Bianshanhan [farming]

Li Qingwen still couldn't ride a horse because he had just started learning and was not yet proficient. Before Jiang Cong left, he specifically told Li Qingrui to let him watch Li Qingwen and not let him ride a horse.What's more, there are so many things that one sledge can't fit, so his beloved horse has to pull another sledge.

The good news is that he doesn't have to walk on the way back.

When leaving, several veterans from the stable and cowshed came out together, and people from the Sun family also came to see him off.

Knowing that Li Qingzhuo was going to study in the capital, and it might be difficult to come here again in the future, Sun Changfu specially wrote a letter to him, and the recipient was his close friend who was an official in the capital. he.

Li Qingrui went to the officers and soldiers to inquire, waved goodbye to Lao Xingtou and Sun's family, and set off behind the officers and soldiers.

There were people in the front leading the way, and the people behind walked more smoothly. Li Qingwen sat on the sledge, with a thick quilt wrapped around his head and body to isolate the ice and snow from the outside.

Among their group, the guards escorted them to the border town. At that time, it was snowing heavily, so they were stopped here, and then it snowed again, so the day to go back was postponed until now.

They sent the prisoners to work immediately, without orders, and it didn't matter if they went back sooner or later.

There were more than a dozen officers and soldiers riding horses and sledges. The things they wanted to send to the capital were much more valuable than those of Li Qingwen and the others. There were tiger skins, bear bile, bear paws, ginseng, etc., which were gifts for General Lin's birthday.

General Lin is the general who commands the soldiers in the border town, and Zhou Fengnian works under him.

Although a lot of snow fell later, with the sledge, it was faster than when we first came, but the horses and mules suffered a bit.Li Qingwen and Li Qingzhuo wouldn't sit in the car all the time, they would get down and run from time to time, they might get frozen if they stayed honestly.

The little leader who escorted the birthday gifts was called Chen Wen, and he was quite talkative, but walking around was boring, and he would come to talk to them later.

Hearing why they came to the border town, he was very surprised and gave Li Qingrui a thumbs up.

Li Qingrui just smiled, and asked when they would return to the border town, Chen Wen jokingly said, "Why, do you want to come back with us again?"

Li Qingrui nodded, "It would be great if we can catch up in time."

Chen Wen's jaw was about to drop to the ground. He didn't know what these people were thinking. They had stayed enough in this shitty place. Thousands of people were nesting there. There was not a single stranger in a thousand miles. Everyone was dead and stinks. I'm afraid no one will know.

It is a pity that they will turn back immediately after arriving in the capital, and they are not allowed to stay, and they cannot make the trip together on horseback.

Li Qingrui wasn't too disappointed. It would be best if he could catch up. If he couldn't catch up, he would have to wait in the county seat. The last thing to delay was someone with orders.

In order to hurry, he hardly stops during the day, only eats dry food, and only takes a rest at night.

Many of them are accustomed to traveling, and they are skilled at setting up tents, setting up stoves and pots, and casually holding some snow to turn into water, and drinking hot water is very comfortable.

After eating, Li Qingwen went outside to look at the horses and mules, checked their hooves, drank warm water from a basin, and put the fodder.

When they were eating, Li Qingwen combed their fur with his hands. Both the mule and the horse were very honest, they were combed comfortably, and their ears would move around.

Because this horse is stronger than a mule and can pull more things, Li Qingwen scratched it for a while longer.

They were lucky, they didn't encounter any bad weather after setting off, and they walked to the nearest post station in one breath.Thanks to Chen Wen, the four of them also received free rice and pickles. Li Qingzhuo saw someone with frostbite here, so he helped them deal with it and left two bottles of plaster.

They can't go to the village or shop here, and if they want to see a doctor, they can only go to the inn in front of them, which is a hundred and eighty miles away from them. What's worse, the inn in front may not have what they need.

Because of this, the postman packed some fodder for them when they left.

After leaving the post station, he entered the dense forest. Recalling the experience when he first came here, Li Qingwen was still a little afraid of this place, but this time the beasts in the forest were hibernating and hiding, and they didn't come out hungry to find food.

