I live in Dayu Changsheng

Chapter 25, Loading

Time flies by like a white horse, and ten days pass in a hurry.

These days, Fang Rui went to the black market three times. After increasing the supply of 'Growing Muscle Powder' and 'Scar Removing Cream', as he expected, the profit increased greatly and the business boomed.

Guess what, after one month, there will be a profit of more than ten taels of silver!

For the time being, nothing happened, and no one intercepted and killed them. However, behind the seemingly calm, Fang Rui felt: the waves were gradually rising, and the undercurrent was surging.

Maybe next time, or the next time, someone with greed will stretch out his minions.

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At noon this day, the sun is rising.

Fang Rui came to Tianshuijing Hutong—Tianshuijing Hutong, named after a sweet water well, the water in the well is particularly clear and sweet.

Similar to the neighbors in Liushu Hutong, the people in this alley also have disheveled faces.

"Sister-in-law, where can I do the laundry?"

"Uncle Lin, go shopping?"

"Old man, is your body still strong?"

……

Fang Rui smiled and said hello to everyone he met, whether he recognized them or not.

walked for a while.

Ahead, there appeared a moss-covered stone well, and a group of women were washing clothes beside it. At this moment, a woman with high cheekbones shouted to a small private courtyard: "Sister Jiang, your old Jiang That little friend of mine is here again!"

"Where is it? Where is it?"

In that private small courtyard, a woman in her 40s wearing a skirt, a wooden fork, and a beauty spot on her forehead came out hurriedly. When she saw Fang Rui, especially the small sack in his hand, her face The smile on the face became more eager.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, I'm here." Fang Rui said, stepping forward to hand over the small sack.

The one he visited was Jiang Ping'an, the government official whom he had befriended because of Song Dashan's incident.

"Xiao Fang, come here as soon as you come, why are you bringing something again? You're too polite! Come on, come in!" Sister Jiang enthusiastically pulled Fang Rui into the door.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, then I'm really being rude, and I'll have lunch with you at noon?" Fang Rui hit the snake with a stick.

"Eat it! Eat it! Sister-in-law can still be stingy?" Sister-in-law Jiang said with a grin.

Generally speaking, in this world, if you come with a meal, you will definitely be disgusted... But with a gift, that's different.

Fang Rui took two steps closer, and said in a low voice, "In addition to half a catty of eggs and a catty of soybeans in the sack, I also brought you two copies of the 'skin cream' you mentioned last time..."

The so-called 'skin cream' is actually a 'scar cream', which is sold on the black market these days, and it has gained a certain reputation, which is quite popular... However, it has become 'scar cream' when it spreads outside.

This stuff is in short supply outside, but to Fang Rui, the manufacturer, it's just the cost of medicinal materials, that's all, it's nothing.

If it wasn't for giving too much and it seemed worthless, it would be a trivial matter to him to take out ten or eight.

Sister Jiang's eyes lit up when she heard it: "Isn't it easy to get this thing?"

The name of 'beautiful skin ointment' has spread among her old sisters, and it is extremely in demand, one copy is hard to come by, but Fang Rui got two copies at once.

If this is taken out, it is capital to show off, how can you be unhappy?
"Hey, sister-in-law Jiang, I've made a deal with you. No matter how difficult it is, I can't say nothing, right... Otherwise, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

Fang Rui knows a truth: easy things are hard to say; difficult things are harder to say... Only in this way can people remember human feelings.

Sure enough, sister-in-law Jiang was so touched that she took Fang Rui's hand, "Xiao Fang, sister-in-law will remember this favor!"

Fang Rui chuckled, and put in more effort, saying it nicely and free of money: "I heard that the 'Beauty Cream' is very effective in whitening and beautifying the skin. Sister-in-law, you will definitely look ten or eight years younger after using it. Look... Hey, others thought it was a 20-year-old girl who hadn't left the cabinet..."

"How can it? How can it be?"

Sister-in-law Jiang said so, but she couldn't close her mouth with a smile, and some wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes: "By the way, Xiao Fang, are you here to look for Lao Jiang? He just came back from office not long ago. Where can I change clothes in the house!"

"Sit down, I'll call him out!" She said, and hurried away.

Fang Rui looked at Sister Jiang's back and smiled.

He still remembers that when Jiang's sister-in-law came to the door for the first time, her face was cold, her nose was not her nose, her eyes were not her eyes, she thought Fang Rui was Jiang Pingan's cronies who came to eat food...

That is to say, after giving some gifts, his face looked a little better.

Fang Rui has a thick skin and doesn't care, these days he comes here every now and then, every time he comes, besides bringing a little soybeans, eggs and other coveted things, he also asks about Jiang's sister-in-law's preferences, and brings some gadgets that women like.

After coming and going, Jiang's sister-in-law's attitude towards him has skyrocketed.

——In his previous life, Fang Rui had been selling health care products for a period of time, and he knew how to please aunts and aunts. These small favors are the most effective.

Sure enough, the power of Pillow Wind is impressive, and Fang Rui and Jiang Ping'an's relationship is more effective.

