Chapter 4: Quiet Days
The sun has risen, the fog has been swept away, and the lazy atmosphere of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River in the previous life is greeted by Pulai, walking on the bluestone-paved streets, Li Ji's mood is also much brighter.
Compared with the previous life, there is no reinforced concrete, no traffic, and no people in a hurry.
That's how life should be......
A few big girls and little daughters-in-law came out of the small alley in front, everyone held a wooden barrel and a wooden basin in their hands, which was full of clothes, and the people in the town were used to washing clothes by Cixi, with a unique soaphorn, with the sweet stream water, the washed clothes left a trace of fresh sweet fragrance.
Of course Li Ji will not be like this, he has neither the time nor the mood to mess around with a group of women, and the blood-stained clothes and pants he took off have been washed with well water last night, which is not a problem at all for a person who has lived alone for more than ten years in his previous life, although in this world, it is a little strange for a big man to do his own laundry.
The chattering women walked by happily, Li Ji didn't notice, he was a very weak person, he was like this in his previous life, and he was even more restrained in this life, but a young voice called out to him,
"Brother Li, Brother Li......"
The owner of the voice was a young girl, seventeen or eighteen years old, her face was red and simple, and her hands holding the wooden basin were a little rough because of long-term labor, not to mention how beautiful she was, but it was a healthy and youthful breath from her simple face, and there were no ugly girls in eighteen or nineteen, roughly so. This is Xiaofang, a girl from the Feng tailor's family in the town, who is ingenious and a good girl in Cixi Town.
"It's Sister Xiaofang, what's the matter, is there something wrong?" Li Ji asked knowingly.
"Brother Li, I, I see that you came back yesterday with blood on your clothes...... Give it to me, I'll wash it for you!"
The Cixi woman is gentle like water, but her personality is not procrastinating at all, she dares to think and speak, but she will not hide it, and several women around her couldn't help but giggle.
"Sister Lao is worried, I washed the clothes last night, so I won't bother the sister, next time, next time I will wait for a basin to find you to wash, do you think it's good?"
"It's ...... every time"
Xiao Fang's face showed undisguised disappointment, and after hesitation, he finally didn't say more, and left with his companions, and the sound of women's scolding was heard in the distance, which seemed to be related to him......
Li Ji shook his head and left by himself. How could he not guess the heart of this girl, but how would he consider such a thing in his present situation, the future is uncertain, the direction is uncertain, and it is precisely because he is a good girl that he does not want to have anything to do with her, and it has nothing to do with appearance.
Keep your distance and don't give her illusions, so as not to hurt people, after all, his heart is not here......
The girls of this world, Li Ji sighed, but it is not like what was written in the online article in the previous life, there are superb beauties everywhere, their skin is like clotted fat at every turn, and they have the fragrance of the country as soon as they go out, not that he is picky, nor how ugly the women of Cixi are, they are all ordinary people, ordinary appearance, ordinary, working people, working every day, it is not realistic for you to expect them to be white and enchanting,
This is a real world, no matter what, Li Ji is still very happy, and it is always a pleasure to be liked and remembered.
Walk through the street of Zhenxi, turn south, there is an alley, there are a few good early shops in the inside, especially the famous bun Zhang, the countryman is real, the meat bun with the big fist of adults, the skin is thin and sunken, it is the unique camel beef chopped in Nanli, supplemented by a small amount of green onions, green skin tiger pepper, full of a large lump of meat, a bite down, it is really full of fragrant mouth, Li Ji eats all over the streets and alleys of Cixi, but it is necessary to do it early.
The alleys are full of people,
"Saburo is here. ”
"Sit here. ”
The greetings continued. Coming here for nearly a year, Li Ji can't recognize everyone in the town, but no one else doesn't know the famous Li Sanlang, Li Ji nodded his head to salute, someone has already given up the bench, not long after, ten big traps of beef buns, two big bowls of red bean porridge were brought over, Li Ji is in the prime of life, and every day to boil the body, is already hungry, for a while, so that the chopsticks are like flying, the wind and clouds.
Li Ji doesn't have to pay for eating here, it's not that he deceives and dominates the market, Baozi Zhang can't wait for San Lang to come and eat every day, and if he can eat alone, how much can he eat for the food shop? The key is that since he came here to eat breakfast, no one in Cixi, big and small, has dared to come here to eat the overlord's meal, and that's all, all the breakfast shops in the town are jealous of Baozi Zhang.
The so-called follow the customs of the countryside, Li Ji is not an arrogant person, a civil servant in the countryside, if you are too outstanding and too honest, what should others do?
After the meal is over, I walk out of the alley in the voice of the diners, and every hour, it is one of the important tasks to order at the town office.
Li Ji despised the card system in this world, and there were three people in the entire Cixi Town who were officially making up a public meal, and a few more temporary workers when there was something, Qiang Fu Xujihai, the official Xiao Ziming, plus himself. Originally, everyone was so easy to be good, there was something to come, nothing to disperse, but the Qiang Fu was dull and dull, he didn't know how to be accommodating, and he was like a county lord who was engaged in form, and he was also a man who wanted to be an official and wanted to go crazy.
The town office is located in the center of Cixi Town Street, a small courtyard, not much bigger than the one where Li Ji lives, that is, the location is more eye-catching. When Li Ji entered the door, the other two had already arrived, and generally Li Ji was always the last, he had little to do, he didn't take power, and he had a little force, but no one pointed a finger at him.
A few questions and answers with Qiang Fu Xujihai, and a few idle clerks and a few idle clerks, knowing that there is nothing important today, he is ready to go to the town as usual to inspect it. The low-level public is probably like this, when there is something to do, they are busy to death, and when they have nothing to do, they are also idle, and they go to have fun, and no one cares about you. Before going out, he met the official Xiao Ziming, and the two of them pretended not to see each other and ignored each other.
This Xiao Ziming is the only native of the three public offices in Cixi Town, and he is a simple rise from the villagers, while Li Ji is from Shuangcheng, as for Xu Jihai, he was born in the imperial examination, and his home is even farther away. Xiao Ziming is a local, his network channels are not comparable to others, his life is mean, treacherous, although there is no big evil, there are a lot of calculations and exploits in small fights,
When Li Ji first arrived, he didn't understand the stake at first, and he was fair in several disputes, but he offended this guy fiercely.