Ling'er enthusiastically introduced them into the warehouse, and found an excuse to separate the others, and there were only three people left in the warehouse, Liang Daming, Dabao and Ling'er, before Ling'er could speak, Dabao hurriedly said: "Little stone, what's the matter with you?" If you want to go to the county seat, you don't say a word, you have been going for so long at once, we thought you were abducted by human traffickers, and Uncle Daming made a special trip to the county seat to find you! ”

"Huh? Uncle Daming went to the county seat to find me? This surprised Ling'er.

Liang Daming nodded and said, "Sort of, by the way, sell some medicinal materials for some silver." Xiaoshi, it seems that someone in the county town is catching children between five and twelve years old, I heard that it was a group of beggars who injured the eldest young master of the Jia family......"

Ling'er laughed dryly, and Liang Daming frowned: "Little stone, this matter won't have anything to do with you, right?" ”

"Huh? Haha, haha, how is it possible, how is it possible! I'm a girl, and it's a male doll that people want to catch, otherwise how could I get out of the city gate! Don't talk about this, Uncle Da Ming, why did you come by yourself? ”

"Don't worry about inviting people, besides, I still have something to tell you, and it's not convenient to ask someone to send a message!"

"Oh, what's so important?"

Liang Daming hesitated slightly, looked out the window, Ling'er understood, and said in a low voice: "You guys take a look at the grain first, I'll come when I go!" ”

Ling'er ran to the door of the warehouse, looked around, and saw that the tenth sister was sitting at the kitchen door to help the old lady pick vegetables, Ling'er beckoned her over and whispered to her: "Tenth sister, you stand here, if someone comes, call me loudly, you know?" ”

The tenth sister nodded suspiciously, Ling'er rubbed her head, and opened the doors and windows of the warehouse before going back, "Uncle Daming, okay, you can say it, just be quiet!" ”

Liang Daming hesitated slightly, "Little stone, do you know that your shop is being watched?" ”

Ling'er nodded: "Well, I know, but I only found out after seeing the note you left, Uncle Daming, do you know when they started?" ”

Da Ming thought for a while: "We don't know the specific time, but since the night after you went to the county seat, our people found that there were people wandering around at the door of your backyard, and the yard opposite the door of your backyard, do you know who lives?" ”

"It's not clear for the time being, but it's the first time we've seen someone in that yard after we've been moving here for so long! The location of the yard is a bit special, it does not face the street, the main gate opens in the opposite direction of the street, facing the farmland and woods, and very few people usually go, so very few people recognize the owner of the yard. I'd like to check in with my neighbors later and maybe get some news.

Uncle Ming, do you know the origin of that group of people? Why are they keeping an eye on our house? ”

"This ...... Our people have been checking for a few days, and those people don't seem to be in a group, as for the purpose...... All I know is that one of them is related to other grain stores in town, and the other is not! Xiaoshi, did your shop accept grain from other grain shops? ”

Ling'er smiled awkwardly: "Uncle Da Ming, this ...... I also blame us for the price is higher, there are too many people who come to sell grain, and they are too busy to pay attention to when they collect it, and then they find out that it is not right, and after a check, other grain stores also sell grain, and they don't use their real names, those grains... If you don't want to......"

"Yes! This time, if other grain stores are willing to sell grain now, we will also accept all the orders, but only before the end of the night tonight. ”

"Huh? Uncle Da Ming, you... Didn't you say that as long as the peasant households collect it, they don't want the grain stores? I knew ...... earlier."

"Since you have already received grain from other grain stores, they must have gone elsewhere to transfer the goods, so it must be suspicious. …… If we collect the grain in each grain store, we won't be the only one looking for you when we check it out afterwards!

Xiaoshi, you should find someone to inform the other grain shops now, tell them that we are willing to buy their grain at the price of your family, and if they are willing to sell, the grain will be ready to be moved to the door, and we will go to load the truck later, and settle the bill in cash, as much as we want! ”

Ling'er didn't react for a while, she was stunned and didn't move, Dabao pushed her and said, "Little stone, go quickly!" Rest assured, you won't lose your hard-earned money! ”

Ling'er came back to her senses: "Uncle Da Ming, do you want all the food in the town?" That's a thousand stones of grain! Maybe a few thousand stones are possible, so can you eat them all? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to notify us! Oh, if the rich families in the neighborhood are willing to sell grain, they can also bring it, and they can take as much as they want! ”

Ling'er looked at these two people in surprise, did they want to engage in food monopoly? But don't they have no dealings with the outside world? I really don't understand what they want to do. Ling'er asked uncertainly: "Uncle Daming, how much grain... Both? That's a lot of money! If you have cash......"

