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

In the afternoon, after the grain of Jia Ji Grain Shop was stored in the cellar, Shen Qian went straight into the cellar and worked there all afternoon.

All the food spilled out of the sacks, which were finally piled up in the corner of the cellar by Shen Qian.

She didn't plan to tell her children about the food.

After all, who knows what those ungrateful people will do when they know there is so much food at home.

Especially soon... the news of severe drought in several surrounding counties spread, and the price of grain in the county began to rise. Under this background, Shen Qian didn't dare to let a few ungrateful people know that her family had stored thousands of kilograms of grain!

A day's work.

Still porridge in the evening.

The fourth brother Wang Tianci and his wife were miserable because of drinking!

Fortunately, Shen Qian steamed some dry rice for them at noon.

Otherwise I really can’t survive this day!

"Mother, the village chief will call all the heads of each household to the ancestral hall."

"Don't forget." Wang Miaomiao reminded Shen Qian after drinking.

Shen Qian nodded in response:

"Don't worry, don't forget."

"I'll go over now."

After saying that, Shen Qian walked out of the yard under the gaze of several people at home.

Wait until Shen Qian walks away.

The fourth brother, Wang Tianci, watched Wang Wu walk back to the house to sleep, then he moved the stool under his butt.

Seeing that his eldest brother Wang Qingliu was about to go back to the house, he hurriedly reached out to grab him!

"Big brother!"

"and many more!"

Wang Qingliu looked down in confusion, frowned at Wang Tianci and his wife, and asked:

"how?"

"Are you two planning to deceive me again?"

Facing Wang Qingliu's questioning, Wang Tianci and his wife complained bitterly:

"Brother, my dear brother!"

"How could we, my husband and I, conspire with our mother to trick you?"

"The reason I called you back is because we hunted wild boars at home."

"And you should have learned some news in the village in the past two days, right?"

"If that doesn't work, aren't my second sister, fifth brother, and sixth brother here? They can also testify!"

As Wang Tianci spoke, he turned his gaze to Wang Miaomiao, Wang You and Wang Liang who were standing beside him.

That pleading look makes people feel soft-hearted.

Although Wang Miaomiao was very unhappy about Wang Tianci's behavior of always stealing things from his father-in-law's house.

But I took the initiative to help him clarify this matter:

"really."

"The day before you came back, mother found a wild boar in the mountains."

When Wang You and Wang Liang heard about the wild boar again, they felt so painful that their hearts trembled!

They discovered it first!

Thinking of this, Wang You couldn't help but complain:

"This wild boar."

"Wang Liang and I discovered it first on the mountain... I didn't expect it to be intercepted by my mother."

"That's right! When we came back to look for tools, mother actually got there first with my third brother, and then sold it in the village. Not only did we get less money, but we couldn't even tell mother about it. The wild boar was found in our county..." Wang Liang muttered dissatisfiedly.

This scene made Wang Tianci and Liu very happy.

It’s a sure thing that the fifth and sixth brothers will join their resistance camp!

Next are the eldest brother and second sister.

Thinking about this, Wang Tianci looked at his eldest brother:

"Brother, there's also your matter. Mother has gone too far this time!"

"Even if you don't continue to support me, there must be a better way, right? But my mother did it in front of the villagers..."

"Also, not allowing Big Brother to continue studying at this time clearly means you don't want him to take part in next year's college entrance examination."

Having said this, he noticed that his elder brother Wang Qingliu's expression became embarrassed.

While secretly delighted, he revealed all his thoughts:

"From today on, let's unite!"

"Ama is unfair. Let's unite and fight against her."

"No more working in the fields, no more eating the rice at home, go earn your own money! Then use the money you earn to buy rice and meat. With so many of us men, even if each of us only earns ten cents a day, we can still eat meat every meal!"

After listening to Wang Tianci's suggestion, the eldest brother Wang Qingliu suddenly came to his senses.

Let’s spend the money we earn together?

I'm afraid the latter sentence is the key point?

Earn ten coins a day, and you can net 220 coins by copying a Thousand Characters book! If you join them, isn't that just standing on your own body and drinking your blood?

Thinking of this, Wang Qingliu took a deep breath and directly refused:

"I can't do something that goes against filial piety."

