The next day, Ye Li finished buying breakfast and put it in the house, and then walked towards the east of the city with a bag of bamboo slips.

The grocery store in the east of the city is the only grocery store in the city, and the store is quite large, and there are all kinds of things in it, so you can find everything you want in the small town.

"Brother Ye, what are you going to come over and pick up some things to go back today?" Ye Li had just walked into the grocery store with the bag, and Qian Lai, the shopkeeper of the grocery store, greeted him.

There are only a thousand people in the city, and Ye Li's movement this month, the people in the city know about the same.

Ye Li said with a smile, "I'm not here to buy things, I'm here to sell things." Ye Li put the cloth bag in his hand on the table in front of the shopkeeper, "Money shopkeeper, what price can you sell for this bamboo slip?"

The shopkeeper took out a roll of bamboo slips and observed them carefully, "There are not many people who use bamboo slips now, so it's hard for you to make this now." ”

The more the money shopkeeper looked at it, the more he felt a little strange, "This bamboo slip is not bad, and there is a feeling of nephrite jade when you touch it." There happened to be two guests who came over and asked if there were any bamboo slips, and I took them here first, a roll of bamboo slips for three taels of silver, what do you think?"

In business, the money shopkeeper was not sloppy, he looked at Ye Li.

Ye Li touched his head, "The money shopkeeper said that it is as much as it is, three taels of silver is enough for me to live with Uncle Wang for more than half a month, do you want these bamboo slips and money shopkeepers?"

The money shopkeeper counted the bamboo slips in the cloth bag, a total of thirteen volumes, "I will take it this time, and if it sells well next time, I will give you a better price." There are a total of thirteen volumes here, and I will give you forty taels of silver, take it, Brother Ye. ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper. Ye Li kicked forty taels of silver into his arms, carried the deflated cloth bag, and prepared to go to the nearby butcher shop to bring a hanging of meat back to make up for Uncle Wang.

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The days flowed so peacefully and calmly, and in the blink of an eye, it was December in Xuancheng, and the weather became cold.

During this time, Ye Li got up early every day to go out to buy some food, and then when he came back, he continued to weave bamboo slips, completely forgetting that he was now being hunted down by the people of the entire Qianzhou, and completely forgot that he still had to practice.

In the past six months, he has lived the most peaceful and comfortable days in all these years.

The weather is getting colder and colder, Ye Li is going to go to the grocery store to buy some cotton wool and come back, Uncle Wang's health is getting worse and worse, especially on such a cold day, it is difficult to get out of bed almost every day.

"Money shopkeeper, bring me two more beds of cotton wool, this ghost weather is really a little cold. Ye Li was wrapped in thick cotton clothes, and began to stomp his feet when he entered the shop.

The money shopkeeper lifted the curtain, tossed around from the backyard for a while, and took out two thick and big cotton wool, "Hurry up and take it back, the old man is weak, but he must not get cold." ”

"You write down the money shopkeeper first, and I will pay it back when the time comes. Ye Li hugged the cotton wool and walked out with his feet raised.

The shopkeeper said with a smile, "You can go back and weave more bamboo slips and bring them over, and I'll give you a roll of five taels of silver." Some time ago, the bamboo slips were robbed all at once, and a few guests took a fancy to your bamboo slips, hoping to buy more. ”

"Okay, I'll bring it tomorrow. Ye Li smiled and responded.

"The weather is also very tight, and it has not been so cold in previous years, if it is in the lunar month, I am afraid that I will freeze to death. When Ye Li came out of the grocery store, there happened to be light snow in the sky.

There weren't many pedestrians on the road, but there were even fewer of them.

It was cold and deserted, and the speed under Ye Li's feet couldn't help but speed up, if the cotton wool was wet by the snow, then it wouldn't be covered today.

When I got home, I found that Uncle Wang was lighting a fire in the house, and when he saw Ye Li coming back, the old man said with a smile, "Come, put down the cotton wool first, come over and roast the fire, you see that you wear such a layer of cotton clothes every day, it's strange if you don't freeze!"

"I'm fine, my young body is still able to eat, I have to clean up this cotton wool quickly, but don't get wet. Ye Li shook up the cotton wool, grabbed it in his hand, shook it a few times very quickly, shook off some snowflakes that fell on it, and then put it on the bed board where he slept, ready to bake some hot and then cover Uncle Wang's bed.

