Dripping water is as expensive as oil. These five words are still real facts. Lijiazhai began preparations in March, and when the disaster was already evident in April, the water stored in the reservoir was almost enough until the wheat harvest in May. After more than a month of food and clothing, this year's harvest was finally saved. Seeing that this year's summer grain is about to be put into storage, Luo Yun can't help but laugh when he looks back and thinks about this month's intense preparations, is it that he thought too complicated before, or did he overestimate the power of that 'Yonghe'? Shook his head, no matter what, he can't relax now, the second uncle entered the city the day before yesterday and should return today. I feel comfortable in the mountains, but this news is too closed, and I don't know what's going on outside.

After saying hello, he was still holding a bloody deer hind leg and gnawing on Xiao You, seeing that it was eating and ignoring himself, Luo Yun didn't care about it, and walked down the mountain by himself. When the whole village was busy, Luo Yun didn't have the leisure to come to this half-mountain grass pavilion to drink tea. The main reason is that early in the morning, Bai Yang suddenly ran to knock on the back wall of his house, and thought that there was an earthquake in a daze, and when he ran out of the house and saw Bai Yang standing outside the courtyard wall, Rao is Luo Yun couldn't help but scold a few words no matter how good his temper was. I really don't know how this guy found his family. Hurriedly washed his face, and ran to the mountain with Bai Yang before Aunt Mei found out, and after careful questioning, he learned that the white ape, who had just been upgraded to a mother, came to his house in person It was nothing serious, but he specially thanked him for helping to intercede last time.

Although the ancestor wanted to kill the 'Yonghe', he finally persuaded him. But the main reason is that it is too late to kill, since it is useless, why make more killings. If the ancestor said that killing Yonghe could stop this year's disaster, then Luo Yun would definitely support the ancestor to destroy his relatives in righteousness. After all, there are too many sentient beings suffering from a natural disaster. Facing Bai Yang, Luo Yun was really worried that she had given birth to such a bad star as Yonghe. But people came to thank him tirelessly, and Luo Yun casually comforted him, and by the way, he asked how Yuanwu's injury was, and whether Yonghe had any trouble. After learning that everything was fine and that the ancestor had disappeared since that day, Luo Yun had nothing to say. Bai Yang gave the gift prepared by the couple and left.

As for the gifts, it seems that the most precious thing for the white ape clan is the wine they brew. So what Bai Yang sent was a barrel of fruit wine. Although the trunk of the tree that the two of them hugged was directly hollowed out, and the wooden barrel made was almost the same as the wine vat in Luo Yun's opinion, just by smelling the fragrance that came out of the body, Luo Yun knew that this wine was definitely the best wine brewed by Bai Yang and his wife. Thinking about it, it was all given with a gourd and a gourd before, but this time it was sent so much at once, it would be a lie to say that Luo Yun was not surprised. However, Bai Yang was also smart, and the wine was not directly moved to Luo Yun's house, but put it in the shack that the couple built for Luo Yun next to the waterhole. So early in the morning, Luo Yun, who drank a mouthful of wine, ate some roast venison, and felt a sense of comfort. It seems that he has been too nervous for more than a month, and it was almost noon when he returned home after eating and drinking.

Uncle Wu and Cheng Mu are both busy in the field, and Aunt Mei should have sent food. The house was empty, and there was no one in the house. Alas, the feeling of this idler is sometimes quite bad. Wandering in the yard like a wandering spirit for a long time, adding some food to the chicken coop here, and waving the broom twice with a broom over there, why hasn't Xiaoyou's greedy guy come back?

Speaking of which, since the 'militarized management' of this grain, the two guys with the largest amount of food in the family, Xiao You and Zhenyue, were thrown back to the mountains by Luo Yun, and Cheng Mu was sad for a while. However, it was supposed to be the wildest heterogeneous black blue tiger Xiao You, as long as he was full, he ran home and relied on Luo Yun not to leave, but Zhenyue, the little tigress, gradually took over the territory left by her mother with the help of her brother with a super high force value. Occasionally, at night, he would sneak into Cheng Mu's room and stay in the room for a while, but Cheng Mu, who had always been a little wooden, was moved to hug it and cry when he found out. made Luo Yun very emotional, this 'human-beast friendship' is decided.

