Chapter 23 A group of idle people

Li Zongliang's face sank like water and was silent for a long time before whispering, "I and Shuisheng went around to the northwest of Zhengcheng. After walking for more than 20 miles, I was stopped by the officers and soldiers. I went around for more than 10 miles to the west, but I still couldn't get around. In and outside the city, there were officers and soldiers everywhere."

"For a while, I can't get through South Vietnam. I'm afraid I'll have to stay here for a while." Wei Shuisheng continued, and Li Erhuai added firewood to the fire and nodded carelessly: "You discuss this matter. I'll listen to you."

Li Zonggui turned his head and looked at the bright and dark faces reflected by the firelight. He was silent and did not open his mouth. Li Xiaoyao squeezed between Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng, holding his cheeks and sighed: "In addition to us, there are still 15 mouths here. I have asked again today, except for three or four who have been fighting when building houses for neighbors in the countryside. , barely know some craftsmanship, besides, he can't do anything but grow crops!"

Li Zonggui laughed and said, "I'm not good at anything. They are all good at weaving baskets, making straw shoes, repairing houses, repairing farms, and feeding mules to serve animals. How much more can the farmers have? They are not craftsmen."

"It's a craft, and these soldiers are in a mess, and they can't make money. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the city and take the big green mule. If it sells well, maybe I can sell hundreds of taels of silver, and I can buy coarse grain for a while." Li Zongliang held a long wooden stick and said in a low voice. Li Xiaoyao tilted his head to look at him, then turned to look at Wei Shuisheng and said seriously, "So many people can't just eat and not work. This idle man is going to raise people to kill people. I've been calculating for a day. Listen, this mountain is full of wolf howling. •••••”

"There are also many wild boars, wild dogs, tigers, roe deer, deer, pheasants, and birds. Not only wolves, your ears are not good." Li Erhuai turned to correct Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao gave him a white look and then said, "The two wolf skins given by Mr. Fan have sold nearly one taels of silver. I think they should go up the mountain to fight wolves. If there are not many people, the tiger skin must be more valuable!"

The firewood in Li Erhuai's smiling hand fell on the fire and splashed Mars. Wei Shuisheng hurriedly helped Li Erhuai set up the knocked-down bonfire together. Li Zonggui sat on the wooden pier and shrugged his shoulders. He looked at Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng and said, "Brother, Brother Shuisheng, you don't know. Xiaoyao has been calculating all day. After calling these fifteen people, even the broken leg, she is not going to let others be idle. Well, the total ideas she has made are: take them out to carry work, weave baskets and shoes to sell, pick herbs, go to the foot of the mountain to open land, hunt, and what else, Xiaoyao?

"There is no useful idea!" Li Xiaoyao spread out his hands and said, "Let's carry the work. Just now, the eldest brother said that there are many people carrying the work in Zhengcheng, but there is no work to carry. Is it difficult to weave baskets and shoes? Brother Erhuai said that people make it by themselves. Who will take the money to buy this? Picking herbs, on the one's heavy snow seals the mountain, and on the other, no one knows about herbs, how to pick them? It's too slow to open up wasteland and farm. When the food is planted, people will starve to death several times, and hunting is the best way!"

Hunting? What to fight with? Will those people be trapped in Hoi An, or will they be trapped? Do you mean that they beat wolves? The wolf beat them almost. The wolf is smarter than people!" Li Erhuai said rudely, and Wei Shuisheng nodded while smiling: "Erhuai is right. They are all honest farmers. Look, they can still fall into a ball when they ran down the mountain yesterday. How can they hunt? Hunting is not enough by a large number of people.

"Alas!" Li Xiaoyao sighed heavily and turned his head to look at Li Zongliang: "Then the eldest brother teaches them to practice kung fu first, and then hunt after practicing kung fu! Anyway, you can't be idle! I'm going to have an accident!"

"Xiaoyao is right. It's better to teach them to practice kung fu first. In case something happens in the future, they can also protect themselves." Wei Shuisheng agreed, and Li Zongliang's face was also full of approval. He raised his hand and rubbed Li Xiaoyao's head. He turned his head and looked at Li Erhuai and ordered, "Tomorary and Shuisheng will go to the city. At dawn, you can ask them to get up, first run down the mountain twice, come back and then walk, and then walk for half an hour before eating."

"Don't worry, I'm the best at this. In previous years, at home, the master praised me a lot, saying that I was better than him!" Li Erhuai agreed with great interest. Li Xiaoyao took Li Zongliang's arm and begged, "Brother, take me to the city tomorrow. I want to go to Zhengcheng to see the bustle. In addition, the mule has been sold. Don't keep the car. It's useless to keep it. Let's sell it together. And the one with a broken leg in the room, or tomorrow. Let's take it to the city together and find someone to pick him up. It's been broken for several days. If you don't answer it, you will be disabled. If you are disabled, you will have to keep it for nothing.

