"Lao Li, do you have any difficulties?" Seeing Li Yuan's gaze, Zeng asked with some uncertainty, "All the braised plums have been sold, but my granddaughter and I plan to collect some green plums and make another jar, if you have any difficulties, you tell me." ”

Li Yuan sighed and stepped back, "Sister Zeng, you come and sit in first." ”

Invited Zeng and Lin Huan'er to enter the door and enter the main hall, Li Yuan pondered for a while, as if he was thinking about where to speak, "The two of you should know that I am just a servant of the Li family......"

According to what Li Yuan said, when they first fled, the Li family, the Liu family and other close families formed a team of more than 200 people to escape together, but along the way, a group was separated, a group was killed and wounded, and a group was betrayed, and most of the remaining people took root in Ganzhou, Yingtan and other places close to Shuzhong.

Only Li's father insisted on coming to Huaidi, because he knew that the Huai King stationed in Huaidi was the favorite youngest son of the saint today, and wherever there was war, Huaidi could not have it.

At that time, Li's father persuaded him to go around, but Liu Chongwen of the Liu family and a family surnamed Wu followed Li's father to the east, but the day before they arrived at the refugee settlement set up by King Huai, the person surnamed Wu stole all their property and absconded.

These properties were used by the two families to take care of officials and restart their livelihoods, and when they returned to abject poverty, everyone panicked. Fortunately, Li Zheng was witty and sewed a silver ticket on his underwear in advance. This silver ticket is only 1,000 taels, but the capitation fee for entering the city is 200 taels for adults, 100 taels for children, and the seventeen-year-old boy of the Liu family has to be counted as an adult. I can't pay the capitation fee, so I will all be in the army.

Father Li and Liu Chongwen discussed, even if they put together the rest of the property and put together 1,200 taels to enter the city, without the principal and the peasant registration, a few children can only barely eat, it is better for the two of them to fight together and make a name for themselves in the military camp, even if they are the boss, they will be able to protect their families in the future.

Li's father Li Xuan was the heir of the Li family, the richest man in Shu, and Liu Chongwen used to be the eldest young master of the dart bureau.

What makes Li Yuan strange is that the family that also fled into the famine also had those who went to join the army, and after a year of forming an army, they would send people to their homes to say a little message, but Li Huai and Liu Chongwen didn't hear any news at all, which was very inconsistent with the personalities of the two.

After that, Li Yuan began to inquire around for news of the two.

"What does this have to do with plum water?" Lin Huan'er was strange.

Li Yuan continued, "Later, we finally found out that the two of them had entered a special team and were personally escorted away by the Ying Tianfu Martial Cavalry Captain. ”

"Do you remember the officer we met that day when we were selling plum water at the temple fair? At that time, I looked at the man's clothes and looked a little familiar, and later I asked someone to inquire, and he was really Shi Cheng, the cavalry captain of Ying Tianwu. ”

Saying that, Li Yuan gestured to Lin Huan'er and Zeng, "Speaking of which, I have to apologize to the two of you, I just wanted to find someone to ask me that day when I saw that team of officers coming, and I forgot to come back to take care of you, but fortunately you were not troubled." ”

Zeng waved his hand, "You don't have to apologize." But Lao Li, do you want us to continue selling brine plum water, so that we can talk to the official? ”

Li Yuan nodded, "I asked someone later, saying that Lord Shi was leading people to rebuild the Guanyin Pavilion, and they would be stationed on the mountain in the near future. ”

"But Lao Li, we are ordinary people, even if we go to buy plum water, we can't talk to the official." Tsang's is embarrassed.

"Sister Zeng, don't worry, I will definitely not do anything that will embarrass you, and I will definitely not collide with the official, as long as I slowly get acquainted with Lord Shi."

"Grandma Great, you can help me." Li Zheng walked out at some point.

Zeng Shi was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth, "Lao Li, it is said that you taught Huan'er the recipe of this braised plum, and I should help you." But when I sold the plum to the shopkeeper Liu, I promised that the plum water would not be sold in other restaurants. Although I didn't sell it to a restaurant at a temple fair, I had to ask for advice from there. ”

Li Yuan knew that Li Zheng had helped Lin Huan'er hide the source of the recipe, and he also knew that the money they took was actually hush money. It's just that he can't explain in front of Zeng, so he can only nod.

Zeng thought about it again, "It's too late today, tomorrow I will go to Jinyuan Restaurant to explain the situation to Shopkeeper Liu." ”

"Then Li Zheng and I will go up the mountain to see if there are any green plums." Li Yuan Road.

"I'll go too!" Lin Huan'er finally found an opportunity to interject.

Li Zheng thought for a while, turned back to Li Yuan and said, "Uncle Li, let's go and inquire again tomorrow to see how long Master Shi will stay here." Don't just send the servant and leave. Go to the back mountain alone, don't go deeper, I just go with Huan'er. ”

"Then you have to protect your sister Huan'er, and then let Liu Gong accompany you, he is old and more stable and reliable." Li Yuan said.

"Okay." Li Zheng promised on his lips, but he slandered in his heart, and he didn't know who would protect whom.

After returning home, Lin Huan'er soaked the malt and put it in a shady place to wait for it to sprout, while Zeng put away the dried firewood, reheated the big bone stick, and ate it with Lin Huan'er in the face.

I have to say that the pure peasant pigs in ancient times, the boiled bone sticks are very fragrant, but it is a pity that after experiencing so much in one day and one night, Lin Huan'er has long lost her enthusiasm for eating meat, and she has calculated over and over again in her heart, a pound of glutinous rice and half a pound of wheat will produce half a pound of maltose, and half a pound of maltose can earn ten cents, and how much maltose she has to make to earn twenty taels of silver for the house.

After eating, Lin Huan'er fell asleep with a lot of worries, and went to find Li Zheng the next day, only to see Li Zheng wearing a dark blue shortshirt alone, standing in front of the house waiting for her.

"Just the two of us?" Lin Huan'er asked.

Li Zheng nodded a little awkwardly, "Well, it's just the two of us." Aunt Bai is a little unwell today, and Brother Liu Gong has to stay and take care of her. ”

Lin Huan'er suddenly remembered that when she first moved over, Li Yuan had said that the daughter-in-law of the Liu family was surnamed Bai and said that she should be asked to come back and walk around. More than half a month has passed now, and I haven't seen that house coming and going.

"Aunt Bai is often uncomfortable?" Lin Huan'er asked.

When she asked, Li Zheng's face became even more embarrassed, "No, she doesn't really like to see people." ”

What does it have to do with not liking to see people and letting Liu Gong go up the mountain, Lin Huan'er pouted.

But people don't want to socialize with her family, and she doesn't need to catch up.

"Let's go," she beckoned to Li Zheng, "It's better if he doesn't come, just the two of us, and I'll take you to Beishan a little deeper." When I went there before, I found that the fruit on the top of the mountain was about half a month later than here, and I guess the green plum there is the right time now. ”

"But isn't Beishan dangerous? I've heard that there are a lot of beasts there. Li Zheng paused.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you." Lin Huan'er grinned.

"But the point is, how did you go to Beishan? Grandma Great-Grandma won't let you go. Li Zheng's white face was a little baby fat, and his good-looking long eyebrows were slightly twisted, and the little boy couldn't see that he had escaped the famine.

"Uncle Li said that Beishan is a place where people kill people and throw corpses."

Lin Huan'er stopped and turned around.

"Ugh." Li Zheng suddenly realized what he had said.

Murder and corpse abandonment? Wang Laoer's face suddenly appeared in front of him.