The snow in the forest is very thick, and some branches are pressed under it. When the sledge passes by, it may get stuck, so the speed is slower than before.There were no footprints of beasts on the smooth snow around, so it was not too scary to walk.

It is not easy to find firewood after leaving the dense forest, so they collect some dry branches here and put them on.

We have been doing this for more than 20 days, and we have not encountered any troubles. We are still thankful, but as soon as the tent was set up at night, a dozen wild boars suddenly jumped out.

The tents and pots were overturned. Chen Wen and the others were startled, and immediately gathered around the sledge. Some drew out sabers, and some attacked wild boars with bows and arrows.

The wild boar's skin is hard and thick, even if their bows and arrows hit it, they can't penetrate it.

The act of archery angered the wild boar, and rushed over more fiercely. Someone was hit, someone was stabbed, and there was a wail of mourning immediately.

Wild boars are huge and black, weighing at least three to four hundred catties each, with long fangs protruding, ferocious and terrifying.

These things are like hills, they run very fast, the thick snow doesn't hinder them at all, the ground seems to be trampled and moving, if they are accidentally touched by his hooves or teeth, they will definitely be seriously injured.

Qingwen was stunned. The difference between wild boars and domestic pigs was so great, no wonder Jiang Cong was injured in the first place.

Seeing that Chen Wen and the others were getting more and more injured, Li Qingrui immediately took out all the pine ashtrays, and shouted, "Bring the quilt!"

The pine is very oily, and when it is lit on the fire, it will catch fire in an instant.

Li Qingwen put the two quilts on top, and the flames quickly licked the quilts into them.

Enduring the pain of the fire, Li Qingrui threw the burning quilt to the wild boars.

In the end it was a wild animal, no matter how fierce or afraid of fire, those wild boars were frightened and fled in all directions.

Li Qingwen and Li Maoqun immediately set the fire on the ground even hotter, and Li Qingzhuo went to show those people their wounds.

After such a short period of time, the temporary camp was in a mess, the uninjured people set up tents again, cooked, and the injured people grinned and shouted unlucky.

It was also a coincidence that the wild boars would come out to look for food at night, and they just didn't light the fire at this time. If the fire was set up earlier, the wild boars would avoid the flames.

Fortunately, all of them were slightly injured and received timely treatment, so it was nothing serious.

Chen Wen thanked Li Qingrui, but didn't say much, and only asked him to look for him in the border town in the future.

Li Qingrui didn't care too much, since they were traveling together as companions, they naturally took care of each other, otherwise why did they go together.

They burned two quilts, and at night Chen Wen brought two more sheepskins. Some of the fur had fallen off, so it wasn't new, but the leathers were thick and warm.

The burn medicine on his hands was greasy and uncomfortable. Li Qingrui took two breaths of air-conditioning, but he still held back and didn't wipe it off. It's not a joke that the hand injury worsens in this cold weather.

Li Qingwen shared the bed with his second brother at night, and woke up from the cold at dawn. Before he opened his eyes, he called "Brother Jiang" in a daze, then looked around clearly, and lay back in silence.

I don't know where Jiang Cong and the others are now, it's better not to encounter wild beasts, he thought in his heart.

On the second day, we continued to travel south. This time, everyone was more careful and arrived at Yuanbei City safely.

Arriving here from an inaccessible place, looking at the pedestrians and horses and horses passing by, I was not used to it for a while.

People on the street also looked surprised when they saw their sledges. Li Qingwen didn't want to be watched, so he silently covered his face with rabbit fur.

Here, the three groups of people will be separated.

Except for the guards who left first on horseback, Chen Wen and Li Qingrui had to replace the sledge with vehicles. The road ahead was not so snowy, so the sledge couldn't go.

Li Qingrui had no money on him, and was about to exchange furs for some, when Chen Wen told the people at the station that he had pulled two extra cars out.

Li Qingrui didn't want it, but Chen Wen insisted, and finally accepted it with a smile. When they parted, Chen Wen also said that they remembered to drink together after arriving in the border town.

With the car in hand, the four left Yuanbei City quickly.

Going south, the ground is also covered with snow, but it is not very thick. Some places are almost flattened, and some places are sun-melted and covered with a layer of ice. Such places are slippery, and it is even more difficult to walk, and the walking is slow. some.

