On the Moon Slope, Li Maicheng watched the people working, and General Fit looked around, watching the progress of building the underground palace.

General Fit looked at it for a while, then came over and said, "Brother Maicheng, do you think we can repair this underground palace in three months?"

Li Maicheng replied: "Yes, there are many of you, I think it can be completed in two months, and then we can leave Loulan and continue westward." ”

General Fit replied: "Okay, Brother Maicheng, by the way, you have all been staying in the inn recently, and here are five hundred taels of silver." You take it, it's enough for you to spend a while. ”

Li Maicheng nodded and said, "Okay, I know." ”

Then Li Maicheng took the silver tael, and went back to the Louyue Inn with Wu Shitong and Zhou Xiaotian.

Back at the inn, Bai Ruoxue was wiping rouge in the room, Li Maicheng saw it, and said with a smile: "Ruoxue, your makeup is so good." ”

Bai Ruoxue smiled: "Yes, you came back so soon, how is the construction of the dungeon?"

Li Maicheng replied: "The underground palace is not bad, there are many people under construction, it is estimated that it will take two months to build, let's live in this Loulan for a while." ”

"Okay, Maicheng, these days, we can conceive the baby first, and then we can see our baby. Bai Ruoxue said.

"Okay, Ruoxue, where do you want to play, these days. We now have a lot of silver taels. We can have a good time in Loulan for a while. Li Maicheng scratched his head and said.

"I want to go swimming in Lop Nur, and fishing, and go to the lake for a barbecue. Bai Ruoxue said wistfully.

"Uh-huh. We'll go tomorrow, just us. Li Maicheng touched Bai Ruoxue's head and said.

"Okay, Mai Cheng, love you. Bai Ruoxue said affectionately.

Then Li Maicheng hugged Bai Ruoxue in his arms, and then kissed her affectionately, kissing and touching her at the same time, and then carried her to the bed and entangled with her, they were so passionate, like the dry firewood, burning fiercely.

After a period of clouds and rain, Bai Ruoxue lay in Li Maicheng's arms and said shyly: "Maicheng, you are also working hard to conceive a baby." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Yes, Ruoxue, when you are pregnant, I will send you back to Xilian Kingdom." ”

Bai Ruoxue replied: "Okay, Maicheng, after the child is born, I will come to see you." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, Ruoxue, love you." ”

Then the two of them lay on the bed for a while, and then Li Maicheng regained some strength, and he said, "Ruoxue, get up, let's go eat something delicious, and then go to a hot spring." ”

Bai Ruoxue said happily: "Okay, Maicheng, let's get dressed quickly." ”

Then they got dressed, and then went out of the Louyue Inn, when it was already dark outside, and the street was brightly lit.

Li Maicheng passed by a mutton basin shop, and immediately went in, he asked for two bowls of mutton basin, a pot of wine, and two catties of beef, a large plate of chicken, and a plate of hand-grabbed mutton.

After a while, the little second child brought the food up, Li Maicheng ate the mutton water basin, felt very fragrant, he said: "Ruoxue, this mutton water basin, is it delicious?"

Bai Ruoxue replied: "It's delicious, it's so delicious, and the food in Loulan is really delicious." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Yes, Ruoxue, if you try that big plate of chicken again, it is also very delicious." ”

Bai Ruoxue tasted it, it was also very delicious, she said: "Maicheng, it's so delicious, let's come and eat this often in the future." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, Ruoxue." ”

After they finished eating the mutton water basin, they went to the city to wander around, and gradually found a hot spring restaurant, only to see that the archway was written with three big characters of the full moon square.

Li Maicheng paid two silver taels, and then they went to the hot springs.

Li Maicheng took off his clothes and soaked in the hot springs in the water, he looked at the stars in the sky, thinking about things, he thought to himself, he didn't expect this trip to the Western Regions to be so tortuous and bumpy, and it would be like this.

And Bai Ruoxue also stripped off her clothes and took a bath in the petal bathtub, soaking and sprinkling the petals while soaking. After washing, she got up again and went to soak in the hot springs.

I saw that in the hot spring, there were many naked beauties of the Western Regions, they were all graceful, some were petite and exquisite, some were beautiful and fragrant, some were plump, some were captivating, some were charming, Bai Ruoxue wiped her body in that corner, and after soaking for a while, she felt that her body was very warm, and then she got up again, got dressed, and went out of the hot spring.

At this time, Li Maicheng also washed, he paid, and then he and Ruoxue went back to the Louyue Inn.

It was already deep in the morning, and then they fell asleep.

After a night, early the next morning, Li Maicheng woke up, he and Ruoxue got dressed, had breakfast, brought a lot of delicious food, and then went to Lop Nur, to the lake, they rowed a boat, and then slowly rowed to the depths of the lake.

As they rowed, they gradually came to a place where fishing boats were lined up, where many fishermen were fishing, and many people were picking lotus roots.

Seeing that those lotus root pickers were very hard, Li Maicheng asked a young man and said, "Boat family, how many lotus roots can you pick in a month?"