No, it's only been ten days, and he's only been here five or six times. Under the wind of Jiang's sister-in-law's pillow, he and Jiang Ping'an's relationship has become so close that he almost kowtowed to him.

"Hey! Hey!"

Jiang Pingan didn't even tie his clothes, so he was dragged out by Jiang's sister-in-law to chat with Fang Rui.

Just in time, it was noon, and the meals were almost ready, and they were put out together.

On the table: Stir-fried wild vegetables in soybean oil, stick noodle buns, stick noodle porridge, rice wine warmed in hot water, a plate of dried tofu, and a plate of fennel beans for drinking.

"The wine was too late to heat up. I added hot water in a basin to warm it up. You men drink and talk about things while we women take our children and go to the back to eat..." Sister Jiang turned around and went to the back room with a smile.

Fang Rui looked at the table of food and secretly sighed: "Government government servants are really rich in oil and water. The staple food is sorghum noodles, and they can also eat stick noodles. Compared with the low-level people who eat wheat bran sparingly, it is indeed much better!" '

"Brother Fang,"

Jiang Ping'an was a little jealous: "Your sister-in-law, I've never seen anyone who is as affectionate as you..."

Fang Rui laughed: "That's my sister-in-law who is kind and enthusiastic. Seeing how young I am, take care of me!"

As he spoke, he picked up a clay pot of rice wine in the basin, and poured Jiang Pingan a glass of it—this wine was also brought by him, and he asked the third lady to find a good old rice wine.

Whoa!
When the wine is poured into the glass, the echo is crisp, the color is clear, and the smell is mellow.

"Good wine! Good stuff!"

Jiang Ping'an looked a little jealous, and praised: "Especially in this year, it's even more difficult to get such good wine!"

"Knowing that Brother Jiang likes it, I had to spend some time to get this old rice wine..." Naturally, Fang Rui would not say that it was easy to get it.

It's still the same principle: the more you let the other party know it's not easy, the more people will remember the favor.

"Brother Jiang, try it..." He made a gesture of invitation.

"Then I'll have a good taste!"

Picking up the wine glass, Jiang Pingan took a sip, and the old rice wine entered his mouth. It was thick and mellow, with a long aftertaste, which made him squint his eyes in satisfaction.

The drink is in the stomach, and a fennel bean is added, the taste... tsk tsk, happy like a fairy!

Fang Rui also poured himself a glass, and the conversation started, "The world is getting more and more chaotic... On the way I came, I passed by the market, and saw someone robbing..."

"There are so many things like this, and I can't handle it... Don't look at us with a layer of official skin, but gangs and big families can't afford to provoke them, can't afford to provoke them!"

"The world has indeed changed. Before, it wasn't so chaotic..."

Jiang Pingan said, looking at Fang Rui, enviously said: "When the world is in chaos, nothing can compare to practicing martial arts to defend yourself!"

"It's just that I am more grateful for the power of self-preservation than ordinary people. Don't you know? People like us are figures in the eyes of ordinary people, but..."

Fang Rui smiled wryly and shook his head: "If it is serious, what is it? If it is affected by the chaos, the family will be destroyed in an instant... A dust of the times, falling on the heads of us ordinary people, is an unbearable burden!"

"It makes sense! This statement...should be made clear!"

Jiang Pingan praised him, and clinked glasses with Fang Rui.

Of course, Fang Rui felt that this guy just wanted to drink.

Drink a glass of old rice wine.

Jiang Ping'an's talk about sex was also turned on: "I think this chaos may not be able to stop, and one day it will spread to the county, and it is not impossible..."

"If you gain power in the future, please ask Brother Fang to take care of my family..." He said while holding Fang Rui's hand.

Fang Rui intends to make friends with Jiang Pingan, so why not Jiang Pingan, who wants to have a good relationship with Fang Rui?

An entry-level martial artist might not be a big deal at ordinary times, but in the chaotic world, everything is possible, and one day he might become powerful.

'What's more, I think this person has a magnificent head and a good personality. If he is lucky, he should be able to ride the wind! '

Jiang Pingan looked at Fang Rui and thought to himself.

——It can be seen from his wife that in just a few days, she is closer than her own younger brother. If the age difference between the two is not too great, he may doubt it...

Fang Rui naturally didn't know what Jiang Ping'an was thinking.

If he knew, he would definitely slander: "You are the only one who is outstanding, and your whole family is outstanding..."

"Don't worry! Don't worry!"

Fang Rui responded with a full mouth: "If you are rich and noble, you will never forget each other, and so does Brother Jiang!"

When the wine is hot, the love is sincere... The two of them can't wait to ask each other on the spot.

Maybe it was because he said these heart-to-heart words, or maybe he was half drunk while drinking. Finally, for the first time in these days, Jiang Pingan revealed some important news.

"Daze Mansion, the Taiping bandits are making trouble... In Changshan County, the leader of the bandits is Li Xuantong... Li Xuantong, from a poor family, worked for the landlord when he was young... He is very talented, born with supernatural power... At the age of thirteen, it was time for the landlord... Deceitful, I have never practiced martial arts, but the landlord who killed an entry-level martial artist is enshrined..."

