"Old Chen, what you said is excessive, as if I can eat it." Of course, Li Xie knew that the two old men in front of him were joking, so it was completely inappropriate.

However, Li Xie is a little concerned about the two industries of salt and iron, and now most of the people buy private salt, which is controlled by the family, but it is indeed relatively cheaper than official salt.

These so-called private salts are actually simply extracted from places with more saline-alkali land, and Li Xie is not very clear about the specific ingredients, but there are definitely a lot of impurities.

This kind of salt used to be eaten at home, and every time the family bought it back, Li Xie had to process it once. Otherwise, the taste of the salt is bitter and astringent, and it is difficult to swallow.

Nowadays, there are many illegal salt sellers on the market, but there is a shadow of the family in it. Li Xie can also buy it then, but if he has no background, I'm afraid he will be easily killed.

Not to mention the iron industry, which has always been firmly in the hands of the government. Not to mention Li Xie, even some big people don't dare to interfere at all.

"If you kid is really short of money, I have a trade, but I have to work at night." Chen Pingqing saw that Li Xie was silent, thinking that he had really encountered a difficulty.

"Oh, what? It's okay to work at night, huh? "Going to work at night is nothing, it's an all-night job, and it's not like he hasn't done it.

"The government's daily bulletins are printed by special people, and most of these prints are carried out at night. The job I introduce you to do is to inspect these things every day. ”

Most of the contacts with these things are reported in real time, and the contacts are all current affairs, which will be of great use to Li Xie in the future. Chen Pingqing could think of letting him do this work, which can be described as well-intentioned.

This thing is similar to the newspaper work in the previous life, the working hours are not long, but the salary is not low, and the only drawback is that it is more mentally draining. So during this period of the refugee epidemic, there is no need to think about it:

"Is he recruiting people there for a long time? You know I don't have to think about it for a while, at least. ”

"I know, I'm talking about the refugee after the matter is resolved," Chen Pingqing didn't let Li Xie take the lead this time, picked up the chess piece and played:

"If you are really having a hard time during this period of time, you can consider Lao Liu's suggestion and go to his house for two meals. The relationship between his family is the least complicated, there are only his husband and wife and a granddaughter in the house, if you can go, he still can't wait! ”

"That's right, it's important to do the right thing, money is just a trivial matter, we can help you solve it." Liu Zuxiang hurriedly accosted.

"Okay, don't worry, there are still a few days of food money. If I really can't eat the pot, I won't be embarrassed. Li Xie felt that if it didn't work, he would go into the mountains.

However, although he was confident, if there was no external interference, the gang in the west of the city would not need him to interfere at all. But how can there be an absolute internal environment in the world, if you want to have no external factors, I am afraid that it is a fool's dream.

So he had to let those subordinates know where he was at all times, and if he wanted to go into the mountains, he would waste his energy by taking another job, these things would definitely not be done.

Things were really as he estimated, and after a few days, he really didn't even have money for food, so Li Xie had to open his mouth to Liu Zuxiang.

"No problem, then from today onwards, you can leave work with me! Or you can just come to my house. In this way, three meals a day can be easily solved. Liu Zuxiang agreed when Li Xie spoke.

"This really doesn't need to, I'll just deal with it in the west of the city in the morning, you just need to help me solve dinner." It's really uncomfortable to go to live in someone's house, so Li Xie can't agree.

"Okay, then so be it, you can watch the arrangement yourself." Liu Zuxiang didn't force it, and he was at ease with Li Xie.

After leaving work together, Li Xie went back to his house with Liu Zuxiang, looking at the big word Liu Fu hanging on the door, and the long courtyard wall, Li Xie really didn't dare to imagine that such a big courtyard only had Liu Zuxiang and his wife and a grandson.

Facts have proved that there is a great difference between Li Xie's concept and that of people of this era, and the woman and wife mentioned by Chen Pingqing refer to a family. includes three wives and four concubines, and some partial houses, and the husband and wife in Li Xie's cognition refer to one wife and one wife.

Such a difference was caused, and when Liu Zuxiang introduced people to Li Xie one by one, Li Xie was confused.

It wasn't until this time that Li Xie knew that you husband and wife were referring to a group of people, and they still had some understanding of Liu Zuxiang and Li Xie, after all, they had been working together for a long time.

According to the usual chat of the three old people, Li Xie always knew that Liu Zuxiang's mansion was only lived by their husband and wife, and Li Xie once felt sorry for the old man as an empty nester.

Now it seems that this old man is much happier than himself, and the youngest of the three wives is only in his early 40s. As for how many concubines there are, Liu Zuxiang did not introduce them, and Li Xie has no way of knowing.

Li Xie has read some relevant legal knowledge, and as far as official recognition is concerned, he is actually monogamous, and the so-called three wives and four concubines are just folk sayings. But what Li Xie didn't know was that the "people" recognized three wives and four concubines, so three wives and four concubines were the norm in the big family.

Liu Zuxiang has a wife and two equal wives, and it is said that only this flat wife in her 40s gave birth to a son and a daughter.

As the saying goes, mothers are more expensive than children, and although this woman in her 40s is the youngest among many women, she has the highest status. Therefore, Liu Zuxiang only focused on this one, and the others were all mentioned in one sentence.

"You and I are equals, I'm older than you, so let's just call me sister-in-law!"

Li Xie looked at the three women present who were all older than his mother, but he felt very awkward to call his sister-in-law, so he simply called Mrs. Liu a little bit of identity. Anyway, when Li Xie called Liu Zuxiang, he also called Liu Lao directly, so it was reasonable to call him so.

After eating a meal, Li Xie wanted to wipe his mouth and leave directly, not wanting to leave no one without guests, but just after eating, it immediately rained heavily.

Winter has just passed, although it is already spring, it is still a little cold of winter, Liu Zuxiang directly left Li Xie in the house for the night.

It rained heavily all night, and Li Xie didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and the sound of rain and thunder and lightning outside the window was secondary, and Li Xie was mainly worried about the group of refugees outside the city.

Although every household has already built a straw shed, but it rains so much, Li Xie is not sure whether the wind is strong or less, and the grass shed that will blow down can last until dawn.