In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

"Keep your voice down!" Wang Miaomiao looked at the wailing fourth child, Wang Tianci, and whispered:

"If you wake up mother, I won't even give you any porridge!"

Seeing this, the fourth brother looked miserable:

"The meat from last night wasn't late, so we, the husband and wife, can watch over it."

"We went out at noon today and didn't have time to eat meat."

"I haven't eaten for two days and I watered the fields all afternoon. I've been so tired, and this is what I get to eat?"

While speaking, Wang Tianci's hands were shaking as he held the rice soup that Wang Miaomiao had divided for him.

Wang Wu ignored Wang Tianci's wailing and took his own bowl of rice soup from his second sister, Wang Miaomiao, and drank it all in one gulp, leaving not a drop behind. As he put the bowl down, he glanced at Wang Tianci and his wife, who were still complaining about themselves, and ran back to his room to lie down.

With just this little bit of rice soup, it's impossible to fill my stomach.

If you don’t take advantage of this time to sleep, you will definitely feel hungry and have heartburn at night!

As Wang Wu's snoring sounded in the night, Wang Tianci and his wife became even angrier.

I only heard Liu gnashing her teeth and muttering:

"This Wang Wu doesn't act like a brother at all."

"He could have lent us his ox to carry water while he was fetching water today, but he refused, making us work until so late!"

"And this porridge is so greasy it makes my throat get stuck!"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry." Wang Tianci looked at his wife's angry expression, hugged her shoulders, and comforted her softly:

"If we go against Mother, we will suffer endless losses if we just rely on the two of us."

"So we have to bring along the eldest brother, the fifth brother, and the sixth brother!" Liu leaned towards Wang Tianci and gently placed the corn soup in her hand on the edge of the table, which coincided with what Wang Tianci was thinking!

"What about the third brother?" Wang Tianci asked hesitantly, looking in the direction where the voice came from.

He actually wanted to unite everyone in the family to fight against his mother.

This way the chances of winning will be higher.

After all...Mom will always rely on them for support in her old age.

When Liu heard that Wang Tianci wanted to win over Wang Wu, she shook her head repeatedly:

"Goodbye."

"You know what your third brother is like."

"Every time he sees my mother, he's like a mouse seeing a cat. Don't let him be scared by my mother's eyes and betray us directly."

Listening to Liu's analysis, Wang Tianci nodded secretly.

It is true.

With Third Brother's personality, it would be better for him to just be a quiet coward.

Under the silent moonlight, Wang Tianci just hugged Liu quietly, letting the breeze blow on his body, and they snuggled up to each other to relieve the fatigue of today's work.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu opened her eyes again and the moon had disappeared into the clouds.

Her stomach also made a rumbling sound.

Wang Tianci, who was standing beside her, was awakened by her movement.

Looking at the two bowls of rice soup on the table, Wang Tianci picked out some rice grains from his bowl and poured them into Liu's bowl.

Liu shook her head and took the initiative to exchange their bowls.

Very loving.

......

The next day, before dawn, Shen Qian got out of bed.

Even though I had dry rice last night, I still felt hungry!

I have to go to the town to cook a small meal today. Thinking of this, Shen Qian took out ten taels of loose silver and some copper coins from the box where she kept her money.

Packed in a package, waiting at the village entrance.

Before long, several families came to the village to do business in town.

When they saw Shen Qian, they started talking to her enthusiastically and proactively.

Although the preference for the rich and the disdain for the poor is not as exaggerated in this era, it can still be clearly felt.

This happened before I bought the cow, and the most they would ask me when they saw me was what I wanted to buy.

Now they are concerned about their own land and their children’s marriage.

Not so lively!

After dealing with it for a while, Wang Daniu finally drove the ox cart over.

Sitting on the ox cart, Shen Qian took out the penny she had prepared to pay the fare, then lowered her head and dozed off.

Seeing this, the women didn't want to disturb Shen Qian too much.

As the ox cart arrived in the town, the women dispersed.

Shen Qian said to Wang Daniu:

"Wait for me at Jiaji Grain Shop in town in half an hour."

"I want to hire a car to buy some food to take back."

"You don't need to rent a car to buy food." After hearing Shen Qian's request, Wang Daniu subconsciously wanted to refuse:

"When the time comes, just bring the food and get on the car."

"Don't refuse, I bought a lot of food." Shen Qian insisted:

"We agreed that you should come to Jiaji Grain Shop in the town half an hour later."

"Okay...ok." Wang Daniu couldn't persuade Shen Qian, so he could only respond shyly.

I silently remembered Shen Qian's kindness in my heart.

It costs ten cents to charter a car, which is enough to buy three kilograms of food based on current purchasing power!

After entering the town, Shen Qian went straight to the restaurant she had eaten at yesterday.

After sitting down, he shouted to the merchant:

"Give me a bowl of mutton soup and three meat buns!"

To be honest, I didn’t feel full after eating that meat bun yesterday!

After all, the prices are here, and the buns are only the size of a palm, so if you want to eat your fill, you have to order a few more.

Hearing the call, the shopkeeper responded quickly.

As for the other diners, they just glanced at Shen Qian and then turned their attention back to their own tables.

It's just breakfast, it's not worth attracting attention.

As the mutton soup was served, the aroma that came to her face whetted Shen Qian's appetite!

It’s so delicious to eat a meat bun and drink mutton soup.

After breakfast, Shen Qian felt her lips were greasy.

After paying for the meal, we went straight to Jiaji Grain Store.

"Shopkeeper, buy some food!" Shen Qian stood at the shelf at the door and looked at it for a while, then shouted to the shopkeeper who was sitting inside and using an abacus.

The shopkeeper just raised his eyebrows, glanced at Shen Qian, then quickly lowered his eyebrows and said impatiently:

"Pack whatever grain you like! Bring it to the counter."

"A cloth bag costs six cents." He seemed to have noticed that Shen Qian didn't have a bag of grain on her, so he gave her special instructions.

Three cents each! Shen Qian couldn't help but gasp when she heard the price.

One bag can buy two kilograms of old grain.

"If I buy more, can you give me bags as well?" Shen Qian saw that the shopkeeper looked down on her, but still took the initiative to negotiate.

After all, she has a lifetime of experience and is well aware of the unspoken rules of this society.

The way one dresses determines one's social status.

The amount of grain an ordinary peasant woman buys cannot exceed 100 kilograms.

It's not worth the shopkeeper to do it himself.

However, the shopkeeper who was sitting at the counter fiddling with an abacus was amused by Shen Qian's words:

"Buy more?"

"How much can you buy?"

"It's not more than a hundred anyway..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Shen Qian:

"Three thousand catties of corn!"

"Three...three thousand kilograms!" Upon hearing this number, the shopkeeper opened his mouth slightly, his face full of disbelief.

A pair of eyes looked at Shen Qian again and again.

After a moment, he smiled and said:

"If you really buy 3,000 kilograms of corn, I'll give you this bag of grain as a gift."

"The shopkeeper is very open-minded!" Shen Qian praised, and directly opened the package she was carrying, took out the silver from it and weighed it.

After taking the nine taels of loose silver, the shopkeeper Jia Ji still felt dizzy.

Really?

A peasant woman in ordinary clothes actually took out nine taels of silver to buy old grain!