A few days later, Fan Yangcheng was right in front of him.

From the outside, Fanyang City is much larger than Yuanbei City, but the difference between the two does not lie in this. Yuanbei City used to be a fortress against northern enemies. Seriously.

The city wall of Fanyang is short and wide. From a distance, you can see the tall buildings inside, and the crowds of horses and horses outside the city gate, and the outside is full of excitement.

Before entering the city, the soldiers checked the contents of the car and asked them to pull the car aside and asked how the furs came from. Li Qingrui said truthfully that the soldiers still paid taxes according to the merchants.

They had no money with them, so they could only use leather to pay for it, and the price was so low that Li Qingwen's heart was bleeding, and he silently remembered that he must bring enough money with him in the future, otherwise it would be difficult everywhere.

When they were in Yuanbei City, Chen Wen and the others were wearing waist badges. Taking advantage of others, they were only searched and not made things difficult. Here they don't have this convenience.

The first day they arrived in Fanyang City, they were unfamiliar with the place, and they didn't know where to sell these things, so the four of them could only find an inn to stay.

There is no room for carts and horses in cheap inns, so just bite your teeth and stay in a slightly more expensive one. They have no fodder in the carts, and they have to pay extra for feeding mules and horses.

The four of them moved the contents of the car into the room without the help of a buddy. Li Qingwen kicked off his shoes after entering the door. The soles of the shoes were half wet, making them uncomfortable to wear.

Asking the buddy to bring the brazier, the four of them took off their shoes and socks and started to roast. The smell was really unpleasant, but they were all exhausted and couldn't care less about it.

After resting for a while, I asked for food, and a bowl of noodles with clear soup and little water cost a few pennies. If it wasn't for the impatient hunger, I was really reluctant to spend the money.

When they were eating, a bunch of people came in downstairs, complaining that the inn was full, and the shopkeeper said from below that it was not spring yet, and there would be more people in the future.

After eating, Li Qingwen stood at the window and looked out. Outside, people on the street were rubbing shoulders, and the sound of hawking and hawking kept coming and going. It was many times more lively than the Liushan County he had been to before.

Although he really wanted to join in the fun, but after walking such a long distance, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep without taking off his clothes.

The mattress in the inn was not very thick, and it was hard to the touch. Li Qingzhuo put the leather they had used all the way on top of the thin mattress.

Li Qingrui and Li Qingzhuo supported the other to take off, so that Li Qingwen didn't wake up, he groaned twice, and Li Qingrui stuffed him under the bed wearing only his underwear.

The three of Li Qingrui and the others were also exhausted. After closing the door, they put the basin filled with water by the threshold, nestled on the bed and closed their eyes.

Li Qingrui woke up just after dawn, this time he didn't have anything to eat at the inn, so he went to the stall outside to buy a bag of steamed stuffed buns and came back.

While putting clothes on his body one by one, Li Qingwen was still thinking, he didn't seem to take off his clothes yesterday, did he take them off after falling asleep?

I inquired with the clerk of the inn about the fur and medicinal shops in the city, and then Li Qingrui and Li Maoqun went out, while Li Qingwen and Li Qingzhuo looked at things in the inn.

Fan Yangcheng is really big, Li Qingrui and the others went out for a walk, and it will be noon when they come back.

In the afternoon, they went downstairs with their things in their arms. The man asked if he wanted to stay overnight, but Li Qingrui asked him to stay in the guest room.

They have a lot to do in Fanyang City, and they won't be able to leave for a day or two.

Put the things in the car, go to the leather goods shop first, inquire about a few reputable shops in the city, take the snow rabbit fur to ask the price, and see which one is the most affordable.

Normally speaking, the eyes of fur shops are very sharp, and the price of a piece of fur can't be too different, but their snow rabbit skin really makes these people a little bit difficult.

In the weather like the border town, the rabbit’s fur is thicker than anywhere else, and the fur is softer than they have ever seen, but the leather is really poorly tanned, and after a long time, the inside is dry and needs to be tanned again. It will also affect the grade of the leather.

To be conservative, two of them gave a slightly lower price, and the third one cautiously did not bid. I told Li Qingrui to sell them two first, and re-familiarize the leather to see how it goes. If there is no major problem, the price Not bad for him.

