It's just that this food, the corn paste that is getting thinner and thinner every day, and the wild boar meat boiled wild vegetable soup, really made Mingyue a little unable to swallow, and after drinking half a bowl, she couldn't drink it.

After eating, Ming Wenli and Ming Yao carried the prey and prepared to send it to the Pan butcher's house in the town, Mingyue didn't plan to go, so she secretly called Ming Wenli and said, "Fourth uncle, you sell the prey, remember to buy some food and come back, there is nothing to eat at home, it is best to buy some rice and vegetables." ”

Ming Wenli smiled and rubbed Mingyue's head, and said, "Greedy girl." ”

Mingyue rubbed her face with an aggrieved face, and said, "Fourth uncle, look at my yellow and thin face." ”

Ming Wenli looked at Mingyue like this, and was also a little distressed, and then looked at the few children outside the door who were helping to drag the branches, all of them were so thin, and sighed and responded, "Okay, I'll buy some rice and vegetables in a while." ”

When leaving, Ming Wenli also took a pheasant from the prey, went over to Xu Jinniang, and said, "The second sister-in-law stewed at noon to make up for the children." ”

Xu Jinniang hesitated and said, "Let's sell it for money first." ”

Mingwen said, "There are many pheasants on the mountain, there is no shortage, the second sister-in-law looks at these children, they are all thin like this when they are older......"

Listening to what Ming Wenli said, Xu Jinniang was also a little distressed, so she nodded and took the pheasant in Ming Wenli's hand.

Mingyue followed over to help clean up the surrounding miscellaneous trees, and when it was almost noon, the sun was big, so Mingyue called a few half-year-old children and went to the lake with buckets, saying that they were going to fetch water.

Boss Ming didn't worry about beckoning a few people not to fall into the water, there was Mingyue, and he didn't worry about the rest.

But where did Mingyue go to fetch water, when she arrived at the water's edge, she let a few children guard on the shore, and then went into the water by herself.

Several children watched Mingyue jump into the lake with worried faces, and finally relieved when they saw Mingyue swimming around in the water at will.

Mingyue plunged into the water, and several frightened children were anxiously watching Mingyue disappear on the shore, and Mingyang was about to cry when he was about to cry, but he saw his sister emerging from the water, holding a fish in her hand.

Mingyang instantly slapped his face happily and smiled, "Sister is so good, she caught the fish." ”

Mingyue threw the fish into the bucket she brought, continued to dive into the water, and caught three more fish, almost before she came out of the water.

Mingkang looked at Mingyue with admiration on his face, and said, "Sister Yue'er, you are so good at paddling, can you teach me?" ”

Minghui and Mingyang also said on the side, "I also want to learn (teach us)." ”

Mingyue thought about it, it was good to teach them how to paddle, if they accidentally fell into the water in the future, there would be no danger, so she nodded and said, "Okay, starting at noon tomorrow, let's come here to learn paddling, go back today, send the fish back and let my mother make fish for us to eat." ”

Mingyang clapped his hands excitedly, "Okay, there's fish to eat." Minghui Mingkang also looked happy, Minghui consciously carried a bucket of water, Mingkang carried the fish, and the four of them happily returned to the cave.

As soon as he arrived near the cave, Mingyang excitedly ran to the house to show off to his mother, Ming Boss looked up and saw Mingyue covered in water, and couldn't help frowning worriedly, "Yue'er fell into the water?" Why are you soaking wet? ”

Mingkang said excitedly, "Uncle, Sister Yue'er can paddle and catch several fish, do we have fish to eat at night?" ”

Ming Laosan looked at Mingyue suspiciously, and said, "When did Yue'er learn to paddle?" ”

Mingyue casually made up two sentences, "I used to run to this lake to play, and I slowly learned it." ”

There are many unexpected things like this, so I don't feel surprised, Mingyue gave everyone too much surprise, and then I heard something unexpected, so I accepted it as a matter of course.

Just after listening to Mingyang's show-off, Xu Jinniang, who went out, looked at Mingyue covered in water, frowned and said, "Yue'er, hurry up and change out of wet clothes, don't catch a cold." ”

Now that the weather is warm, I don't feel cold when I go into the water, but I am soaked and blown by the wind on the mountain, Mingyue also feels a little cold on my body, so I obediently went down, and said while walking into the house, "Mother, let's make fish for us at noon." ”

Xu Jinniang responded with a smile, "Okay." ”

Thinking about today's days, Xu Jinniang feels much more satisfied than when she once had a house and land, and her moon seems to have grown up overnight, making her life that she used to feel desperate seem to be full of hope again.

At noon, Ming Wenli and Ming Yao also came back from going to the town, carrying two cloth bags in their hands, half a bag of rice and half a bag of white noodles, about twenty catties.

As soon as he entered the door, Ming Wenli said helplessly, "This grain is getting more and more expensive now, several times higher than the original price, rice is already one or two silver and one stone, and white flour is even more expensive, one or two halves and a stone." ”

Mingyue has seen the stone that measures grain here, a square box made of wood, without a lid, called a stone, Mingyue estimated, a stone is about three or four catties.

