Today's fair, there are a lot of people going to the town, and Si Tu doesn't dare to take the main road, after all, everyone will notice that there is a new face in the village. Resisting the wind, I made a big circle and went directly to the official road not far from the town, and there were not many people on this road, and no one noticed the sudden appearance of Si Tu.

After a quarter of an hour's walk, Si Tu arrived at Jixiang Town. Jixiang Town has a large area, and seven or eight nearby villages are here to do business, which is very lively. It's just that I don't know why there are so many people today, is it all buying materials for the winter?

There was no time to think about it, Si Tu desperately squeezed to his destination in the sea of people, the Four Seas Rice Travel, and it was important to solve the problem of eating first.

It took a lot of time to finally get to the place, and the four seas of rice were surrounded by people.

"Why do you say that the price will increase? Is there any royal law left? On weekdays, this brown rice costs two cents a catty, so why do you need five cents at once? ”

"That's it!" Many people agreed, most of them were residents of the town, and their families had no land, and they were used in the town to buy and buy on weekdays. It's really unacceptable that this rice has risen so much.

"This price is set from above, I just earn some carriage and horse fares, do you like to buy it or not, you want to buy it in a few days and you don't have a place to buy it!" It was the boss of Sihai Rice Bank who spoke, and he was still aggrieved in his heart, and the price of grain was set by the government. The purchase price of this batch of grain is four yuan, and there is no profit at all when it is sold for five yuan, which is really a waste of strength and infamy.

"How do you speak......" Someone else wanted to step forward to theorize a few words, but was glared back by the two strong men at the door. Looking at the sticks with thick arms in their hands, several women had no choice but to withdraw from the crowd.

"I'd better go back and get some more silver and come back ......" There was also a disbelief in putting down the words, "I don't believe that this rice is sold by your family, profiteer, I'm bah!" ”

"May I ask why the price of this rice has suddenly risen so much?" When there were fewer people, Si Tu had a chance to step forward, and the guard at the door secretly gave a small piece of broken silver.

When the guard saw the silver, he pulled her aside and said mysteriously: "Xiaolang doesn't know, Shangyang County has been raining heavily recently, and the Shangyang River is afraid that it will burst." But there was an order from above to defend it. This is not panicking, many victims are coming to us, there may be riots, Xiaolang should buy more food to save if he wants silver. ”

"Thank you."

Thanks to the guards, Si Tu hurriedly bought 200 catties of polished rice and 50 catties of fine noodles. I paid the money, and bought two thick quilts nearby, as well as some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. There were a lot of things, and the boss of Sihai Rice Store ordered someone to drive an ox cart to help her deliver the goods.

Buying so much rice and noodles with great fanfare, if there is a riot in the future, your own family will definitely be targeted. It happened that he met a young man selling firewood on the road, and Si Tu bought all the firewood to cover the contents of the ox cart tightly. In winter, every family has to carry some firewood, and the Jiang family is widowed and weak, so buying these will not attract attention.

The strong man driving looked puzzled, and Si Tu smiled, "Let's go, just send it to the Jiang family at the foot of Muyun Village, I still have some things to buy, you go first." ”

After walking around the town a few times and inquiring about some things, Si Tu found a secluded place to catch back from the wind.

Not long after, he landed outside his yard, and the man who delivered the goods also appeared not far away in an ox cart. When he saw Si Di, he was also startled, "Xiaolang's feet are so fast, he actually arrived before me." ”

Si Tu didn't speak, just smiled and went to unload the things on the ox cart. Xue Dazhuang didn't have time to think about anything, so he hurriedly helped unload the things into the yard.

When I entered the village, I inquired about the foot of Muyun Mountain, so it was very easy to find, and it was very secluded along the way, and no one was encountered. This little man didn't say anything about his departure late, the only way to get to this house was to come by himself, how did he come back?

"This strong man ......"

The young man's clear voice sounded, Xue Dazhuang chuckled in his heart, subconsciously turned around, and bumped into the young man's deep eyes.

"You should go back, the juniors won't send it."

"Oooh...... Yes, it's time for me to go back. ”

drove all the way back to the four seas of rice, and the shop was busy.

"Coming back? Can the goods be delivered? The boss of Mi Xing took the time to ask.

"It's delivered, not far from Sifang Village."

"That's okay, hurry up and load these bags of rice and send them to Li Yuanwai's house, it's too busy."

"Okay!"

The four seas are still busy.

Jiang family, Aunt Chunhua has already prepared a table of dishes, and it is not easy for a foreign man to come out when she and Jiang Qi hear the movement. Now looking at the sacks all over the yard, I was also taken aback: "Why did you buy so many things?" ”

"I heard that Shangyang County is in chaos, and those victims are coming to our Qiyang, and the first few towns have been killed and injured, I don't know how many."

Si Tu washed his hands before he took a seat, Jiang Qi and Aunt Chunhua's faces were not good-looking, how could this be if Muyun Village was also in chaos.

"So serious? That's to get something ready earlier, and I'll have to go to town to buy something later. "Liu Chunhua has seen the power of those homeless people, and she can do anything for a bite to eat.

"Auntie, don't worry, I'll go to town in the afternoon, and I have to buy another cart of food. It's too eye-catching, and when I buy it, I'll secretly send it home for you at night, it's too unsafe for you to go alone. ”

Liu Chunhua thought to herself, it's hard to get it back if she buys too much, not to mention, but also to be eye-catching.

"Nacheng, I'll take some silver, and you can help me bring back dozens of catties of grain in the afternoon."

"What did my aunt say, and what kind of money did she take? At night you wait at home. ”

Liu Chunhua still wanted to stuff the silver to Si Di, but Jiang Qi said, "Chunhua, you listen to Heng'er, we don't need to be so clear, we can see the outside when we give the silver." ”

"That's it, it's going to be hard work."

"It's not in the way, it's that we have bought so much rice and grain, we must hide it tightly, if it really messes up and makes people angry, there will definitely be trouble. And then the village chief's grandfather took in our mother and son back then, and I still have to inform him of this matter, it is inconvenient for me and my mother to come forward, and we have to trouble Aunt Chunhua. "Jiang Qi's eyes are not good, and Si Di himself can't change back to Jiang Heng's appearance, so it's really hard to inform him.

"I've got this on me."

Liu Chunhua took the matter, and after eating, she rushed to the village chief's house to inform her of the matter. Liu Ziliang, the village head, had just finished lunch and was about to rest, and he was also very shocked when he heard about it, so he hurriedly sent his eldest son to the town to inquire about the situation. Since there is news that there must be a situation, there are only some old and weak women and children in Muyun Village now, if the homeless people really make trouble, it will be over.

Liu Ziliang prayed secretly in his heart, and his mouth kept swirling around the yard with dry smoke.

"Dad, no! It's really messing up in the south..."

When the old man heard this, his hand shook, and the cigarette stick fell to the ground and fell into two pieces. "Quick, go and call all the men in the village, this is going to be a big deal!"