Chapter 140: Three Kings Cut in January, Various Stockpiles
Starting from the second day, Ling Ran and Fan Jiang drove a donkey cart to the city and bought a whole cart of supplies.
All the big and small things were taken into consideration.
Every day, they brought back a full cart, and they never stopped except when it rained.
Fortunately, the new house was large, with many rooms and warehouses, so there was room for storage.
Fan Jin bought rice separately and shipped it back - of course, he didn't buy all of it.
Like last year, he first bought some rice from the rice shop in the city and shipped it back. In the grove at the turn in front, Shui Qing put the rice bought from the mall in.
Then Shui Qing took a shortcut home, and Fan Jin drove the ox cart back from the main road.
After the old village chief's grandson Li Changlin came back, he also knew that the emperor was reducing the power of the vassal states.
But no one cared. Whether it was the emperor or the prince, they were too far away from them, so far that it sounded a little unreal.
They are more concerned about whether the fields have been turned over, whose rabbits have given birth, whether the chickens have been killed by dogs, and most importantly, how many skirt mushrooms the children have picked up today, and how many kilograms of rice they can exchange!
However, even if they don’t exchange much now, it’s okay, because in June, it will be the slack season for farming, and bamboo mushrooms will come out then.
They can also pick bamboo mushrooms to sell!
Bamboo mushrooms are much more than skirt mushrooms.
The whole village is filled with joy, and every day is spent in joy and hope.
Fan Qian and Fan Dazhu and others also went to work in the fields one after another. After all, if they don’t farm, they will have nothing to eat. They can be lazy about other things, but being hungry is a big deal, and they can’t be lazy!
In the village, the people who are most concerned about the reduction of vassalage, besides Shuiqing’s family, are the old village chief and Fan Damu.
The old village chief is worried about affecting everyone’s livelihood.
And Fan Damu is thinking about whether he can find any business opportunities!
Since the quarrel with Fan Jin's family last year, his family's life has not changed much, but the people in the village are getting better and better. He, who is known as the smartest person in the village, has lost face!
He must live a good life to prove to the people in the village that he, Fan Damu, is still the smartest person!
Shuiqing and Fan Jin knew nothing about these.
That day, Fan Jin hurried back and announced nervously: "Another prince has been dethroned. This is the third this month.
At the same time, the government office posted a notice that the people are not allowed to brew wine privately."
Yan Qiuxing, who was sewing clothes, returned and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a long time.
I just think that my mother is really foresighted!
Looking at my mother who is sewing gold leaves to the hem of her clothes, my eyes are full of deep admiration!
Shuiqing: Others are not afraid of traveling around the world because they are good at math, physics and chemistry. Is she not afraid of traveling to ancient times because she remembers history well?
She can also be familiar with the development process.
She looked at her children and said, "The food we stored before is almost enough to exchange for this season's bamboo mushrooms. We just need to store enough for our own consumption later."
If we don't store some food, we won't be able to take it out or add it secretly later.
Fan Jin hesitated, lowered his voice and advised, "It shouldn't be too chaotic for a while. Let's store more and exchange it with food when bamboo mushrooms come out in June;
Otherwise, I'm worried that the price of food will rise later."
If the price of food rises, it will also be accompanied by a decrease in quantity, and the supply will be tight. Often, even if you have money, you still need to queue up to buy it in limited quantities.
At that time, you can no longer exchange food for bamboo mushrooms.
"June is summer. If there is a flood this year as the old village said, let alone mushrooms, it will be a problem whether you can go out." Shui Qing laughed.
Fan Jin just remembered the unusually cold winter last year.
He sighed.
The emperor was busy reducing the power of the feudal lords. If there was a flood, would he care about the common people like them...
After a while, Ling Ran and Fan Jiang, who came back closely, drove the donkey cart directly into the yard. One continued to drive the donkey cart, and the other turned around to close the yard door.
The two said nervously: "We heard it in the city"
"Brother Ling, brother, Dad came back and said!" Fan He hurriedly informed.
The two then realized that the ox cart was also there, and said: "The wind outside has changed. Most people were happy and gloating before;
Now, except for the scholars who are still talking loudly in the restaurant, the owners of grocery stores, cloth shops, blacksmith shops and other shops are all worried, fearing that the world will be in chaos."
Businessmen are more sensitive to the slightest disturbance.
Shui Qing said to Ling Ran and Fan Jiang: "The things you bought in the past month are almost enough, and you don't need to go to the city tomorrow."
Anyway, if it is really not enough, as long as the mall has it, she can also secretly add it.
The warehouse was full of supplies, and it was difficult to tell how much was used. It was not taken by one person, so it was difficult to tell.
The more things there were, the more they could fish in troubled waters.
Fan Jiang replied straightforwardly: "Okay! Then mother, I will go to chop wood tomorrow!"
Some of the firewood at home was burned recently, and a lot of space was free in the warehouse. He could go up the mountain to chop firewood tomorrow.
"No hurry, you and Ling Ran will drive the donkey cart early tomorrow morning and go to your grandparents' home in Niutou Town." Shui Qing thought that she had to go.
The government office posted a notice prohibiting private brewing. Mother and others should know and will definitely do it.
But Wenhua said before that he wanted to go to the capital city to find an apprentice or a shop assistant. She had to go and see if she found one. If she found one, she would send a message and it would be better to come back quickly.
The Hu family has a small population, and the three of them can take care of each other if something happens.
At least they don't have to worry about each other.
Ling Ran and Fan Jiang both said yes.
Shuiqing instructed the children in the yard again: "Tomorrow we will go out, you should close and bolt the gate of the yard, and try not to go out.
Not only tomorrow, you should develop the habit of closing and bolting the door in the future, understand?"
"I know!"
"Don't worry, mother."
They vaguely realized that their family was different from the people in the village.
Other families didn't care much about the reduction of vassal states, but my parents and Brother Ling seemed to attach great importance to the reduction of vassal states.
People in the village took the attitude of believing in floods rather than not believing in them, and they still took it very seriously, but my parents didn't seem to be very worried about floods.
The family has been buying things and food non-stop these days. It doesn't seem to be just for the possible floods, but more like preparing for war.
Will there really be a war?
It feels so far away.
The next day, Fan Jin continued to go to the capital to buy food.
Shuiqing took Ling Ran and Fan Jiang to Niutou Town in a donkey cart.
It must be said that having two cars at home is still very convenient at critical moments.
Niutou Town is very peaceful.
The Hu family is even more peaceful.
After knocking on the gate, Mother Hu opened it and saw Shuiqing and the other two. She smiled and said, "I knew you would come.
Yesterday, your brother saw the notice in the city and asked for leave from his employer to come back and tell me that he could not make wine.
This morning, he went to help your father kill a pig. He will bring some fresh pork to your place and let you know. I didn't expect you to arrive first."