Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Chapter 76

That's why Li Ji decided to never touch that deadly thing.As much convenience as it can bring, it can bring as much trouble.

And the greater the convenience, the corresponding, is the greater the danger.

Although Li Ji said he hadn't read any books, he could still figure this out.

The county is small, with only two or three inns, Li Ji picked the best one to go in.

"Yo, sir, are you here? Do you want to stay in a hotel at this time? The rooms in this store are clean, and the tea is free. What kind of room do you want? Tell me, and I can arrange it for you."

"It's a good location on the side, and money is easy to talk about." Li Ji still smelled of alcohol, and he was dressed decently. Although he didn't look rich, he definitely didn't look like someone who was short of money.

"Hey, sir, please come this way." Take Li Ji upstairs, there is no bad place next to the window, and the price is very expensive.Enter the room a little further on the left, "What do you think of this room? Open the window and you can see the outside, and there is no noise, which will not disturb your interest."

Li Ji nodded: "If you have anything to eat, feel free to bring it. It took me half a night to eat, and I didn't eat anything decent."

"Come on, you rest first, and ask if you like vegetarian or meat, and you can prepare the small ones."

"On the table, one or two vegan meats are fine. My nephew can eat meat."

Xiao Er left, Li Ji touched his pocket, his face was a little embarrassed, and fortunately Xiao Er was not there, otherwise he would have kicked them out if he saw his strange behavior.

Li Ji forgot to bring money.Just a few copper plates in the cuff.This can't be blamed on Li Ji, who was suddenly called up in the middle of the night, put on his clothes and left, who would have thought that he could come out to stay at the hotel tonight?

Li Ji asked Er Gouzi in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "Have you brought any money?"

Er Gouzi shook his head, Li Ji had always held the silver in his hands, and Er Gouzi didn't have much idea about money, so he didn't like holding it in his hands either.

Li Ji slapped his head, what a mess.This checkout can be done when you check out, but you have to have the time to go back and get the money!

Li Ji walked around the house twice, when he heard a knock on the door by a guy outside, who came to deliver tea.

Li Ji thought for a while before he came up with an idea: "Come in."

"Master, here is your tea."

"Drinking tea at night can't sleep, let's replace it with hot water. Come here, I need your help."

Generally, there is a reward for letting a buddy do things. The buddy's eyes lit up, and he bowed his body and went forward to listen.

"There seems to be only a leather goods store in our county. Now you come to the door and ask the shopkeeper to come over, and say that a person surnamed Li wants to have something personal with him. Needless to say, just call the door open." Afterwards, Li Ji took out the only dozen or so copper coins in his cuffs and stuffed them into the buddy, "You should save this for tea."

In such a small place, there are not many people who are generous, and the rewards are usually one or two pennies. Now that I give these, the clerk smiled more enthusiastically, bowed his waist and thanked him, and left to call the shopkeeper of the leather goods shop. 's gone.

"Why teach him?" Er Gouzi asked after the others had left.

"Help us pay the bill."

Li Ji turned his head and lay down on the bed to rest for a while.His waist was sore and his back ached from Er Gouzi's tossing, so he walked all the way to the county government office, knelt in the lobby for a long time, and then went to drink with the magistrate for a while.The food and drink are all good, but with the magistrate, the spirit is tense.

So now Li Ji was terribly exhausted. He wanted to take a nap, but he felt so hungry. In addition to being exhausted, he also felt lucky to have survived the catastrophe.

Fortunately, those weird ideas of my own can match those of the county magistrate, so that he can forgive Li Jiwang.It is not so much to open the net, but to maintain the current peace.If Li Ji's matter is uncovered, even if Li Ji has good intentions, he will have no way to get along in the village in the future.

Li Shuisheng is a man with a bright mind. Although he is short-sighted because of his ignorance, if he is simply in the village, Li Ji may not be able to calculate Li Shuisheng.

The in-and-out incidents were mixed together, Li Ji at most made a show, but Li Qiaoer was completely ruined.

