Li Wuchang, Xiaoru, and Lin Qin were received by an ordinary family not far from Qingsha Lake.

Li Wuchang did not reveal his identity, and the family only thought that the three of them were the sons and daughters of a big family in the city, and they went out of the city to go out.

It has been warming up for a long time, and it is indeed a good day to go green.

The house is an ordinary wood thatched house, which does not look very beautiful and not very strong, but if it does not encounter the heavy snowstorm of the previous years, it is still a problem to shelter from the wind and rain.

The old mother, two husband and wife, and a little girl, a very ordinary family of four, with the family name He.

Not far away there is some land that is not planted with wheat and rice, but some vegetables, sweet potatoes, soybeans, etc., which are already a lot due to the lack of labor.

The husband who is in charge of the family is not in particularly good health, but he is very industrious, and often goes to the nearby mountains and forests to collect firewood and charcoal to sell to the city, and occasionally catches some small game.

The wife grew up by the river, is familiar with the water, can be used as the main force in the fishing season, and has a pair of skillful hands, will make some dustpans, bamboo baskets, sieve trays and the like, and hang a lot of them in the yard, all of which are the family's inputs.

The old mother is still quite strong, doing housework at home and taking care of the little girl.

Although the little girl is young, she is not squeamish, she looks very well-behaved with her grandmother as a follower, and she is a little shy after seeing Li Wuchang and the three of them, and hides behind her grandmother to peek. Regrettably, there are no conditions to study.

Li Wuchang asked for a silver dollar from Xiaoru and handed it to the man in charge, and after a polite greeting, he said that he wanted to have a meal here.

In order to facilitate the transaction, Fangling City melted gold, silver and copper according to weight, and the gold and silver were divided into one tael, two taels, five taels and so on, which was more convenient and trouble-free than ordinary gold ingots and broken silver. As for copper, it is similar to the previous copper plate, but it looks better, and it is full copper, without other impurities.

After a period of time, this coin became very hard and was very well recognized by merchants and people who did business inside and outside the city.

The two silver dollars given by Li Wuchang were five taels, which was not much, but for this ordinary family, it was a great fortune.

The man in charge looked a little embarrassed when he saw it, and said, "This son, how embarrassing is this, just eating a meal, this is too much." It's been a long time since I've had a guest at home, and I picked up some prey in the winter, and I made it into bacon, and today I caught a few fatty fish......"

Saying this, he wanted to return the silver dollar to Li Wuchang.

Li Wuchang secretly thought: Some people are so simple, even if life is not easy, the essence will not change easily.

Xiao Ru smiled: "Big brother, we are embarrassed to take the liberty of disturbing this time, so you can accept the money." ”

The man in charge of the house still insisted on not accepting it, and his wife said that it was too much, even if he wanted to collect money, he could only collect some copper plates.

Li Wuchang spoke: "Brother He, sister-in-law He, everyone is with Fa Shuai and Minister Wang, they are considered a family, what are you doing with politeness." I'm a big rice bucket, at most the two of you can cook more rice. ”

When the little girl heard Li Wuchang call himself a big rice bucket, she couldn't help but laugh quietly, thinking that this big brother was so interesting, how could she say that she was a big rice bucket?

The old grandmother immediately whispered that there were no rules, and the little girl stuck out her tongue and was even more embarrassed.

Under the good words of Li Wuchang and Xiaoru, the man in charge accepted the silver dollar, said that he must make it richer, and finally said: "This son, speaking of Fa Shuai and Minister Wang, I really have to thank the two of them, and you don't have to pay much tax to paint the land, and the most important thing is to provide protection, otherwise there will be no peaceful life in this area!"

In a word, Li Wuchang was very embarrassed.

The specific things are all handled by Wang Wanhong, Shen Cunyuan, Lu Desheng and others, and Li Wuchang only spoke.

After a polite remark, the man and his wife in charge of the house began to busily cook.

Xiaoru and Lin Qin pulled the little girl to play, which is the same as when they played with Xiaoxi in the city, although the little girl was shy, but today the two big sisters came to play with her, and soon showed the side of a child.

Li Wuchang sat in the yard with his grandmother and cooked together.

The old grandmother was very excited, she didn't expect that the noble-looking boy in front of her would have the patience to listen to her chatter, which is really rare.

This is Li Wuchang's ability, when he was in Erlengzhuang, the old people liked to pull him to chat, the length of the family, the north and the south.

In fact, Li Wuchang only needs to listen, and occasionally reply to a sentence or two.

"The family is from Yiling, the bandits are too serious, robbing money and food everywhere, and what's even more odious is that they also rob people's daughters-in-law and daughters, and forcibly pull men into the gang. There were originally seven people in a large family. ”

"When the bandits came, the old man asked the boss to pull the old body, the daughter-in-law and the little girl to hide in the cellar first, and he himself pulled the second and third children to resist the bandits, and they all died, and the blood of the land, those who were killed by God, must not die well!"

"After that, the boss took the family to hide in the cave, and hid for several days, and the little girl was hungry and cried, and there was no way at all, and finally the boss got some big insects and roasted them and said that they were rabbit meat, which was really a sin!"

"After the bandits finished the disaster in the village, a large family ran to the northwest, there were many refugees along the way, passing by Fangling, I thought I would go north, who knew that I could settle down, and now it's almost a year, I hope it will be so calm!"

"The boss's body is not very good when he is small, and he can't do too heavy work, so he mainly collects firewood and charcoal, and takes care of a piece of land drawn by Minister Wang, and his daughter-in-law is a capable person, and she is very good at fishing and doing handicrafts, if there is no her, this family will be even more difficult. ”

"A little bit later, there is a mulberry forest, before the old body still wanted to raise some spring silkworms, but I don't know if the old body is old or God doesn't give food, the silkworms are strained to death, but the heart is distressed. The boss and daughter-in-law said that it didn't matter, but the old man was ashamed......"

"They are all filial, and they say that they must let the old man live a good life in the future. It's good to be able to live a good life, but the old body wants to have a safe and secure family, watching the little girl grow up day by day, but there is one point that is very difficult, Minister Wang in the city vigorously encouraged Xi Wen to practice martial arts, opened a lot of schools and martial arts, even female children can go, and there are even rewards for learning well, but unfortunately we don't have that condition......"

"The boss wanted to go to the city to work, but the little girl refused to live or die, she heard from her friends that the work in the city is very hard. It's better not to go, there is no house, and it may be harder for a large family to rely on the boss to work alone, so it is better to stay on the shore of this Qingsha Lake...... When the little girl is a little older, I will send her to the city to study, and at that time I am reluctant to touch everyone, alas!"

"The little girl is still not happy, and says that she wants to accompany her grandmother. Flesh and blood affection, they are all debts of the past life, they can't be given up, as long as they can be together peacefully, no matter how hard they work, they are willing......"