Good luck every time

Li Er didn’t quite understand.

"Grandma, I don't understand!"

The old lady withdrew her hand and looked at the fire dancing in the stove.

"Twenty, our village is too small, the county town is too small, our family can't give you anything, you are smarter than your brothers, learn slowly, and you will be fine."

"Wait half a year, then sign a contract with her and follow her closely from now on."

Li Er nodded, not quite understanding.

"Grandma, what will happen to our family in the future? I was thinking a few days ago that I would become a peddler, so that our family could live better in the future..."

After hearing this, the old lady slapped Li Er on the head quite hard.

"Why be a peddler? You'll get lazy after a few days of being a peddler! There are so many people at home, they keep saying one thing after another, and you just have to follow them around."

"I think this is good!"

Sometimes people need pressure to grow. When Li Er was under pressure, he worked hard to make a living every day. When he was not under pressure, he had no work to do at home, so he just hung out with others.

What good can come of this mess?

"As elders, we always hope to leave you something, either a house and land, or some money, or... at least a way for you to make a living."

"You are so lucky, better than your brothers."

The old lady touched Li Er's head.

"Twenty, you are still young and don't understand that good and evil are not so clear in this world. Those who can stick to the bottom line are good people."

Li Er was silent for a moment after hearing this.

"Grandma, then...what is Ruyi's bottom line?"

The old lady thought about it and felt that she should give Li Er some advice.

"Ruyi has had a hard life. Please be more considerate of her."

"She won't decide her attitude towards others based on her personal likes and dislikes. As long as you don't scheme against her and don't do anything to let her down, she will tolerate any mistakes, big or small."

Li Er's heart was beginning to sprout, but the old lady's words softened it a lot.

He lowered his head and thought, and after a while, he scratched his head.

"But grandma, I still feel like I have nothing more to learn!"

"I know everything about selling goods. It's just buying at a low price and selling at a high price to make a profit..."

The old lady looked at Li Ershi, and the desire to express herself that was aroused by the child's call suddenly disappeared. She suddenly felt that this grandson was just so-so.

"You idiot! Isn't this teaching you to eat with someone who wants to kill you but you can't? Isn't that what you should learn?"

"You're still feeling bad. If someone had taught your grandfather this when he was young, you wouldn't be so poor now! It's all in vain! Just stay here! I think you deserve it if you can't sleep!"

The old lady stood up tremblingly and hit him on the head without holding back at all, which made Li Eryi lose his temper.

The old lady turned around and walked out of the kitchen. When she reached the door, she remembered something and cursed Li Er.

"Burn less, your grandfather is old, don't let you get angry!"

Li Er quickly pulled out the wood that was about to be stuffed in and stepped on the sparks to put them out.

"Hey! Hey, I know!"

Old Mrs. Li walked away with her hands behind her back, cursing as she walked.

"You know nothing! They're just like that kid from your Li family, stupid and stubborn!"

Li Er: ...

"Grandma, I can still hear you!"

The old lady turned around and scared him, then quickly went into the house.

Li Er couldn't light the fire, and after squatting in the kitchen for a while he felt bored.

When he was alone and quiet, he began to think about what happened today and what his grandmother said.

It’s just that Li Ruyi’s lesson today was too vivid. Li Er saw many problems in it. He had never experienced it and couldn’t see it clearly.

After thinking it over for a long time without any result, he decided to listen to his grandmother.

With a direction, my heart also calms down.

Li Ershi stood up and left the kitchen, closed the door and went back to the house.

This time he fell asleep quickly after lying on the kang.

A new day begins with the crowing of the rooster.

Li Ruyi got up to feed the donkey, then meditated outside for a while.

Only after the eldest sister and the third sister got up did the three of them start practicing.

Li Ruyi ran for a distance yesterday and felt that her physical fitness had improved a lot compared to before. She could run such a long distance easily.

Although Granny Ding couldn't see her condition, she could feel her progress.

However, Granny Ding did not feel happy, but frowned instead.

She knew that the three children were in serious physical condition, and some of their hidden illnesses could only be cured in the process of growing up.

If we miss this period of time, it will be even more difficult to solve the problem.

She was really anxious.

But Li Ruyi always has endless things to do and things to buy. If this continues, there is no telling when she will be able to bring back the herbs she needs.

When the time came, Li Ershi and Li Shiwu arrived in the morning mist.

Li Shiwu went on to build the shed, while Li Erji went to practice martial arts while yawning. There was a dark circle under his eyes. Although he slept well later, he got up early and still did not get enough rest.

Li Ruyi glanced at him and saw nothing unusual.

This itself is also a kind of temptation. She has to train the people she needs to use herself, and she can't do everything by herself.

She couldn't dress like a man all her life, so she needed a helper who knew her well, was easy to use, and had the right identity.

Through observation over this period of time, Li Er is indeed a suitable candidate.

Although Li Er didn't figure out many things last night, he accepted his grandmother's advice and was now in a much calmer mood than yesterday.

He went on to practice martial arts, and this time Granny Ding taught him some fancy moves.

Li Ershi's comprehension was not very high and he was beaten several times in the morning.

Granny Ding knew that Li Ruyi and the others were ambushed by Zhao Laonian, so she was preparing to train a thug who could deal with ordinary people to protect her own apprentice.

Li Ershi didn't know the deeper meaning behind this matter. He just thought that he was old, while Li Ruyi and the others were young and weak, so he kept training his muscles and didn't learn any moves.

After the practice was over, the eldest sister went to cook, while Li Ruyi took Li Er to pack the boxes. They had to sell the salt in their hands before it got too cold.

She planned to collect more medicinal herbs from the familiar villages and sell two months' worth of salt to those villages at one time.

This way she can go into the mountains less often.

Anyway, these villages are not big and the relationships among people are simple, so the salt carried by Li Ruyi and Li Er is enough.

They carried heavy backpacks and climbed up the mountain step by step. They were exhausted when they reached the destination.

Li Ruyi explained the situation to them and everyone had no objection. After all, the medicinal materials were prepared in advance, so everyone could get them out in four or five months, let alone two months.

Some places even left three times the usual amount, asking Li Ruyi to wait until after the Chinese New Year to come back.

Li Ruyi and Li Ershi also had to sort the medicinal materials when they returned home, and they had to pick out the qualities. At this time, the third brother would squat beside them with great interest.

She doesn't do any work, she just supervises.

Those villages that had a good relationship with Li Ruyi were afraid that she would not collect medicinal materials in the future, so they picked out the good quality ones.

Li Ruyi had some loose change in her hand, so she also collected some and brought it back to appease Granny Ding.

Only at this time would Granny Ding show some approval, rub the texture of the herbs, smell them one by one close to her nose, and pick out the best ones to keep for her own children.

Granny Ding had already collected four or five sacks of medicinal herbs, all of which she placed on a shelf on the kang on her side.

There were many more bottles and jars there without Li Ruyi's knowledge.

When Li Ruyi is not at home, the third child often helps to tidy up.

What's more, the third brother knew several times more medicinal herbs than Li Ruyi, and some of the mixed-in herbs were discovered by the third brother first.

So she became the last step in selecting medicinal herbs.

After Li Ruyi and Li Ershi separated the medicinal materials, the third brother would go over and sort them out a few times, picking out the ones that looked problematic. If he was not sure, he would ask Granny Ding.

Li Ruyi moved back and forth like this and accumulated a large cart of medicinal materials, preparing to take time to send them to the county to sell.

Li Laoliu came over when Li Ruyi was so busy that he was about to hit his head!