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Li Ergou and Cardinal had only been standing outside for a short period of time.

Li Ergou's sister-in-law had already locked the green ox back in the circle. Seeing Cardinal still standing outside, she hurriedly called out to him. "Let's go, let's go. Don't just stand there like an idiot. Let's talk inside."

Li Ergou added, "Come, let's go inside."

Cardinal Li Ergou nodded and followed him into the house.

The only light came from the stove in the middle. The stove was square, and it didn't sound like a proper stove. In fact, it was actually a square stone stove, with firewood inside and some firewood beside the stove.

There was a man sitting by the stove, adding a few sticks of wood from time to time.

Fortunately, poor families can go to the mountains to chop firewood on their own, no need to spend money to buy. Those who spent money to buy firewood were all wealthy families, and they didn't need to do these menial tasks themselves.

However, there were not many families in Snail Village that were rich. All the rich people had gone to live in the village. Even the poor people wanted to go to the town to work and earn some money.

The peasants were always busy all year round. It was the greatest happiness for them to look after their own plot of land.

The person who had added the firewood was Li Ergou's big brother, Li HeiNiu.

After putting the firewood into the furnace, he turned around and saw Cardinal Li's face clearly reflected in the firelight. It was a square face with relatively dark skin and short hair. He wore a set of short sleeves made of sackcloth.

Seeing that his own wife and brother had a person behind them, he asked, "Flowers, is this person …?"

He said, "Ah, this person is passing by our village. I thought Ergou went there too late to release the ox and thought that he was just leading the way for the young master, but the young master wanted to find a place to rest, so I agreed."

Li Ergou heard his wife's words.

He immediately said, "Oh, so it's like this. Come quickly, let's sit here." As he spoke, he had already found a stool for Cardinal.

After Cardinal Cheng sat down, Li Ergou found a stool and sat beside him.

Li Ergou's big brother worked very hard, being as diligent as an ox in the fields, but he didn't speak much. After calling the emperor to sit, he didn't know what to say, so he called out to Li Ergou's sister-in-law, "Flower, it's getting late. Hurry up and make dinner. The land is rather busy today, I've starved to death."

"Look at you, you hungry bastard! Wasn't it the Blazing Dog Ergou! Otherwise, we could have eaten a long time ago. " After muttering to himself, he walked to the corner of the room, lit a fire, and began to busy himself.

Li Ergou's elder sister-in-law was born and bred in the village. She was a harsh person, but she was very capable and capable. Her cooking and sewing were not inferior to her elder sister-in-law's. Everyone in the village said that Li Ergou and her elder sister-in-law were quite compatible.

One was simple and honest, while the other was smart and capable. Together, they were just right.

After Li Ergou sat down, he said, "This is how our house is. You can have it. Three taels of silver won't be enough to make you eat anything. It's good enough to have some side dishes."

Three silver taels were more than enough to make it easier to eat in a restaurant.

"It's alright. I'm not some young master from a wealthy family who would go through a lot of hardships."

Hearing him say this, Li Ergou asked, "Your family should be very rich. With such generous efforts, people who don't have money for a long time would need at least ten gold coins." Li Ergou did not lie, as his sister-in-law did.

The villagers were all familiar with each other, and they didn't feel like bargaining any further after a long time. Everyone's price was normal, and there would even be some benefits if they gave it to a regular customer.

Cardinal Cheng laughed, "Money is just an external object, why would you care so much."

Li Ergou had never read many books, and did not quite understand them.

Skipping over this topic, he asked, "You have a treasured sword, and you're a swordsman? Do you know martial arts? "

He took a long time to ask about his treasured sword, but in reality, along the way, the children had been secretly watching his sword.

In his youth, which family's man had never dreamed of such a thing? One man, one horse.

"I suppose so."

When the child heard his words, he immediately became spirited, "Are you from the Hua Shan Sect? Who's stronger than the Hua Shan Sword Technique or the Karakorum Sword League? "

"I'm not from Huashan Sect. My swordsmanship is very bad, and I'm just a three-legged cat."

The child was convinced, "You don't look like an expert. Ai, I thought you met a sword immortal from the Hua Shan Sect."

Seeing him in such a state, Cardinal didn't explain further and didn't say anything more. The firelight flickered as the firewood burned out. At this time, Li Ergou's elder brother added a few more pieces of firewood.

At this time, a shout came from the room, "Daniu, Ergou, quickly set up the table and eat!"

Afterwards, Li Ergou went to open up a folded wooden table, then went to the house to help his wife with the dishes.

After entering the room, he whispered with his wife as if asking about the origins of the Cardinal, and even if his wife was happy to show him the five taels of silver she had earned today.

Before long, there was a small table with dishes on it.

A plate of tofu, a plate of cabbage, a plate of bacon, a plate of eggs, and a plate of mashed potatoes.

Li Ergou's sister-in-law brought out bacon and eggs to serve him.

Li Ergou looked at the dishes on the table. Meat that could only be eaten during New Year's was all that was left for him to eat.

Li Ergou's sister-in-law served them food, muttering to herself, "There's nothing good at home, so let's just eat. If there's a little more money, I can make some red-braised pork and pot of meat, but unfortunately, these are the only things in the family. Don't mind them."

With that, he placed the bowl in front of Cardinal.

Without touching his chopsticks, he waited for everyone to sit down.

"Eat, eat. That's right, Young Master, what's your name?"

Li Ergou's elder sister-in-law had never read books, either. She had only heard that all the sons and daughters of rich families were called 'Young Masters'.

Cardinal said he was called Cardinal.

Li Ergou's sister-in-law asked doubtfully, "Tree orange?"

"That's a good name, it sounds pretty good."

Li Ergou gave Big Bro Li Ergou some food, and said, "Eat, don't be polite, eat, eat." As he said this, he took the two pieces of cured meat and placed them in the bowl of cardinals.

Zhu Cheng said, "It's fine, it's fine. I'll do it myself." Then he began to eat and eat.

Li Ergou would occasionally pick a few pieces of meat to eat, but Li Ergou rarely picked up a piece of meat. He kept on telling Cardinal to not be courteous and to eat more.

As he ate, he felt that something was different.

It was different when they were eating for a restaurant. Even though Li Ergou's sister-in-law was targeting Li Ergou, when they were together, they felt like a family.

Cardinal had only felt this way when he was with his master, but now he suddenly felt this again. Li Ergou was rather poor, but not necessarily poor.