After the marriage was broken off, the husband's family regretted it

Yan Niang wanted to say something but was stopped by the village chief.

After all, he is the village chief, and it would be unacceptable if he didn't think about the villagers at all.

"Do you think this is okay? I'll talk to the villagers who are rushing to harvest in the village. All of you should buy our food. We really don't have enough. Even if we sell it to you this time, how long can you eat it? If you run out of food soon and come to us to buy more, we may not have any food to sell to you. Even our own food may not survive this winter."

"I hope you can understand too."

When the villagers heard what the village chief said, they understood that food was life-saving now, and most people were unwilling to sell it, or even couldn't buy it. It was okay for people to not eat for a day, but it was not okay to not eat for a long time. They would starve to death.

At this time, the village chief said, "I will discuss with them to see how much they will sell it for, and how many kilograms they will sell it to you. I can't make the decision on this, so it definitely needs to be discussed. I will also discuss it with Yun Tao. After all, they have a lot of grain at home, and if we can sell it, it will definitely be the best."

When the villagers heard this, they felt a little relieved. This was the only solution now. What else could they do?

The village chief waited for the villagers to disperse and then went to Yuntao's house.

Yun Tao saw the village chief coming to her house, and she knew why he came. But Yun Tao didn't say anything, just looked at the village chief quietly.

It is true that one does not visit the temple for no reason.

The village chief smiled at Yun Tao embarrassedly: "Yun Tao, I asked you to come here this time because I want you to do the village a favor. You saw the last rainstorm. Many people in the village did not rush to harvest food. Now many villagers buy food in the town, and even a lot of food is not available. The only food we can buy is white rice and other precious food. These are not something that we peasants can eat, and we can't afford them."

"Compared to us, your family has more food. See if you can sell some to the villagers. The price will definitely be higher than usual, but it may not be that high compared to the town. What do you think? As long as we can get through this difficult time, we will be fine."

After the village chief finished speaking, he looked at Yuntao cautiously.

Village chief, there is indeed food at home, but if I am not wrong, the villagers must have stored food before. Also, most of the villagers in the village are working in my workshop now. According to the monthly salary, they should be living well. And it is enough to buy food in the town.

The village chief said sheepishly: "I don't know how much money each family has, but I know that every household is having a hard time now, and the villagers also want to save some money. It depends on what you think. If you think it's okay, we can also sell some of the other popular villagers according to the proportion."

"Don't worry, you didn't take all of it out. I'm embarrassed to say it myself."

Yuntao also understood the villagers' thoughts. Their families did have a lot of grain stored, and her family could not finish eating it all for more than ten years.

"Well, I don't have any corn or anything like that at home, but I do have potatoes. They're the potatoes I asked you to grow before. If they're willing to buy them, I'll sell them to them for 8 cents a pound, since we're all from the same village. But the quantity is limited. One person's family is allocated 50 pounds, that's all. If I sell them according to the population, they'll be gone if they're sold out in a month."

"You go and discuss it with them. If they think it's appropriate, they can come to my house to buy it. But my house needs to be registered, so it's impossible to cheat and buy more. You have to explain this to them clearly, so that there won't be a fight or something, which will hurt the relationship."

The village chief was very satisfied when he heard Yun Tao agreed. The matter was finally resolved. Although 8 cents for potatoes was not cheap, it was much cheaper than in town. Fifty kilograms per person was enough.

The village chief happily went to inform the villagers.

After the village chief told the villagers what Yun Tao said, some villagers were dissatisfied. Potatoes cost 8 wen per pound, which was usually very cheap. Now 8 wen has doubled, which is not cheap anymore.

Some villagers were grumbling with dissatisfaction.

The village chief also spoke at this time. "I know what some of you want to say. You think this is not cheap, right? It's not usually this price, right? Don't you see what time it is now? Can you still buy potatoes for 8 wen per pound in the town, county, or prefecture? Do you know how much Yuntao's potatoes sell for per pound in the prefecture? It's dozens of wen. She is selling it to us so cheaply because we are from the same village. If you think it's not worth it, go out and buy it yourself."

"Let me be frank with you. If you want to buy, buy. If you don't want to buy, don't say anything. Food is very expensive right now. After a while, you can only buy less food with the money you have. Don't be offended."

The village chief's words made some people unhappy.

"Village chief, what you said is wrong. The imperial court will take care of us. The imperial court will not watch us starve to death."

Village chief: "I didn't say the court doesn't care about us. If you think it's expensive, then you can just wait for the court's grain. You don't want to spend money. With so many people, how much grain do you think you will get? You can only feel at ease when the grain is in your own hands."

After saying these words, the village chief no longer paid any attention to these people.

If you want to buy potatoes, follow me. The limit for each person is 50 kilograms per month, and the purchase is based on the population. There is no more, but it is still okay to buy less. I don’t mind, and I believe Yuntao doesn’t mind either.

Since the village chief said these words, the villagers stopped making trouble and lined up peacefully at Yuntao's house to buy potatoes.

Every villager bought potatoes at the rate of fifty kilograms per person, as if they were afraid that they would never be able to buy potatoes again.

Yun Tao was helpless watching this scene. The villagers in the village could still get through the difficult times by selling potatoes themselves, but other villagers outside the village might not be so lucky.

I don't know when the grain from the imperial court will arrive. If the grain from the imperial court arrives, it can more or less solve some of the problems.

At this time, County Magistrate Wu was making arrangements for the affected villagers in an orderly manner.