Luo Yun was bored practicing calligraphy at home, and before the sun was set in the west, his cousin Li Chenglin suddenly came and said that his father was back. Luo Yun saw Li Chenglin's slightly anxious appearance and knew that the second uncle must have brought back some news, so he didn't care about cleaning it up at the moment, so he threw down his pen and followed Li Chenglin. On the way, he asked a few questions, but Li Chenglin didn't know very well, but when he listened to his father and grandfather, it seemed that the situation outside was not very good.

hurriedly rushed to the second uncle's house, and entered the hall to see that in addition to the second uncle and the two grandfathers, the fourth uncle and the lobby brother Li Jian were also there. The two of them were covered in dust, and their short shirts looked like they had been fished out of the water, apparently coming directly from the fields. The room was full of people, except for the two old men, who were the cleanest on their own bodies, and Luo Yun couldn't help but secretly feel ashamed. After sitting down, he asked bluntly about the situation outside.

Li Zhensheng didn't bother to drink a glass of water when he got home, so he told his son to call someone, and now he is also dusty, the sweat on his forehead has not disappeared, and he is still holding a towel in his hand, wiping it from time to time. Hearing Luo Yun's inquiry, he groaned a little and said in a hoarse voice: "This mountain is like not a land boundary, just now the fourth child also said that this year's harvest is 20% less than last year, but out of our Yunshan, the crops in the village outside can be picked out 20% this year and burn high incense." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of a room of people were about to pop out, although they were also worried before, but now that all families are busy cutting wheat, they all think that this year's drought has passed, who would have thought that ...... "Second brother is not joking, how can you go so far in and out of this mountain......" The fourth uncle's words were also what Luo Yun wanted to ask, and nodded in agreement.

Li Zhensheng glared at the fourth child when he heard this: "Can I talk nonsense about this?" If you don't believe it, you can go down the mountain and take a look after yourself in two days. At present, the begging people in the county are almost full of streets, and I heard from the county government that if there are more victims, the city will be closed! ”

Hundreds of ragged, yellow-skinned begging armies, this scene Luo Yun was really unimaginable, but Luo Yun didn't want to see what the real thing was like at all. "Won't the government provide disaster relief?"

"The government also wants to think about it, I heard that the county magistrate's mouth is foaming in a hurry. But judging from the news from the imperial court, it will take half a month for the disaster relief food to come down! When I came back, the county magistrate had already gone to the state city to ask for news, and saw if the imperial court approved begging for food. Li Zhensheng's tone was so anxious, as if he was the county master who was waiting for food. However, although everything is fine in his own village, but after seeing the barren fields and the streets begging for food, if he can still eat and drink with peace of mind, it is really not as good as animals.

But it was useless to be anxious, Li Zhensheng took the tea bowl handed over by his son, took a sip and moistened his throat, which was about to smoke, and continued: "I heard the master say that this time not only Guannai Road, but also Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road have been affected. There is really not enough grain in the official warehouse in Chang'an, and this year's new grain needs to be transported from the south. It's not easy for us to be close to Chang'an, and the nobles in Chang'an City are not happy. The emperor's prayer for rain was useless, and I heard that the emperor was ready to go to Luoyang. ”

I didn't expect to hear the news of Chang'an City, which was a surprise. However, this news is really not good news, and knowing it at this time also makes Luo Yun unhappy. The emperor visited Luoyang at this time, and he was afraid that the food in this pass was really not enough to eat, so he took the civil and military officials to Luoyang to reduce the food pressure on Chang'an. Also, he can't wait for disaster relief food in Xu'an County, which is only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an, let alone far away. I'm afraid that if it really drags on until the end of the month, the official road to Chang'an should be crowded with begging victims. Thinking about that situation, Luo Yun didn't know whether to be glad that he still had food or ...... I sighed that the power of this Yonghe is really not small, surrounding the entire Qinling Mountains, and the boundaries of the south and north of the mountains have not escaped.

