Chapter 44: I Heard on the Road
Ten pairs of medicinal herbs, a bamboo tube of almost twenty catties of monkey wine, plus two silver thread grasses, Liu Xiu tidied up a little, put on a set of clean clothes and took these things and prepared to set off on the morning sun.
"Xiaobai, you are already a mature bee, and you are responsible for helping me take care of the house during my absence, do you know? Don't let other animals wreak havoc on this place."
Before leaving, Liu Xiu stroked the silver bee and warned earnestly, regardless of whether it understood it or not.
After getting along for so long, because the silver bee is silver and white like a work of art, Liu Xiu gave him the name Xiaobai, which can actually be called Xiaoyin, but Xiaoyin sounds a little wrong.
After admonishing him, Liu Xiu stepped on the morning dew.
In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of going outside naked, he slowed down, and did not rush at supersonic speed, and when it was sunrise, he also came to the outside of Linbian Village, ten times faster than when he came out.
Standing outside the village and looking at it from a distance, Liu Xiu found that almost all the villagers there were dressed in clean and complete clothes, and there was almost no food on their faces, and it was obvious that the quality of life had been greatly improved.
It is estimated that the mosquito coil business has not benefited them less......
Thinking so in his heart, Liu Xiu had no intention of going to the village, firstly, he came out this time mainly to be literate, and the villagers couldn't help him if they didn't know a lot of words, and secondly, he couldn't stand the villagers' gratitude for the act of bending down and kneeling at every turn, although it was just their simple expression.
It's so quiet and peaceful here, it's better not to bother, don't deliberately avoid it, don't deliberately touch it, just let it be.
After a little look at Linbian Village, Liu Xiu turned a corner and went directly to the direction of Qingliu Town, he stepped out of the distance of dozens of meters, and it took more than ten minutes to reach the town by dozens of miles.
Leaving Linbian Village and heading to the town, Liu Xiu walked more than ten miles when he saw a group of people in front of him, his speed was too fast, in order to avoid scaring them, Liu Xiu chose to slow down and move forward with normal steps.
In fact, he could also use the speed of those people to overtake them even if they didn't have time to react, but Liu Xiu wanted to ask about something by the way.
When I got closer, I actually had an acquaintance, of course, Liu Xiu was only able to see him, and he couldn't call the other party's name, and he couldn't even nod his head like that.
There were six people in this group, all dressed in green shirts with short waists and long knives, driving an ox cart with several large boxes.
When Liu Xiu approached them, they also discovered Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu's so-called acquaintance took the initiative to stand up and greet them with a smile and said, "It turned out to be Liu Gongzi in person, what a coincidence, are you going to the town?" ”
"What kind of son is not a son, this big brother can call me Brother Liu or Xiao Liu directly, by the way, I don't know how to call the eldest brother" Liu Xiu stepped forward and said with a smile, and at the same time nodded to the others as a greeting.
The person who talked to Liu Xiu was one of Liu Qingqing's guards at the beginning, and his age looked to be about thirty years old, although Liu Xiu said it very politely, but he saw Liu Xiu and his eldest lady Liu Qingqing talking and laughing with his own eyes, so naturally it was impossible to really take Liu Xiu's politeness seriously, and still smiled: "Liu Gongzi is polite, in the next Qin Tao, I didn't expect Liu Gongzi to remember it, it's really an honor."
This kind of polite and polite way of dialogue made Liu Xiu a little uncomfortable, and simply changed the topic and asked: "By the way, you are from Linbian Village?" ”
"Yes, we are going to transport the last batch of mosquito coils this time," Qin Tao replied with a nod.
As it turned out to be the case, Liu Xiu was stunned and asked, "The last batch?" ”
"But no, isn't it almost late autumn, there are fewer mosquitoes, and there will naturally be fewer people using mosquito coils, and no matter how much they take, they can't sell it, we talked to the villagers of Linbian Village, and they don't need to make mosquito coils anymore this year" Qin Tao replied truthfully.
Hearing this answer, Liu Xiu suddenly noticed that Qin Tao's expression seemed to be a little depressed, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Looking at your appearance, it seems that you have encountered something unhappy?" Is it convenient to reveal? If it's inconvenient, I didn't say hello."
It is not worth advocating rashly inquiring about other people's privacy, Liu Xiu wants to talk to them more, and he is familiar with it, so he can inquire about things, although he wants to inquire about things in the town, it is estimated that he can ask anyone to come to the town.
"It's not a big deal, it's not this mosquito coil that caused the trouble," Qin Tao sighed and shook his head with a wry smile.
Why does this have anything to do with mosquito coils? It won't implicate the villagers, right? The mosquito coil was made by himself, and if it affected them for no reason, Liu Xiu's conscience would be a little unbearable, after all, the interests involved in this world are not so much reasonable for some superiors, so they have to figure it out, so they asked: "What is the specific situation?" ”
"That's the case, mosquito coils first appeared in Linbian Village, and the mosquito coils in Linbian Village were sold to our Liu family, although there were other mosquito coils on the market soon after, but it hurt the Tian family, just because of this, now our Liu family is suppressed by the Tian family" Qin Tao said bluntly.
