The next morning, Xiao Li put on his backpack and was about to return to the village when he saw Shen Congzhou in the front yard again.

The other person was eating a bun, and when he saw him, he handed one to him, "Sir, would you like some?"

"Eat it yourself." Xiao Li had finished breakfast long ago and was not hungry at the moment. "Take one pill a day. You should be almost well by the time you finish it."

Shen Congzhou was slightly stunned, and he couldn't help showing his happiness, "Thank you, sir."

Xiao Li hummed, "I shouldn't be in the county these days. If you need me urgently, please go to Xiao Shugen's house in Yangliu Village."

"Yes." Although Shen Congzhou was curious why he didn't live here but went back to the village, he didn't ask.

But he didn't wonder for long, and soon he knew why.

Xiao Li thought that his family didn't know about his lavish purchase of houses and shops, so he thought about it and gave him a few words of advice.

"My family doesn't know I bought the house and shop yet, so don't let it slip when you come to see me."

This time Shen Congzhou was really shocked, and it took him a while to nod in agreement.

After leaving the house, Xiao Li did not rush back. He first went to a jewelry shop to buy a few gold and silver bracelets, and then went to the West Market to buy meat and pastries.

It's not that he doesn't have these things in his space, but he doesn't plan to live in the space for the rest of his life. He still needs to integrate into this era, so it's natural for him to look around and understand the prices and so on.

By the time he got on the ox cart back to Yangliu Village, it was already early in the afternoon, which was around 1:00 p.m.

Most of the people who came to the county were there to set up stalls or buy things, and they would not go back until the end of the Wei hour or the beginning of the Shen hour, so Xiao Li was the only one on the ox cart at this time.

Of course, he hired the car.

The person driving the carriage was Xiao Laofu, a member of the Xiao clan of Yangliu Village, and a peer of Xiao Shugen. Xiao Li should call him uncle.

There are many people of the same generation as them. In order to distinguish them, they usually add the name or ranking before the honorific title when calling people, so the original person usually called him Fifth Uncle.

Xiao Laofu is fifty-six years old this year. When most people in the village still rely on farming for a living, he is one of the few who can still earn some extra money.

Sometimes, if someone is not convenient to go to the county, he will basically not refuse if asked to bring something back. Therefore, everyone in the village is willing to give him some face, and he is very popular in the village.

The original person had to go to the county to attend a private school from time to time, but he was reluctant to spend the money on the bus. Whenever Xiao Laofu saw him, he would invite him to ride in the ox cart for free.

Although the original person rarely sat there and would pay even if he did, because of Xiao Laofu's enthusiasm, he would often charge him less, just a token of his appreciation, so he was very grateful for Xiao Laofu's care.

Now this care has been transferred to Xiao Li. If he wants to integrate well into this era, he naturally has no choice but to accept it.

So after the ox cart had gone a distance, he took out a bag of inexpensive osmanthus cake and gave it to Xiao Laofu.

"Fifth Uncle, I bought this in the city today. Please try it."

Xiao Laofu's family had many fields and many people, and they had ox carts to transport people to make money. His family was not poor, and they could eat cakes like this once or twice a month, so he did not refuse.

But he only took one piece and said, "Okay, okay, let me try it."

Xiao Li gave him the rest and said, "Take these back to your brothers and sisters."

Xiao Laofu was stunned for a moment, and quickly declined, "No, no, no, no, these cakes are made of refined rice, so you should take them back and eat them, kid."

Xiao Li put the things next to him, patted the basket at his feet, and said with a smile: "Fifth Uncle, I have more here. Just take the one that's for you. Don't push it back and forth. Next time I have something good, I won't let you taste it."

There was still a hint of sweet osmanthus cake in his mouth. Xiao Laofu smacked his lips and said, "Okay, I'll take it. I just opened a jar of pickled vegetables at home. I'll ask your fifth grandmother to send you a bowl later."

"Thank you, Fifth Uncle."

"What are you thanking me for? I'm still eating the pastries you bought me." Xiao Laofu stuffed the last bite into his mouth.

In fact, a piece of osmanthus cake was not big in itself, but Xiao Laofu was reluctant to eat it too quickly, so he ate it for a long time. Otherwise, an adult man could finish the cake in two bites.

Xiao Li said "hmm" without saying anything, listening to Xiao Laofu chatting with him about this and that.

"You're just well-read and particular. In this village, who wouldn't hide anything good? Only you're so careless as to show it to others. Luckily, I don't like to gossip about others, otherwise how could you hide all this stuff in your basket?"

