Passing by the market at the foot of the mountain, Li Ruo generously gave Sun Ergou a horse, which moved Sun Ergou so much that he almost cried out for his mother, "Sister, you are my own sister."
"How old are you?"
Sun Ergou, blushing slightly, said, "Who asks someone this kind of question right off the bat?"
Li Ruo: "...You've become like the company you keep, haven't you? I'm asking your age."
Sun Ergou: "...Eighteen."
Li Ruo nodded, "Calling me 'sister' is appropriate." Although they were the same age, in their previous life she was twenty-three, older than him.
Sun Ergou was still pondering the meaning of her saying, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black," and he couldn't figure it out for a while.
When Li Ruo and he returned, they deliberately passed by the prefect's house and found it very quiet, obviously the person had not yet returned.
“What do you think Song Zhijing will do next? You guys need to be careful,” Li Ruo said.
Sun Ergou: "Why are we the ones who need to be careful? Sis, don't you need to be careful?"
Li Ru chuckled.
"Xie Xiao, it's Xie Xiao again!" The Prince of Runan paced back and forth in his messy mansion, staring at Song Zhijing, whose face was dark with anger. "You can't even wipe out a mountain bandit."
All the valuables in the mansion were gone, and his second daughter was still unconscious and in critical condition.
At this moment, one of Song Zhijing's men came to report, "Sir, you asked me to go find the madam, but I can't find her anywhere."
This lady refers to Li Ruo.
Suddenly another subordinate ran up, "Sir, the lady hasn't returned to the manor either. I'm afraid... I'm afraid she's been kidnapped by bandits."
Because her body was not found at the scene.
Song Zhijing's face darkened further, his eyes swirling with turmoil. "Xie Xiao has gone too far in bullying me! Not content with seriously injuring one, he's also kidnapped another! Men! Back to the yamen!"
Go to the Beishan camp to mobilize troops!
Xie Xiao: I've taken too much blame and can't bear it anymore, so I'm dead. Please burn some paper money for me if you need anything.
He was the one who led the widow Zhang in the city to elope with someone.
He was also the one who poisoned Aunt Liu's dog.
The reason why Chen Dalang's youngest son cried incessantly at night was because he was frightened.
In short, all the unsolved cases were blamed on him.
Lord Song bears an unshirkable responsibility for ruining Xie Xiao's reputation.
On General Mountain, Xie Xiao was busy counting the spoils of war with his brothers.
Not long after, Li Ruo and Sun Ergou rode back to the foot of the mountain. Li Ruo told Ergou to go up the mountain first, and she would follow behind.
As they approached Ziyang Peak, she secretly released grain, meat, vegetables, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, cloth, and charcoal into the bushes, packed them into burlap sacks, and then asked the Taoist priest to help her transport them back.
Ugh, that's the troublesome part.
"Sister, where have you been? I didn't see you when I woke up." Li Yi ran over happily when she saw her.
Old Lady Li and Lian Lizhi also came over. They didn't know what important matter Li Ruo had gone on, they just thought she went down the mountain to deal with Song Zhijing and to stock up on grain.
People brought her water and steamed buns.
Li Ruo suddenly felt that having a few relatives wasn't so bad.
At least someone cares about you coming home, and someone is there to comfort you; it's just that your fighting spirit is a bit weak.
"I'm going to take a look at the house."
The roof of the first floor was being sealed, and Liao Fusheng was directing the workers. Life had brutally transformed this otherworldly hermit into a mud-covered, smelly foreman. Sweat beaded on his forehead, his face flushed from the sun. He would frown at the blueprints, then say, "It's not like that; we need to install a formwork layer before pouring the concrete..."
"Liao Fusheng".
Hearing the voice, Liao Fusheng turned around and smiled slightly at her, "You're back? Did you tell my Taoist priest friends?"
Li Ruo: "I told them, but none of them believed me."
Liao Fusheng: ...somewhat puzzled, he asked, "You don't believe me? What should we do then?"
He thought for a moment, then said, "I'll build you a house as soon as possible and go down the mountain to talk to them myself."
Li Ruo was speechless, and could only say that Master Liao was truly a great person.
However, everyone has their own aspirations, and she has no right to stop someone from being a good person.
Li Ruo asked him to find two people to go with her to transport grain.
There were twenty bags each of flour and rice (most of which were used to pay wages), three large bags each of pork, mutton, and vegetables, ten bags of charcoal, as well as eggs, salt, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, cotton quilts, cotton cloth, and silk.
The elder sister-in-law and Grandma Li felt much more at ease and busied themselves salting the meat, as the weather was getting colder and colder, so it could be stored for a long time.
As for cotton and silk, they can be used to sew a lot of clothes for adults and children.
By evening, the first floor of the house was successfully topped out, and Li Ruo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Next, a tower would be built on the second floor.
Special times call for special measures. She increased wages, and the workers were willing to work overtime. They worked together until dawn and finished building the bare tower.
Soon the irrigation canal was also dug. The water flow brought in from the waterfall was 2 meters wide and had a drop of 1.5 meters, which was enough to drive the impeller.
Li Ruo wanted to discuss the generator installation with Master Liao when Sun Ergou arrived and said that Chief Xie had invited her to the village, presumably to collect her share.
Li Ruo didn't actually want to have a deeper relationship with Black Wind Stronghold, because it would affect her enthusiasm for gossip, so she hadn't gone to the stronghold to take a look. Now it was getting late, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Who knew that not long after Sun Ergou went back, Xie Xiao arrived, followed by several brothers carrying a lot of things.
Did they deliver it in person?
"Don't you ever sleep?" she asked in surprise.
Young man, kidneys are great, but they can't withstand this kind of overeating.
"Heh, I was just worried you'd be impatient. These are yours," Xie Xiao said, pointing to the six boxes.
Li Ruo wasn't in a hurry, but since he had brought it over, she certainly wouldn't refuse it. When she opened it, she was almost blinded by the sight.
They consisted of two boxes of gold and silver, one box of jewelry, one large box of swords, one large box of bows and crossbows, and one small box of silver notes.
Luckily, Grandma and my sister-in-law were asleep, otherwise I could have asked them all night.
Master Liao's eyes widened in disbelief. "What are you doing—" So blatantly? Out of sight, out of mind, he automatically stepped aside.
"Thank you very much," Li Ruo said.
Xie Xiao looked at her without giving a single word, his gaze becoming somewhat profound, "You trust me that much?"
"I believe you." The main reason is that she has already collected quite a few good things in the front yard, and one should not be greedy.
But she accepted it with a clear conscience because she earned it through her own abilities. (Space = Luck = Part of ability)
Xie Xiao's lips curled up. "There's still a thousand catties of grain left. I'll bring it over for you tomorrow."
"Okay." Li Ruo glanced at him. "You trust me quite a bit, so you're not going to ask me what I did up front?"
"Heh, these are just some birthday gifts. Consider them a housewarming present."
So this guy knew perfectly well, "So generous."
He flicked his bangs and said, "The flood is coming soon, and those things are hard to sell and not very useful to me. You girls shouldn't just be greedy for these pretty things; you should hurry up and stock up on food and clothes."
"The flood is coming?" Isn't it still more than ten days away? He sounded like he was in a sense of urgency.
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