Good luck every time

Li Ruyi waited in the bushes for a while.

She waited until those people failed to find her and slowly dispersed, then she slowly came out of the bushes.

He had never heard of the name Zhao Laonian.

But Li Ruyi already knew that this man was a salt seller, and he knew some of her information. He might have followed her route and found her in more than one village.

The price of forty-five cents is no different from giving it away for free.

Even if no one shared the money with him, he still had to pay out 42 wen as capital, and the remaining 3 wen would be used to make up for the missing salt. Adding the loss, his net profit would be just over 1 wen.

This extra money also requires buying travel permits and other fees.

Even have to pay compensation.

How could these salt sellers sell salt at a loss when they were unwilling to sell it honestly for 50 cents?!

Li Ruyi thought of a lot of things from this.

This Zhao Laonian was obviously coming for her, so the route she took would probably not be a secret.

Li Ruyi's heart sank.

When it comes to business, even if it is malicious competition, it must be considered from a business perspective first.

The most important thing for her at the moment was not to find out how long Zhao Laonian would target her, but to sell her salt before the other party could sabotage her.

As long as she gets the money this month, she will have half a month's buffer time to find new customers before next month.

As for Zhao Laonian, Li Ruyi would naturally not let him go.

Only by knowing both yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Li Ruyi wants to wait until the salt is sold and then come back to settle the score with him!

She left here quickly, thinking about her next route.

The 350 kilograms of salt were the most important. Li Ruyi hesitated whether to wait until the day came, or to deliver the salt before Zhao Laonian came over.

Li Ruyi returned to the village and went to find Ergouzi first. If Li Er had not come back yet, she would have to go find the village head.

Li Er was her first choice, and the second choice was someone from the village head's family.

It's nice to have a mountain to lean on for shade, but if you really want to expose yourself, you have to find a good backer first.

Li Zheng is obviously a good choice.

It's a pity that you can't hire someone for free, you have to pay them.

When Ergouzi heard Li Ruyi asking about Li Er, he shook his head.

"He hasn't come back yet! He seems to have said that something happened at his uncle's house and they have to stay for a few days."

After hearing this, Li Ruyi did not give up and asked him.

"Do you know where Li Er's uncle lives?"

Er Gouzi tilted his head and thought about it.

"I heard them say it's quite far away, maybe in Shili Village or somewhere else."

Li Ruyi calculated that Shili Village was not really close. She had never been there because there was a market in Shili Village on the 8th, 8th and 28th of the month. She had no competitiveness there.

She looked at the sky, calculated the time, and ran quickly back home.

When the eldest sister saw her coming back so early, she was stunned.

"Why did you come back so early today? What happened?"

Li Ruyi took out the crossbow, wrapped it with cloth and put it in the backpack.

The eldest sister was shocked and frightened.

"What's going on here?"

Li Ruyi was in a hurry and didn't want to explain too much to her.

"I'm going out for a while and might be back late, so I thought of bringing a crossbow."

The eldest sister felt relieved and nodded vigorously.

"Why don't I go with you? More people can help take care of you."

Li Ruyi did not agree.

"No, it's not a big deal, I'm just a little anxious, I can run faster by myself."

The eldest sister became even more worried and chased after Li Ruyi.

"I can run fast, too. I've been running every day recently..."

Li Ruyi was worried that she would get lost if she ran away, so she held her hand.

"No, sister. We still have so much salt at home. The third child is too young. What if he is tricked by the villagers into opening the door? You have to stay at home. I can only feel at ease if you stay at home."

The eldest sister opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything she wanted to say, and she stopped walking.

Li Ruyi ran out of the village quickly.

She had to find Li Nian before today. If that didn't work, she would have to get up early tomorrow morning to find the head of the village.

Li Ruyi left the village and headed towards Shili Village.

Sanjia Village is about thirty-seven or thirty-eight miles away from Shili Village.

Li Ruyi ran all the way there, and halfway through she found that she had finished all the water.

She didn't dare drink the water from the river, so she could only endure it and keep running forward, preparing to find water to drink when she got to the place.

When Li Ruyi couldn't run anymore, he would walk slowly for a while, and then continue running after he recovered.

After walking and running for a while, we finally arrived at Shili Village before dark.

Shilizhuang is a village about the same size as Sanjiacun. It is quite far from the county town, otherwise there would not be a market there.

The environment here is similar to that of Sanjia Village.

Li Ruyi was discovered as soon as he entered the village.

She did not reveal herself. The people in the surrounding villages were all related to each other. If she let anyone know her situation, outsiders would know her identity as a girl after asking around.

This will add a lot of risks.

Li Ruyi said that he came to seek refuge with a distant relative and asked if there was any family with the surname Zhang here.

This surname is a common surname, and the larger the village, the greater the probability of having this surname. In addition, Shili Village is also a market place, so there will definitely be more people settling in such a village when a disaster occurs.

If not, Li Ruyi would ask the one with the surname Wang. If there was no one, she would ask if there were any people who moved here in such and such year. Anyway, she could always lock down one or two families, and then ask them unnoticeably when she was looking for someone.

Fortunately, there are quite a few nice families with the surname Zhang in this village.

Li Ruyi asked people for their locations one by one, and then wandered around the village under the pretext of looking for someone.

The people in the village were a little wary of her, but as it was getting dark, except for one or two people who followed her, the rest went home.

It was in this atmosphere that Li Ruyi found her uncle Li Er's house.

Li Ruyi arrived at a coincidence, as tonight was the day when cousin Li Er was getting married.

Everyone was having a lively meal.

Li Ruyi stood at the door and watched the people inside eating.

She thought it was normal for a child who had been running around for a long time to feel hungry when seeing others eating.

When outsiders stare at her, they just think she is unruly, but they don't think there is anything wrong with her.

Li Ruyi held her stomach and swallowed while searching for Li Er in the crowd.

Her eyes moved around again and again, and finally she found Li Ershi in the corner.

Li Er's mother must be sitting at the same table with other women, so it's normal that we didn't see her here.

Li Ruyi stared at Li Ershi, but the other party did not notice her, his eyes were on the food.

She looked for a while but to no avail, so she left before anyone asked her any questions.

The people following her were still looking at her until they saw her go to Zhang's house to inquire about the loss and then leave the village, and then they dispersed.

Li Ruyi waited until the people who followed him left before he took out the crossbow from the backpack, put it away, and then quietly moved from the field to the other side of the village.