Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Although I stayed up all night last night, I still asked Tongzi to set an early alarm.

After all, her husband would come to pick her up in a while, and she had to prepare to take out some things.

First, take out 200 taels of silver, each 50 taels.

She didn't have anything else, so she just said it was given by the escort. Anyway, no one knew how much she was given.

The grain harvested yesterday included 3000 kilograms of rice and 3000 kilograms of flour. In addition, there were 500 kilograms of sorghum, 500 kilograms of millet, and 200 kilograms of various beans.

She decided not to take out the food for the time being, and saved it for emergency use, so she could ask her sons to buy more later.

There were still more than ten pounds of various seasonings, and not much salt, only more than 20 pounds. After careful inspection, I found that there was no chili.

Thinking back, I realized that there was no such thing as chili pepper in this dynasty, and only dogwood fruit could be barely spicy.

She has peppers. There are all kinds of peppers and seeds in the system mall! Malatang, Maoxuewang, spicy hot pot, spicy stewed food, etc. Isn't this a chance to make a fortune?

When things settle down, I will give the pepper seeds to the eldest brother and ask him to study them. I will give the food recipes to her wife and let her study food.

There's no way she could do it herself. It's not like she doesn't have children!

I put the herbs and silver I bought yesterday into the backpack and went downstairs to check out. The room fee was 300 wen + tea 15 wen + dinner 45 wen, a total of 360 wen.

I felt my stomach and prepared to find a shop to have some breakfast. I walked a few steps and saw a wonton stand. It looked good, so I ordered a bowl of wontons and a sesame cake. I sat down and ate slowly.

The wontons are filled with mustard greens and meat, and taste good. You can take some away and eat them occasionally on the road.

"Boss, I want 50 of these wontons to take away, and of these sesame cakes to take away as well."

"Okay, sir, I'll pack it for you right away. But we charge 1 cent for each bamboo tube. What do you think?"

"It's okay, use it."

"Ok."

By the time she finished eating, the sesame seed buns and wontons had been packed up. A sesame seed bun was 3 wen each, and 51 buns were 153 wen.

馄饨是8文一碗，21碗水168文。打包竹筒20文，一共341文，收了340文。

He kept three servings of wontons and three sesame cakes, put the rest into the space, and walked towards the city gate.

When they arrived at the city gate, the sons were already there. He handed a portion of sesame cake and wonton to each of the three sons.

"Mom, we've already had our meal. Yesterday the village chief called a meeting for the whole village, saying that the Jin people were coming to attack, and that the whole village would have to flee tomorrow morning.

Today, while we were preparing for the event, my grandfather also came and I was thinking whether we should buy something as well.

We have finished all the work you asked us to do at home yesterday. We have baked almost 100 pancakes and used up all the food."

Xin Bai looked at the wontons and sesame cakes and swallowed his saliva.

"Okay, I got it. We'll go buy some later. Just eat these. We'll need your strength later."

Just like that, the three of them took the food and started eating.

"Mom, this wonton is so delicious, and it has meat in it!" Xin Bai

"Yes, this pancake also has sesame seeds."

"Mom, have you eaten?" Xin Shu

"I've eaten. Take your time. Xin Shu will go to the academy to get his things back later.

I asked for leave from the teacher and told him that when I came here this morning, I saw many wealthy families leaving the city. They were leaving in a hurry and I didn't know what was going on.

Then wait for us at the grain store."

"I know, mother"

After they finished eating, Zhao Yuanzhen prepared to take the eldest and second sons to the livestock market to buy a carriage.

Before she even reached the market, the stench was so overwhelming that she wanted to hold her breath. Then she covered her face with her hands as she walked, thinking that she would have to ask her second son's wife to make more masks so that she could use them on the way to escape.

Seeing them coming, a man with a goatee came over and asked:

"These guests, do you want to buy something? I have everything here. Would you like to take a look?"

"Do you have horses and a carriage? A bigger one would be best."

