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

Hearing the noise, Shen Qian looked towards the grain shop. When she saw a board suddenly placed outside the shop with the new grain prices written on it, she couldn't help but be shocked!

[Stale corn: 10 wen/jin]

New corn: 25 wen/jin

【Beans: 9/jin】

【…】

Did food prices start to rise today? Shen Qian wondered.

Wang Daniu, who was sitting at the front of the ox cart, turned around and looked at Shen Qian with respect.

Fortunately, we listened to Wang Shen's advice and stockpiled a batch of food in advance.

Otherwise, with the sudden increase in grain prices, his family’s fields will have no harvest this year, and he might have to sell the land at a low price to survive.

This is truly a life-saving grace for farmers like him.

Old Mrs. Lin had just finished buying some pork fat from the butcher's shop and was on her way back when she stopped outside a grain store to buy some corn.

Because his family was at the southernmost end of the village, and his surname was Lin, not the Wang clan, and all the men in his family had died in the war, he basically never went to the ancestral hall unless something happened.

When I first heard about the village raising funds to buy grain, I laughed at the villagers for following Shen Qian's lead in making trouble.

Now, looking at the latest grain prices written outside the grain shop, his eyes widened and he exclaimed:

"Ten copper coins?! Why don't you just go and rob them?"

There are many people who think the same as her.

But the owner of the grain shop just glanced at her and didn't say anything.

Buy it if you want or not, a drought is coming.

The price of food will only get higher and higher. If you don’t buy it today, the price may not be the same tomorrow!

"Let's go!"

"At worst, I won't buy from your grain store. The price has risen so much at once. You've never seen money, right?" Old Mrs. Lin felt unhappy when the shopkeeper rolled his eyes at her.

He pulled the people he knew around him away from the grain store.

He kept muttering to himself.

When she arrived in front of Wang Daniu's oxcart, she saw Wang Shen sitting in the oxcart leisurely eating peanuts. She was furious: This shameless old man was right! Food prices are rising.

Wang Shen looked at the changing colors on Old Lady Lin's face and started to tease:

"how?"

"Didn't Mrs. Lin go shopping for food with the villagers a few days ago?"

"If you don't have any food at home, you have to buy some as soon as possible! Otherwise, the price of food will probably change every day!"

Facing Wang Shen's teasing.

Old Mrs. Lin’s expression became increasingly ugly.

Although what Shen Qian said made sense, she was unwilling to bow her head and buy food because of Shen Qian's instigation.

Otherwise, it would be like giving in to Shen Qian:

"No need!"

"I have so much food at home that I can't even store it!"

"Just now I just couldn't stand the grain merchant's treacherous face!"

Shen Qian found it even more amusing to see that Mrs. Lin had really fallen for the trick.

It is really stupid to risk letting your family starve just for that insignificant face!

As for the old ladies who usually chatted around Old Mrs. Lin, when they were stared at by Shen Qian, they shivered as if they were being stared at by hooligans. They dared not breathe and sat there like giant Buddhas, not saying a word.

They have all heard of Wang Shen's fighting ability.

Two of the old ladies subconsciously moved their buttocks to make themselves appear to be further away from Old Lady Lin, for fear that they would be implicated if they sat too close to her.

"Then I have to remind you, don't blame me later, saying that I was mocking you today and leaving your family without food." Shen Qian pointed out directly, turning the conspiracy into an open one.

Seeing this, Old Lady Lin cursed Shen Qian for being shameless in her heart, but she could only maintain her dignity and smile:

"Thank you for your kindness."

"But I still say that! I have more food than I can store at home!"

"Don't worry about it!"

As the car filled up.

Wang Daniu gently waved the whip and drove the car full of people towards Wangjia Village.

On the way, the women from Wangjia Village who came later surrounded Shen Qian and thanked her repeatedly!

"Wang Shenshi is amazing! Food prices have actually gone up, and the increase is so outrageous!"

"Thanks to you for persuading the villagers to buy food, otherwise my family would not have survived this winter."

"I'm making oil at home today. I'll ask my boy to bring you a bowl of oil residue!"

"Thank goodness we grabbed the lard early, otherwise, with grain prices going up, meat prices would have definitely gone up too! We've escaped another disaster! At noon, my child will also send a bowl of lard residue over. Wang Shenshi, you can't refuse!"

"..."

Seeing how enthusiastic everyone was, Shen Qian really couldn't refuse.

Old Mrs. Lin was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

I wish I could tear those women surrounding Shen Qian into pieces!

Anyone can be the center of attention, except the Wang Shen family, whom she looks down upon!

Go home.

Old Mrs. Lin looked at the empty rice jar and clenched her fists.

I cursed in my heart: Damn Wang Shen!

"His sister-in-law!"

"I'm going to the county town. You and his second sister-in-law will cook Sanlang's meal at noon."

"Don't worry about me!"

"Hey! Mother-in-law, don't worry! We can still keep our brother-in-law from starving!" Jia Zhang's eldest daughter heard the old lady Lin's shout, and immediately came out of the room and responded loudly.

As for the second child, the child was too young and made a fuss all night.

Although the sun is already high in the sky.

But it hasn't started yet.

According to Old Lady Lin's temper, she would definitely have said something in the past, but today she had to go to the county town to buy food, so she couldn't care less.

Walked for half an hour.

The sun is shining!

The temperature in early August always feels like it can bake people dry!

Old Mrs. Lin’s throat was about to smoke.

Finally saw the county town wall.

After walking for a few minutes, we stood outside a tea shop outside the city wall.

Old Mrs. Lin picked up a bowl of brewed herbal tea and drank it all in one gulp!

I dropped two copper coins and was about to go into the city, but unexpectedly I was stopped by the owner of a tea shop!

"Hey!"

"Wait, that old lady, wait a minute!"

When she heard the tea shop owner calling out, Old Mrs. Lin didn't think about herself at all.

Continue walking towards the county town.

It was not until his sleeve was grabbed from behind that he suddenly turned around.

He looked at the tea shop owner with a frown and asked:

"Hasn't the money been paid?"

Facing Mrs. Lin's question, the tea shop owner pointed to the sign outside the tea shop embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, auntie."

"Two pence was yesterday's price."

"Today's herbal tea is four cents a bowl!"

"Damn it!" When Old Lady Lin heard the price, she burst into a scream:

"A bowl of herbal tea, and you're selling it at double the price?"

“I’m crazy because of poverty!”

The tea shop owner looked unhappy after being scolded by Old Lady Lin.

But he still patiently explained:

"Sister, our prices are clearly marked. We are not cheating you. You can take a look."

"If you think it's too expensive, you can just go into the city without buying anything. We are not a bully tea shop that will force you to drink tea."

Seeing that more and more people gathered around her, Old Mrs. Lin felt embarrassed.

He took out two cents in a bad mood and threw them to the tea shop owner.

I paid another two cents for the entrance fee before I could enter the county town.

As soon as she entered the county town, Old Mrs. Lin walked towards the grain store without stopping.

Standing outside the grain shop, Old Mrs. Lin was completely dumbfounded!

[Stale corn: 15 wen/jin]

New corn: 30 wen/jin

【Beans: 12/jin】

【…】

This price is much higher than in town!

The two taels of silver I brought with me couldn't even buy 15 catties of aged corn! Even if there were only a few people in my family...it wouldn't be enough to eat!