He saved money in ancient times to marry

Bai Li sat facing his Alpine Rhododendron for a long time, not eating or drinking, Bai Qing was in a hurry, just when she was about to go out to find a woman who knew how to look, Bai Li suddenly spoke.

"Sister, I met a fairy today." Bai Li said.

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"Such a fairy-like character!" Bai Li sighed, "What kind of fine clothes and fine food do you need to raise it?"

Bai Qing: "What are you talking about?"

Bai Li looked at her, turned around, and said seriously: "Sister, I want to work hard to make money, and I want to live a life like a master!"

Bai Qing felt that her younger brother was really possessed by a demon.

Bai Li's eyes are bright, he has never been more awake than now.

He was ill in his previous life, and his only dream was to be healthy and live comfortably, so after he crossed over, he felt very happy to have a healthy body. He also felt happy by doing some small business to satisfy food and clothing, and he only wanted to earn more money. Eat well and wear well, that's all.

But today's glimpse made him suddenly feel that his thinking was wrong.

The reason why he felt satisfied before was because he was in contact with ordinary people in the market, and what he saw and heard was just who ate meat today, whose daughter-in-law bought new clothes, these trivial things.

He has never been exposed to the real upper class, or even the middle class.

Think about it carefully, whether it is a prefectural city or a county town, who can take a look at those shopkeepers in various shops on the side of the road, or who can treat him as an equal person.

Then in this world, besides the huge bottom group of mediocre people, there are several classes above. He stretched out his hand, and he couldn't even touch the penultimate layer.

He suddenly realized that it was probably only because he was lucky enough to meet a gluttonous young man to walk with him that he was able to meet today's fairy-like man.

After spending a lifetime of virtue, come to this world once, do you want to be a low-level citizen for the rest of your life?

Bai Li didn't want to.

The frog at the bottom of the well saw the vastness of the world, and he never wanted to go back to the closed world of the well.

He looked at the alpine rhododendron, a flower that grew up in the wind, frost and misery. He treated him a little less, and he couldn't wait to bloom. Although it was winter, under Bai Li's careful pampering, the tree was full of buds. .

Bai Li casually pinched off a few redundant flower buds, and said to Bai Qing: "Sister, I want to live my life in a different way."

Bai Qing: "I'm living a good life, why do I need to change it?"

Bai Li smiled: "How are you doing? Are you really doing well?"

Bai Qing was stunned.

Bai Li said: "Sister, you are already 17 years old, and you are a slim girl. A girl at this age should show off her flowers, warmer than the spring breeze, and more beautiful than flowers, but you don't even have a hairpin."

"I'm already fifteen. It's the age of fresh clothes and angry horses, talking and laughing, but I can only go out early and return at night to try to make money. I go to Fucheng every day, but I don't even have time to take a good stroll."

"Of course, there is no such money."

Bai Li said: "Now we start from dawn to dusk and do all kinds of eating and selling, just to survive the winter safely, so as not to die of cold and hunger, but the beauty in this world is far more than that!"

He let out a long sigh, and Bai Qing remained silent.

After a long while, she said: "If you want to go shopping in Fucheng, you can go, sister just work harder, I can make an extra cage of tofu every day, and the dried tofu..."

"Sister", Bai Li took her hand, knowing that his simple sister would not understand what he said, so he didn't force it, he said, "You just need to live a good life with me."

Bai Qing stared fixedly into his eyes, she really didn't understand what Bai Li was talking about, her knowledge was really limited, she couldn't imagine what it means to be flamboyant, what it means to talk and laugh, what places to play in the city, and what to do It can make people happy physically and mentally, but she gently chooses to trust and support her younger brother, and smiled slightly: "Okay."

At night, the weather really changed. The winter in Huyang County was not too cold, with mostly thin snow, but the cold wind and the deadly humidity made life difficult.

When it was just cold, Bai Li and Cheng Jiu went to the mountains to collect a lot of firewood and came back. His house is not short of firewood now, so the siblings lit a small stove in the house and gathered around to keep warm.

These days, Bai Li has earned a lot of money. Four rural exams have ended, and he has made a lot of money just by relying on this round. The last round has already started, and Bai Li is taking the time to prepare for another round of sales.

It's just that there are more vendors setting up stalls there now, and they all learn from him to make some pastries with good meanings, and some hot soup and hot water for sale. Last time I went to Baili, I met the owner of the wonton stall.

It's not too much money.

The rural examination is about to end, and he still has to think of a way out.

A pot of hot water was boiled on the small stove, and Bai Li found a small earthenware pot to burn on it. Bai Qing watched curiously as he added things to it one by one, and asked, "What are you doing?"

While stirring the liquid in the jar, Bai Li said, "Sweet pancakes."

Bai Qing knows that the pancreas is something that the women in Shangganfang like to use this thing to wash their clothes. It is clean, but the smell is not very good. It needs to be washed several times. Then the fragrant pancreas is fragrant. Dirty?

Bai Li nodded, thinking that making soap must be a compulsory item in the nine-year compulsory education in the future, otherwise it would be difficult to make a living once time travelling.

