A Happy Farmhouse: After becoming the group's favorite, the whole family rises

Tian Xiaoman admired Jin Wanguan's connections and business skills. She also believed that her eight alpacas could definitely be sold, and at a higher value.

Presumably, once his alpacas were brought to Beijing, especially the one with the most unique shape that was presented to the princess, it would cause a sensation throughout Dai Viet.

By then, there will be even more people buying alpacas from home.

It’s a pity that there are not many alpacas left for breeding.

Tian Xiaoman feels a little regretful now. Is it because there are not enough alpacas left at home?

Well, I can just take it one step at a time.

"Dad——" The whole family was happy, only Mu Tou looked aggrieved.

"Next time, can you please have a good talk with Mr. Jin and ask him to give you copper coins when you give me silver? I want to count the silver."

"What are you thinking about, kid? If all the six thousand taels of silver were exchanged for copper coins, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to pull them back with these carriages."

Mu Tou curled his lips. Who could understand his mood?

There were clearly six thousand taels of silver in copper coins to count, but now they have only been converted into a few pages of light silver notes. I don't feel any sense of accomplishment when counting them.

Oh my God, why torture him like this?

The next morning, Tian Changqing came very early again.

Yesterday, before he left, Tian Danian told him to go with him to the carriage dealership in the county town to return the carriage.

When Tian Danian returned from the county town, he looked worried.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Tian Xiaoman had noticed his father's expression a long time ago, and inevitably felt worried, so he asked.

Tian Danian sighed, and even Shitou, who went with him to return the carriage, sighed.

"Brother! Dad! What happened to the two of you? You are like eggplants hit by frost."

In the end, it was Shitou who explained the situation. It turned out that when Tian Danian and his companions went into the county town to return the car today, they heard from people in the county town that a rice shop in the county town was almost robbed by a group of refugees two days ago.

As the weather gets colder, the price of grain in the county is getting higher.

After two years of drought, the land in many places was no longer suitable for growing crops, and most people fled north with their families.

Although Pinglin County is not in the northernmost part of Dai Viet, many refugees still come here.

Some wealthy families in the county would give out porridge and do charity work on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, but even so, many people still could not fill their stomachs.

Now that food prices have risen, some families can barely take care of themselves, so how can they provide extra food for the refugees?

That day, no one knew who instigated a group of refugees, but they rushed directly into the rice shop.

If a team of officials had not happened to be on their way to work and passed by there, the incident might have turned into a tragedy that day and the rice shop would have been emptied.

I heard that one of the young guys was trampled to death on the spot and two of the young guys were seriously injured.

Shi Tou patted his chest, seeming to be still afraid.

"Little sister, you don't know that the rice shop that was robbed was the one I worked for before. If these things hadn't happened at home, I would have worked in the rice shop, I'm afraid -"

Shi Tou's face turned pale and he didn't say anything else, but Tian Xiaoman understood the meaning of his words.

It seems that many things are already destined, and my eldest brother is not destined to have that disaster, so naturally he won't have this disaster.

After hearing what Shitou said, Wang couldn't help but complain along with him.

Sometimes they complain about the rising prices of all kinds of food; sometimes they complain about God being blind and making those elderly people homeless.

Tian Xiaoman thought more. She traveled through time from modern society. She had seen many incidents in TV dramas and history books about dynasties being in turmoil and people's hearts being divided due to natural disasters such as droughts and floods.

The little girl frowned and said solemnly, "Dad, I think we should dig a cellar in our backyard."

Wang, who was complaining about God's blindness, was stunned for a moment. "Girl, what did you say?"

Even Tian Danian looked at his little daughter thoughtfully.

Obviously, Tian Danian thought of a lot from his little girl's words.

"Girl, do you want to stock up on food?"

Tian Xiaoman smiled and nodded, "The situation is turbulent, there are many refugees, and food prices are rising. This is not a good sign. If the status quo remains, it's fine, but if the food price continues to rise, I'm afraid that in the future, the price of one kilogram of food now won't be enough to buy even half a kilogram of food. At that time, it will be difficult to have enough food."

Wang nodded repeatedly, she also felt that what her little daughter said made sense.

Although she had never experienced natural disasters or had to flee, she had heard from the elders in the village that there was a flood in the south a few decades ago, and many people were displaced and homeless.

Not to mention food, even a sip of clean water is impossible.

Selling children and daughters is the lightest punishment; exchanging one's own children for food is common.

Thinking of that scene, Wang's heart began to beat rapidly.

"Dad, I think what the fourth brother said makes sense. We are not short of money now, so let's store more food. As the old saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry."

Tian Danian's idea was the same as Wang's. After all, what they had stockpiled was food. At worst, they could just keep it and eat it slowly later. With so many people in their family, they didn't have to worry about not being able to finish it.

Tian Danian acted quickly. Having decided to dig a cellar, he went to the village the next day and asked a few men he knew to help him.

However, it was already midwinter and the ground was frozen. One could only dig out a shallow layer with a shovel, which made digging a cellar a huge project.

Besides, there was already a "sheep pen" in the backyard, and now digging a cellar would make the backyard seem too crowded.

Later, Tian Xiaoman came up with an idea. Since there was no place to dig in the backyard and it was difficult to dig outside, why not dig one directly in the house.

By then, the entrance to the cellar will be inside the house, which will make it convenient to go in and out. The soil under the house will not be so frozen solid, which will save much more effort than digging outside.

However, the big problem was which house to dig the cellar under.

Finally, after a discussion, the whole family unanimously decided to dig a cellar in Wang and Tian Danian's house, with the entrance slanting down towards the back of the house. This would not affect the foundation of the house itself and would also make it convenient to obtain food.