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When Chi Tianmin and his party returned to Beifeng Giant City, it was already past lunch time, but fortunately it was a busy day, with many vendors selling snacks, and they kept supplying them.

I ate some snacks, enjoyed the temple fair, visited the lantern show, and listened to some songs. The first day of the new year passed in a fulfilling way.

Starting from the second day of the New Year, the streets are not so lively. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, most people start visiting relatives and friends.

New Year is a day for reunions and mutual greetings. There are many dignitaries in Beijing. In the past, although Chi Tianmin did not need to visit others, he still had to receive visitors who came to visit.

This year, Chi Tianmin had nothing to do. He walked around for three days in a row, and his interest was dull.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, both of them lost interest in traveling, and everyone decided to stay in the inn.

Ren Caowei held her hand and looked at it. She was very smart. In just a few days, she had already learned a lot of words.

Xiaoqi slept comfortably in its bed. Although it survived the last disaster, there was still a lot of spiritual energy that had not been digested. It now digested the spiritual energy through sleep.

Chi Tianmin was sitting at the table, thinking about future arrangements. He was a person with plans.

If you want to cure the little girl's disease, it will take more than three or two days. It is conservatively estimated that it will take more than a year.

Then staying in an inn is not suitable. First, you need to find a house suitable for long-term living.

Chi Tianmin looked at the money bag at his waist. There were not many spirit coins in it. For him who spent money like water, more than a hundred spirit coins could not be spent in a moment, not to mention the medicinal materials the little girl needed. Cheap.

"Hey, it seems that a plan to make money is on the agenda." Chi Tianmin sighed inwardly, wondering when he, the second young master of the Marquis Mansion, and the boss behind Min Shao's Craftsman's Shop and Min Shao's Medicinal Materials Shop, had ever been short of money.

Chi Tianmin weighed his money bag. He was afraid that he couldn't afford to live in a small courtyard in the city. The rent was extremely expensive and the space was small, making living in it not comfortable at all.

He took the map and studied the villages around Beifong City. If he wanted to make money, he still had to be in Beifeng City, so he couldn't find a place too far away.

"This village can't work. It's too far into the city. There is no river in this village. No, this village..." Chi Tianmin took a map and studied the surrounding villages.

After researching for about half an hour, Chi Tianmin finally found a suitable village, Gemo Village.

Gemo Village is thirty or forty miles away from Beifeng Giant City. With Chi Tianmin's foot power, it won't take long to reach Beifeng Giant City.

It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a beautiful environment and suitable for living. The most important thing is that it is rich in a kind of fish with delicious meat, and villagers often come to the city to sell it.

After waiting for a few more days, the New Year's atmosphere faded away, everyone's life returned to normal, the innkeeper and the waiters had returned, and Beifeng Giant City returned to its usual busyness.

Chi Tianmin took Ren Caowei and Xiaoqi to find a house in Gemo Village. Two luxury rooms were not cheap, and Chi Tianmin's wallet was emptying out day by day.

Chi Tianmin rented an ox cart and wandered towards Gemo Village.

It was the middle of winter, everything was frozen, and there was no scenery to see around. The few remaining green trees were also wrapped in white snow.

When he came to Gemo Village, Chi Tianmin's first impression was that there were so many children!

Boys and girls of different ages were having snowball fights on the snow. At a glance, it seemed that there were children everywhere.

Childbirth is encouraged in the North, and all children are supported by the court, so every household has many children and grandchildren, which has resulted in the current phenomenon of many children.

Apart from children, most of the people I saw were women. The young men had returned to the military camp to continue their military service, while the middle-aged men went to work in the giant city of Beifeng to support their families.

The land around Beifong City is not suitable for agricultural production. Most of the retired men will go to Beifeng City to find work.

Beifeng City is huge and has a lot of work. Not to mention other things, a single ordnance manufacturing camp can absorb strong men from all over the surrounding areas.

In Beifeng Giant City, men are responsible for making money and supporting the family, while women are responsible for raising children and running housework.

Children were playing around, and women were busy cleaning up the children at home. Chi Tianmin watched for a long time, not knowing who to talk to.

"Hey, are you from the city? What are you doing in our village?" Just when Chi Tianmin was at a loss, a boy about the same age as Chi Tianmin took the initiative to ask.

Chi Tianmin took a look at the young man in front of him. He was almost the same height as him and a little thinner. His linen clothes were covered with patches. It was obvious that his family was not in a good situation.

"I want to ask if there are any vacant houses in your village? I want to rent a small courtyard." Chi Tianmin came here with the attitude of giving it a try. Not every village happens to have an empty courtyard.

The young man looked at Chi Tianmin suspiciously. Chi Tianmin's clothes did not look like someone who would live in such a countryside.

But when his peripheral vision glanced at a girl not far away, he showed an expression of sudden realization.

"It seems that he is another young man who came here because of his little love, but he is sincere and wants to live here." The young man muttered in his heart.

Chi Tianmin was confused by the series of expressions on the young man's face. Wasn't he just renting a house? Why are there so many expressions?

"Brother, is there any?" Chi Tianmin coughed lightly and reminded.

The young man came back to his senses and said seriously: "Yes, yes, but the environment is not good? I wonder if you can accept it?"

"Then could you please take me to see it?" Chi Tianmin wasn't sure what he meant by the bad environment. He would have to see it in person to find out.