Leave a few rabbit skins for the third family, and then go to the pharmacy to sell medicinal materials.

Seeing the processing techniques of these medicinal materials, the people in the medicinal material shop did not dare to be negligent. Several people stood by the counter, checked carefully, and quoted the price cautiously.

Li Qingzhuo shook his head. Those people added it twice, but he couldn't make the decision himself, so he murmured to the shopkeeper for a long time, and finally it was done.

When I went inside to pay the money, the shopkeeper also asked Li Qingzhuo where he was working, their shop was short of people, and if he wanted to come to their shop.

Li Qingzhuo shook his head, "Thank you for the shopkeeper's kindness."

The shopkeeper's probe saw that he was still holding the bag in his hand, and asked, "Why don't you take out the medicinal materials here?"

"This is specially reserved for my master, not for sale." Li Qingzhuo said.

The shopkeeper leaned on the counter, and said indifferently: "Who is your master?"

Li Qingzhuo reported Dr. Lu's name, and the shopkeeper had heard of it, and said, "Your master has a good reputation, so I won't mention your shopkeeper..."

After talking for a long time, the people behind finally brought the silver. In front of Li Qingrui and the others, they weighed each ingot one by one. After counting, they put the silver back into the bag and handed it to them.

The shopkeeper sent them out, and he did not forget to tell them: "If the medicinal materials you brought are really good, I usually would not pay such a high price, little brother, remember to send them over if you have such medicinal materials in the future."

After leaving the shop, Li Maoqun sat on the side of the car with weak hands and knees, almost fell off.

At this moment, he regretted so much that he wanted to slap himself a few times.

At that time, Li Qingzhuo told him that those Ganoderma lucidum were not expensive, so why did he believe it? If he didn't sleep that night and kept picking it, he could get a few dollars more! !

But soon, he forgot about it.

"What, nephew, what did you say just now?" Li Maoqun asked with his head slightly forward.

"Uncle, let me tell you, let's split the money from selling medicinal materials and skins equally." Li Qingrui repeated.

"No, this won't work!" Li Maoqun quickly waved his hands, "I'll just run around with you guys. I don't know how to hunt or know medicinal materials. I'm guilty of using this money."

When a car came from the opposite side, Li Qingzhuo quickly retracted his legs and said, "Uncle, what my elder brother means is that we all share equally, not only the four of us, but also Jiang Cong and the others. These things were brought by a group of us. One for each."

Li Maoqun was still unwilling. He felt that he had done nothing. He couldn't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north. If it wasn't for someone leading him, he wouldn't be able to find his house.

Li Qingwen said: "Uncle, we still have to buy a lot of things when we go to the border town. You can use the money. Besides, it's only split this time, and we'll talk about it in the future."

The three brothers took turns to fight, but Li Maoqun was still defeated after all.

The leather would not be sold for a while, so they went to find a caravan heading to Hongzhou.

It is easy to find a caravan, but it is difficult to choose a caravan. They have to deliver a lot of things this time, and there is no room for mistakes.

After inquiring for two days, they finally found a large caravan that had been running for decades and had shops in Fanyang City and Hongzhou. They heard that it would take more than half a month to go south, so they were not in a hurry.

Two days later, the guys from the fur shop approached the inn and invited them to talk in the shop.

Li Qingwen and the others went over, and the shopkeeper of the fur shop showed them the re-tanned rabbit skin. The white hair was fluffy, the thick leather was soft, and there was a faint fragrance. Compared with when they just took it out before, it looked good. too much.

The shopkeeper kept his word and gave a good price. Li Qingrui and the others brought over the remaining leather, and the master who cooked the leather began to inspect it.

After looking at one piece, the cooked leather master took a breath, looked at another piece, smacked his lips, and after reading three or five pieces, he couldn't help but say, "It's really a crime to be so tanned!"

Li Qingrui smiled wryly, it's not good to nitrate, at least they can nitrate, they don't know how.

Perhaps the knowledgeable masters despise this kind of thing the most, and even reminded them a few words, telling them to pay attention to these places when tanning, and the leather protection is better than now.

