Bianshanhan [farming]

The two brothers ran back, and they could still hear Pang's scolding from a long distance away. Li Qinghong was gasping for breath, but the other party was an elder and a woman, so he couldn't scold at him.

Before they got home, they saw Li Qingfeng riding on the wall of their house.

"I just said it's useless to come to the door." Li Qingfeng pouted, "There is no one in that family who is good, and reasoning is useless. Only when he is beaten will he know how to be afraid."

Li Qingwen was panting from running, waved his hands and said, "Don't care about people who don't understand people's words, and be careful of getting stink."

Li Qingfeng smiled, "Our boy can still curse, next time brother will teach you how to fight."

"Little bastard, don't learn well!" Mrs. Chen just heard this when she came out, and roared, "Come down for me, the wall will be torn down by you!"

Li Qingfeng jumped down indifferently, "If you want not to be bullied, you have to learn how to fight. Our boy is also a man."

Because they were going to the county seat the next day, Li Qingfeng and Li Qinghong were more excited, and told him that there were many delicious and beautiful things in the county seat, but they all cost money, even vegetables and firewood had to be bought with copper coins.

The three brothers talked for half the night, and got up after not sleeping for long.

Woke up early without lighting the lamp, drank a bowl of porridge in the dark, and the four of them set off with baskets on their backs.

They got up so early, and when they went out, they saw many villagers, some went to see the land, and some fetched water.

There is only one road from the village to the county seat, and every time he passed a village, Li Qinghong would take the trouble to tell his younger brother that some relative of our family lived here.

There are distances between villages and villages. In the case of intermarriage, almost all of them are relatives.

After walking for more than two quarters of an hour, the sky finally became white, and soon the sun rose, and there were gradually more people on the road.Some went to the fields, some visited relatives, and more of them headed towards the county seat.

About an hour later, the city gate can be seen from a distance, with stones on the bottom and dense green bricks on the top, and there are people walking and patrolling on the tower.

When approaching the city gate, there were more people, entering and exiting. The soldiers at the gate were boredly looking at the passers-by. When passing these soldiers with knives on their waists, Li Qingwen was still a little nervous.

As soon as you come in, you will arrive at the main street that runs through the north and south of the county. The noise will become louder immediately, and there will be an endless stream of hawking and selling. At a glance, the clothes of the people on the street are very different.

Many of them wore coarse linen clothes like the villagers, and some wore silk and satin. Looking at the faces that had not been blown by wind and frost, one knew that they were either rich or expensive.There are also those dressed as servants in green clothes, nodding and bowing in an instant proficient posture.

This is the time when people in the county are eating breakfast. There are stalls on both sides of the street one after another, there are steamed buns, steamed buns, and porridge vendors.

Liushan County has a large population, but it is located in a remote area with inconvenient transportation and is not rich. However, there are many people doing business, and there are a lot of fresh goods brought by traders from outside, which attracts people to stop and watch, and the streets and shops are very lively. ,

Li Qinghong and Li Qingfeng hadn't been to the county a few times, so they looked here and there with novelty on their faces.

The same was true for Li Qingwen, who followed closely while observing his surroundings.

Li Maoxian didn't stay on the street, he went straight to a grocery store on South Street and asked if the shopkeeper was there.

Early in the morning, there was only one clerk lying on the counter in the shop. He raised his head impatiently and said, "Just ask what you want to buy. Why do you want to ask the shopkeeper?"

Li Maoxian said: "I have a new thing here, I don't know if your shop accepts it..."

"No, no, let's go!" When he heard that he was not buying something but selling something, the guy became even more impatient, and immediately yelled at him, "You look poor, what a new thing, I think it looks like a lie Things..."

As soon as the masters turned around, they heard the muttering from behind the clerk, Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows immediately, and turned around and cursed: "Can you talk, you bastard?!"

He still wanted to go back to find that guy to settle accounts, but was dragged to the street by Li Qinghong and Li Maoxian.

That guy was not a good guy either, he chased him out after being scolded, pointed at Li Qingfeng's nose, "You're a bitch, you don't take a piss like you poor ghost, do you have a lot of money in your pocket? It's worse than a beggar!"

The four masters of the Li family wore ordinary sackcloth, with a lot of patches on their bodies. They really didn't look like rich people, but being insulted in person like this, even Li Maoxian's face sank, "It's good to respect Luo Yi first and then respect others." Little brother, this is how you do business, do you want me to put up a sign in front of your door with the words 'You are not allowed to enter the shop unless you are rich'?"

Unexpectedly, these four peasants dared to talk back, and the leader looked a bit unruly. Seeing someone stop and look over, the boy didn't dare to make a big deal, fearing that the shopkeeper would come back and punish him, so he turned his head back with a blushing face up.

Being dragged away from the shop, Li Qingfeng was still scolding the guy who looked down on others, but Li Maoxian said: "Feng'er, you can't take advantage of a little loss outside. How can dad feel relieved when you go far away?"

Li Qingfeng fell silent for a moment.

Li Maoxian said: "Just now that person just had a bad mouth, you have to fight with him, and later you will go to a place where you are not familiar with, and you will easily conflict with others. What happened at that time, it is really called "responsible every day". The land is not working."

