The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

A few days later, Li and Lilith rode their horses back to the small town on Gravel Hill. Their home was right in front of them, and Li's tense nerves could finally relax.

Although Li seemed so relaxed when dealing with the cavalry blocking the road, after being involved in the power struggle, Li was very afraid that someone was plotting against him behind his back.

It's tiring to be on guard all the time.

"Lilith, what did you do to these horses? They have become so well behaved."

The horses frightened by Li refused to cooperate with riding at first, but became agitated and restless when approached by Li.

But after Lilith trained them, the horses became obedient instantly. Now they didn't need Li and Lilith to lead them at all. The horses just followed them obediently.

"Hey, I just had a good communication with them."

Lilith smiled, revealing her signature little fangs, and all the horses shuddered when they saw this.

Li was a little speechless. Lilith bites everything, which is not good because there are a lot of bacteria.

Li and Lilith each rode one horse, and the remaining four horses were loaded with weapons and sundries left by the robbers, and they swaggered into the town.

Normally, you can always see some idle people in the town, patrolling militiamen, old people basking in the sun, and children running around.

But today, wherever Li looked, he didn't see anyone.

"Brother Li, there's no one on the street, is there anything wrong?"

"That shouldn't be the case. It doesn't look like anything has happened."

Other than the lack of people in sight, the rest of the town was normal.

There were no signs of fighting, the sheepfold was very quiet, and wisps of smoke were still coming out of the chimneys of many houses.

"Maybe something happened. Everyone went back to the house."

With some doubts, Li and Lilith returned home.

Li wants to hand these horses over to his father. He doesn't want to waste his energy on things like raising and feeding horses.

After tying the horses next to the rice barn, Li and Lilith opened the door, only to be greeted by a scene of chaos.

The living room was a mess, with broken tools and footprints everywhere, as if many people had entered the house and moved things here.

Xiaoli is at home and she keeps the house clean every day. But now a scene like this has occurred. There is only one possibility.

"There's a thief in the house! Xiaoli! Dad, Mom!"

At this moment, Li was very panicked. He had the confidence to resist the pressure from the front, but he was most afraid of someone stealing his home.

If someone took advantage of his absence and killed all the people Li cared about, Li would have no place to cry.

Now, Li can only pray that the criminals who broke into his house left everyone's bodies behind after killing them.

Li shouted loudly, and his anxious look touched Lilith's nerves, so Lilith also helped to look for him.

"Brother Li, I don't smell blood, maybe the situation is not that bad."

Li became more and more anxious. He would rather his family died in the house so that he could find a way to revive them.

No one is seen alive, and no body is found dead. This is the most troublesome thing!

After searching the house, Li found no one anywhere. He only saw some familiar bottles and jars piled in the utility room.

"Brother Li, let's go out and look for them. It's impossible that everyone in the town is missing."

Li nodded, and without even having time to drink a sip of water, he went out again with Lilith.

However, as soon as they walked out of the house, they saw a group of men, women, and children on the road in the town.

A group of people were walking and chatting, and judging from the atmosphere of their communication, they were very happy.

Li immediately spotted Xiaoli and her mother in the crowd. It turned out that they were not in trouble, but just went out.

"Brother Li, my aunt is fine, but there's a thief in the house. Now is not the time to relax."

"Oh my god, you are right!"

At Lilith's reminder, Li quickly ran to Rose.

"Mom, listen to me. There was a thief in our house. Everything was turned upside down..."

Seeing her son's nervous look, Rose flicked her silly son's forehead with her finger.

"There's nothing to lose in our house, so what can we do if a thief breaks in?"

“…Mom, you’re right.”

The Li family really didn't have anything valuable. Now the most valuable property of the Li family was the few horses that Li brought back and the dozen or so gold coins in his pocket.

Even if someone burned down the big house, there was nothing to feel sad about. If the Book of the Dead that caused the trouble could be burned, Li Gaoxing would be in time.

Li, who had calmed down, quickly took the basket from his mother's hand, and saw that the basket was full of sour fruits, which looked so sour.

"So you went out to pick sour fruits. Don't you all like to eat this?"

Sour fruits grow everywhere on the gravel hills. These shrub berries are so sour that they make your teeth turn red. One plant can bear four or five kilograms of fruit.

Apart from bored children and cuckoo birds who will peck at them, adults won't touch them at all.

If Li had not developed several dishes using sour fruits, sour fruits would never have appeared on the Li family's table.

"We don't pick them to eat."

Rose was annoyed that her son talked too much nonsense. Instead of chatting on the way, why not just take the basket home first?

The time saved is enough for them to go out and pick another basket.

"Why pick so many sour fruits if you don't want to eat them? You don't need them to make jam..."

When he saw the sour fruit and thought about the messy tools and jars in the room, Li suddenly reacted.

The jar that I hid under the floor was dug out!

"Mom, could it be..."

"…It's just as you think. Speaking of which, son, you still have to forgive me. It was I who took the initiative to bring your brewing method to the townspeople and run it in cooperation with them."

Rose showed an embarrassment and begged for her son's forgiveness.

Many nobles strictly prohibit the dissemination of such an important thing as winemaking methods. Even among family members, only selected people are qualified to access it.

The nobles knew very well how much wealth they could accumulate by mastering a unique skill and relying on business.

"Don't worry, Mom. I don't blame you. I just didn't expect that winemaking could really work."

Li just randomly picked some jars to try out, and did not put all his hopes on the wine.

Now Li didn't have to worry about anything, his mother helped him to get things done, and Li was so happy that he couldn't contain himself.

Seeing that Li really didn't mind, Rose let go of the worry that had lasted for several days.

Not only did Rose take winemaking very seriously, but the people in the town also saw the future of sour fruit wine.

Isn't it true that, except for those who have to stay in fixed positions, all the men and women in the town go to pick sour fruits whenever they have free time.

Now every household has a lot of jars and vats. After this batch of sour fruit wine is brewed, the gravel hills that have been in trouble will usher in a new situation.

"Master, come and try the sour fruit wine I made~"

The happiest person to see the young master coming home was Xiaoli.

Xiaoli brought a bowl of crystal clear sour fruit wine and placed it in front of Li like offering a treasure.

Seeing that the wine was filtered very cleanly, Li nodded in approval. After picking up the bowl and taking a sip, Li made a subtle expression.

"Why, not to your taste?"

Rose, who was waiting for her son's approval, became a little nervous when she saw this. Could it be that someone had gotten the process wrong and the wine produced did not meet Li's expectations?

"No, it's just that this thing tastes like hawthorn juice, which always feels weird."

The alcohol concentration is too low, Li doesn't think it is wine at all, it's just a drink, and it's not very sweet.

Seeing this, Rose also mentioned it.

"It's a bit strange. It's a waste to drink such good wine from a wooden bowl. We should sell it to those nobles and let them enjoy it slowly with silver cups."

Rose told her plan. She wanted to package the sour fruit wine and sell it to the nobles at a high price.

Little did she know that her casual remark gave Li a big hint.

"The silver cup...if I offer a glass goblet, those nobles will go crazy!"