Although after the Revolution of 1911, the Qing Dynasty changed the Republic of China and the emperor changed 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.
One, he stopped sleeping with Lu San. Because Lu San sleeps dishonestly, he farts, grinds his teeth and snores. And after losing my wife, the bed has not been removed or washed for several years, and the stench is extremely unpleasant. It really smells "refreshing", two breaths "stomach and rejuvenation", and three breaths "daylight"...
So Xiang Nan sleeps in the courtyard by himself every day. He has learned the lightness kung fu of the ancient tomb sect, and a rope can be used as a bed. Moreover, he has achieved internal strength, even if he is blown by the cold wind, he is not afraid of catching a cold at all.
So instead of covering the house with a smelly quilt and listening to Lu San burp and fart and grind his teeth, he would rather lie on the rope in the yard and fall asleep breathing the cool northwest wind.
Secondly, in addition to starting a business in the Bai family, he also secretly started a business in the wild.
In fact, there are many wild animals on the White Deer Plain, such as foxes, hares, wild boars, badgers, pheasants, quails and the like. However, there are no decent hunters in Bailuyuan.
Thus, although there are many game dishes, not everyone can enjoy them, and this just happened to be cheap for Xiang Nan. His skills are good, his light work is good, and his hidden weapon skills are not bad. As long as he sees those wild animals, he will basically die.
Xiang Nan is just ten years old now, and it is time for him to grow up. Although the Bai family treats long-term workers seriously and can eat three meals a day, it really doesn't have much oil and water.
All day long, there are buns, corn porridge, and sorghum rice, and steamed buns and oil-splashed noodles are only available during busy farming seasons. Not to mention stewed meat and boiled fish, there is not even a stir-fried dish, 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 here, I walk a lot at night, and I can always meet ghosts. It is freezing cold now, and no one comes out of the field. But after a while, after the thaw, everyone will have to go to work in the fields.
By that time, there will be people everywhere, and if he wants to start a team by himself, it will be difficult to hide and eat alone.
Secondly, eating only a few wild animals cannot solve the fundamental problem. His biggest problem now is not the lack of a bite of meat, but the lack of money.
Only those who have no money can do long-term work, and do work for other rich people. With money, you can have your own house, your own land, your own business, eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, and you don't have to be so sneaky.
Moreover, the most important thing is that only rich people can marry Tian Xiaoe.
After all, Tian Xiaoe’s father, Tian Xiucai, was such a greedy person that he sold his daughter in order to earn Guo Juren’s dowry. Therefore, if he had no money, he would not be able to marry Tian Xiao'e at all.
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"Where can I get the money?" Xiang Nan pondered.
Although he has all the skills, it is very difficult to get money.
Do the right thing, he is still young. Even if he is the best cook in the world, if he goes to Xi'an City to be a cook, no restaurant will dare to employ him;
Even if he can read and write, he can pinch and count, no shop would dare to invite him; even if he has amazing eyesight, and can tell the truth from the fake, no pawnshop would invite him...
What's more, nowadays, it is not so easy to work as a waiter in a shop. You need an introduction from an acquaintance, and you need a shop 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.
And go heresy, steal, rob, and steal, of course he has no problem, and he is guaranteed to make a lot of money soon.
When the time comes, Xiang Nan will take out the money again, and the reconciliation will just match up, and the scandal will be exposed immediately. It became the accusation of thousands of people and the resentment of thousands of people.
Xiang Nan doesn't want to be like this, he is still a shameless person. Even if he did something bad, he didn't want others to know about it. So I have to think of other ways.
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While Xiang Nan was thinking about making money, Bai Jiaxuan went to the field early to wander around, and saw a sudden wetland in the snow-capped field.
The sides are still covered with white snow, only the loess is highlighted here. More importantly, a touch of green shoots emerged from the soil.
In mid-winter, when everything is sluggish, there is such a green grass growing here, which makes Bai Jiaxuan feel very strange.
He walked over in a hurry, and saw that the bare brown-yellow land was wet, and there seemed to be strands of heat steaming.
Pull away the wet soil, a miracle suddenly appeared, a powdery white mushroom-like leaf was exposed from the soil layer.
He dug more carefully to look at the soil, and the leaves of the same color were revealed again. Digging deeper, a tender white stalk was exposed, until it was completely dug out, the stalk was decorated with five leaves of different sizes.
Bai Jiaxuan wanted to uproot it, but then he thought again, maybe this is some kind of precious and precious grass, what should I do if I gather it up and die?
He carefully backfilled the wet soil, kicked and scraped the surrounding snow to camouflage the scene, squatted down and squeezed out some shit, no one would suspect that the place was messy.
He then went to 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.
Is it a fairy grass or a poisonous weed, whether it heralds a good harvest next year, or a decline next year.
And after listening to his description, Mr. Zhu saw the appearance of the grass he drew, "Brother, what you saw is a white deer~"
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A few more days passed, and as the New Year approached, many disaster victims suddenly passed by on Bailuyuan.
Helping the old and the young, braving the wind and snow, crying and migrating, suffering from hunger and cold. Seeing this scene, Xiang Nan couldn't help feeling sour.
Later, after inquiring, it was learned that the Qing soldiers had returned.
Fang Sheng, the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, led 200,000 Qing soldiers to attack Xi'an City. He wanted to restore the Qing court and lay down another piece of land for the Qing royal family.
The people were afraid of encountering wars and wars, so they helped the old and the young and fled with their families before the war.
After hearing the news, Xiang Nan's eyes lit up, knowing that his chance had come.
The Qing soldiers made a comeback and wanted to attack Xi'an City. The news of the massacre of the revolutionary party spread to Yuanshang. The first person who couldn't stay was Lu Zilin.
Because he was the first person to cut braids on the White Deer Plain. Although not voluntarily. 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 his head would be snapped. So he avoided seeing people, for fear of being caught.
Compared to Lu Zilin's timidity, Mr. Zhu from Bailu Academy, with the determination to die, went to the Qing army camp to find Fang Sheng, hoping to persuade him to retreat.