The two drank piping hot rice porridge and chatted with each other.

"The money shopkeeper in the east of the city said that the bamboo slips I made were selling well, and a few customers were in need, so he asked me to take more of them at that time, and a roll could be sold for five taels of silver. Ye Li was the first to speak.

The old man nodded when he heard this, "The bamboo slips you made, in terms of quality alone, have already surpassed me, unless I left a word before I died, it is really not as good as you." ”

The old man thought for a while, and then said, "When the time comes, you will also share some of the money from the sale to the big guys, and we won't spend much silver every day, you see Lao Zhang, and Aunt Li, they all have a family to support, and they need more silver." ”

Ye Li exhaled a breath of heat, "Don't worry, I gave them a lot of the money I sold last time, and the money I sold again this time will be the same." ”

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and it's snowing outside, so when the lunar moon arrives, you go buy more meat, and we invite the neighbors around us to eat braised pork. The old man's eyes became a little red under the light of the fire, and although his body was a little bad, he was in good spirits.

"Well, I've saved it. Ye Li put down the bowl in his hand, carried the hot cotton wool that had been baked into the back room, and laid it for the old man.

"It's been really hard for you to take care of my bad old man, haven't you wasted your time?" the old man's words didn't have much force, but they were still clear to the ear.

Ye Li's body was shocked, and he immediately returned to normal, "What's this? Didn't Uncle Wang also teach me to weave bamboo slips? And weaving bamboo slips is also very interesting." ”

After Ye Li laid out the cotton wool, he sat back on the bed and began to cut the bamboo strips used for bamboo slips with a knife.

The old man put down the bowl in his hand, put the bamboo strips that Ye Li had cut on the edge of the firewood, and roasted them carefully.

Time is quiet and serene.

The old man roasted for a while, then went back to the back room to sleep, but Ye Li kept compiling bamboo compendiums until late at night.

The next day, Ye Li pushed open the door and found that thick snow had accumulated on the street. There was sunshine in the morning, but there was still a chill, fortunately there was no wind in the morning, otherwise it would have made people suffer even more.

Step on it and "crunch...... The sound of "crunch" was endless, but Ye Li's heart was unprecedentedly quiet, and this simplest life made him unconsciously improve his state of mind.

Ye Li carried a black cloth bag as usual and walked towards the grocery store in the east of the city.

Every other month, Ye Li has to send bamboo slips, and the buyer also comes to pick it up every other month, not too often, but not too long, at least life is still good. Ye Li was going to buy a few hangs of meat later, Uncle Wang said two days ago that his mouth was light, and this time he went back to make a braised pork, just to make a tooth sacrifice.

"Brother Ye, you're here. The shopkeeper took the bag that Ye Li carried, opened it and looked, oh, it was a full twenty volumes.

"Come, a hundred taels of silver, I'll get you a silver ticket, otherwise these loose silver will not be comfortable on your body. The money shopkeeper walked out from behind the curtain and handed Ye Li a silver ticket of one hundred taels.

Ye Li took the silver ticket, thought for a while and asked, "Money shopkeeper, tell me, who are those people who buy bamboo slips? Why did you fall in love with the bamboo slips I made?"

The money shopkeeper looked around, and found that no one came over and whispered, "I don't know this, it's two young people who usually come to collect Yujian, it seems that their identities are not ordinary, and that shot is really generous, but ah......"

The money shopkeeper's voice was lowered, "Judging from my experience in the past forty years, those two young people are just doing things for others. ”

Ye Li was slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted, and even the money shopkeeper didn't notice it, "Oh, I'll just ask, see if you want to do more next time." You're busy first, I'll go first. Ye Li quickly took his leave.

Carrying two hangs of meat, Ye Li hummed a little song he learned from Uncle Wang, and left behind what the money shopkeeper said just now.

In this winter, the days became exceptionally short, and the good weather that had been maintained all day at night suddenly became bad.

The wind howls and the blizzard dances. Ye Li used a few bamboo sticks to reinforce the windows and doors, but the wind was so strong that it almost blew the house away.

In the midst of the blizzard, two figures appeared on the streets east of the city and knocked on the locked door of the grocery store......