"Uncle, where are you going?"

As soon as Su Ziling and the others entered the mountain, they heard someone calling them from behind. Everyone stopped and looked back. It was Su Yongan. The young man had a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth and was smiling playfully.

As soon as everyone turned around, he ran after them.

Mr. Su glanced at him and said, "Go to town, are you... going back to work?"

"Yes." He nodded and looked at Su Ziling with a smile, "My eldest niece, let me help you!"

Su Ziling raised her eyebrows but was not polite to him, "Okay, thank you Uncle Yong'an."

Su Yongan was only two years older than her, but he was older, so they were about the same age, but Su Ziling still called him uncle.

Su Ziling's burden wasn't too heavy, so after taking it, he still had the intention to tease her, "You're not welcome."

"Really?" The girl walked behind him, "You're not bad either. You didn't call the wrong person this time."

Su Yongan choked and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment and thought to himself: This girl is quite vindictive. The last time she called Qing'er, she actually remembered it now.

"What, are you going to town to sell tofu?"

"Yes." Su Ziling nodded.

"You're not going to walk, are you?" Su Yong'an asked.

Su Ziling: "Those who find an ox cart will take the ox cart after leaving the mountains and forests."

Su Yongan nodded, "This trip is not easy, but your family can divide it into several batches. Come to the town to sell a few, and sell two in a nearby village. There is a mountain col on the Lumen Mountain in the west, which is very convenient. Pingping, I heard a friend from the escort agency say that they often take that road. You can try there. If you are lucky enough to meet two escort teams or caravans one day, you can sell a lot. "

Su Ziling's eyes lit up, "Lumen Mountain? Is it far?"

When Su Yongan heard this, he turned to look at her, his face full of doubts.

Su Ziling: "?"

"what happened?"

Su Yongan shook his head and continued walking, "You don't know where Lumen Mountain is?"

"I don't know." Su Ziling answered honestly.

"Pfft... hahahahahaha" Su Yongan laughed, "Don't say you are from Baihua Cave when you go out. You don't even know where Lumen Mountain is."

Su Ziling rolled her eyes and pulled his bucket, "I wonder if Lumen Mountain is weird?"

The mountain road was difficult to walk, and Su Ziling pulled his bucket again. Su Yongan could not move forward, "Let go first."

"Am I from Baihua Cave?"

The corners of Su Yongan's mouth twitched and he quickly changed his words, "Yes, yes, yes, you are!"

After he finished speaking, Su Ziling let go of her hand and muttered in a low voice: "You stinky girl, you still hold a grudge!"

"What did you say? Louder, I didn't hear you!" Su Ziling really didn't hear it, but she felt that this person was not serious, and he probably couldn't say anything good.

"I said, Lumen Mountain is not far away. It only takes a moment to walk." This girl held a grudge. Su Yongan did not dare to talk nonsense, so he had to answer honestly.

"A moment?" Su Ziling whispered, which was about forty-eight minutes, "That's really close."

Su Yongan nodded, "Yeah, it's much closer than running to the county."

"Then I'll go take a look another day," Su Ziling looked at Mr. Su who was walking away in front of him, and urged, "Uncle Yong'an, are you okay? You're falling behind!"

Su Yongan: "..."

How can I fall behind if you don’t ask here and there?

"Remember to go and see him. We will be prosperous someday. Remember not to forget your uncle Yong'an." Su Yong'an quickened his pace.

Su Ziling nodded perfunctorily, "I can't forget, I can't forget, by the way, what are you doing in the county?"

Su Yongan changed his shoulder and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Work as a clerk in a grocery store."

"Then how much money do you earn per month?" Su Ziling grabbed a piece of grass and shook it.

Su Yongan laughed softly and said: "What, you don't want to sell tofu anymore, you want to be a waiter?"

"No, no, no, I'm just curious."

"One month, five hundred Wen."

Su Ziling nodded, it was already pretty good. He alone had six taels of silver a year, while their family only had five taels of silver a year as they worked hard in the fields.

She said casually, "When I become rich in the future, you can come back and work with me. I will give you one tael of silver a month."

Su Yongan burst out laughing, "Okay, I'll do it with you when you get rich."

An extra load of tofu was made today, and there was one more person. Fortunately, Su Yongan couldn't bear the hardship and called for an oxcart himself, so Su Ziling got on his oxcart openly.

Bai Wei got started quickly, and she could learn a few points just by watching Su Ziling mix it a few times. Su Ziling gave her a little guidance, and after mixing it a few times, she was able to get started on her own.

Seeing that Bai Wei could do it by herself, Su Ziling asked Su Zizhong to take her and Su Zimu out for two days, and the two of them cooperated well.

Seeing that they could run their own stall, Su Ziling didn't care anymore. In the past few days, she had received a lot of peppers in the village, and Su Ziling paid them two cents a pound.

In addition to what the clerk at the grain and oil store collected for her, as well as what Aunt Li and his family collected, she collected almost twenty kilograms, which is enough for a long time.

The leaves of the first crop are expected to be sold for a few days, and some of the second crop can be picked one after another. They went to Xiaopotou to look for some in the past few days. After picking the leaves of Xiaopotou, they will probably be able to pick them up.

After everything was arranged, Su Ziling focused on the Lumen Mountain that Su Yongan mentioned.

Early in the morning, the two of them picked up a load of tofu each and hurried to Lumen Mountain.

I came here two days ago and found that there are indeed caravans or escort teams passing by here every day.

They chose to take this mountain col instead of taking the official road mainly because it was closer. If they walked to the mountain col, they could settle down in the town before dark. If they took the official road, they would have to sleep outside.

However, Lumen Mountain is indeed close. The two of them walked for three quarters (45 minutes) and arrived there. When they visited the spot two days ago, they built a simple shed with a table inside for mixing tofu and serving meals.

There is a simple stove nearby for boiling water, thinking that people passing by can drink a bowl of hot tea.

Some time ago, Su Ziling exchanged a lot of barley with the villagers, so she simply fried it. Now, after boiling it with hot water, she has a bowl of fragrant barley tea.

Before she could go up the mountain, she thought about going to the mountain to see if she could find tea when it rained. Then she could make tea instead of barley tea.

It was already around 9:00-11:00 when the two of them were ready. They had just taken a few breaths when they heard the sound of horse hooves not far away.

"Hurry up, hurry up and catch up. There is a mountain col ahead. Let's rest for a while and then set off. Otherwise, we won't be able to stay in the town at night."

"Follow up, don't fall behind!"

Voices came one after another, and both of them stood up from their stools, ready to go.

"Boss, there's a shed ahead!"

"Stop!" The leading man raised his hand to signal the convoy to stop. He looked at the man beside him with a heavy expression, "Go and see what's going on!"

"okay!"

Seeing his playful smile, the man frowned and reminded, "Be careful, don't be careless!"

The man's fast running pace stopped, and he turned to look at the man, "What the boss means is..."

The man's face was not good, his hand fell on his waist, holding the handle of the knife tightly, "Not sure, we have never seen this shed while walking this way, and now it suddenly appears, we can't rule out that there are bandits or... The possibility of an enemy.”

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