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In addition, the news of the loss of harvest due to the drought in the north also reached Lily of the Valley City, so there was little hope of waiting for the government to transfer grain from the north to provide relief efforts.

In fact, the government has been prepared for a long time, and the granary is full, but with their reserves, it will not be enough for the victims of the whole city to eat until the next harvest of grain in May next year! The prefect is a calm man, and he will not open a warehouse to release grain before the mountains and rivers are exhausted. If the food is put out early, then you will have to wait for hunger, and then the real disaster will begin.

The price of rice in the grain shop is now one price a day, and now it has risen to 26 wen a pound of rice, but the lack of grain is an imminent problem, and the people who have a little spare money in their hands have begun to consider reserves. But they are not willing to be "slaughtered" by those grain shops, there have long been rumors in the city that Feng'an grain shops are going to start selling grain, and the price is still the same as before the flood, so of course they still choose Feng'an grain shops! It's just that this rumor has been spread for so long, but there has been no movement in the grain store, which makes people very anxious. People who are anxious have to go to Feng'an Grain Store almost every day to have a look and ask. On this day, they arrived at the door of the Feng'an grain store as usual, and were pleasantly surprised to find that a notice was finally posted in front of the grain store!

The front of the sign was full of people, and the people behind couldn't see it, so they all rushed forward. There were also some people who were crowded in front of them, but they couldn't read, so they had to ask the people who were watching the signs next to them. The people in the back were also shouting, "What does the notice say?" This big brother reads a thought, let us know too! ”

At this time, a middle-aged man had already finished reading the notice, and read the content out loud to the people around him: "The notice said that there will be grain to sell from tomorrow!" ”

"But—"

The people around him were jubilant, and the man said again, and the turn in his tone made everyone fall silent, waiting for his next words.

"Feng'an grain stores are not open for sale, stipulating half a catty of rice per person per day...... But it is not sold according to each person in the queue, but according to the number of people in the household post, that is, although it is necessary to come to the queue every day, but each family only needs to come out of the queue and queue once! The middle-aged man said loudly.

When the people around him heard him say that it was also half a catty of rice per person a day, they were also disappointed. Although the price is less than half of that of other food stores, if you also need to queue up like other food stores, then the family may have to come to the queue every day and not be able to do anything else. Because you have to line up with the whole family, so that you can buy the rice and grain to be eaten on the day next to each other, otherwise, one person can also repeat the queue, but when you go to the queue again after buying the first time, the second time is already two or three hours later, and there are so many people, you can queue up to three times a day. But think about it, at least the price is doubled, isn't it? Later, I heard that as long as you bring the household post, you can buy a family's one-day rations at one time, which is much more convenient. It's not hard for a family to come out of the queue every day. Compared to other grain stores, this is already very ordinary people's consideration!

The people who got the exact news rushed to tell each other, anxious to go back and inform the neighbors who had a good relationship, and some people looked at the closed door of the Feng'an grain store and were a little puzzled, this notice was posted, why was it closed?

In fact, all the people in Feng'an Grain Store were busy hulling the rice. In the past, when the grain was harvested, it was all rice, but now that it is to be turned into rice and sold, must it be first taken off with a clay husk?

Due to the preparations, in fact, a room was set aside in each grain store to be used as a mill, and the tools in it were already ready. When they were ready to sell grain, they bought four mules to take turns to grind and grind the bales of rice into rice.

Although the most strenuous work is done by mules, it is still necessary to rely on manpower to carry up and down, and it is also a very laborious task, and the guys in the shop must not be able to do it, and when the grain shop opens, these guys still have to go up the bed. So after the shopkeeper discussed with Lin Jiu, each store invited seven or eight more strong laborers to help.

Although the flood has almost receded, after the people who have settled in the city have sent people back to their homes and confirmed that the grain harvest has failed, except for half of the people who have returned to rest their houses and fields, the rest of the people have stayed in the city, looking for opportunities to do things and waiting for the government to distribute relief food.

There are still so many jobs, but there are many more people looking for things to do, and at this time, it is not easy to find things to do in the city. The tradition of Hengqingtang has always been to give priority to taking care of their own people, because the guys in the store are all meticulous and passable in terms of character, and so on, Lin Jiu and they feel that the families of these guys will not be much worse. The grain shop is no exception, and the shopkeeper first informs the guys and asks them to go home and ask if anyone wants to do things in the grain shop. In addition to the salary, they can also receive a certain amount of rice in addition to the wages in the grain store, of course, in addition to rice, there are all kinds of beans and so on to choose from in the grain store, and they can also move it into something else. The conditions are so superior, when the guy went back, every guy came to a family the next day.