Li Ji, an outsider who joined in, would at most be said a few words. If a girl is dissatisfied with her parents' arrangements and colludes with outsiders to harm her parents, then it is not too much to be caught by her parents and soaked in a pig cage.Although Li Shuisheng was not so cruel, but Li Qiaoer's reputation was ruined in the village, it was no different from soaking in a pig cage.

The magistrate of the county is indeed the lord of the county, and his deeds have taught Li Ji the most important lesson, that is, Li Ji is too self-righteous.

Li Ji felt that Li Shuisheng didn't want the consequences, and his blind pursuit was unrealistic, but he didn't think about the right time, place and people.Yixin felt that as long as Li Qiaoer was well adjusted and taught, she would be able to find a wealthy son-in-law and marry him smoothly.

But looking back now, didn't Li Ji make the same mistake?

He thought he had found someone who was smarter and more knowledgeable than Li Shuisheng, so the plot against Li Shuisheng would definitely not be exposed.In the end, the reality gave Li Ji a slap in the face, not only because he was exposed, but also because of what Li Shuisheng said unilaterally.

There are gods up three feet above the head, even if no one knows it, God knows it too.

Li Ji turned over, turned his head and saw Er Gouzi staring at him.Li Ji smiled and said, "What are you looking at?"

"Look at you."

"What's so interesting." Li Ji tossed the laid quilt into one, and hugged it with hands and feet. This posture can make him more relaxed.

"You are tired, go to sleep." Er Gouzi said.

There was the sound of a watch watch outside the window, and it was already the fourth watch (one to three in the morning).Li Ji also wanted to have a good sleep, but he hadn't eaten the meal yet, and the owner of the fur shop hadn't come yet.Still have to wait for the owner of the leather goods store to come and help settle the bill.

This is just out of the government, so don't be sent back for eating the overlord's meal again.

"Wait a little longer." Li Ji wanted to drink a sip of tea to refresh himself, but he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep after a while, so he could only stay awake like this.

Er Gouzi looked distressed, walked over and squatted beside the bed to persuade him: "Sleep, tell me if there is anything, I can do it."

"You don't understand." Li Ji lay down for a while, then sat up and beckoned Er Gouzi to sit next to him, and he leaned on Er Gouzi's shoulder and closed his eyes for a while.

Just as I closed my eyes for a while, I heard a knock on the door.Er Gouzi went to open the door, and it was another clerk in the store who came to deliver food. Needless to say, the taste of the inn was much better than Li Ji and Er Gouzi.

Smelling the aroma of delicious food, Li Ji became more energetic, and sat at the table to eat two mouthfuls.

Er Gouzi was really hungry, so Li Ji ate some at the county magistrate's, Er Gouzi hadn't eaten for several hours until now.

Er Gouzi's side wiped out the meat on the table in a turbulent manner. Li Ji only ate vegetarian food. A plate of garlic and spinach mixed with vinegar was the most sour and refreshing. Li Ji's appetite was aroused. Half the spirit.

When the two dogs were full, the owner of the fur shop finally came over.

The guy who came back together was sweating on his head, panting and smiled at Li Ji: "Master, I found him. Please bear with me when it's late. The shopkeeper has another mansion, and he doesn't live in the fur shop. When I was young, I knocked on several houses before asking where he lived, and it took me a long time."

The guy still had a cautious fawning face on his face, even though he was hired with money, but looking at him like this, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"It's hard work, you go to rest."

The clerk left, and Li Ji greeted the shopkeeper to sit down.

The shopkeeper still had sleep marks on his face, and he yawned profusely with some resentment: "What is there to worry about in the middle of the night? Those who know are looking for you, the God of Wealth, but those who don't know think it's the patronage of the robbers." Woolen cloth."

Li Ji chuckled, although he was not a robber, he was not far behind.

"Isn't this asking brother for help again?"

Hearing Li Ji's call for intimacy, the shopkeeper felt that nothing good was going on, so he sat down and looked at Li Ji and said, "Sir, just tell me, as long as you don't make it too hard, everything is easy to discuss."

"It's nothing serious. Didn't it mean that you forgot to take your money when you went out? I'm too embarrassed to pay on credit when I stay in a store, so I'll trouble you to come here in the middle of the night." Li Jixiao said sincerely.

