Retreat

Lin Mubai is located in the mountain village called the mountain village, surrounded by mountains, and the back of the mountain village is about 1000 steps is the foot of the mountain, the village has 32 households, more than 100 people, mainly farming, because the transportation is not convenient, to give some black-hearted businessmen the opportunity to take advantage of, the merchants in the town will come to the village every year before the winter to exchange for food, profiteering, the grain obtained from the farmland can be taken out every year and the merchant to exchange some clothes and other daily necessities, in addition to the grain villagers will also be a few days before the arrival of the businessman, go into the mountains to hunt some prey or catch some fish in the river, the prey fur is good, you can use the fur to change more new clothes or better things, but there are also some fierce beasts in the mountains are very dangerous, there have been people who have gone in before and then eaten by birds of prey, other villagers have only found clothes and bones, of course, not all villagers who have entered the mountain have encountered accidents, only a very few, so there will be people who go into the mountains to hunt prey before winter.

The man's name is Ouyang Cheng, a family of four, his wife Wang, the eldest daughter is named Ouyang Yu, and the youngest son is named Ouyang Shan.

"Straighten your waist, press down on your front legs, stand straight back, and flatten your arms, and use force when stabbing" Lin Mubai looked at Ouyang Shan's non-standard movements and corrected him, Lin Mubai's injury was healed half a year ago, and he had to fight a set of punches and kicks every morning and evening, as a six or seven-year-old boy, looking at these novelties, pestering Lin Mubai to study, don't look at Ouyang Shan's young age, his temperament is very stubborn, Lin Mubai couldn't twist him, so he began to give him some fists and feet, thinking that Ouyang Shan would give up if he was young and wouldn't last long, who thought that he would really persevere, he cried and shouted for half a year, but he never gave up, every morning without Lin Mubai calling him, he got up and played a set of boxing techniques, Lin Mubai made a wooden sword, and began to teach him to practice sword every day,

"Brother Lin, let me do these few actions every day, I'm annoyed, I want to learn from the kind you play, it's so handsome" Ouyang Shan complained in his mouth, but he never stopped, and continued to do the actions that Lin Mubai taught him, Lin Mubai said while sharpening the wooden stick in his hand with a knife

"Practicing a sword is like building a house, if the foundation is not stable, you want to build a roof."

"Then how long will I have to practice before I can play a swordsmanship like Brother Lin", Lin Mubai put down the sharpened wooden stick in his hand, picked up another one and began to sharpen it

"Chop, chop, intercept, tease, pick, hook, stab a thousand times a day, a month barely a little like a look" Ouyang Shan suddenly had a bitter gourd face

"A thousand is only one cent a month...... How long will it take to be like Brother Lin?"

"Haha, you kid, I started practicing swordsmanship at the age of five, and I became a swordsman at the age of fifteen, how long have you been, and you still want to be like me, first master these basic movements, and I'll take you to fishing after breakfast" Hearing the word fishing, Ouyang Shan finally ended his bitter gourd face, and the movements on his hands and feet sped up a little,

"Brother Lin, Shan'er has breakfast" Ouyang Yu's voice came from inside the house, Ouyang Shan was already hungry, and when Lin Mubai didn't speak, he didn't dare to move, he stopped moving, and looked at Lin Mubai pitifully,

"Let's go, go eat" Lin Mubai took Ouyang Shan's little hand and walked into the house, breakfast was very simple, a pot of porridge, a few dry foods, a small pot of vegetables, and after breakfast, Ouyang Yu and Wang picked up the dishes and chopsticks,

"Daddy, Brother Lin, I'm going to practice swords" After speaking, he winked at Lin Mubai,

"Brother Ouyang, I'm going to go to the town to buy some things, there is a shortage at home, I'll bring them back" After Ouyang Shan walked out of the door, Lin Mubai said to Ouyang Cheng,

"There is no shortage of things at home, it's just that the little brother is going to the town, and this distance is not close" Ouyang Cheng frowned when he heard that Lin Mubai was going to the town and said,

"Brother, don't worry, it's okay to travel this way", Ouyang Cheng saw that Lin Mubai insisted on this, and he didn't stop it.

Lin Mubai took Ouyang Shan and went to the river with two previously sharpened logs, and in just a quarter of an hour, he inserted four or five fish with sharp woods, of course, this was inserted by Lin Mubai, and Ouyang Shan did not insert any of them.