"We've been ready for a long time!" Dabao said confidently: "Little stone, this time I went down the mountain, my grandfather gave us two thousand taels of silver!" Grandpa said that these are enough to buy four or five thousand stone of grain, and at this time, there is not so much grain in the whole Shankou Town, so let us collect as much as we can, and the whole village has gone out of the mountains to transport grain! ”

"Huh? The whole village? ”

Dabao covered his mouth all of a sudden, peeked at Da Ming, Da Ming paused, sighed lightly and said: "Alas, Xiaoshi has helped us a lot, it doesn't hurt to let him know!" Xiaoshi, what our village chief means is to buy enough grain at one time today, settle the accounts clearly, and I won't trouble you in the future! ”

"Huh? Troublesome? Don't bother, don't bother, Uncle Ming, you... The village is not ......."

"Little stone, don't forget the appointment we made at the beginning, don't ask what you shouldn't ask! It's also for your good! Okay, you go and do something, let's count and load your batch of grain away first! ”

Da Ming took Dabao and started to work, Ling'er frowned and looked at the two, feeling very uneasy, always feeling that something was about to happen? And it's a big deal! She went out with a lot of worry, and she was in no mood to mention the matter of asking Liang Daming to find medicinal materials!

As soon as Ling'er released the news, the whole town was boiling, and people first talked about it, and they gathered around Ling'er's shop one by one to inquire about the situation, and after learning that today was the last day to buy grain at a high price, they rushed home. After a quarter of an hour, one will see that the avenues leading to the town of Yamaguchi are full of people trotting to the town with their burdens and small steps!

Ling'er first counted and loaded all the food in his backyard, and temporarily hired a dozen strong men to help carry and escort them, and also spent a lot of money to hire a few bookkeepers from other shops, collect and load, and transport them out of the town when the car was full, and then handed over to Liang Daming and them!

From the afternoon to the evening, the torches of the people who came to sell grain illuminated the whole town of Yamaguchi as bright as day, and adults and children came in droves, and the town was as lively and noisy as a market.

Ling'er was secretly anxious while busy working, such a big battle, I'm afraid it won't be known to the whole county in a few days, right? And Liang Daming's words before, who is the person who is stalking? Why was it sneaky before, but today it is such a big battle? and what Liang Daming said, someone tracked it down! Who is going to track it down? What to look for?

Fortunately, it was safe until Haishi, Ling'er asked Xiaohuzi to stand at the door of the shop with a gong, and shouted loudly while knocking: "Folks, the time has come, our shop is closing, please don't pick up any more food!" The villagers ......, "Even so, Ling'er and they were still busy for another hour before weighing and settling the grain that had been transported and loading it into the car."

Liang Daming took out two silver tickets and handed them to Ling'er and said, "Little stone, you've worked hard these days!" You take this and live a good life! In the future, if someone asks about us, you will say that we met you by chance in the town, and we found you, and you didn't know you before, and then ask about the others, and you will always say that you don't know, understand? ”

Ling'er looked at him, took the silver ticket, and saw that it was two silver tickets of one hundred taels, Ling'er was surprised: "Uncle Ming, if it weren't so much, I have already sold the cordyceps you gave me last time, and the price is good, the money is enough to pay for food and wages, you better take this back!" ”

"No need, without you, we can't get so much food in such a short time, in this way, our Liangjia Village will be safe, Xiaoshi, you are the benefactor of our Liangjia Village!"

"Benefactor? Uncle Daming, is your village ......" Ling'er couldn't help but want to ask again, remembering that she had been rejected before, she swallowed the words back to her mouth.

Liang Daming patted her on the shoulder and said: "Xiaoshi, we are about to leave, we may not see each other again for several years, for your sake of helping us, I will tell you a little, maybe tomorrow, or tonight, someone from the government will come to inquire about the whereabouts of the grain, and will also find people who know Liangjia Village!" So we must get back to the village before the end of the hour!

Little stone, remember, no matter who asks you, don't say that you know anyone in Liangjia Village, even if your father and mother don't say it, otherwise... Woe to you! Okay, that's it, we're going to hurry back, Dabao, let's go! ”

The two jumped into the carriage that had been waiting for a long time, waved to Ling'er, and had to walk in the direction of the town, Ling'er stood at the door and watched them gradually walk away, and their minds kept echoing the words of Liang Daming, the people from the government are coming? Did the people of Liangjia Village provoke the government? They have hoarded so much food, it seems that they are going to close the village for several years, what kind of thing makes them do this?

Ling'er closed the door of the shop with doubts, returned to the backyard, called the whole family, and told them that no matter how much they mentioned the situation of the big boss to others, no one could ask about it, and the old lady said strangely: "What's the matter, Ling'er?" Big bosses are not satisfied with us? ”

Ling'er was about to answer, when she suddenly heard a noise outside, everyone calmed down and listened attentively, the sound seemed to be the sound of horses' hooves, and it was very dense that it should be galloping horses? After a while, Ling'er felt that her ground seemed to tremble slightly, the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and the men's scolding......

"Open the door, open the door! Open the door! The door of Ling'er's shop was suddenly slammed. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )