Aunt Liu's high fever did not go away, Li Zongliang and others did not dare to drag it anymore, so they set up the car, Sun Qidi drove the car, Sister Zhang and sister-in-law Zhao accompanied them in the car, and Li Zonggui took a few people with knives and guns to escort all the way to Tang County to find a doctor for treatment. Li Xiaoqi sat sullenly on the rock, watched the car disappear along the mountain road, and sighed heavily.

"You've been sighing every day for a while, why are you thinking so much? Think more and grow old, beware of early birth! Lu Feng looked at a feathered bird chirping happily on the tree next to him, and said, "Look at how nice that bird is, do you want it?" I caught you? Let Chef Zhang weave a cage again, and you can raise it and play with it. ”

"Don't!" Li Xiaoqi glanced at the bird: "This kind of wild bird, it can't be raised, if you are replaced, you will be caught and kept in a cage, can you still call it so well?" ”

Lu Feng blinked a few times: "Then let Chef Zhang stew the soup for you to eat?" ”

"Don't!" Li Xiaoqi categorically refused, turned his head to look into the distance, and sighed again, Lu Feng came over and squeezed onto the big stone: "Okay, tell me, what's annoying?" Isn't that good? ”

"Say you don't have a brain every day, you still don't admit it! Those old and sick people! Nineteen in total! Nineteen! How to raise? There is no one who can work, except that the old is young, and the old is not too young and not too young is a woman! Li Xiaoqi shouted in annoyance, and Lu Feng's upper body flashed back, as if avoiding Li Xiaoyi's saliva: "People didn't say they wanted to stay on your mountain." ”

"Alas, you don't know, the eldest brother's temper, the righteous ••••••, alas, it's all a month, the eldest brother must persuade that Mr. Fan to stay, you see, that Mr. Fan must agree, I don't know how long to stay."

Lu Feng looked Li Xiaoqi up and down: "Your brothers are all good, they are chivalrous, why are you?" ”

"What's wrong with me?" Li Xiaoyi's eyes narrowed to one place, staring at Lu Feng gloomily, Lu Feng shuddered, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You are better than them!" It's much better than them, they're called pedantic, hehe, very pedantic. ”

Mr. Fan slept for two nights and a day, and woke up on the morning of the third day, and finally came to his senses, and sure enough, as Li Xiaoqi expected, as soon as he heard that Li Zongliang was retaining, he immediately agreed, and this group of old and young people lived safely at the foot of the mountain. Mr. Fan also opened a school and taught classes to several children, and the bandits' den was loud for a while, and Li Xiaoqi was depressed when he listened. With great reverence, Sister Zhang sent Zhang Tiemu and Li Erhuai, and took someone to give him a few large bookshelves, which were finely polished and oily, and placed them in Mr. Fan's house.

An Anran passed the New Year, just out of the fifteenth, Li Zongliang sent people down the mountain to Tang County and the county to buy grain, but where to buy the grain, everyone discussed, Li Xiaoyi, Lu Feng, Li Zonggui went down the mountain to Tang County to see, to find a way to buy grain.

The three of them entered Tang County, first found a foot shop to rest, put down their luggage, and went to the Tang County Grain Market, the grain market has been closed, and the doors of each grain shop are posted with notices, and the county government has an order that the grain and oil will be rationed by the government according to the head, and they are not allowed to buy and sell on their own. The three of them looked at the notice on the shop helplessly, so they had to come out to find another way.

The three of them walked slowly along the street, walking a few streets in a row, Li Xiaoqi paused, pulled Li Zonggui, and said with a smile: "It's really strange, since this grain and oil has to be rationed according to the head, then this wine shop and tea shop, the government also rations?" How much ration does this family have? Look at it, it's so lively. Li Xiaoqi said as he pointed to the large and small tea shops on both sides of the street that seemed to be doing good business.

Lu Feng pinched his chin with his fingers and nodded again and again: "I was about to say, let you take the lead, there must be a doorway here, go, go in and inquire!" The three of them found a lively tea shop and went in, asked for food and wine, and ate slowly while paying attention to the gossip next to them. Lu Feng pulled another buddy, stuffed a few big money, inquired carefully, and finally inquired about the door. It turns out that these days, there is a black market in this Tang County, which is said to be all-encompassing, every day is ugly, and it is a serious black market.

The three of them got up the next day, cleaned up in the dark, Lu Feng and Li Zonggui brought scimitars and daggers, and the three of them wrapped their faces in black cloth, went out of the foot shop, and followed the instructions of the shopkeeper to the direction of the black market.

This black market is in the open space in front of the Confucian Temple, very close to the county government, Li Xiaoqi took advantage of the starlight to look around, they came early, this area is still empty, Lu Feng and Li Zonggui looked around vigilantly, escorted Li Xiaoqi to flash to a crooked neck tree, and waited to see how the market opened.

