Chapter Twenty-Five: A Livelihood
The sunset on the horizon is like fire, the pedestrians on the bridge are like weaving, the wind rises, and the catkins are floating.
Hearing Liu Xiu's words, the woman in white was stunned for a moment, then her eyelashes curled and smiled, she turned her head to look at Liu Xiu and covered her mouth and chuckled: "Childe thinks I'm here to trouble you?" ”
Isn't it?
Liu Xiu was stunned, but when she saw the other party's appearance, she didn't seem to be it, she secretly sweated one, where are there so many bad people in the world.
There was no embarrassed expression on her face, Liu Xiu just looked at the other party with a smile and said nothing, she said that she was waiting for her here, so it must have some kind of purpose, Liu Xiu was too lazy to guess, and waited for the other party to make it clear without speaking.
Having said that, girls are often associated with the word trouble, right?
Seeing that Liu Xiu didn't accept the offer, the woman was a little depressed, and said speechlessly: "You are a ...... person, let's just say it, I am waiting for you here, I just want to ask you if you have anything like silver thread grass or black leopard skin, I will spend money to sell it."
It turned out that they were here for this, Liu Xiu's heart flickered, and she probably guessed that those two things could play a role in the hands of people like them that she didn't know.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a young girl to wait for herself here.
Shaking his head, Liu Xiu spread his hands and said, "It's gone, it's really gone."
In fact, Liu Xiu has a silver thread grass on his body, even Lausanne doesn't know, even in the bamboo building in the mountains, Liu Xiu also has more than ten silver thread grass, Liu Xiu was interested in collecting it after learning from Lausanne's mouth that this is a good thing, this time he came out and brought one, to avoid that in case the salt can't change things, he can only take out the silver thread grass at that time, but he killed a black leopard in the middle of the way, and he didn't have a chance to take out the silver thread grass.
At this time, Liu Xiu was not ready to give the silver thread grass to this woman, and he would not sell it for money, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
Although she had expected that Liu Xiu would not have a treasure like silver thread grass, she could get Liu Xiu's affirmative answer, and the woman in white was still a little disappointed.
In the little entanglement, the woman puffed out her mouth slightly and said: "Do you know that the chances of our three families in Qingliu Town were originally the same, but because your silver thread grass and black leopard skin were obtained by the Tian family, our other two families are absolutely passive, so angry."
"Should I know anything?" Liu Xiu asked blankly.
The three families she said, Liu Xiu estimated that they should be the three families of Qingliu Town that Lausanne said, but the so-called opportunities and breaking the flat in the woman's mouth Liu Xiu is unknown.
It seems that some kind of balance is tilted because of its own appearance?
"Forget it, I told you that you don't understand, so let's do it, if you still have something like silver thread grass in the future, can I book it? Whether you bring it to town or have someone notify me to come in person, you will pay a price that you are satisfied with, do you think that is okay? The girl said with a little anticipation.
She didn't actually have much hope in her heart, and she discussed with Liu Xiu like this, just for that little eventuality.
"Okay, but don't get your hopes up," Liu Xiu nodded with a smile.
The other party was from an extraordinary background at a glance, and it was rare that he was so polite, so Liu Xiu simply agreed, if there is an intersection in the future, and the impression that the other party gave himself is not very bad, it doesn't hurt to sell her a silver thread grass when the time comes, anyway, there are more things for themselves.
It's just that Liu Xiu is very puzzled, silver thread grass seems to be very precious and rare, but what is the effect of that thing?
Although she was curious about this, Liu Xiu didn't have the idea of eating and dying by herself, and she would always figure it out in the future.
"Then it's decided," the girl laughed.
Liu Xiu nodded and said, "That's it, since that's the case, then don't go through it first, we still have to walk a long way to return to the village."
After speaking, Liu Xiu smiled, and then walked across the stone bridge to chase after Lausanne and them, who were already a little ahead.
The woman in white looked at Liu Xiu's back, thought about it, raised her voice slightly and said, "Remember, my name is Liu Qingqing, don't look for the wrong person when the time comes."
"Remember," Liu Xiu said without replying, raising his right hand and shaking it as he spoke.
Watching Liu Xiu walk away, Liu Qingqing retracted his gaze, looked at the people around him and said strangely: "This person ...... Do you feel it? He seems very different."
"Is there one? What does Miss think is different about him? A middle-aged woman with a sword asked.
"Feel, feel, forget it, go home, really, if I get silver thread, ......, but ah...... The Zhou family didn't get it either, I'm afraid it's in a hurry at this time......"
The person walked away, and the sound gradually disappeared into the wind......
"Noble, is there anything wrong?" Luo Shan asked Liu Xiu who followed with some concern.
Shaking his head, Liu Xiu smiled: "Don't worry, what can happen, just rest assured, by the way, don't call me by nobles, I'm just an ordinary person, I can't afford such a title, it's better to call me like this, you call me sir."
"Okay, expensive...... Well, Mr. Liu, it's okay anyway, these big families, if you don't pay attention to it, you will get into big trouble," Luo Shan sighed, and he didn't know what unpleasant memories he evoked.
