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Hearing this, Li Mu looked back again.

Uncle Hong snorted coldly, and said, "You think he really didn't recognize you? He's just defiant, but he doesn't know anyone from our village who comes to town."

After saying this, Uncle Hong didn't want to talk about him anymore.He led Li Mu to the hall, went into the house and asked the yamen servant to explain his purpose, and then the two of them were brought into the back hall.

When the two entered, the county magistrate in the back hall was receiving guests.

The guest was a man in brocade clothes in his forties, with a kind and slightly rich face.It's not easy to be a little rich in this war-torn era. It must be the rich people around here.

Seeing that the yamen servant brought Li Mu and the others in, the county magistrate became impatient after asking the reason, and wanted to drive them away, "Didn't you see that I'm meeting guests here? I don't have any eyesight."

The county magistrate, who was as skinny as a monkey, finished berating the yamen servant, then bowed his head and looked at the people next to him, "Master Qin, I will finish this matter for you as soon as you tell me, so don't worry."

"Okay, okay." The man called Master Qin turned his head to look at Uncle Hong and Li Mu at the door, "Who are they?"

"Oh, that young man is a retired soldier from the town. Didn't we win the battle a while ago? The superiors gave some sympathy money and said it was for distribution." The county magistrate was a little funny when talking about this matter. , "There are not many people with such a fate these days, and even a few towns near us are well-known."

While speaking, the county magistrate hurriedly beckoned to the yamen servant next to him to get the sympathy money he had already prepared.

Hearing this, Li Mu was somewhat surprised.

After joining the army for so many years, he had only heard of pensions for the dead, but no one knew how it was distributed, let alone the living.

After a while, the yamen servant took a small bag and handed it to Li Mu.The bag is not small, but there are few things in it, the front and back may only be a tael of silver.

Li Mu accepted the money with a blank expression, but Master Qin smiled and said at this moment, "Is that all that is distributed here?"

A tael of silver can be used for half a year if it is given to an ordinary family, but it is not too much as a pension, especially in the case of Li Mu.

The magistrate of the county saw that Master Qin was concerned about this matter, and his expression was a little weird. After hesitating for a moment, he walked up to take Li Mu's purse and looked at it, then turned his head and glared at the yamen servant beside him, "I'll let you get the pension , what is this thing you took?"

Seeing the countenance magistrate's face, the yamen servant quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake, and ran back to take out the things again.This time when I came out, there was some extra money in the bag, about four or five taels.

After making up the money, the county magistrate scolded the yamen servant again and made a lot of drama.

These days, there are people who want to occupy the things of the dead, let alone the living.

Master Qin didn't seem to notice it, smiled, and stood up, "My house in this town still has that mountain, so I'm going to trouble the magistrate."

"Shan?" After receiving the money, Li Mu, who was about to leave, stopped.

In the room, the county magistrate was talking with the old master Qin, and they both turned their heads after hearing Li Mu's words.

The county magistrate was a little displeased with Li Mu's ignorance and flattery, but Master Qin had a kind face, and he said with a smile: "I used to live in this town, but now I want to move to the city. The courtyard in the town and the mountain city behind Want to change hands, why, are you interested?"

Li Mu took a careful look at Master Qin, "Is it the mountain with a big pond behind it?"

There is a mountain behind Li Mu's village. It is said that it is the property of a wealthy family in the town. It was a barren mountain that was neglected during the war.

"That's right, it's there." Master Qin looked at Li Mu with great interest.

Uncle Hong was also a little puzzled, he didn't understand what Li Mu wanted to do.

Li Mu was a little hesitant. He once had the idea of ​​the mountain, or more precisely, the pond, but with his financial resources, he couldn't afford it either before or now.

Li Mu's hesitation made the magistrate a little impatient, and Uncle Hong hesitated a little, but that old master Qin didn't change his expression, still waiting patiently with a smile.

After a while, Li Mu made up his mind, "Are you going to sell Shan?"

"maybe."

"I want to rent a pond from you." Li Mu said, "Let it for a year first."

Master Qin laughed like a Buddha, but did not refuse, "How much do you offer?"

"Five taels of silver." Li Mu said.

"Okay." Master Qin still laughed.

Facing Master Qin's straightforwardness, several people in the room showed expressions of surprise, Li Mu was no exception.

Five taels of silver to cover a pond is not a high price, and this Master Qin doesn't look like he is in a hurry to ask for a few taels of silver.

Master Qin's pond is very big, although it has not been taken care of for a while, but it is definitely more than this price, Li Mu only opened his mouth with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

"Have you brought the money? Why don't you sign the deed today, and the county magistrate is also here, so he can prove it for us." Grandpa Qin still had that smiling and kind appearance, which was hard to see through.

Li Mu did the math, the money he brought today plus the money from the county magistrate, was almost exactly five taels.