The young man nodded and walked forward, with Chi Tianmin following closely behind him.

Not long after leaving, the young man brought Chi Tianmin to a small farmyard. He opened the door and walked in. The yard was not big, but it was clean.

"This is my family's old house. After I got married, the villagers helped me build a new house, and this yard became vacant. This is also the only empty yard in the village." The young man pointed to the house in front of him.

Chi Tianmin didn't have time to look at the new house, but was shocked by his marriage. This boy looked about the same size as him, but he got married?

"Brother, how old are you?" Chi Tianmin asked weakly.

"This year, oh no, I just turned fourteen last summer. What happened?" The young man was puzzled.

Chi Tianmin has black lines all over his head. He just turned fourteen last year, which means that he and Chi Tianmin are really the same size. Chi Tianmin has grown so big that he has never even touched a girl's hand, and he is actually married. .

But then Chi Tianmin felt relieved. This place was no better than the Imperial Capital. The young masters of the Imperial Capital were still busy practicing at this age and usually didn't get married until they were around twenty years old.

Here, you will be drafted into the army at the age of sixteen, and you may not be able to come back. You must give birth to an heir before then.

"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing, young and promising, young and promising." Chi Tianmin quickly laughed.

After gathering his body and mind, Chi Tianmin began to look at the courtyard. Opposite the courtyard door was a three-entry house, with a living room in the middle and a wing on the left and right.

The right side of the courtyard door looks like the kitchen. There is a sink against the wall of the kitchen, which seems to be used for laundry.

To the left of the courtyard gate are the shacks and toilets. The shacks are simply supported by a few pillars, and the toilets are also ventilated.

The rooms in the entire courtyard look relatively old, and the walls are made of earth and look uneven.

Chi Tianmin couldn't help but frown. It was not like he had never stayed in the countryside, but the house in Xiaoyu Village was much better than this house.

Pushing open the door to the room, Chi Tianmin's senses improved a lot. The room was very clean and there was almost no dust.

"Isn't your yard no longer occupied? Why is it so clean?" Chi Tianmin asked doubtfully.

The young man raised his head and said, "My mother cleaned it all. She said that she has lived here for decades and has feelings for it. Even if she doesn't live there anymore, she can't let it go unused."

Chi Tianmin nodded. When he came, he had already inspected the surroundings of Gemo Village. There were mountains, water, and woods. Everything was good, but the condition of this house was a little worse.

"What do you think?" Chi Tianmin turned to ask Ren Caowei and Xiao Qi for their opinions.

"Chirp, chirp." Xiao Qi is not particular about where to live. As long as there is food, it doesn't matter if he sleeps in the wild. Wild snowball beasts are accustomed to sleeping in the open.

Chi Tianmin looked at Ren Caowei. After all, he did not live here alone, and Ren Caowei would have to live here in the future.

"I like it here, brother. It's very similar to my home. It's very friendly." Ren Cao said with a slight smile.

With Ren Caowei's agreement, Chi Tianmin nodded and turned to the young man: "How much does this yard cost per year?"

The young man was stunned. He just wanted to give it a try. He didn't expect that Chi Tianmin would rent it directly.

The young man rubbed the back of his head honestly: "I don't know how much it will cost, and no one in the village has rented it. You can pay it as you see."

Chi Tianmin had stayed in Xiaoyu Village for a long time, and he still had some understanding of the prices in the countryside. He would not treat this honest young man badly.

"How about one spirit coin a year?" Chi Tianmin asked.

The young man obviously didn't expect Chi Tianmin to ask such a high price, and stammered: "One...one spirit coin?? Isn't that too much?"

Chi Tianmin likes to deal with these common people the most. They are simple and enthusiastic, unlike those high-ranking officials and nobles who are full of calculations.

"If you think it's too much, then come over and help me clean the yard every month. I don't like cleaning." Chi Tianmin looked at him gently.

"I...I'll go back and discuss it with my mother." The boy had just grown up, and it was obvious that he had not completely broken away from his dependence on his mother.

Not long after waiting, the young man came over with a woman in her forties or fifties. The woman was not in good health and needed the young man's support to even take a few steps.

Arriving in front of Chi Tianmin, the woman took a breath and then slowly said, "Young master, you want to rent our small courtyard?"

Chi Tianmin nodded.

"If you want to rent it, Master, just give me a few bucks. This yard is empty and I don't need that much money." The old woman looked sincere.

Chi Tianmin smiled happily. He liked to deal with these simple people. Living with these people would lead to fewer troubles in life.

"This is not much at all. With this little money, I can't even stay in an inn for three or two nights in Beifeng Giant City. Besides, I'm new here, and I will need your help in the future. This should be considered as hard-earned money paid in advance." Chi Tianmin Speak softly.

However, the young man misunderstood and thought that Chi Tianmin wanted him to help match up the village beauty, Zhang Xinai.

Zhang Xinai is a beautiful girl who is famous in eight villages across ten miles. Many young men in the city come here because of her reputation.

However, due to the disparity in status, she could only be a concubine if she married the young master, so her father had been slow to marry her off.

"I don't dare to say anything else. I can definitely help you with this." The young man winked at Chi Tianmin.

Chi Tianmin was baffled by him, but as long as they accepted it, they quickly thanked him in return.

In this way, Chi Tianmin finally found a place to stay.

After returning to the city and buying necessities such as bedding and cotton wool, I officially moved into Gemo Village.