Time flies like a white horse, and ten years pass in a hurry.

These days, Fang Rui went to the black market three times, and after increasing the supply of 'muscle powder' and 'scar removal cream', as he expected, profits increased greatly and business was booming.

It is estimated that after a month, there will be a profit of more than ten taels of silver!

For the time being, there is nothing to do, no one intercepts and kills, but behind this seemingly calm, Fang Rui feels: the waves are gradually rising, and the undercurrent is surging.

Maybe next time, or next time, people with lust will stretch out their minions.

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At noon on this day, the sun is on the tip.

Fang Rui came to the sweet water well alley - sweet water well alley, named after a sweet water well, the well water is particularly clear and sweet.

Similar to the neighbors of Willow Hutong, the people in this Hutong are also full of vegetables.

"Sister-in-law, where is the laundry?"

"Uncle Lin, go out shopping?"

"Uncle, is your body still strong?"

……

Fang Rui smiled and greeted the people he met, whether they knew him or not.

Walked for a while.

Ahead, there was a stone well covered with moss, and a group of women were washing clothes on the side, and at this time, there was a woman with high cheekbones, shouting to a small courtyard: "Sister Jiang, that little friend of your old Jiang family, here again!" ”

"Where? Where? ”

In that small courtyard, a woman in her forties, wearing a skirt, a wooden fork, and a beautiful mole on her forehead, hurried out, and saw Fang Rui, especially the small sack in his hand, and the smile on her face became more eager.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, I'm here." Fang Rui said, stepping forward and handing over the small sack.

What he visited was the official official he befriended because of Song Dashan's incident: Jiang Ping'an.

"Xiao Fang, come here, why do you bring things? So gracious! Come on, come in! Sister-in-law Jiang enthusiastically pulled Fang Rui into the door.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, then I'm really welcome, I'm going to eat here at noon?" Fang Rui hit the snake with the stick.

"Eat! Eat! Sister-in-law can still be stingy? Sister-in-law Jiang sneered.

Generally speaking, in this world, it is absolutely disliked to come to eat...... But with gifts, that's different.

Fang Rui took two steps closer and said in a low voice: "In addition to half a catty of eggs and a catty of soybeans in the sack, I also got you two copies of the 'skin cream' you said last time......

The so-called 'skin cream' is actually 'scar removal cream', which is sold in the black market these days, and it has also sold a certain fame, which is quite popular...... It's just that it has become a 'skin cream' when it spreads outside.

This thing is in short supply outside, but for Fang Rui, a manufacturer, it is just a cost of medicinal materials, and just like that, it is nothing.

If he doesn't give too much, it doesn't seem to be worth much, and taking out eight out of ten parts is a small thing for him.

When Sister-in-law Jiang heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up: "This thing is not easy to get, right?" ”

The name of 'skin cream' has spread among her old sisters, and it is extremely sought-after, and one is hard to find, but she didn't expect Fang Rui to get two copies at once.

If this is taken out, it is the capital to show off, how can you not be happy?

"Hey, sister-in-law Jiang, I made a package ticket with you, no matter how difficult it is, you can't talk and don't count...... Otherwise, wouldn't it be shameless? ”

Fang Rui knows a truth: what is easy is difficult to say; Difficult things should be said even harder...... Only in this way can people remember the favor.

Sure enough, Sister-in-law Jiang was so moved that she took Fang Rui's hand: "Xiao Fang, this favor, sister-in-law remembers!" ”

Fang Rui smiled, added more energy, and said obediently without money: "I heard that the 'skin cream' whitens and nourishes the skin, and the effect is outstanding, sister-in-law, you use it, you are definitely ten years old and eight years younger, go out and take a look...... Hey, others still think it's a little girl who hasn't left the cabinet at the age of one or twenty......"

"How can it? Where? ”

Sister-in-law Jiang said this, but she couldn't close her smile, and some wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes: "By the way, Xiao Fang, are you here to find Lao Jiang?" Not long after he came back, he was changing his clothes in the house! ”

"You sit, I'll call him out!" She said and hurried away.

Fang Rui looked at Sister-in-law Jiang's back and smiled.

He still remembered that when he came to the door for the first time, Sister-in-law Jiang had a cold face, her nose was not a nose, and her eyes were not eyes......

That is, he gave some gifts, and his face was slightly better.

Fang Rui is thick-skinned and doesn't care, he comes every now and then these days, every time he comes, in addition to bringing a few soybeans and eggs, he also listens to Sister-in-law Jiang's preferences and brings some gadgets that women like.

After coming and going, Sister-in-law Jiang's attitude towards him skyrocketed.

——In his previous life, Fang Rui had been selling health care products for a period of time, and he knew how to please aunts and aunts, these small favors were the most effective.

Sure enough, the power of the pillow wind is not bad, and Fang Rui and Jiang Ping'an have a relationship to get twice the result with half the effort.