The shopkeeper didn't care about these masters, and taught them how to prevent the leather from being eaten by moths. Li Qingwen nodded repeatedly, but before he finished ordering the leather, he bought a bunch of insect repellent from the fur shop Bag.

The shopkeeper was also generous and gave away more than a dozen packages.

Seeing Li Qingwen's uncontrollable joy, Li Qingrui sighed in his heart. If the younger brother said he was stupid, he definitely disagreed. He was not smart, but sometimes he was stupid, and it was just worrying.

The last few pieces of skins were not for sale, so Li Qingrui asked the master of the shop to help with the tanning, and waited a few days to come and get them.

After doing such a large amount of business, the shopkeeper is not stingy, and he waived the money for the tanner, so they can rest assured that they must remember to get these few tickets first.

Almost everything that should be sold was sold, the four of them sat on the bed in the inn, took out the money and began to divide.

Li Maoqun was fidgeting and rubbing his eyes all the time, feeling like he was dreaming.

He thought, what Li Qingwen said was right, maybe one day, he could really earn enough for the 20 taels...

Before Li Qingrui and Li Qingzhuo started fiddling, Li Qingwen quickly calculated in his mind the amount of silver that everyone shared equally.

Li Qingrui looked at him in surprise, after careful calculation, it was really not bad, and immediately said: "Zai'er, you have such a good brain, you are really blind if you don't study."

Li Qingwen immediately lay down on the bed, pretending to be half dead.

Seeing him like this, Li Qingrui was happy and stopped talking about him.

Fortunately, the silver they got from the shopkeeper of the leather goods shop was all broken, otherwise it would be really difficult to separate them.

Li Maoqun held the more than ten taels of silver that he had been allocated, his hands were shaking all the time.

Li Qingwen looked at Coke and said, "Uncle, raise your hands higher, the money that falls out of your hands will be mine if I pick it up."

Li Qingzhuo stretched out his hands to pinch his ears, "It's not big or small."

After distributing the money, they took the letter and the money to the caravan the next day, and this worry was over.

Li Qingwen wanted to buy a lot of things, so he started to inquire about the prices in Fanyang City, and bought the ones that were cheaper than Liushan County.

Iron pots, objects used by carpenters, various vegetables, fruit trees, seasoning seeds, medicinal seeds... For places where there is no shortage of land, the role of seeds is beyond imagination.

When buying it, Li Qingwen would ask how to plant it, and the guy who sold the seeds looked at him strangely, as if saying, "I don't even know how to plant it, so why buy so many?"

Watching Li Qingwen shopping, Li Maoqun's eyelids twitched. He wanted to say save money, but when he thought that the border town was so far away, he would lose his legs after going back and forth, so he immediately felt that he couldn't buy it.

He was reluctant to spend it himself, so he gave the money to Li Qingwen and asked him to buy it for him...

Li Qingwen was very happy to do this kind of thing.

Li Qingzhuo bought some pens, ink, paper and inkstone, as well as two thin books. Li Qingwen said puzzled: "Second brother, you can just buy it when you go to the capital. You have to carry it on your back after such a long journey, how tiring."

"I bought this for you." Li Qingzhuo said, "You should learn how to read when you go back."

Li Qingwen: "..."

Such a little thing is so expensive, his heart is about to bleed!

Suddenly he understood the story of Zoubi Yiguang and Nangying Yingxue. Reading was too expensive, and he couldn't bear it at first.

There were a lot of things to buy, and the money seemed a little low, Li Qingwen sighed, wondering when he would not be so tight.

After getting those leathers, the four of them drove the still full car to Liushan County.

On the way, they passed a small town and saw someone carrying a pot to a tofu shop to buy tofu. Hearing that this tofu shop was very delicious, Li Qingwen also jumped out of the car to buy half a pot.

The shopkeeper saw that the basin he was carrying was so broken, so he asked a little more, and learned that they lived far away, so he sighed that it was not easy, so he brought a few bowls of warm soybean milk, and the four of them continued on their way after drinking.

When I stayed in the store, this pot of tofu was specially placed outside to freeze, and it was fine to serve it when I left. The weather like this will not be bad for a few days.

