"Don't leave tonight." Lu Yaozu said: "There is still an empty house in the west chamber, the kang is very big, and the three of them are enough to sleep. ”

Li Shang glanced at the sleeping girl in the basket and smiled, "It's not too early, then let's pack up and rest." ”

"Okay."

After finishing the meal the next morning, Xin Shansi killed two geese and threw them to Lu Yao. Lu Yaozu drove the ox cart to accompany Cheng Yuliang and his son to the southern suburbs, and Jiang Cheng also followed. Fengxiao and Qijian went to Lao Tun's chief's house, and Xue Bingning went to Dashiji to buy vegetables. Li Shang took his daughter to the backyard.

Shijiatun is really a vacant house, and it is also in the northeast, only a few dozen steps away from Xin Shansi's house. This family moved to Jiangping a few years ago, and the yard in Xunjiatun was reluctant to sell, so they asked Niang Laozi to help take care of it. When the old tun chief heard that a relative had come to Dr. Li's house and wanted to rent a house, he immediately led Feng Xiao and a ruler sword to look for someone.

When Lu Yao plucked the feathers from the two geese, Feng Xiao and Qi Jian also came back with the deed.

"So smooth?" Xin Shansi was sitting on the kang couch in the main hall and was sewing a padded jacket for Li Jiujiu. Li Shang took the baby and entered the door with Feng Xiao.

"It's nearby..."Feng Xiao put the deed on the table and poured water from a teacup: "Although the yard is smaller than ours, it is small in the vegetable garden. The house is as spacious as this, with three main rooms and two doors. The old man and the old lady will ask for one hundred and eighty wen a month, and we will rent it until the end of next year. ”

"Is there anyone living in the house?" Xin Shansi asked.

Feng smiled back: "The old man and the old lady have been with the eldest child's house, and they will go to this yard to sleep for a day or two every three or four days to make up for the popularity of the house." When they heard that we were going to rent it, the two elders were so happy that they hurried to clean up with a rag before we could leave. ”

"The vegetables are planted in front of the door and behind the house, but they don't grow as well as ours." Qi Jian moved a small bench and sat under the eaves, helping Binghuan pick leeks: "Do you also have a kang pot today?" ”

With a hmm, Xue Bingning pinched off the dead leaves on the tail of the leek. When it's cold, the leeks can be cut up to two stubbles. Pots and leeks, she hasn't eaten enough.

Li Shang stood on the edge of the kang couch and looked at Shan Si's sewing clothes, and asked Li Jiujiu: "Who is this new clothes for?" ”

"Oh," Li Jiujiu grinned.

There was only one sleeve left in the little padded jacket that was not sewn well, and Xin Shansi raised his head and said twice at the little fat girl. The little fat girl's little body immediately fell towards her mother. Li Shang simply put her on the kang couch.

At noon, Lu Yaozu came back with an ox cart. Qi Jian led them to the back of the house: "The yard is rented, let's go there directly." ”

In the kitchen, a goose is stewed in a cauldron. Xin Shansi also sent noodles, ready to wait for the goose to collect the juice, and spread a layer of flower rolls on top. Smelling the smell of rice, Li Jiujiu didn't let her father leave the kitchen for a single step.

"How do you plan to clean up the eleven houses?" Xin Shan Simi got out of the pot, flattened the rice with a spatula, covered the pot, turned around and looked at Dr. Li.

Li Shang stared: "After the weeding of Shengran Mountain starts steadily, I will go to Yuyang first, then go to Longxi, and come back to find the Xu family." ”

"Aren't you afraid of startling the grass and snakes, ruining the affairs of Yijian Villa?"

"Whether a Sword Villa can kill Dong Mingsheng or not, it is no longer so important to me."

"Do you want me to come with you?" Xin Shansi pinched her greedy girl's cheek with her hand.

thought, but Li Shang shook his head: "I will take Old Man Lu and Qi Jian together, and you will wait for Meng Yao in Shengran Mountain." ”

Well, Sheens respects.

