Xiao Xia didn't plan to tell her mother about this before she found evidence, which would only make her more troubled.

Mr. Xia's sudden departure was like a pour of cold water that directly poured cold water on Xiao Xia, and she waited anxiously for many days and still didn't hear from her.

This wait for November has ended, and there is still no snow in Zezhou, but the temperature outside is terriblely low, and not only the price of grain has been rising, but also the price of coal or charcoal for heating.

News came from Fengyun Villa, the newly built relief house was already overcrowded, and the weather conditions were bad, and it was impossible to build houses at all. I can only buy suitable Zhuangzi in various places and continue to take in children and the elderly.

In December, the price of grain in Zezhou suddenly soared, and a pound of white rice had grown to more than 30 wen, and the poor people could not afford to buy it at all, and there was a lot of wailing. And the news of the distribution of food in Fengyun Villa spread almost overnight, and spread all over the streets and alleys of Zezhou, as long as there is a relief house set up by Fengyun Villa, it is always crowded in front of the gate.

Xiao Xia watched the food decrease day by day, and her little face became tighter and tighter, wanting to maintain a winter, and hundreds of thousands of catties of grain were a little stretched.

After a few days, the news finally came from Fengyun Villa, the Tang family did secretly transport a large amount of grain, which has been hoarded in a small city on the border of Zezhou, because the price of grain has risen more than three times, the Tang family finally opened a warehouse to sell grain, which allowed the people of Fengyun Villa to find traces.

Xiao Xia hurriedly packed the package, the batch of food must be obtained, otherwise she will feel uneasy.

"Why are you going out again? You forgot that the day after tomorrow is the day when your cousin gets married. I still want to take you sisters to see the fun! Xiao Wang's has been in a good mood recently, she has carefully prepared a few congratulatory gifts, knowing that the conditions of her mother's family are not good, she has even prepared two sets of bedding for the newlyweds.

"I won't go, mother, you'd better not go, just let Jixiang send the things you prepared."

"How's that going to work?" Xiao Wang glanced at Xiao Xia with disgust, dissatisfied with Xiao Xia's attitude.

"Mother, have you forgotten that there is a famine everywhere now! Where's the bustle and voila. It's impossible for grandma's family to have a wedding wine, if you go, grandma still has to entertain you, isn't this causing trouble to grandma? ”

Xiao Wang listened and was silent.

Xiao Xia finally took Shen Fei out of the house, and originally planned to bring Chunhua with her, but after all, she was a little worried about her family, so she left Chunhua behind.

The city where the Tang family hid grain was Zexiang City, the border city of Zezhou, the small city was not big, but the flow of people was very large, and most of the people who came and went were merchants.

From the backing town of Jiuyang City to Zexiang City, the winter days are short, and it takes five or six days to walk with a carriage.

There were already people from Fengyun Villa in Zexiang City, so there were only Xiao Xia and Shen Fei on the way, and Shen Fei was driving.

Before sunset on the sixth day, a brown quaint carriage finally entered the city before the gates of Zexiang City were closed.

Entering the city, Xiao Xia opened the curtain of the car window and was attracted by the bustling scene in front of him. The wide streets, paved with square marble the size of one zhang, are wide enough to accommodate four carriages the size of a horse-drawn carriage that Xiao Xia rode side by side. On both sides of the street, the lights are dimly lit, and the large and small shops are full of customers, even if the weather is very cold, but in this city, it seems that it is difficult to hide the enthusiasm of the merchants.

This place is a world of difference from the city that Xiao Xia passed by along the way, without the panic and depression of a disaster.

Walking all the way, Xiao Xia fell in love with a seemingly good inn at a glance, the inn has two floors, and there are many guests in and out. But Xiao Xia's reason for choosing this place is very simple, because next to the red lantern at the entrance of the inn, there is a wooden plaque engraved with the four big characters of 'Dragon Gate Inn'.

Shen Xiaoxia and Shen Fei walked in with a swagger, and there were not many guests in the spacious lobby, all of them were men who ate and drank. Looking at the men's dress, you can know that these people are porters, who are porters? It is a man who runs errands for people to eat by his feet, they run around all year round, with an unrestrained personality and bold temperament.

The two of them were looking, only to see a brisk figure running down the wooden stairs facing the gate....... Dressed in a dark red Luo skirt without any embroidery, with a headscarf of the same color wrapped around her head, her figure is graceful, and she has a greasy body fragrance that only women have. Looking at the face again, the goose egg face, willow eyebrows, half-moon eyes, and the corners of the mouth are slightly hooked, no matter when she looks at this woman, she will be smiling.

"Oops! How did my inn welcome a pair of boys and girls today? It seems that my high incense this morning was not burned in vain, and it is finally not a stinky man who came? "This woman is at the age when her charm still exists, and her own charming temperament completely defeats her beauty, and anyone who sees it wants to be a little closer. The voice of the voice is sweet but not greasy, warm but not soft, more like the magic sound of brainwashing, and the sound is in the ears.

The men who were sitting in the hall drinking laughed when they heard it, and they seemed to be very familiar with this proprietress very well, and they immediately made a fuss.

"Resentful mother, we don't like to hear what you say, we live here with you, but we do it for your business. Without our support, your inn would have been yellow. ”

"What's the saying? That is to say, women, like villains, are white-eyed wolves that can't be raised! Haha......"

"Two little dolls, let's hurry up! This is a black shop, and this proprietress sells human meat buns! Haha......"

The men laughed nonsense, the resentful mother squinted her eyes, and the eyes of the half moon were bent into crescents, with three points of anger and seven points of anger in her eyes.

"A group of shameless people, you come to me, or the price of the old lady's shop is the fairest."

Xiao Xia smiled sweetly and took a step forward. "This sister is the innkeeper?"

"Yo! Sister! It's been a long time since I've seen a girl like this. Let's go, go upstairs with my sister, stay with me, and keep you safe. The resentful mother seemed to be in a good mood, so she pulled Xiao Xia and went upstairs.

Shen Fei tugged Xiao Xia's arm behind him, a little worried, is it too messy here? Not suitable for a girl's family to live alone.

Xiao Xia glanced back at Shen Fei for some reason, and when the resentful mother saw it, she covered her mouth and giggled. "Don't worry! I don't sell human meat buns here, but I can have pork, donkey meat, horse meat, and beef filling! ”

"My sister misunderstood, my brother was always afraid that I would embarrass him." Xiao Xia smiled and followed upstairs.

"Sister is really lively here, just now my sister said that you have all kinds of stuffed buns here, then I want ten beef fillings and ten donkey meat fillings now."

The resentful mother pretended to be unhappy and glanced at Xiao Xia. "What? If you don't believe me, I'll have it served. ”

Xiao Xia hurriedly apologized. "My sister misunderstood me again. There is a famine everywhere in our Zezhou, my brother and I have walked all the way, all the cities are in a depression, but this Zexiang City, the prosperity is still the same, is there no disaster here? ”