Tsundere general's peasant wife

Chapter 307 The Disaster Victims in the Town
When it doesn't rain, they all stretch their branches, their leaves are wilted and browned, and the weeds are directly dried, and they are broken into several knots when they are pulled by hand.

"It's not really going to be a big drought. It's hell. Fight!"

Far away, the gate of the city was still bustling, and it was only after March that we discovered something unusual.

Some ragged people dragged their families and nestled on the edge of the city wall, looking earnestly at the passers-by.

Seeing rich people, those people's eyes showed more urgent desire, and they wanted to open their mouths to say something, and when the people walked away, the look in their eyes disappeared again.

Sanyue's spirit was shaken, is this an escape?Are there disasters elsewhere?

With such doubts, Sanyue drove the ox cart a lot faster with a serious expression. After rushing into the city, Sanyue found that there were more and more people dressed like the gates of the city.

Some of them were a disheveled woman with a crying child, staring at a steamed bun shop not far away. Seeing the beggar staring at it, the boss had no money to buy it, so he stretched out his hand impatiently to chase it away.

"Go away if you don't have money to buy, I'm not a philanthropist! Go, go, don't block my business"

Some old people leaned on crooked sticks they picked up from nowhere, and their partners held up bowls and begged passers-by:

"Please do me a favor! Give me some steamed bun money! Kind master"

Some young and strong young and middle-aged men tried their best to dress up cleanly, and shouted at the door of the thriving shop:
"Boss! Is there a shortage of labor? Just don't pay for the food and lodging!"

The boss came out and saw that they were a group of strong men, so he reached out and picked two strong men.

"You still have you! Really don't need wages to take care of food and lodging! Then come with me! Everyone else can go!"

The one who was selected was pleasantly surprised, hurriedly nodded and said that he would do a good job, and then followed the boss in. The others saw the boss went in, and lost this opportunity, so they had to show frustration and ran to the next one.

At the entrance of the Deliang store, Sanyue already had a better understanding of the situation in the town, and it seemed that she had to save more grain.

The grain store that came in March does not belong to someone else, it is owned by Jin Duoduo's family, don't ask her why she knows!The big gold letters on the shop signboard are eye-catching enough.

In March, I went into the store and looked around. All kinds of grains were put into large square wooden scoops, and the price tags of the day were inserted in the grains.

He stretched out his hand to grab a handful of rice and held it in his hand to have a look, then opened his fingers and let it slip away slowly. He lowered his head and looked at the price plate of rice, thinking in his heart: En than last month, it has increased by a catty and five cents. Said that the increase is not too much.

Move from the rice stall to the white noodle stall, and see that the price has also increased by five cents!I don't know how the prices of other coarse grains have risen, so thinking about March, I looked around where to put the coarse grains.

The waiter at the shop had been looking at the fine grains in March, and the person driving the bullock cart at the door should be a big family, but when he was about to greet warmly, why did he switch to the coarse grains?Is this because the price of refined grains has risen too high?
"This girl! Haha look at the grain! The price of fine grain here has increased by five cents per catty. If you think it's inappropriate, look at coarse grain! Coarse grain has not increased much, only two cents per catty! How much do you think?"

Sanyue saw that the thick noodles and cornmeal had indeed increased by two cents, and then asked Xiaoer about it:

"Brother! No matter what you say, the price of food has risen!"

The second elder brother is also a talkative person. Seeing and asking about his familiar business, he knows everything without saying a word. He pretends to let Sanyue look outside, and whispers:
"Miss, you came here in a bullock cart, didn't you notice anything along the way? The refugees from the west have all fled to this place, and we are not doing well this year. You said that the supply of food will be in short supply by then, and the price will not go up. It’s rubbish! I advise you! If you have money in your hand, you can store up more, and if you have money, you won’t be able to buy it.”

Thinking about the current situation in Sanyue's mind, it's really not that the second brother is exaggerating, it's just the first signs, and there will be difficulties in the future.

"Okay! Then I will stock up more today. This and that fine grain will each come with [-] catties, and this coarse grain, that and this will both come with [-] catties! These beans will also be packed with [-] catties! The peanuts will also come. One hundred catties, better! That’s all for now, you put it on first, and I’ll look at the rest!”

The little second brother didn't expect the humble girl to ask for so much at once, and he was very happy. Seeing that she wanted to take a look for himself, he also tactfully ordered his subordinates to move the grain, and he went out to watch in person.

You need a lot of grain, but the ox cart is only that big, and the second brother brought a grain cart from the store to accompany him on the walk. The two grain carts lined up along the way attracted many people to stop and watch. Li sighed in admiration, money is good and so on.

After unloading the grain into the warehouse, Sanyue gave someone money, the younger brother drove away happily, and Zhou looked at the house full of grain and asked Sanyue.

"Why so many, this year is really not good?"

In March, seeing Niang looking through the food and worrying, she told her everything she saw and heard on the road.

"It seems that the current situation is less optimistic than we thought. There are not many refugees on the street. It is estimated that a large number are yet to come. I just don't know about the court."

The Zhou family didn't know anything about the court and dared not inquire about it, but they always wanted to find someone to talk to.

"What will happen if there are more refugees in March?"

Sanyue shook her head to see her mother like this, what can she say?Riot or the more terrifying famine, it seems that tomorrow I have to go to the city to find Jixuan and godfather.

At dinner in the evening, Yang Erzhu was dragged by Mrs. Zhou to look at the grain in the warehouse. The two murmured for a while whether to put the grain in a place where people carried it. Sanyue felt that it was unnecessary.

Now everything has not happened yet, there is no need to scare yourself, wait until you ask Jixuan and godfather tomorrow!Only then did Zhou and Yang Erzhu calm down.

It was rare for Yang Erzhu not to go to the workshop early in the morning to accompany Zhou to send Sanyue off. Sanyue had gone a long way, and he kept telling him to listen carefully for the news.

San Yue knew their worries. In ancient times, a lot of people would die in a drought and flood. Who would not be afraid that if they met an inaction official, the people would really have no way to survive.

Putting the carriage at the door of his own restaurant, looking at the refugees sitting by the door, Sanyue stopped Xiao Er who was chasing him away, and went in worried.

Li Jixuan had been waiting here early in the morning. From the window, besides Sanyue, he also saw a refugee child who stole a steamed bun from the steamed bun shop and was chased and scolded by the boss.

Eh!It's getting more and more chaotic.

San Yue opened the door and came in and saw Li Jixuan looking out the window, stepped forward and asked curiously:
"What are you looking at!"

When Sanyue saw the child who was beaten, she stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)