Xue Bingning, who was sitting on the stove and burning the fire, raised his hand: "Doctor Li, Qi Ningshu those two children, if you encounter them, they will be tied up, don't let them go." When they were born, they were covered in the blood of the Li family, and they were not innocent at all. ”

He didn't want to let it go. Li Shang bowed his head and kissed lightly on Jiujiu's little head.

Cheng Yuliang and the others came back with neat and tidy up, just in time for dinner. The two geese weighed more than 10 pounds, and there were cabbage and old tofu in them, and they were packed in large clay pots with noodles. The flower rolls stained with rich soup are the most liked by the ruler sword.

Cheng Yuliang was in tears after eating this meal, and he was even more excited when he heard that the little young master was going to form a caravan after the completion of Wulin Village.

"The old man can still run."

"Leave me some work." Cheng Ye took a piece of goose wings and put it in his bowl.

Jiang Cheng's throat and eyes were blocked, and he choked several times. Eating the old tofu that had been stewed very deliciously, he suddenly felt that his eyes were brighter, and some expectations grew in his heart. What will Wulin Village look like when it is completed? What kind of excitement will it be to travel with a caravan? The snow-covered mountains should be beautiful, right?

He smiled: "When the grass is removed, I will go back to Nanfeng Village to move Wen Niang here." ”

"I will definitely choose a spiritual land for our Wulin Village as a cemetery." Lu Yao took the teacup and touched it on Jiang Cheng's bowl.

How nice is it to be so lively? Xin Shansi said: "Let's buy two pigs to kill during the Chinese New Year this year." ”

"I bought two sheep with my private house." Xue Bingning is delicious mutton soup.

Li Jiujiu, who was sitting in Li Shang's arms, pressed Pin Po in his arms with one hand and touched her father's bowl with the other. Seeing that the little guy was about to reach it, Xin Shansi struck with chopsticks and grabbed the little meat claw and dragged it to his mouth. Li Shang smiled: "Quick, dad help." ”

In the afternoon, when Feng Xiao was resting, he heard the sound of a small gong, and suddenly picked up the kang and got dressed, took the broken silver and went out. As soon as the courtyard door opened, he saw the merchant passing by the door, and although he was not the one who came last time, he immediately shouted: "Is there any candy to sell?" ”

"Yes, caramel wrapped in sesame seeds, eating fragrant." The merchant put down his burden and opened the box to take the caramel candy.

Feng smiled and weighed two catties of caramel candy, and when he saw that the rattle on the stall was gourd-shaped, and it was very delicately made, he also took one and bought some thin red-headed ropes. When he returned home, he opened the candy paper bag and was relieved to see the black thread flowers in the mezzanine. He took the letter and went to the main room.

Li Shang sat on the kang couch and flipped through the old pharmacopoeia.

Seeing that the lord did not move, Feng Xiao opened the letter and read it quickly: "The high priest of the Miao nationality Tianqing is seriously ill, and the patriarch is happy to issue a recall order, so that the Miao people can return to the clan quickly. Xun Li's broken knife, the owner of the flower building looked for Meng Mingxiao, the head of Shiyun Mountain. Meng Mingxiao said that the Butterfly King knife was sharp but too rigid, and judging from the broken wounds, eighty percent of the two knives were broken by someone holding them between their fingers during a fight.

The ownership of the land to the south of the Li family has been asserted, but no evidence has been obtained. The Xu family in Chongzhou and the Song family in Yuyang exchanged letters, but the messenger was very cautious, and Yijielou failed to intercept the letter on the way. ”

Li Shang raised his head: "Let Yijielou help me find out who is locked up in the evil ghost camp in Shiyao Mountain." ”

"Yes."

"Find someone to buy a few more horses."

"Okay."

On September 16, the rooster crowed, the wind laughed, and had a hasty breakfast with Qi Jian and Old Man Lu, and then prepared to go to Shengran Mountain. As soon as the back door opened, the two of them were stunned when they saw the three hidden in the dark, and then they said in unison: "Have you eaten?" ”

"I've eaten it." Cheng Yuliang also brought a one-zhang long rope: "Let's go, this is not close to Shengran Mountain." ”

Lu Yaozu gave the horse to Feng Xiao to ride, got on the official road, and his competitive spirit rose, and he ran after Cheng Yuliang, who was speeding ahead. Cheng Yuliang sensed the wind behind him, calmed down, and quickened his pace. Qi Jian fought with Cheng Ye and Jiang Cheng, so that Feng Xiao rode a horse and finally arrived at Shengran Mountain.