"Then let others bully you?" Li Qingfeng said angrily.

"Of course not." Li Maoxian said: "In the case of scoring, you must first ensure your own safety, and then think of countermeasures. You can't just act with your blood. It's fine in the village, and you have to be more careful when you go out. If you can't fight with others Don’t want conflicts. Of course, if someone insists on riding on your neck to shit, you can’t bear it, remember, being able to bend and stretch is a real man.”

After finishing speaking, he said to Li Qinghong and Li Qingwen: "You two brothers are not troublemakers, so remember what Dad said today."

Li Qinghong and Li Qingwen nodded.

When I went to the second shop, the shopkeeper was there, but he was not interested in chess boxes, so he politely refused.

Li Maoxian didn't say much, after thanking him, he left with his three children.

Hitting the wall twice in a row, Li Qingwen felt a little uneasy.

At this time, the sun had already risen in the sky, approaching autumn, the sun was still very fierce, and the four of them were sweating.

When passing by the dim sum shop, my father and I went in to have a look. There were candy and various dim sum in it. Maltose was the cheapest kind, and it was also the most sold.

Li Qingwen took a closer look at the maltose here. It was dark yellow in color and had a lot of holes. It didn't look like it was made of glutinous rice. It should be other cheaper grains.

Li Maoxian bought a few pieces of malt candy, and the four of them tasted it, and they all felt that it was not as sweet as the one made at home.

After eating candy, I continued to do business. When I asked all the way to the corner shop, things took a turn for the better.

After Li Maoxian finished his visit, the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic, rubbing his hands and saying that he wanted to see the chessboard.

Taking the things out of the basket, Li Maoxian opened the cloth wrapped outside to reveal the chessboard inside.

The bare side of the wooden blocks on the chessboard was facing up, and the side with words was pressed down. Li Qingwen subconsciously wanted to remind him, but his hand was grabbed by his father.

Li Qingwen swallowed the words again.

The fat shopkeeper watched carefully, and asked with a smile: "How do you play this?"

Under his father's instruction, Li Qingwen moved the wooden pieces on the chessboard, and successfully walked the big top piece down from the gap below.

The shopkeeper wanted to pick up the chessboard for a closer look, but Li Maoxian wrapped it up earlier and asked, "How about it, shopkeeper?"

The fat shopkeeper chuckled for a while, smashed his mouth, and said: "It's not like those chess pieces. It's interesting to draw, but you all worked hard to make it, and it's not easy. How about it, I'll pay two taels of silver to buy it, and you have to buy it." Tell me the detailed steps to pass the level, if no one knows how to play, this thing is useless, it is waste wood!"

Li Qingfeng and Li Qinghong's eyes lit up when they heard about two taels of silver.

Two taels of silver, almost two guan, they have never seen so much money.

Seeing their eyes, the fat shopkeeper's smile deepened.

But Li Maoxian said: "Trouble shopkeeper, we won't sell this chessboard for two taels of silver."

After speaking, he put the chessboard back into the basket neatly.

Li Qingwen was taken aback.He was also a little disappointed when he heard from the shopkeeper just now that such an interesting entertainment toy is only worth two taels of silver, which is much lower than he thought.

But he didn't say a word, the family was too short of money, the two taels of silver could buy medicine for the mother, and a lot of food for the family, whether this chess box could satisfy the hunger or hunger.

The fat shopkeeper didn't expect Li Maoxian to refuse so simply, and immediately said: "Guest officer, don't worry, we pay attention to bidding and bargaining when buying and selling things. If you think the price I give is not satisfactory, you can discuss it again."

Li Maoxian said: "I'm a rough man, I don't know how to do business, I made the shopkeeper laugh at me, you are an expert, how much can you give at most?"

Before Li Maoxian got a number out of his mouth, the fat shopkeeper kept smiling, and started to circle around, "Look, the best thing we sell in our store is backgammon, the price depends on what material is used, what kind of chess is used? Common wood like yours only costs a few hundred cash..."

While talking, he looked at Li Maoxian's face, and said slowly: "Guest officer, the things in your hands are better than fresh ones, but no one knows how many people like to play with them. If I buy them at a high price, in case they can't be sold Go out, it's not a big loss..."

Li Maoxian just listened to what the shopkeeper said, but didn't speak.

Seeing that he was not in a hurry, the fat shopkeeper saw that the man in front of him was not easy to fool around, and said: "I can't take such a big risk... Otherwise, I'll pay eight liang of silver to buy it first, and it will be sold later. Give you some more."

Eight taels of silver? !Li Qinghong's eyeballs are almost protruding, my dear, eight taels of silver is enough for their family to spend two or three years.

Li Maoxian said: "The shopkeeper is right. If you open the door to do business, you can't do business at a loss. This thing was made by my son, and I don't want to sell it easily. Let's go back and think about it, and we'll bother you when we think about it."

I thought that if I added eight taels, these farmers should be moved, but I didn't expect to be rejected, and the fat shopkeeper's face froze.

He wanted to say a few more words, but Li Maoxian bowed his hands politely and said goodbye.