"...Later, he went up to the mountain to join the bandits, and got the attention of the bandits' leader. He taught him martial arts. After learning martial arts, he made great progress...Coinciding with the severe drought this year, he rose up. At this time, he has become the leader of a village, and his strength has broken into the middle class... "

"It was this person who made up his mind to pretend to be a small defeat, and led the bandit suppression army to pursue him. In Yingzui Gorge, he took advantage of the terrain and wiped out the first wave of bandit suppression officers..."

'This is the protagonist template! '

Fang Rui thought to himself, his eyes flashed, and he exclaimed, "The troubled times are coming, and there will be monsters!"

"Yes! Even if there is a reserve army, I see that the situation is not very good... If Brother Fang has a channel, he should stock up some food early..." Jiang Pingan said heartily.

"Thank you Brother Jiang for reminding me."

Fang Rui's heart sank, but his face remained calm: "Come on, brother Jiang, drink! Drink!"

……

After half an hour.

Fang Rui was slightly drunk, declined his sister-in-law Jiang's request to stay, and left under the scorching afternoon sun.

By the roadside, cicadas chirped hoarsely from the treetops, and unknown insects also joined in the excitement, making noise and hustle and bustle, and passers-by were in a hurry.

Leave Jiang Ping'an's house.

Fang Rui shook his head, his eyes became clear in an instant, thinking about Jiang Ping'an's words, thinking about the current situation, and...the way forward.

"Store food? My family has been doing it for a long time, and now there are thousands of catties."

Of course, less than half of them are sorghum noodles, and most of them are wheat bran. When the grain was stored, the price of grain was still cheap. It costs five or six catties of wheat bran. How is it possible now? !
Even so, it was quite a huge sum for the Fang family, and it would not be a problem to save some food to last for three to five months.

"Oil, eggs, meat, beans... and so on. Only soybean oil has been stored recently, and the others are not. It seems that even if the price is a little expensive, we should reserve more."

As for leaving Changshan County?
With Fang Rui's prudence, he naturally thought of the worst possibility and considered this choice long ago.

The question is: Where can I go after leaving Changshan County?

outside the city?

Of course not.

"In the county town, there is still order now; outside the city, it has long been in chaos and has completely lost restraint...Even if I have some force, I can't guarantee that I can protect my mother and Ling'er to survive when I leave the city."

Still the same sentence: The lower third-rank warriors are nothing more than: thicker skin and stronger strength, they can still be besieged and killed by ordinary people.

This was also the reason why Fang Rui hadn't gone looking for Master Hu and the Tiger Gang so far.

"Let's not talk about the Tiger Gang. There are so many people. Master Tiger? You also have a good simple knife. If you give it to me, if it hits the vital point, the seventh-rank warrior will die!"

"Even if it's a sneak attack, it's more likely to be successful, but if it's an accident, it's over... I don't have a chance to reopen it."

Fang Rui didn't take it.

"I've never heard of jade wares colliding with earthen pots. No rush, no rush, I'm not in a hurry, things will be smooth if things are slow, I have a lot of patience."

"Wait until I break through to the middle grade, and then I will make that dead tiger look good... Let's go back to the back road."

Going to other counties?

It may not be as good as Changshan County.

"Fucheng is a good choice. It's not easy to operate..."

"Starting on your own, knowing the way is a trouble, not to mention bandits and the like, it is more dangerous than going to the countryside. It is very likely that you will not be able to reach the capital city."

"It's best to follow the caravan, but it's hard to find the caravan going to Fucheng. Even if you find it, you have to pay a lot of money if you want to follow..."

"Besides, if you're following a caravan, it's best to have your own carriage...But horses, such things, are especially difficult to buy in this era!"

Therefore, running away sounds nice, but in fact, the cost involved is simply not something ordinary people can afford.

"Forget it, the stockpiles will continue, but the emphasis should be on beans, oil, meat, eggs... and so on."

"Fucheng can also be used as an alternative route. Slowly inquire about caravans, save money... and find a way to buy a horse, even a nasty horse..."

Fang Rui made up his mind.

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In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun smudged the whole sky, red like blood.

kitchen.

Dingle bang!

Fang Xueshi is cooking.

In the yard, Fang Ling and San Niangzi's daughters were jumping up and down and playing together.

Evening wind slowly.

Fang Rui sat on the threshold, watching all this with soft eyes.

He didn't tell Fang Xueshi and Fang Ling the news he got from Jiang Ping'an, and it was the same when he was thinking about the way forward.

Because: telling them, apart from making them worry for nothing, there is no benefit. On the contrary, you have to worry about them saying it unintentionally and causing trouble.

"If this time is quiet and good, and there is destined to be a person walking forward with a heavy load behind, then it's just me..."

Fang Rui closed his eyes, bathed in the evening wind, enjoying the luxury of tranquility.

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(End of this chapter)