Without mentioning this stubble, Liu Xiu changed the topic and asked: "By the way, Luoshan, are you familiar with the three families in Qingliu Town?" ”
"I'm not familiar with it, it's just that I have a little intersection with the descendants of the Tian family when I pay taxes every year, and the rest is not clear, what does Mr. want to know?" Luo Shan shook his head and said.
"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just curious, is it that the people of the three families are so high-profile, and they always bring more than a dozen guards when they go out, Tian Lin is like this, Liu Qingqing is like this, and the young man surnamed Zhou who only has one face is also like this, is he really so afraid of death?"
"Well, it should be pomp......"
chatting all the way, when the moon reached the treetops, Liu Xiu and the others returned to Linbian Village, the expected robbery did not appear, and I don't know if the people who were watching the tops saw that dozens of people in their group gave up, but it was a good thing after all.
Ten carts of grain were pulled back, which immediately caused a commotion among the villagers, who were rustic, although they were curious about why so much grain was pulled back, but most of them just watched from afar and did not make any unusual moves.
Liu Xiu asked the people who sent the grain to unload the grain in the courtyard of Luosang's house, and after the people left, Liu Xiu asked Luoshan to call the old village chief to come, and entrusted the other party to let him distribute the grain to the villagers on his behalf, and the most difficult people gave priority, and there will be more food in the next few days, and every family has a share.
Liu Xiu believed that the old village chief would definitely be able to arrange it, so he would leave it to him.
When the villagers learned that the noble man who brought Luosang out of the cliff of life and death was going to distribute food to everyone, the whole village was in a stir, and it did not stop until midnight.
After those who were already in difficulty took the lead in getting food, they didn't dare to disturb Liu Xiu's rest, so they quietly kowtowed a few times at night to express their gratitude.
Liu Xiu saw such a picture, which is also the reason why he didn't come forward to distribute food to everyone, people are not grass and trees, he remembers how good you are to him.
There were still one or twenty catties of salt left, and Liu Xiu didn't use it, so he gave it directly to the Lausanne family, and in exchange for a burst of gratitude.
After resting for one night, it was another day in the blink of an eye, and in the morning, after Liu Xiu practiced his routine to cultivate his body, he washed up and ate the food cooked by Lausanne's mother, and then began to sort out the things he bought from the town yesterday.
A set of iron-striking tools, 500 pounds of pig iron, two firewood knives, two kitchen knives, two axes, hoes, iron pots, cloth, crop seeds, etc......
Liu Xiu sorted it out very carefully, with these things, he can live well alone in the mountains, if he is bored, he can also come out and walk around, anyway, it is convenient to know the road, a matter of a day or two.
When they saw Liu Xiu sorting out things, the Lausanne family panicked, thinking that Liu Xiu would leave immediately, and Lausanne's mother came anxiously to ask if there was anything that neglected him, a great benefactor.
Liu Xiu first reassured her that there was nothing to snub herself, and after calming her nervousness, she said that she would not leave immediately, at least until the follow-up food was completely delivered.
So, the Lausanne family was relieved.
However, it was Liu Xiu's act of tidying up things that actually alarmed the old village chief to come in person.
Helpless, Liu Xiu comforted him again, and then his heart moved, let the village chief sit down, and organized the language: "Village chief, I think so, with the food I provide, the villagers should not worry too much about their livelihood this year, so I suggest that during this time, organize the villagers to repair the river embankment and clean up the fields, so that it will be good to cultivate in the coming year."
Hearing this, the old village chief laughed and said: "Mr. Liu is kind-hearted, it is really a blessing for all the villagers of our Linbian Village to meet you, in fact, even if Mr. Liu does not say that I will arrange for the villagers to strengthen the river embankment and clean up the fields, the countrymen, the fields are the root of life, where can you not pay attention to it, so please rest assured Mr. Liu on this point, who is lazy to see me not to kill him!" ”
"That's good," Liu Xiu said with a smile, but she was too worried.
Without waiting for the old village chief to say anything, Liu Xiu looked at the reassuring Qingliu Town in the distance and said: "Old village chief, although I have only been here for two days, I have a lot of feelings, the villagers have a hard time, even if they are busy day and night, they can only barely make ends meet after a year, and half of the grain collected has to be used to pay taxes......
Hearing this, the old village chief's heart jumped fiercely, and he had a certain premonition, so he couldn't bear to interrupt Liu Xiu's words.
Then Liu Xiu continued: "So, I have an idea, teach the villagers a way to make a living, although they can't be rich and expensive, but they should be able to make their lives a little better."
Hearing this, although the old village chief didn't know what Liu Xiu wanted to teach everyone to make a living, he stood up excitedly, bowed to Liu Xiu with red eyes, and said, "Here, on behalf of all the villagers, I thank Mr. Liu."
"I can't help it, the old village chief, sit down, let's talk slowly," Liu Xiu immediately helped the old village chief and hurriedly said.
The villagers are simple and simple, but they can bow and kowtow at every turn, so that Liu Xiu has two big heads......