Chapter 185, Foothold
This is a cannibalistic society, but after all, Li Xuesi lives in a simple environment, and this is not a battlefield, it is his uncle and aunt who are killed, although he hates them very much in his heart, and he also kills those two, but after that, he has had nightmares for several days.
Li Xuejian stayed by his side day and night for several days, and Li Xiaoran also took advantage of the time to take care of him to send him some vitality, which made his nightmares less, and finally accepted the result peacefully.
Except for the three of them, no one knew that the tragic death of the Li family couple was committed by two thirteen-year-old twins.
They went more than 600 miles deep into the north, and at the foot of the mountain on the other side of Yanhui Mountain, a place called Qiongshan County stopped.
Here is close to the mountain, there are a lot of mountain goods, rich resources, so the county seat is very large and prosperous, and it is not too far from the capital city of the north, only more than 400 miles.
They stayed in the inn, and then Li Xuejian's brothers went out to look for a house with a Chinese person, and finally in the north of the city, they bought the house of a wealthy businessman surnamed Zhao who was convicted of colluding with Yiren.
This house is not very big, the courtyard of the three entrances, with a small garden, but fortunately, the two small two-entry houses adjacent to this house are sold together, Li Xuejian and the three of them discussed, and brought the Fu family over to see, and they were very satisfied with this house, so they spent three thousand taels of silver to buy the three houses.
Li Xuejian's identity is very valued here, and he soon entered the local circle, and they only knew here that the north is vast and sparsely populated, and a large part of the population here is from the Great Zhou, at this time, the government is very welcome to scholars, farmers and merchants, and a large area of barren land here is not cultivated, and there are more people who come, so as to drive the economy of the north, from this point of view, the principal of the Yongwang Mansion is not all incompetent and only knows the crime of fighting for power.
Although Li Xiaoran and there are many of them, these people are all from farmers, and they are not rich people who only know pleasure, they are not very good at home, so when they see such a good yard, they are all smiling and happy, and they are not so repulsive to be forced to leave their hometown for a few days.
Although they live in a crowded area, there are several families living in the courtyard, and there is no inner courtyard and outer courtyard, but they are originally countrymen, and they do not have many particularities of large families in the city, but no one complains and feels that there is anything wrong.
Once you've established yourself here, it's time to think about livelihoods.
Li Xiaoran discussed with his brothers, they still have to take the road of the imperial examination to enter the office, they have already inquired clearly, a talent like Li Xuejian does not need to participate in the imperial examination of the Great Zhou, as long as he goes to the local government to report and the examination is organized by the government school in the north, he can be an official in the north.
In fact, the Northland is equivalent to having its own small court.
And Li Xiaoran decided to continue to open a pharmacy in the local area, but the doctor who sat in the hall still had to be found slowly, and most of the people who came out with them were women and children, so they could be organized to do their old business - the head flower, this thing is a small profit, and there is no need to show up, as long as Jiang Qi runs and sells it.
In the blink of an eye, they have settled in Qiongshan County for more than half a year, survived the severe cold in the north, ushered in the vibrant spring outside, and Li Xiaoran's heart is also as bright as the sunshine outside.
It is much easier to do business in the north than in Da Zhou, her pharmacy has opened one in Qiongshan County and Fucheng for more than half a year, she is not as complete as other pharmacies, she only operates some precious medicinal materials such as old ginseng for a long time, and hemostatic medicinal materials such as notoginseng, and made some finished hemostatic agents, at the beginning of the business was light, and then in the county dad needs the old ginseng to adjust his life, but he can't find it, he inadvertently found it in the shop that opened for a few months, and saved his father's life, this person's shop gradually became widely known.
And the Li family established contact with the local magistrate in this way, of course, this old ginseng didn't ask for money, the magistrate saw that they knew and knew the interest, and there were scholars at home, but he didn't underestimate them, and he was kind to them, and introduced many big households to them, which is why they can stand on their feet so quickly.
"Second brother, little brother, I'll have someone bring you something delicious at noon." Li Xiaoran sent his two brothers out with a smile, Li Xuesi's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What is the value of delicious food?" ”
There is no canteen in the county school here, and the students bring their own meals, and the Li family is not far away, and there are manpower, so they send someone to send them food at noon every day.
"You'll know when the time comes." She sold a pass, pushed the two out of the door, waved her hand, and said a little mischievously: "Study hard!" ”
Li Xuesi smiled: "It's still confidential, forget it, don't ask." ”
She smiled like a flower, as fresh and lovely as a lily in spring, Tingting Yuli, and did not pay attention, a man sitting on a horse in the distance, was slightly stupid after seeing her, and muttered: "When did such a beauty come out of this Qiongshan County, it is really a beautiful woman who captivates the country and the city!" ”
The little guy who was leading the horse next to him immediately understood the master's intentions, and said: "Master, turn around and let people carry her into the house, and the master will also add a beautiful woman with a fragrance." ”
The man smiled, very satisfied with the little guy's upper road, and saw that the other party closed the door, so he reluctantly turned the horse's head, "Go to the county office, since you are here, I want to ask about the local people's livelihood" The man said seriously.
The little guy who knew him secretly complained in his heart, "When did you take care of these things, it's not for the girl before, and you don't want to find a better excuse." ”
When the master and servant left, Li Xuejian glanced back suspiciously, how could he have a strange feeling in his heart, but he didn't find anything, he shook his head, and went to the county school with the bookcase on his back with his younger brother.
After Li Xiaoran went back, he went to the stove to drum for a while, and then instructed Aunt Wang, "...... Auntie, today's pizza will be done as I said last time. ”
But it turned out that what she said was delicious was pizza, and she had made it twice before, and the family liked it very much, saying that it was simple and delicious, and there were dishes and rice.
As for the cheese, I learned it from the Yi people, and the cheese they make is very fragrant and delicious, not inferior to those brands in modern times.
After she was done, she told Fu that she wanted to enter the mountain, so she left home alone with a small baggage.
Fu Shi is very helpless about this, Ran Er is getting older and older, and she has more and more ideas, and her mother's words are simply listening to the left ear and the right ear.
Like this matter of entering the mountain, she disagreed with it a hundred times, but her daughter was holding Shang Fang's sword, and Li Yihe listened to her before leaving, and didn't take her at all, so she could only watch her pack a few clothes and baked flatbread and leave through the back door.
PS: I'm sorry, I don't want to write this, but I only wrote 2,000 words today, so let's deal with it. I found out that my full attendance was going to be in the soup again. R1152