After a while, Wei Shuishengqiang took a bite of the steamed bun with a smile, and said vaguely: "What's the big deal, whether it's Wu Guo or Nanyue, it's not a big deal!" Earlier, our Wei Jiaji was still the land of South Vietnam, and then it was occupied by the Wu State, and speaking of which, I went home. ”

"That's it! What Wu and South Vietnam, maybe in two years, Wu will be occupied by Beiping! Whatever it is, as long as you have something to eat and a stable life, it doesn't matter if it's Wu Kingdom, Nanyue or Beiping, you can do it anywhere! Li Erhuai chewed the steamed bun sweetly and loudly, and said nonchalantly.

"Brother Erhuai is really right! Where the big brother is, there is home! Li Xiaoqi hurriedly followed behind and said with a smile, Li Zongliang sighed, and said sadly with a frown: "It can only be like this, the road from now on is the wolf's pool and tiger's den, you have to be careful every step of the way, you can't get close to someone's house, this is only afraid to walk for two or three months in South Vietnam, and this day is getting colder and colder day by day, alas!" ”

Li Xiaoqi tilted his head and looked at Li Zongliang, thought about it, and said with a slight hesitation: "Big brother, I don't think it's so scary, the government doesn't seem to care much about this matter, this reward is only five taels of silver, five of us, one talent is one and two silver!" It's too cheap! ”

"You don't count! You're a head! Li Erhuai interrupted Li Xiaoyi's words, Li Zonggui laughed out loud, Li Xiaoqi turned his head and glanced at Li Erhuai fiercely: "Okay, don't count me, ten taels of silver, draw it down, you are two hundred and five!" ”

"You miscalculated, it's two two five, not two hundred and five, how can there be so many!" Li Erhuai hurriedly corrected, Li Xiaoqi exhaled, no longer paid attention to him, only looked at Li Zongliang and continued: "Such a cheap reward, just to make a show, the government will definitely not spend more effort and manpower for us, along the way, as long as you are careful, there will be no major incidents." ”

"Xiao Qi is right, I think it is also, at this time, Wu is fighting with South Vietnam in the south, and Liang is going to fight in the north, who has the heart to care about small things like us, but let's not be careless, we still have to be more careful along the way, if there is a life, like yesterday, we can naturally escape to South Vietnam smoothly, if it is not fatal•••••• it is also our life!" Wei Shuisheng vaguely said the last sentence, and Li Zonggui smiled: "We are all rich and noble, and there is a great fortune behind us, if we can't escape, who will enjoy the great fortune behind?" ”

"You're right! We will all be rich and noble people from now on! The times of happiness are all behind! Li Erhuai agreed with a mouthful of steamed buns, Wei Shuisheng took another steamed bun from Li Erhuai's arms, and said with a smile while biting it: "Just this matter, there are our blessings in it, isn't that portrait only painted with our three elephants, and Guizi didn't paint like it, didn't God leave us a line?" ”

Li Zongliang was said by a few people, and his mood was also soothed and relaxed, while biting the steamed bun, he looked at Wei Shuisheng and discussed: "After eating, let's rest in this forest for half a night, tomorrow Yinzheng will set off for the road, in the future, let's take the path, don't go to the villages and towns, and we can't go to places where there are people, buy food or something, let Xiao Mi and Guizi go, Xiao Mi." Li Zongliang turned his head and called Li Xiaoqi and asked, "You really can't recognize the portrait of your son?" ”

"I don't recognize it, I don't even look like it." Li Xiaoqi replied affirmatively, Li Zongliang breathed a sigh of relief, Wei Shuisheng twisted his brows and thought about it, looked at Li Zongliang and discussed: "I think, don't leave so early tomorrow, we have to add a few thick clothes, last night it was cold to the bone, in case of frostbite, this trouble will be big, Xiaomi's body is weak, but not like a few of us, besides, this road to Nanyue, we are not familiar with it, we have to inquire, I think, tomorrow let Xiaoqi and Guizi go to the city, add some clothes and food, and then inquire about the way to Nanyue, Guizi and Xiaoqi are very clever." You tell me? ”

Li Zongliang bit the steamed bun, thought about it carefully, and nodded slowly: "It's still thoughtful, then let's sleep well tonight, and let Xiao Qi and Guizi enter the city tomorrow, and the money in the purse will be taken care of in front of those officers and soldiers?" Is there anything left? ”

"None of the money is gone, do you two still have any money on you?" Wei Shuisheng's brows furrowed, turned his head to look at Guizi and Li Erhuai and asked, the two shook their heads together, Li Xiaoqi bent his eyes and smiled, and proudly stretched out his hand to pat the blanket hanging on Li Erhuai's body: "There is silver here!" I have saved a total of six taels of silver and eighty great sums of silver, all of which are here! When I left, Grandma Shen gave me more than three taels of silver, which was enough for us! ”

Li Erhuai grinned and stretched out his thumb at Li Xiaoqi: "I'll just say, my sister is ••••••"

"Brother Erhuai, you eat steamed buns! Don't talk! Li Xiaoqi stuffed the steamed bun in his hand into Li Erhuai's mouth and blocked his words back, Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, Li Zongliang raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "Why did Xiaoqi save so much money?" Six taels of silver, eighty big coins! That's more than we earn! ”

Li Xiaoqi raised his chin proudly: "That's!" Am I Li Xiaoyao? ”

The next day, the sky just flashed the belly of the fish, Li Xiaoqi sneezed, and opened her eyes in Li Zongliang's arms, this night, she almost didn't fall asleep, just fell asleep and woke up from freezing, they didn't dare to make a fire to keep warm, so in the cold night of late autumn, it was really freezing to death!

