Chapter 21, Survival Scheme

Did he see it?

He saw it!

When Ye Xiaoyi heard the old man's words, he immediately stood up and touched the dagger on his waist.

"You want to kill me, the old man?" The old man smiled, without any blame.

"No, no." It was just a subconscious action. Ye Xiaoyi pulled out the dagger and threw it at the corner of the house.

"You..." Why can you tell? I haven't developed well at the age of twelve, and my voice and body shape are not much different from Guo Jia.

Ye Xiaoyi wanted to ask, but he felt that his thoughts were a bit stupid: the ancients were not fools. If it were said that the young women dressed up in men in this era, it would be not surprising that Lu Bu could not see his gender as a miserable young man, but with the old man's experience, he could see the clues.

"I once had a daughter. She likes men's outfits and has always been ambitious..." the old man explained, with a faint tone.

Do you have a daughter? Have you been married? How old is that daughter? What happened to you later? Who are you? Why did you live here and only Guo Jia is left by your side? Aren’t the Confucian scholars full of knowledge respected in this era? Are you so knowledgeable, shouldn’t you be recruited as an official by the court?

Ye Xiaoyi's head was filled with these doubts, but she knew she could not ask.

What the old man wants to say will naturally say. Moreover, he hides his name here, so he wants to forget what he should have forgotten.

It’s rare to be confused, so it will be painful to keep the memory closed and it will be a pain to get it up again.

Ye Xiaoyi took two steps back, bowed respectfully to the old man, and waited for the old man to speak again.

"It's more convenient for you to dress up in men's clothes without a relative or a reason. I won't mention this matter for now." After a long time of boredom, the old man spoke again, "You take me as your teacher, I will keep Guo Jia in mind everything, so I can come back and report it. Don't blame Guo Jia. Although Guo Jia has suffered a lot of torture, he has praised you very much. Especially when you killed wolf twice, he admired him so much."

"What does the sir want to ask, Xiaoyi will definitely tell everything and say everything." The literati likes to start and turn the whole story, and he will not be straightforward in asking anything. Ye Xiaoyi simply stopped the topic and let the old man get into the focus.

"The same sentence. What do you want to do?" the old man repeated, without the intention of joking.

"Save your life."

"Save your life?"

"Yes." Ye Xiaoyi cleared his throat, "Sir, I know that I have no relatives. With such a life experience and such a world, it is difficult for me, a woman, to live a stable life." It is difficult to be a girl who travels through time, and it is even more difficult to be a girl who is not charming after traveling through time, and it is even more difficult to be a girl who is neither charming nor extremely smart after traveling through time. Ye Xiaoyi wanted to put on a melancholy POSE, but he still held it back.

"It's easy. I used to have some good disciples. How about I make the decision, marry you to one of them?"

"Sir, this is a bad word. How can others be stronger than yourself? What's more... Mr., better than Xiaoyi, now that bandits are everywhere, the government is powerless, and the court is either eunuchs or foreign relatives. Confucian scholars have the ambition to enter the world, but they have no way to start. Moreover, after a few years it will be Jiazi. In Jiazi..." In Jiazi, the world was in chaos with this slogan. The Yellow Turban Army rose up, and Zhang Jiao, who claimed to be a great wise and good teacher, led a group of people to smash and loot. To be nice, it was an uprising, but to be ugly, it was nothing more than trying to establish another mountain to be the emperor. Ye Xiaoyi had no deep impression of that passage in history books, only knowing that this incident caused countless deaths: death in battle, starvation, and illness. Then, there was endless wars. After the three kingdoms were not counted, and then the Five Barbarians invaded China in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which basically did not stop.

"How is the year in Jiazi? Jiazi, Jiazi..." The old man pondered for a moment and thought of something: "Jia, heaven, gang, yang. Kan is Zi, yin, and ji... Heaven and earth are always in harmony, and their principles and disciplines are first born in Xuan Jiazi. All things are born with Jia as the head, and Zi is the foundation... Just like the birth of the vital energy, everything is renewed. With the destruction of the court, the world is indeed dangerous... Xiaoyi, are you learning Taoism?"

"I haven't learned it." What's the point of learning well? Besides, there are no cute old men like Zhang Sanfeng these days. Ye Xiaoyi recalled the fat and fat version of Hongguang played by Sammo Hung and smiled slightly.

"Is that true?" The old man misunderstood Ye Xiaoyi's fantasy of modern movies, thinking that she had a secret that he had. He continued, "You continue to talk about what should you do after Jiazi."

"Sir, you know my thoughts too. If the world is really dangerous, I would be fucked by marrying a Confucian scholar and seek death. Moreover, the scholars and officials are very important to family background. If they marry me, they will definitely not be nice to me... Being restrained by a man, and when he desperately takes a concubine to abuse me, I will not do such a stupid thing." Ye Xiaoyi thought that Lu Bu might be with Diao Chan's sister in the future, and he began to feel depressed and determined to kill Lu Bu's affair with the beautiful woman in the cradle.

"What do you want?" The old man did not scold Ye Xiaoyi's remarks, and still listened very seriously.

"What I mean? Alas, sir, haven't I explained it clearly yet? What I mean is that I want to get married, but I want to marry the martial arts practitioner I like." Ye Xiaoyi scratched his cheek, feeling a little embarrassed: "Sir, you should see that I am eyeing Lu Bu. Hehe. Sir, you know that Lu Bu is brave and has a good person. The key is that he has no high school and no offspring. I don't have to worry about being angry with his parents-in-law, nor do I have to worry about being as good as a Confucian scholar. Moreover, if I grew up with him, I naturally have good fortune and difficulty in sharing it. The relationship should be deeper than others, so I am not afraid of him... not good to me." Ye Xiaoyi wanted to say that he was not afraid of him having a new love, but considering the old man's ability to bear it, he was implicit.

