As soon as Mrs. Gu arrived in Pingzhou, she went to find Lei Xingjia. The Lei family is a big grain merchant, and they have to look for him to buy bulk grain.

Lei Xingjia heard that she was going to buy grain, and asked with some confusion: "Sanniang, how much grain do you want to buy?" ”

If it's just a few thousand catties of grain, I shouldn't look for him, just go to the shop to buy it.

"The more the merrier."

Lei Xingjia asked very puzzledly: "Sanniang, what are you going to buy so much food for?" ”

Old lady Gu said: "The old man dreamed that there would be rain for more than a month in the near future. I just wanted to stock up on more food, because the flood was really flooding, and I built a tent to give porridge to accumulate merit. ”

Lei Xingjia couldn't cry or laugh: "Sanniang, it's just a dream, you still take it seriously." ”

Old Mrs. Gu didn't want to talk nonsense, and said, "You open the door to do business, I want to buy food, and you can't push the business out!" ”

"Sanniang ......"

Old Madam Gu said, "If you don't want to sell me food, I'll go find someone else to buy it." ”

As a businessman, it is impossible to give up business to an opponent. Lei Xingjia said helplessly: "Sanniang, how much grain do you want to buy?" ”

"I said, I'll buy as much as you want."

"You'll have to give me a specific amount, so I can send someone to collect the grain."

The summer harvest will be soon, and the Lei family will send people down to collect grain at this time of year.

Old Lady Gu pondered for a moment and said, "Then collect 100,000 stones first!" ”

"How much?"

Old Madam Gu said, "One hundred thousand stones." Of course, it would be better if you could receive 200,000 stones. ”

One stone of rice is one hundred and twenty catties, and now the coarse grain is four cents, and the rice is seven cents. Even if you buy all the coarse grain, the 200,000 denier of grain plus labor costs and transportation costs will cost more than 100,000 yuan of silver.

Lei Xingjia's face changed: "Sanniang, you won't be real, right?" ”

Old lady Gu said: "I won't hide it from you, the old man left me a lot of money." I can still afford to buy 200,000 stone of grain. I still have money left over to buy food, and I want to prepare some more medicinal herbs and cloth. ”

Over the years, Lei Xingjia has followed Mrs. Qi to do business, and his family assets have exceeded one million. In addition, with Mrs. Qi here, Mrs. Gu was not afraid that he would be unfavorable to her.

Lei Xingjia said: "Sanniang, this is a dream after all, how can you take it seriously!" ”

Old Mrs. Gu asked rhetorically: "Big brother, if there is really a flood, then these grains can save the lives of countless people." ”

"What if not?"

Nine times out of ten, there were no floods, and the last time there was a big flood was when his mother mentioned it.

Mrs. Gu said: "If you don't have it, you will lose money in business, but if you can make countless people live." Big brother, saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, not to mention the lives of so many people. ”

At this point, Lei Xingjia did not refuse: "In this case, then I will take over your business." But Sanniang, where do you store the grain you bought? ”

"Do you have a granary? I can rent your house. ”

Lei Xingjia nodded and said, "My family has three large granaries, which can be rented to you." However, to buy 200,000 stone of grain, three granaries cannot be filled. ”

"I'll find a way to solve the granary. Big brother, please don't talk about this to the outside world. I want people to know that I have so much money in my hands, and I'm afraid I'm going to kill myself. ”

"Okay, I'm not going to talk about that."

Lei Xingjia hesitated, but still persuaded: "Sanniang, do you really want to hoard so much food?" Don't think about it anymore? ”

"I believe my old man."

Knowing that no matter how much she persuaded Mrs. Gu, she couldn't change her mind, so Lei Xingjia didn't say it anymore.

On the second day, Lei Xingjia took a few henchmen to Gu's house. After signing the contract, Old Lady Gu pointed to the six boxes placed in the corner: "There are a total of fifteen thousand taels of gold here, and I will pay you when I collect the rest of the grain." ”

Over the years, there have been countless gold and silver in Lei Xingjia's hands. So when he saw so much gold, he was also a little surprised at first: "It is rumored that my brother-in-law has countless gold and silver treasures, but I didn't believe it before." Now it seems that the rumors are true. ”

Mrs. Gu sighed a little: "Just for these gold and silver, we almost lost our ancestors and grandchildren's lives." This time, they can be regarded as the end of the trouble. I don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

Lei Xingjia's expression changed slightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Old Madam Gu waved her hand and said, "It's all in the past, don't you just say it, you let people count it!" ”

Lei Xingjia said with a smile: "Sanniang, it's polite for you to say this, I can't trust you yet." ”

After Lei Xingjia went back, Mother Hua said with some worry: "Old lady, your wealth is not exposed. If outsiders find out the news, you're in danger. ”

Old Lady Gu said: "If you are afraid of wolves and tigers, what can you do?" But you're right, just in case, you still have to send An An to Fuzhou. ”

In addition to those who want money and don't want to die, Mrs. Gu is worried about another thing. After the flood, if it is not well controlled, there will be a plague, and she is not afraid of a person who is about to step into the coffin with both feet. But An An is still young, and she can't be allowed to take this risk.

After Lei Xingjia returned home, he wrote to Lei Dong and asked him to buy more grain and medicinal materials. In addition, he also asked him to send his wife and children back to Pingzhou.

Because Mrs. Gu didn't want people to know about this, Lei Xingjia didn't say anything to anyone, and his wife and children didn't say anything.

A few days later, Mrs. Qi returned to Pingzhou.

As soon as she saw Old Lady Gu, Mrs. Qi asked, "Sanniang, what happened?" ”

Half a month ago, she received a letter from Mrs. Gu, asking her to return to Pingzhou as soon as possible. After reading the letter, she hurried back despite Qi Xiangdi's objections.

After Mrs. Gu asked everyone in the house to go down, she told Mrs. Gu about her dream: "Sister, there is really a big flood, and the whole Pingzhou is going to starve all over the wilderness." ”

Mrs. Qi was angry and funny: "I thought something big had happened, it turned out to be just a dream." It scared me along the way, and half of my life was scared away. ”

Old Lady Gu sighed and said, "When I was in the capital, Qingshu told me that she dreamed that the entire Peach Blossom Village was submerged in water. Then I dreamed again that the old man was dreaming. Sister, what kind of coincidence do you say! ”

Mrs. Qi frowned.

Old Lady Gu said in a mosquito-like voice: "Sister, the night before Xiaoxian went to Lingquan Temple to offer incense, Qingshu dreamed that she fell in a pool of blood. On the second day, Qingshu had to follow, thanks to her following, otherwise Xiaoxian would have had an accident. ”

Mrs. Qi's heart sank: "Really? ”

Old Lady Gu smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that people will know that it will be bad for her, so I will hide it." ”

In fact, Mrs. Qi had always had doubts about the matter of Lingquan Temple that day, and now she has been able to solve her doubts.

"And what are you going to do?"

"I want to stock up on food before the floods and give it to the victims to help them tide over the storm." Old Lady Gu said: "Of course, it would be great if the people of Pingzhou could keep their grain and not sell it. ”

Mrs. Qi's brows furrowed after hearing this.