In fact, gaining freedom is only one aspect, how to live is the other side of life.

Satsuki discovers that the space for a woman to survive independently in this world is too small.

After a few days of walking, they finally came to this small town called Falling Belt. The town is sandwiched between steep cliffs and a large river. And this town is really small, on the left is the stone slab street and the stone green tile house built on the mountain, and on the right is a rushing river, this river is called the Jade Belt River, the river with white light, like a jade belt around the whole of Great Britain. This jade belt river was diverted after passing through this place, and this town is equivalent to the end of the jade belt river, so it is named Luodai. It's a pity that this town is not prosperous in commerce and trade, but as a military town, it has a somewhat solemn feeling. At the entrance of the town there is a large wharf, which is parked with official ships, which are full of various military supplies. The town is now under military administration, because the town's officials and lords are all working on the docks. Due to the proximity of the war, there are soldiers walking around the town from time to time, but the military discipline is strict, and the life order of the residents in the town still seems to be normal. Xiao Yue took Xiao Lan to a clothing store to buy a set of men's clothes, and found an inn not far from the town near the wharf, yes, the name of this inn is an inn, and it is also the only inn in Luodai Town, and the two of them settled down temporarily. During the day, Xiaoyue and Xiaolan pretended to be brother and sister, let Xiaolan stay in the inn, and she pretended to be a man to wander outside, and also took the opportunity to follow the shopkeeper Xiaoer to inquire about various news.

In fact, Xiaoyue feels that men's clothing is more suitable for herself, because men's clothing is too simple to wear, that is, pants and clothes, simple and convenient, unlike women's clothing, which has a lot of laces and doesn't know how to wear it. Moreover, the men's ordinary headdress is also simple, the hair is tied high, the rest of the hair is twisted into a ball, and as soon as the branch is fixed, it is finished. Of course, the rich and powerful must be dressed in complicated ways, just like the prince, and Mu Ziyu, in addition to the pants, there is a long gown, and there is a belt embroidered with exquisite patterns around the waist, and there are all kinds of exquisite trinkets hanging on the belt, etc. In addition, there are no gathering places such as teahouses in this town, and the inn is full of people and well-informed, so at the end of the day, Xiaoyue also inquired about the information needed at the inn. The fare from Luodai Town to Yingjun costs at least 20 copper plates for two people, and there is only one boat in half a month. She and Satsuki got 50 copper plates from the guards, but they had already spent some of them on the two days of eating and drinking in the hotel, and this was the only money they had. If you don't know how to make money, you don't know that oil and salt are expensive, and you are really a hero who can't die for a penny.

Satsuki discovers that it doesn't work anywhere without money.

In the world of Xiaomi, money is all numbers, because I studied economics and played with numbers, so I never worried about money.

But in Xiaoyue's world, money is steamed buns, steamed buns and hot quilts, if you don't worry about money, money won't worry about you.

Xiaoyue feels that it is difficult to move an inch without money, so the current goal is to think about how to make money first.

In order to find an opportunity to make money, walking on the only street in the town of Luodai, Satsuki carefully observed everything around her.

In fact, according to common sense, where the water is located, the business is very prosperous, why is the town so deserted, and it is very reasonable that the people do not love money.

On the street, it is nothing more than buying daily necessities, not only are there very few shops, but the number of goods is pitiful.

Not all the shops on the street here are there, but there are also people who live at home.

Obviously, the house facing the street is not in business, which makes Xiaoyue feel that it is against the common sense of economics.

There's always something here that she doesn't understand.

Thinking about these questions, Satsuki unconsciously walked to the end of the alley.

There is a family here, with the courtyard gate open, facing the street, and you can directly see the non-stop flow of the Yudai River from the courtyard gate.

It is very convenient to live in the house to get water, in the main street near the river of the Yudai River, there are stone steps, you can directly extract the river water, the river water is clear and transparent, you can occasionally see the small fish in the water, there are also people fishing by the river, it looks like a beautiful scenery from afar, if you don't look at the official boat parked at the dock, you can't imagine that there will be a war not far from here.

Puzzled, Satsuki decides to ask the locals.

Just saw a young, freshly dressed, and clean offspring coming out of this family to fetch water by the river, Xiaoyue walked over and talked to someone.

Satsuki tried her best to speak in a low voice, so she had to slow down her speech.

Fortunately, people here speak without an accent, and the communication is very smooth.

This person's surname is Xu, Xiaoyue is temporarily called Xu Sheng, and he looks like he is only 15 or 16 years old, and he has a dimple on the left side of his face when he laughs, and he is very talkative.

Xiao Yue didn't directly ask what she was thinking, but just said that she was passing by here, and there were unforeseen circumstances, so she wanted to buy an umbrella, where can I buy it. In fact, Xiaoyue asked him this deliberately, because when he walked all the way from the street, he found that there was no rain gear sold here.

Xu Sheng said kindly: "There are not many goods in Luodai Town, if you need an umbrella, you can ask the owner of the department store to book, but it will take a few days to deliver it from other places." ”

Xiao Yue was surprised and said, "Maybe it will be sunny in a few days, what is the use of an umbrella at this time?"

Xu Sheng didn't think there was anything strange about it, and said with a smile: "Having said that, rainy days always come." ”

These conversations, like talking about Zen and Taoism, made Xiaoyue depressed.

