheds, pig pens, chicken pens, etc. The ducks and geese could be raised next to the pond, and there was no need to build special sheds.

After finishing, Li Qingfeng also walked to the west of the city, asked some people, and soon found a place where livestock were sold. This place owned by Mai Jiachu was a relatively large open space with all kinds of shouting coming from it.

Li Qingfeng strolled around casually and used his mind to pick out the healthier, stronger and disease-free livestock. He bought a total of three calves, three lambs, and three piglets, all of which were bought in groups of one male and two females. The remaining chickens, ducks, and geese were bought in groups of two males and eight females. In total, he spent less than 3 French francs, with the majority of the money spent on pigs, sheep, and cows.

Li Qingfeng put the chickens, ducks, geese in the backpack and put them directly into the space with his mind when no one was paying attention. As for the remaining pigs, sheep and cows, he put them into the space after he bought them and went to a place where there was no one.

After Li Qingfeng left the place where the livestock were sold, he went to the blacksmith shop and bought two large pots, two spatulas, a large iron spoon, two axes, two hatchets and kitchen knives, two boning knives and a dagger, and two boxes of iron nails, 100 in each box. These iron nails can kill people without being seen! And they can be recycled?

Why not use an embroidery needle? That’s because Li Qingfeng thought that using an embroidery needle would make people look like a sissy, so he didn’t buy one.

Afterwards, Li Qingfeng bought four pairs of cloth shoes, two for two adults and two for two children.

After buying almost everything he needed, Li Qingfeng looked up at the sun and felt that it was still early. The time he would spend shopping and walking would be about an hour, so he was in no hurry to go back. So Li Qingfeng found a teahouse, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, and started to eat and drink. While thinking about what else he could buy, he pricked up his ears to listen to other people's gossip to see if he could get any useful information.

Li Qingfeng listened for a while, but didn't hear any useful information. They just talked about trivial matters.

At this time, the people at the table next to Li Qingfeng were whispering about Zhang San, a famous rogue in Handan City, so Li Qingfeng listened attentively.