Chapter 10 Qi is born from blood, breakthrough! "These boots are quite strong!" Li Yuan, who was controlling the "Liuhe Boots", was moving among the crowd with shining eyes. This is a more immediate improvement than the training hammer or the bone-cutting knife. Every step you take feels like someone is pushing you from behind, which not only saves energy but also increases your speed. The only drawback is that one shoe does have some influence... "Tsk tsk, he's walking very fast. Is the blessing of entering the rank so direct? This is just one boot, if there are two, wouldn't the speed be even faster?" He jumped out three or four meters with one foot, feeling a strong "pushing back feeling". Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and the muddy and slippery snow did not affect him at all. "A first-level weapon-controlling talisman can only control one weapon at a time, and it takes two days to cool down each time you change it... I have to upgrade it to make money!" Li Yuan was happy but also a little distressed. Money is hard to earn, it has always been like this. In the past month, in addition to joining the kitchen and greatly improving his diet, he also tried other methods.
However, the skills he learned in his previous life were of no use, whether it was performing rituals or assisting in childbirth. There is no capital to buy low and sell high, and even if there is capital, there is a threshold that cannot be circumvented. Gang! All industries in Gaoliu County have long been divided up among various families. Fishing and woodcutting are supervised by the woodcutting gang and the fishing gang, and they take commissions, not to mention other industries. "Liang Ashui is here!" Suddenly, someone shouted in the market. Li Yuan looked up and saw a huge crowd gathering towards the young man in the west who was carrying several fish baskets. He had a strong physique and a slightly dark complexion. He was exactly the Liang A Shui whom he had met before. He was very famous in Chaiyufang in recent months. "Did you catch another spirit fish?" Li Yuan muttered to himself. He was also a frequent buyer, so naturally he had heard of Liang A Shui's deeds. It is said that although his parents died early, he developed a good skill in fishing and caught three spiritual fish in succession. Not only did he renovate his house, he also joined the "Lihe Martial Arts School", one of the three major martial arts schools in the inner city. The fishing gangs that were targeting him were helpless. "Red-browed fish? Qin is lucky. How much is this fish? I'll take it!" Amid the noise, Li Yuan heard a familiar voice, very loud. Who else could it be but Qin Xiong? Among the pedestrians who are just over meters tall on the street, Qin Xiong, who is meters tall, is more than just a standout. Wherever he passed, pedestrians all retreated and let him walk to Liang A Shui. "Spirit fish." Glancing at the huge crowd, Li Yuan felt a little itchy. The price of the spirit fish scared him, but also made him excited. He could make money so quickly. One fish was enough to pay for three years' monthly salary for more than a dozen apprentices! "What a pity. I've never seen any weapon related to fishing..."
Li Yuan looked from a distance for a while, then turned and left. …… Li Yuan put the silver in his pocket, went back to the blacksmith shop first, picked up two cured fish, asked for leave, went out, walked through the alleys and streets, and came to the yard of his second brother Li Lin's house. It was a bright afternoon, the snow in the city was gradually melting, and people were shoveling snow in front of their doors in the streets and alleys. Li Lin was pushing snow out of the alley. He looked up and saw Li Yuan, and immediately smiled: "Come inside and take a rest first. I'll push this little snow out and make you something to eat!" "No need, brother. I just ate." Li Yuan stuffed the two salted fish into his hands and handed them to his second brother, then grabbed the shovel to clear the snow. "Good boy, your strength has increased!" Li Lin was startled, then took the cured fish with a smile and said: "Then you sweep the snow, and I'll go cook these two cured fish for you. It just so happens that your sister-in-law bought two pounds of fat yesterday..." "If I really eat it, how can the kitchen helper be hungry?" Li Yuan was helpless, but he did not call Li Lin. He could only clear the snow quickly. When he entered the yard again, he could already smell the aroma of fish. "Go inside and wait for a while. It's cold outside." Li Lin was busy without raising his head: "It snowed early this year, and my winter clothes have just been made. They are right next to the bed. Go and try them on to see if they fit you." "Second brother!" Li Yuan caught a glimpse of the winter clothes in the house and his heart tightened. "Second brother, where did you get all this money?" A winter coat is not cheap. Even the worst cloth plus cotton-padded clothes cost more than one tael of silver, which is enough for an ordinary family to eat for half a year. "Charcoal prices are good before winter. I have collected more firewood in the past few months. Add your sister-in-law's wages, and what's the cost of making a cotton coat?" After the cured fish was cooked, Li Lin returned to the house, closed the door, picked up the cotton coat and put it on Li Yuan, smiling: "This little boy really grows taller every month. Luckily your sister-in-law made him a size bigger, otherwise he would be too tight to wear!" "I don't want this cotton coat. The Blacksmith Shop will give out a winter coat when winter comes. You can alter this one and give it to my sister-in-law. She washes clothes for others and it's very hard work." Li Yuan shook his head and took off his clothes. "What good clothes can an apprentice have? Just wear them if you give them to me!" Li Lin glared, but seeing that his third brother frowned and said nothing, knowing his stubborn temper, he could only soften his tone: "Our family has been impoverished for many years, but your sister-in-law is still willing to marry me. If I treat her badly, won't I be struck by lightning? Here you go, keep it." Seeing Li Lin's firm attitude, Li Yuan had no choice but to accept it, but he also held his second brother's hand: "Second brother, tell me the truth, did you borrow money from anyone?" "Who told you that? That fat guy..." Li Lin frowned, but soon relaxed. He glanced at the doors and windows and said in a low voice: "I borrowed some money from Qianbao in the front street. Nine out of ten returned, which is normal. I said I would give it to him before the beginning of winter next year... Although my family is impoverished, we still have some savings. You..."