I think the second grandfather saw the solemn atmosphere in the house, and felt that these juniors were worried too far, they were all ordinary people, and they didn't have to worry about starvation with such a big famine this year. This is the only point, the old man worships Sanqing and burns high incense at home every day, where else can he think of anything else. A light cough interrupted everyone's contemplation, and the old man looked at Luo Yun with relief and said, "Fortunately, Luo Yun appeased the clansmen at the beginning, otherwise we two old guys would have to wait at home for death, and you juniors would have to go around for rations." Alas—"

The old man's long sigh was heard in everyone's ears, but it had its own taste. The fourth Li Zhenxing was very smiling, although he was startled by the miserable scene told by the second brother before, he listened to the old man's words and was happy: "I just said that my eldest brother is not an ordinary person, how about it?" Now you have seen it, think about the day my nephew stood at the door of the ancestral hall......"

"That's your eldest brother, isn't it our eldest brother? Luo Yun is also our nephew, so why don't you show off here. As soon as Luo Yun's third uncle Li Zhencai entered the house, he heard the fourth child babbling there, and immediately went over angrily, causing Li Zhenxing to glare at him for a while. Li Zhencai didn't pay attention to him, Gu Zi took a towel and wiped the sweat on his face, moved a low mound and sat down, and then asked the second brother about the situation outside. After Li Zhensheng told the situation in the county again, Luo Yun, the most economically minded third uncle, rolled his eyes and asked a question related to their vital interests, but Luo Yun and the others never thought of, "This disaster is so serious, how much will the imperial court reduce taxes?" ”

Li Zhensheng was stunned, and then said hesitantly: "This...... The government hasn't written yet, but the county didn't urge me to pay for food when I came back, so I should ......."

"If it is really like what the second brother said, the drought is so widely distributed this time, then Guanzhong may be exempted from rent this year. If this is the case, we will not only have more harvest this year, but also more than in previous years. "This room full of people, including Luo Yun, has all kinds of skills, but none of them can settle accounts. Not to mention that these old men are not as good as those who study, the key is that although these people don't have to worry about governing the country and leveling the world, they are busy farming, hunting, and selling crafts. As for the money earned, it is all in the hands of the women of the family. If you really want to ask these people how long they have enough food to eat, how long they can eat, and how quickly they can eat, then they have to ask the women in the house who boiled water and cooked rice. Therefore, seeing Li Zhencai's fingers pulling up the abacus account one finger at a time, everyone in this room can only listen.

I remember that when Aunt Mei secretly showed herself the 'treasure' left by his mother behind everyone's back, she also came with her mouth open. also planned for Luo Yun how to spend the business, and I don't know how long he has been thinking about it. This heart really touched Luo Yun. Thinking about it far, Luo Yun grinned helplessly for what he thought of, but he didn't want to be seen by Li Zhencai, who had been paying attention to his reaction, thinking that this nephew, who was becoming more and more influential in the cottage, had different ideas, and immediately asked.

"Luo Yun is worried that we don't have enough food? Although this year's wheat has not yet been harvested, I have asked from house to house, and it is estimated that it will be at most 20% less than last year. In fact, I think the big guys are guessing from the worst, and this year it should be less than 10%. Coupled with the two truckloads of grain we sold chicken and fish in exchange for before, even if we take out some of it to open a restaurant, we won't starve our family. "This is really far away, why did Luo Yun suddenly feel that his third uncle's expression was so similar to those profiteers who took advantage of the famine to hoard grain and sell it at a high price. However, his third uncle just remembered the 'restaurant' that had been erected next to the official road, and seeing that the food and drink were guaranteed, the addiction to doing business came up again.