The tens of miles of roads from Fanyang City were well repaired, but when they entered the Bingzhou boundary, the road was obviously not working.

Bingzhou is poor, and the few officials who have served in these years are not doing serious things, so when I arrive in Bingzhou, I feel that the villages and towns on both sides of the road are somewhat defeated.

However, they will be home soon, and the four of them are in a very good mood, and they don't care about the bumpy road.

When the carriage reached Liushan County, Li Qingwen happily jumped out of the carriage and ran forward on the snow.

Everyone didn't like to go out in winter, and there were few pedestrians on the road. They didn't meet a familiar person all the way from the county town to Yangshu Village.

There are children in the village who are playing in the snow. When they see horses and mules, they follow them curiously. It took a long time to recognize the four members of the Li family, chattering loudly.

A group of children followed the car to the door of Li's house. Li Qingfeng had just come out of the latrine, and his pants hadn't been fastened yet. !!!”

Li Qingwen was almost knocked into the air by the little fourth brother who jumped at him, but he was wearing thick clothes, otherwise this would be really embarrassing!

The fur hat on Li Qingzhuo's head was blown away by him, before he could bend down, the child next to him helped to pick it up, rubbed his hand on the rabbit fur, and showed a silly smile on his dirty face.

Before Li Qingrui led the mule into the courtyard, the door of the house opened, and Li Maoxian, Chen Shi and others ran out.

In fact, we only parted for a few months, but it seemed like a long time had passed, and when I returned to this small courtyard, I felt extremely at ease.Li Qingwen was hugged by his mother, his eyes were hot.

Before they could say a word, the four of them were rushed into the room. Jiang wiped her tears and looked over one by one, "It's great, it's great, they're all back!"

Li Qingwen really wanted to say, sister-in-law, you are too happy, we still have to leave.

However, thinking about how hard it was to come back, let's bear with it, he can't learn this bad habit from his second brother.

I don't know how many hands stretched out, took off the leather clothes outside of the four of them, and urged them to get on the kang.

The butt hurt from the bumping all the way, and it was really hard to sit on the hard kang, so Li Qingwen got off the pillow and lay down against the wall.

Li Qinghong reached out and touched Li Qingwen's head, "Zai'er, third brother hasn't taken a good look at you yet, why did you lie down, what's wrong with you?"

"Yes." Li Qingwen said, "My butt hurts, I can't sit still."

"Why does your butt still hurt?" Chen asked anxiously, "Did it freeze or did you fall?"

"It's okay, mother, I'll take the car." Li Qingrui moved into the kang, his butt hurt so badly, he couldn't help grinning too.

Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily, "I'll give you a false alarm, and you'd almost get up in a car."

Li Maoqun said: "Sister-in-law, let's sit on the kang for dozens of days, let alone take a car, no one will grin their teeth."

Mrs. Chen went to the side to get a few pillows and said with a smile, "Okay, you all lie down and talk."

Li Qingrui told his father about the road to the border town and what happened after that, Li Maoxian nodded repeatedly, "If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about firewood. No matter what you say, it's good if you can save your life first. Brother Jiang is still young and has a lot of skills. As long as we get through it, we may not be able to do something there in the future.”

Li Maoxian turned his head and said to Li Maoqun: "Brother, brother, I have to thank you very much this time. If you didn't accompany the three children on this trip, brother would be very uncomfortable. If you catch up, you will worry about your family. If you don't chase, you will worry about them. "

"Don't say that, brother!" Li Maoqun scratched his head in embarrassment, "It's me who takes care of them, and they help me here and there... Our nephews are the ones who are really good. In the past, there were people in the village who didn't agree with you , what’s so great about walking a long distance, as long as you have legs, the person who said this is ignorant. Now I went back to the border town, and I understand how easy it is. Brother, you were a good person back then. Three nephews Not worse than you used to be."

Li Maoxian looked at the faces of the three sons chapped by the wind, nodded and said: "You uncle boasted so much, you shouldn't be able to rely on it."

Chen's face is smiling like a flower, her son is amazing, after all, there is no difference!

Li Zhengliang put his father's hat on his head, covered his eyes, and was reluctant to take it off, so he bumped his head on his second uncle's shoulder.

