touchnovel Chapter 21 The Way Out
Chapter 21 The Way Out
"So much rice!"
"And pork! Eggs!"
"These are three salted ducks!"
"Okay, okay!"
When Li Yuan robbed Tie Niu's kitchen, he found less than five taels of silver in his money bag, which made him very dissatisfied. So he thought of the kitchen.
I didn't expect so many.
These are much better than silver; I found a burlap sack and packed them all up.
Finally, they quietly left the place under the cover of night.
After returning home, Li Yuan put the sack in the kitchen and immediately went back into the house to retrieve the two booklets.
Thirteen Deadly Slashes
Iron Stake Kung Fu
A martial arts manual, a set of skills.
Li Yuan put the Iron Stake Skill aside. He had already practiced the Health Preservation Skill, and changing skills would be too troublesome. Iron Ox was only at the ninth rank, so the Iron Stake Skill was probably just average. However, he finally had an offensive martial art.
I opened "The Thirteen Deadly Blades" and began to study it carefully.
After a long while, Li Yuan closed the booklet.
Checking the panel in my mind, it has already been included.
"After mastering this skill, my combat power will increase significantly!"
.....
The next morning.
Wang Xiulan saw a sack in the kitchen, opened it, and her eyes widened. "So much rice... and meat..."
"Ah Yuan!"
She immediately headed towards Li Yuan's room, but upon reaching the door, she realized he was probably cultivating, so she returned to the kitchen.
"They're getting more and more impressive."
Wang Xiulan couldn't help but sigh. In those years of disaster and chaos, while other families were getting worse and worse, their family was getting better and better, and they had more food than they could eat.
"My son... is amazing!"
.....
"call--"
Li Yuan let out a long breath, then checked the panel in his mind.
Health Preservation Exercises (Minor Success (5/200)).
I came back from Tie Niu's place. It took one night, so the speed was alright.
He felt the qi and blood within his dantian had become even stronger, and not only that... "the blood vessels beneath his skin are becoming more and more numerous!"
As far as he knew, the more blood patterns he had, the stronger his defense was.
Glug glug.....
Hearing his stomach growl, Li Yuan smiled helplessly. The stronger he became, the more energy he needed; he was practically turning into a glutton.
Martial arts... martial arts are all bought with money, that's absolutely true.
I'm hungry... Time to find my mom!
He went to the kitchen, where Wang Xiulan was already busy preparing food.
"It smells so good!"
Li Yuan sniffed the unique aroma of the salted goods, which made him even hungrier.
"Did you go to Xiaolingfang again yesterday?"
Wang Xiulan, holding the spatula, asked a question, but her tone was clearly displeased.
"I couldn't sleep, and since I had nothing else to do anyway, I went over after I had a lot of money left over from selling medicine last time. I saw you were asleep, so I didn't say hello." Li Yuan smiled as he walked to the stove and picked up a piece of duck meat to eat.
"It's not ready yet, we'll eat it later!"
Wang Xiulan slapped his hand, but he had already stuffed the duck meat into his mouth. "Delicious, delicious!"
It has to be said that her skills are truly exceptional.
"Don't interrupt!"
"You must tell me next time you go to Xiaolingfang!"
Wang Xiulan glared at him.
"Okay, I'll wake you up whenever you fall asleep from now on, is that alright?" Li Yuan hugged her from behind, actually acting coquettishly.
"Go away, go away, go away! You have no manners!"
"Alright!"
Li Yuan released her, "Mom, leave some broth, it'll taste good with instant noodles or rice porridge later."
Wang Xiulan rolled her eyes at him and didn't say anything.
"Hehe....This is great!"
...
"What's that smell?"
"What delicious food is Ah Jun's family making now?"
At Aunt Liu's house, Xiao Liu kept swallowing, craning her neck to look in the direction of Li Yuan's house.
"Eating such a good meal so early in the morning, aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache?"
Aunt Liu rolled her eyes and muttered, still remembering how she had been refused when she tried to borrow grain a few days ago.
Then he patted Uncle Liu on the shoulder and said, "Honey, their business isn't doing well either. Where are they going to get the money to buy salted goods?"
"How would I know?"
Uncle Liu replied irritably, "By the way, how much money do you have at home?"
"What's wrong?"
"Are you going to Xiaomofang?"
"The Wild Wolf Gang is coming to collect their dues these next two days." After saying this, Uncle Liu's brows furrowed deeply.
"Those damned bunch, especially that Tie Niu, they deserve to be struck by lightning!"
Aunt Liu glared at him, gritting her teeth, looking as if she wanted to bite him to death, but the next moment she let out a deep sigh.
"We've given them this time, but there's not much left. We still need to buy grain. You'd better think of a way, man."
Uncle Liu looked outside without saying a word, but his gaze was complicated, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
...
As the day for the Wild Wolf Gang to collect their dues approached, not only the Liu family, but also other families began to sigh and lament.
Old Chen's family.
"What should we do, Old Chen?"
Aunt Chen looked at him anxiously, "We've almost run out of wheat bran, and we don't have much money left. Please think of something."
Their family has now reached the point where they have to eat wheat bran.
"Let's see. If it really doesn't work, I'll risk going into the mountains again."
Although it's risky, in this world... if you don't take risks, you'll starve to death.
"You... sigh!"
Aunt Chen sighed. Before, she might have tried to stop it, but now... she chose to remain silent. There was still a young child at home...
...
Compared to these families, the Li family is now living a life of luxury.
"The rice with this salted duck soup is so delicious!"
Li Jun ate in small bites, his face full of enjoyment.
"Yes, the rice is delicious!"
Li Yuan thought to himself that he couldn't even remember the last time he had eaten rice.
Even in years without famine, we rarely eat rice because it's too expensive.
"I saved some for Qiu Yatou; you can take it over tonight."
"Qiu girl has a hard life, running the tofu shop all by herself. It's too difficult for a woman."
Wang Xiulan said with heartache.
"it is good."
Li Yuan nodded; it was indeed not easy.
However, in this day and age, life is tough for everyone. Even though he is already an eighth-rank martial artist, he still feels like he is walking on thin ice.
"I wonder if the Wild Wolf Gang has found out yet?"
.....
"Iron Ox is dead too?"
When Hai Fu heard this news, he felt like his head was about to explode. He had just lost a ninth-rank expert, Fatty, and now Tie Niu had also been killed!
There are several powerful gangs in the outer city, and if you're not careful, you could be swallowed up by another gang.
"Who did it? Are there any clues?"
"He must have been a master knife user. Tie Niu's throat was slit with one stroke, and all the valuables in his house were gone, even the kitchen was spotless."
Upon hearing this, Haifu's expression turned strange.
The kitchen was completely ransacked?
Would a martial artist do such a thing?
In this outer city, ninth-rank martial artists are the upper echelons of various major gangs, and they are unlikely to lack food and clothing. This is the first time he has seen such a style of doing things.
"Is he from another gang? Or just a casual martial artist?"
Hai Fu rubbed his temples. Outside, war raged, and the county soldiers couldn't hold out much longer. Judging from the situation, the outer city would soon fall. He needed to find a way out.
Whether you go to the inner city or leave Baoshan County, you need money.
"Give the order to have all the warriors in the gang come here to see me!"