"So, do you practice martial arts and learn military tactics... but not to others?" The old man smiled, with the obvious implication.

"Sir, you're thinking too much. As the saying goes, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be careful of others. I don't want Lu Bu to become a person who lets me pinch and rub it, but I don't want to become a person who follows the crowd and is pinched and rubbed it by him." Ye Xiaoyi thought about it and then said, "So, I want to lay a solid foundation while everyone is still young."

"You don't look like you're still young." The old man glanced outside the door and looked at Guo Jia who was trying hard to cook eggs. "I knew when I saw Guo Jia, I knew he was a genius, but you... you are not as smart as you, but your words and deeds make me think you can see very far..."

"...Sir, I won't mention this anymore." It's not that I think far, but that I'm so dying. I know this history. Ye Xiaoyi rolled his eyes secretly and said to himself that I know I'm stupid, so you don't have to hit me like this.

"Okay, don't mention this, continue. You understand the future situation, so you say that you do all this to save your life. But how do you save your life?" The old man patted his hungry belly, "If you can't even support an old man who is half-buried, don't think about doing anything big. Although Lu Bu is brave, he is definitely not a talent for generals and ministers... If there are changes in the world in the future, with his personality, he can stand out and even be famous, but it is hard to say whether he can save his life."

Ah, the old man's eyes are so vicious, and even Lu Bu's future can be predicted. It seems that the old man's ability to know people is comparable to that of modern psychology experts and human resources directors, and he is not the kind of person who sells dog meat in sheepskin.

Ye Xiaoyi widened his eyes and flattered the old man without hesitation: "Sir, he has such a sharp eye."

"Don't talk about him." The old man was so funny by Ye Xiaoyi's pretending. He sat back on the bed, lazily took off his shoes, crossed his legs, and looked like he was about to die.

"There is not much emphasis." Ye Xiaoyi scratched his head: "Sir, you understand. After Lu Bu took me in, he had a bad relationship with his tribe. In addition, this time he became sworn brothers with Zhao Yun and Nie Liao... Of course, the key is Yu Fuluo. So, it would be nice if they didn't come to make trouble. I couldn't expect them to lend a helping hand to Lu Bu. So, I'll do it myself and have enough food and clothing."

"Hey, your preparation for the chaos in the world is to have enough food and clothing? Tell me the truth, don't deceive the old man." The old man picked up his shoes and knocked Ye Xiaoyi on the head.

"……Smelly……"

"What did you say?"

"I didn't say anything, ahem, I got to the point." Ye Xiaoyi hated that he didn't bring any athlete's foot paste before traveling, but thinking about not even taking his own body, he felt relieved. "First of all, you have to have some money. With this money, you can buy food and drink. Then you can go to farm, raise livestock, stock up on food and grass and exchange it for money. Money makes money, and then make money... Of course, the most important thing is that after more money, you can raise more people. Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Nie Liao all have tribe members, and even Fuluo must have tribe members loyal to him. But I don't, Guo Jia doesn't. In addition, tribe members have it. It may not be reliable, so I think Brother Fengxian should recruit a group of displaced teenagers to be our brothers companions..." I am really embarrassed to say that it is to find my younger brothers through the sale of people, but nowadays, who don’t have many younger brothers? Liu Bei has two, Cao Cao has a lot. What Lu Bu has now is just a brother of worship, and it is not an exaggeration to have a special force to strengthen the company. It can allow Lu Bu to train a group of kids into brave soldiers. You know, that is the foundation for him and himself to start a business in the future... Ye Xiaoyi felt that the blood in his body began to boil.

"Be a companion? Are you buying a slave?" The old man didn't think there was anything wrong with slaughtering. Especially in the famine, a boy's value is far less than a chicken. If Ye Xiaoyi buys it at the right time and raises it, it will be quite cost-effective in the future.

"Hehe, hehe. I'm so embarrassed to say it. It's a family slave, it's a family slave." The old man forgot not to say it. The younger brother who bought it was called a family slave in ancient times. Especially these days, he was very particular about kindness. After buying it, he gave it kindness to them, not afraid that they would not work hard for him and Lu Bu. Fantasizing about the handsome young slaves all over Bingzhou, Ye Xiaoyi wished that a large sum of money would fall from the sky immediately.

"Money, grain, family slave. With these two things, you can find a barrier to gain a foothold." The old man nodded and asked again: "But where did this first money come from? How can you make money from money? Businessmen are cheap karma and cannot get on the table. Besides, the relationship is very big, how can you handle all aspects properly?"

"I have been thinking about this for a long time. I recall the deeds of the ancients and think there is something to refer to." When the old man asked the key points, Ye Xiaoyi grinned and began to put on a trap.

"Oh? Which dynasty and what generation, and whose deeds?" the old man asked without shame.

"Well... cough cough, let's talk about how to get the first sum of money first." Ye Xiaoyi cleared his throat: "When it comes to Shang and Zhou dynasties, a certain prince treated the people badly, and the people complained and lived a difficult life. So, in order to survive, they rose up and set up camps in a place called Shuiboliangshan, holding high the banner of gathering Yi. That was really a response, quite fatal..."

I saw the adults' reply, ^^Thank you. Regarding Hetao, I looked at the map, it was part of Shuofang and Wuyuan? Hu Sou's bug was fixed. As for the old man......A certain adult, your reply "This old man is really old and has no old heart" made me spray ^^, I want to say, the old man is a pure person, repeat it a hundred times, a hundred times~>__
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