Several women nodded in thanks.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Yun. I will ask the head of the family to bring some dry food to the county town later. If I can really buy food, I will be satisfied if I can cope with it for a while."
If we walk to the county seat, it will take two days to get there, and we may have to spend the night there.
But I had just asked for rice, and it was hard to borrow a mule cart from someone else.
Yun Cuihe then asked, "If you want to go to the county town, bring a few more companions to avoid the food you bought being robbed on the road. Nowadays, people outside are risking their lives just to have enough to eat."
"Hey, I got it. Thanks to my aunt's reminder, when we get back we will encourage everyone in the village to go to the county town to buy food."
These women got the food and went home happily.
Yun Cuihe put away the smile on her face and turned around with the rice bag in hand when she saw Lu Xinghe and Chu Yue walking out of the kitchen.
"Xinghe, your method really works. If they can really organize people to go to the county town to buy food, they won't be afraid of being robbed on the road, and the people in the village won't always keep an eye on our family." Yun Cuihe said with a smile. Lu Xinghe walked away.
Lu Xinghe looked at the women who had reached the foot of the mountain, "The county town is far away after all. Now that the family has two or three days of food, they are naturally willing to let the men in the family try their luck. With these five people taking the lead, they should There will be many people who will follow and take a look.”
Chu Yue, who was beside Lu Xinghe, pinched his sleeve and shook it, and said proudly, "My husband is smart."
Seeing this, Yun Cuihe couldn't help but joked, "Yes, your husband is the smartest in the world."
After saying that, he carried the brown rice bag into the kitchen.
Chu Yue lowered her head in embarrassment.
When Lu Xinghe saw this, a slight smile appeared on his lips, and he turned to look at Lu Dagui beside him, "Thank you for your hard work today. I'm already busy with things at home. You can go back with Tiedan first. We'll see if anything happens next time." , I’ll call you at your house again.”
"It's not hard, it's not hard." Lu Dagui looked at Tiedan with a smile, "Son, I went home with my father."
"good."
The next moment, Tiedan ran out of the main room.
Seeing this, Chu Yue hurriedly went to the house, picked up two radishes and stuffed them into Lu Dagui's hands.
"Brother Dagui, take this."
"Thank you, wife Xinghe." Lu Dagui held Carrot in one hand and held Tiedan in the other and left.
Thanks to Lu Xinghe's family, the father and son have been able to survive until now. Of the 30 kilograms of brown rice the family bought before, there is still about 20 kilograms left. It seems that there will be no problem until the spring of next year.
After the whole family went to the main room, Lu Xinghe took out the money from selling vegetables today.
This time there was only one tael of silver, and the rest were copper plates. In total, there were two taels and more than 600 coins.
Lu Xinghe looked at Yun Cuihe, "Mom, let's not sell the remaining vegetables for now. We'll see what the market is like after the New Year."
Yun Cuihe nodded.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, I won't sell it for now."
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Thanks to the encouragement of those five women, more than half of the villagers were willing to go to the county town to try their luck, and they set out in great numbers early the next morning.
Just after dinner, Lu Shoucheng and Jiang Xiuqin came home together.
"Shou Cheng and Xiu Qin are here."
Yun Cuihe opened the courtyard door and hurriedly asked the two of them to go to the main room to warm themselves by the fire.
Lu Shoucheng turned his hands up and down on the brazier to heat them up, then looked at Lu Xinghe who was reading a book at the side, "Xinghe, when will you go to the county seat again?"
Lu Xinghe raised his head and glanced at him.
"Fourth uncle wants to go to the county town to buy food?"
Lu Shoucheng was stunned, "How do you know?"
Lu Xinghe smiled lightly, "It's not difficult to guess."
Jiang Xiuqin smiled and glanced in Lu Shoucheng's direction, "You are just a stupid person. Whatever you want to do is written on your face. Xinghe is so smart, I'm afraid you can figure it out without guessing."
After hearing what his wife said, Lu Shoucheng laughed twice.
Lu Xinghe closed the book in his hand and looked at Lu Shoucheng.
"Nowadays, the price of food in the county is extremely high. If my fourth uncle wants food, there is no need to go to such trouble. My family can distribute some food to my fourth uncle. When you harvest the food next year, you can return it to us."
This was something he had discussed with Yun Cuihe before.
Not to mention that grandma is currently being taken care of by her fourth uncle and four aunts. Even for the sake of her fourth uncle, they still have to help.
Lu Shoucheng and Jiang Xiuqin looked at each other, feeling moved in their hearts. Now that they are young, anyone who is willing to lend food is a great kindness.
"Does your family have enough food? Thanks to you some time ago, my fourth uncle went to the county town and earned three or four taels of silver selling vegetables. It's not that he can't afford food. If you don't have enough at home, I can't hold you back. no?"
Lu Xinghe thought for a moment, "Divide 50 pounds and go out. The rest should be fine after the new year."
Hearing this, Lu Shoucheng burst out laughing, "Hahahaha, before your aunt came to borrow food, I thought you really didn't have any at home, but it turns out I just didn't want to borrow it from her."
Lu Xinghe did not deny it, "My fourth uncle also knows that my mother is a soft-spoken person rather than a tough person."
Lu Shoucheng sighed and gave a fair evaluation, "I know, my sister-in-law is really... I would rather break than bend. Now that I have these fifty kilograms of grain borrowed from your family, I don't have to go to the county town to buy expensive grain. I can survive until the beginning of spring." It’s okay to go.”
Yun Cuihe stood up from her seat, "Then I'll weigh the food for you. Yueyue, come and help me hold the bag."
"Okay, mother."
Chu Yue stood up and followed Yun Cuihe out of the house.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiuqin hurriedly followed behind the two of them, "Third sister-in-law, let me help too."
The three of them arrived in the kitchen. Yun Cuihe scooped rice from her rice vat and asked, "Xiuqin, how is Yufang's marriage going?"
"There is no trace of him yet." Jiang Xiuqin sighed, "Before, we thought that Wu Yong was a good kid and he had a lot of skills. He would not worry about having food in the future. But we sent someone over to inquire about his parents. He said that he followed Master Liu to work in the county town and had not been home for a while. He only asked someone to deliver food to his home. Doctor Wu and Mrs. Liu were both people without ideas and could not be Wu Yong's boss, so they Put this matter on hold."
Yun Cuihe nodded, "Marriage, marriage, is all about fate, isn't it? If he is not here, Yufang and I must continue to look at each other."
"Isn't it?" Jiang Xiuqin looked worried, "We didn't expect to meet such a young man. If the girl is over 16, it will be difficult to get married."
Usually people get married early, at the age of sixteen.
No matter how bad it is, the marriage has been decided long before this.
Yun Cuihe scooped up another bowl of rice and said comfortingly, "You don't have to be so anxious. Isn't Yufang only fifteen? We still have a year to see, and we can always find a good one."
"I hope." Jiang Xiuqin sighed again, "When I was young, I looked forward to them growing up, but now that they have grown up, I am reluctant to marry them off."
"That's right, there have always been people who cry to get married, how can there be any people who cry to get married?"
Yun Cuihe said, putting down the bowl in her hand, tightening the bag of rice with a belt and weighing it in her hand.
"I guess fifty pounds is enough. Come and weigh it."