It didn't take long for me to hear the gentle 'squeak' sound of the car, in the night, two or three people, pushing a wheelbarrow over, a person in front of the head first went over to look around, looked for a place, and whispered to the two people behind, three people stopped the car, the figure shook and got busy, the car people behind came one after another, each looking for a place to park the car, but they were silent, Li Xiaoqi looked at this somewhat weird scene, gently shuddered, pulled Li Zonggui and said in a low voice: "It seems to be a ghost market!" ”

Lu Feng laughed: "Scared? Do you have times when you're afraid? Hehe, this is the black market, how can it be fanfare? This is nothing, if you have the opportunity in the future, I will take you to see the ghost market in Xinyang, then it is called fun, it is just some strange things, and there are killers to set up stalls to pick up work, that is called interesting! Lu Feng's eyebrows fluttered, Li Xiaoqi glanced at him, pulled the two of them, and motioned to go over and take a look.

Lu Feng was busy, on the black market, there were more and more people, in front of each car, there were also very small red lanterns, some people came to see the goods, they held the lanterns over, and there was a low, like a mosquito flying like a 'buzzing' sound, a few people looked all the way over, the more they looked, the more surprised they became, this black market, it turned out to be selling everything, all the short goods during the day, there are all here, there are several kinds of light rice, from the best jasper japonica, to the rough indica on the largest road, what do you want, Li Xiaoqi stood in front of a car selling lotus seeds and red dates, Seeing that the old woman in black counted and bought more than a dozen red dates one by one, she couldn't help but step forward and ask the price, this red date was actually sold by the grain, which was more than ten times the usual price!

The three of them asked the crude indica price, which was a few points cheaper than the grain store, and Li Zonggui asked in a low voice: "We buy more, can it be cheaper?" ”

"Uncle, what kind of city is this? Can you buy too much and get cheaper? Only the expensive ones! I know my lord's plan, my lord has silver, I bought out all this goods today, and tomorrow the market will be as you bid, if I have that silver, I will do the same! But you still save it, no one has many goods, the line is released day by day, if you want to raise the price, you really have to weigh the weight! The middle-aged man with his head and face tightly wrapped shook his legs, looked Li Zonggui and the others up and down, and said disdainfully, Li Xiaoyi's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked, "Okay?" Which line? Grain line? ”

"I'll tell you, are you buying goods, or are you inquiring about things? If you want to buy it, buy it, if you don't buy it, go quickly! The middle-aged man's trembling legs paused suddenly, and he hurriedly waved his hand to catch up with the three of them, Li Zonggui pulled Li Xiaoqi back a few steps, continued to look at other cars, and asked four or five cars selling coarse grains, all of which were the same, did you buy more.

Several people almost looked at it, standing behind the tree, Li Xiaoqi looked at the increasingly lively black market, and sighed secretly, this black market, everything is complete, but at this price, there is not much silver on the mountain, so you can't afford to buy it, besides, they are now fifty or sixty people, even if the silver is enough, there is not so much food on this black market! After thinking for a while, Li Xiaoqi pulled the two of them, leaned into Li Zonggui's ear and whispered, "You have to find that line!" Didn't that man say that these grains were released from the industry, and he found that line and did business with the industry. ”

Li Zonggui nodded again and again, Lu Feng also agreed, the three of them bypassed, and stopped not far from the middle-aged man just now, before the beginning of Yin, the middle-aged man finished his business, pushed the car and walked back, Lu Feng followed with a hidden figure, and Li Zonggui escorted Li Xiaoqi back to the foot shop.

Lu Feng stared at it for a day in the middle of the night, and when he returned to the foot shop, he was so tired that he fell on the bed, pointed at Li Xiaoqi and ordered: "Pour me a cup of tea!" ”

Li Xiaoqi tilted his head and looked at him without moving, Li Zonggui stood up good-naturedly, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Lu Feng, Lu Feng reluctantly took the tea, Li Xiaoqi looked at him, and said slowly: "If this business can be successful, count your first work, and that favor will be considered a success." ”

"I have inquired about what you asked me to inquire about, whether the business can be successful or not, it depends on your ability, how can you say that the business can be considered a favor? Where is this? Lu Feng suddenly jumped up and protested,

"If the business fails, what's the use of you asking clearly? I didn't get any benefits, I didn't get benefits, why should I give you benefits?! Who will do the loss-making business?! Li Xiaoqi said confidently, Lu Feng blinked his eyes, exhaled angrily, drank tea in one gulp, and did not look at Li Xiaoqi, looked at Li Zonggui and said: "The man went to the street behind the county office, entered a courtyard, and loaded a cart of things when he came out. ”

"Do you see the situation in the courtyard?" Li Xiaoqi hurriedly asked,

"Well, then three people came out of the courtyard, one was wearing a robe, locked the door, and carried a lantern into the back door of the county office, and two strong men, it seemed that they were going home." Lu Feng turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said, Li Xiaoqi half-opened his mouth, was stunned for a moment, and spat hatefully: "Phew! I said, this black market is so grandiose, it turns out that it is really like this! ”