Previously, in order to prevent Qian's mother from being confused, Qian Qianqian didn't put much silver at home, and it was only enough for Qian's mother's family to eat, but now Qian's mother gave all the money to the old man and Mrs. Qian, aren't the Qian Fen sisters and brothers going hungry?

"Mother, how can you be so confused, just release people, why do you still give them money? You gave them the family's money, what should Xiaofen do? ”

Qian Qianqian was annoyed and a little helpless, Qian's mother always likes to open her sheepfold to make up for other people's sheep, and others may not appreciate it.

"Qianqian, your grandmother cried and begged me, saying that the family was almost unable to open the pot for Qiqi's illness, so I took some help from them, and now that our family is living a good life, we can't forget our roots."

Mother Qian said bitterly, and listened carefully, but Qian Qianqian was wrong, Qian Qianqian knew that she couldn't change Mother Qian's concept, so she didn't say more.

"Anyway, there isn't much money left at home, you have already given it, just that, but let me remind you, now that our pickle shop has been closed, and the business of the hot pot restaurant is not good, there is basically no money to enter, and maybe it will lose money, so if you help them again, our family will not be able to open the pot, it doesn't matter how many of us are, you don't want to see Brother Yao have no food to eat."

Qian Qianqian glanced at Qian Yao in Qian's mother's arms, now Qian Yao is two years old and has already been weaned, although she doesn't eat much at every meal, but she has to eat anyway, and she can't be hungry, so for Qian Yao's sake, Qian's mother should be more considerate.

"Look at what you said, you are all my biological children, no matter who you are, I don't want him to have no food, but my mother knows that you are the most capable, as long as you are there, there is hope for our family."

Mother Qian looked at Qian Qianqian meaningfully, with a subtle expression, it seems that she regards Qian Qianqian as a backer and a cash cow, as long as Qian Qianqian is there, their family will be fed, and no one will be hungry.

Qian Qianqian has nothing to say, she can't cut off the relationship with Qian's mother, and she can't ignore these younger siblings below, so she can only guard against Qian's mother on weekdays and protect what belongs to her.

It's just that in this way, she can't let Qian's mother manage the money in the future, Qian Qianqian felt sorry for Qian Yao before, and often kept some silver in Qian's mother's hands, this time she can't be soft-hearted, and Qian's mother can't have a penny in her hand.

"Mother, I'll go to work first." Qian Qianqian came back to her senses, just responded lightly, and then walked out with her feet raised.

At night, while everyone in the family was asleep, Qian Qianqian sneaked into the space and picked out all the ripe vegetables in front of Xiao Jiu.

"Okay, now you've picked all the dishes here, and I'm free every day."

Xiao Jiu was lying on the ridge with Erlang's legs crossed, holding a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and his fleshy paws were shaking up and down, looking very pleasant, as if he was completely indulgent to Qian Qianqian.

"What's wrong with you today? It's strange that you agreed to everything I said and didn't stop me. ”

Qian Qianqian brought the last basket of vegetables up, looked at Xiao Jiu's appearance, and a light smile appeared on her face.

"I wanted to stop it, but could I stop it? Instead of talking to you in vain, it's better to just forget it, out of sight is pure, you regret it in the future, don't come to me. ”

Xiao Jiu seemed to accept his fate, turned over, and mocked with a face, as if he was waiting to watch a good show.

"I don't regret it."

Qian Qianqian leaned over and rubbed Xiao Jiu's head, pursed her lips and smiled, and after speaking, she moved all the rest of the dishes out.

Xiao Jiu was helpless, so he could only watch Qian Qianqian get out of the space.

So many dishes rely on Qian Qianqian to cut and dry them alone, and the task is indeed too heavy, so Qian Qianqian hired a few neighbors to help her do this.

In Qian's mother's view, hiring someone means paying wages, and now Qian Qianqian's business is sluggish, so she can save a little or have to save a little, rather than giving the silver to outsiders, it is better to hold it in her hands.

But Qian Qianqian didn't think so, anyway, the family's money was under her control, even if Qian's mother had any ideas in her heart, as long as she couldn't convince her, it would be useless.

With the help of those neighbors, the vegetables were quickly dried, and the sun was particularly fierce these days, and the face hurt when you shook it outside, so those vegetables were quickly dried out of moisture.

Seeing that the time agreed with Mu Tianyue had arrived, Qian Qianqian had been waiting at home, and Mu Tianyue's people really came on time and moved those dried vegetables to the car one after another.

"Why didn't you Boss Mu come here in person?"

Qian Qianqian didn't see Mu Tianyue's figure, and she still had some doubts in her heart, it stands to reason that Mu Tianyue should come to supervise this kind of thing in person.

"Boss Mu has something to do, and he rarely even goes to the restaurant, so he really can't get away, so he arranged for us to come."

The little guy led by bowed slightly, with a flattering smile on his face, Qian Qianqian replied lightly, thinking that something had happened to Mu Tianyue's business, so he didn't take it to heart.

"Boss Qian, we have to rush back to restore Boss Mu's life, so let's leave first."

The little guy saw that the cart was loaded, and he didn't stay long, and as soon as the words fell, he drove the carriage away.