Seeing that everyone was watching and waiting for him to speak, Luo Yun's words were weighted, and he was not happy in his heart, saying that he just wanted to be a carefree son who didn't care about anything. If it weren't for the fact that he was forced to make such a threat in the ancestral hall for the sake of his stomach, he would not have been called to the village now because of something. No matter how Luo Yun complained in his heart, he still had to say what he had to say, and after thinking about the pros and cons of opening a restaurant in this kind of famine environment, he finally shook his head, and looked up to see what the third uncle wanted to persuade him, Luo Yun preemptively expressed the worries in his heart: "Third uncle, now the grain is indeed a strange commodity to live in." But we're not those big grain merchants, that's all we have for food. If the hungry victims come to hear the news, how many people can we manage? ”

Li Zhencai heard the words but didn't hear the meaning of Luo Yun's words, so he calculated the swelling in his mind, and really thought about how many meals he could make with the grain that could be taken out of the village. The cousin next to him, Li Huan, has always liked such opportunities, but his knowledge is limited, and when he saw that the third uncle didn't speak, he answered: "Let's take out some food, and forget it when we finish eating." Can they still force us to feed them? ”

Without waiting for Luo Yun to explain, the third grandfather had already reacted, and his brows were furrowed. Hearing the words of his own grandson, he couldn't help but teach a lesson: "Don't you dare to be those hungry people who are dizzy?" If this person can't eat enough, the government will dare to rob it, and will he care about your small restaurant? ”

Li Jian looked at his grandfather in amazement, then looked at Luo Yun, and saw Luo Yun nodded. Some depressed lowered their heads and stopped talking, not for grandpa's lesson, but obviously he was older than Luo Yun, Luo Yun had never even been out of the mountains, why was his knowledge of some things so much stronger than himself?

Li Zhencai also reacted at this time, he also survived the troubled times, and he also experienced the drought a few years ago, but he fell into the big dream of doing business for a while and ignored the horror of the chaotic people. This restaurant can't be opened this year, sighed regretfully, and then sat there drinking water without speaking.

Luo Yun saw that everyone had just been hung up by the third uncle and lowered his head, and he shook his head helplessly. He also wanted to do such a tempting thing, but he had no choice but to have too many historical lessons, even if he read less, he knew what the people could do if they didn't have enough to eat. Dynasties can be destroyed because of this, not to mention the grain merchants who hoard Juqi. So he thought of this question immediately. Even if he sells grain at a low price in Lijiazhai, they are not big grain merchants, and they can't get much grain except for their own food. If a small restaurant is opened in the Taiping period, it is okay for a maximum of a dozen people to eat and drink every day, but if everyone from a village outside comes to eat, how long can this grain be eaten? When you can't afford to raise it and then close your doors, will those who don't have enough food still want to leave?

"Second uncle, how is the situation in the village outside us?"

Li Zhensheng didn't react for a while, and was stunned for a moment before saying: "What else, the land is barren, when I came back, I saw that the peasant women and children in the fields were picking ears of wheat." ”

Picking ears of wheat ...... I remembered the fiery scene of wheat mowing in the valley I saw in the morning, and there were indeed two heavens inside and outside the mountains.

Luo Yun sighed, just saw Li Chenglin sitting in the corner bored, and then remembered something that had dragged on for a year, and felt that even if he couldn't use this opportunity to earn some money, he could change the reputation of the poor mountain village of Lijiazhai. Facing everyone's incomprehensible gazes, Luo Yuncai said as if unintentionally: "I just thought that several aunts and cousins are from other places, this disaster is serious, they should all be concerned about their mother's family." Seeing that everyone still didn't know, Luo Yun simply stared at Li Chenglin with straight eyes, "Like when Zhang Song's family came to find Aunt Mei two days ago, he said that he didn't have to worry about food and clothing here, but he didn't know what was going on at his father's house, and he wanted to go back and see."

