Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

"Okay, just be careful watering it yourself. If you get tired, wait until I'm done and I'll water it."

"I understand, go quickly!" Xu Han urged.

After saying that, he continued to water the corn. The corn is now very big. Since it is spring corn, it will be ready for harvest in a while.

By the time Xu Han finished watering the plants, Lu Chuan had already dealt with the wild boar.

Xu Han put the wild boar into the space and said, "Let's go to the county town tomorrow! Such a big wild boar plus the two in the space will take up quite a bit of space." Xu Han said.

"Okay, then let's go to the county town tomorrow and sell the wild boar by the way." Lu Chuan also agreed.

After dinner, Xu Han suddenly asked, "In addition to buying a bathtub, should we buy some saltpeter? I think it's better to buy more."

"Well! Then let's buy some more! The usage is quite large. Do you want to buy other things?" Lu Chuan also asked.

"I can't think of anything to buy right now! Is there anything else you need to buy?"

"Let's see if we can buy a few more machetes or kitchen knives! Even though we already have these at home, we should buy another set as backup!"

"Okay, then let's go to the iron shop tomorrow to see if we can buy it."

After the two finished dinner, they sat on the lounge chairs in the yard to enjoy the cool air. After sitting for a while, they still felt very hot, so they had no choice but to go back to the room and use ice cubes to cool down.

The next morning, when it was just getting light, the two of them hurried on their journey while there was no sun, otherwise it would be too hot when the sun came out.

Because we set out early, it was still early when we arrived at the official road today, but the field was already full of people.

Everyone looked hurried, carrying water to irrigate their own fields.

Lu Chuan wanted to find someone to talk to, but no one was willing to chat for a few more words. They were all in a hurry to water the fields!

Helplessly, the two could only go to the county town to check the situation.

After entering the county town, I found that there were even fewer people on the street than last time! In addition, some shops were already closed.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan and Xu Han looked at each other and didn't say anything.

Then Lu Chuan took Xu Han to Manxianglou first. Lu Chuan took Xu Han directly to the back door of Manxianglou, and after knocking on the door for a long time, a servant came to open the door.

When the servant saw that it was Lu Chuan and Xu Han, he quickly invited them into the yard and went to call the shopkeeper.

"Oh! It's really Brother Lu! It's been a long time since I last saw you!" Shopkeeper Li said kindly.

"It hasn't rained recently, so we haven't been out much. We hunted two wild boars yesterday, so we wanted to come to the county to see if you still hunt them!"

"Collect, collect. You know, although the weather is bad now and ordinary people are unwilling to come to the restaurant to eat, there are always those rich masters who want to eat some game.

In the past six months, many families have been busy stockpiling food, and even fewer people come to sell game. The rich people have nowhere to spend their money. "

After that, he turned around and told the waiter, "Hurry up and inform Mr. Li, Mr. Lu, and those wealthy families, and tell them that Manxianglou has received two wild boars. If you want to eat them, hurry up and make a reservation."

After hearing this, the waiter ran out quickly. The restaurant business has been bad recently, and seeing fewer and fewer people coming to eat, he was worried that he would soon lose his job. This time there were two wild boars, and those who wanted to eat game would have to smell the scent and come to pay for it!

As he thought about it, his steps became faster and faster, and finally he even started running.

After weighing the wild boar, Manager Li said, "The market is not good recently, but wild game is hard to come by. How about this? I'll give you an extra five cents per pound. I can't give you more than that."

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Li." Lu Chuan said politely.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so of course they had to have a good chat when they met this time. Shopkeeper Li asked the waiter to bring tea, and they chatted while drinking.

"How is Uncle Li's health recently?" Lu Chuan asked.

"I'm in good health, thanks to what you said about buying more food while it was cheap. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to run my restaurant now. Although food prices haven't risen too much, the prices of various commodities have skyrocketed."

Xu Han asked in confusion after hearing what Shopkeeper Li said. "Is Shopkeeper Li using the food he bought before to support this store?"

"Yes and not really. It's just daily operations! Business has been getting worse and worse in the past six months, and more than half of the people in the shop have resigned. Now there are only a few people left to support the shop. I've been thinking about whether I should close the shop first!"

"We saw that many shops had closed on the way here. There were only a few shops left on the street," Lu Chuan continued.

"It's not profitable to open a shop. Some have high staff expenses and can't make money, so they naturally close it. If it weren't for the fact that I bought this shop and didn't need to rent it, I would have closed it long ago."

"There is still no sign of rain, and this year's summer harvest will not be very good. Brother Li, you'd better make plans early. A tall tree attracts the wind, and wealth should not be exposed to the public." Lu Chuan stopped there.

Shopkeeper Li thought about it and instantly understood Lu Chuan's suggestion. He was originally a food shop, and now it was not the summer harvest, and he was not forced into a desperate situation.

If there is no rain after the summer harvest, it means that the autumn harvest may result in a total failure.

By then, people will have nothing to eat and will definitely be in a desperate situation.

If I continue to run my own food shop, isn't it the same as telling others, I have food, come and grab it from me?

After figuring this out, he said, "I understand. Thank you, Brother Lu."

"Farmers usually have stored grain at home. Combined with the grain from the summer harvest, the family calculates that they can more or less eat their way through this year. If they continue like this, next year will be difficult," said Lu Chuan.

"Brother Lu, do you have any food left at home? When you reminded me, I bought some more. I can also give some to you." asked Manager Li.

"We are fine and can still hold on. We bought more last year when the grain prices were low. We should have no problem getting through this year. Thank you for your kindness, Brother Li." Lu Chuan said.

"Hey, that's nothing. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought about buying food. It's all thanks to you! Otherwise, our family would have been tightening their belts by now."

"Who could have thought that a drought would happen! I just wanted to save some money at the beginning, otherwise I would really have to ask Brother Li for help." Lu Chuan scratched the back of his head and said with a simple face.

"Hahaha, what's the big deal! Feel free to come to me if you have any problems!" Shopkeeper Li said cheerfully.