Lu Mei was very excited after hearing this, and gave several pieces of snacks to the young man: "There are plenty of snacks, you can eat as much as you want, don't be reluctant to part with them."
The young man's face turned redder, he lowered his head and explained in a low voice : "I want to take it back to give my mother-in-law and grandmother a taste. They have never tasted such exquisite snacks! "
When Lu Mei heard this, she stuffed the snack box directly into the young man's arms: "You are really filial, kid, take all of these back!"
"This is so bad, we You can’t have it!”
Lu Mei: “I told you to keep it, so just keep it!”
With short hands, the two young men took the snack box. They answered honestly whatever Gu Nanxi asked next.
After waiting for about two sticks of incense, a group of people came from the north of the road with torches.
“Brother Jun, Brother Yong!” The leader was a Han man in his twenties. He ran over and looked at the two young men up and down. He saw that there was nothing wrong with them. Nothing happened, so I felt relieved.
Seeing their eldest brother arriving with the villagers, the two young men hurriedly introduced them to both parties: "Madam, this is my eldest brother, Li Fugui. Brother, this lady was blocked by us. Fa Tongxing not only didn’t blame us, he also kindly gave us snacks.”
The young man raised the snack box to Li Fugui like a treasure.
Li Fugui knew more than the two young men. When he saw how exquisite the box was, he knew that this woman was probably not an ordinary person.
So, Li Fugui thanked him profusely, and he and the villagers worked together to lift the tricycle and push it a few steps to a flat place before he warmly invited Gu Nanxi and his party to rest in the village.
"The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the weather is cold. I think my wife is freezing. Go to our house to drink some hot water, rest your feet, and warm yourself up."
Li Fugui is very enthusiastic. , Gu Nanxi was indeed tired and cold, so she agreed.
Li Fugui's village is not very far from the main road. If you walk on the narrow path, it will take as long as a stick of incense to walk faster.
This small village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, but the three hills are not high, and there are no mountain springs, streams or waterfalls.
The mountain is also an ordinary mountain, with some bushes and no wild animals.
The fields are not as neat as those in Woye Town. Instead, they are like patches, with patches here and there.
Li Fugui's house is an ordinary yellow mud house. The two women are reluctant to light yellow oil lamps, and the house is pitch black.
"Auntie, how many times have I told you that our three brothers have grown up and can all make money. You don't have to be so reluctant to spend money anymore. The house is so dark, if you and grandma are tripped If you fall, you will suffer a lot!”
Li Fugui muttered while lighting the oil lamp.
The oil lamp was lit, and the house instantly gained a touch of orange warmth.
The two ladies then realized that there were guests at home. They were at a loss and said with a smile: "I'll boil some hot water for the guests."
Li Fugui invited Gu Nanxi and his party The man entered the house to rest and said apologetically: "In the past few years, , The family is having a hard time. My mother-in-law and my grandmother are used to being frugal and are reluctant to light oil lamps."
After that, Li Fugui asked his two younger brothers to light the fire pit: "Although it didn't snow, it was still cold at night. , don’t get cold”
Brother Jun and Brother Yong obeyed and went to light the fire in the next room.
Two women called Li Fugui quietly and asked the guests if they wanted to eat.
Gu Nanxi heard the conversation between the three of them with sharp ears and said quickly: "Ms. Li, don't be too busy. We'll have a rest and then leave. Sit down together and let's chat."
Gu Nanxi sat on the fire bed. The fire bed was a little cold, but it was obvious that it was not burning during the day.
But as Brother Jun piled firewood into the fire, the fire slowly became warmer. Seeing that Gu Nanxi insisted and could not refuse, the two women also sat cross-legged on the kang.
Gu Nanxi smiled and said: "Is life easy at home?"
"It's better! It's getting better every year, it's like a dream!" Li's grandmother laughed He opened his mouth from ear to ear, revealing a gaping tooth.
"What are you doing at home now?"
Ms. Li raised her head and glanced at Gu Nanxi. This woman didn't look like an ordinary person, but she asked this question Down-to-earth topics.
"We don't have much land at home, so the two of us grow some vegetables near the door of our house. The three brothers go to business."
They say they are businessmen, but they are actually small traders.
It’s just that the little hawker on a tricycle sells more and more expensive things! The distance to run is also longer!
As if she had remembered something, Grandma Li took out a stick of incense from the cabinet tremblingly, lit it, bowed to the north, and then inserted it into an incense burner.
Li Fugui explained in a low voice: "This is for the general! Without the general, we would not have the good life we have now! If we have more money, we will go and ask for the portrait of the general!"
The general himself, Gu Nanxi, touched his nose in embarrassment.
"Li Langjun, how long have you been doing business on a tricycle?"
Li Fugui went to the kitchen, carrying a kettle and five or six bowls and came over: "From It started years ago! When the county government issued an announcement saying that tricycles could be rented, we started renting them! Our Yunzhou products are very popular in Shuozhou."
Gu Nanxi nodded, this is a dare for Li Fugui. Dare to do it!
The first group to rent a tricycle will have their deposit halved and their rent also halved. Those who follow will not have such favorable conditions.
Gu Nanxi: "How do you feel about using this tricycle?"
"It's great, stable, and easy to use! It can hold a lot of cargo! It's just that the road is too unstable, and it's not stable when you encounter some small roads. I can’t leave.”
After making a fire, Brother Jun and Brother Yong also walked in. When they heard this, they couldn’t help but complain.
“Those roads haven’t been repaired in many years! I’m worried that the stones will wear out the wheels when riding this tricycle!”
“Once, don’t we just Did the tire get scratched by a pebble? It cost a lot of money to repair it!”
The conversation between the three brothers reminded Gu Nanxi that if he wants to get rich, he must first build roads!
In the future, whether it is to strengthen Yunzhou's internal economic circulation or to trade with other states and counties, it will be extremely important to build a few spacious roads!
Gu Nanxi looked at Yan Tongchu: "When was the last time our official road in Yunzhou was built?"
Yan Tongchu thought for a while: "It must have been more than ten years since it was built. . ”
It’s embarrassing to say that several commonly used roads in Yunzhou were built during the Qin Dynasty and are still in use today.
Because road construction requires corvee labor, and Yunzhou has a small population and often faces wars, so there is no energy to build roads.
"It seems that our infrastructure construction is still far from enough!" Gu Nanxi couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when she thought of the title of infrastructure madman in later generations.
I have been living in school for so long, why didn’t I think of doing infrastructure construction?
(End of this chapter)