Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 15 Trouble is Coming

After some time, Tian Buli cultivated his character and practiced martial arts diligently for a period of time, and his health improved a lot.

Name: Tian Buli
External Qi: 1.62, determines strength, sound level, and speed of recovery from physical injuries.

Internal Energy: 0.80, determines the strength of internal energy, and the speed of recovery of physical strength and energy.

Body bones: 1.1, affects external skills training and defense.

Root bone: 1, affects the cultivation of internal strength.

Facial bones: 1, affects appearance

Spiritual roots: 10.001, affects the speed of cultivation and memory ability.

Daoxing: 30 days

Luck: 1. Accumulated once every hundred years. Can be used actively to seek opportunities that are not higher than one's own level of Taoism, but if one's strength is insufficient, one will surely fail.

Lifespan: 18/50
The job of delivering tofu every day became a lot easier. In order to buy more books, I got up in the middle of the night to make tofu and increased the amount from one bucket to two buckets.

That day, Tian Buli and Bao'er went to deliver tofu. They picked up two more boxes of tofu for Hu'er and asked Hu'er to sell them at the original place. Then they went to deliver the goods.

Just a few minutes after Tian Buli and Baoer left, Zhang Erli's wife Liu Cui came over.

Zhang Erli is a street thug. He usually hangs around with the constables from the yamen, eating, drinking and helping out.

Because of his connection with the government, Zhang Erli is considered a strong man on this street.

Liu Cui walked over, looked at the tofu on the box, and threw a coquettish glance at Hu'er.

"Little kid, how much is this tofu?"

Hu Er said quickly, "One penny for one dollar, two pennies for two dollars."

"Give me a piece to try. If it tastes good, I'll pay for it." Liu Cui looked at Hu'er with a smile.

Huer lowered his head embarrassedly and cut a palm-sized piece for his young sister-in-law.

Liu Cui took it in her hand and took a bite. She felt that it was indeed better than ordinary tofu. No wonder it was favored by the people in Liu’s house.

"What's your name, little kid?"

"Hu'er!" Hu'er said his name foolishly and didn't dare to look at the beautiful woman.

Liu Cui said with a smile: "Brother Hu'er, why is your tofu so delicious? Is it made by you?"

Hu Er nodded quickly, "I made it! I'll wait for my brother to come back and help me look after the stall, and I'll go back to make tofu."

Liu Cui smiled like a flower, "My mother wants to eat some fresh tofu, but my family has a stone mill and beans, but we can't make beans. My home is not far from here. Can you help me when you are free?"

Hu Er showed an embarrassment, "I am only free in the afternoon. My mother will let my brothers and I go out to play after lunch."

Liu Cui whispered seductively, "Then come to see me in the afternoon after dinner."

"I'll be waiting for you at the rice dumpling stand next to me. I'll treat you to some rice dumplings. I've also made chicken soup at home. Don't tell your family. Don't tell them."

Hu Er looked at the big sister who was very close to him, swallowed his saliva, and nodded quickly, "Okay..."

Liu Cui left quickly without paying.

At around eleven o'clock, Tian Buli came back from outside.

"Tiger, how are the tofu sales?"

"It's almost sold out. The hotel owner said he'll pay me at the end of the month."

Tian Buli took the more than 30 copper coins that Hu'er earned from selling tofu, and felt that this business was too difficult to do because of the serious problem of selling on credit.

"Okay, I'll go to the bookstore and buy some warming herbs. You keep an eye on the stall."

"Okay, second dad." Tian Buli quickly went to a nearby bookstore to have a look.

There are more than a dozen martial arts schools in the county, some of which are run by disciples of the escort agency, and some by yamen runners and constables.

The poor are good at literature, but the rich are good at martial arts. Learning martial arts not only requires tuition fees, but also requires eating well and being able to afford nourishing medicine.

Tian Buli has no spare money now, so he can only help Mr. Bing to get his health back and see if he can pass the imperial examination in the future.

Another thing is that Tian Buli himself also wants to learn some culture, do less physical work, and be more relaxed and less tired.

I read for a while, then went back to eat and rested and read some more.

The task of delivering tofu to Liu's residence in the afternoon cannot be assigned to Huer and Baoer.

Tian Buli set out at around four o'clock with the tofu he made in the morning. He delivered the tofu to the Liu family kitchen at around five or six o'clock and came back to sleep and rest at around seven o'clock in the evening.

The task of soaking the beans was done by the bean lady and her two children. They got up at one or two o'clock in the morning to work and then rested.

Although I sleep less than eight hours a day, my body has become stronger recently, I eat well, dress warmly and don't overwork myself. This has no impact for a while and my life has increased by another year.

That evening, he had just delivered tofu to the people in Liu's house and was rushing home when he suddenly met two runners on the way.

"Hey! Stop! What are you doing at this time of night?"

When Tian Buli saw the two officers approaching him with frivolous looks, he knew that his wallet was in trouble.

"My dear lords, I am a tofu seller on the street. I used to work for Fuyuan Escort Agency. Recently, I have been delivering tofu to the Liu Mansion."

After Tian Buli finished speaking, he hurriedly took out more than twenty copper coins he had prepared from his waist.

"Sir, please take a look. This is the monthly salary that the steward of the Liu Mansion just paid today. It's still warm."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Gao and Geng Li approached with a smile.

Zhang Gao took it and weighed it, then said with a smile, "You are indeed a sensible boy, and you know how to behave."

Tian Buli bent down and lowered his head. "What the official said is that you should understand the rules of the place where you live."

Zhang Gao put the money in his arms and put it away. Although this amount of money was small, it was much more useful than the money owed by the government.

"Go away. From now on, don't forget to honor Grandpa on the first and fifteenth day of every month!"

"Yes!" Tian Buli smiled and left with the empty box, his eyes full of hesitant murderous intent.

I want to resist, but I don't want to get into trouble.

The skins of these two officers are too tough. It is easy to beat them, but it will cause a lot of trouble later.

Tian Buli endured it anyway, and after returning home, he told Mr. Bing and Lady Dou about the incident.

"If we can't afford to offend, we can afford to hide."

Tian Buli did not let others worry, and said seriously: "I plan to rent a small courtyard near Liu's house to make tofu, so that it will be convenient for delivery in the future, and there are fewer bad people nearby, so it is safer to live there."

Dou Niangzi had long wanted Tian Buli to get married and start a family, so she quickly supported him and said, "Tian Ge'er's idea is good. We can avoid it, but what about the business here?"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I see there's another tofu vendor on the street. Business on this street is all about following whoever's doing the best business. I don't think the business here in South City is that good. Why don't we go to North City and have a look?"

Mr. Sick nodded and said, "That's fine. I'll live here. I can eat and walk on my own now. Don't worry."

Tian Buli said hurriedly, "We just paid the protection fee this month, so we are fine for now. It's hard to find a place to stay at the end of the year, so it won't be too late to wait until next spring. We can just continue to live here, and I'll go ask when I deliver tofu."

Lady Dou said happily: "Brother Tian, ​​just make your own decisions. You know more than a woman like me. I can do anything you want!"

After discussing things, the anger in my heart subsided a lot.

Out of sight out of mind.

(End of this chapter)