Shoufu's favored wife is sweet and sassy

Chapter 637, Transactions

Yongding City in the night is extremely quiet, the gray city walls against the dark sky, because the refugees from tens of miles around have cut down all the trees and pulled up the grass, so even the crickets have died out, only the wind blows The "woo-woo" sound from the city gate building was like weeping and complaining.

"What time is it, why hasn't anyone come yet?"

"That's right, you didn't cheat us, did you?"

"No, there must be some delays, and we must not cheat us, there must be food in the city!"

Some people stretched their necks expectantly and looked around with their sleeves tucked in. The desire for food overwhelmed their exhaustion. They just had to wait another three days and three nights, as long as there was food.

Anton was also beating drums in his heart. As time passed, he was so nervous that he was sweating.

As time went by, everyone couldn't stay any longer. They were yawning, crying, and cursing for a few days, but no one wanted to leave.

When it was getting dark and Anton felt that he couldn't wait any longer, he finally heard something.

The gate of the city creaked open, and a person poked his head out. When he saw Anton, he hurriedly waved.

Anton ran over in a hurry, and the man hurriedly said:

"Damn it, that old lady of the Qiu family has managed all the grain stores, and they are not allowed to sell more grains. The family can only buy three bags at a time. I ran the whole city, and after all the good words, I bought you fifty bags." Chen Liang, give me 50 taels, hurry up!"

Anton was taken aback, how could it be 50 taels?There is obviously no famine in the city, so shouldn't the old grain be a penny a catty?
Seeing Anton hesitate, the man was about to turn his face:
"I tried my best to get you food, you don't think I'm tossing you for nothing? Do you want it? Don't I go away! Damn it, I tossed a circle of meat in the middle of the night. Would you like to buy it again? Such a good thing!"

Anton reacted immediately, and hurriedly took out the pre-prepared silver from his arms, no more, no less, exactly 50 taels, and said with a smile:
"Master, you are joking. I don't think it's expensive. I think it's too cheap. I didn't realize it for a while. Besides, I entrusted you with it. I don't regret how much money I have. I can't abide by this rule." Do you know? Take the money well, thank you for your hard work, and I thank you for your great kindness on behalf of our hundred households in An County!"

The guard weighed the silver and wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face became better, and he hummed:

"You're a sensible boy, that's all right, hurry up and ask someone to unload the things, but don't let others know, I won't admit it when the time comes!"

I thought I could get more food, but more than [-] people came, but it turned out that there were only [-] bags, and two bags per person were carried away.

During the transaction, Anton turned his body sideways, deliberately allowing Lizheng to see their transaction, so as not to worry about his greed.

Fifty bags of grain, not much, but it still makes everyone very happy. This is five thousand catties. If their original price was used, it would cost a full 1000 taels of silver, but now it only costs 50 taels. , is already a great gift.

"Well, sir, don't worry, well, can you get us some more tomorrow, we go back and collect the money, if we can still pay this price, how much do we want?"

Huang Wu happened to come over to carry food, and when he heard Anton's negotiation, his complexion eased a lot. This young man, he's fine with things, smart, flexible, and able to read his words, that's all, let's forget about Baozi's matter.

"Hmph, the guards tomorrow night don't have a good relationship with me. Do you think I got this money for nothing? The brothers at the door are not allowed to take care of it?"

"Yes, the official will take care of it, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow? As long as we can get food, we can wait for a few days."

"Well, you can wait the next night, let me see, not necessarily."

After the guard finished speaking, he drove away in the bullock cart, and the city gate closed again with a "squeak".

(End of this chapter)