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Li Ruyi's test was very subtle, and the two people beside her seemed not to hear her disappointment.

"Oh, that's too heavy. You're so young and it's bending your back but not growing taller. I think this is meaningless."

Li Ruyi sighed and changed the subject.

"Sister-in-law, we have a lot of land around here, why is life so difficult?"

The woman immediately took over Li Ruyi's words.

"A lot of land! But there are a few wealthy families here, and they are rich, unlike us, each family only has three to five acres of land. Several people in my family rely on this to make a living. It seems okay now, but what about the future? My two sons are talking about wives, and each of them won't be able to get more than an acre of land..."

"The landlords still live a good life. I see the children of the old Qian family in our village, and the clothes they wear don't even have a patch on them."

The woman looked envious.

Li Ruyi did not mention the salt anymore, and continued to ask about the situation around her. After asking about Qianjiazhuang, she also asked about her mother's family.

By the time you finish asking all the questions, you’ll have almost arrived.

Li Ruyi smiled and sang her own little song, and the woman burst into laughter as soon as she opened her mouth.

"This kid has a really bright voice."

The two children brought by the couple also jumped around Li Ruyi and learned to sing songs with her.

Li Ruyi carried her load into the village. Many people bought things from her because she was introduced by acquaintances.

The woman also took her to her home and brought her a bowl of water.

After drinking the water, Li Ruyi gave her two children a handful of melon seeds before leaving.

Except for Qianjiazhuang, her expression was somewhat dejected.

The villagers here have a very consistent opinion and will not buy more expensive salt.

Some families want to buy the good salt from the county.

But Li Ruyi did not agree immediately.

With fifty wen, she could only earn three guan, which might seem like a lot, but it was inconsistent with Li Ruyi's idea.

After all, she was not really eleven years old, and she understood that there would be losses in doing business.

The government's money cannot be reduced, and Han Shian's money cannot be reduced either. All losses must be borne by Li Ruyi himself.

Three kan is just an ideal situation, but in reality she may only make a profit of about one and a half to two kan, or even less.

Is the salt brought back from the yamen really heavy enough?

If she is short of ten or twenty kilograms out of the one thousand kilograms, can she still go to the government office to argue?

If it rains while delivering the goods, and she fails to protect the salt, it will be exposed to the rain and melt in the water, which will be another loss.

If you store them in the house and mice eat them, it will be a loss.

And these are inevitable.

A pound of salt only sells for fifty cents. If the government office loses twenty pounds of salt, she will lose one coin of profit.

If she is unlucky and encounters rain, her profit will be even less.

If Li Ruyi wants to protect his own interests, he must deeply cultivate the current market and sell every kilogram of salt for the maximum value.

The best situation for buyers and sellers is to achieve a win-win situation.

Just like those people who adulterate salt, they do it to make money, but the buyers do it to save money.

Perhaps adulterating is unethical in the long run.

But the market never cares about whether you are immoral or not.

It will only ruthlessly eliminate those who have conscience, because conscience cannot be monetized.

Since ancient times, bad money has driven out good money.

If Li Ruyi also adopted an honest business attitude, she would also be eliminated by the market because she could not make money.

If she wants to live with a conscience, she has to pay more for her kindness.

She kept thinking about this question on her way back to the village.

Is there no way in this world to keep your conscience and make money at the same time?

But unfortunately, this question is destined to remain unanswered.

She didn't figure it out all the way home.

Fortunately, today is only the first day, and Li Ruyi still has a month to find a solution.

When she got home, her elder sister had already prepared dinner, so Li Ruyi went to the kitchen to wash her hands and face.

She scooped up a handful of water and wet her face, neck and hair, then scrubbed them vigorously.

The eldest sister put the table away and remembered something as she passed by her.

"By the way, Ruyi, Brother Han came over after you left and left something for you, asking me to come back and give it to you."

Li Ruyi was stunned, she grabbed a towel and wiped the water off her face. The wind blew and she sighed comfortably.

"what?"

The eldest sister didn’t know either and shook her head.

"It's in a box. I haven't opened it yet. It's on the kang in the room."

Li Ruyi hung the towel back to its original place and turned to go into the house.

The eldest sister hurriedly called her.

"Go after you've eaten. You've been hungry all day!"

Li Ruyi said perfunctorily.

"Oh, I'll just take a look and eat."

When she entered the room, she saw a wooden box on the kang.

The wooden box is quite old and looks quite big.

She picked it up and found that the box was quite heavy. She turned it around and found that the box was exquisitely made and could be pulled out like a drawer.

Li Ruyi found the mechanism and pulled out the box.

A crossbow appeared in front of Li Ruyi.

She was stunned. She didn't expect Han Shian to hand her the crossbow.

The Great Qi banned bows and crossbows, but not all bows and crossbows were banned.

What was actually banned were the powerful bows and crossbows used by the army.

The bows used by ordinary hunters have a maximum shooting range of only thirty meters, are made of simple materials, and have limited lethality.

Not to mention the crossbow. Without the copper frame, the shooting range of the wooden crossbow is only six or seven feet.

The crossbow that Han Shian sent to Li Ruyi was just this kind of crossbow.

If the opponent is wearing armor, this crossbow will have difficulty even breaking through the armor.

However, Li Ruyi's opponent was just an ordinary person, and this crossbow did give her some courage.

Li Ruyi took out the quiver, which still contained the ten familiar arrows.

She gripped the crossbow string with two fingers and pulled it upwards, feeling the force in the opposite direction.

The string touched the tooth, pressing it down, and the hook tooth tilted up, jamming the crossbow string.

Li Ruyi pulled out a crossbow arrow, put it into his mouth, followed the trajectory, stuck into the gap between the hook teeth, and rested on the crossbow string.

She raised her crossbow, adjusted her sight accordingly, and finally pulled the trigger on her sword.

The crossbow arrow flew out, passed through the window, and hit the bed in the thatched pavilion with a thud.

Li Ruyi in the room also exclaimed.

Granny Ding, who was sitting in the kitchen, heard the noise and turned her head.

Li Ruyi covered her forearm and tears came out of her eyes due to the pain.

She didn't know that the crossbow had recoil, and she didn't hold it firmly, so it bounced out of her hand and hit her arm with a big swing.

But she didn't care about the pain in her arm and hurriedly picked up the crossbow.

If this one breaks, where will she find another one?

Li Ruyi clamped the safe crossbow under his armpit, then covered his arm and stomped his feet in pain.

Granny Ding picked up the bowl, fumbling with her fingers, and shook her head speechlessly.

Li Jixiang didn't know what was going on. He looked inside the house and called out to Li Ruyi.

"Ruyi, come and have dinner."

Li Ruyi felt the pain for a while before he calmed down. He lifted his arm and found that it was bruised.

She agreed and put the crossbow back into the box.

"Oh! Got it!"

After saying that, she ran to the thatched pavilion, took the crossbow arrows off the bed and put them away, then went to the kitchen to eat.