Li Xiaoqi ran around in the forest to warm his body, and to see that the time was almost up, Li Zonggui put on his back, and together with Li Xiaoqi, flashed out of the forest, merged into the crowd of people who got up early and entered the city, and rushed to the city gate.

In the cave of the city gate, Li Xiaoqi grabbed Li Zonggui and pointed to the notice and portrait to him, and the old man guarding the door impatiently pushed Li Zonggui's shoulder: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, what's so beautiful!" It's not the money you can earn, young man! Hurry up, hurry home when you're done! ”

Li Xiaoqi stuck out his tongue at Li Zonggui, Li Zonggui squeezed his eyes at Li Xiaoqi with joy on his face, the two walked through the city gate easily, first found a money village, one or two silver for the usual big money, Li Zonggui carefully loaded the money, the two decided to find a used clothes shop to buy clothes first, the new clothes are too expensive, and it is eye-catching, it is still cost-effective to buy old clothes.

But I didn't walk a few steps, but I found that although this county is small, it is very lively, early in the morning, the street is crowded, crowded so that it is almost impossible to walk, Li Xiaoqi tightly grabbed Li Zonggui, while turning his head left and right to look at the shops on both sides, while muttering and complaining: "Why are there so many people here?" This and the county are more lively than Taiping Mansion! ”

"This guy is from the Taiping Mansion, right? Is it a visit to a relative or a passing by? Today and the county have a big gathering, two big gatherings a month, how can it not be lively! There aren't that many people on weekdays. An old man with a dark face next to him put his hands behind his back, and while walking forward with the flow of people, he smiled and took over Li Xiaoyi's words, Li Xiaoqi was startled, and nodded his head again and again, but he didn't dare to answer, she was also careless, how could she say the three words Taiping Mansion? ! Li Zonggui turned his head and replied politely: "Passing by, my younger brother and I accompanied my mother to Taiping Mansion to see relatives, and my younger brother went out for the first time, and everything was new." ”

"That is, the little boy went out for the first time, and he loved to watch the excitement everywhere the most, and today he really caught up, this guy was born really well, like a son of a big family studying." The old man looked at Li Xiaoqi with a smile and praised him, Li Xiaoqi laughed with him, and Li Zonggui and the two of them squeezed to the side quietly, as if they were being squeezed by the crowd, and they stayed away from the old man in a moment.

Li Xiaoqi didn't dare to say more, the two of them squeezed through the two streets silently, and stood in a corner, Li Xiaoqi gasped in annoyance, looked at more and more people around him, sighed, and said in a low voice: "It's really unfortunate, what a big set!" ”

"It's not a coincidence, but it's a coincidence, on this big market, there are many more stalls selling old things than usual, and they are much cheaper, didn't you say you want to buy a car on the road? I just thought about it carefully, what you said makes sense, although the car is expensive, but think about it, it is really very useful, one comes and then rushes, there is no need to carry you, you can take the car, and the second can also buy more food to bring, let's go to the car and horse shop to see? Li Zonggui looked next to Li Xiaoqi and said in a low voice.

"Okay!" Li Xiaoqi excitedly agreed, there is a car, then along the way, there will be a lot of lunch, and then I went to buy a small red clay stove, an iron pot and a copper kettle, along the way, at least hot tea and hot rice can be eaten from time to time, besides, lying in the car to sleep, it is better than sleeping comfortably on the back of the eldest brother!

The two followed the guidance and squeezed all the way to the Xicheng carriage and horse shop, the carriage and horse shop was very lively, Li Zonggui picked up his toes to find the direction, pulled Li Xiaoqi, and squeezed towards a bunch of wheelbarrows. Li Xiaoqi followed Li Zonggui, curiously looking at the wooden lattice eaves with a single wheel bulging in the middle and two wooden lattice eaves protruding more than a foot wide, that is, a wooden car with a slight difference in size, pulled Li Zonggui, and asked strangely: "What do you see this for?" ”

"Huh? Aren't you going to buy a car? Li Zonggui asked even more strangely, Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief on his chest, pointed to the wheelbarrow, and was bored for a long time before he spoke: "It's not this car, I'm talking about a car that can sit people and load things!" ”

"This car can also sit people and load things, you are not talking about this car, what kind of car is it?" Li Zonggui's eyes widened, looking at Li Xiaoqi with a puzzled expression, Li Xiaoqi exhaled sullenly, turned around to look for it, and saw a brand-new brown cover tung oil calf cart at a glance, and hurriedly pointed it to Li Zonggui: "That, it's that kind of car, that!" ”