mortal clerk

Chapter 24

After traveling along the official road for more than ten days, the caravan finally came to a small market town similar to Niuxi Town.After this journey of cultivation, the little slave has recovered a lot. Although he is still unable to speak, he can seem to understand Li Qingniu's dancing words.Basically wherever Li Qingniu went, the little slave followed him.

Li Qingniu got out of the car and saw a small river connecting the official road winding eastward between the mountains. At the junction of the official road and the small town, there was a small stone tablet covered with moss.

Li Qingniu stared at the three characters "Wangyuetan" on the stele for a long time, but he only recognized the word "Moon". Just now he was bragging to the little slave that he could read hundreds of characters recently, but he was immediately slapped in the face.

At this time, the second Li who was behind him walked behind Li Qingniu and the little slave, smiling all over his face.

"How about it, little cow, are you still bragging? Do you recognize these words?"

Li Qingniu was also honest, and replied that he only knew the middle character, which should be the word "月" for the moon, but it seemed to be different from the character "Yue" he knew.

"This is the language of the Yufu Kingdom. It is called 'Wangyue Lake'. There is a deep pool in the town, about thirty feet wide, but unfathomable. I heard that there was a rhinoceros playing in it and looking at the moon, so it was named 'Wangyue Lake'. '!"

After the introduction, Li Lao Er looked at Li Qingniu with a proud expression on his face.Li Qingniu also cooperated and offered adoring eyes.

"Second Dad, you are really amazing, you even know the characters of Yufu Kingdom!"

Li Lao Er chuckled: "Stupid boy, I don't know the Yufu language, but I have been to this place once, so I heard what the locals said."

Not long after, Li Qingniu and his party entered the town with the caravan. The town was slightly larger than Niuxi Town, and it was mainly restaurants and inns, with some grocery stores and a small trading wharf.

Considering that the caravan's meals are too expensive, Li Laoer can bring some food by himself. In addition, he was also in charge of purchasing in the outer hall of the restaurant. He thought that he still has more than ten gold coins, so he might as well buy some wild goods and furs. In a market town, you can change hands to earn some capital to settle in the county town.

At the same time, I also intend to take Li Qingniu to get acquainted with the world outside the mountain, so that he can experience the hardships of making money.So he took Li Qingniu and the little slave to walk around the town together.And Li Qingniu looked at the little slave with a dirty face, bare feet and wearing his own old clothes, and thought about buying some clothes for him.

The town is not big at all, and he finished shopping in a short while, but Li Er Er felt embarrassed when he saw those fine furs and mountain goods.I thought to myself, this profiteer surnamed Mu has to make money even for meals, if I carry some goods, I'm afraid he will be blackmailed by him again, and now the carriage can't be pulled by one more person, and it's not easy to let it go. Xiao Anzi who was driving was too embarrassed.

Li Qingniu was very puzzled when he saw Li Laoer's sad face.

"Second dad, what's the matter with you? Didn't you say you want to change some wild goods? Why did you go around and buy nothing?"

Li Laoer talked about his worries, but Li Qingniu had an idea.

"Second Dad, what's the difficulty? Let's also buy a carriage and use our own cart to transport the goods. The profiteers will have nothing to say."

As soon as Li Laoer heard that this idea was good, he changed his mind and became worried.

"Your boy's idea is good, but there is a big risk."

"What risk?"

"There are two risks for us. First, if we buy another carriage, our cost will be even less. If these goods cannot be sold, the food money for the next year will be gone; second, the official way The journey has been extremely difficult, and if the horses get sick, Deacon Mu is not so kind and will lend us his horses. You didn't see that in the past month or so, three of their horses have died of illness."

After Li Laoer finished speaking, he threw the question to Li Qingniu to see what he had in mind.Li Qingniu returned optimistically.

"Second dad, didn't you say that doing business would be risky? Besides, we'll go camping every day and go to the mountains to hunt game, so we won't starve to death. As for the horses, we'll take care of them and pass this first. If there is a profit in the next town, then buy another horse, anyway, I think it is feasible!"

