??Although after the Revolution of 1911, the Qing Dynasty changed to the Republic of China, and the emperor changed to the president, the villagers in Bailuyuan still lived the same life as before without any change.
But Xiang Nan''s life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
First, he stopped sleeping with Lu San. Because Lu San doesn’t sleep well, farts, grinds his teeth and snores. Moreover, after I lost my wife, I left my bed sheets unopened and unwashed for several years. The smell was so fishy and unpleasant that one sniff really "refreshed my mind", two sniffs "strengthened my stomach and opened my mind", and three sniffs "made me soar in the day"...
So Xiang Nan slept in the courtyard by himself every day. He has learned Qinggong from the Ancient Tomb Sect, and can use a rope as a bed. Moreover, he has achieved good internal strength, and even if he is hit by the cold wind, he is not afraid of catching a cold.
So instead of covering himself with a smelly quilt in the house and grinding his teeth while listening to Lu San burp and fart, he would rather lie on the rope in the yard and fall asleep breathing the cool northwest wind.
Secondly, in addition to making a meal at Bai''s house, he also secretly made a meal in the wild.
In fact, there are many wild animals in Bailuyuan, such as foxes, hares, wild boars, badgers, pheasants, quails and so on. However, there are no decent hunters in Bailuyuan.
Therefore, although there are a lot of these game foods, not everyone can enjoy them, and this just makes Xiang Nan cheaper. He has good martial arts, good light kung fu, and good concealment skills. As long as those game animals are seen by him, they will basically die.
Xiang Nan is just ten years old now, which is when he needs to grow up. Although the Bai family takes long-term workers seriously and can eat three meals a day, they really don''t have much money.
Throughout the day, it is Wowutou, rice porridge, sorghum rice. When farmers are busy, there are steamed buns and oil pouring noodles. Not to mention stewed meat and fish, there are not even stir-fried dishes, only salty pickles. That''s why Xiang Nan thought about improving his own food.
?However, Xiang Nan knew that this was not a common occurrence.
Once I walk a lot at night, I always encounter ghosts. It''s freezing cold now, and no one comes out in the fields. But in a while, after the freeze thaws, everyone will have to work in the fields.
At that time, there will be people everywhere, and it will be difficult for him to start his own gang and hide and eat alone.
Secondly, eating only a few wild animals will not solve the fundamental problem. His biggest problem now is not lack of a bite of meat, but lack of money.
If you don’t have money, you have to do long-term work and work for other people’s wealth. With money, you can have your own house, your own land, your own business, eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, and no longer have to be so sneaky.
??Moreover, the most important thing is that only if you have money can you marry Tian Xiaoe.
After all, Tian Xiao''e''s father, Tian Xiucai, was so greedy for money that he sold his daughter in order to earn Guo Juren''s betrothal gift. Therefore, if he had no money, he would not be able to marry Tian Xiao''e.
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“Where can I get money?” Xiang Nan wondered.
?Although he has a lot of skills, it is difficult for him to make money.
Doing the right thing, he is still young. Even if he was the best cook in the world and went to Xi''an to work as a cook, no restaurant would dare to hire him;
Even if he could read and write, and could count, no shop would dare to hire him; even if his eyesight was amazing and he could tell the difference between true and false, no **** shop would hire him...
What’s more, nowadays, even working as a waiter in a shop is not that easy. You need to be introduced by an acquaintance and have a guarantee.
?Even if Lu San asked Bai Jiaxuan to come forward, he would not be able to help. After all, Bai Jiaxuan has some influence in Bailuyuan, and he can''t control anyone outside this village.
??As for him, of course he would have no problem with using other methods, stealing, robbing, and plundering, and he was guaranteed to make a lot of money very quickly.
But the money gained in this way is destined to be hidden from others. After all, if someone loses money, the whole world will be clamoring. And this kind of news spreads very quickly, and people all over the country know about it. When the time came, Xiang Nan took out the money again, and the accounts just matched, and the scandal was exposed immediately. He became the target of thousands of people and was despised by thousands of people.
Xiang Nan doesn’t want this, he is still a shameless person. Even if he did something bad, he didn''t want others to know about it. So we have to think of other ways.
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??While Xiang Nan was thinking about making money, Bai Jiaxuan got up early to wander around the fields and saw an unexpected wetland in the snowy ground.
The sides are still covered with white snow, only here the loess protrudes. What''s more important is that there is a green sprout emerging from the soil.
??In the middle of winter, everything is bleak, but there is such a green grass growing here, which makes Bai Jiaxuan feel very strange.
?He hurriedly walked over and saw that the exposed brown earth was wet, and there seemed to be wisps of steam steaming.
Pull the wet soil aside, and suddenly a miracle appears. A pink-white mushroom-like leaf is exposed from the soil layer.
He dug more carefully into the soil and found leaves of the same color. Digging deeper, a tender and pink-white stalk was revealed. Until it was completely dug out, the stalk was adorned with five leaves of different sizes.
??Bai Jiaxuan wanted to uproot it, but then he thought about it. Maybe it was some kind of precious grass. What if it died when it was picked up?
??He carefully filled back the wet soil, kicked and scraped the surrounding snow to disguise the scene, and then squatted down and squeezed out a puddle of **** with his buttocks. No one would suspect that the place was messy.
He then went to find his brother-in-law, Mr. Zhu, to ask what kind of grass it was. Why can such a small grass grow in this snowy winter?
Whether it is a fairy grass or a poisonous weed? Does it herald next year''s harvest or next year''s decline?
Mr. Zhu listened to his description and looked at the grass he drew, "Brother, what you see is a white deer~"
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A few days later, as the New Year was approaching, many victims suddenly passed by in Bailuyuan.
Helping the old and carrying the young, they were forced to move around in the wind and snow, hungry and cold. Xiang Nan couldn''t help but feel sour when he saw this scene.
?Subsequently, after inquiring, I learned that the Qing soldiers were back again.
??Fang Sheng, the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, led 200,000 Qing troops to attack the city of Xi''an in order to restore the Qing court and regain another piece of territory for the Qing royal family.
The people were afraid of encountering the disaster of war, so before the war started, they supported the old and the young and fled with their families.
After hearing the news, Xiang Nan''s eyes lit up and he knew that his opportunity had come.
The Qing troops came back to attack the city of Xi''an, and the news of the massacre of the revolutionary party spread to Yuan Shang. The first person who couldn''t wait was Lu Zilin.
Because he was the first person to cut off his braids in Bailuyuan. Although not of his own free will. But at that time, cutting braids was the most distinctive symbol of the revolutionary party.
So he was very scared, afraid of being caught by the Qing soldiers and having his head snapped. So he hid and didn''t dare to see anyone, for fear of being caught.
?Compared to Lu Zilin''s timidity, Mr. Zhu from White Deer Academy was determined to die and went to the Qing army camp to find Fang Sheng, hoping to persuade him to withdraw.