Cattle merchants don't actually have to make this trip themselves. He had just taken a batch of mutton fat, and according to the payment method, he had to pay a considerable amount of other supplies. These supplies are quite numerous and trivial, but they are all daily needs. Of course, it was impossible for him to go back to the capital and send it over, but directly chose to purchase it in a town closest to Shunyang Pass and escort it directly.

It was getting dark fast in winter, and Niu Shang and the others were still a little cautious, thinking that when they were eating, they would have to say a few words to Ruan Bai, maybe they could seize a little opportunity. But they were disappointed, there was no Ruan Bai in the kitchen at all, only Chu Hao came to visit, took a food box, and left in a hurry.

Chu Hao returned to the room, Ruan Bai was sitting on the low table writing and drawing, his mental power was highly concentrated, and he didn't even raise his eyes when Chu Hao came in; Only when Chu Hao tried to clear a place on the low table did he take a fierce look at it: "Don't move!" "He hasn't been numbered yet, he doesn't have a computer, and it's very abusive to draw and watch all by hand, right? Especially since he's not a professional.

"Okay, I'm not moving, I'll eat first." Chu Hao was glared at by Ruan Bai and had no temper at all, opened the food box and directly put the big bowl inside in his hand, picked up the chopsticks and put them down, changed them to a spoon, scooped up a dumpling, blew it, and sent it to Ruan Bai's mouth, "Ahh

Ruan Bai opened his mouth, took half a bite, and took a break before chewing twice, and then resting for a while and chewing twice.

Seeing this, Chu Hao was silently lucky, and he almost wanted to take this pile of paper and burn it. Is it a moment and a half to eat?! But thinking about the consequences of burning, he could only eat the remaining half of the dumpling hard, scooped another dumpling and handed it over: "Ah-"

It wasn't until nearly midnight that Ruan Bai's affairs came to an end, and he looked up and saw Chu Hao leaning on the side reading a book, and asked, "When is it?" ”

Chu Hao was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "It's almost time." Done? "The stinky boy was left alone all night. Is it important for him to be an older brother in a pile of broken paper? He even dared to stare at him. Sure enough, children can't be petted, and if they don't open the house for three days, they have to find a time to clean up.

"Hmm." Ruan Bai lowered his head and carefully cleaned up the results of a night, frowning slightly, "It's strange, I haven't eaten dinner, and I'm not hungry at all now." "Are you hungry?

Chu Hao started to get lucky again, and slapped it on the low table: "Brother feed you!" ”

"Huh?" Why wasn't he impressed at all?

Chu Hao looked at Ruan Bai, who was rarely a little stupid, thinking that Ergou didn't mean it, he was busy with these things or for business, so he couldn't help but soften his heart, moved the low table away, and grabbed the person as soon as he stretched out his hand and picked him up: "Let's go, go wash, and go to bed immediately after washing." In the afternoon, two merchants came, bringing a lot of things, and they will be busy tomorrow. ”

"Oh." Ruan Bai nodded, and when he went out of the room, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and patted him on the shoulder, "Let me down, I'll go by myself." "When did his wariness of this man fall so low? even connived at this kind of Cheng dù. Not good, very bad.

Chu Hao paused, his brows furrowed, and just when Ruan Bai thought that he would be put down, he suddenly stretched his arm forward, lifted it up, threw it up, and then hugged it back: "Tsk, it's so light, you still want to crush my brother?" ”

No, he wasn't worried at all about whether he would crush Chu Hao.

The series of actions was so fast that Ruan Bai didn't react at all. He subconsciously hugged Chu Hao's neck, he couldn't believe that he was such a big person, and he was still being lifted high or something...... What a shame......

Chu Hao felt the body temperature of the person in his arms rise slightly, slowed down, and showed a gentle expression on his face that he didn't even realize it.

Tian Kaifu, who couldn't sleep at night, saw this scene and silently closed the door. Second brother? It turns out that this is the second brother.

Ruan Bai woke up and felt that the whole world was twisted.

At the breakfast table, Ruan Bai looked at Tian Kaifu who was looking at him with dead fish eyes, opened his mouth like a handless person, and let Chu Hao feed him. Just now, he just protested, and his two hands were grabbed by Chu Hao.

He had no idea what the fun of feeding people was! I really love to feed and believe that there is no shortage of serious injuries in the hospital.

Others did not dare to look up. Although Lord Ruan is younger, he is about to be fifteen, and at other times, even if his family background is not very good, he has already agreed to get married, and he is waiting to get married in a few years. It's so big, but now it's being fed or something......

Chu Hao looked at Ruan Bai's increasingly murderous little eyes, and his heart trembled a little, he couldn't say what it felt, but he was panicked. After feeding the last mouthful of porridge, he muttered: "I was so well-behaved last night, and when I woke up, I turned my face and didn't recognize anyone." ”

His voice was very small, only Ruan Bai heard it, and instantly felt the blood rush to his face. He must have used his brain too much yesterday, and the whole person was not normal, which definitely does not mean normality.