As Li Lin spoke, he coughed. Footsteps were heard outside the door. It was his second sister-in-law who came back. "Second brother, you..." Li Yuan wanted to ask clearly, but when he saw the beautiful woman pushing the door open, he had to put it aside for the time being. "Sister-in-law." Li Yuan says hello. "Ah." The woman went to the kitchen to get some warm water to soak her chilblained hands, and without even turning her head, she responded: "Since you are here, just take the cotton-padded jacket. This will save your second brother from having to run around again! I don't know what bad luck I have..." "Thank you, sister-in-law." Li Yuan thanked him quickly and ignored the rest of the words. He has great respect for his second sister-in-law. After the Li family fell into poverty, she did not deny the engagement, but married his second brother with her dowry. She also used her own dowry to pay off the previous foreign debt. "The fish is ready, I'll serve it!" Li Lin lowered his head and dared not speak, and ran to the kitchen. "Sister-in-law, I've already had lunch, so I'll leave first." Li Yuan also wants to run. Two fish and two pounds of meat seemed like a lot, but if he stayed, the couple might not eat much, and that was not what he wanted. "Eat before you go, eh?" "Stinky boy!" Hearing the shouts of his brother and sister-in-law from behind, Li Yuan walked out of the alley holding his cotton coat without looking back. With his brisk steps, Li Lin chased out but couldn't even see the shadow of the man, so he stomped his feet and went back to the house. …… "Qian Bao? He lives in the front street, and seems to be a small leader of the fishing gang? Nine times out of ten, thirteen back, this is actually fair in my memory?" Outside the alley, Li Yuan slowed down his pace, recalled the past, and felt a little relieved. In his memory, although his second brother seemed honest, he was not an ordinary person. He was able to raise himself up despite being heavily in debt even though his father and grandfather had passed away and his eldest brother was missing. He should not be able to borrow money that he cannot repay, right? But can there be good people among those who lend money at high interest rates? Recalling some rumors about loan sharks and loan sharks in his previous life, Li Yuan suddenly felt a sense of urgency. “We have to make money!” Li Yuan gritted his teeth: "Before that, first practice the White Ape Cloak Hammer to the basics!" ……
…… "call!" "Suck!" The moonlight shone brightly on the snow. In the small courtyard, Li Yuan was doing the monkey-shaped squatting exercise, constantly adjusting his breathing. "It is recorded in the book that the Ape Six Breathing Method completely replaced the original breathing method, and the Ape-Shaped Cloak Hammer was considered to be fully developed, but Fatty Sun's breathing seems to be normal..." While relaxing his muscles and bones, Li Yuan was thinking. About half an hour later, he felt the vibration of the weapon-controlling talisman, then he closed his eyes slightly, took off the 'Liuhe Boots' on the gray stone platform, and regained control of the 'Training Hammer'. "Instantly, decades of experience in hammer training flooded into my mind. This power..." Feeling the hammer in his hand, Li Yuan adjusted his breathing. call! At a certain moment, the hammer head broke through the wind and the arms swung like an ape. Pieces of snow were blown into the air, Li Yuan stood still and danced with the hammer, the mastery level of hammer technique did not include breathing technique, but the hammer technique was inherently related to the breathing technique. Gradually, his movements became faster and faster, and the noise was so loud that it woke up Fatty Sun in the house. But soon, he stopped moving and stood still. "what?" Fatty Sun narrowed his eyes slightly. "call!" "Suck!" Li Yuan was immersed in the sound of his own breathing. He felt as if he had turned into a stream of air, which flowed through his respiratory tract into his limbs and bones. His senses became extremely sensitive. Can you even 'hear' the sound of your own blood? hum! At a certain moment, Li Yuan opened his eyes wide and felt a faint gas coming out of his blood! "It's done!" (End of this chapter)