When Li Luo and Cui Xiuning saw the abandoned courtyard, even if they were mentally prepared, they were shocked.

Although the small courtyard covers an area of half an acre, it has almost become a land of vines and thorns. The courtyard is overgrown with shrubs more than a meter high, and if it weren't for the cold winter, you would definitely see crazy weeds all over the garden.

Through the low courtyard wall covered with dead vines, you can see three rooms, black holes without doors, and snow piled up all over the threshold.

Although it looks like a haunted house, fortunately it is still intact, not a dilapidated house that is about to collapse, and there are no cracks in the wall.

It's only been four or five years since no one lived there, and that's what it is.

"This house was not bad then, but now it is like this." Du Lie said with emotion. "I'll help you pick up and pick up, and you can live today."

Du Lie fully demonstrated the style of a Jurchen man, and when Li Luo and Cui Xiuning were still hesitating, he kicked open the rotten courtyard door, tore open the vines blocking the way, and broke into the courtyard in a hurry.

The two of them followed in a little ashamed, carefully stepping on Du Lie's footprints while looking around.

Du Lie had already pulled out a few shrubs at this time, and said as he pulled them, "This is firewood, don't give it up." ”

Li Luo naturally couldn't watch it, he rubbed his hands and pulled it up.

Cui Xiuning was suddenly embarrassed, and she also wanted to pull out the bushes, but Du Lie stopped her: "The lady of the Li family is a woman, how can she do the heavy work?" If the lady can't see it, she will clean the house. ”

Cui Xiuning heard him call himself "the lady of the Li family", and she was very unhappy. But he also knew that Du Lie had good intentions, but he couldn't clarify, so he could only secretly glance at Li Luo, and then carefully walked into a room.

"Although Brother Li is a son of a family, his strength is not small." Du Lie saw Li Luo pull out a few shrubs, and couldn't help but look a little higher. Although the roots of these shrubs are still shallow, after all, they have grown for several years, and they can not be pulled out if they are weak.

Although Li Luo is not very old, he often exercises, has good nutrition, and is of course very strong with a height of one meter seven or eight. Once you put down the frame, you can do manual work well.

"My brother is more neat than me, a real good man." Li Luo complimented.

Du Lie laughed, "No, I ate too little and lost too much strength." When he was strong, he could also pull the three-stone strong bow. ”

Li Luo was a little surprised, the one who could pull out the three-stone strong bow must be a warrior with superior bravery. You have more than 300 catties of strength in your arm, and you may not be able to pull away the three-stone strong bow.

"Brother Dulie is really a warrior, he can even shoot a three-stone strong bow! If you go into battle to kill the enemy, it is easy to make meritorious contributions. Li Luo admired it very much.

Du Lie said "hey", "What is this?" Nowadays, there are many people in the Mongolian army who can shoot a three-stone strong bow, and within a hundred steps, the leather armor is not resistant. Within fifty steps, the iron armor is unstoppable. Only a few rounds of arrow rain, the enemy formation will be chaotic, and the heavy armored iron cavalry will break the formation, and then the light cavalry will cover the killing. ”

Du Lie obviously had palpitations, and the tragedy of the uprising against Mongolia many years ago is still in his mind.

Li Luo believes that in terms of physical strength and endurance, the ancient Jurchens are definitely outstanding. But at present, it must be that the Mongols are stronger, after all, the Jurchens have been in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years, and their literature is much weaker.

It is said that most of the Mongol soldiers were fierce and strong, especially in the art of mounted archery. One hundred and ten Mongol cavalrymen, carrying a bag of dry food and cheese, could harass thousands of enemy troops for three days and three nights without relying on supplies. They suddenly jumped off their horses and shot the enemy on the ground with their bows, and suddenly jumped on their horses and fired back guerrillas with their bows, often costing ten times or dozens of times the morale of the enemy's troops, and their morale was sluggish, and they were defeated before they could fight. What is even more terrifying is that the Mongolian army has the organizational, mobile, and logistical capabilities of the times. The implementation of strategies and tactics is extremely efficient.

The Mongolian army of this era can definitely be proud of the world. Even the European knights and Arab cavalry, which can be called strong soldiers, have few chances of victory against the Upper Mongol army.

Even if the two of them had a lot of strength, it took half an hour to clear the bushes in the small courtyard, and they were all tired and panting. Especially Li Luo, his hands are worn out. But the yard has become decent, and there is a large pile of firewood, just enough to keep warm.

