Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Although the seeds were planted in the ground, not a drop of rain fell from the sky in the few months since they were planted.

Every household relies on the small river in the village to irrigate their fields.

Even so, the fields were still dry and cracked.

Although corn and peppers are both drought-resistant plants, their growth conditions are not optimistic.

The people in the village gradually became anxious.

Those families who did not go out to buy food also hurried to prepare more food to take home.

What I didn’t expect was that the drought had just begun and it was still uncertain whether we could harvest crops in the fall.

Food prices have already been on the rise.

"How much did you spend on food? I bought the worst quality black flour, which used to be only three cents a pound, but now it has risen to five cents. I bought 200 pounds and spent an extra 400 big bucks!"

"The black noodles I bought were also five cents, and I also bought some brown rice. The price of brown rice has also increased, now it's eight cents a pound, so I didn't dare buy too much."

"Me too. I even got up early and went to the farthest Huanghe Town! I didn't expect it to be the same. However, brown rice there is seven cents a pound, which is a bit cheaper. I bought 200 pounds of dark flour and 100 pounds of brown rice. There are many people in my family, so if I don't prepare more, I'm really afraid that I will have no food to eat when the time comes."

“If I had known, I would have gone to sell grain with the village chief and others in the first two months. When they bought grain at that time, the price had not risen yet.”

"You knew it earlier? When the village chief and Xiao Xia and the others talked about buying food, you were the first one to object.

What's the point of saying this now?

I think we bought it relatively early, and the price of grain may rise even more in the future."

"No, I have to tell my parents right away and ask them to prepare some more food so that we don't run out of food and have nowhere to cry."

Everyone was sighing and groaning, and hadn't even started to discuss this yet.

The village chief hurried over with the help of his grandson.

"Don't leave, I just happened to have something to say. Let's see whose house everyone is going to. Please help inform them right away."

Everyone looked at the village chief's anxious look and began to panic.

Is there anything more serious than rising food prices or drought?

"Zhuangzi, hurry up, you are the fastest, go to the end of the village to find your Aunt Xia, she has the most ideas."

"it is good!"

Everyone dispersed to help notify other people in the village, and Zhuangzi ran towards Xia Shengsheng's house anxiously.

At this time, Xia Shengsheng was talking about something with Tao Wuji.

"Is the news true? Is there going to be a war so soon?"

"It is indeed true, otherwise I would not have come back to tell you, but what do you mean by saying it so quickly?"

Tao Wuji came here to transport goods. He has been doing business outside the city for the past few months and has no time to come here.

Because of the accurate information, General Yuwen, who had been stationed in the northwest, suddenly rebelled and led his 100,000 troops to attack the capital.

Several nearby cities have been captured by General Yuwen, and now a lot of troops have been added!

The emperor was also in a state of confusion, recruiting soldiers and horses everywhere. In addition, there was a trend of drought in the north this year, so the world might be in chaos.

So he hurried back to tell Xia Shengsheng to make preparations early.

Xia Shengsheng spoke so quickly because there was indeed a war in his dream before.

And it was indeed General Yuwen, who was stationed in the northwest, who rebelled.

But that should be three years later.

After the people had experienced several years of drought and the court had done nothing, and everyone was complaining about the court and the emperor sitting on the throne, General Yuwen started a rebellion.

And now there have been so many changes, General Yuwen actually started rebelling so early.

In fact, in Xia Shengsheng's dream, the time of General Yuwen's rebellion was different because Xia Shengsheng did not save Yuwen Yue at that time.

Yu Wen Yue was found by the court first.

Although he also lost his memory, the imperial court held Yu Wen Yue as a hostage, so General Yu Wen did not dare to act rashly.

It was not until three years later, when he learned of Yuwen Yue's death, that General Yuwen started a rebellion.

And the current changes are all due to Xia Shengsheng.

"Nothing, just surprised.

According to what you said, although the world may be in chaos, our place is still relatively safe.

Old General Yuwen attacked all the way towards the imperial court. Although this place was not too far from the northwest, it was not the same route as Old General Yuwen's attack, so it could just avoid the direction of the battle between the two armies.

As long as this drought does not affect us, we will have hope of surviving in this troubled time.”

Tao Wuji's analysis was exactly the same as Xia Shengsheng's, which was why he brought most of the family wealth that could be moved, as well as Tao Siyuan, to Xia Shengsheng.

"Yes, that's why! I'm here to ask Sister Xia for help to temporarily store these belongings."

After Tao Wuji finished speaking, he looked at Tao Siyuan who was having a lot of fun playing with Sicheng.

After the Chinese New Year, Tao Siyuan was already 17 years old, had grown into a big guy, and had learned a set of life-saving martial arts.

But his mind is still like that of a child.

As a result, even when he was seventeen years old, Tao Wuji still hadn't arranged a marriage for him. He wanted him to gain experience for another two years and mature first.

"And my brainless son."

This was the first time Xia Shengsheng heard someone say this about her own son. She didn't think Tao Siyuan was stupid. Maturity late didn't mean he was not smart.

"What about you? You're not staying?"

Tao Wuji definitely had no intention of staying when he said this, so Xia Shengsheng asked this.

“My business is too big, and if I don’t deal with it quickly, I’m afraid it will be ruined.

And it's not just business that needs to be handled. There are hundreds of people working under me, and I have to settle all of them. Since they follow me, I have to ensure their safety.

Therefore, I will trouble you to help me take care of Siyuan's child. If anything happens, money can be thrown aside, human life is the most important. "

This was the first time Tao Wuji spoke so seriously in such a long time.

Xia Shengsheng felt that after Tao Wuji spoke seriously, he became elegant and charming again.

Cough cough cough...

Now is not the time to talk about this.

Just then, the village chief's eldest grandson Zhuangzi came to find Xia Shengsheng and said that the village chief had something urgent to say and wanted to ask Xia Shengsheng for help.

Xia Shengsheng and Tao Wuji looked at each other. They didn't expect that the village chief would get the news so quickly.

"Okay, I understand. Zhuangzi, you go back first, I'll be there soon."

After Zhuangzi left, Tao Wuji gave Xia Shengsheng a few more instructions, simply to let her know how to protect herself.

Before leaving, he left ten people with high martial arts skills to Xia Shengsheng to protect the safety of the Xia family.

"Oh, by the way, I found the people you asked me to look for, they are these two.

One is a person who has made great achievements in embroidery.

The other one is very talented in writing and is suitable to teach Yiyi.

I brought Yiyi back with me this time without consulting you. I hope you won't mind, Sister Xia!"