Cheng Yuanxi thought thoughtfully, raised his eyes and looked at the surrounding clansmen; And those people were also looking at Cheng Yuanxi and the others, all waiting for them to make a decision.

Cheng Yuanxi weighed again and again, and said: "Patriarch and village chief, please wait a minute, the younger generation has to go to his father to discuss the matter of buying grain at home; If I could, I'd go into town and see for myself. ”

"It's okay, then there will be Lao Yuanxi."

The patriarch and the village chief nodded again and again, thinking that this method was very good, "Let's go back and make up a piece, and first make up a tael of silver." ”

They have to make up for it when they enter the city.

can't let Cheng Dazhu's family out.

However, neither of them thought that Cheng Yuanxi would not enter the city.

Mingyi sat on the wheelbarrow a few steps away and pursed her lips, this feeling was really bad; After arriving in this world, the turbidity was too strong, and her mind became much more sensitive, and she saw more of human nature.

That's it.

Grandfather would have let my father go into town.

Mingyi rubbed her eyebrows, "Brother, I want to go into the city with my father, will you go?" ”

"I want to go into the city and ask for silver, one or two, which is enough for me to bind my belly for a month." Cheng Mingli shook his head, it is so expensive just to enter the city gate, it is not cost-effective.

"Then you stay at home with your mother and take care of our things." Mingyi jumped off the wheelbarrow, quickly caught up with his father, and went with him to find Cheng Dazhu.

Cheng Yuanxi looked down at his daughter, but he didn't say anything to refuse; There is no shortage of silver at home, there are a lot of gold and silver melon seeds, and when they enter the city, they have to buy two sets of clothes for their daughter, her clothes are dirty and torn, and there is not enough water to wash clothes and bathe on the road, and they themselves are very dirty.

When Cheng Dazhu saw the father and daughter, he already guessed, "The patriarch and the village chief asked you to come?" ”

"I want to go into the city to see if there is food; If there is, I bought the food that our family needs to use, and by the way, I told them that if there is no food, I can also understand the situation in the city. ”

Cheng Dazhu bowed slightly, "That's fine, you wait, I'll let my mother give you silver." ”

"Okay." Cheng Yuanxi took his daughter to wait aside, Cheng Dazhu went to find Luo Cuihua, and successfully took five taels of silver.

Cheng Yuanxi pursed his lips, and said after a while: "Dad, I'm afraid I can't buy any grain for five taels of silver, and I need one or two to enter the city; When the people in the city saw us, they knew that they were homeless, and it was difficult to say the price of food. ”

It is not unreasonable for people to leave their hometowns.

Cheng Dazhu pondered for a moment, sighed, and said: "How much can you buy, your mother doesn't have much silver in her hand, if you get to the place, you have to settle down, you can save it." ”

"Got it, Dad."

He said this, and Cheng Yuanxi did it.

Cheng Yuanxi, who returned to his own turf, moved the things off the larger wheelbarrow, and then put his daughter on it; When Cheng Yuandong and Cheng Yuannan were on the way, they asked, "Big brother and second brother, do you have anything you need to bring?" ”

"Really." Cheng Yuandong nodded hurriedly, waiting for such a sentence, "Third brother, wait a minute, I'll go to your sister-in-law to get some copper coins." ”

Cheng Yuannan also ran to find his daughter-in-law.

When they returned, they each had a tael of silver in their hands.

"Third brother, my family wants to buy some salt, I'm sorry for you." Cheng Yuan Dongdao.

Cheng Yuannan handed over the silver taels in his hand, "Thank you, third brother, your second sister-in-law wants to buy some salt and shoes, you know the size of your wise and trustworthy feet, the shoes your second sister-in-law wears are about the same size as the third brother and sister, you look at and buy it, these silver should be enough, if it is not enough, I will make it up to you when I come back." ”

"Okay, then I'll go first." Cheng Yuanxi pushed his daughter forward, and when he left the territory of the clan, the patriarch and the village chief waited on the way to go.

The patriarch handed him a tael of silver, and looked at Mingyi, they didn't prepare Mingyi's entry fee to the city.

"Is Mingyi going too?"

"Yiyi wants to go for a long time, so I'll take him; Patriarchs, village chiefs, you wait for my news. ”

Cheng Yuanxi pushed his daughter and left, and when he arrived outside the city gate, the crowd was queuing; Among them, there were several people in rags, who should have been sent by the village and clan to inquire about the news, just like him.

After lining up a cup of tea, he handed over two taels of silver and entered the city gate.

Many people are setting up stalls on both sides of the street, and some are selling vegetables and grain, but they are coarse grains and not fine grains; There are also people selling food, hot buns, steamed buns, cakes, restaurants are operating normally, and the smell of food spreads on the streets.

"Dad, how much money did you bring?"

Mingyi climbed up to her father and asked.

Cheng Yuanxi said: "There is enough to buy food, what do you want to buy?" ”

"Dad, let's go take a shower, change into clean clothes, and then go to the grain store."

Cheng Yuanxi pondered for a moment and responded, and went to the ready-to-wear shop first to buy two sets of clothes to change in, and of course brought two sets for Chen Daya and Cheng Mingli; Armed with these clothes and shoes, I found a shabby-looking inn in the city.

Good inn, the second child can't let them in when he sees what the two of them are wearing.

Being displaced means not being safe.

Who knows if they are sick or not, and they can't be allowed in for safety.

Take a warm bath and put on clean clothes in the inn; Mingyi felt alive and refreshed, and walked out of the inn to buy two more meat buns to nibble, and she was elated when she was satisfied.

"Dad, go to the grain store."

"Here we are." Cheng Yuanxi swallowed the last bite of meat buns, his mouth was full of meaty aroma, and when he left, he bought ten more meat buns, and twenty flatbreads were prepared on the way as dry food.

Meat buns and cakes are wrapped in the clothes they bought to keep the smell from escaping and to keep the heat so that they don't cool down too quickly.

Before arriving at a grain store, Cheng Yuanxi took a look and said to his daughter: "Yiyi is guarding the cart here, and my father will go in to see what food there is." ”

"Okay." Cheng Mingyi smiled and nodded, and after seeing her father enter the shop, she began to look around; Most of the shops around the grain store sell things related to people's livelihood, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Cheng Yuanxi stepped into the grain store, and the shop owner saw that he was dressed cleanly, and he was thin, but he was very energetic; For a while, it was impossible to gauge his identity, and I didn't know if he was a local or a foreigner.

"Boss, what kind of grain do you have for sale?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, the boss knew that he was a foreigner, but he was dressed decently, not expensive clothes, but clean and tidy; Thinking about it, it was different from the homeless people outside the city, and the smile on his face was a little more enthusiastic.

"Guests can buy any kind of grain, coarse grains such as millet, millet, soybean, and hemp, and fine grains such as rice and white flour; In addition, the store sells groceries and condiments, so what do you need? The boss stepped forward with a smile.

Cheng Yuanxi walked to the place where the tall wooden barrel was placed in the shop and looked over one by one; Coarse grains are not very good, but fine grains are very clean, but the boss mainly earns money from fine grains, and coarse grains are just the mentality of who likes to buy and who buys.

"Boss, what is the price of millet, millet, rice, and white flour?"

"Millet and millet are 30 wen a catty, and rice and white flour are 50 wen a catty." The boss smiled undiminishedly, staring at him seriously, carefully observing the other party's expressions.