No, it's only been ten days, and he has only come to the door five or six times, and under the pillow wind of Jiang's sister-in-law, the relationship between him and Jiang Ping'an has become so close that he almost kowtows.

"Hey! Ay! ”

Jiang Ping'an's clothes were not tied, so he was pulled out by Jiang's sister-in-law and chatted with Fang Rui.

It was just the middle of the day, and the meals were almost done, and they were laid out together.

On the table: stir-fried wild vegetables with soybean oil, stick noodle buns, stick noodle porridge, hot water and warm rice wine, as well as a plate of dried beans and a plate of fennel beans for wine.

"The wine didn't have time to get hot, I added hot water to a basin to warm it, you men drank and talked about things at the same time, we women took the children and went to the back to eat......" Sister-in-law Jiang smiled and turned around and went to the back room.

Fang Rui looked at the table of food and sighed secretly: "The government officials are really rich in oil and water, the staple food is sorghum noodles, and you can also eat stick noodles, compared to the wheat bran of the people at the bottom, it is indeed much better!" ’

"Brother Fang,"

Jiang Ping'an was still a little jealous: "Your sister-in-law, I've never seen anyone as affectionate as you......"

Fang Rui laughed: "That's my sister-in-law's kind heart and enthusiasm, seeing that I am young, take care of me!" ”

As he spoke, he picked up a clay pot of rice wine in the basin and poured a cup for Jiang Ping'an-this wine was also brought by him, and the best old rice wine was found by the third lady.

Whoa!

When the wine is in the glass, the echo is crisp, the color is clear, and the smell is mellow.

"Good wine! Good stuff! ”

Jiang Ping'an looked a little hot-eyed, and exclaimed: "Especially in this year, it is even more difficult to get such good wine!" ”

"Knowing that Brother Jiang is so good, it took me a little bit of a relationship to get this old rice wine......" Fang Rui naturally wouldn't say that it was easy to get it.

It's still the same truth: the more you let the other party know that it is not easy, the more people can remember the favor.

"Brother Jiang, taste it......" he made a gesture of please.

"Then I'm going to have a taste!"

Jiang Ping'an picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the old rice wine entered his mouth, it was thick and mellow, and the aftertaste was long, which made him squint his eyes with satisfaction.

With the wine in your stomach, and a fennel bean, the taste is ...... Tsk, happy like a fairy!

Fang Rui himself poured a cup, and the conversation box opened: "The world is getting more and more chaotic...... On my way here, I passed by the market and saw someone robbing ......"

"There are so many things like this, and I can't manage them...... Don't look at the official skin on our bodies, but gangs and big families still can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke! ”

"The world has indeed changed, before, there was no such messy ......"

Jiang Ping'an said, looked at Fang Rui, and said enviously: "When the world is chaotic, nothing compares to practicing martial arts and self-defense!" ”

"It's just that I am more grateful for self-preservation than ordinary people. Don't you know yet? We are people like us, in the eyes of ordinary people, but ......"

Fang Rui smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's really serious, what is it?" If it is affected by the chaos, it will also be a ruined family in an instant...... A speck of dust of the times, falling on our small people, is an unbearable weight! ”

"That makes sense! Remark...... When the float is white! ”

Jiang Ping'an was amazed and touched the cup with Fang Rui.

Of course, Fang Rui felt that this guy just wanted to drink.

A glass of old rice wine into the stomach.

Jiang Ping'an's talk was also opened: "I think this chaos may not be able to stop, and one day, it will affect the county, and it is not impossible to ......"

"If you gain power in the future, please ask Brother Fang to take care of my family for a ...... or two," he said, taking Fang Rui's hand.

Fang Rui intends to befriend Jiang Ping'an, why doesn't Jiang Ping'an want to have a good relationship with Fang Rui?

A martial artist may not be a big deal in normal times, but in troubled times, everything is possible, and maybe one day he will gain power.

What's more, I see this person with a strong head and a good relationship, if he is lucky, he can ride the wind! ’

Jiang Ping'an looked at Fang Rui and said secretly in his heart.

- It can be seen from his wife that in just a few days, he is closer than his brother, if it weren't for the big age difference between the two, he would probably be suspicious......

Fang Rui naturally didn't know what Jiang Ping'an was thinking.

If he knew, he would inevitably say, 'You are only strong, and your whole family is strong......

"Don't worry! Feel relieved! ”

Fang Rui responded: "Gou is rich and noble, there is no forgetfulness, and so is Brother Jiang!" ”

When the wine is hot, the love is sincere...... The two of them couldn't wait to worship on the spot.

Maybe it was because he said these heart-to-heart words, or maybe he was half drunk after drinking, and finally, for the first time in these days, Jiang Ping'an spit out some important news.

"Daze Mansion, the Taiping thieves are in trouble...... In Changshan County, the first thief is named Li Xuantong...... Li Xuantong, whose family is poor, herded cattle for the landlord when he was young...... Gifted, the gods are powerful...... In the thirteenth year, he was deceived by the landlord at that time, and he had not practiced martial arts, and he had killed the landlord's family who had entered the martial arts......"