"Yes, yes, yes. Please come this way. We have everything here. Look at this horse. It is of good age, has shiny fur, and is very strong. It only costs 35 taels of silver and can be used for at least 15 years."

It's a chestnut horse. It looks good, but the price is really not cheap.

If it weren't for the fact that the space couldn't hold living things, she would never have let go of the things in the county magistrate's mansion. She observed the carriage at the time and found that everything was marked, so she didn't take anything.

I looked elsewhere and saw a black horse. It was tall and handsome, but a little listless.

"What happened to the horse?"

"The horse was sick. The vet saw it several times but it didn't get better. Alas, it was a strong horse that had just grown up."

"Tongzi, can you tell what's wrong with this horse?"

"Scan 10 points, host, would you like to make a wish to scan?"

"sweep"

"This horse has knot disease. If it needs treatment, you can spend 2 points to buy a shot of Anaijin."

"Okay, I know."

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the horse and thought that if he didn't buy it, the horse dealer would probably kill it and sell it for meat, so he might as well just keep it for a good price.

"Boss, how much do you want to pay for that sick horse?"

"Do you want to buy the sick one? Sir, let me tell you in advance that I have consulted many veterinarians but none of them can cure this horse. If you buy it, it may not survive. If it dies, you can't come back to us."

"Well, I know. It's not that my family is poor, so I want to give it a try."

"I'll sell it to you for 5 taels of silver."

Seeing her like this, the boss said

"Then I will give you 40 taels in total, including the horse I just saw. How about you give me a larger carriage?"

The boss looked at her, then at the horse, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go and do the paperwork for you and get you a carriage."

"Xin Bai, go and follow the boss to complete the formalities, and put the carriage on at the same time. Just tie the horse next to the carriage."

Then he took out a silver ingot weighing 50 yuan from his backpack and handed it to Xin Bai.

"Okay, mom."

Zhang Xinbai felt very uncomfortable holding the 50 taels in his hand and thought of his father again.

"Xin Nian, go see if there is anyone selling feed and buy some. The horses need to eat better after a long journey. Buy more."

He took out the remaining two taels of silver from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Xinnian.

"Okay, mother. I'll go and lead the bullock cart. You wait here for big brother. Mother, please be careful not to get bumped. Be careful."

"Alright, go ahead"

Zhao Yuanzhen then looked around and found a shade under a tree at the entrance of the market in the yard, and prepared to wait for them there.

After waiting for a while, the eldest brother came over leading the carriage.

The carriage is very large, with a total length of about 3.5 meters, a height of 2.5 meters, and a width of about 1.8 meters.

The top of the carriage is a relatively low-key arched dome, not a luxurious octagonal pavilion roof, which is fine as it is more low-key.

There is a window about 45 cm on both sides, covered with curtains.

There is an L-shaped couch in the car, about 45 cm wide, and the couch near the rear of the car is a drawer.

It can be used to store some small commonly used items. Near the couch on the left, two small cabinets with double doors are made to store clothes, quilts and other items.

You can put a small table in the middle and put a small clay stove on it, and then put it away for sleeping at night. The design is very good.

After Xinnian bought the fodder, the three of them went to the grocery store to buy some oilcloth so that they could cover the food they were going to buy.

There were three grocery stores in the town, and they went to the nearest one first. As soon as they entered the store, they found that there were many people, and they saw several people from the same village.

Zhao Yuanzhen frowned and said to them

"Let's split up and buy some salt. I'm afraid we can't buy much salt alone. Xin Bai, go to the shop in the south city.

Buy the maximum amount of salt, a bundle of oilcloth, 10 pounds of brown sugar, 10 pounds of white sugar, and 6 water bags.

Xinnian, the same thing. You go to another shop and buy the same as I just said. I will buy in this shop. Then we will meet at the grain store. "

"Okay, mother, be careful. If you can't carry it, wait for your son to come and pick you up."