When these words came out at this time, everyone knew that Luo Yun had something to say, no matter how slow they reacted, but they didn't know what Luo Yun was referring to for a while. However, the second grandfather, who had been angry for the marriage of his children and grandchildren for a long time ago, looked at his own grandson with Luo Yun's gaze, and then suddenly came to his senses, and after a little thought in his heart, he couldn't help but pat the table happily and said, "That's right, that's right." The daughters-in-law of these families must be hanging on to their mother's house, Zhensheng, when you are done with this period, you can send a message to each family, and if you want to go home to see, let them go back. By the way, the girls who got married...... Oh, my old fellow forgot about his own daughter when he was full, Zhensheng, you hurry up and send a letter to your sister and baby, if she has no harvest at home, let her come back to live, don't starve my grandson......"

For the old man's surprise, Luo Yun, who understood it, was drinking tea with his head bored, but the others still didn't understand what he meant, and only thought that the old man cared about his daughter and daughter-in-law. If you don't say that people are old and become fine, none of Luo Yun's uncles and cousins will figure it out, but the third grandfather will react with a roll of his eyes, but Li Jian is already married and doesn't need him to worry, so he will sit aside and drink tea.

Until he got out of the courtyard gate of the second uncle's house, the fourth uncle, who hadn't figured it out, grabbed Luo Yun and didn't let go: "What the hell are you doing with the two old men?" ”

Luo Yun blinked innocently, seeing that the muscles on the fourth uncle's arm were about to bulge, in order to avoid any further trauma to his thin arms and legs, Luo Yun hurriedly dodged two steps but just bumped into the third uncle who had just gone out. Looking back, the third uncle also looked curious, knowing that the shrewdness in this person's mind was used in business, and his cousin was still young, so he didn't understand this secret chess move. Seeing that he couldn't escape the 'clutches' of the two uncles, Luo Yun shrugged his shoulders and said, "Right now, there will be a famine in the entire Guanzhong. ”

Fourth Uncle Li Zhenxing's eyes glared: "Nonsense!" Who doesn't know this. ”

Luo Yun secretly rolled his eyes and continued: "Everyone says that we are a 'poor mountain village'. Li Zhencai nodded and understood, smiled and glanced at Luo Yun, who was deliberately selling guan, and said: "But when there is a famine, we can eat enough in our poor cottage, but their villages that were rich in the past can only go hungry and beg. Hehe, Luo Yun's mind is lively. Our little grain is not enough to sell, but it is enough to earn a reputation. ”

The uncle and nephew here looked at each other and smiled, but Li Zhenxing next to him was still a monk who was still the second brother-in-law: "Earn fame?" What is it bad for us to exchange that little bit of food, why do we earn things that we can't eat or wear? ”

"Fourth, why don't you understand, your Kun'er and second brother's family Chenglin are not small. The reason why we haven't said anything about our in-laws until now is because our Li family is about to get rich, and we can't look down on those poor families. But we are nested in this big mountain, you are a family with a lot of money, and outsiders don't know it, and when you say that people go out, they still think that we are a poor and remote mountain village. Isn't this a good opportunity for a makeover? Luo Yun asked the daughters-in-law of each family to go back to their parents' house for a proper get-up, and then called the daughters who got married back to live for a few days. When the time comes, when you find a daughter-in-law for Kun'er, people won't rush to send it to your house? Hehe, at that time, it was not that we begged for the bride price, but that we sat at home drinking tea and picked any girl that was pleasing to the eye. ”

Although Luo Yun felt that the third uncle's words were a bit exaggerated, seeing that the two uncles were all elated, it was good for everyone to be excited, so he stood aside and laughed for a while. Who thought that his fourth uncle was righteous, he finished laughing, slapped him on the shoulder, and said very seriously: "Luo Yun, you don't have to worry, wait for your brother Kun to marry his daughter-in-law." I'll pick you a woman like your mother to come back and be your wife! ”

Luo Yun grinned and escaped from the clutches of the fourth uncle, rubbing his shoulders and scolding his stomach, when was he in a hurry? This fourth uncle, etc. No wonder Li Kun said that at the beginning, the fourth uncle of the relationship has always had a crush on his deceased mother, and this daughter-in-law is selected according to his mother's standards.