In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"Buying back at a high price? What's going on here, Xiaowu, explain this clearly!" Su Zhizhi's brows were immediately furrowed.

Xiao Wu pursed his lips tightly. After a moment, he closed his eyes tightly, as if he had made some kind of resolution. Then he opened his eyes again and said, "Boss, you know, my home is outside the city. One day when I was going home, I found that a grain store had opened not far from the west of the city. There was a notice outside that said 'Buying grain at high prices'. I was a little tempted and thought I would give it a try. What if it was true? Then I would..."

After Xiao Wu finished speaking, Su Zhizhi's expression became even uglier. "So you stole the food from the warehouse and exchanged it for money?"

It was the first time Xiaowu saw Su Zhizhi so angry, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything.

Su Zhizhi was silent for a moment, then heaved a long sigh and said, "If that's the case, I can't keep you in this shop anymore. Where's the money you earned from selling the food?"

As soon as Xiaowu heard this, he knew that Su Zhizhi wanted to drive him away. Xiaowu was immediately panicked and quickly knelt on the ground to beg for mercy: "Boss, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. These are all the silver I got. They are all here. I will give them all to you. I beg you to give me a chance..." As he spoke, Xiaowu kept kowtowing.

But this time Su Zhizhi did not show any mercy. She looked at Xiaowu coldly and just asked Xie Chengjin to bring the silver over. After counting it, Su Zhizhi roughly knew how much the so-called "high-priced recycling" outside the city was worth.

Then, Su Zhizhi looked at Xiaowu and said, "Xiaowu, you should know that what I hate most in my life is people who betray their trust. Although you haven't worked here for a long time, I, Su Zhizhi, have never treated you unfairly. I have given you everything I deserve. But now that you have done this, there is no need for me to keep you around anymore. Let's part ways amicably."

After saying that, Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin turned and left, leaving only Xiaowu and the others.

When Su Zhizhi's figure completely disappeared, the remaining people surrounded Xiaowu in unison.

If they had some sympathy for Xiaowu before, now they felt more disgust and ridicule towards him. To be fair, Su Zhizhi treated her subordinates very generously and did not treat them unfairly at all, which was much better than other shops in the capital.

Therefore, none of these people thought of betraying Su Zhizhi, but the first person happened to be Xiaowu, who was rescued by Su Zhizhi personally. This was the most infuriating thing for these people.

"Xiao Wu, do you still have a conscience? The boss treats you so well, how dare you?"

"I never thought the boss would be so kind as to rescue such an ungrateful person. We really feel sorry for the boss."

"Exactly, the look in the boss's eyes before he left. Xiaowu, you really are a heartless person."

"..."

Everyone was talking at once. Xiao Wu was surrounded in the middle, his head lowered lower, as if feeling guilty. But perhaps because he had been accused too much, Xiao Wu began to rebel. "Shut up! How good are you guys?"

After saying that, Xiao Wu pushed the crowd away and ran out. Some people were so angry that they wanted to chase him and ask for an explanation, but they were stopped.

Seeing Xiaowu leave, the rest of the people spat at the same time, feeling disgusted with Xiaowu from the bottom of their hearts.

The matter of Xiaowu was dropped. Su Zhizhi left the shop and returned home with a heavy heart, looking in a very bad mood.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin couldn't help but persuade her, "Zhizhi, don't be sad because of one person. Your own health is the most important thing."

Su Zhizhi sighed and looked at Xie Chengjin, "I know that I misjudged Xiaowu about him, but what I'm more worried about now is that grain store outside the city that Xiaowu mentioned. I always feel like something is wrong."

Xie Chengjin smiled and said, "That's easy. Leave it to me. I'll take some people to check outside the city. The matter of grain and fodder can be big or small. If it's a legitimate grain and fodder store, then it's fine. But if there are any ulterior motives, this matter will have to be reported to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Su Zhizhi nodded. "That's fine. Then take your people over to take a look. In short, be careful and don't rush things."

After leaving the yard, Xie Chengjin did not leave the house. After thinking for a while, he turned around and went to the study.

Xie Chengjin arranged for several trusted confidants to go and investigate.

After a while, Xie Chengjin received a message from his confidant, which said that the grain store outside the city bought grain at a high price, not caring about the price at all. It turned out that they were collecting grain to make a fortune from the national crisis.

In order to sell the food and fodder, the owner of the food and fodder store even sent people to spread the word that the famine that had just passed was about to strike again, and if people didn't want to have nothing to eat, they had to buy their food and fodder at a high price.

In fact, there are more than one store that buys and sells food and fodder, but many stores in the capital are unknown to the public. Firstly, ordinary families can basically be self-sufficient in food and fodder, and they don’t need to spend money to buy food and fodder unless it is a special period. Secondly, although food and fodder are allowed to be bought and sold, they are also strictly controlled in the capital. If you don’t have connections, you can’t buy such a large amount of food and fodder.

As a result, the grain stores outside the city became the best place. Many dignitaries in the capital also believed the rumors and began to buy large amounts of grain from the grain stores outside the city. In a short period of time, the people in the grain stores made a lot of money.

Even the people living near the grain store began to spend a lot of money to buy grain and grass in preparation.

Looking at the information in front of him, Xie Chengjin fell into deep thought. He had never expected that things would be like this. Some people would do anything to make money.

This matter cannot be delayed. In order to resolve it as soon as possible, Xie Chengjin specially brought up this matter at the morning court.

When the Crown Prince heard about this, he flew into a rage. He shouted, "How can this be? There are people who act like this under the Emperor's feet. They are truly lawless. In this case, Xie Chengjin, I hereby authorize you to take people to deal with this matter. You must make these people pay the price they deserve!"

Xie Chengjin was more than happy to do so. After the morning court session, he quickly gathered his men and headed straight for the grain store outside the city.

The grain store is not too far from the capital, probably in the northwest of the capital. However, the grain store is opened in a very secretive way. If people don't search it deliberately, ordinary people will not notice that there is a place selling grain here.