Zhang Xinnian was really worried that his mother wouldn’t be able to get so many things.

"I can't buy much. According to what you buy, it's only a few dozen kilograms. Don't worry, I'll carry the basket, you guys go ahead."

Then he took out a silver ingot from the backpack and handed it to Xin Nian. The silver that Xin Bai had left over from buying the carriage should be enough.

"Okay, mother."

Every year, Xin Bai and Xin Nian each drove a cart to go shopping.

She also walked into the shop, found a counter with few people, and said to the clerk, "I want ten pounds of white sugar, ten pounds of brown sugar, a bundle of oilcloth, and six more water bags, the biggest ones."

The waiter said with a smile on his face, "Okay, sir, please wait a moment, I'll get it for you right away."

Then the waiter brought what was needed, and the sugar had already been weighed out.

"Brown sugar is 50 wen per pound, 500 pounds is 45 wen, white sugar is 450 wen per pound, 8 pounds is 10 wen, oilcloth is 100 wen per foot, you asked for a bundle. That is 800 zhang chi, about wen.

As for water bags, the largest ones are made of pig bladders, and the largest ones are made of gourds. The pig bladder ones are 300 coins each, and the gourd ones are 50 coins each. Which one do you need?"

Pig bladder... I don't think it's a good idea. I'd rather use a gourd, at least it's cheap and clean.

"Just the gourd ones, six please."

"Okay, six gourds for 300 coins. Do you need anything else?"

"Do you have any wine? Bring me three more jars of wine, and a pound of sugar. Can you buy 10 pounds of salt?"

"We have wine. All the wines here are from time-honored brands, and they are very mellow. You can buy ten kilograms of salt, but no more. I'll go get it for you right away."

Soon three jars of wine were brought in. The jars were made of coarse pottery, and each jar weighed roughly 10 kilograms.

Wine can remove the fishy smell when cooking, and you can drink a little when it's cold. It can also disinfect wounds.

"This jar weighs 12 jin, and the loose weight is 75 wen per jin. If you can take it, we will charge you 70 wen per jin.

Three jars are about 2520 wen, and the sugar is 50 wen per jin. Salt is 120 wen per jin, so 1200 jins is wen. Do you need anything else?"

Zhao Yuanzhen thought about it and decided that there was nothing missing, so she asked for the bill. The total was 5820 wen, and the waiter rounded off the amount and charged 5800 wen.

That's about 6 taels of silver. It turns out that silver has a strong purchasing power. Then he took out two 2-tael silver ingots and handed them to the waiter, and one of them paid.

I asked the waiter to change the rest into small change, and then I exchanged them for 10 strings of copper coins.

The waiter looked at the silver ingot in his hand and was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that this shabby peasant woman was so rich. It really is true that you can't judge a person by his appearance. Fortunately, his attitude has always been fine.

He then gave the change and handed the change to Zhao Yuanzhen.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the pile of things and put the sugar, salt, water hyacinth and oilcloth into the backpack. He also put the wine here, which was in sealed jars.

It's okay to leave it here. She told the waiter to wait for her son's carriage to come and take it away. The waiter said don't worry, he will keep it well for her.

Then he carried his things and walked towards the grain road.

Xin Shu was already waiting for them at the grain store. He saw her coming from afar, then ran over and reached out to take the backpack.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at his height of over 1 meters, then looked at herself, which was nearly 6 meters tall, and decisively handed the backpack to him.

Maybe it’s because Zhang Sandao has good genes, Zhang Qinghe, Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian are all over 175cm tall.

In this era of food and clothing shortages, it is really not easy to grow to 180cm tall.

After looking at the grain store and seeing that there was a need to queue up, she went to queue up and asked Xin Shu to wait for her there with the backpack and his book box.

When it was her turn, Xin Bai and Xin Nian also arrived.

She asked about the price of grain: rice was 16 wen per jin, flour was 14 wen per jin, millet was 10 wen, sorghum was 8 wen, beans were about 8 wen, and corn was 7 wen.