Liu Xiu didn't understand, and said, "Why is this still related to the Tian family again?" ”
"Because Linbian Village originally belonged to the jurisdiction of the Tian family, our Liu family took mosquito coils from Linbian Village, which can be said to have crossed the line, and this is how the contradiction arose," Qin Tao said.
It turned out to be such a situation, Liu Xiu understood, Linbian Village belonged to the Tian family in the town, and the Liu family crossed the line by selling mosquito coils from here.
"It won't implicate the villagers, will it?" Liu Xiu was slightly worried, but they still took mosquito coils from Linbian Village this time, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Qin Tao said with a smile: "How can those villagers be involved, the Tian family is looking for trouble and looking for our Liu family, after all, it is not the villagers who took the initiative to sell mosquito coils to our Liu family."
Hearing this, Liu Xiu was relieved, it was good that the villagers would not be implicated, having said that, the Tian family still had a bottom line in doing things, knowing that there were wronged debtors and owners, and they didn't bully those bitter villagers.
He didn't plan to inquire about the next thing, how the Tian family and the Liu family tore apart that was none of his business, and he didn't want to get involved in these grievances, although the mosquito coil was made by himself, so the Tian and Liu families had a conflict, but if the Liu family didn't covet the benefits brought by the mosquito coil, would such a thing happen?
Liu Xiu didn't want to inquire, but Qin Tao took the initiative to sigh and said: "Originally, this was not a big deal, after all, the three families in the town have existed together for so many years, but they have no choice but to enter the reserve of the Iron Armor Army in Tianjia Tian Lin, and they have learned the real practice of physical exercises, and it is inevitable to become a martial artist in the future, maybe they can officially join the Iron Armor Army in the future, so the situation is very different, the status of the Tian family is rising, this time suppressing our Liu family, even the Zhou family has followed to help add chaos, it is really a wall grass, hey." , I don't know how long our Liu family can stand, the Tian family has a big stick to fight to the end because of Tian Lin's current identity, and now our Liu family has accompanied nearly half of the family and still hasn't calmed down this matter......"
Liu Xiu listened and did not express any opinions.
He has seen this kind of thing a lot, like the Tian family, since he has already been pinched with the Liu family, if he is not beaten to death with a stick, will he still give you a chance to turn over and take revenge?
Don't care about these things, after all, the Liu family and myself are not related, and I am idle and panicked with that kung fu.
Although Qin Tao said these words, he was just complaining, and he didn't expect Liu Xiu to help anything, to put it bluntly, people like them were just hired by the Liu family, not die-hard, in case the Liu family fell, they just went to find another way.
The atmosphere was a little silent, Liu Xiu simply changed the topic and asked what he wanted to inquire about, and said, "By the way, Brother Qin Tao, do you know where there is a teacher in the town?" ”
"I know, what is Liu Gongzi asking for?" Qin Tao nodded.
Shrugging his shoulders, Liu Xiu said bluntly: "Of course looking for a teacher is to learn to read and write."
"Liu Gongzi is illiterate?" Qin Tao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Liu Xiu in disbelief.
Not only can I read and write, but I can also speak English, but I don't know the writing of your world, and I don't feel embarrassed, Liu Xiu said: "Is it strange that I can't read?" ”
"Well, it's just a little unbelievable, when it comes to Mr. Teaching, Mr. Zhao in the town school teaches the best, Liu Gongzi can go to him, he is very good" Qin Tao reacted and thought about it and said.
Mr. Zhao? Liu Xiu remembered, nodded and said, "Thank you for telling me, by the way, there is still a school in the town?" ”
"Of course, it is jointly opened by the Tian family, the Liu family and the Zhou family in the town, which is convenient for future generations to be literate, and can also recruit other students to get some income," Qin Tao replied truthfully.
Liu Xiu wanted to laugh a little in his heart, these people are really, they don't let go of any place that can make money, the three of them have jointly built a school, and the others probably don't want to build another school here, after all, it involves interests.
"How is that tuition charged?" Liu Xiu asked the question he was most concerned about, if he didn't make this question clear, the teacher wouldn't teach it seriously, and it would be funny if some words and words were explained randomly, but he said that he was praising people Liu Xiu didn't know if he said a curse.
"Tuition, it's not much, if you hand it over to the academy, it looks like a silver coin a month, if you go to find Mr. Zhao alone, then you have to discuss it with him" Qin Tao thought about it and said.
Liu Xiu nodded in understanding.
One silver coin a month is indeed not much, but that is only relatively speaking, in exchange for the villagers of Linbian Village in the past, a family really can't afford it, so it is understandable that the literacy rate in this world is very low.
Although there is a saying that you are poor and rich in martial arts, once you are so poor that eating becomes a problem, where can you study literature? Not to mention martial arts.
The knowledge of this world is in the hands of a few people, and the cultivation exercises are in the hands of a few of the few.
chatting like this, Aoyagi Town was already in sight......
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