Good luck every time

Li Ruyi quickly drove away the emotions in her heart.

She was still struggling to make ends meet. She was only eleven years old, had not yet completed her apprenticeship, and had not yet killed her master's enemies.

Where is the time to think about this and that! ?

After Li Ruyi returned home, she saw her eldest sister teaching the third child how to write.

She originally felt warm, but when she got closer, she saw that the eldest sister changed the word that the third child had written correctly into a wrong one, and she solemnly asked the third child to recite it like this.

Li Ruyi: …

She quickly gave her elder sister a lecture, then shook her head and left with her suitcase.

It's getting late today, so I can't go too far, but I can't go back to places I've just been to either.

Li Ruyi put on a straw hat, left the village, and randomly found a road to walk forward.

When you meet someone, ask them about the surrounding situation.

At noon, she found a tree to sit down and rest while eating a piece of bread.

The water vapor rising from the road made everything around seem to be shaking slightly.

Li Ruyi had rested enough and drank some water before getting back on the road.

After walking out for a while, I came to a fork in the road.

A couple with a child slowly walked out from the intersection.

Li Ruyi looked at them carrying a lot of things in big and small bags and greeted them cheerfully.

"Did my elder brother and his wife go to visit relatives?"

When they saw that she was a child, the couple's vigilance dropped a lot.

The man looked a little dull. He nodded, hummed, and said nothing.

The woman is quite talkative.

"Well, I went to visit relatives. Are you a peddler here?"

Li Ruyi agreed readily.

"Correct!"

"I heard there is a Qian Family Manor ahead, and I want to go take a look."

When they heard that they were going to Qianjiazhuang, the women straightened their backs.

"Oh, we are from Qian's Village!"

Li Ruyi looked surprised.

"Really? That's great!"

The woman smiled more reservedly and looked at Li Ruyi. Her man also looked at Li Ruyi curiously.

During this period of time, Li Ruyi has adapted to how to chat and say hello to strangers.

Even if there is no topic, you have to create one to start a conversation.

"My family is in the county town, and I don't usually come here. And the days are long in the summer, so I can walk a little further. That's why I came to take a look."

"Sister-in-law, are there many peddlers in our village?"

The woman thought for a moment.

"Not much, not even as much as the beggars!"

There are a lot of people begging these days, and they knock on people's doors every now and then.

"Oh, I see that we are quite far from the county town. Is there a market there?"

Speaking of the market, before the woman could say anything, the children beside her started talking happily.

"Yes! There is a market in our village ahead. It is quite big!"

Li Ruyi saw the two children. The younger one was very friendly. He reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the backpack pocket on his back.

"Really? You two are really good. I have some melon seeds for you to try."

As soon as they saw Li Ruyi taking out something, the woman and her man quickly refused.

"Oh no, no! You keep it, you keep it."

"That's right, take them back quickly, they are all things that need to be sold for money."

Li Ruyi quickly pushed their hands away.

"For the kids! I roasted these melon seeds myself, so they taste fresh."

After some arguing, the two children finally accepted the melon seeds despite their parents' embarrassment.

When they tasted it, their eyes lit up.

"Mom, you eat too!"

The older children stuffed melon seeds into the woman's mouth, and the woman backed away.

"Mom won't eat it, so you guys eat it!"

But the older boy held his arms up and refused to put them down, and finally stuffed them into the woman's mouth.

He looked at his mother with expectant eyes. The woman was stunned and looked up at Li Ruyi.

"Why are these melon seeds...salty? Did they add salt?"

Li Ruyi added some salt.

How could my sister-in-law remember ordinary melon seeds?

"Not much, try something new!"

The woman felt even more embarrassed now.

Li Ruyi took advantage of her embarrassment and started talking to her.

"Sister-in-law, are there many people in Qianjiazhuang?"

This woman didn't have any ulterior motives. She didn't realize whether what Li Ruyi asked her about was important or not. She just thought Li Ruyi was a good person, so she told him everything she knew.

"Not bad. There are about 30 to 40 households and 200 to 300 people."

Li Ruyi asked her following up on what Guazi had just said.

"Does our family have salt expenses?"

When the woman heard that she was eating salt, she looked a little sad.

"Not bad. For a family of seven or eight, one pound per month and a half."

Coarse salt tastes slightly bitter, and after removing impurities, a pound of salt may only contain about seven ounces of pure salt.

Those who are more particular will even cook it themselves.

Just use it without any particularities, and you will get used to it after a while.

However, one kilogram per month and a half for a family of seven or eight is still too little.

You may not be able to taste the food.

Li Ruyi asked again.

"Did you buy it at the market or in the county?"

The woman replied.

"I bought it at the market, and the price is the same as in the county, but the county is too far away."

Li Ruyi frowned.

"Fifty cents?"

The woman nodded.

"Yeah! Sometimes it can be cheaper. It's not as good as the ones in the county, but we farmers don't care about that! As long as it's edible, it's fine."

Li Ruyi opened her mouth. She roughly understood how others made money by selling salt.

The man followed suit.

"Yes, yes, as long as it's edible."

Li Ruyi asked them seriously.

"Then if we buy some good salt, which is a little more expensive, wouldn't it last longer?"

The woman laughed.

"How can that be? They all taste the same, as long as you don't get sick."

Salt is a necessity. Not eating it will make you sick. No one knows this better than Li Ruyi.

When she was imprisoned in her previous life, she couldn't eat salt and later became blind.

Li Ruyi didn't know how to persuade these people, and she was not in a position to do so.

These people have already formed the habit and are unwilling to accept more expensive salt.

There is not much difference between good and bad quality. Just put a little bit when cooking. If you put more, you still can’t taste the saltiness.

Li Ruyi asked them again.

“Is this the case for all families in our village?”

Having said that the woman sighed.

"That's right! Well... it's good enough to have enough food and clothing all year round."

"How's your place like? Don't you live like this?"

The woman started chatting with Li Ruyi and began to gossip.

"Our family is OK, but life is not easy. Otherwise, how can I come out to make a living? It's just that we are close to the county, so we don't have to worry about salt."

After Li Ruyi finished speaking, he said something tentatively.

"I was thinking of bringing some good salt from the county if possible!"