Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Lin Yinan smacked his lips. They had paid nearly twenty taels of silver to enter the town.

When we walked into the town, we saw many people from wealthy families coming to do shopping. The narrow streets looked very lively with the hustle and bustle.

They divided into three groups, and the villagers had a clear goal, which was to go straight to the grain store.

Yun Mo got off the car and stood in front of Lin Yinan's carriage, staring at her with tender eyes, "What do you want to buy?"

Lin Yinan was pregnant and he didn't want to be separated from her.

Not used to being looked at like this, Lin Yinan lowered his eyes slightly and glanced at his heaving chest. He was wearing a black single-piece shirt today, which made his shoulders appear broad, his posture was as straight as a pine tree, the lines of his muscles were faintly visible, and his handsome features made him unforgettable.

No wonder she attracted Su Yunru's covetousness.

"Didn't Wu Xingwang say that there is a shortage of water up ahead? I want to buy some water tanks and buckets to store some water. You go and purchase what you need first." Lin Yinan said.

Hearing her say this, Yun Mo could only say, "Be careful on the road. If you find a place that sells jars, please save a few for me."

"OK, no problem."

Finally, after agreeing with Yun Mo on the time to return, Lin Yiheng and his sister left in a carriage.

After asking many people, I found out that the shop selling jars and tiles was in a remote alley at the end of the town.

Lin Yiheng had a strong sense of direction and found the alley after turning a few streets.

The alley is large enough for a carriage to pass through.

The whole alley was deserted. There was no clerk in the tile shop. Only the boss was leaning back in a chair and dozing off. Saliva was flowing from the corners of his slightly open mouth, dripping onto his clothes.

Items used in daily life such as ceramic bowls, earthenware jars, and water tanks are considered household fixed assets. Most people will not replace them until they are worn out. At most, they will buy a few more for the New Year or when there are new members in the family.

For things like bowls and jars, if they just have cracks in them but can still hold things, we will not replace them.

The clay pot that Old Mrs. Zhao used to cook porridge every day had several holes on the edge of the opening, and the porridge would overflow from the holes when it boiled.

Unless they need to cook, who would carry such a heavy water jar when fleeing famine?

After stopping the carriage, Lin Yiheng politely stepped forward to wake up the boss.

"Boss, do you have water tanks for sale?"

"Have."

The boss stood up and stretched, then pointed to the next door. "It's in the yard next door."

As he said this, he took the lead and walked out of the shop and pushed open the door of the next door. There were more than a dozen large water vats neatly arranged in the huge yard.

Lin Yiheng's eyes lit up and he glanced at Lin Yinan.

Lin Yinan nodded imperceptibly. She had enough space to store so many tanks.

"How to sell it?"

"Three hundred coins."

The boss opened the door and stood aside, letting them choose for themselves and take whatever they liked.

Lin Yiheng walked around in front of all the tanks, then came back and asked the boss, "Boss, I want all of them. How much is the discount?"

The boss almost dropped his jaw and looked at the brother and sister seriously. Were they making fun of him?

"You want them all?" The boss asked with a hint of doubt in his tone.

Lin Yiheng nodded seriously and said firmly, "That's right!"

Seeing that he really wasn't joking, the boss was secretly delighted but didn't show it on his face. God knows he had been holding on to this batch of goods for almost a year and now he could finally get rid of them.

He calculated carefully in his heart, and said with a painful look on his face, "Young Master wants a lot, then I'll give you 50 cents off, how about 250 cents each?"

"Okay!" Lin Yiheng said readily.

The boss's face immediately broke into a smile. He had thought that they would bargain him down to a lower price because the two men did not look like rich people in their clothes. He did not expect him to be so forthcoming.

Lin Yinan looked around and found that no one lived in this house.

"Boss, is there no one living in your house?"

Lin Yiheng calculated the price and paid the money readily.

The boss received the money and said with a smile, "This is our ancestral home. It was originally where my brother lived. He took his family to another place to make a living, so I used this yard to store goods."

Lin Yiheng understood his sister's thoughts and said to the boss, "Boss, we'll come back to get these tanks later."

"Okay, no problem. I usually don't lock the gate. If I'm not in the store, you can just come and unlock it."

Lin Yinan winked at Lin Yiheng and said, "Brother, go check out the pots and pans and buy two more sets for the house."

When the boss heard that they wanted to buy more things, he was so happy that he immediately took Lin Yiheng to the shop.

Lin Yinan lagged behind by one step. After the boss stepped out of the door, she quickly put all the water tanks in the yard into the space, and when she walked out of the yard, she closed the door.

When he returned to the store, Lin Yiheng had already picked out quite a few clay pots and bowls.

Lin Yinan also took a lot of things that could be used. Although she could buy them in the south, the boss had a wide variety of goods here, so she simply bought them all at once and ordered double.

The boss held the abacus and moved his fingers across it, spending a total of twelve taels.

Lin Yiheng did not bargain this time. He paid the money readily and loaded the goods into the carriage with the boss.

The carriage was packed full. Lin Yiheng whipped the horse whip and the carriage drove out of the alley quickly.

The boss didn't come to his senses until the carriage drove away. The two men didn't say when they would come to pull the jar. He caught a glimpse of the closed gate of the courtyard, so he walked forward and pushed it open to take a look.

"Ah!" He was so scared that he fell to the ground.

The yard was empty, with only the mud pits left by fifteen water tanks, but the water tanks were nowhere to be seen.

The boss was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly took out the silver from his arms, picked it up and put it in his mouth and bit it. Two clear teeth marks were left on the silver. The silver was real. He then thought, it doesn't matter if they are human or ghost, as long as the silver is real.

The carriage turned into another alley, and Lin Yinan put all the things he bought into the space like a magic trick, leaving two or three to replace the gaps in his house, and took out four water jars from the space and tied them to the carriage.

There was no room for anyone in the car, so Lin Yiheng finally made room for Lin Yinan to sit, and he walked on the ground, leading the horse.

Turning back to the main street, the two met villagers who were going to buy grain. They had empty hands, obviously they didn't get any grain.

"The price of food is as high as gold. Poor people like us can't afford it." The villagers sighed.

The price of grain was too high. The villagers were not well-off to begin with, and they needed money to go to the south, so they discussed and decided not to buy grain for the time being.

Since there was nothing to buy, Lin Yiheng and his sister went to the agreed place with the villagers to wait for Yun Mo.

Lin Yinan sat in the carriage, the cool breeze blowing across her face. She leaned against the water tank, feeling sleepy and slowly closed her eyes, but she could clearly hear what the villagers were saying.

She tried to open her eyes, but was horrified to find herself floating in mid-air.

Lin Yiheng was chatting with the villagers about the prices in the town when he turned around and saw his sister sleeping in the carriage with her head nodding. He hurried to the side of the carriage and asked her to lean against him to prevent her from falling off.

When Yun Mo and Yun Er came back after finishing their business, in addition to the three horse-drawn carriages that were fully loaded with goods, they also bought five mule carts. Each horse and mule had four brand new wooden barrels tied to them.