ebookslot Chapter 9: Making a fortune
Chapter 9: Making a fortune
He Qiu leaned against the door, her face burning. It had been a long time since she had been in such close contact with a man.
bang bang bang...
Her heart was racing, and images inexplicably flashed through her mind, but... "He's still a child..."
He murmured to himself.
And her identity... although it's just rumors, it's true that this is the case because she came.
He Qiu's face showed bitterness.
He looked down at the bowl in his hand, then took a long breath and gradually calmed down.
...
"You don't think I'm a womanizer, do you?"
Li Yuan, who was walking back, suddenly stopped. He had really meant it by accidentally touching her and casually touching her with his fingertips to check on He Qiu's health. That's why he told her to wash her hair less often.
"I'm not that kind of person."
Li Yuan spoke to himself, not because he looked down on He Qiu Shi, nor because he disliked her.
She may not be considered a beauty, but she is the kind of person whose looks grow on you. However, he had no time for such thoughts right now.
In times of disaster and chaos, becoming stronger is the only true path to survival.
As for women... would a strong person lack women?
We've come into this world, so we should definitely enjoy it, but not now!
He was well aware of this.
...
"Mom, you guys eat first."
When Li Yuan returned, Wang Xiulan and Li Jun were both sitting and waiting for him.
"Let's eat together, brother."
Li Jun looked at him with a smile in his small eyes. Although he had been craving it for a long time, he still managed to resist.
"hehe."
Li Yuan smiled warmly; the little guy was truly endearing. He patted his head and said, "Eat."
As she spoke, she personally picked up a piece of meat for him.
"Let's eat..."
Li Jun dragged out the last syllable of her voice, her little hands holding chopsticks, impatiently picking up meat and stuffing it into her mouth. Oil dripped down her chin, and she curled her little tongue, not wasting a single drop.
"This is so delicious..."
The exaggerated expression made Li Yuan burst into laughter.
"very nice."
Wang Xiulan also exclaimed in amazement, saying that while other families were struggling to get enough to eat, her family was not only able to eat their fill but also had meat, something she had never dared to dream of before.
"Mother, you eat too."
Li Yuan placed a piece of meat in her bowl, "Okay, okay, Mother will eat too."
She savored it carefully; it was just a piece of meat, but she was very satisfied.
Under the oil lamp, the family of three ate happily, their three figures seemingly intertwined, moving forward together in this year of disaster and chaos.
...
Time flies.
It was time for Li Yuan to go to Xiaolingfang again.
It rained today.
Li Yuan stood by the window, watching the raindrops fall like a beaded curtain. Looking outside, he saw only a few chimneys emitting white smoke. He sighed; life was getting harder and harder.
However, the Li family changed from eating two meals a day to eating three meals a day.
Because of Li Yuan!
After becoming a martial artist, the energy expenditure increases, and the cost of cultivation is also high, so one must eat more to maintain health.
However, the effect was very good.
The progress of the health cultivation exercise increased by 10 points, and the physical body also became much stronger.
His medical skills also improved, and he reached the junior level (12/200).
However, problems also arose.
It's possible that the Li family's chimney emits smoke three times a day. Just yesterday, Aunt Liu came to their house to borrow grain, but Wang Xiulan refused.
Now is not the time to be generous when you're poor; if you lend money out, you'll have to eat less yourself.
No!
Absolutely not!
Although we're all neighbors, it might be a bit awkward to save face, but for the sake of our own families, we can put aside all pride.
Li Yuan naturally agreed with this.
He didn't have much affection for the people in Willow Lane to begin with.
On what grounds should we borrow?
"Ah Yuan, are you going out again tonight?"
Wang Xiulan walked over, looking at the gloomy sky with a somewhat depressed expression. "It's raining so hard, maybe we should just call it a day?"
"It's alright, Mother, I'll be careful."
Three meals a day, and the noodles are running low quickly; I need to go to Xiaolingfang to buy more.
This time, he not only prepared ointment for external injuries, but also made five packets of tonifying yang.
I don't know if the men in this world are actually capable in this area. Should I get some blessing or something? I'll just test the waters.
Diversification is key to making more money!
"Why!"
Wang Xiulan sighed, "Be careful. This family depends on you now. I can only take care of the household and not let you get distracted."
She was just a woman, and that was all she could do.
"mother..."
Li Yuan cupped her face in his hands and said, "It's already very good. You don't need to worry about anything else. I'm content with having a son."
Wang Xiulan was a little unaccustomed to his actions and slapped his hand away, saying, "I'm going to cook."
Forehead--
Li Yuan was taken aback, but then he laughed. He had forgotten that this was a conservative world. This action would have been normal in his previous life, but here it seemed... not quite right.
After dinner, Li Yuan put on a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, and hugged the burlap sack to his chest. "Mother, I'm leaving."
"Watch out!"
Although he was a martial artist, she was still worried as his mother.
"understood."
Without further ado, Li Yuan opened the door and quickly disappeared from Wang Xiulan's sight in the rainy night.
She gently closed the door.
Li Jun appeared out at some point. "Brother...where did he go?"
"Something came up, I'll be back in a bit, you go to sleep."
Wang Xiulan urged her on, but the little girl didn't go back to the house. Instead, she walked to her side, took her hand, and said, "Mother, I'll wait for my brother with you."
She paused for a moment, looking at her youngest son, whose innocent face held a determined look in his eyes.
"You've grown up too."
Wang Xiulan smiled warmly, then pulled her to sit down. "Then you stay with your mother and wait for Ah Yuan to come back. If you're sleepy, you can lie on your mother's lap and sleep."
"good!"
Li Jun's small eyes turned into crescent moons.
...
heavy rain.
Li Yuan arrived at the entrance of Xiaolingfang.
Having been there once before, he knew the way like the back of his hand. He paid eight large coins and went inside.
Perhaps because of the heavy rain, there were very few people in Xiaolingfang today, and even the number of street vendors was less than half of what it was last time.
Li Yuan walked directly to the spot where he had been before.
"This is....."
The spot where we met last time was already crowded with people, including the hunter who carried the bow last time.
"Young man, you've finally arrived! We've saved you a seat, just waiting for you."
The hunter even waved enthusiastically at him.
"Yes, you said three or four days, and I've been waiting here since yesterday."
"I won't even look at any other brand of ointment because of yours."
...
When Li Yuan arrived at his previous spot, the group of people began to speak.
The hunter even held an umbrella for him, saying, "Be careful, you're carrying treasures in your arms."
It's no wonder he's so enthusiastic. Last time, he sold several packs for twenty coins each. And just the other day, when he went into the mountains, a hunter was clawed in the chest by a white tiger, and the bones were clearly visible.
This ointment saved his life.
Finally, the hunter gave him half a roe deer, which he sold for five taels of silver, making a fortune.