The young man replied, "You can pick 300 catties, and it is estimated that you can sell it for 20 taels." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Then you are very hard. ”

The young man replied, "It's not hard, it's nothing to marry a wife." ”

Li Maicheng asked: "How much do you get to marry a wife here, it is estimated to be a hundred taels." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "That's quite expensive, then you have to come on." ”

The boy replied, "Okay, by the way, what's your name?" Why don't you come to my house for dinner? ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, young man, then what is your name and where do you live?"

The young man replied: "My name is Wang Baiye, and I live in Luoshui Village, which is a well-known singles village, and many people can't get a daughter-in-law. ”

Li Maicheng replied, "Okay, take us to have a look." ”

Then Wang Baiye took Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue to Luoshui Village by boat, and their boat traveled through a piece of water, gradually approaching the shore, and then slowly, they came to Luoshui Village.

I saw that the village was very dilapidated, there were many bachelors wandering around the village, and when they arrived at Wang Baiye's house, Wang Baiye poured two glasses of water, and Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue drank water.

Li Maicheng drank water and asked, "Wang Baiye, how many bachelors are there in your village?"

Wang Baiye replied: "Brother Maicheng, there are more than 170 people in our village who are over 30 years old who are not married, and there are more than 80 people who are between the ages of 25 and 30 who are not married. ”

Li Maicheng sighed: "It's terrible, why, why are so many people not married?"

Wang Baiye replied: "The bride price here is expensive, you have to pay 100 taels, do you know what you can do with 100 taels, 100 taels can buy 15 cows, 100 taels can build two big tile houses, 100 taels can buy 1,000 bags of rice, 100 taels can also buy 100 big fat pigs, so 100 taels is not a small amount, but unfortunately we are poor here, how many families can have so much money." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Why did this happen, what about the girls there and where did they marry?"

Wang Baiye replied: "Most of them have married into the capital of Loulan, and now to marry a daughter-in-law, not only do they have to pay a bride price of one hundred taels of dowry, but also have a house in the capital of Loulan and a carriage, where can we afford it." ”

Li Maicheng sighed and said, "Then what should you do with so many singles here?"

Wang Baiye replied: "I don't know what to do." I can't sleep every day, I'm busy from morning to night every day, and I can't earn the marriage money, it's really hard. I met a girl before, and I was kind to her, and in the end she married to the capital of Loulan, I can only blame myself for not being productive, only empty sighs. ”

Li Maicheng sighed and said: "You people in Luoshui Village are living so hard, so do you have a wife in Luoshui Village?"

Wang Baiye sighed: "Yes, but the daughter-in-law who married is really a young grandmother, I can't be provoked, I am angry, I want to go back to my parents' house, so there are only all kinds of young grandmothers to offer." ”

Li Maicheng sighed: "Well, you guys are really pitiful. ”

Wang Baiye sighed: "Yes, isn't it? What can we do?" ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Could it be that these two hundred people in Luoshui Village are going to be singles for the rest of their lives?"

Wang Baiye said: "How can you do it, you can't earn a hundred taels, and it's even more unrealistic to buy a house in Loulan Capital, do you know how expensive a house in Loulan Capital is? That's twenty taels and one square meters, I really can't think of it." Therefore, only the people of the capital of Loulan married daughters-in-law. ”

Li Maicheng sighed: "Okay, I know, I'm really sad about what happened to you. ”

Wang Baiye said: "To tell the truth, there are more men and fewer women in our Loulan country, so it has something to do with this, and the rich people in Loulan City. Some of them have married several wives, which makes us ordinary people even more unable to marry wives, and it is unbalanced when we think about it. ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, I know, I will definitely go to investigate when I go back to Loulan Capital this time." ”

Wang Baiye said: "Okay, thank you, Brother Maicheng." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue went back to Loulan Capital, and when they returned to Louyue Inn, Li Maicheng called Zhou Xiaotian and Su Chengxuan to find General Fit's Mansion to find General Fit.

When he came to General Fit's Mansion, he saw that the two big lions at the door of General Fit's Mansion were very magnificent, and after entering, General Fit was reading the official document, and he saw Li Maicheng and a few of them coming, he said: "Brother Maicheng, why are you here?"

Li Maicheng said angrily: "General Fit, I passed by a village called Luoshui Village today, and what I saw there made my heart ache. ”

General Fit replied, "Brother Maicheng, what the hell is going on? What do you see?"

Li Maicheng replied: "I saw that Luoshui Village is a singles village, where there are more than 100 people over the age of 30 who are not married, and most of the people there are singles. ”

General Fit sighed: "Hey, there are many men and few women in Loulan, if you want to marry a wife, there is no way, as long as there is a hundred taels of dowry, there is a house in the capital of Loulan, there is a carriage, it must be good to marry a wife, you can only blame them for having no money, and their lives are miserable." ”

Li Maicheng said angrily: "General Fit, it's not right for you to say this, I decided not to help you build the underground palace, I don't think it's necessary." ”

General Fit said, "Alright then, let's go." ”

Then Li Maicheng and the others left the Fit General's Mansion and went back to the Louyue Inn.