Chapter 44: Buying Grain
"After a long day's journey, you're thirsty, take a sip of tea."
Handing one of the cups of tea to Double Happiness, Deng Yueru also took a sip of the tea, it was a good new tea, and the taste was very sweet. As for how Deng Yueru can taste tea, this is due to the captain who is obsessed with tea tasting.
"Sister fairy, why are you here, I'm not dreaming!"
Deng Yueru had just drunk two sips of tea, when an exclamation suddenly came from the door of the living room, which frightened her hand and almost dropped the teacup to the ground.
Deng Yueru hurriedly put down the teacup, wiped the corners of her mouth and turned her head to look, it turned out that Duan Yu was standing at the door of the living room, looking at herself with a look of surprise.
"I still wonder when I will see the fairy sister again, but I didn't expect you to appear in my house today, we are so fateful."
Duan Yu walked in quickly and sat next to Deng Yueru.
"This is your home? I said it, don't call me fairy sister, I'm not that old! ”
Although there had been a guess for a long time, it was not until she saw Duan Yu that Deng Yueru confirmed her conjecture.
"yes, this is my home. Why didn't Sister Fairy come to me? ”
Duan Yu looked at Deng Yueru with a happy face, and just wanted to continue to say something, but turned his head to look at the door and quickly stood up.
"Mother, you're back from the incense."
"Mrs. Lee."
Deng Yueru also stood up, no matter what, this Mrs. Li's age can be regarded as an elder, and she can't lose her manners.
"Miss Yueru, please take a seat, you're welcome."
Mrs. Li first waved her hand at Deng Yueru and motioned for her to sit down and speak, and then looked at Duan Yu.
"Why are you here, didn't you go to school? Miss Yueru is my guest, you can't make a noise. ”
It seems that Mrs. Li really understands her son's temperament, so she is afraid that his words will annoy Deng Yueru.
"Mother, you also know Miss Yueru, yesterday Gou Tiancheng bullied me and wanted to rob my inkstone, but Miss Yueru saved me, otherwise I will be beaten by Gou Tiancheng's men."
Duan Yu didn't expect that his mother-in-law actually knew Deng Yueru, so she hurriedly told her about yesterday's incident. Because Mrs. Li went to the temple to worship incense yesterday and was not at home, she didn't know that Duan Yu was almost beaten by Gou Tiancheng.
"This Gou Tiancheng relied on his father to be a county magistrate and his uncle to be the magistrate of Qingyun County, and he became more and more lawless. No, I'll have to talk to your dad when I have time, I can't always let them go like that. ”
As soon as she heard that her precious son was almost beaten by Gou Tiancheng, Mrs. Li was immediately unhappy.
"Mother, I'll talk about Gou Tiancheng's matter later, how do you know the fairy and the Yueru girl?"
almost said that she was a fairy sister, Duan Yu hurriedly changed her words under Deng Yueru's eyes.
"Hehe, it's a coincidence, Miss Yueru is also her mother's life-saving benefactor. Today, when my mother came back in the carriage, the horses on the road were suddenly frightened and galloped, and then they broke free from the reins and ran away.
The carriage almost fell off the cliff, but thanks to the divine power of Miss Yueru, she pulled the carriage and moved it back to the road, which saved her life. ”
When she recalled the thrill at that time, Mrs. Li's face still had palpitations.
"Ah, did my mother mean that Miss Yueru moved our carriage? It's really fake, this is too powerful! ”
After listening to Mrs. Li's description, Duan Yu's eyes when he looked at Deng Yueru were full of admiration.
"Madam is polite, Yueru is just doing it easily, it's nothing."
Being stared at by Duan Yu and Mrs. Li's bright eyes, Deng Yueru's cheekiness felt pressure.
"Miss Yueru don't need to be modest, you saved my life, I must repay you. By the way, do you have anything you want, or do you have any wishes? You can say it, as long as it is within the scope of my Duan family's ability, I can try my best to help you do it. ”
Mrs. Li looked at Deng Yueru sincerely, hoping very much that she could repay her.
"Well, ma'am, to be honest I do have a little difficulty."
After thinking about it for a while, Deng Yueru felt that instead of discussing the matter of buying grain with the unreliable Duan Yu, it was better to simply discuss it with Mrs. Li.
"I don't know what it is?"
Mrs. Lin heard Deng Yueru say that she had something difficult, and immediately became curious.
"That's right, I have a juggling team in my family, and there are dozens of people under my command, and they have been wandering around other places to perform their arts. Recently, I returned to Yunzhou Mansion and wanted to settle down in Qingyun County to rent a house and open a teahouse to watch plays.
It's just that along the way, I found that many of the people in the class had suffered from disasters in their hometowns, and their relatives were starving, so I wanted to buy a batch of food. I can't save everyone, but at least I hope that the relatives of my team won't be starved of food.
But it's a pity that I don't have too much money in my hand, and the grain in Qingyun County is very expensive, and at that price, I can't buy much grain. I heard that the price of the Duanjia grain store in Fuyun Town is fair, so I want to come and buy some grain. ”
This year, there are some places in Yunzhou Prefecture that have suffered from drought and poor spring grain harvest, and some displaced people have indeed appeared. However, there were no beggars and homeless people in Qingyun County, because they were all driven out by Pei Guangyuan.
Duan Yu and Mrs. Li also knew these things, so they didn't doubt Deng Yueru's words.
"I think this place is Duanfu, but I don't know if it has anything to do with that Duanjia grain store?"
"It turns out that you came to Fuyun Town to buy grain, that section of the grain store is actually mine, how much grain do you want to buy, the price is easy to say."
Before Mrs. Li could speak, Duan Yu immediately patted his empty mouth and reassured.
"Ma'am."
Deng Yueru ignored Duan Yu and looked at Mrs. Li instead.
"Hehe, what a big deal should I be. Yu'er is right, how much food you want to buy, report the number, if it is less, it doesn't hurt if I give it to you. But if it's a big deal, I'll just give you some discounts. ”
Mrs. Li smiled and agreed with Duan Yu's words.
Although the spring grain output in the surrounding areas was not good this year due to the drought, the Fuyun Town, which is close to the mountains, has not been affected, and the spring grain output is very good. Now that the summer grain has been planted, the yield is expected to be good.
"Well, Mrs. Li, the amount of grain I may need is a bit much, and I am going to buy five hundred stone of grain."
After thinking about it for a while, Deng Yueru didn't dare to report too much. First, I am afraid that there will be too many people to arouse suspicion, and second, I am afraid that it will not be easy to transport it up the mountain at that time.
"Five hundred stones of grain, it's really a lot of money."
Hearing Deng Yueru report the number, Mrs. Li paused slightly.
"Well, some of them were given to the relatives of the people in the class to eat, and some of them were transported to Qingyun County and left for the dozens of people in the juggling class to eat. I bought a little more, mainly in the hope that I could hold on to the summer grain harvest. I can't always help them buy food, so I want to buy more at once. ”
As soon as the excuse that had been thought of a long time ago was said, Mrs. Li and Duan Yu were all clear.