On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

The couple discussed and took notes at the same time. At this time, most of the oil in the oil lamp had been used up, and Song Xile's stomach could not help but growl.

Only then did she remember that she had not yet had her dinner.

In the quiet room, Chen Yunyou could hear his wife's stomach growling. He quickly put down the pen in his hand, stood up and said, "The porridge is still warming on the stove. Wait a minute, I'll bring it over."

Soon, Chen Yunyou came over with a tray. He placed a bowl of porridge and a plate of refreshing side dishes in front of his wife: "You drank wine today, so it's better to eat something light tonight."

Song Xile took the bowl, the aroma of the porridge filled her nose, she sniffed and started eating in small bites.

The warm porridge went down the esophagus, soothing the entire stomach, and relieving a lot of fatigue caused by being drunk.

Song Xile was drinking porridge. Seeing her husband still writing a plan, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to eat some too?"

Chen Yunyou raised his head and shook his head, "I'm not hungry, and it's right before bedtime, so it's hard to digest if I eat too much!"

After hearing this, Song Xile did not force him. She cleaned up all the remaining porridge and washed the dishes. Then she came back and found her husband was still busy.

She disagreed and said, "Take a rest first, we can do these tomorrow!"

Seeing his wife was unhappy, Chen Yunyou tried to make excuses for himself, "Usually after the results are announced, the prefect will host a banquet for some students. I want to sort out these methods before then, so that I can tell the prefect when the time comes."

Song Xile insisted, "There are still several days before the results of the prefectural exam are announced. I'm sure we can sort these out during this period. You've just gotten better, and you're already very tired from climbing the mountain today. You can't stay up all night again now."

Chen Yun felt a warm feeling in his heart. He stopped writing and washed up, then turned off the lights and took a rest.

He lay down next to his wife, thinking that he might not be able to fall asleep thinking about this matter, but listening to his wife's long breathing beside him, coupled with the fact that he had been outside all day, he closed his eyes and fell asleep soon.

In the next few days, the couple stopped going out and waited patiently for the results of the provincial examination and sorted out and integrated strategies to alleviate the disaster.

That afternoon, Chen Yunyou handed the manuscript he had sorted out to his wife and asked, "Do you think this is okay?"

Song Xile took the manuscript, read it carefully, and nodded affirmatively.

It not only lists various measures in detail, but also lists the risks and precautions after the implementation of these measures. It is very detailed.

Unless we really encounter incompetent officials who do not get things done, even if all the measures are not implemented, at least some of them will be weighed.

After Song Xile read the manuscript and found no problem, he asked another question: "After the results of the government exam, should we go back or stay here?"

"I don't know if the prefect needs to keep you after reading this plan!"

The plan listed in the manuscript is already very detailed, and all that remains is to execute it, which actually has little to do with a weak scholar like me.

He did not answer his wife's question, but asked: "Do you want to go back? If you want to go back, let's go back."

In fact, he didn't want to go back. Once he went back, they would both face the constraints of their homes. But when he thought of Yue's family, he was worried that his wife would miss her parents' home and wanted to go back to see them.

Song Xile was a little worried about the pumpkins planted in the back hills, but she also felt that it would be freer for her husband to stay in the capital.

There is only a little over a month left until the provincial examination, which will start in early June. The round trip will take more than ten days, which is not only tiring but also hard to rest.

And now the weather is getting hotter. Instead of traveling back and forth on the road, it is better to stay in this small courtyard and prepare for the exam quietly.

Song Xile weighed the pros and cons in his mind and said, "Let's stay here and prepare for the exam!"

Chen Yunyou smiled and said, "I have the same idea. I will tell Qian Feng about it later. He will definitely be very happy."

Song Xile, "We're going to live here for such a long time, so we should pay part of the rent. We weren't sure we'd be living here for so long before, but now that we're sure, we don't want to let them suffer too much!"

Chen Yun nodded, "Okay, I'll talk to him when he comes back!"

Song Xile, "There is one more thing. Since we have decided to stay for the time being, let my second brother go back first. It just so happens that I want to buy some food for him to take back!"

Chen Yunyou thought about the rising food prices and the increasingly serious disaster in Nanyun County, and it would not hurt to prepare more food.

He nodded: "The price of grain in the city is low, so we can buy some and store it for emergency use!"

The couple discussed it again, and then Song Xile got up and went to the front yard to look for his second brother.

Song Xile found Song An in the front yard and told him his thoughts, "Yun You and I decided to stay until the college entrance examination is over before going back. Second brother, why don't you go back first?"

Song An was very hesitant after hearing his sister's suggestion. Although he wanted to go home very much, there was so much more land at home this year, and he didn't know if his father and brother could take care of it.

But he was also very worried about leaving his sister and brother-in-law here like this.

Song Xile naturally saw her second brother's hesitation, so she repeated her proposal to buy some grain.

Song An asked in confusion: "Little sister, do you want to take the food back and sell it?"

Song Xile shook his head. "Coming all the way from home to the capital, I was worried about the severity of the drought. Now that I have some extra money, it won't be a bad idea to store more food."

"I will write a letter to Shun'an Escort Agency and ask the Qiao brothers to come and escort you back. Second brother, just help me transport the food back."

Seeing that his sister had already considered the matter carefully, Song An agreed.

Seeing that his second brother agreed, Song Xile took out a hundred taels of silver notes from his purse and said, "Brother, use this money to buy food. You don't have to limit yourself to purchasing from the grain shops in the city. You can go to the nearby villages and buy from them at the current selling price of the grain shops in the city."

Song An was very surprised and asked: "We have to use all this money to buy food? We have to buy several thousand kilograms of food. Our family can't eat so much food!"

Song Xile comforted him, "In times of disaster, no matter how much food we have, it's never too much. Second brother, just help me purchase it!"

After Song Anlue thought about it, he also felt that this was the truth, so he stopped worrying about this issue.

He took the banknote and said hesitantly, "The drought is severe now. Will the people be willing to sell their grain?"

Song Xile said, "There will always be someone willing to sell it! Why don't you give it a try, brother?"

Song An thought so too, and there was no loss for him to give it a try, so he nodded and agreed.

The purchase price of the grain shop is different from the selling price of the grain shop. The people do not have extra money. Some villages in small places even retain the tradition of barter.

Only when they have no other choice, such as when they need to pay taxes or see a doctor and cannot use food to offset the expenses, will they think of selling their food.

The only way for ordinary people to raise money is to sell their own grain to these grain merchants.

Therefore, the people would not sell their grain at a low price unless they had no choice, as long as the price offered by the second brother met their expectations.

In addition, the drought in the city is still controllable. There will always be people who are in urgent need of money and will choose to sell!