They came to work and measure out an acre of land. Before the sun rises, the 200 acres of land have been handed over. The six of them were not idle, they followed a piece of weeding, and it didn't take long to hear two snapping sounds, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look. A small one stared at the two fat rabbits who were convulsed on the ground, stunned.

"This rabbit is so fat, one has to weigh seven or eight pounds." Feng Xiao laughed and said: "There is a little leak on the notice, I am here to say, you will own whatever you catch when weeding." ”

"Okay." The end of the labor of weeding is even greater. Seven or eight pounds of rabbits, two of them get more than a dozen pounds. Whether you sell it or eat it at home, it's all earned for nothing.

Qi Jian's eyes are red, and he also wants to catch rabbits.

The day before, Li Shang Xin Shansi did not go to Shengran Mountain.

In the evening, when he saw a few people coming back with four fat rabbits, Xue Bingning's eyes were bent with a smile: "It just so happens that the rabbit skin has been stripped and two jackets have been made for Jiujiu." ”

"How?" Xin Shansi asked: "One acre a day, can they do it?" ”

"Okay." Feng smiled back: "There have been several afternoons when the sun is high and the grass has been removed, and it is very clean." Turning his head to Cheng Ye, "The Ruan Qi who stood with you when recruiting workers was a clever one. He piled all the grass together, and gathered the grass that others didn't want to his own land. I think his family will definitely come tomorrow to drag it. ”

Lu Yaozu said: "I will also drive the ox cart tomorrow." When the grass is buried, it is best to feed the animals in the winter. ”

Sheng Ran Mountain was weeding in full swing, and the Xu family in the city couldn't help but scold Datai for being useless when they thought of Li Shang in the future, and they wanted to find some trouble for Li Shang, but... They had to deal with Ma's troubles, and they couldn't spare their hands for a while.

Another day passed, and Li Shang drove the donkey cart to take Shan Si and her mother to Shengran Mountain. In addition to the 400 acres of grass in the two days, the exposed plots of land were all inspected by the ruler sword, and there was really not a single grass root missing. The donkey cart stopped directly on it, and Xin Shansi stepped out of the carriage and saw the large clean open space, and felt relaxed and happy, only feeling that the money was well spent.

As long as it is orderly, Li Shang turned to look at the towering Shengran Mountain, and asked the girl in his arms: "Jiujiu, do you like it here?" ”

Not in the house, Li Jiujiu was in a beautiful mood: "Ah..."

"I'm smiling, I'm sure I like it." Xin Shansi crossed her waist with her hands on her waist, looked around, outlined the future prosperity in her mind, thought about it vigorously, her stomach rumbled, and she turned her heels and went to the car to take a small bag of buns out.

Li Shang ate the bun, took a bite and sent the bun in his hand to Li Jiujiu's mouth. Li Jiujiu's small mouth touched the bun, and the bun was withdrawn. She kept her mouth shut, as if she had eaten it, and waited for the next bite.

Xin Shansi was distressed when she saw it, and took out a towel to wipe the little guy's saliva: "Next year, my mother will take you to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas." ”

After eating three buns in a row, Li Shang was full, but it was obvious that the one in his arms was still unsatisfied. Xin Shansi took it and continued to take a bite of you.

Li Shang got into the car and poured a glass of water out, first feeding the little girl who was "eating" happily, and then feeding her mother. After serving the mother and daughter, he got into the car and poured a glass for himself, and when he got out of the car, he saw a group of small black dots in the southwest coming here, staring at it carefully, curling his lips and smiling: "Shansi..."

"Hmm," Xin Shansi looked up at the man standing on the throne, half a bun still in his hand.

"It seems to be a Mongolian soldier." Li Shang Dao.