“…… After going up the mountain from the thief, the thief was valued, teaching martial arts, and after practicing martial arts, the progress was rapid in one day...... At this time, it has become the leader of a village, and its strength has broken into the middle grade ......"

"It was this person who made a plan, pretended to be a small defeat, led the thieves and soldiers to pursue, and in the Eagle's Beak Gorge, he used the terrain to destroy the first wave of thieves and soldiers......"

'This is the main character template!' ’

Fang Rui secretly thought in his heart, his eyes flashed, and he sighed: "The troubled times are coming, there will be demons!" ”

"Yes! Even if there is a reserve, I see, the situation is not good...... If Brother Fang has channels, it is better to stock up on some food as soon as possible......" Jiang Ping'an said heartily.

"Thank you, Brother Jiang, for reminding me."

Fang Rui's heart sank, but his face was silent: "Come, Brother Jiang, drink!" Drink! ”

……

Half an hour later.

Fang Rui was slightly drunk, refused to be retained by Sister-in-law Jiang, and left in the hot afternoon sunshine.

On the side of the road, the treetops were chirping hoarsely, and unknown insects were also mixed in with the excitement, a noisy and noisy, and passers-by and pedestrians were in a hurry.

Leave Jiang Ping'an's house.

Fang Rui shook his head, his eyes returned to clarity in an instant, secretly thinking about Jiang Ping'an's words, thinking about the current situation, and ...... Posterior.

"Stockpiling food? My family has been doing it for a long time, and now there are thousands of catties. ”

Of course, half of them are sorghum flour, and most of them are wheat bran - when the grain was stored, the price of grain was still cheap, and a big money of five or six catties of wheat bran, put it now, how is it possible?!

Even so, for the other party, it is a considerable amount, saving some food, and it is not a problem to support March and May.

"Oil, eggs, meat, beans...... In the same category, only soybean oil has been saved recently, and the others have not. It seems that even if the price is a little more expensive, you have to reserve more. ”

As for leaving Changshan County?

With Fang Rui's prudence, he naturally thought about the worst possibility a long time ago and considered this choice.

The question is: where can you go if you leave Changshan County?

Outside the city?

Not by itself.

"In the county, there is still order; Outside the city, it has long been a mess and has completely lost its restraints...... Even if I have some force and go out of the city, I can't guarantee that I can protect my mother and Ling'er to survive. ”

is still the same sentence: the lower third-grade martial artists are just that: rough skin and thick flesh, greater strength, can still be besieged and killed by ordinary people.

This is also the reason why Fang Rui has not gone to find the Tiger Master and the Tiger Gang so far.

"Let's not talk about the Tiger Gang, there are many people. Tiger Master? There is also a good Pu knife, if you give it to me, it will hit the vital point, and the seven-rank martial artist will also die! ”

"Even if there is a sneak attack, the possibility of success is relatively large, but one accident is the end...... I don't have a chance to reopen. ”

Fang Rui doesn't take it.

"I have not heard of jade objects colliding with clay pots. I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, things are slow, what I have is patience. ”

"Wait for me to break through the middle grade, and then make that dead tiger look good...... Or back to the back road. ”

Heading to other counties?

It may not be as good as Changshan County.

"Fucheng is a good choice. Operable and not easy to ......"

"It's a trouble to set off on your own and find the way, not to mention bandits and the like, it's more dangerous than going to the countryside, and it's very likely that you won't be able to go to Fucheng."

"It's best to follow the caravan, but it's hard to find the caravan that goes to Fucheng, and even if you find it, if you want to follow, you have to pay a lot of money......"

"And, if you follow a caravan, it's best to have your own carriage...... But horses, this kind of thing, in this year, is especially difficult to buy! ”

Therefore, running away sounds good, but in fact, the cost is not affordable for ordinary people at all.

"Well, the grain storage continues, but the emphasis should be on beans, oil, meat, and eggs...... and so on. ”

"Fucheng can also be used as an alternative back road, slowly inquire about the caravan and save money...... I also have to find a way to buy a horse, and the horse can also ......"

Fang Rui calculated.

……

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun stained the entire sky, red as blood.

Kitchen.

Ding-mile clang!

Fang Xue is cooking.

In the courtyard, Fang Ling and the three ladies of the family were jumping up and down and playing together.

The twilight breeze is gentle.

Fang Rui sat on the threshold, his eyes soft, watching all this.

He didn't tell Fang Xue and Fang Ling the news he got from Jiang Ping'an, and the same was true when he thought about the way back.

Because: tell them that there is no benefit except to make the two of them plainly worried, on the contrary, you should also worry that they have no intention of speaking out and causing trouble.

'If this time is quiet, and there is destined to be someone behind the burden to move forward, then it is good for me......

Fang Rui closed his eyes and bathed in the twilight breeze, enjoying this luxurious tranquility.

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