"Don't be impetuous, close your eyes and meditate, the fish you see may not be in the position you see" Lin Mubai looked at Ouyang Shan's angry expression and said, after speaking, he walked towards Ouyang's house with a basket on his back, Ouyang Shan behind him obediently closed his eyes as if he was asleep, suddenly he opened his eyes and remained motionless, watching a fish slowly swim in front of him, and the sharp wood in his hand pierced the fish in the water, repeating again and again, or a fish was not pierced, and slowly Ouyang Shan smiled.

Lin Mubai walked in the mountains for a day, walked out of the mountains, and walked along a potholed dirt road like a town.

The largest pawnshop in Wanshan Town,

"Shopkeeper, I want to be this jade pendant" Lin Mubai said to the shopkeeper in the pawnshop,

"This jade is not bad, but unfortunately there are cracks, how much silver does Mr. want to be?" The shopkeeper looked at the jade pendant repeatedly and asked,

"I don't know what price the shopkeeper can offer," the shopkeeper thought for a while, looked at Yu Pei, and then looked at Lin Mubai and asked tentatively

"Two hundred taels?"

"The shopkeeper laughed, this jade pendant is more than this price"

"A complete jade pendant is more than that. But this jade pendant already has such a big crack, and it takes a lot of work to repair it, at most three hundred taels" Lin Mubai frowned, when Ouyang Yu rescued him, he only had the tattered clothes and this cracked jade pendant on his body, and the other objects were probably washed away by the water or sunk to the bottom of the river.

"Four hundred taels, no matter how low it is, please forgive me for not being able to cut my love"

"Mr. wait a minute" After speaking, the shopkeeper took the jade pendant and walked to the back of the hut, Lin Mubai was not afraid of the shopkeeper's private swallowing of his jade pendant, because the most important thing in doing business is credibility, and people will patronize it if the reputation is good, and the pawn object will be redeemed by the pawn party for how long, and the redemption amount must be two percent higher than the pawn amount, if the pawn party does not redeem the pawnshop within the specified period, the pawnshop will sell the object to others, of course, the price must be several times the pawn amount, which is the unspoken rule of the pawnshop.

"Dare to ask how did Mr. Yu get it" The shopkeeper came back and asked after a while, Lin Mu's face was blank

"Why, the shopkeeper's question seems to have crossed the line" pawnshop is not allowed to ask the source of the object when pawning the object, this is also an unspoken rule, even if it is stolen or robbed, as long as the pawn is pawned, even if the original owner finds it, it must wait until the pawn period has passed before it can be bought and sold, unless the pawn party does not intend to redeem it and sell it directly to the pawnshop, then don't forget it,

"It's me who is wrong. I don't know if Mr. plans to pawn it permanently or redeem it at maturity?" The shopkeeper also seemed to feel that he shouldn't have asked, and when he saw Lin Mubai's unhappy face, he hurriedly said, "A permanent pawn is to sell it directly to the pawnshop."

"How much can the permanent pawn shopkeeper give?"

"Eight hundred taels for permanent pawns, 450 taels for short-term pawns" Lin Mubai thought about it, eight hundred taels, buy a sword, he is practicing swords, if there is no sword, his attack power will be less than half, and he is used to having a sword around him, and a good sword will cost at least a hundred taels of silver.

He also needs a bow and arrows, and he also has to buy some winter clothes, so it's rare to come to the city, and by the way, he can bring back some exquisite pastries for the four members of the Ouyang family to taste, after all, the four members of the Ouyang family are his life-saving benefactors.

The most important thing is that he is tired, and it is not a good thing to want to live in seclusion in this almost isolated small mountain village for the rest of his life, seeing that Lin Mubai frowned and did not speak, the shopkeeper thought that the price was lower, and what the big boss just said remembered in his ears

"This piece of jade is less than 2,000 taels, and I will reward you with 500 taels" You must know that 100 taels is enough for his whole family to live in the town for a year, these 500 taels...... Thinking of this shopkeeper's face was excited

"The price of the permanent pawn is 1,000 taels, if the gentleman agrees to sign and pledge here"

"Okay, deal" Lin Mubai seemed that one thousand taels was already a lot, enough for him to buy everything, and he could keep some in case of emergency, signed and pressed his handprint, and the shopkeeper sent him out respectfully.

Can you not be respectful, this is simply his God of Wealth.