"Really?" Xin Shansi turned to look at the southwest, and without paying attention, the bun in her hand was grabbed by a small paw. She hurriedly looked back, only to see that the little paw had picked the meat filling accurately, so she sent it to her own small mouth, and shouted: "Belch..." ”

"You're going to let me go over and be the bad guy, aren't you?" Li Shang jumped off the seat, blindfolded his daughter with one hand, opened his mouth to eat the meat filling she was holding, and wiped her hands with a towel by the way.

Xin Shansi also hurriedly stuffed the bun skin into her mouth, chewed it, chewed it, and chewed it.

Seeing the light again, Li Jiujiu stared at his empty little hands, and then looked at her mother's, her little mouth slowly deflated, and she cried out.

The small black dot was approaching rapidly, and Xin Shansi coaxed the heartbroken Li Jiujiu to the official road. Li Shang went to the car, fetched the rattan basket, and followed them.

After finishing the funeral for Wu Ying, Meng Yao left Mengdu and entered the Central Plains in the direction of Mohuilin non-stop. Although he did not stay in Chongzhou, he knew that Chongzhou had sold the 100 hectares of wasteland around Shengran Mountain to Li Shang Yan Qing. Because he understood the temperament of the two men, he didn't pay much attention to the matter.

Approaching with their horses, the group was supposed to turn east at the fork, but after the two figures walked onto the official road, they dismounted slowly without the prince's signal and went straight forward.

Li Jiujiu was still sobbing. Li Shang handed the rattan basket to Shansi and hugged the villain from behind. Xin Shansi stood still, and when she saw Meng Yao coming over on horseback, she opened the rattan basket with her hand, took out an iron plaque from her money bag, and threw it over.

Bashan, who was guarding Meng Yaozuo, stepped forward to slap his horse, grabbed the iron card, his hand was sore and numb, opened his five fingers, and gave the iron card to the prince to see.

Meng Yao only glanced at it, and then looked at the family of three again. Stuffed in Lishang's arms, that little lump, doesn't seem to be very happy.

Li Shang patted his daughter, put his mouth in her ear and said, "In another month or two, you will be able to eat." ”

When the horse came to a stop in the zhang, Xin Shansi said, "I am very satisfied with your handling of Wu Ying's affairs. ”

"So..."Meng Yao smiled, "Is Madam Yan going to do business with this king again?" ”

Xin Shansi shook her head: "I want to find you to do business, but there is more than one." Then he took out a bronze medal from the rattan basket and threw it to him, "Do you know this?" ”

Meng Yao looked at the front and back and said, "There is a ghost gate in the secret guard camp...", his finger twisted the gate on the iron plate, "I'm not sure if it's not." ”

The laborers who weeded nearby peeked at this side and listened with their ears pricked up.

"Shortly after you left that dilapidated house that day, a group of men in black came looking for you." Xin Shansi's tone was not good: "People are here to kill you." ”

"Really?" Meng Yao's face was calm: "Are you sure?" ”

"Sure." Xin Shansi wanted to roll her eyes at him: "How many people want you to die, don't you count them in your own heart?" ”

There are a few people, Meng Yao dismounted: "There are many people who want you to die." ”

It is really hard to do business with this kind of person, Xin Shansi took a deep breath and exhaled slowly: "There is a piece here that belongs to the Daru Flower China Sea in Tanzhou City. ”

"Nahai is the emperor's man." Meng Yao took two steps forward, with his hands behind his back, looking directly at him... Uncle Xiao: "Let's talk about serious business." ”

"Yes." But before she could say that, she had to be clear: "Serious business is expensive. ”

"How expensive?" Meng Yao asked.

"Thirty thousand gold." Xinshansi held up three fingers.

A group of Mongolian guards are stupid, 30,000 gold? Meng Yao's face was still calm: "As long as it is worth it, this king will buy it." ”

Xin Shansi took a step forward and said in a suppressed voice: "Meng Yuling's old bottom." ”

Coldness rose in the calm, and Meng Yao looked at the girl outside the ruler.

Xin Shansi added: "All the forces that she hides outside. ”

After a few breaths, Meng Yao smiled, and the coldness and alienation around him disappeared in an instant: "Little uncle, you can always surprise me." ”