Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Wu Jiangying slapped his head and said that he had been so busy these days that his brain was not working well anymore.

When she got home, Li and Wu Ya had already returned. They were surprised to see her, "Why are you back?"

Zhou Guo said: "I didn't go with him."

She told him that she would go to the county town early the next morning to collect nightshade.

Li said, "You need to prepare the money. I will prepare it for you."

Zhou Guo wanted to say no, she had it in her hand.

But when I thought that I didn’t know what the situation would be like tomorrow, it wouldn’t hurt to prepare more money. It was better than not having enough, so I didn’t say anything else.

Wu Ya on the side said: "Guoguo, you are really amazing. Going to the city to collect night fragrance is something that most people can't imagine."

Zhou Xing said: "Most people don't want to do this. Not only does it smell bad, but people also look down on you. Not to mention people in the city, even people in the countryside don't look up to you."

Wu Ya smiled and said, "So, our Guoguo is not an ordinary person. She is a little girl who deals with Yexiang all day long."

Zhou Guo sat on the recliner, turned his head and smiled: "Sister-in-law, why don't you come with me?"

Before Wu Ya could say anything, Zhou Xing stopped working and said, "Why do you do so much work but never ask me to do it? As soon as your sister-in-law came in, you asked her to follow you out? You are too partial! I haven't even left the house yet."

Zhou Guo laughed, "Sister, we are going to collect nightshades. You are so clean, are you sure you want to go with us? As for selling mushrooms, didn't you tell me at the beginning that you were fleeing thousands of miles, running day and night, your feet were sore from walking, and you didn't want to walk anymore? You told me all this at the beginning, have you forgotten?"

Zhou Xing also laughed and recalled: "It's true. At that time, let alone asking me to sell mushrooms, I didn't even want to go to the county town. I was afraid of walking. It was really difficult to walk day and night!"

Wu Ya had never been there, so she couldn't relate. "I heard from the old people that there were dead bodies everywhere on the road where people fled. People would collapse while walking. Is that true?"

Zhou Guo looked at the eagle circling in the sky and said, "That's right. I saw so many dead bodies that I gradually got used to it. At that time, it was abnormal if I didn't see a few dead bodies every day. Now when I think about it, it has been two or three years, but it seems like it was just yesterday."

Zhou Xing nodded, she felt the same way.

The old man in the pavilion couldn't stand it any longer. "I say, you two, you are so young, why are you acting so old-fashioned? I am an old man in my sixties and I am not that sentimental. You little brats are talking like this. Young people should be young and energetic. Otherwise, you can be old ladies and I will be a young man."

Zhou Guo and his friends burst into laughter.

"Master, I think you have been single for too long. How about I ask Matchmaker Wang to find you a wife?"

The old man blew his beard and glared, "I'm already so old, what do I need an old wife for? Besides, what's the good of having an old wife? There's someone to supervise and watch me no matter what I do. It's enough for me to have you to supervise me. If there's another one, won't I be suffocated to death?"

Zhou Xing and Wu Ya couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zhou Guo also laughed, "I saw that you were idle all day long, and there was nowhere to go except the vegetable fields, the mountains and the village entrance, so I wanted to find a companion for you."

The old man said angrily, "Are these places not enough? I still have to run business for you. I am so old and still have to deliver goods for you. I am busy enough every day. Don't come up with any bad ideas, or I will run away from home and never come back."

Zhou Guo hurriedly said, "I know, I know, I was just joking, Master, you are the best."

Wu Ya rejected Zhou Guo in the end. She knew nothing and was afraid of causing trouble if she went.

In the early morning of the next day, a group of twenty people pulled two ox carts from their family and carried two carts full of stacked wooden barrels and headed for the county town.

Although Zhou Guo didn't feel cold, Li still forced her to wear a coat. The old man said the same thing, "It's very cold outside now, it's as cold as winter, and we have thick clothes at home. It would be bad if you catch a cold later."

Zhou Guo put it on obediently, and the old man also put it on.

When the group drove to the county town, the gate was not open yet.

As soon as the door opened, Wu Jiang led his men in. They had to rent a car.

Zhou Guo was standing at the city gate waiting.

Less than half an hour later, the first group of people came out from the city gate. Zhou Guo noticed that the one in the front was the old woman she had seen the night before. Behind her were more than ten carts, all of which were tied with toilets.

She smiled, "Here I come."

While Hua Pozi was still at the city gate, she kept looking out and soon saw Zhou Guo.

She has had trouble eating and sleeping these past two days. She was excited when she thought of the money Zhou Guo promised to give her. She has suffered for most of her life, and now good days are coming!

The more she thought about it, the more Zhou Guo's appearance was engraved in her mind.

So much so that he spotted her at first sight. There were not many people at the city gate, and she had the most outstanding temperament.

He couldn't wait to push the cart out and said from a distance: "Master, Master, we are here, come and have a look."

More than ten night-scented carts were pushed out from the back and parked in a row.

This place is close to the city gate and the smell is strong. Several soldiers at the city gate waved their hands and shouted, "Hey, Yexiang woman, move these things away. Damn, they stink."

After hearing this, Hua Pozi and her companions hurriedly pushed the cart another half a mile away.

The old man didn't move a step. The smell was too strong. He insisted on walking in front on the way back.

Zhou Guo led his men forward. Among those who were burning night incense, there were not only women, but also old men, but they looked much older than the women.

There were fourteen of them, and each cart had six, seven, or eight barrels on it.

As soon as the car stopped, they took the night-blooming incense out of the car themselves.

Zhou Guo said to Er Pang, "Go, bring the wooden barrel we prepared here. This toilet is theirs, and they still need it."

There were a lot of toilets prepared this time, about a hundred, and they were stacked up in two cars, leaving no room for people to even put their feet.

Erpang and his group brought the buckets over and laid them out in a row. It was a spectacular sight to see so many buckets placed on the ground.

Ye Xiangpo and her group were very envious, and secretly thought: There are so many barrels, it would be great if I could have one, and a new one at that.

Zhou Guo came up and asked, "Granny, is there anyone else coming out?"

Mrs. Hua shook her head. "No more, no more. It's all here. Some people only empty their toilets when they're full."

Zhou Guo looked at all these people, and everyone was looking at her. She smiled and said, "I think you already know that you sold two buckets to the country folk before for one penny, but I sell one bucket for one penny."

Everyone nodded and said, "I know."

Zhou Guo continued, "That's good. From now on, I will send people to wait here every day. You come out at this time every day, give Yexiang to them, and you can go back after collecting the money."