Chapter 102 Li Shiyue just wanted to pick up a bargain.
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Having made up her mind, Li Shiyue jumped down from the tree.
As soon as she landed, she met Li Qiutian's gaze. Before Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian could speak, Li Xiatian jumped down from the tree, picked up the basket under the tree, and walked towards the two of them with a puzzled look on her face.
"Sister, in October, although I didn't see the person's face clearly, only Li Chunli in our village would wear red clothes, right?"
Yes, back when Li Wangtian was still alive, he bought Li Chunli a red dress.
That winter, Li Chunli, wearing this outfit, was the most dazzling girl in the whole village!
That's why Li Xiatian remembered it so vividly.
Before, when they were fleeing famine, most of the women and girls in the village were dressed in drab clothes, and later they really did become drab because of their escape.
In the last two days, life in Lijiacun has become normal again in Liujiatun.
Therefore, that splash of red is most likely Li Chunli.
This is Li Xiatian's guess.
After all, there's only one village, Liujiatun, in this direction. There was a disturbance caused by barbarians not long ago, so generally speaking, there shouldn't be any outsiders coming to this mountain.
The person wearing red clothes can almost certainly be identified as Li Chunli.
Li Shiyue truly saw Li Chunli's face clearly, which is why she was able to realize that this was the scene of the male and female protagonists' first meeting.
"Whoever she is, it has nothing to do with us."
Li Qiutian looked at Li Shiyue's face and, seeing that she didn't care, turned to Li Xiatian and said this.
In Li Qiutian's view, it's best if Li Shiyue and Li Chunli have no relationship at all.
Li's father and Li Chunli's mother had an affair and had a child. The child was then killed by Li's father, who later fell into the sea.
Such a convoluted affair, involving a life, is best left unrelated.
Therefore, Li Qiutian said those words to Li Xiatian.
Li Xiatian was just curious. She nodded, agreed to Li Qiutian's suggestion, put the matter aside, and turned to look at Li Shiyue: "Shiyue, shall we still go over there?"
Li Xiatian looked at Li Shiyue with excitement and asked.
Which side is over there?
Li Shiyue decided to go with Li Qiutian to the back of Daheishan Mountain to explore the area towards the barbarians.
She's got her eye on the horses those fifteen barbarians rode when they came!
Li Shiyue, who had been to the cattle and horse market in Sanshan County, knew that the price difference between an ordinary horse and a military horse could be at least ten taels of silver!
A slow horse costs around thirty taels of silver. (This is based on the fact that a slow horse cost 24-28 strings of cash in the Tang Dynasty. One string of cash should be equal to 1,000 coins, but it is not actually equal. It is about 980 coins, or even less.)
This story is fictional; the Tang Dynasty primarily used copper coins, but in the Dalong era of this story, copper coins and silver were the main currencies.
A strong military horse would cost at least forty taels of silver, and a fine Turkic horse would cost at least eighty taels!
As for fine horses, they cost several hundred taels of silver!
A good horse is worth much more than a person!
When Li Shiyue saw Agulang and his group galloping from the grassland behind the mountain from the top of Daheishan Mountain, those ten or so horses must have been left at the foot of the mountain by Agulang and his group.
Although three days had passed, Li Shiyue still wanted to try her luck.
You should know that a well-trained horse will wait for its owner in the same spot and will not run away.
Li Shiyue just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.
Today, she and the Li sisters, Qiutian and Xiatian, went up the mountain to explore the route.
"Go! Of course I'm going!"
The three sisters carried their baskets and headed towards the mountaintop. Once they reached the top, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian put down their baskets, leaving Li Xiatian to watch over them, while the two of them ran down the mountain.
That is to say, both of them had taken the fertility pills and drunk the vitality water. Even the boldest person would not dare to run so fast downhill without any regard for the consequences!
They ran until past noon, then Li Shiyue pulled Li Qiutian to stop. After resting for a while, they ran down the mountain again.
While halfway up the mountain, Li Shiyue had already spotted two horses grazing leisurely with their heads down in the direction of the grassland at the foot of the mountain!
With several dozen taels of silver right in front of them, the two of them didn't feel tired at all.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, both men could see several dozen steps ahead with their eyesight, and those two horses were definitely the same ones the barbarians had ridden earlier!
Since there were many items hanging on the horse, it must have belonged to an owner.
However, with Li Shiyue's exceptional eyesight, he could only see these two horses around here; the others must have run off somewhere else.
They exchanged a glance with Li Qiutian, and the two of them, in perfect unison, surrounded the two horses that were still stretching their necks and grazing leisurely.
When they were only four or five steps away from the horses, they seemed to finally notice the two uninvited guests.
Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian had never ridden a horse before, so how could they possibly know how to train one?
Moreover, these two horses were originally barbarian horses, and the better the horse, the more loyal it was to its master. Li Shiyue was alright, as he was at least a bit taller than the horse, but Li Qiutian was really not even as tall as the horse!
But sheer strength is the key!
This is the moment!
Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian quickly stepped forward and grabbed the reins. Before Li Shiyue could sense that the horse was about to shake its head and jump around, he reached out and punched the horse's belly twice.
The horse couldn't withstand Li Shiyue's two fierce punches and almost fell over.
Hehe, after those two punches, this horse will know who's the king and queen.
When Li Shiyue pulled on the reins again, the horse obediently followed the direction he was pulling.
Li Qiutian was equally formidable; she punched the horse's head twice, and the horse actually nearly fell to the side.
Li Qiutian stepped forward and nudged the horse, allowing it to regain its footing.
So the two sisters led the two horses up the mountain. It could be said that half of the way up the mountain was climbed by the horses themselves, while the other half was pulled up by Li Shiyue and Li Xiatian with their great strength.
Li Xiatian, who was waiting halfway up the mountain, saw Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian leading two horses from afar. She ran towards them with a big smile on her face.
He immediately took the reins from Li Qiutian's hand and looked at the horse curiously, touching it repeatedly.
Li Shiyue looked up at the sky. It was getting late; it would be dark soon.
"Just bear with it a little longer. Once we reach the top of the mountain, climbing down will be much easier."
By then, it will be dark, and we can lead the horse back in time.
Just as Li Shiyue said, by the time the three sisters returned home carrying baskets on their backs and leading two horses, it was already so dark that they couldn't see their own fingers.
Even at this hour, many families in Liujiatun have already eaten dinner and gone to bed.
Just as Li Shiyue was about to reach out and pry open the courtyard gate, the gate opened.
Stone's smiling face greeted me, "Why are you so late?"
Behind Shi Tou was Zheng Meiniang, who looked anxious, and behind Zheng Meiniang stood Li Wangming, who also looked worried.
When Zheng Meiniang heard the sound of horses snorting, she then saw that there were two tall horses standing behind Li Shiyue and the others!
Fortunately, Zheng Meiniang had a strong mentality and swallowed the "ah" that was about to come out of her mouth.
After leading the two horses into the yard, Li Xiatian poured the slightly yellowed grass he had cut on the road from his basket onto the ground, letting the two horses graze on it.
"Where did you steal this horse from?!"
"Aunt, we didn't steal this."
Li Shiyue looked around but didn't see her mother. After replying to Zheng Meiniang, she asked, "Where is my mother?"
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