Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

With the warm hospitality of the Lin family, the six yamen runners had a soft and satisfying meal, took a bath, and changed into clean clothes. Naturally, they could not have the nerve to care about such a trivial matter.

After the ten people had worked for a while, they closed the door and fell into a deep sleep in the room.

I slept for a whole day and night, and finally woke up early the next morning. I stretched and found that my whole body was sore.

However, it feels so good to be able to lie in a solid and soft bed with my arms and legs stretched out, without having to rush on the road all the time, curled up in grievance, sleeping in the mountains and on the fields, with the sky as my blanket and the ground as my house.

Take a deep breath, and your whole body will feel relaxed, with every pore screaming out for comfort.

Lin Xiaoyue chose a bedroom facing the mountain.

As soon as she woke up in the morning, she opened the window and looked at the foggy mountains in the distance. The clear mountains and green waters, with the moist scent of the mountains blowing in her face, finally relieved her tense nerves a little.

The feeling of being at home is indeed the most reassuring.

Lin Xiaoyue did not rush out, but practiced a set of Tai Chi in the huge room, fully relaxed her muscles and bones, and felt refreshed. Then she leisurely opened the door and walked out.

When she reached the front hall, she realized that she was the last one to come out.

Oh my God, she felt that sooner or later she would be labeled as the laziest person by everyone.

In fact, she didn't get up late, it was only Chenshi (a little after 8 o'clock in the morning). However, compared with the ancients who usually got up at Maoshi (a little after 6 o'clock in the morning) to work, she did get up late.

Of course, there is no harm without comparison.

However, everyone had long been accustomed to Lin Xiaoyue's habit of "staying in bed", and no one thought of knocking on her door to wake her up before she woke up and left the room.

After all, when they came back yesterday, everyone was in a bad state. Only by getting enough rest time at this time can the four girls, who were severely physically overdrawn and mentally exhausted, recover to their best condition as soon as possible.

When Lin Xiaoyue came out, everyone saw her and quickly asked her to sit down and have breakfast.

The six officials had already eaten five large bowls of thick porridge on the table. The porridge was so thick that you could stick chopsticks in it without it falling over.

They ate bowl after bowl of the thick, soft porridge, filling their hungry stomachs after the long journey.

Although they had just arrived here yesterday, the six of them were warmly received. Each of them chewed peony graciously and gulped down three large bowls of thick porridge before taking a shower and resting.

Today, as soon as the sun rose, my stomach started to growl again. Unexpectedly, as soon as I stepped out of the room, the families of the four girls enthusiastically led them to the front hall and served them bowl after bowl of thick porridge.

After drinking bowl after bowl of porridge, their shriveled stomachs were bloated. After a loud burp and touching their bloated stomachs, the six burly men showed a rare shyness.

The front hall was full of people. When Lin Xiaoyue came over, Chun Xing, Xiao Cao and Lin Zhaodi had already taken turns to give their families a general report of what they had encountered on the mountain. At the same time, they also introduced the origins of the six officials who came down the mountain with them.

Without going into details, at least everyone in the Lin family manor knew that these six officials were yamen runners from the imperial city who escorted exiles to the border.

The two parties just happened to meet Lin Xiaoyue and her friends on the mountain due to some misunderstandings. Then, they happened to be trapped in the cave together by hail and rain for several days.

This time it was also to replenish supplies. While Lin Xiaoyue and the others were going down the mountain to go home, I specially gave them a ride and came to buy some alcohol and instant noodles.

Of course, if possible, they would also like to purchase some other supplies.

The original plan was to go to the town or the state capital to make purchases. However, due to the sudden disaster, the people in the town were already in a panic.

Fearing that a large number of refugees would flood in and cause panic among the people, the county magistrate ordered the city gates to be closed. Judging from the current trend, it is feared that the city gates will not be opened again in the short term.

If they wanted to replenish the corresponding supplies, they could only start from the farmers in the surrounding countryside. However, purchasing from each household was too time-consuming and labor-intensive. The escort of the prisoners was time-sensitive and the task was heavy, so the officials could not afford to delay.

And through the conversation just now, they also understood that the Lin family had escaped famine and knew the importance of stockpiling food, so they stored enough food at home.

Even though Grandpa Lin and his family did not tell the truth about the specific situation at home, after dealing with them for a long time, the six officials could still guess that they had stored a lot of food.

It was just that the Lin family was determined not to reveal any more information, obviously to protect their privacy. So when the six officials sincerely proposed to buy and trade with them, the Lin family still agreed.

First, they already have a stable place to live and have settled down in Wanbao Town, so the next step is to consider rebuilding their family business and accumulating wealth.

In their plan, alcohol and instant noodles will be the important means of making a living in the future, so expanding business channels and targeting businessmen who travel far and wide will become their main sales goal.

The yamen runners who escorted the prisoners usually escorted the prisoners all year round, and they would be out for at least several months. Obviously, the yamen runners were not a very suitable buyer.

Moreover, this is not the first time they have done business with the government.

Previously in the state capital, the officials who led them to Wanbao Town had already made a deal.

In addition, after arriving in Wanbao Town, he first made a deal with the inn for distilled liquor, and then signed an alcohol deal with the county government.

Now, when they are asked to deal with the government officials who are paid by the government, they are not afraid at all and can handle it properly and freely.

Based on the expectations of the officials, the grandfather ordered 2 jars of alcohol, 500 kilograms of instant noodles, 500 kilograms of rice, 1000 kilograms of coarse grains, flour, and various seasonings.

In total, they collected nearly 180 taels of silver notes from the officials.

Normally, these materials would not be sold at such a high price. However, natural disasters were frequent and there were disaster victims everywhere in the dynasty. The price they sold was slightly higher than when they bought it, just to make a good relationship.

Zhao Tou and the other yamen runners had no intention of bargaining, so they let the old man set the price.

First, they could see that they were farmers with honest and simple personalities, so even if there was an appropriate premium, it would not be too outrageous; second, they really needed this batch of supplies. If the Lin family was unwilling to trade, they would have to spend more time and energy to collect them in the villages below.