Ruan Bai snorted coldly, looked at the people who were eating with their heads bowed, and called the five people who had already finished eating on the side: "Tang Xinhou, Xu Er, Xu Liu, Zhou Dahu, Zhang Daniu, you come with me." ”

Ruan Bai wanted to arrange official business, no matter how anxious Niu Shang and Hu Shang were, they had to wait for Ruan Bai to find them before they could come forward. In contrast, Hu Lao Liu was not in a hurry, and pulled Pan Daning to talk homely.

"It's going to get cold soon, Boss Hu is still running outside like this, aren't the family worried?" Pan Daning is a real Shunyang person, and his family was not poor before, but it was not much better. Originally, the house in the house was old, and there were some leaks and leaks. Now although the family ...... Discrete, but in this deserted post, not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also warm kang, eat every day like the New Year, no, it's better than the New Year.

Hu Lao Liu often ran to the border line, and replied casually: "The family is worried, originally this trip will not come out, but Lord Ruan explained that he wants to run again, right?" ”

There is a shortage of materials at the border gates, and more than a dozen of them ...... Oh, now there are five more, that is, more than 20 people, and the daily food and clothing are not a small amount. Ruan Bai's accounts were very detailed, and every few days he would tell them how much money they had now, how much they had spent, where the money had been spent, and so on. Originally, it looked like a lot of money, but it didn't cost as much as I imagined.

It's not that they haven't mentioned that everything about food and clothing can be a little worse, but Ruan Bai doesn't accept it. In Ruan Bai's opinion, eating is bad enough now, and what else can you lack to eat? Pan Daning and the others originally felt that the things brought back from the grassland had nothing to do with them, and they were all Ruan Bai and Chu Hao's names. Now that Ruan Bai is so insistent, they can only work hard, not to make money, but to be not a white eater.

When the cattle merchant heard this, his eyes widened: "It's not cold now?" "That can't be delayed any longer. He was a little afraid to go out in this weather, and if it was two days late, he would simply wait here until the beginning of spring next year before leaving.

Pan Daning laughed twice: "Where is it cold now, wait for the winter solstice...... Yo, speaking of which, it will be the winter solstice in two days! ”

Li Niang happened to walk over with the quilt: "The master said that the winter solstice kills sheep and stews radishes to eat." ”

Pan Daning was very eye-catching, and went directly to help Liniang take the quilt out to dry.

Seeing that the people were busy, the two merchants didn't talk any more to get in the way, and the two of them coincidentally circled around the deserted post, trying to find something good to bring back with them. The fireplace in the barn is pretty good.

They were chattering a few words about business, and when they turned a corner, they saw Ruan Bai standing in front of the livestock shed with five people. I don't know what Ruan Bai said just now, the faces of the five people are not very good-looking.

“…… Do what I just said today, do as much as you can. After Ruan Bai finished speaking, he saw the two businessmen and walked forward, "I'm sorry yesterday, let's hurry up and finish the matter today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to walk on the road if it's a little later." ”

The two people represent two businesses, so naturally they are discussed separately.

In fact, it's not a big deal, the cattle merchant is equivalent to delivering a little final payment, and placing another order for mutton fat, but the next time it will have to be picked up at the beginning of spring.

"Boss Niu, next year's things are not in a hurry. If you can find something to come over next year, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. Ruan Bai said, and took out a thick envelope, which contained a list that he had prepared a long time ago.

Niu Shang looked at the thickness of the envelope, and his heart was full of sighs, he muttered a few words, looked at Ruan Bai's face, opened the envelope and looked at it, and quickly breathed a sigh of relief. The envelope is thick, not because there are many contents inside, but because the name and picture are written on each piece of paper, and the drawing is very fine.

He glanced at it a few times: "Don't hide it from adults, although most of the villains on the paper have never seen it, but the capital is prosperous, I believe you can always find some." In this matter, the villain must do his best. ”

Ruan Bai nodded: "Then bother Boss Niu." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Seeing the opportunity, the cattle merchant retreated, "The villain is going to pack his luggage, don't dare to delay on the way." ”

After sending off the cattle merchants, Hu Shang quickly came in: "The day after tomorrow, the last batch of coal should also arrive." This batch should be given to Lord Ruan by the villain...... Don't be too busy refusing it, you came up with the idea to change the wheelbarrow last time, and now it's much easier to use. ”

Ruan Bai raised his eyebrows slightly: "One yard is one yard, you collect the payment." "He hasn't finished systematically improving the unicycle, it was just a little bit of suspension last time......

Just as he was thinking, Ah Qiang knocked on the door and said, "Master, Master Cao is here." ”