"Hmm." Li Zongliang nodded and agreed, "Take Zhang Tiemu tomorrow, and pick a few more powerful ones. Let's buy more food and carry them back this trip."

"I'll go too!" Li Zonggui also said heartily. Li Zongliang turned his head and looked at Li Erhuai. Li Erhuai waved his hand: "Go, I'll just watch them practice."

The next day, just after dawn, Li Xiaoyao yawned and got up. Sister Zhang had already burned a pot of hot water for her, filled a bowl in a large bowl, and brought the rest in a tile basin: "Erhuai said that you have to wash your face with hot water and scratch your teeth."

Sister Zhang stood beside with a smile on her face, holding her hands, watching Li Xiaoyao rinse her mouth slowly, wipe her teeth with a small piece of cotton cloth, and then washed her face carefully. While looking at it, she shook her head and smiled: "You are not like a villager, but more exquisite than a lady!"

"Have you seen everyone's girl?" Li Xiaoyao took out the balm from his purse, picked it out and rubbed it on her face. She asked Sister Zhang with a smile. Sister Zhang shook her head and said, "We have never seen a lady!"

"How does the elder sister know that I am more particular than everyone's best? The eldest sister doesn't know how to clean her teeth, how to wash her face, and how to pay attention to the law.

Sister Zhang opened her tongue for a moment, blinked her eyes, patted the front of her clothes and laughed: "No wonder your brother Erhuai said that you are a difficult and ghost. It's true!"

Li Xiaoyao tilted his head and looked at Sister Zhang up and down. His eyebrows slowly raised and fell down slowly. He smiled and did not answer again.

Li Xiaoyao ate a bowl of hot porridge slowly. Li Zonggui and others had set up the car. Li Zongliang picked up Zhang Shikan with a broken leg from the room. Zhang Shikan cried with snot and tears. He was so grateful that he didn't know what to say. Wei Shuisheng and Zhang Tiemu put their hands together, raised the curtain of the car and put Shikan on the car. Li Xiaoyao jumped in front of the carriage and sat down with his legs shaking. Li Zonggui led Daqing to walk the mule. Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng followed closely. Zhang Tiemu, Zhang Xingwang, Zhang Dazhuang and Sun Yushan followed the car and set off for Zhengcheng.

walked away for a long time. Before noon, the group entered the gate of Zhengcheng City. First, they listened to find the best doctor in the city, and took Shikan to the bone. The leg was broken for several days. The doctor had to go down with one palm, opened it first and then reconnected it. Only Shikan screamed. Li Xiaoyi didn't dare to listen but wanted to see how the doctor connected the bones. He covered his ears and stretched his neck. His eyes looked at the lively. The doctor took the bones, tied the legs of the stone barrier with a wooden board, prescribed medicine, and carefully told the usage. Zhang Tiemu went out of the hospital with the sweaty Shikan on his back and found a home near the city gate. The big car shop put down the stone kan and left Zhang Xingwang to look at him. The rest of the people took the mule car and went to the mule market to sell mules and cars.

Li Xiaoyao pulled Li Zonggui, two steps behind, and said in a low voice, "Let's go somewhere else?" It's better to go to the gate of the government. In case there are no signs at the gate, there are signs. Anyway, they sell mules, cars and buy food, and we don't need us. After shopping, we will go to the big car shop and wait for them.

Li Zonggui hurriedly nodded and agreed. The two came forward and talked to Li Zongliang. They left a few people, found someone to inquire about the location, crossed the streets and alleys, and looked for Zheng Chengfu to see the movement.

As the saying goes, 'the government office has a good landscape since ancient times'. Naturally, this Zhengcheng government office is also the most lively and prosperous place in the whole Zhengcheng. It is facing the gate of the government office is a wide street, and there is a two-story wine shop in the east. Although there is a guise of a wine shop, Li Xiaoyao and Li Zonggui agree that this is at most a decent share of the family. The tea shop is far away from the wine shop. Opposite the tea shop is a family hospital. Next to the hospital is a large pharmacy, next to the pharmacy, it is a pawnshop. Then there is another tea shop.

The two walked all the way to the door of the government office, stood in front of the eight-character wall, looked up at the various notices posted on the wall. The notice was blown by the wind, and the words written on the eight-character wall were exposed. Li Xiaoxiao quickly reached out and raised the notice, tilted his head to look at the words written below, 'Do not do anything', and was about to look at other words. A government official in the government office He scolded, "Hey! That boy, where's the fight? Can you talk about that notice?!"

Li Zonggui hurriedly pulled Li Xiaoyao back two steps and arched his hand to the door of the government with a smile to show that they heard the reprimand. The two looked at it for a while before turning away from the eight-character wall. Li Xiaoyao pulled Li Zonggui and whispered, "Let's ask if there is a mansion for sale here. That thing needs to be seen. It's the most useful."

Li Zonggui frowned. He never understood how Xiaoyao was interested in this kind of thing. She loved to see this thing in Changfeng Tower. It was all about being an official. What does it have to do with them? What do you look at those?