"Well, your kid has made some progress in thinking about the problem. Since you dare to bet, Second Dad will also bet once. Otherwise, if we continue to sit and eat like this, I'm afraid we will have to beg when we arrive in the county."

Li Laoer finally made up his mind, and took the two of them around the market town again, and happened to meet an old man who wanted to buy an old horse. With the blessing of Li Laoer's many years of purchasing experience, he only spent four gold coins. At the restaurant where the caravan was stationed, I bought an old carriage without a roof for five hundred dollars.

Until the sky gradually darkened, I finally dumped half a car of various furs and some herbs.As expected, Deacon Mu is worthy of the name of a profiteer. The carriage can go with the caravan, but he has to pay five gold coins as the traveling fee.

When the three returned to the caravan camp in the carriage, they only had a few gold coins and dozens of coins in Li Qingniu's purse.Originally planning to take Li Qingniu to have a good meal in the restaurant, Li Er Er could only eat a few mouthfuls of hard steamed buns, and almost broke a few old front teeth.

When the three of them were sitting next to the carriage and competing with the steamed buns, Lao Shen came over with a bag of food. Seeing the embarrassment of the three from a distance, he couldn't help laughing.

"How about it, kid, now you know the price of boasting."

While talking, he lifted the food to the tip of his nose, and exaggerated: "Oh, I never thought that such a small town restaurant can make such delicious roast chicken!"

When Li Qingniu heard that there was roast chicken, he didn't care too much, and chased after Lao Shen to grab the roast chicken.
Li Laoer knew that he was deliberately teasing Li Qingniu, so he also smiled awkwardly.I thought in my heart that I was still on the verge of life and death not long ago, but now everything seems to be developing in a good direction, life is really impermanent.

After Li Qingniu wolfed down half of the roast chicken, Lao Shen asked with a smile, "Little guy, do you want to take a walk with me?"

Li Qingniu sucked the chicken bone, looked at Lao Shen, and pursed his lips.

"Yes, I knew that your roast chicken was not for nothing. Tell me, old Shen, what do you want me to do for you?"

"Don't worry, you kid don't know what's good and what's wrong. I just won a mission for you because I saw that you are so hard-pressed. Maybe you can make a small fortune!"

As soon as he heard that he would get rich, Li Qingniu, who had spent a lot of money and money today, immediately regained his spirits, and pulled out the embroidered iron sword from the carriage, his face full of excitement.

"As long as you can make money, I will accompany you to kill people!"

Seeing his stupidity, Old Shen didn't bother to reply.

"Just you? If you still want to kill someone, I think killing a chicken is enough. I don't need to use knives or guns where I take you, but you have to sacrifice."

Then he looked at the little slave again and continued, "He can do it too!"

Being stared at by Lao Shen, the little slave immediately hid behind Li Qingniu vigilantly.Seeing that he didn't care about it, Lao Shen directly asked Li Qingniu if he would like it.Li Qingniu didn't care about sacrificing or not, and directly helped the little slave make a decision.

"You eat this roast chicken too, and I bought you some clothes. Come with me to earn some money, otherwise, I will starve to death, and you will starve to death too."

Although the little slave was afraid, he nodded his head half-understood.

Seeing Lao Shen's serious face, Li's second brother hurriedly asked.

"Shen Wei, are you serious? This little cow is not sensible, if you really need anything, Li can do it for you."

Old Shen knew that if he told Li Lao Er the truth, he would definitely not allow it.

"Second brother Li, don't worry, don't you still trust me? Besides, it's useless if you go, only the two of them can complete this task."

Second Li hurriedly explained: "Guard Shen was joking. You have taken good care of us along the way. There is no reason not to trust you. Besides, you saved my life. It's just..."

"Okay, okay, as long as you trust me, don't worry, I will bring your calf back safely!"

Before Li Lao Er could finish speaking, Lao Shen took Li Qingniu and the little slave away.

　The premise of righteousness and kindness is to save your life!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)