The practice of simple soap only needs to use lard, caustic soda and water. Add essential oils, milk, spices, or choose some better oils for advanced ones. It just takes some patience and stirs slowly until it all melts .

On snowy days, Bai Li had plenty of time, so he boiled a small pot of soap liquid, found a wooden box, poured it in and put it near the door to cool down.

Someone called him outside the door, went out to ask, and said he wanted to buy some dried tofu, so Bai Li weighed some dried tofu for him, everything seemed calm and peaceful, until Xiao Liuer next door came crying to find someone.

Mrs. Pei is dying.

When Bai Li and Bai Qing rushed over, there were already five or six people in Mrs. Pei's room, including men and women, and even Fang Zheng had come.

The death of someone is a major event, and Fangzheng will usually be there to be a witness, as long as it involves assets, wills, family arrangements, and the like.

The two aunts sat on the kang to help Mrs. Pei calm down. The old lady had nothing to say, and her eyes were staring as if she was looking forward to something.

Bai Qing burst into tears, Bai Li stepped forward to ask about the situation, the old lady suddenly grabbed his hand tightly, screaming with the last bit of strength: "You..."

Bai Li was surprised: "Grandma Pei, what do you want to say?"

The old lady Pei gasped and said, "Our two families have a good relationship...you...I helped you sew the cotton coat on your body..."

Bai Li listened quietly, not daring to breathe.

The old lady said again: "I can't take anything with me when I die. Everything in this house...can be given to you...as long as you...you promise me one thing .”

"You say."

"Take... Take Xiao Liuer as your son... Raise... Raise him..."

Bai Li's outside is scorching and his inside is tender, five thunders are hitting his head, Xiao Liu'er is already 13 years old, two years younger than himself, how can he be his own son!

Bai Qing was also stunned, and said: "How can this work, my younger brother is only 15 years old, and he is not married yet."

Fangzheng also said: "Old lady, aren't you cheating others? It's not appropriate for you to give a son to Mr. Bai Xiaolang at such a young age!"

Old Madam Pei was relentless, and her usually gentle and kind face became distorted. She grabbed Bai Li with almost all her strength and said, "If you don't agree, I will turn into a ghost and I won't let you go—"

Bai Qing screamed, this is a vicious curse, everyone in the room talked about it, most of them accused the old lady of being dishonest and trying to harm Xiao Langjun.

Bai Li quietly looked at the old lady's hysterical appearance, and said silently: "I will take good care of Xiao Liu'er."

The old lady let go of her hand, and a cloudy old tear flowed from the corner of her eye. She fell heavily on the kang, and the last moment she closed her eyes was thinking about endless repentance.

Xiao Liu'er burst into tears, Mrs. Pei is his only relative, even though she has been bedridden and can't help much, she is still a spiritual support, now that the old lady is gone, Xiao Liu'er really feels lonely and helpless, life and death are at stake. No one knows and no one cares.

Bai Li watched silently, Fangzheng led people to busy with the old lady's affairs, and did not finish the work until dark, Fangzheng called Bai Li over to ask about Xiao Liu'er.

Fangzheng said: "This old lady Pei is also a good-natured person on weekdays, why did she do such a ridiculous thing now?"

Bai Li: "Grandma Pei has never used such abusive words to hurt others. She did this because she was worried that Xiao Liu'er would not be taken care of in the future, so she did it as a last resort. I don't blame her."

Fangzheng: "You are a good boy, but you can't take this child seriously as your son. You are only so old. Besides, you are a young gentleman, and it is not easy to earn money to support your family on weekdays. How to do it!"

Bai Li also had quite a headache, but he didn't mind helping to take care of Xiao Liu'er, but this title was really embarrassing.

But the people here attach great importance to the last words before death, especially the curse. Even though Bai Li doesn't care, Fang Zheng and others do. The most important thing is that Xiao Liuer has already regarded the old lady's last words as an imperial decree , if he is not wanted, I'm afraid he will feel even more abandoned.

Bai Li: "How about I recognize him as a younger brother?"

Fangzheng said seriously: "That won't work, what should the old lady do if she finds you in the middle of the night?"

Bai Li: "..."

The matter became stalemate like this, people dispersed one after another, and Bai Li and Bai Qing went home.

Bai Qing's eyes were red, and she strongly condemned Old Madam Pei for forcing Bai Li to recognize Xiao Liu'er as her son.

"You said that you, a 15-year-old young gentleman, will be a father to someone. What does it sound like? Who will marry you in the future? Besides, when you are both 80 or [-] years old, will he still call you a father? "

Bai Li looked up at the sky: "I don't want to be a father either."

The wind blew up at night, and Bai Li got up in the middle of the night to add firewood to the stove, and it suddenly became day outside, and a layer of snow had already accumulated on the ground.

The snowy night was bitterly cold, and Bai Li was about to go back to the kang to warm up, when he suddenly thought of Xiao Liu'er, and his heart tightened, he didn't know that the child was guarding the cold room alone, and had to face the tragic death of his grandmother. What a scene.