Li Ruo looked at him and asked, "Aren't you afraid that your brothers in the village will have something to say about this?"
"No." Xie Xiao's gaze sharpened slightly. "What happened to Uncle Zhong won't happen again. Don't take his words to heart. After everything that's happened, the brothers all know what kind of person you are. They're probably overjoyed. If you want, I'll take over a few hills nearby for you."
Li Ruo was taken aback.
His unusually serious expression made her heart skip a beat. "Selling you things, exchanging what we have, that's fine. I'll think about the rest."
Xie Xiao didn't rush her. "Okay. There's one important thing: we'd better keep your imported goods a secret, especially those pungent kerosene and pig iron. If people find out, they might try to steal them."
Li Ruo nodded, "We at Ziyang Peak have a secrecy system, and I guess you're no exception."
"Many hands make light work; caution is the best policy."
"Um."
Suddenly, she asked, "Aren't you curious about where those things came from overseas?"
Speaking of this, Xie Xiao's eyes showed a hint of resentment. "Will you tell me? I still don't know who your accomplice is."
Li Ruo laughed and said, "I'll tell you when the time is right. I want to know, does Uncle Zhong call me a witch because I can get these things that you don't have?"
Xie Xiaoshen glanced at her, a roguish glint in his eyes, and said, "Listen carefully, in my eyes, you are a fairy."
Seeing his frivolous yet affectionate demeanor, Li Ruo's face flushed, and she turned away, saying, "I'm leaving."
Her wrist was grabbed.
"Hey, I've only mentioned the first item. The second item is the weapon of your Ziyang Peak, which is already ready," the leader said unhappily.
He then pulled out a small quiver, saying, "Here are fifty small arrows; I brought them with me."
This really hit Li Ruo's sweet spot; her eyes lit up slightly again, and she took it, saying, "Thanks."
Xie Xiao saw the thin blush on her fair and beautiful face, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he gripped her hand even tighter, squeezing it slightly. "As for the other weapons, you can take your men and get them yourself."
"Fine." Li Ruo felt the heat of his palm and glared at him. "How long are you planning to keep touching my hand?"
Xie Xiao quickly let go, "Look at you, making me sound so lewd."
"You said it yourself."
Xie Xiao laughed, "One last thing, could you come with me to meet my mother?"
Li Ruo's eyelids twitched. "See your mother?"
Meeting the parents? So soon? She hasn't even agreed to be his girlfriend yet. "I don't think it's necessary for now."
Xie Xiao felt as if an arrow had pierced his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "It'll take at least two days, right?"
Li Ruo asked, "Have you made up with your mother?"
"It's a little better than before," he said, downplaying the issue. "After all, they had nowhere else to go."
Li Ruo suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Alright, I'll go back to the village first. Don't forget to give me an answer in a couple of days." He smiled again and strode forward.
Li Ruo smiled slightly and returned to Ziyang Peak on the other side.
Liao Fusheng was treating Zhao Hong's snakebite wound. "Luckily, she came back in time and is not in any danger."
Li Ruo breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Hong had regained consciousness: "Thanks to the snake medicine sent by Black Wind Stronghold, Sister Ruo, please thank the chief for me."
"Speaking of which, Boss Xie arrived really quickly and even stood up for us."
The girls looked at Li Ruo with smiles of maternal affection.
Li Ruo said expressionlessly, "If you have nothing to do, why aren't you getting back to work?"
The girls covered their mouths and left one by one.
"Wait a minute," Li Ruo called out to them again, "All of you girls, come with me to Black Wind Stronghold this afternoon to carry weapons."
The girls exclaimed, "Weapons!"
They also need weapons, then they won't be fighting empty-handed anymore, and they won't be afraid of those refugees from Baiyun Peak anymore.
Li Ruo wanted to take the opportunity to thank Xie Xiao for the snake medicine, but when she arrived, he was not there.
He asked Sun Ergou, "Where did your boss go?"
Sun Ergou smiled and said, "The boss went to hunt geese."
"Wild geese?" Li Ruo found it amusing. "Where are there wild geese in winter? Don't they all fly south?"
Sun Ergou: "The boss said it's very cold in the south this year, the geese are flying slowly, and there are even geese flying over from further north, they might not even reach us yet."
Li Ruo actually thought it made sense, "But are wild geese really that delicious? Why go hunting wild geese at this time?"
Sun Ergou looked surprised. "Sis, you didn't know?"
"Know what?"
Sun Ergou chuckled, "It's for the betrothal gifts."
Li Ruoxin's heart skipped a beat. "Thank you for the snake medicine, boss. I'm going to get my weapons."
Having witnessed countless advanced firearms in her past life without ever becoming indifferent, she was now thrilled by merely some crude cold weapons.
However, the swordsmiths at Black Wind Stronghold are quite good; their work is not shoddy and is even better than the ones they acquired before.
In addition to swords, there were also a batch of farm tools such as hoes and machetes. Li Ruo said, "These are exactly what our Ziyang Peak needs."
Sun Ergou was a little smug and full of pride, "The boss already knew, it was for you guys to beat up, take as much as you want."
Li Ruo's heart skipped a beat again, and she thought of something, "Your boss really hasn't been in contact with any other girls lately?"
"Sigh, the boss is busy all day long. Apart from you, sister, only a few other people can talk to him. Little Li and I have to step aside."
Li Ruo was completely baffled, so she asked, "Does your eldest brother get along well with his mother and older brother?"
Because Black Wind Stronghold was very large, and the brothers' residences were mostly in the back, she had come several times but still hadn't seen his mother.
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