Xiao Laofu shook his head and said, "Didn't you break off the engagement with Lu Youfu? You're already eighteen now, right? You should save your money and use it to get married."

No matter what era it is, urging people to get married is inevitable.

Xiao Li couldn't help but want to laugh, "Well, you're right, I'll go back and tell my grandma to find me a wife as soon as possible."

Xiao Laofu said "Yo" and looked at him teasingly, "Have you found a girl you like?"

He shook his head, "Not a girl."

"That's the little brother?" Xiao Laofu thought for a moment, "The little brother is also good. After getting married for a year or two, it would not be bad to hold a fat baby in his arms."

"Yes." Thinking of Lu Yuan holding a fat baby, Xiao Li couldn't help but chuckle.

Seeing this, Xiao Laofu couldn't help but wonder which boy caught his eye, but after checking all the boys he knew in Yangliu Village, he still couldn't figure out which boy it was.

Naturally, Xiao Li would not tell anyone about his engagement with Lu Yuan right now, so he quickly changed the subject.

How could Xiao Laofu be a match for a shrewd person like Xiao Li, and before he knew it, he started talking to him about other things.

Half an hour later.

Xiao Li got off the ox cart at the village entrance and walked home. As soon as he arrived at the door, the old lady came out to greet him.

"Why are you back now? The sun is so strong, don't get burned. Go sit down and cool down."

Li Jinhua wanted to take the backpack from him, but he quickly avoided her and said, "I've been carrying it all the way here, I'll just carry it."

Li Jinhua was already worried about his injury, and hearing this, she felt even more distressed. "Oh my god, your head isn't healed yet, so why are you carrying so many things? Send me a message, and I'll ask your third uncle to carry them back for you!"

Xiao Li's head had been healed by his healing ability a long time ago. "My head is fine now. Uncle San still has to work in the fields. I can still carry these things. Don't worry, grandma."

"The doctor said it's okay?" Li Jinhua obviously didn't believe him. He nodded helplessly, "Yes."

The old lady was relieved and smiled as she went to see what he had brought back, but she saw that he was silent.

A huge piece of fat! It must be more than ten pounds. If Aoyou eats sparingly, it can last him a year or two.

There are also pork belly, lean meat, ribs, and pig offal...

In addition to meat, there were also quite a few cakes, candied fruits and dried fruits wrapped in oil paper.

There are also six new pieces of cloth, one of which is brocade!

These are not the most surprising things. The most surprising thing is that there are several gold and silver bracelets wrapped in cloth underneath, and a large bag of white salt!

It’s not the coarse yellow salt, but the refined salt as fine as snow!

No, it’s better than refined salt!

Grain, oil, rice, flour, and cloth can be bought with money, but salt is different. It is controlled by the government. Not only is it expensive, but it is also not always available.

For example, the Xiao family used to eat private salt because they couldn’t buy official salt. It was not only expensive but also bitter and astringent.

Li Jinhua couldn't take her eyes off the salt. She carefully pinched a little on her hand and then put it in her mouth to taste it.

The salty taste spread in her mouth without any bitterness. She had never tasted such good salt in her life.

"How much silver did these things cost? And where did you buy this salt?" The old lady was afraid that someone on the other side of the wall might have ears, so she spoke so softly that Xiao Li almost didn't hear it.

But I heard it after all.

He thought for a moment and said a relatively conservative number, "Not much, only seventy taels."

Li Jinhua's vision went dark, and she almost lost her balance. "Where did the money come from? Did she go to the gambling house? You can't go there, it can get you killed!"

A few years ago, someone in the neighboring village became addicted to gambling. Not only did he lose everything, he was so cruel that he sold his entire family to continue gambling. In the end, his hands and feet were chopped off by the gambling house and he died on the roadside.

From then on, anyone who was found going in and out of a gambling house in the surrounding area would be despised.

Xiao Li knew what she was afraid of, and whispered to her, "Don't worry, grandma, I didn't do anything wrong. I bought this with the money I earned from selling storybooks."

"Can a storybook sell for so much silver?" Li Jinhua knew that reading was useful, but she had never seen anyone bring so much silver home by reading!

Xiao Li didn't feel guilty about lying at all. He took out a hundred taels of silver and placed it in her hand. "It's not a one-copy deal. For every copy the bookstore sells, you have to give me half of the money. If you sell a lot, you'll naturally have this much silver."

Li Jinhua looked at the 100-liang silver note, her breathing quickening. "How much did it sell for?"

"It's not much, just two hundred taels. I kept thirty taels for emergencies. Grandma, take this one hundred taels. Don't save it. You can get more money from selling the storybooks in a while." This was the excuse Xiao Li had thought of long ago.