Li Qingzhuo lifted the hat up for him, and Li Zhengliang asked the second uncle what kind of hair it was and why it was so soft.

Mrs. Jiang stuffed firewood into the stove, and soon the kang became hot. Li Qingwen turned over like a fish, and Mrs. Chen tore off a mattress for him on the kang and put it under it.

Soon, the rice was cooked, Jiang opened the curtain and asked if it was okay to eat sauerkraut.

Li Qingwen remembered the tofu in the car, and quickly reminded his sister-in-law to add more tofu to the sauerkraut.

Mrs. Jiang went out in response, Li Maoqun wanted to get up and go home, Li Qingrui grabbed him, "Uncle, I've been talking about how delicious this tofu is, you have to try it."

"What's the taste of tofu?" Li Zhengliang raised his head and asked.

"I don't know what it tastes like. Your uncle bought it from a place more than 200 miles away." Li Qingrui said.

Hearing that this tofu was bought far away and brought back, Mrs. Chen was quite surprised, "Just, no matter how delicious it is, this is too far away."

"What is this?" Li Qingzhuo said: "Zai'er said that you have never eaten fish, and wanted to bring fish back from the border town. I told my elder brother that I was afraid of the smell, so I didn't bring it... But when I returned to Bingzhou, I realized that this year is cold winter. If he didn't recover, he regretted it."

Chen's eyes immediately turned red, "Ah, ah, my youngest son is really..."

Li Qingfeng couldn't see her crying, and said: "Mother, didn't you eat it, there is still time to cry after eating it later."

Mrs. Chen laughed angrily, and scolded: "You bastard!"

While talking and joking, when the food was served, the house was still a bit cold, and the heat from the food was obvious, but they were all happy, huddled together, and sweating.

After dinner, Li Maoqun was going to the second uncle's house, and Li Maoxian sent him there.

A group of people cleaned up the table and bowls and chopsticks, and climbed onto the kang with grumbling noises. After a while, Li Maoxian also came back with a chill.

When Li Qingrui asked about the family affairs after they left, Mrs. Chen said everything was fine, but her face was not very happy.

Before they could ask any more questions, Li Qingfeng said: "Very good, Dad was almost thrown into prison."

Upon hearing this, the four of them were all startled, and asked in unison, "What's going on?"

Li Maoxian said: "Don't listen to him scaring people. I just went to the Yamen, just to ask questions, and I didn't do anything wrong. How can I be imprisoned."

When Li Qingfeng mentioned this matter, he became angry, and without waiting for his parents to stop him, he spoke out like a bean.

The rumor that sorghum can be squeezed into syrup has spread all over the place. A family in a neighboring village has a son-in-law named Fang Datou who works as a cook in the county town.

Those yamen servants complained while drinking, and the exam was coming soon. The county magistrate insisted on them finding out some political achievements, and the yamen servants scolded them. In this place where nothing shit happens, there is nothing else but poor farmers who farm until they die. Can you grow flowers?

The so-called "the speaker has no intention, but the listener intends it", especially when he heard the yamen servant say that he would be rewarded with money for his meritorious service, he was moved, so he tried to talk about the sweet sorghum.

The yamen servants thought that this man was making fun of them, so they whipped him a few times with the scabbard, and later Fang Datou cursed and swore, those people would believe it, and after going down to inquire, it turned out to be true.

If there is such a thing, the yamen servant should go to Yangshu Village to find Li Maoxian, but Li Maoxian was not at home at the time, so the yamen servant questioned Chen and the others.

Mrs. Chen and the others still remembered what Li Maoxian told them before, but they just said they didn't know.

The yamen servants called Guo Daquan and the dignitaries in the village together and asked them about the syrup. Some people had been taught by Li Maoxian and knew how to make it, but the sorghum stalks had been squeezed long ago, and the syrup had been made into food and sold for money. remain.

Without syrup, I can't see Li Maoxian. Isn't this a waste of time? !

The yamen servant had to leave angrily.

In fact, someone here has lied. The common people are afraid of being robbed by officers and soldiers. They are afraid that they will take it away by force and hide it before it is too late. How could they speak out on their own initiative.