She asked for 500 kilograms of rice, 500 kilograms of flour, 200 kilograms of millet, 200 kilograms of corn, 200 kilograms of sorghum, and 100 kilograms of beans, which totaled almost 1700 kilograms.

The carriage, plus their luggage, pots and some daily necessities, could not be pulled any more. Moreover, carrying too much for a long journey would be too much of a burden on the horses.

According to the calculation that each of them eats half a pound of food per meal, six people have nine pounds of food per day, which can last for three months. Moreover, they can have the opportunity to go to the city to replenish their food during the journey.

1700 jin of grain cost a total of 20 yuan, more than taels of silver.

While her son wasn't paying attention, she took out a 50-liang silver ingot to pay the bill, and then asked them to load the grain onto the ox cart, carefully cover it with oilcloth, and tie it up with ropes.

The next destination was the cloth shop, and I picked up some wine on the way there.

She and Xin Shu were sitting in a carriage. It was Xin Shu's first time riding in a carriage, and it was her own carriage. She was so excited that she touched things here and there.

This carriage was the equivalent of a sports car in his previous life, so it was understandable that he was so excited. Xin Bai was driving the carriage outside. Xin Nian was driving the ox cart in front of the carriage.

When we arrived at the cloth shop, a woman who looked like a shopkeeper came over.

"Madam, what do you need?"

"Do you have any cotton? Bring 30 kilograms, a piece of coarse linen, and a few pairs of cloth shoes. Six pairs are needed for the size I wear, and two pairs for each of the three of them."

"Okay, okay, please wait a moment."

Then he looked at her size and the sizes of the three people, went to look for shoes, and after finding them, he handed the sizes to the three people.

"Three guys, try it and see if it's suitable?"

The three of them then took the shoes and compared them with the soles of their own shoes and decided when they felt they were similar.

Zhao Yuanzhen took her own and compared them. Her feet were about the same size as her two daughters-in-law, so she could just buy the same. She nodded to indicate that the size was right.

"Men's shoes are 35 wen a pair, women's shoes are 30 wen a pair, burlap is 6 wen a foot, a batch is 100 feet, cotton is a little more expensive, but the cotton in our store is good cotton, the seeds are removed very cleanly, 70 wen a pound."

Zhao Yuanzhen compared the prices with what she remembered and realized that they were roughly these, so she nodded.

"Okay. Then get one set of coarse cloth clothes according to my body shape, one set for someone who is a little fatter than me, one set for someone who is shorter and fatter than me, and one set for each of the three of them."

Zhao Yuanzhen was thinking about escaping the famine on the road. There was a drought and there might not be water for bathing or washing clothes, so she decided to prepare an extra set of clothes.

"Do you have any gauze?"

"Yes, there are single-layer yarn and double-layer yarn. The single-layer one is 25 wen per foot, and the double-layer one is 35 wen per foot. Which one do you want?"

"If you want a double layer, give me 5 feet."

"OK".

The shopkeeper quickly found all the clothes and handed them to them for them to try on, and they all felt they were suitable.

It seems that the shopkeeper has a very good eye.

A set of ready-made clothes for men costs 90 wen. The cloth used for an average man is about 7 to 50 feet, and the cost is about wen, so the profit is almost half.

No wonder everyone likes to cut their own clothes. Women's ready-made clothes are 70 wen a set, which is about half the profit.

When I paid the bill, I spent 3745 coins. The shopkeeper gave me a change and counted it as 3700 coins. He also gave me some needlework and found a bag to help me pack it up.

A few people took the things onto the carriage and went to the butcher's shop to buy 20 kilograms of pork.

When we passed by the steamed buns shop, we asked Xin Bai to buy 50 meat buns. It was almost lunch time. We could eat some buns on the way back.

After thinking about it and realizing there was nothing to buy, they drove back to the village.