Traveling through the mountains and farming

As soon as Lin Wan entered the teahouse, Manager Shen saw her at a glance and noticed that she was not in a good mood. He welcomed her to the private room upstairs and asked with concern:

"Mrs. Lin, what's wrong with you? Have you encountered any difficult problems?"

Lin Wan had a bitter look on her face and sighed softly, then she told the whole story about how she couldn't buy enough food due to the food purchase restrictions.

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Shen couldn't help but frowned, hesitated and thought for a while, and then said:

"Mrs. Lin, to be honest, I have some food stored in my teahouse. I can give some to you. How much food do you need?"

After hearing this, Lin Wan showed joy on her face, but then felt a little embarrassed to speak.

But she still gritted her teeth and stated her request for twelve stone of paddy and three stone of rice.

She didn't expect Manager Shen to give her so much, and thought that if he could give her half the amount, it would solve her problem and give her some buffer time.

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Shen hesitated for a moment, but soon agreed.

Lin Wan couldn't believe her ears, "Really?" She widened her eyes and looked at Shopkeeper Shen in disbelief.

Shopkeeper Shen smiled and confirmed, "Of course it's true."

Lin Wan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water.

After recovering from his shock, he said gratefully:

"Manager Shen, thank you so much. However, I can't take so much food away at once. Can I leave it here with you first and come back to get it later?"

After thinking for a while, Manager Shen said, "How about this? I will arrange for someone to go to your house to get the sweet sauce this afternoon. I will ask them to help you deliver the food. This way you don't have to run back and forth."

When Lin Wan heard this, a look of surprise appeared on her face. She quickly stretched out her hand to shake hands and thank him. Suddenly she realized that this action was wrong, so she retracted it, bowed and said:

"That's great, thank you so much! You really helped me a lot."

Shopkeeper Shen smiled and said, "You're welcome. This is just a courtesy. Didn't you give me a big gift this morning?"

Since he had come into contact with Lin Wan, this was the first time he saw her with such a vivid and rich expression. She was no longer as calm as usual. Especially when she laughed excitedly, it inexplicably gave people a sense of familiarity.

Finally, Lin Wan rejected the low grain price offered by Manager Shen. She firmly demanded that the settlement be based on today's grain price, which was one tael, five hundred wen per dan of rice and two taels, one hundred and fifty wen per dan of rice.

She also made an agreement with Manager Shen that she would bring Li Chongle to the teahouse later and ask him to lead the way and deliver the food back.

Lin Wan's behavior made Manager Shen admire her even more.

He looked at Lin Wan's departing back and thought to himself that this woman was not only extremely intelligent, but also generous and had a rare integrity.

In particular, her determination and perseverance in the face of interests are worthy of praise.

At this time, Shen Zeyu, who had been listening at the door for a while, came over with a swagger, tilted his head, and asked with a playful smile: "Uncle, this is unlike you. You actually gave away food to Madam Lin?"

His uncle never does business that would lose money. Now that the price of grain is still rising, he has to make a profit every time he sells the grain.

Under such circumstances, his uncle actually proposed to sell it at the low price when it was acquired.

Shopkeeper Shen said thoughtfully, "Lady Lin will bring the little boy over later. You will be responsible for taking your own people to transport the food and bring back the sweet sauce. Don't let anyone else know."

He did not answer Shen Zeyu's question, but directly gave orders for the task.

Then Shopkeeper Shen turned to look at Shen Zeyu and said firmly, "You will leave the city with this batch of grain the day after tomorrow. After leaving the city, you will go directly home. I have arranged for someone to escort you. Don't think about escaping halfway."

"I see. How about I help you escort the food?"

Shen Zeyu continued to ask with a playful smile. He wanted to know why his uncle suddenly came to this remote small county in the south. Was it to collect grain? He might be able to find out something by following the grain protection team.

"No need." Shopkeeper Shen refused without hesitation.

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Lin Wanze hurried back to Wang Yu Niang's stall.

After agreeing with others to meet at the city gate later, she pulled Li Chongle and hurried towards the teahouse.

On the way, Lin Wan told Li Chongle that she had bought the grain, and instructed him to take the "more hidden" path on the other side of the village when he brought the people delivering the grain into the village.

"Sister-in-law, taking the small path on the other side of the village is to avoid the villagers, I understand." Li Chongle said, blinking his intelligent eyes.

"That's right, Xiaole, you are really smart." Lin Wan praised with satisfaction.

Li Chongle scratched his head embarrassedly, "Hey, sister-in-law, thank you for the compliment."

Soon, they arrived at the teahouse, and Lin Wan and Manager Shen handed over the arrangements for transporting grain.

Afterwards, she rushed to the city gate to meet up with her second aunt Wang Yu Niang and others.

When they arrived at the city gate, they saw Wang Yu Niang standing there and talking with other people.

Li Ke kept staring at the direction where Lin Wan was coming from. As soon as he saw Lin Wan, he shouted "Sister-in-law" and ran over to greet her.

"Oh, Wan'er, you're here at last." Wang Yu Niang said with a smile.

Lin Wan smiled sheepishly, "Aunt Yu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Wang Yu Niang smiled and waved her hands, "What are you waiting for? It won't take long. Let's go."

She turned around and picked up the wooden bucket filled with goat milk and asked curiously, "By the way, I bought you a small bucket of the goat milk you requested. Why did you buy this? It's very expensive."

Lin Wan took it with a smile and explained, "I'm inviting everyone to dinner at home tomorrow, so I wanted to make some new food."

After she got the food from the teahouse, she was on her way back to the stall when she saw someone selling goat milk. She decided to buy some to make cakes.

At that time, I was in a hurry to take Li Chongle to the teahouse, so in order to save time, I asked Wang Yu Niang to help buy it.

After hearing this, Li Ke, who was standing next to him, kept grinning, thinking that there was going to be another delicious meal!

Afterwards, the group pushed the cart towards the village.

Wang Yu Niang chatted with Lin Wan about family matters along the way, and other people also interjected from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Lin Wan discovered that Wang Yu Niang's temperament had become much more cheerful recently, and she was much more active than the first time they went to the city and answered every question.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the village entrance.

At this time, Li Ke was stopped by Li Tao and the others, and asked to play together. After Lin Wan nodded in agreement, Li Ke jumped and ran towards his friends with the rabbit lantern.

Then, Wang Yu Niang and the others helped deliver Lin Wan's things to her home, and helped unload the things from the cart and move them into the main room.

Afterwards, Lin Wan invited them into the house to drink some goat milk and rest their feet, but they declined with a smile. They all said that there was no need to be so formal, then waved their hands and left with a smile.

After all items were in order, Lin Wan planned to make a cake with goat's milk.

Looking at the half bucket of goat milk in front of her, Lin Wan realized that there would be a lot of milk left after making the cake. If it was left overnight, it might go bad.

So she thought carefully about what else she could do with the goat's milk.

It seems that the easiest thing to do is to make milk tea, but there is no tea leaves at home.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered that she had seen camellia trees not far from the back mountain. She had thought about picking them before, but she forgot about it because she was too busy recently.

There is just enough time now. Thinking of this, she immediately picked up the small bamboo basket beside her and walked quickly towards the back mountain.