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

black!

So dark!

Old Mrs. Lin cursed inwardly and walked out of the grain shop.

Ready-made ones are so expensive, she would be stupid to buy them in the county town.

According to the price in town, she could buy at least five more kilograms of aged corn!

It only took a quarter of an hour to make these five pounds of aged corn.

When Old Lady Lin walked back to town, the scorching sun almost gave her heatstroke!

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Old Mrs. Lin staggered into the county town, found a shady place, and after a short rest, she went to the grain shop during the day.

But...right now there are a lot of farmers gathered outside the grain shop.

If you want to buy food, you have to queue up obediently. The sweat that had just faded away from Old Mrs. Lin came out again.

After queuing for a whole hour, Mrs. Lin finally saw the counter in front of the store.

Her patience had long been exhausted during the queueing process, especially when she was queuing here, and the owner of the grain shop acted as if he didn't see her. He even closed the shop and left for a quarter of an hour to eat!

Seeing that there were three people queuing in front of Old Lady Lin, a servant ran to the shopkeeper from a distance.

Whispering something in his ear.

When the servant pushed the board open, the owner of the grain shop actually erased the numbers on the board and rewrote the price of the grain!

[Old corn: 10-20 wen/jin]

New corn: 25-35 wen/jin

Beans: 9-15 wen/jin

【…】

This price range is even more expensive than that in the county town!

Old Mrs. Lin stood there and cursed:

"The price of grain in your town is more expensive than in the county? That's crazy!"

The grain shop owner took a look at Old Lady Lin and found her familiar.

Think about it carefully.

Suddenly I remembered that Old Lady Lin was the old lady who took the customers away in the morning!

Funny in my heart:

"If you like it, buy it or not!"

"To tell you the truth, this price was reported back from the county!"

"Besides, this is just the price we have tentatively agreed upon for the next five days. After five days, the price will be raised!"

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't take her seriously at all, Old Lady Lin was so angry that her chest heaved violently.

Coupled with the physical weakness caused by long-term exposure to the sun, she subconsciously fell forward.

The moment his head touched the clothes of the person in front of him, that person pushed his stomach forward and moved his body along with it.

He let Old Lady Lin brush past him and fall to the ground.

"Ouch!" Old Mrs. Lin cried out in pain.

The strength in his arms suddenly returned, and he supported himself on the ground and sat up.

Looking at the place where I fell just now, a small pool of blood coagulated.

I reached into my mouth and found that half of my front tooth was knocked out!

"Are you going to buy it or not? If not, get out of the way!" While Mrs. Lin was stunned, the villagers who were still queuing behind her shouted:

"Right! If you don't want to buy it, get out of the way! If the price goes up again, we won't be able to afford it anymore!"

"God damn it, twenty cents a pound, the price has increased sixfold!"

"..."

The rioting crowd contained a strong sense of resentment.

Old Mrs. Lin didn't dare to offend these people.

He took out the two coins he had with him and bought ten kilograms of old rice with a heavy heart.

Fortunately, she brought a sack with her when she came.

Otherwise you’ll have to pay a few more cents!

Carrying ten kilograms of corn as she walked back, Old Mrs. Lin became more and more angry!

If Shen Qian hadn't used a conspiracy to incite me, I would have bought it during the day!

At that time, two cents of silver could buy twenty kilograms!

There is a difference of ten kilograms of old rice between here and there!

The more I think about it, the angrier I get!

......

As the sun sets, the villagers of Wangjia Village come to the stream to fetch water.

After more than half a month of consumption, the water flow in the stream became significantly shallower.

Wang Daniu's ox cart did not go out in the afternoon, and he used the ox to fetch water to water the fields!

In order to save some seedlings.

"Wang Wu!"

"Watch out, don't spill the water on the ground, it's a waste!" Wang Daniu saw that when Wang Wu was driving the cattle, the cattle were walking unsteadily and the shoulder pole was swinging back and forth, causing a lot of water to splash out, so he couldn't help but remind him.

Wang Wu was also a little annoyed when he saw this:

"Somehow this bull just can't find its balance!"

"It's been half a month, and they're still not used to it!"

"Especially this one. Every time I spank it, it flattens out. My hand is numb from spanking it every day!"

When Wang Daniu heard Wang Wu’s story, his brows twitched.

In half a month, didn't you ever think that you put the shoulder pole in the wrong place?

For Wang Shen's sake, Wang Daniu put down his bucket, walked to Wang Wu's side, helped him correct the position of the shoulder pole, and said:

"Why don't you let them walk around a bit?"

This time, Wang Wu drove them away again.

The cow walked straighter, the shoulder pole stopped shaking, and the water stopped spilling!

"Hey!"

"Amazing! Uncle Niu!" Wang Wu shouted excitedly, following behind the cow without having to hold on to the carrying pole!

Wang Daniu looked at Wang Wu's excited expression and thought to himself: Why didn't this child inherit Wang Shen's wisdom?

evening.

Village chief Wang Dakuo watched the stream become shallower again, and thought to himself: It can't hold on, at most in three to five days, the news will probably dry up!

By then, drinking water in the village will become a problem.

But if we stop the villagers from fetching water to save the land, I’m afraid no one will listen!

Even if the villagers agreed on the surface, the creek would probably be crowded with people in the second half of the night.

After all, people are selfish, and no one can bear to watch their own land dry up and get nothing after a year of hard work.

"I wonder if Wang Shen has any good ideas." Suddenly, Wang Shen's figure appeared in the mind of the village chief Wang Dakuo, and she murmured softly.

The previous events of sacrifice and grain purchase had already left Wang Dakuo with the impression that Wang Shenshi was wise but appeared foolish.

After leaving the creek, Wang Dakuo went straight to Wang Shen's house.

Standing outside the courtyard gate, Wang Dakuo shouted inside:

"Is Wang Shenshi at home?"

Shen Qian, who was lying in the house to gain weight, heard the voice of the village chief.

He stretched lazily.

Sit up in bed.

After putting on his shoes, he walked out of the house and responded:

"Village chief!"

"Why do you have time to come and stroll around my place today?"

"Would you like to finish your tea in the courtyard?"

Seeing Wang Shenshi preparing to go to the kitchen to make tea, Wang Dakuo quickly stopped her:

"Stop being polite!"

"I want to talk to you about something serious."

"Remember the stream beside the paddy field?"

"For the past two weeks, the villagers have been drawing water from the stream to irrigate their fields."

"I went to take a look today. In three to five days, the creek will probably dry up. Not only will there be no water for irrigation, but even drinking water will become a problem for our village."

"Is there anything you can do?"

As he spoke, the village chief frowned.

It made the already frail old man look even older.

Shen Qian listened and frowned.

Before I fled the famine in my previous life, the stream had indeed dried up.

In less than three days, the bottom of the stream cracked!

Because the village has only one water source, after the stream dried up, the villagers had to go to the town to buy water, back and forth.

The already poor villagers became even poorer!

Later, the town even stopped selling water, and hundreds of people died of thirst in the village!

It was a week before fleeing the famine that Wang You and Wang Liang, the two greedy guys, told Shen Qian about the spring in the mountains.

But Shen Qian didn't know the size of this mountain spring.

If the matter of the spring water gets out, and there isn't enough to go around in the village... won't I have to experience another water shortage disaster?

Between justice and survival, Shen Qian chose survival without hesitation!