After he finished speaking, Wang Qingliu stood up and walked towards his room.

Seeing this, the second sister Wang Miaomiao also left a word and left:

"My mother has tried so hard to help me propose marriage, I can't let her down."

At the dining table, only the fourth brother and his wife and the twins Wang You and Wang Liang were left looking at each other.

One last slap on the table.

The group of four parted ways unhappily!

It would be better for Wang You and Wang Liang to chop trees and saw wood every day like they do now than to expect them to take the initiative to find work and make money.

At least this way I don’t have to use my brain and I can have food to eat every day!

If they work with the fourth brother and his wife, they might go hungry nine times out of three days. They can even secretly go to their father-in-law's house to get a meal. But if the two brothers offend their mother, they will have nowhere to find food!

Shen Qian herself didn't know that while she was walking to the ancestral hall, a conspiracy against her initiated by the fourth brother in her family was declared bankrupt before it even began!

In the ancestral hall, the village chief Wang Dakuo saw Shen Qian coming.

Waving repeatedly:

"Hurry, Wang Shenshi!"

"This matter today came from you, so it's most appropriate for you to tell everyone!"

Seeing the greeting from the village chief Wang Dakuo, Shen Qian walked closer and after some hesitation, she accepted it!

It takes less than a quarter of an hour.

Basically, the heads of every household in the village gathered outside the ancestral hall.

Discussions arose among the crowd:

"Tell me, why did the village chief call us all over here after we just prayed for rain?"

"Every family asked the head of the family to come. It must be a big event."

"Could it be that the taxes have gone up again? We've just prepaid the three levies, and it's not even harvest time yet. If we have to pay more taxes, we'll be in trouble!"

"..."

Listening to the commotion outside the ancestral hall.

Village chief Wang Dakuo shouted loudly:

"Everyone, be quiet!"

"What I am going to say next concerns the interests of every household in our village."

"Everyone, listen carefully!"

As soon as the words fell, the originally noisy crowd suddenly became quiet.

Pairs of eyes stared eagerly into the ancestral hall.

The villagers standing in the front were full of doubts after seeing the village chief make way for Shen Qian.

"I have some bad news."

"Yesterday, when I went to the county town to buy cattle, I heard merchants from neighboring counties say that more than a dozen counties, including Beiyang, Beifeng, and Pan, are suffering from severe drought."

After she finished speaking, Shen Qian took a deep breath. She was lying. She said that she had never seen the merchant from the neighboring county. She was just using her past life experience to find a reasonable excuse.

Shen Qian helped her fellow tribesmen so that every family would have surplus food when fleeing famine, thereby maintaining internal unity and improving their own safety factor.

After she finished speaking, the quiet crowd reacted as if a bombshell had been dropped into them.

Confusion again:

"What? More than a dozen counties are suffering from severe drought?"

"Doesn't that mean food prices are going to skyrocket?"

"No, I'm going to the county to buy more food tomorrow."

"..."

Wang Dakuo looked at the chaotic crowd and stepped forward again to maintain order:

"Everyone be quiet!"

"Something happened, and I called you to the ancestral hall. There is naturally a solution!"

"In the face of disaster, we in Wangjia Village must unite as one!"

With the hosting of Wang Dakuo.

The chaotic crowd returned to calm in an instant, as if a magic needle had been inserted into the turbulent ocean.

"We've gathered everyone here to discuss the purchase of grain." Shen Qian adjusted her mood and continued:

"Regardless of what's happening in other counties, everyone can see the drought in Beiyang County."

"Estimated yields by autumn harvest are not optimistic."

"So after discussing with the village chief, I asked the head of each family to come to the ancestral hall to register to buy grain. The village will purchase it centrally and have the grain merchants deliver it."

"If the drought eases and the crops are good, we can sell all the new crops and avoid making a loss."

"But I still want to remind you to buy old grain within your means. If you don't store it properly, it will become moldy and the result will be more harm than good."

Just as Shen Qian finished speaking, a sudden voice rang out among the crowd:

“What does it mean to not lose money?”

"If the news is wrong and the grain harvest is good, we are selling new grain!"

"But you're eating old rice! The price difference between new and old grain is a full two copper coins per jin. Tell me, isn't this a loss?!"