The shopkeeper's expression changed, he stood up and looked at Li Ji and said, "Sir, don't make trouble, don't take such a joke, you are really short of money, and it will be enough if you ask the clerk to tell you in the morning, what kind of trouble is it in the middle of the night?" .”

Li Ji picked up the jug and gave the shopkeeper a cup: "I don't know what to do, I haven't owed any money." The shopkeeper was still talking, but Li Ji suddenly said, "I was arrested by the government in the middle of the night. .”

The shopkeeper took a step back immediately: "What did you say?"

Li Ji nodded in his heart, as long as he can scare him: "Keep down, don't worry, I was released, not escaped."

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, sat opposite Li Ji and asked, "What's going on?"

"What else can happen? They sued the officials. The county magistrate was able to confirm that it was me after hearing him say it once. He asked me to come over and give me a lecture. Fortunately, the magistrate thought of me with good intentions. That Qiaoer is indeed pitiful. Let’s suppress this incident, pretend it never happened in the future, and take five taels of silver back, and the county magistrate will say that he was caught and the money was returned, and the matter is over like this.”

The shopkeeper picked up the wine that Li Ji had poured, took a sip and said with lingering fear, "Didn't tell me."

Li Ji smiled and said: "How can it be? Even if you really go to prison, you can't be implicated. After all, I begged you to do it, and I will bear the result."

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and asked in a low voice, "How much money did you stuff?"

Li Ji didn't realize it at first, then shook his head and said, "There is no money at all. Our county magistrate is Lord Qingtian, how can we collect money?"

"Impossible, are you really so honest?" The shopkeeper looked outside the door, but no one bowed his head and said, "I accept all the filial piety I send every month."

Li Ji was slightly stunned, subconsciously thinking it was impossible, how could such an upright official who cared for the common people wholeheartedly accept "filial piety"?But there is no need to lie about this kind of thing. This kind of thing itself cannot be put on the table. If the shopkeeper can tell it, it is true.

"Then I don't know. I can talk to the county magistrate. I feel that this is an upright official who does good things for the people. Who did you give the money to? Is it directly in the county magistrate's hands or under his hands?" Someone's hand?"

"It's in the hands of the county magistrate." The shopkeeper thought for a while, "But it's normal, it doesn't matter whether you take money or not, the main thing is being able to do things. In business like ours, the most important thing is money. If the money can go out smoothly, how much money is not a problem, and I'm afraid he won't take it."

After saying this, the shopkeeper said to Li Ji: "I heard that the county magistrate doesn't know that I'm here at all, and this thing never happened in the future, so you and I don't have to worry about it?"

Li Ji nodded: "I can assure you of this. You are also implicated in this matter. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to get involved in this muddy water."

The shopkeeper smiled: "If you say it's from the sidelines, we don't want to see whoever comes. I'm a businessman. When it comes to business, you are a big customer and our job. If you have any difficulties, we can naturally go along with you." Put your hands together, if something happened to you, we should go hungry too, right?"

Although the shopkeeper has the face of a businessman, but what he said is not annoying, but quite pleasant to listen to.

In fact, the line drawn by interests is more reliable in some cases.

"I feel relieved when you say that. But... from now on, the best leathers will not be sent to you. The county magistrate heard that I can get leathers at home, and said that the leathers are collected at a high price. We all A class of people, no one is higher than the county magistrate. Don't think too much about it. I mean we will continue to do business in the future. Let's go deeper, I am your job, why aren't you my job, the head of the family Most of the money is earned from you."

The money earned from selling eggs and meat is far less than selling skins, and getting a good skin is enough to provide food and lodging for a whole year.

"If we speak clearly, we will all feel at ease." The shopkeeper served wine to the two of them, "Then wish us a happy cooperation and prosperous business in the future."

Li Ji raised his wine glass: "Business is booming."

Glasses clink and drink down.Two profit-oriented businessmen twisted into a rope with silver as the hinge.As long as this benefit is not broken, the friendship between the two will definitely last forever.

The shopkeeper left five taels of silver and left. With the silver, Li Ji felt confident, took off his clothes and hugged Er Gouzi and fell asleep.