Cui Xiuning had also cleaned a room, her hair was gray and thatched, and her face had become dirty.

Seeing her come out, Li Luo suddenly pointed to her ear, "You have an extra earring." ”

Cui Xiuning was puzzled: "What? ”

"Spider earrings."

Cui Xiuning suddenly let out a scream, and when he shook off the spider hanging from his ears, his face turned pale.

Li Luo smiled: "This spider is dead, frozen to death." ”

Cui Xiuning glared at Li Luo fiercely and patted the ash on his body heavily.

Du Lie is a bit slanderous, this little lady of the Li family turned out to be a little strong, and she inevitably lost respect for her father-in-law.

Li Luo entered the house that Cui Xiuning had simply cleaned up and found that it was a kitchen. There was a broken jar inside, but the pot was gone, the floor was full of dead grass, and only a small simple table was spared.

"Without an iron pot, you can't make a fire, and now an iron pot costs more than 300 yuan." Du Lie said, "The tank can be used, only half a tank of water can be filled." ”

At this moment, suddenly Cui Xiuning's voice came from the middle room: "There is a wild dog." ”

The two entered the main room, and sure enough, at the mouth of the big pit covered by withered grass, they found a wild dog, dull gray-brown hair, listless, skinny, and seemed to be malnourished, it stared pitifully at a few people, and its slender eyes were fearful and fierce.

Looks like it's been living here for a long time, and it's already making it home.

"This is not a wild dog, this is a fox." Du Lie said, "Luckily, the fox's meat is not bad. "I'm going to step forward.

Sensing the danger, the fox bared his teeth and stood up suddenly, his withered hairs standing up like pins, and a low roar from his mouth.

At this time, the three of them saw clearly that this was a pregnant female fox. Its belly was dragging to the ground like a bulging sack.

Du Lie suddenly stopped and said, "Pregnant beasts don't kill." "It's a pity.

Cui Xiuning also breathed a sigh of relief, she really didn't want to hurt the pregnant female fox. As for Li Luo, he was thinking of stories like "Deserted House Vixen". But it was clear that although the fox was female, it could not have become a beauty.

Du Dulie helped the two clean up for another hour, and when he saw that there were almost people to live, he was ready to leave, and he didn't forget to remind him when he left.

"Although the bedding in this house is dirty, you will not be cold when you use it, and when the fire in the kang burns at night, the house will be warm."

"Since you can't bear to drive this fox away, don't use the kang in the main house, lest it hurt people at night."

"It is estimated that the price of grain will rise, and the copper money in your hands will be exchanged for two liters of grain as soon as possible. Half a mile to the right from the discharge gate, there is a grocery store at the head of the bridge, where there is grain to sell. ”

"My family is also in this village, in the big cemetery two miles away, if you encounter difficulties, you can go to the big cemetery to find me."

After Du Lie finished speaking, he left.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning lit a fire in the wing room and began to rest on the fire. After being tired for a long time, the fire was burning, and I could finally take a breath.

"A new home?"

"Well, a new home.

In addition to the earthen kang and a gray old bedding, the wing room of this new home has only a broken cabinet, which looks empty and desolate.

Li Luo brought in the bushes he had pulled out before and stacked them neatly together. These should be enough to burn for two days.

Cui Xiuning grabbed a handful of dead grass on the ground and put it into the fire pit, "I want to drink some boiling water." ”

"We don't have a pot, let's eat some snow first." Li Luo also wanted to drink boiling water.

Cui Xiuning went out, then grabbed a handful of snow and came back, scrubbing the dust on his face, "What about the money given by Daddy Yan Duo?" Let's go sell grain first. Always eat at night. ”

Li Luo took out a large handful of copper coins from his coat and gave some to Cui Xiuning.

"One, two, three, four, five......"

"One, two, three, four, five......"

"I'm fifteen."

"Of my fourteen, that's twenty-nine."

"How much food can I buy?"

"I don't know. Durek said he could only buy two liters of wheat. ”

"Then let's go quickly, I'm afraid the price will rise at any time."

Li Luo said: "I'll go, don't go out casually first, so as not to get into trouble." You look at the fire, I'll buy it and go back. ”

"Okay. Then you are not allowed to hide wheat on the road. ”

"Little police flower, I haven't done that yet."

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