There are four Feng'an grain shops in Lily of the Valley, and each of them is full at the beginning. The inventory is full, and there is no need for Song Chen and Su Miao to arrange for them to transport grain over for the time being.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Chen and Su Miao went back to Tairu Villa to see Song Chen's five-month-old cousin.

In May, Xiao Jingyu came to deliver the baby in person, and Mrs. Tang gave birth to a baby boy of five pounds and three taels, and the mother and child were safe. The name was given by Tang Tairu at the invitation of Lin Jin, called Tang Huaixin.

The last time Song Chen and Su Miao saw Xiao Huaixin, he had just been full moon, and he was too small, looking at the soft lying on his stomach, they didn't dare to hug him. This time when he arrived at Tairu Villa, the little guy had grown up a lot, he was able to turn over on his own, he sat very steadily, and when someone helped him, he could still stand up. He also knew how to distinguish his own name, and when he heard Song Chen and Su Miao call him, he would turn his head and smile at them. is not afraid of life, when he sits on the pit with him, he always climbs on Song Chen or Su Miao, and opens his hands to hug him.

The little guy is more than double the weight of that time, and Mrs. Tang will feel tired when she hugs her for a long time, but this little weight is nothing to Song Chen and Su Miao, Xiaobai is much heavier than this little guy! At the beginning, the little guy was quite reserved, but before half an hour, he quickly got acquainted with Song Chen, and he kept holding on to Song Chen. On the contrary, Tang Tairu was a little surprised: "Oops! As soon as my cousin comes, Xiao Huaixin doesn't want his grandfather......"

Where can Xiao Huaixin understand, being held by Song Chen, he stretched out his body and touched his grandfather's frowning brow with his little hand, giggling.

Song Chen and Su Miao came over this time, in addition to coming to see Tang Huaixin, mainly to see if there was anything needed here. However, since Song Chen and the others told Tang Tairu that there might be floods, the latter had consciously stockpiled food, so for the time being, there was no need to arrange for food to be sent over from the grain store. However, he liked the deer steak brought by Song Chen and Su Miao.

stayed in Tairu Villa for one night, and the next morning, Song Chen and Su Miao left for Gladiolus City. They went to Lin Shi to see how the grain shops were selling here. When they passed by other grain stores on the way, they all paid attention to it, but they looked much more deserted compared to the long dragon-like team they had seen in Lily of the Valley City before. However, the queue in front of Feng'an Grain Store is much longer.

The queue was long, but orderly. The bamboo tubes of rice in the store are all specially made, half a catty of rice in a tube, and a few people will beat a few tubes, and the speed is very fast. A few people in the front and back of the queue chatted in twos and threes, and before they knew it, it was their turn, and it basically didn't take more than half an hour from queuing up to leaving.

Song Chen and Su Miao went around the outside of several grain stores, and the situation was similar, so they went to Hengqing Hall to find Lin Shi: "What happened in the past two days?" ”

"It went well!" Lin Shi thought for a while, "It's just that there are some farmers who stay in the local towns and villages, and the way into the city is relatively long, and it is not easy to buy rice every time they come in. ”

"It's easy." Song Chen immediately thought of a way to deal with it, "Let them take the household slip to the government office, and let them give an explanation that no one in the family is in the house." With this instruction, they can buy half a month's worth at a time. "This move actually invisibly shared part of the pressure on the government side, because there were suddenly so many more people in the city, although they didn't care about eating and drinking, it was not easy to manage in other aspects. After Feng'an Grain Shop issued this regulation, some families may choose to temporarily move back to their original residences.

After solving Lin Shi's problem, Song Chen and Su Miao quietly went to the mansion again. Song Chen had already received Song Hengyuan's secret order, and he asked the local prefect to cooperate with Song Chen's actions. Directly found the prefect in the study in the backyard of the government and showed him the secret decree, Song Chen told him the new regulations of the Feng'an grain store, and asked him to instruct his subordinates to ask for instructions to show this type of official document, so that they could handle it in time.

The prefect is a smart person, and as soon as he heard it, he understood that this matter was only good and not bad for him, plus since he knew Song Chen's identity and the other party had a secret decree, where did he still have a reason not to obey?