Mother Qian stood at the door with Qian Yao in her arms, she thought that Qian Qianqian dried these vegetables for business in the future, but she didn't expect them to be pulled away by others, but she didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Qian Qianqian's gourd?

"Qianqian, what's going on? Did the men take away all the dried vegetables, did they give the money? ”

Although Qian Mu was a little jealous of Qian Qianqian, when she thought of the silver in vain, she still asked cautiously.

"Mother, they are pulling these dishes to exchange for food, and now there is a shortage of food in Lianzhou City, and many people are almost unable to open the pot."

Qian Qianqian didn't hide it, if she deceived Qian's mother, and she sold those vegetables, then Qian's mother would definitely ask her for silver, and she didn't want to give the silver to Qian's mother anymore.

"You're really dizzy, so many, such a good dish, you can sell it for dozens of taels of silver, you just gave it to others so gently and skillfully, what does it matter to you if someone else opens the pot or not, as long as our family has something to eat?"

When Qian's mother heard this, she immediately became angry, she didn't have the consciousness to help the people of Xiao Guo, she only knew that she took care of her family.

"Mother, you can't be so selfish, since our family has spare strength, we should help the poor, this is also to accumulate virtue and do good."

Qian Qianqian's face did not change, her tone was still gentle, she knew that Qian's mother was just a rural peasant woman and had never seen much of the world, so she didn't bother with Qian's mother.

"You are reluctant to have a child in your grandmother's family, but you are very generous to those outsiders who have no relatives and no reason, how did I give birth to a daughter like you who turned her elbow out?"

Mother Qian glanced at Qian Qianqian, and after speaking, she hugged Brother Yao and turned around and entered the house, not wanting to say a word to Qian Qianqian.

Qian Qianqian was helpless, but she didn't have time to take care of Qian's mother, she just felt that as the days went by, Qian's mother could see who was good and who was bad, and knew what she should do.

A few days later, Mu Tianyue sent a message to say that the dried vegetables had been shipped to Jiangnan, and several large grain shops in Jiangnan were willing to do this business, and one pound of vegetables could be exchanged for three catties of grain, which was great news for Qian Qianqian.

It's just that Xiao Mohan's side has not moved, although Qian Qianqian wrote a letter to him, but she doesn't know if the letter can reach him in the end, and she has never received a reply from Xiao Mohan.

On this day, Qian Qianqian still sent the letter to the General's Mansion as usual, counting the days, Xiao Mohan has been gone for almost two months, and in these two months, a lot of things have happened in Lianzhou City, but she didn't write it on the letter.

"Have you heard? A batch of military rations transported by the imperial court to the frontier encountered mountain bandits on the road, all the grain was robbed, and many officers and soldiers who transported the grain died, and the emperor was quite angry and ordered to send troops to exterminate the gang of robbers, but the gang of robbers was very cunning, so that the court was helpless. ”

"I heard, alas, how can the mountain bandits be easy to dismiss? At present, the war on the frontier is urgent, where does the imperial court have so much spare strength to encircle and suppress those mountain bandits, I estimate that the grain should not be able to be recovered. “

"If this military ration can't be delivered on time, will General Xiao lead his troops to run out of food and grass in the frontier?"

Several people on the street gathered together and whispered, all of them were heard by Qian Qianqian, who had just come out of the General's Mansion, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen, she hadn't come out for a few days, and she didn't know anything about it.

No wonder I haven't seen Mu Tianyue's figure for the past few days, Bacheng has known about this for a long time, Qian Qianqian was originally going to go straight home, but when she heard this, she immediately turned around and went to Tianyue Restaurant.

"Are you Boss Mu here?" Before the oncoming guy could speak, Qian Qianqian couldn't wait to ask.

"Boss Mu has already ordered that you should come to him in the next few days, so I specially asked you to go to Accord to wait first."

The guy turned sideways and made a "please" gesture, and Qian Qianqian strode upstairs and walked into the previous Accord.

The guy came in and served tea and snacks to Qian Qianqian, but she didn't have any appetite at all, she couldn't even drink tea, she just looked carefully at the first floor through the wooden window not far away, waiting for Mu Tianyue to come over.

About half an hour later, the tea in front of him was almost cold, so Mu Tianyue hurried over, and it seemed that Zhou Lin was still behind him.

Mu Tianyue went upstairs and pushed open the door, the clothes on his body were still a little messy, with a servant and dust, Zhou Lin was the same, it seemed that these two people did not dare to delay on the road.

"You can be regarded as here, you must already know about the military rations, do you still have extra grain to send to the frontier now?"

Qian Qianqian also stood up, too late to say hello, but straight to the point, unable to hide the anxiety in her eyes.

"The previous military rations were collected from the people with great difficulty, but now they have suddenly encountered robbers, and the imperial court is afraid that there will be no surplus food, if the grain is collected from the people again, with the current situation of Xiao Guo, I am afraid that there will not be enough military rations collected in ten days and a half months."

Zhou Lin didn't hide it at all, the reason why he and Mu Tianyue came was to discuss the matter with Qian Qianqian.