This sleep did not wake up until three poles in the sun. After a full sleep, people will be refreshed. Li Ji remembered that last night he forgot to ask the county magistrate, where are Li Shuisheng and the others? Are they still in the county government office?Or in an inn?Or at whose house do you stay?

It is impossible to go back to the village, because the case is not resolved, they always have to stay for a few days.

But I believe the magistrate has arrangements, and Li Ji doesn't need to worry about it.

There are still those animals in the house, so they can't leave them alone. After waking up, they had a good meal, and went straight to the grain and oil store with Er Gouzi, bought grain for nearly two donkey carts, and drove back in the cart.

I walked here last night. Li Ji, who has not walked this road on two legs for a long time, almost forgot how far he had to walk. He walked so far in the middle of the night last night, and his thighs are still sore. of.

When the donkey cart finally arrived at his door, Li Ji felt completely relieved.No matter how safe you are outside, you don't have the peace of mind of having a home. You only know how small your "big house" is after visiting the county government. But for Li Ji, with such a small home, he wouldn't change it for the palace. .

From afar, I heard the cheerful barking of the little tail, because the gate was closed and the dog couldn't get out, so it could only use barking to attract the attention of the two masters.

Taotao and Songsong are the masters who can go anywhere, they ran out of the yard and jumped on the donkey cart to welcome the two masters.

Li Ji grabbed Taotao from his shoulders, hugged him, and touched it twice. The man who drove the car looked surprised: "Master, this is raised by you? You are really spiritual, and you will come here when you see someone."

"They were raised by young children. They lost their mothers when they were not as big as their fingers. They were raised with milk. They may have mixed with us when they were young, so they are not afraid of people." Li Ji teased Taotao for a while, Song Song was pulling his hair over there. He didn't comb his hair very much in the morning, and even if he used his hair to hit the swing, Li Ji didn't feel any pain.

Er Gouzi grabbed Songsong and held him in his arms to prevent him from making trouble, but obviously Songsong didn't like Er Gouzi very much and struggled to get out.

When he got to the gate, Li Ji put down Taotao, opened the gate with a key, and when he opened the door, the little tail rushed forward. The animals in the livestock pen were infected by the little tail, knowing that the owner had returned, chickens, geese, cattle and sheep The pig's cry was mixed.Although there are no family members waiting, the welcome of such a group of open-mouthed beasts sounds very happy.

Instructing the guys to unload the goods into the yard, the two of them sorted the food together, divided the food first and then divided it into the kitchen and warehouse.

After finishing the work, Li Ji was a little out of breath, but before it was time to rest, he took Er Gouzi to feed the livestock together.

They were supposed to be fed in the morning, but now they are given food at noon. They are all starving. I saw the two of them shouting at their necks. They were given more feed and put it in the feeding trough, watching them eat with gusto. Li Ji and Er Gouzi were both hungry. After feeding them here, they went to the newly built livestock pen not far away to feed them again, and then went home to prepare their own food.

The cabbage in the ground is the best to eat with dipping sauce. I have eaten a lot of lettuce and spinach recently, so I don’t want to eat it very much. Add a handful of shallots and a small handful of coriander, and the two of you can’t wait for the stew. I saved a lot of bacon, sliced ​​it and fried it with some kimchi.Boil a small pot of rice, and lunch will be ready in less than half an hour.

Serve the rice and sit on the kang, Li Ji looked at the food on the table, in fact, the quality is not very good, even worse than the good wine and food in the inn.But this meal is safe and satisfying.

Li Ji took a washed green onion, took a bite of the sauce, the salty taste was wrapped in sweet and spicy, with the most natural taste and texture, people who are not used to eating green onions feel disgusting, but for those who are used to eating For those who are familiar with it, this is the simplest delicacy.

"I'll go to the village to have a look later, you stay at home." Li Ji said while eating.

Er Gouzi frowned. To be honest, he didn't want to do that, but Li Ji said so, and Er Gouzi didn't want to refute Li Ji's meaning.

Er Gouzi didn't need to speak, his face had already conveyed his meaning to Li Ji.

Li Ji smiled and said: "I always have to see if there is any other progress in the village. I will be back in a while. I left last night. Didn't I come back today? I am a living person, and I can't lose it. "

"You lost it twice." Er Gouzi slapped his face mercilessly.

