Good luck every time

The mountain road was indeed difficult to travel on. Li Ruyi was thankful countless times on his way down the mountain that he had given people a discount instead of insisting on delivering the salt up the mountain.

The mountain road on their side was very steep, and they had to pass two suspension bridges and a long stone staircase.

The stone stairs were very narrow and steep, only wide enough for one person to pass through. Li Ruyi's legs felt weak when he walked there.

It is difficult to carry a load through such a place, and one can only climb up and down by oneself.

The big boss and Hetian Twelve were both used to this road, so they carried the things on their backs as they walked down.

Li Ruyi held her breath and followed them closely.

After going down the mountain, it was time to say goodbye.

The boss agreed with her on a meeting place, and Li Ruyi started back with her load on her shoulder.

After Tian Twelve and the Big Boss watched her leave, they turned around and went back to the mountain.

Today was not a market day, and they had nothing good to buy.

Moreover, in addition to selling salt, Li Ruyi is also a peddler!

If you really need something in the future, just ask her. It might be easier than going to the market.

Separate sides.

After walking for a while, Li Ruyi found a place to sit down and simply drew today's route.

She followed the path the boss told her and walked for a while until she found a village.

After entering the village, Li Ruyi hired a mule cart.

This place is more than eighty miles away from her home, and it would be difficult for her to get home by her own feet before tonight.

There was no village she was familiar with at the foot of the mountain, and it was not safe to sleep outdoors. Li Ruyi might as well spend some money and go home as soon as possible.

However, the mule farmer in the village was unwilling to go so far, so Li Ruyi spent twenty cents and had someone send her to a village forty miles away.

The man left after seeing her off. Li Ruyi calculated the time for the rest of the journey and felt that she could just walk back. At most, she would have to walk until dark, and at least she wouldn't have to sleep outdoors.

She asked for directions from others and walked back carrying her shoulder pole.

After walking for a while, she felt hungry again. She had just finished her own dry food on the mule cart, so she took out the dry food given by Mrs. Tian.

She opened the bag and saw two pieces of dried meat in addition to the steamed buns from yesterday.

Li Ruyi took out the dried meat and looked at it, then tore off a piece and put it in her mouth. She was stunned by the taste.

The jerky tastes very good, fragrant and chewy.

More importantly, Li Ruyi has eaten this thing before.

In her previous life, when she was in the capital, there was a grocery store that specialized in selling this kind of dried meat. The price for the shredded meat was 300 wen per pound, and the price for the whole meat was 500 wen per pound.

This price is definitely much higher than the normal price of pork jerky, but some people just love it.

Li Ruyi had made pork jerky before. If some moisture is retained, two pounds of fresh meat can only make about one pound of jerky. If it is air-dried too much for long-term preservation, it may take nearly three pounds of meat to make just over one pound of jerky.

But even so, according to the price of pork, one pound of pork is twenty-five to thirty cents, plus salt and some spices, the cost is definitely less than one hundred cents.

At this moment, Li Ruyi's heart was deeply moved!

Li Ruyi pinched the dried meat, closed his eyes and roared several times before he suppressed the greed in his heart.

That grocery store has a backer. It was able to gain a foothold in the city and has not been taken over by anyone for so many years. This shows how strong its background is.

Li Ruyi's current strength is simply not enough to compete with it.

Trying to snatch food from a tiger's mouth could lead to your death!

She tore off a little bit of dried meat and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly.

This thing cannot be done in a short period of time, and she doesn't have any customers who can afford the expensive dried meat.

Greed will lead to bad consequences, so she should first figure out what to do with the thousand kilograms of salt!

Li Ruyi didn't eat any more. She put the remaining dried meat back and ate the steamed bun with cold water.

After eating the steamed bun, he continued walking home.

It took a long time to walk forty miles, and halfway through the journey, Li Ruyi's shoes broke.

She originally thought she would be able to return in three to five days, but it ended up taking her six or seven days.

Li Ruyi couldn't go back barefoot either, so she pulled some grass from the surrounding area and wove an insole to put in her shoes. When the insole got worn out, she would weave another one...

I just walked and compiled all the way back home.

It was already dark when she arrived at Sanjia Village, but when she reached the entrance of the village, she saw a torch flickering at the entrance.

The torches illuminated two figures, one tall and one short, looking towards the way out of the village.

Li Ruyi saw who they were and greeted them happily.

"Sister, Xiaoman!"

When they heard Li Ruyi's voice, they were both stunned, but they quickly reacted and followed the road out of the village to find her.

The eldest sister was still a little hesitant to believe it, until she saw Li Ruyi in front of her, she finally confirmed it.

"Why did you go for so many days? Didn't you say you would be back in three or five days?"

As she spoke, she took Li Ruyi's carrying pole.

Li Ruyi wanted to refuse, but a torch and a pair of shoes had been stuffed into her hands.

Her insole was torn again, so she just changed it into the shoes her elder sister brought her.

The third brother circled around her, talking as he went along.

"Second sister, you don't know how worried we are! Didn't you say you would be back in three to five days? My eldest sister and I have been waiting for you at the entrance of the village every day. We have been waiting for you for three to five days!"

After changing her shoes, Li Ruyi picked up her old shoes and apologized to her elder sister embarrassedly.

“The mountain road was difficult to travel, and I didn’t expect it to take so long, but the result was good!”

The eldest sister felt relieved when she saw her come back. She walked towards the village while complaining to her.

"You said you were the same, why can't you go home first? You didn't tell us if we were worried about you for such a long time, but did you have enough shoes to wear and enough dry food to eat?"

If it weren’t for Grandma Ding’s suppression, my eldest sister would have gone to find Li Ruyi.

She was always worried that Li Ruyi would get lost in the woods, and was also afraid that she would not have enough dry food and would faint from hunger halfway.

In this deep mountain forest, where she cries to the sky and the earth for help but no one responds, how can she not be anxious?

That is to say, Li Ruyi came back today.

If she doesn't come back today, Li Jixiang will have to stay there for another day or two before he has to go out and look for someone else.

Li Ruyi comforted her.

"I'm very safe. I asked around along the way and sometimes even paid people to lead the way for me. Nothing went wrong and I didn't get hurt. Oh, and I brought you some delicious food."

Li Ruyi was in a good mood, so the elder sister felt much more relieved.

She would never say anything unlucky.

Seeing this, Li Ruyi quickly changed the subject and asked them if they had eaten and if there was anything happening in their village these days.

Unexpectedly, when she asked this question, a big incident actually happened in the village.

Li Laoliu's family actually split up!

Moreover, the division ceremony was presided over by Li Laosi.

Li Ruyi raised her eyebrows. This was a good thing for her.

She could also seek a little convenience from it.