As he walked outside the city, Liu An inspected the shops on both sides of the street.

Later, I bought 4 rice cookers (yan), a large ceramic water tank, and 20 pairs of bowls and chopsticks from a grocery store, spending a total of 730 yuan.

After buying so many things, the time has come and Liu An still has 21,065 money left in his pocket, including 1 gold cake, 7 silver cakes, and 565 copper coins.

The car was already full and there was no way to put anything more. Liu An could only go home first, put down his things, and then come back to buy food.

Just when he walked to the city gate, Liu An saw another person carrying firewood and selling firewood. He still couldn't help himself and spent 30 yuan to buy 3 bundles of wood and put them in a large water tank.

Fortunately, the water tank is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to fit it in.

At this time, the strong bull that had just been extracted from the system finally couldn't hold on any longer, and the speed of pulling the cart slowed down.

In desperation, Liu An could only get out of the car, holding the cow rope with one hand and the blood spirit with the other, and walked slowly towards his home.

Under the longing and fearful eyes of the victims, Liu An successfully passed through the group of victims and entered Liujia Village not long after walking further.

It was almost noon at this time, and Zhuoxian County had not yet started planting crops on a large scale. They usually just went to the fields to plow the ground and clean up the dead grass.

Therefore, many villagers are at home during the noon period, and villagers who have no work to do will gather in groups on the street to chat about household matters and interesting things.

Seeing Liu An coming back with a bullock cart loaded with a lot of things, they all pointed curiously.

A few middle-aged men who had a good relationship with Liu An came forward and asked Liu An what he was going to do. Liu An only told them that he had bought some wasteland for reclamation and said no more.

Seeing that they couldn't get any more information, the villagers went back to tell others about the news they heard from Liu An.

Naturally, there are many irresponsible remarks among them, such as Liu An wasting money to buy these things, and it is better to save the money to buy good land.

There were also some who pointed at the cattle and the big dog, talked about them, and were either amazed or frightened.

Liu An was noncommittal, and who didn't know how to talk about gossip? When he made achievements, the rumors would be self-defeating.

Leading the ox cart into the house, Liu An saw Mrs. Cui sorting out the housework.

She took out a few sacks from home, took out the coarse grains from the earthen jars and put them into the sacks, and then poured the shelled rice and flour Liu An bought yesterday into two earthen jars for storage.

Seeing Liu An coming back with another cartful of things, he said in confusion:

"Why did my son buy so many appliances? How can we use so many appliances when we are the only two in the house?"

"My son has his own uses. Mother, go and make some food. He is very hungry."

At this time, most poor people had two meals a day. After eating breakfast in the morning, they would not eat the second meal until the next day.

Liu An was not hungry at that time. He was only sixteen years old. It was the time when his body was growing. He ate more and digested it faster.

"Hey." Mrs. Cui responded, but did not go to cook. Instead, she stared at the blood spirit who followed Liu An back and asked: "My son... this big dog...?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you." Liu An patted his head, pointed at the blood spirit and said to his mother: "This is the blood spirit. I met him outside the city today and saw him wandering around. He must be ownerless and with his son.

We fell in love so much that we decided to adopt it and name it Blood Spirit."

After speaking, Liu An patted Xue Ling's head again, bent down and pointed at his mother and said warmly to Xue Ling:

"Xue Ling, that is my mother, we are a family, and I will ask you to protect me from now on~~"

"Ouch~~" Xue Ling opened his mouth and roared, then he pulled the rope and waggled his tail and was about to run to Cui, but was caught by the rope.

When Liu An saw the blood spirit's gentle and even flattering gaze, he knew that it had no intention of harming his mother, so he loosened the rope.

Now the blood spirit ran to Cui's side like a wild horse that had escaped the reins, wagging its tail and circling around Cui.

At first, Ms. Cui was startled when she saw the blood spirit running towards her. After a while, she realized that it had no intention of harming her, and Ms. Cui felt relieved.

Seeing Xue Ling rubbing its head against her leg, Cui boldly reached out and touched its head. Xue Ling suddenly showed an expression of enjoyment.

"What a spiritual and good boy!"

Liu An felt relieved when he saw this and continued to move the goods.

Mrs. Cui stopped teasing Xue Ling and went to the house to get rice and then went to cook.

In the past, when the family was short of food, she would help her son cook when he was hungry. What's more, now there is no shortage of food in the family.

However, due to the habit of saving that she had developed over the years, she could only do her son's share. At most, she would have to make do with two mouthfuls of food left over from his son.

Liu An naturally knew what his mother was thinking, so he didn't say much. After putting away his things, he had to go to the city, and then he would buy some food in the city and come back.

While unloading things in the yard, Liu An said to Cui while panting slightly: "I have to go out after putting the things away. I will eat when I come back later."

"My son, please don't work too hard. Let's take a rest." Ms. Cui was worried about Liu An's health, fearing that he would be exhausted.

"That's fine." Liu An responded, "But I still have to go to the city after a short rest. Anyway, it will take some time to cook."

When Cui saw Liu An like this, she said nothing.

After moving the things one by one to the yard, Liu An took a short rest, fed some food and water to the cattle, and secretly cut a piece of raw pork from his mother's room and secretly fed it to the blood spirit.

Then Liu An drove the bullock cart and went out again.

After paying the 10 yuan entrance fee, the city guard let me go more easily this time, and even joked with Liu An with a smile.

Liu An also accepted it with a smile. Less than a quarter of an hour later, Liu An came to the store where he bought the quilt yesterday.

The boy was still at the door, lazily leaning against the door frame and casually looking at the passers-by.

When he saw Liu An walking towards him, the boy knew that business was coming and put a smile on his face.

"Mr. Lang is here, what are you going to see today?"

"Do you have the bedding or straw mat that someone else replaced? It's cheaper."

"Yes, Zhengchou doesn't know what to do with it!" The boy immediately became happy when he heard it, "Rich people won't use what others have left. Those who have no money can't even buy what others have left. They took advantage of it a few years ago.

The bedding that was collected by someone else is still in the library. Please wait a moment, Mr. Lang, and I will go and get it with you."

"Go quickly." Liu An listened to the waiter's complaint and waved his hand helplessly to urge him.

He had to rush home for dinner. It was already noon and he was already hungry.

After a while, the boy came back with a quilt and a straw mat.

Liu An saw that the quilt in the boy's hand felt a little familiar. It was similar to the tattered quilt he had been covered with when he first arrived yesterday.

The mattress also had holes in some places, and even the poplar catkins inside could be seen.

The straw mat is a bit better, only the corners are slightly damaged, but it does not affect its use.

"What's the price?" Liu An asked with slight disgust. If it was too expensive, he wouldn't buy it.

"The shopkeeper said that if you want to buy this quilt, you have to buy a set. You can't just buy the quilt without the mattress. A set is sold at the lowest price of 200 yuan. I hope you don't negotiate the price. You can buy the straw mat alone, 80 yuan a piece."

"oh?"

Only 200 dollars for a set?

It's acceptable, Liu An thought, but the counteroffer still has to be paid.
Chapter completed!