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

Ten days passed in a flash.

Ever since Wang Miaomiao suffered a loss at Shen Qian's hands, she has to have breakfast every day, and every meal consists of dry rice with stir-fried dishes.

Shen Qian was completely indifferent to this.

There is food and lotus roots at home, how can she stop it?

Of course, I had breakfast at home before going out! After all, there were no breakfast shops in town anymore.

As Wang Daniu's ox cart drove along the road, Shen Qian could see large areas of land cracked.

Although the fields were irrigated some time ago, the situation is not much better than the land here.

Moreover, these days, not only has the stream in Wangjia Village dried up,

The water sources of several surrounding villages were also cut off one after another.

They flocked to county towns and towns to buy tea!

Any household with a well, even if it’s a bitter well, can fetch a sky-high price!

Wang Shen was strolling around the town in Wang Daniu's ox cart, just like she had done a few days ago, listening to the conversations of passersby:

"You charge me 20 copper coins for a big bowl of tea? Is your tea made of gold?"

"I only drank half a bowl, why did you charge me twenty copper coins? That's not how you do business!"

"Pah, pah, pah! This water is so bitter, the more I drink it, the more bitter it tastes! How dare you ask me for fifteen copper coins for a bowl of it?"

"..."

"It's almost done, Uncle Daniu." Shen Qian sat at the back of the ox cart, sighed, and said to Wang Daniu.

When Wang Daniu heard Shen Qian's sigh, he was a little confused for a moment.

about there?

What almost!

"A bowl of tea costs twenty copper coins, and the well water in the town is about to dry up." Shen Qian explained.

After hearing this, Wang Daniu was shocked!

"Take me to the county town." Shen Qian continued.

"Okay!" Wang Daniu didn't ask what to do and immediately drove the ox cart towards the county town.

Before entering the city, Shen Qian took out eight copper coins and gave them to the soldier who was collecting the entrance fee.

Yes, the city entrance fee has also increased.

The purpose is to prevent outsiders from buying up the water wells in the county.

As the ox cart drove to Zou Ji Grain Shop, Shen Qian could still see a constant stream of people coming and going in the shop.

No water, no food.

This year, the panorama of the North is destined to be littered with corpses.

"Is the shopkeeper Zou here?" Shen Qian asked the shopkeeper in the grain shop after signaling Wang Daniu to park the ox cart.

The owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop heard the noise and felt familiar, so he quickly stuck his head out.

When he saw that it was Wang Shen, a bitter look suddenly appeared on his face.

The first time I met Wang Shenshi, she came to buy grain, but as soon as she loaded the cart and left, the head of the family brought news of drought in the surrounding counties.

That was quite a scolding.

The second time was when Wang Shen went into the city to sell tigers.

He originally wanted to bargain, but Cheng Yaojin showed up and intercepted him!

And the price is a high six hundred taels!

This time I thought that if I didn't get it, then I didn't get it. I just missed the opportunity to be praised by the head of the family.

But unexpectedly, he was summoned by the head of the family for questioning again the next day.

Originally, the county magistrate lacked achievements and was to be promoted this year. The young man who bought the tiger was to give the merit of killing the tiger and eliminating the harm to the county magistrate.

Both times we met, he ended up badly.

When we met for the third time, of course his face didn't look good.

"Woman, what brings you here this time?" The owner of Zou's Grain Shop shook his sleeves and walked into the grain shop.

Shen Qian was not annoyed when she saw this, and continued to explain in detail:

"Didn't you purchase a large amount of aged rice here before?"

"I'd like to ask the shopkeeper to take it back!"

"!" The owner of Zouji Grain Shop widened his eyes after hearing Shen Qian's words!

Then he asked with joy:

"Is this true?"

"Really!" Shen Qian nodded and smiled.

Upon seeing this, the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop paced back and forth in the shop: After taking back the grain, the master will not blame me anyway!

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper of Zou Ji Grain Shop narrowed his eyes and asked softly:

"So...is this recycling price the selling price on that day?"

Facing the question from the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop, Shen Qian's expression changed instantly.

He looked at the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop as if he were an idiot.

He turned around and walked out of the store.

Watching Shen Qian leave, the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop quickly caught up with her!

There is more than one grain store in this county town.

Although Zou Ji Grain Shop is the largest, the other grain shops only need to consume 28,000 kilograms of old rice, which is absolutely no problem!

Moreover, the price of food may go up again!

After all, there was no news from the imperial court about transferring grain to provide disaster relief.

"Hey! Hey!"

"I was just joking!"

"How can we buy it back at the original price!" said the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop. He walked behind Shen Qian and grabbed her sleeve, not caring whether it would affect his image since they were on the street.

Besides, both of them are over 40 years old.

What image is there to speak of?

"Today's price of old grain is 38 coins per catty!"

"I'll buy it back from you at 35 coins per pound!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Daniu was shocked on the spot!

He clearly remembered that Wang Shen had asked him to help transport the thousand kilograms of old rice she had bought in town.

The price of old rice at that time was only three cents!

If we repurchase it now, the price will increase more than tenfold!

If there had been no subsequent speculation of a barbarian invasion, and if Wang Shen had used the money in his hands to hoard more land here, he wouldn't have dared to imagine how good the Wang Shen family's life would be in the coming year!

"No problem." Shen Qian responded and said to the shopkeeper of Zou Ji Grain Shop:

"Please arrange three ox carts."

"Three...three?" The owner of Zou's Grain Shop scratched his ears, thinking he had misheard.

But unexpectedly, Shen Qian gave him a cold look:

"What do you think?"

"Twenty-eight thousand kilograms?"

"I only have three thousand pounds left in my hand."

The owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop looked a little unhappy when he heard Shen Qian not giving him any face at all.

But think about it, in this year of disaster, who can save so much food and not eat or sell it?

Three thousand pounds...almost equal to the weight that he had originally given away.

This made the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop feel a little amused and helpless.

But he understood that no matter how small a fly was, it was still meat.

If you get something that is sure to make money, you must not give it away.

Thinking about it, he said to Shen Qian:

"Wait a moment, I'll have someone go back with you to load up the food."

"Send the food back and I'll settle the bill for you on the spot."

"Okay!" Shen Qian responded, and after the owner of Zou Ji Grain Shop found an ox cart and people to drive it, they drove towards the village.

Wang Miaomiao sat at home, her eyes widening as she watched Wang Shenshi bring back so many people.

"Mom...who are they?" Wang Miaomiao asked in confusion.

At this moment, Shen Qian did not intend to hide it and said directly:

"Oh, he came to our house to get food."

After saying that, Shen Qian shouted to Wang Miaomiao:

"Call back the third and fourth sons, their spouses, the fifth and sixth sons."

"Bag the food."

“???” Wang Miaomiao was confused.

But in front of so many people, she had to follow Shen Qian's orders when she thought of the disastrous defeat that day.

When the five people were called back by Wang Miaomiao, they felt dizzy when they saw the four ox carts parked in front of their house.

Pulling food?

Didn't their family only have a few hundred kilograms of grain? Why did they need so many ox carts?

And call them all back to load the grain?

Is mother confused?

Just as they were thinking about it, Shen Qian poked her head out from the cellar and shouted at them:

"Come down and help load the food!"

"We're here!" Wang Wu and his companions responded and came to the cellar that had been abandoned for a long time at home.

Take a closer look!

Everyone was dumbfounded!

The cellar is full of corn, at least thousands of pounds!

These corns were stored in the cellar of their house, but they, their children, had no idea about it!