After becoming the villain's eldest sister, I take charge of the whole family

Take a day off.

The next morning, after breakfast, she took the initiative to call out to Xie Zhongji for the first time: "Second brother."

Xie Zhongji was puzzled: "Sister, what's wrong?"

Xie Shuze and his two siblings also looked over.

Xie Linghe said to him, "Come with me into the city later to buy some food."

Xie Zhongji was puzzled: "Isn't there still some at home?"

Xie Linghe didn't want to explain any further and glared at him, "Why are you asking so many questions?"

Xie Zhongji immediately became intimidated: "Oh."

agreed.

Xie Linghe returned to the house to get the silver.

Xie Sanhe and his wife passed away suddenly, so they didn't have time to make arrangements for their funeral.

The original body was in a daze.

As soon as she arrived, she took the time to turn the whole house upside down yesterday. Finally, she found ten taels of silver and seven hundred and eighty-five copper coins on the beams, in the wall bricks, under the straw mats, etc.

That's all the money the family has.

We weren't completely broke at the start, but the situation was dire.

Because now, after the flood, nine surrounding counties have been affected and all the rice fields have been flooded.

Xie Linghe, who had read history books, knew that the real test would come after a major disaster. Moreover, the book also said that the powerful Li Party in the government was determined to implement the policy of "changing rice to mulberry" and deliberately withheld the relief grain. Merchants who heard the news continued to raise the price of grain, which eventually led to the people in these nine counties having no food to eat and starving people everywhere.

Now, the catastrophe has just begun.

Of course, she had to hurry up and stock up on enough food before food prices skyrocketed.

Closer to home.

After thinking for a moment, she finally took only ten taels of silver and a few hundred copper coins and kept them at home for daily expenses and for emergencies.

go out.

Xie Zhongji was already standing at the door.

Seeing her, he quickly said, "Sister, let's go."

Xie Linghe nodded, but his eyes turned to Xie Lingai. Her little face was full of reluctance, but she was very obedient and didn't make a fuss. He walked over, touched her hair, and said softly, "Xiaoai, stay home obediently. I'll buy you some candied haws when I come back."

Candied haws?

Xie Lingai's eyes lit up.

When her parents were still alive, her father would sometimes buy a few strings of candied haws when he came back from his odd job, all for her brothers. She could only watch from the side and imagine what such beautiful candied haws would taste like. They must be sour and sweet, right?

She knows what sour tastes like.

But, what does sweet taste like?

Xie Lingai didn't know.

But it must be delicious, even better than yesterday's fried eggs.

Xie Linghe didn't know what was going on in Xie Lingai's mind, otherwise he would have definitely mentally lashed out at Xie Sanhe and his wife: "It's not like they're so broke they can't even afford to eat. How much is a string of candied haws worth? They can't even bear to give a bite to their child. Are they so perverted by favoring boys over girls?"

aside.

When Xie Shuze and Xie Jijun heard about candied haws, their eyes flashed, but thinking about their eldest sister's attitude towards them in the past two days, they didn't dare to ask for it.

Before leaving, Xie Linghe rubbed Xie Lingai's little head again and said, "Let's go."

"Sister, I'll wait for you to come back."

"Well, good."

……

Out of the house.

She did not walk out of the village, but walked towards the center of the village.

Xie Zhongji was a little curious, but he didn't ask too many questions and just followed her obediently.

Xie Erhe's family.

Xie Linghe called out from outside the courtyard gate, "Second Aunt, are you home?"

The door opened quickly.

A middle-aged woman wearing green clothes and with a slightly haggard face came into view. It was Xie Erhe's wife, Wu Hong.

"He Jie'er, why are you here?"

Seeing them, Wu Hong was startled at first, then smiled and waved: "Come in and sit down. And Ji Ge'er, come in quickly."

Xie Linghe went in.

She looked around: "Aren't Sister Huan and Brother Dafang home?"

Xie Erhe and Wu Hong had two daughters and three sons in total.

The eldest son, Xie Dashan, is twenty-one this year; the second son, Xie Dafang, is seventeen this year; and the third son, Xie Dashui, is fifteen this year.

The eldest daughter, Xie Linghuan, is nineteen this year; the youngest daughter, Xie Lingyuan, is seventeen this year.

Speaking of this, the Xie family's genes make it easy to give birth to twins. All three families have a pair. Xie Dahe's family has a pair of Jinhua; Xie Erhe's family has a pair of twins, a boy and a girl; and Xie Sanhe's family has a pair of Jingua.

Back to the topic.

"Sister Huan has gone to the mountains with her younger sister to pick wild vegetables." Wu Hong replied, "Dafang and Dashui are both in the house."

"Oh, that's it~"

Xie Linghe: "Second Aunt, I have something important to say. Please call Dafang over."

Wu Hong was slightly surprised, but nodded: "Okay."

……

For a while.

Wu Hong, Xie Dafang, Xie Linghe and Xie Zhongji sat around the dinner table.

Xie Dafang asked curiously, "Sister Linghe, what's going on?"

Xie Linghe got straight to the point: "Second Aunt, I'm going to the city to buy food today. The more the better. You guys should come with me."

Xie Dafang: "Why is that?"

Wu Hong was surprised: "There is still food at home..."

Xie Linghe explained calmly, "Of course I have my reasons. Second Aunt, Dafang, you all know about the flood the other day. The nine surrounding counties were flooded. The crops in the fields have just begun to ear, so they must be in great shape."

"This year's harvest will definitely be affected."

"Besides that, many people's homes were flooded with food and they had to go out to buy food."

“Plus, the granaries in the city were flooded, and there wasn’t much food to begin with. Wouldn’t the price be getting more and more expensive?

We have food at home, but every year the new food is sold, leaving only enough for one year's consumption. Now we only have enough food for two months at home. What if we have no food to sell when it's all eaten?

It’s better to buy some in advance to be at ease, don’t you think? ”

After listening.

Xie Dafang nodded repeatedly: "That's right, we should go buy some food."

Wu Hong was a country woman, and she was originally uninformed. When she heard Xie Linghe speak so seriously, she immediately panicked: "Then let's go buy it!"

Xie Linghe comforted her, "Don't panic, Second Aunt. There's still time."

Hearing Xie Linghe's steady voice, Wu Hong calmed down a lot: "Yes, yes, yes."

"Then I'll go get the money."

Xie Linghe reminded her from behind, "Second Aunt, bring more money. I heard that food prices in the city have gone up."

"What?! It's going up now!"

Wu Hong looked surprised, then nodded quickly: "Okay, I understand."

……

A quarter of an hour.

The four of them set off in Xie Erhe's ox cart.

Xie Dafang is driving.

Walking in the village, passing by villagers, someone asked curiously: "Erhe family, where are you going?"

Wu Hong answered honestly: "Going to the county town to buy..."

Xie Linghe interrupted her, "Third Aunt, Second Uncle and his family are out doing corvée labor. We're planning to go to the city to buy some meat and cook a good meal for them when they come back."

Defenses can not do without.

It’s okay to say it now that there is no shortage of food. But if everyone is short of food in the future and people know that they have hoarded food, it is inevitable that some people will have bad thoughts.

Especially the female lead Xie Lingdi.

Xie Linghe had no doubt that if Xie Lingdi knew that their family had stockpiled a lot of food, she would definitely spread the word, or even worse, instigate those who were starving to cause trouble.

Therefore, confidentiality is the top priority.