Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded and said:

"My second uncle gave me a hundred yuan today, but I didn't take them in just for the money. I just thought my second uncle was a really nice guy.

During the Chinese New Year, my two children came to visit, and he gave each of them ten coins and a few candies.

Madam Bai nodded and said, "This Lin Fugui is indeed quite generous, and he doesn't usually hang out with them. Just take him with you!"

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded and said, "Then let's rest early!"

They put the two pheasants in the backpack first. There were mountains everywhere now, so they would find a way to sell them when they got to the town.

The next morning, before daybreak, I was awakened by the sound of a gong: "Hurry up and get going. We will arrive at Moxiang Town today. You can go to the town to buy some things. It will be difficult to see a town like this in the future."

Master Bai nodded and said:

"Behind Moxiang County is Shuguang Town, but it takes more than 20 days to get there.

The entire road here is mountainous, and the road ahead will be even more difficult to walk on."

In other words, without supplies for more than 20 days, it would be impossible to get through.

Someone in the village said, "Even if we buy food and clothes, we have to hand them in. We might as well not buy them."

Someone murmured softly, "That's true. Let's just forget it!"

Seeing that the villagers were unhappy, Lin Tugen said loudly:

“If you have copper coins, you still have to buy some food.

The food you buy this time is yours, after all, it will be difficult to buy food later."

Master Bai and Lin Fugui were whispering to each other. Lin Fugui said:

"Lin Tugen just wants to squeeze the money out of everyone, just wait and see!

Once the money is squeezed out of them, these people will be finished."

Master Bai sighed and said, "We've said everything we need to say, but unfortunately the villagers won't listen to us. It's not our fault."

They walked for a whole morning and finally arrived at Moxiang Town. Moxiang Town was just a remote little place, but the ink produced here was of high quality and famous. Even people from the palace would come to purchase it.

However, to enter this town, each person must pay ten cents.

Many people turned around and left. After all, ten cents was not a small amount of money in the eyes of ordinary people.

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at Master Bai and said, "We still have to go to the city. We have two pheasants in the basket to sell, and we also need to buy cloth and cotton."

Master Bai nodded and said, "You and Mulan go! Be smart and buy food if you can. If you can't, forget it. Safety comes first."

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded and walked into Moxiang Town with Mulan. They paid twenty copper coins directly and walked into Moxiang Town. Zhao Qiaoniang and Mulan were amused.

"The streets are empty and the shops are closed. What are we doing here?" Mulan was furious.

On the street, the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone shops that should have been bustling with activity now all had their doors tightly shut, their entrances covered in dust.

Zhao Qiaoniang and Mulan walked around the town, but found that not a single shop was open.

Naitang squeaked a few times, signaling Zhao Qiaoniang and Mulan to follow it. Mulan sighed and said, "I thought there would be food to sell here. I didn't know that everyone here had already run away."

Every house was empty. Zhao Qiaoniang said sadly, "That's right! It's all over now. I was planning to buy some food and quilts."

There were originally 5 bags of food, but now there are so many people, even if we eat more frugally, there is still a lot less food.

Naitang squeaked, signaling Zhao Qiaoniang to follow it, and Zhao Qiaoniang had no choice but to follow it.

Soon they arrived at a wealthy family's house. There was a pair of huge stone lions and the gate was closed.

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at Naitang and said, "What are we doing here? Can we exchange it for food?"

Mulan also whispered, "This is a wealthy family, but it doesn't look like anyone is there!"

Naitang took them directly to a side door, next to which was a dog hole.

Naitang pointed at the dog hole. Mulan and Zhao Qiaoniang looked at each other. Mulan said, "Do you want us to go through the dog hole?"

Naitang nodded, and Mulan whispered, "Sister Qiaoniang, should we go through the dog hole?"

"Drill, let's go see what's there."

"Um……"

They entered the yard and looked around, only to see that the courtyard of this wealthy family was filled with an old-fashioned atmosphere.

The garden that was once carefully tended is now deserted, with dead grass everywhere.

The grass grew in a disorderly manner, some even higher than people's knees, swaying gently in the breeze.

Occasionally, you can see some dilapidated flower pots and broken branches in the grass, which adds a sense of desolation.

Mulan and Zhao Qiaoniang were stunned. Mulan whispered, "Mom! So this is what a wealthy family is like."

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at the yard and said, "I don't know what the owner was thinking. They were willing to abandon such a nice yard."

Mulan snorted, "We have to run. We don't even have water here. If we stay, we'll die."

"Isn't it? We definitely can't survive without water and food." Zhao Qiaoniang looked at the pond in the yard. The pond was dry, the fish had rotted, and a foul smell filled the entire yard.

The courtyard of this wealthy family seemed particularly quiet, with six rooms arranged in an orderly manner.

Naitang suddenly moved, squeaked a few times, and then walked quickly towards one of the rooms.

Zhao Qiaoniang followed closely behind and stepped into the room, but found it empty. There were only cold walls in the room, lifeless.

Toffee went straight to a wall where there was a rat hole.

It pointed its claws at the bricks next to it. Zhao Qiaoniang watched Naitang's movements and asked in confusion, "Is there something in the cracks between the bricks?"

After saying that, she picked up a knife and carefully pried open the cracks in the bricks.

As the bricks loosened, a small bag gradually emerged.

Zhao Qiaoniang picked up the purse, opened it and saw what was inside. Her eyes lit up.

There was only a two-liang silver ingot and about three or four hundred copper coins inside.

"Wow, you are so awesome!" Zhao Qiaoniang's face was full of joy.

Mulan was incredulous and said, "How could it find the silver hidden here? How can it be so powerful?"

Then they saw a black rat coming out of the rat hole and greeting Naitang. Soon the black rat led them to the warehouse at the back.

This warehouse is quite large, and dust is blowing in the face.

Zhao Qiaoniang and Mulan coughed several times. The warehouse was filled with all kinds of junk, and the cabinets were placed in a crooked manner.

Naitang led them straight to a cabinet at the back and pointed with his paw.

Zhao Qiaoniang opened the cabinet and was surprised to find a bag of grain inside.

When they opened the cloth bag, they found that it was filled with white rice. The bag of grain weighed about 20 kilograms. Although it was not heavy, it was extremely precious to them.

Zhao Qiaoniang carefully put the food into the backpack, her heart full of joy.