Chapter 7 Peaceful Days
When I woke up, it was the end of Yin and the beginning of Mao. Since I started breathing and vomiting, my sleep became very regular and of high quality. This was probably equivalent to about 5 o'clock in my previous life. Before dawn, the entire town was shrouded in the thick fog unique to the hillside area. Fortunately, this was not haze.
After washing up, Li Ji began to cross his legs. After half an hour, he had 3,000 bow steps and retreated fencing, the last 500 push-ups and 200 upside down sit-ups. This was his homework every morning. He didn't know whether it was scientific or not. He felt good. It was already past Mao time, which was around 7:30. At this time, Cixi Town had begun to wake up. People who drove cars, sold vegetables, and breakfast and snacks, adding endless vitality to the town.
The sun has risen and the fog has been swept away. The lazy atmosphere of Jiangnan water town in his previous life is coming to the simplicity. Walking on the street paved with bluestone, Li Ji's mood is much more cheerful. Compared with his previous life, there is no steel and concrete, no traffic, and no crowds of people walking in a hurry... Life should be like this...
A few big girls and wives were turned out from the small hall in front. Everyone was holding wooden buckets and basins in their hands, filled with clothes. People in the town were used to washing clothes by Cixi. They used a unique soap bean and sweet stream water. The washed clothes left a refreshing sweet fragrance. Of course, Li Ji would not do this. He had no time or the mood to mess with a group of women. The blood-stained clothes he took off had been washed with well water last night. For a person who had lived alone in his previous life for more than ten years, this was not a problem at all. Although in this world, it was a bit strange for a big man to wash clothes by himself.
The chattering women walked happily by, but Li Ji did not pay attention. He was a very indifferent person. He was like this in his previous life and was even more restrained in this life. But a young voice stopped him, "Brother Li, Brother Li..."
The owner of the voice is a young girl, 17 and 8 years old, with a blushing face, and her hands holding a wooden basin are a bit rough due to long-term work. It is not very beautiful, but it is a healthy and youthful atmosphere from the plain face. There is no ugly girl in 18 and 9, which is roughly like this. This is Xiaofang, a girl from Tailor Feng’s house in the town. She is skillful and has a good girl in Cixi Town.
"It's Xiaofang, why? Is there anything wrong?" Li Ji asked knowingly.
"Brother Li...I, I see that when you came back yesterday, there was blood on your clothes... Let me, I will wash it for you..." The woman in Cixi was gentle as water, but her personality was not slow at all. She dared to think and say, but she would not hide it. The women around her couldn't help but giggled.
"I'm worried about it when I'm working. I've finished washing my clothes last night, so I won't bother me anymore. Next time, I'll get a basin to find you to wash it next time. How can you see?"
"It's like this every time..." Xiaofang's face showed unconcealed disappointment. After hesitation, she didn't say much. She left with her companions, and the sound of women fighting and scolding came from afar, as if it was related to him...
Li Ji shook his head and left. How could he not guess the girl's thoughts for two lifetimes? However, with his current situation, he would consider such things. The future is uncertain and the direction is uncertain. It is precisely because he is a good girl that he is unwilling to have anything to do with her. It has nothing to do with her appearance. Keeping a distance and not giving her fantasies will not hurt people. After all, his heart is not here...
Li Ji sighed. It was not like what was written in the previous life's online article. There were all the best beauties everywhere. They always had their skin like cream, and they were as beautiful as they went out. It was not that he was picky or that the women in Cixi were ugly. They were all ordinary people, ordinary appearance, ordinary people, working people every day, and it was not realistic to expect them to be fair and charming. This is a real world... No matter what, Li Ji was still very happy. Being loved and thinking about by others is always a pleasant thing.
Walking through Zhenxi Street and turning south, there was an alley, and there were several good breakfast shops in it. Among them, Baozi Zhang was the most famous. The country people are really good. The meat buns with big fists with adults are thin and sunken. They are chopped camel beef unique to Nanli, supplemented with a small amount of raw green onion, green tiger pepper, and a large pile of meat. After biting it, it was really full of fragrance. Li Ji ate all the streets and alleys of Cixi, but breakfast was a must.
People were surging in the alley, "Sanlang is here...", "Walk to sit here...", and there were constant greetings. After nearly a year of coming here, Li Ji could not recognize everyone in the town, but everyone else knew the famous Li Sanlang. Li Ji nodded and greeted him. Someone gave up the bench. Soon, ten big beef buns and two big bowls of red bean porridge were brought over. Li Ji was in his youth and strong year, and he was already hungry. For a moment, the chopsticks were flying, and the wind swept the remaining clouds.
Li Ji didn't have to pay for eating here. It wasn't that he bullied the market. Baozi Zhang wanted Sanlang to come to eat every day, every meal, and how much can he eat for a person? The key is that since he came here to eat breakfast, no one from all over Cixi dared to come here to eat the king's meal. Just this is the case, all the breakfast shops in the town are jealous of Baozi Zhang. As the saying goes, Li Ji is not a arrogant person, a civil servant in the countryside. If you act too outstandingly and honestly, what should you do?
After the meal, he walked out of the alley with the greetings of the diners. Every day, it was one of the important tasks to go to the town office to order Mao. Li Ji despised the world's card swiping system. There were only three people in Cixi Town who were officially engaged in the meal. When there was something to do, a few temporary workers were added, Qiangfu Xu Jihai, the official Xiao Ziming, and himself. It was a good thing for everyone to be relaxed. If there was something to do, they would be dispersed. However, Qiangfu Xu Jihai was dull and did not know how to be a concise. He was like a county magistrate, and he was also a crazy person who wanted to be an official.
The town office is located in the center of Cixi Town Street. It is a small courtyard, which is not much bigger than the one Li Ji lives in, which means that the location is more eye-catching. When Li Ji entered the door, the other two had already arrived. Generally, Li Ji was always the last one. He had little work and did not take power. He had some force, so no one pointed at him.
I asked Qiangfu Xu Jihai for a few questions and talked to a few idle books and a few idle books. I knew that there was nothing important today, so I planned to go to the town to inspect as usual. The lower-level officials were like this. They were busy when they had something to do, and they were still idle when they had nothing to do. They went to have fun, and no one came to care about you. Before going out, they met the official Xiao Ziming, and both of them pretended not to meet each other and ignored each other.
Xiao Ziming is the only native of the three public offices in Cixi Town. He was simply a local. Li Ji was born in the two cities. As for Xu Jihai, he was from the imperial examination and his family was even further away. Xiao Ziming was a local, and his connections were beyond his reach. He was mean and treacherous. Although he had no big evil, he had many small plots and exploitation. Li Ji was a first-timer and did not understand the relationship at first. He was fair in several disputes, but he offended this guy.
Chapter completed!