After all, he can't make any obvious changes, otherwise the heroine will definitely keep a close eye on him and even try to trip him up.

He wasn't afraid, but he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

His original incarnation was a scholar. Although he had never written a storybook before the heroine was reborn, the heroine was able to break off the engagement after her rebirth, so it’s not surprising that he wrote a storybook, right?

Hearing him say that the money was earned from selling storybooks, Li Jinhua gradually felt relieved, but soon returned the banknote to him.

"Li'er, you should keep this banknote yourself!" She had never seen a hundred taels of silver in her life. What would happen if she lost this thin piece of paper?

Xiao Li couldn't stay in the Xiao family all the time, so this money had to be kept for them no matter what, in case of emergency.

He shook his head and said, "Grandma, if you don't dare to take it, just give it to Grandpa and ask him to take you to the county to exchange it for silver to spend slowly."

Li Jinhua wanted to refuse, but then he said, "Besides, aren't we going to make a betrothal for Yuan Ge'er? Grandma, won't you have to go to the county to buy things? Then let Grandpa go with you, and you can take a look at what we need to buy."

Since he said so, what else could Li Jinhua say?

"Okay, grandma will listen to Li'er." After saying that, she turned around and went back to the house to put away the banknotes. She changed the banknotes to several places but still felt uneasy.

Xiao Li didn't care. He had to find something for the old lady to do.

By the time Li Jinhua made up her mind to hide and come out, Xiao Li had already put the meat into the kitchen, placed the cakes on the dining table, and took the cloths and the backpack to the old lady's room.

"Grandma, each family member gets one piece of cloth, so everyone can make two new sets of clothes."

Xiao Li put the things down, turned around and saw the old lady with tears in her eyes. He bent down and hugged her, "Grandma, please don't cry. Grandpa will scold me if he finds out."

Li Jinhua smacked him lightly in anger, "You're just talking nonsense! Your grandfather wouldn't be willing to scold you!"

"Yes, yes, you and grandpa love me equally, why would you scold me? I just can't bear to see grandma cry." Xiao Li looked at her with a smile.

Li Jinhua glared at him angrily and reached for some gold and silver bracelets from the bottom of her backpack. "Why did you buy so many?"

Just as she finished speaking, she saw that there were four gold and silver bracelets of different sizes. Realizing something, she glared at her grandson, who was smiling but not saying anything, with a mixture of surprise and resentment.

Seeing that she had guessed it, Xiao Li put the largest gold bracelet on her hand, picked it up and looked at it from left to right, and praised: "My grandma looks really beautiful wearing this bracelet."

"Sly!" Li Jinhua poked his forehead with her finger, a smile on her kind face. "Grandma is old, why does she need to be so beautiful?"

"Grandma isn't old, and who says you can't look good when you're old?" Xiao Li picked up a gold bracelet that looked lighter. "This is for Third Uncle, but I'm his nephew. If I give it to Third Uncle, people will inevitably gossip. So, let Grandma give it to Third Uncle and say you bought it for me."

Li Jinhua could see that he was determined to give it to her, so she didn't refuse, thinking that if she couldn't make ends meet in the future, she could still sell the bracelet for money.

"Okay," she looked at the smallest silver bracelet, which was engraved with exquisite patterns, "Is this for Baoer?"

"Yeah." Xiao Li nodded, looking at the last silver bracelet, the smile on his lips became more obvious, "Grandma, I'll be out for a while."

Li Jinhua also went through this age, and Xiao Shugen spent a lot of effort to marry her, so she naturally knew what he was going to do when he went out.

"Go ahead, go ahead and talk to Brother Yuan in a nice way. I heard from your Third Uncle that before you knew it, Brother Yuan asked his young father to send you all the money he had saved for years so that you could see a doctor. You can't bully him."

"How could I bully him?" Xiao Li lowered his eyes to hide the smile in his eyes.

At most, you're just teasing the little brother, and if he gets too angry, you have to coax him back yourself. How can that be considered bullying?

After going out, Xiao Li thought at the door about where Lu Yuan might be at this time, then turned and headed towards the west side of the village.

When he went to the city yesterday, he heard the young man say that the mushrooms in the mountains were in good shape and could be sold for a lot of money if they were picked and dried.

Given how greedy the young man is for money, he would never miss an opportunity to make money. I think it is very likely that the money is in the mountains.

As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he met Lin Cao who was carrying firewood and Bao Ge'er who was holding wild vegetables.

Bao Ge'er also saw him and ran towards him with his short legs, "Fourth brother, fourth brother, hug Bao'er, Bao'er is tired!"

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