What do you say to give money, bah, idiots don't believe it,

After finally getting such a head, the yamen servant didn't want to lose it for nothing, and went to Li's house every day to find someone, and became more and more impatient. Fortunately, Li Benshan came to deal with it all the time, or Chen Shi might be scared out of his wits.

When Li Maoxian returned home, he saw several yamen servants with knives standing at home. Before he could ask, he was taken away by the impatient yamen servants.

On the way, Li Maoxian made it clear that the seeds and the method of extracting sugar were told to him by his friends, and he had nothing to say.

Knowing that the friend he was talking about was working as the magistrate in Li County, these yamen servants knew that this matter was a waste of time. After all, any county magistrate had to take a test, and the matter of sweet sorghum sugar extraction might have been snatched by Li County long ago. First.

These people have been busy for so many days, but they didn't get anything. Naturally, they were angry and locked Li Maoxian in the yamen, saying that they wanted him to stay here honestly, and they had to learn about sweet sorghum, and then they walked away .

Mrs. Chen was terrified, so she asked Guo Daquan and Li Benshan to go to the yamen to beg for help, but they were rejected.

Chen thought of Chen Shan'an, and came to ask for help again.

Chen Shan'an heard the whole story, and knew that it was actually the yamen servant who wanted to lock Li Maoxian up for a few days to vent his anger.

He is not an outsider, and Chen also said that the child took all the money.

Chen Shan'an once again mentioned the matter of making candy in a roundabout way. The Chen family taught the servants of the Chen family to make candy. On the same day, Li Maoxian was released.

After finishing speaking, Li Qingfeng scolded a few "bad dogs with malicious intentions". Although he didn't name them, everyone in the room knew who he was scolding.

At the beginning, Mrs. Chen was concerned about saving people, so she didn't think much about it. Later, when Li Maoxian came out, she also thought about it.

Seeing that his mother was about to sigh again, Li Qingrui said: "It was a false alarm, no matter what happens, as long as Dad comes back properly, don't think about it, we still have one good thing to say!"

The whole family looked at Li Qingrui.

Li Qingrui patted Li Qingzhuo's shoulder and said loudly: "We Zhuo'er are going to study now!!"

"real?!"

With this unanimous roar, the roof of Li's house was shaken and some soil fell off.

When Li Qingrui told the whole story, everyone in the family was overwhelmed with excitement, "Zaier is amazing, he can figure out something useful! Jiang Cong is also thoughtful. If he didn't mention it, who would have thought of it?" There is still this way to study, we Zhuoer did not go in vain..."

Li Qingwen's hair was ruffled and blown away. He silently hid behind his father, but was quickly pulled out again.

Jiang Shi was also very happy, and said: "This is our Zhuoer's opportunity, if they don't go to the border town, how can they get such a good thing."

"Oh, where is the capital? It shouldn't be as far as the border towns. I don't know if it's cold or not. Bring more clothes. I heard that the things there are very expensive..." After being happy, the Chen family began to talk about their son's going to the capital. up.

Li Maoxian said: "I have to talk to your master about this matter, he expects a lot from you, I'm afraid he will feel bad when you leave."

Li Qingzhuo nodded, he will go to the county early tomorrow morning.

Li Qingfeng volunteered to send his second brother to the capital, Li Qinghong said: "Second brother stays in the capital, will you come back by yourself?"

"Then why not?!" Li Qingfeng puffed out his chest.

Li Qingzhuo said: "No need to send them off, I will go to Fanyang City first, there are many caravans going to the capital, I will follow them."

Li Qingwen was taken aback, he didn't expect that the second brother had already figured out how to leave.

"Is that okay?" Chen was a little worried.

Li Qingzhuo nodded and said: "Mother, don't worry, the caravan has gone back and forth many times, but they are much more familiar with us than us."

It is a great thing for my son to study in the capital. When he is happy, he has to think about money. The family saved some money before, but now it has bottomed out...

When Mrs. Chen was thinking about where to borrow money and how much would be enough, Li Qingrui took out the silver and said, "Father, mother, don't worry about the money. We have sold the things and still have these left over."

Looking at the scattered silver brought out by the eldest son, Li Maoxian said in surprise: "The silver you took is still worth it."