The hail came and went quickly, and when the hail piled up on the ground was a fist high, the clouds dispersed, and the sun hung high again in the sky.

Zeng put on his coat and hat and was about to go to the field to check, walked to the door, and was stopped by Li Zheng, "Grandma Zeng, Uncle Li and I are going to the city to buy grain, will you go?" Do you want to help you carry it? ”

Zeng Shi stopped, "Buy grain? ”

"Yes," Li Zheng nodded, "Uncle Li went to Liu's house to inform, let me inform you, I don't know if the area affected by this hail is large, the area is not large, but if the affected area is large, the price of grain will definitely rise." Don't think about the harvest in our fields, don't buy grain, in case the price of grain rises, I'm afraid we will suffer. ”

"But ......" Zeng gritted his teeth and pinched the money bag.

Li Zheng is right, the Li family is worthy of being a person who escaped the famine, and they are more far-sighted than her, but all her silver money has been used up to build a house, where is the silver money to buy food now......

Zeng's heart was in turmoil for a while, she forced herself to calm down, poured out the only two taels of silver left in the money bag, and handed it to Li Zheng, "Help me buy all the coarse grains, it doesn't matter if the condition is not good, I want the worst kind." ”

If there is hail in the town, the price of the grain store will definitely rise, two taels of silver sounds a lot, and it would be good to be able to buy two hundred catties of coarse grain. 200 catties of coarse grain, after the hail, plant some vegetables, and then replant late rice, she and Huan'er are afraid that they will be hungry until next spring. But now I can't think about next year, I can only take one step at a time.

"What about salt? Do you want to buy it? Li Zheng asked.

"No," Tsang waved his hand, "we can drink the rest of the water." ”

The water that can be marinated is sour...... Li Zheng opened his mouth and didn't say anything, he guessed that the Zeng family had no money, "Grandma Zeng, two hundred catties of food may not be enough for you and Huan'er to eat, if you need it, my family can lend you some silver." ”

"......"

"Grandma! Grandmother! Lin Huan'er's cheerful voice suddenly came from inside the house, "Grandma, come and see!" ”

Zeng was stunned for a moment, and walked along Lin Huan'er's voice, followed by Li Zheng.

When I arrived in the hall, I saw Lin Xian'er stepping on a stool, looking out at the edge of the window, and when she saw Li Zheng coming, Lin Huan'er was stunned for a moment, her face was slightly red, and she glared at him fiercely.

What are you staring at me for? Li Zheng was a little confused.

But looking in the direction of Lin Huan'er's finger, he understood. This is a threat to help him fulfill the lie.

Outside the window, two foxes were lying on the hail ground drenched in blood, looking like they had run down the mountain to avoid the hail, but they were stoned to death under the eaves. Only Li Zheng knows, isn't this the fox that Lin Huan'er laid down on the day he met Shi Cheng? She hasn't even sold it yet.

"Grandma," Li Zheng was beside her, and Lin Huan'er's tone was obviously much more embarrassed, "What is this?" Can I sell it for money? ”

Li Zheng looked at Lin Huan'er funny, only to see her eyes flickering, looking to the side unnaturally, colliding with her eyes and quickly moving away. He coughed lightly and cooperated, "This is a fox, if this skin is well preserved, it can be sold for a lot of money." ”

"It's like a fox." Zeng Shi finally nodded and said, "There used to be a landlord in the town who had a fox fur scarf, and I think it looks like this. ”

In fact, after so many years, where does she remember what the landlord's fox fur scarf looks like? It's just that since Li Zheng said so, she knew that Li Zheng had seen the world, and she believed in this child.

"This ...... How much can it be sold for? Zeng was a little moved.

"It doesn't matter how much it costs, let's pick it up and go home first." Saying that, Lin Huan'er jumped to the back of the house through the window, lifted the two fox tails, and said a little deliberately, "Grandma, it's still hot." You and Li Zheng go to the town together, sell the fox, and we will have money to buy more food." ”

Zeng hesitated, "Will Huan'er go to the town by herself?" I've got to go out into the fields, and now I'm going to get the hail out and I'm still alive with some of the seedlings. ”

The countrymen cherish the crops the most, knowing that the seedlings are still saved, even if they know that their behavior is to sacrifice the big and the small, Zeng's still can't afford to leave the ground.

This is exactly what Lin Huan'er wants, the bullets in the fox's body haven't been cleaned up yet. She nodded, "Okay then." ”

Only then did Zeng turn to Li Zheng, "Li Zheng, Huan'er has no heart, you help her palm her eyes more, sell the fox skin, and I will give you a commission." ”

"Grandma, don't be so polite." Li Zheng said busily.

"Take it." Lin Huan'er winked at him, put on her own little coat and walked out of the door first, she was small, with a fox tail in one hand, the tip of the fox's nose just dragged to the ground, and flung around with her steps.

Okay, Li Zheng understands, it's hush money again.

He obediently closed his mouth and walked out with a gesture towards Zeng.

When I went, there was no ox cart, so I had to go by myself, and the hail had just stopped, and everyone stayed at home to check their losses, and there was no car to find on the road, Li Yuan carried the fox on Lin Huan'er's back and walked quickly towards the town with two children.

After entering Qingshan Town, he came to Fur Street and told Li Zheng, "Remember to go to Meng Dahe, he is familiar with me and can give you a preferential price." ”

Li Zheng nodded seriously, and was just about to leave with Lin Huan'er, when he saw a person walking out of the fur street and nodded towards the two children, "It's coming." ”

"Oh, hello uncle." Lin Huan'er responded crisply.

"You ...... Know? The man walked away, and Li Yuan lowered his head and asked Li Zheng.

"I don't know." Li Zheng replied without a red face and a heartbeat.

"Then how can he ......" Li Yuan pointed to Lin Huan'er.

"Look at Huan'er's sister's cuteness." Li Zheng touched the top of Lin Huan'er's head and tugged, "Sister Huan'er is so cute, I can't help but want to say hello when I see it." ”

No, it's logical...... It was also today that Li Yuan was in a hurry, he didn't bother to think about it, he was in a hurry to go to the grain store to order grain, and he also had to buy an ox cart.

He watched the way just now, the hail under Qingshan Town is not smaller than that of Xiaxi Village, and there are even roadside grass huts that can't bear the weight and are smashed by hail, so it seems that the rise in food prices in the town is an inevitable phenomenon.

Now many people think that the government will have relief, think that they can still grow late rice, and are stunned by hail, like Zeng, who only thinks about the amount of their own land, and does not think of buying grain. Li Yuan doesn't think so, there is surplus grain at the moment, but what if there is a problem with the late rice? What if the imperial court goes to war and doesn't care about disaster relief? Don't you eat in the winter, and you don't pay taxes?

People who have escaped the famine always like to think about the worst of things.

He asked Li Zheng and Lin Huan'er to go to the town's door-to-door grain store to find him after selling the fox, and by the way, he sent the money from the sale over, and left in a hurry after instructing.

Here, Li Zheng and Lin Huan'er walked towards Meng Dahe's stall with ease.

"Uncle Meng?"

Meng Dahe was shaking off the water on his fur on the stall, hissing cold air in his mouth. In the rush under the hail just now, he was scurrying around in the market like a headless fly looking for a place to hide, and was smashed a few times, and when he saw Lin Huan'er coming, his eyes lit up, "The little girl and Li Zheng are here." ”