I had to say bluntly: "Why doesn't the store prepare the goods in advance, so that customers can buy their favorite things in time?"

Xu Sheng thought for a while, pointed to the Yudai River, and said to Xiao Yue, "Because of it." ”

At this time, Xiao Yue knew that the culprit that restricted the economic development of Luodai Town was this Yudai River. This Yudai River floods all year round, and the residents of Yudai Town are often flooded by the river, and due to frequent floods, there are not many households here, and the business is not prosperous. No one wants to stock up, and when the flood comes, all the people in the town will temporarily move to the nearby hills, resulting in a smaller or less populous population, or no growth, and less people and less prosperous business.

After thanking Xu Sheng, Xiao Yue was ready to return to the inn to sort things out. Because after this puzzle is solved, another problem arises. Since commerce is underdeveloped here, what about where Satsuki goes to make money? At present, the most important thing is the food of Satsuki and the two of them. The 50 copper plates guarded can only feed and live for two people for one or two months, can this war be over in one or two months?

Even if the war is over, she didn't have to solve the problem of eating when she returned to Dongshan, Grandma Wen would recognize herbs, but Xiaoyue wouldn't, now that Grandma is no more, what to rely on to eat is a big problem for Xiaoyue. I used to think that I was at least an intellectual, but I didn't even know a word here, which is ironic. So much knowledge in economics is in books, and how to turn those numbers in books into real silver requires more understanding of your own brains. Satsuki suddenly felt that her life had fallen into a darker realm than writing a doctoral dissertation.

Walking back to the inn, Xiaolan stared blankly at the river outside the window and said nothing.

Seeing Xiaoyue come back, Xiaolan's face slowly regained her smile, she had been in the house alone for a day, and she was also suffocated, so she pulled Xiaoyue to ask questions.

Xiao Yue will pick up some fun things and tell her about them, so that the atmosphere in this room is not so solemn.

In fact, Xiaoyue knew that Xiaolan was worried about her father, but they couldn't help much. Xiaolan wanted to go back to Dongshan to wait for her father, but Xiaoyue was not willing to let her go back, and used the guards' words to persuade them to let Xiaolan follow her to stay in Luodai Town with peace of mind, and said her thoughts.

Xiao Yue said: "Xiaolan, no one knows when this war will end, otherwise we will find a way to go to other places to play, and when we have had enough, maybe the war will be over, and then we will go back to Dongshan." ”

Xiaolan said with a little hesitation: "It sounds very good, but you also need money to play, I know you don't have much money in your hand, let's take advantage of the fact that the money is not used up, let's go back to Dongshan." ”

Xiao Yue comforted her and said: "I will find a way to make money, you don't have to worry, even if we go back to Dongshan now, if the war is not over, we still have no money, what to eat?"

Xiaolan is right to think about it, and she is young, so everything is arranged by Xiaoyue.

Xiao Yue had lunch, looked at the river outside the window, and began to think about making money again.

After all, it takes capital to do business, and you need to have good ideas to do business without capital.

Xiao Yue thought about the books she had read and the business cases she had read for a long time, but she didn't feel that there was a viable way to make money.

Looking at the less and less silver, my heart became more and more anxious.

She worked hard to move goods at the dock, but she didn't have the strength.

Helping others write letters, she doesn't know the words of this world.

On this day, when she was sitting in the hall of the inn, leaning against the window, struggling with a sad face to make money, an old man walked down from a merchant ship on the dock, this old man had no extra clothes, dressed very simply, hung a blanket on his right shoulder, containing some personal belongings, such as paper and pencils, and walked to the inn where Xiaoyue and they stayed familiarly.

Xiao Er enthusiastically led the old man to sit on the table next to Xiao Yue.

I only heard an ear-piercing voice: "Xiao Er, hit a catty of wine, half a catty of beef." ”

Xiao Yue looked back at the old man, but she didn't expect to look old and speak so angrily.

"Okay, old man, wait a minute. Xiao Er turned his head and shouted at the inner hall: "One catty of carving, half a catty of beef." ”

After a while, the wine and meat were served on the table, "You are always slow to use, what do you command." Xiao Er's face was flattering.

Xiao Yue thought to herself that this little second would really see the wind turn the rudder, and in the past few days, she and Xiao Lang have had a big bowl of noodles, and Xiao Er's face is not as good-looking as this.

But people are warm and cold, rich people can eat meat, and those who don't have money can drink soup, and there is nothing to worry about, so hurry up and think about making money.

The old man didn't care about others, grabbed the meat and drank the wine, feasted heavily, and sacrificed his own temple of five internal organs.

The shopkeeper of this inn is usually not easy to see, but at this time, I don't know where to come out, and I saw that this old man was like an acquaintance, and he made a friendship.

"Mr. Pan, I haven't seen you for many years!" the shopkeeper cupped his hands and made a salute.

Old man Pan cleaned up the greasy in his hand and returned a salute: "Shopkeeper, add wealth and lulu!"

Although this old man Pan doesn't necessarily remember this shopkeeper, but good words are easy to please, so the shopkeeper smiled slightly: "Accept your old auspicious words, eat a mouthful of food." Unlike your old man, you have excellent skills and don't worry about food and clothing. ”

Xiao Yue was worried about food and clothing at this time, and when she heard this, her ears stood up, and she thought to herself about what kind of excellent ability, so good.