Boss Ming frowned and said, "Why is it so expensive?" ”

Mingyue said, "Uncle still remember the group of businessmen we met in the county seat?" They said that Xianbei was suffering from a famine, and in this case, I am afraid that food will become more and more expensive, and it is our border, and there may be no food to sell in the end. ”

Mingyao said worriedly, "We have no land now, if we have no food to sell, how are we going to live?" ”

Mingyue frowned and said, "You can only store grain." "And I began to think in my heart that I had to find a way to make more money in the near future.

Liu came over and broke everyone's heavy faces, "Let's eat first." ”

As he spoke, he put a large plate of braised fish on the table, and several children began to drool greedily.

Mingyue looked at the heavy expressions on everyone's faces, and said comfortingly, "Starting tomorrow, let's hunt more prey and stock up on more food, and we will definitely be able to survive." ”

Ming Wenli took out ten years of silver from his bosom, handed it to Mingyue, and said in disappointment, "The price of the prey has also been reduced, and it was only sold for fifteen taels of silver in total, and it cost six taels to buy grain, and there are nine taels left." "The prey is basically shot by Mingyue, so Mingwenli plans to hand over the silver to Mingyue at her disposal.

Mingyue didn't answer and said, "It's better to leave it to the master for safekeeping." ”

She can find a way to convince her master how to dispose of the silver, but if she takes it herself, if she lets the milk know, she won't have to make trouble again, so forget it.

The dinner table was very quiet, because of the news brought back by Ming Wenli, everyone was in a heavy mood, and they ate silently, as if even the fish and pheasants were not so delicious in their mouths.

However, it did not affect the children, and they still ate happily.

Mingyue absentmindedly drank the corn paste in the bowl, but her mind kept thinking.

Generally, the consumer groups of this kind of prey are all rich people, and the price of the prey has dropped, indicating that the business in the restaurant is weak, is it because those people heard something and left?

If there is really a war at the border, Liangshan Town, which is so close to the border, is afraid that it will definitely be affected, so what should it do? Get out of here? Where can I go? It is impossible for this family to leave.

Since he can only choose to stay, it seems that he has to be fully prepared.

With an idea, after Mingyue ate, she locked herself in the room of the Chase Shop, found out the two pieces of rice paper that were left before, took a piece of charcoal and began to write and draw, and stayed for a while.

Everyone was busy outside the cave, and Ming Wenli found that Mingyue had not seen anyone, so he asked curiously, "Second sister-in-law, why did Yue'er go?" ”

Xu Jinniang said, "I hid in the house and took two pieces of paper to write and draw, I don't know what I want to do." ”

"I'll take a look." Ming Wenli was really curious, put down the work in his hand, got up and went to the house.

Mingyue was still immersed in her own world, until Mingwenli came to her side and asked out loud, "What are you painting here?" Mingyue came back to her senses and found that there was someone on the side.

After thinking about his plan, he will definitely encounter obstacles in its implementation, such as grandma's opposition, but if he can get the support of the fourth uncle, grandma's opposition will not be a problem, and the fourth uncle's influence on grandma, Mingyue knows it clearly.

However, the things in Mingyue's hand are not forced to be taken out for the time being.

Mingyue threw away the charcoal in her hand, and said to Fourth Uncle Mingwenli, "Fourth Uncle, the price of grain is crazy and the price of prey is decreasing, what do you think?" ”

Ming Wenli sighed lightly, "I'm afraid there will be war on the border." ”

Mingyue nodded and agreed, "I think so too, our Liangshan Town is so close to the border, if there is a war on the border, it will definitely be affected, so I think we should prepare in advance." ”

Mingwenli knew that Mingyue had a lot of ghost ideas, and he didn't treat Mingyue as a little girl for a long time, and asked seriously, "What can you do?" ”

Mingyue sighed lightly, "We definitely can't stop the war, we can only find a way to make some preparations." ”

Ming Wenli looked at Mingyue expectantly and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Well, if there is a war, * it must be that Xianbei is famine, they are short of food, so they want to start a war, now we have no land, the first task is to store food, there is enough food, in order to survive, if we wait until the war starts, in our border, I am afraid that no amount of silver can buy food."

Ming Wenli nodded in agreement, and Mingyue continued, "And we can't rush to buy the foundation to repair the house first, this Daliang Mountain is a natural barrier for us." ”

Ming Wenli disagreed with this point, frowned and said, "This is not good, I have read in the book, as long as there is a famine in the place, the beasts will definitely follow the riot, the more dangerous it is for us to live on this mountain, I am still thinking today, we don't need to repair the courtyard outside this cave, we have to find a way to move down the mountain as soon as possible." ”

Mingyue said, "We want to store food again, and we have to buy a house to build a house, first of all, money is the problem, and secondly, has the fourth uncle ever thought that this beast riot is a threat to us living in the mountains, but it is also a guarantee." ”

Ming Wenli looked at Mingyue incomprehensibly, "How can it be a guarantee?" ”