He was about to raise his hand when Uncle Hong grabbed the hand holding the money bag, "You should think it through."

"Don't worry, Uncle Hong." Li Mu patted Uncle Hong's hand, he took out all the money he was carrying and put it into the purse, then put the purse on the table in front of Master Qin.

"This..." The county magistrate looked a little ugly.

If this job falls on him, he will definitely make a fortune from it, but it's nothing to do with him now.Although he was dissatisfied, he had to sell Master Qin's face, so smiling was uglier than crying.

But it was only for a while, the magistrate thought about it and relaxed.The two countries have been at war for more than ten years, and they have been fighting on and off in the middle. Although they have won the battle now, who knows when they will continue to fight?

It's just such a barren mountain that can't be moved away. At this time, there are not many people who are willing to invest money in it, so it's cheap for this kid.

"Then I'll trouble you." Master Qin smiled and looked at the magistrate.

The county magistrate smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, and hurriedly called for someone to come over with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to sign the deed, and then watched the two of them sign the calligraphy and painting in person.

Uncle Hong kept looking at Li Mu hesitatingly, until he went out with Li Mu who had accepted the contract. He said, "Why did you make a pond?"

When others got money, they hurriedly stuffed it into their pockets to hide it, but Li Mu was lucky enough to send it out with both hands before warming it up.

Everyone in the pond village knows that fish were raised in the early years, but now it has been empty for many years without taking care of it. Only the people in the village occasionally go to catch two small shrimps in it when they are greedy.

"Uncle Hong." Li Mu looked at him intently.

"Why?" Uncle Hong actually disagreed.

"Have you brought any money?" Li Mu's dark eyes were rarely embarrassed.

Uncle Hong was funny and angry, but it was Li Mu who spoke, and he finally took out all the money he brought and put it in Li Mu's hand.

"Just toss around." After giving all the money to Li Mu, Uncle Hong walked forward.

He didn't know what Li Mu wanted to do, but he knew Li Mu's character, he wasn't the kind of person who would mess around without a certainty.

When he came out of the county office, the sun was already above his head, and the number of pedestrians on the street reached its peak. Li Mu followed Uncle Hong to the other side of the street, and was sweated all the way down.

"What exactly do you want to buy?" Uncle Hong stopped after taking Li Mu to where he was going.

After Li Mu took the money, he asked Uncle Hong to take him to the butcher's market. Everyone was struggling these years. It was said that it was a butcher's market, but in fact there were less than five shops in total.

After Li Mu arrived at the place, he turned around and walked towards a place selling eggs.Uncle Hong originally guessed that Li Mu was greedy, but he saw him squatting in a place selling ducklings.

Li Mu didn't know what he said to the storekeeper, so the storekeeper smiled happily and stood up attentively to help him choose among a bunch of duck cubs.

After a while, Li Mu took off his coat and put it on the basket containing the ducks, and lifted the basket up.

Seeing that Li Mu guessed what he was going to do like this, Uncle Hong didn't agree with it, but he still appreciated Li Mu's desire to make a breakthrough.

In fact, it's not that people in the village have never raised this thing before, but this thing is too delicate, picky and easy to get sick. From raising ducklings to adults, it's good to have two ducks left in ten.

Especially in these days when the flames of fire can't even eat enough for heaven and man, who cares about these things?

"How much did you buy?" Uncle Hong lifted his clothes and took a look inside. Those goose-yellow fur balls that had just emerged from their shells were a little frightened by the shaking of the basket, and they squatted together with their legs huddled together.

"Thirty." Li Mu's muscles raised the basket slightly, and the basket was hanging in the air, half an arm's away from him.

"So much!" This stuff is not cheap.

"Well, the store gave away a few more." He bought thirty, and the store simply gave him the rest.

This thing is not cheap, and the chance of surviving is not high. Most ordinary people just try to buy a few to go home and raise them for laying eggs. There are really not many people like Li Mu who buy dozens of them at once.

While the two were talking, the front suddenly became lively.

A group of officers and soldiers came from a distance, asking and looking at people they saw along the way, as if they were looking for someone, there was a lot of movement.

The people don't fight with the officials. After the team came over, everyone on the street consciously stepped aside.

But the first team left, and the other team came back, and this time they began to search from store to store.There was no way to do business with the shops on the street, and no one dared to say anything, just endured.

After Li Mu and Uncle Hong were arrested and asked about the specific situation and then released, they finally figured out what was going on from the complaining people next to them.

"I heard that General Changsheng escaped to our side, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"...It should be true, isn't it true that the rewards are all out? You can get 1000 taels for reporting useful news. You said that if I find it..."

"Come on, can you have a good thing?"

"I'm just talking about what's going on, and the commotion is so big this time, it is said that thousands of people have been dispatched here, and all the nearby towns have been searched next to each other. If there is no real rumor, why would they make such a fuss..."