"...It's in the mountains. I don't know the mountains well. How can I still get lost in this village?"

After dinner, Er Gouzi was left to wash the dishes at home, and Li Ji left the house and went into the village.The weather is hot, and there are many people sitting under the tree at the entrance of the village, all of whom have nothing to do during the slack season. It is also a great enjoyment to sit under the tree after dinner.

Li Ji chose a place under the tree root to sit down, and someone came over to talk.

"Fourth uncle, why is there no one at your house in the morning? I was thinking about going to buy two catties of rabbit meat."

Now the meat is sold on the spot. The key is that you can’t keep it. It doesn’t matter how long you keep it in winter. In summer, it will smell bad after one afternoon.

Nowadays, everyone who buys meat kills it on the spot. If they only buy one or two catties, the rest of the meat can be eaten on the same day.

"Last night, someone from the county government asked me to go there. Didn't Brother Shuisheng go to sue the officials? I took out the money here, so you still have to ask me a few words. I followed it in the middle of the night last night. The county government found an inn to stay in, but he got up late and went home to finish his meal." Li Ji didn't lie, and told all the things.

Things in the county government office are a mysterious place for the village. For ordinary people, they cannot go there once in 800 years.

"Then do you know what's going on now? Did the liar get caught?"

In just one night, the news that Li Shuisheng was tricked into going to the county to sue the officials spread throughout the village.I don't know where it came from, maybe it was the village chief's house, or it could be from Shuisheng's wife and Li Qiaoer.

"I knew where to go. Wherever I went, I asked me what the liar looked like, and then let me come back." After Li Ji lied, he revealed his purpose for coming, "Everyone in the village knows ?”

"How can I not know, recently it was said that Uncle Shuisheng's family is going to have a young mistress, and they all listened to it with their ears open, but the village chief's neighbor's house heard it really brightly, and they were deceived, and they were all shocked .” Passerby A said.

Passer-by B: "Isn't that right? I thought someone was spreading rumors with jealousy. The young master, with red lips and white teeth, looked like he came from a rich family who had never worked. How could he be a liar."

Passerby A: "That's right, looking at that person who is dressed like a person short of five taels of silver, is there some misunderstanding?"

Passer-by B: "Didn't you say that? The marriage letter I wrote was all IOUs, and Li Shuisheng was bullied because he couldn't read and even pressed his fingerprints."

Passerby A: "Didn't you say that you wrote it while you were drunk? Maybe you really got too drunk and wrote it wrong."

Listening to their discussion, Li Ji came to two conclusions.

One is that the whole village knew about it overnight, and the other is that the village head and Li Shuisheng didn't come back, so they should still be at the county government.

Then you can rest assured about this matter, as long as the magistrate is around, there won't be any bad results.

The author has something to say: the shopkeeper of the leather goods store is full of calculations but has business ethics. Although he puts interests first, he is not too annoying. He can only be said to be a relatively lively person.

very cute~

[a little nonsense]

Because I was on the temporary bookshelf, I was greatly negatively scored by those who dislike the temporary bookshelf...

I specifically asked the editor yesterday, and went to Bishui to search for relevant information, and I will explain it as follows.

The main purpose of the temporary bookshelf is twofold:

One is to help those who have less than 100 collections to enrich their bookshelves, and the articles on the temporary bookshelf are not counted as collections, only when you actually click in and confirm that they are placed in the real bookshelf.

The second is to help those who have high-quality articles but low-collection one more chance to be exposed.

Some articles do not have enough exposure due to channel, subject matter, etc., so the selected articles that were strongly promoted and won the small gold medal will appear on the temporary bookshelf, which can greatly increase the chances of readers to see it.

(The small gold medal is a sign of gold content that can only be obtained after being strongly promoted. It is said that the acquisition of each small gold medal is approved by the editor-in-chief)

So

It’s understandable that everyone dislikes the temporary bookshelf, but the blame is really not on the author. A negative score will also affect the author’s score.The quality of the articles on the temporary bookshelf still has gold content. If you really don’t like it, the articles will be hidden automatically after 100 collections

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