Cheng Yuanxi's eyes paused slightly, and then said, "Is the price of food so high?" ”

"There's no way, Suizhou is drought, and the grain from our side is transported from far away." The boss still had a smile on his face, but he was a little more scrutinized, "What do guests need?" ”

Suizhou is the state capital they just passed by, and Shuzhou here has not been affected by the drought, so there is food.

"One tael of silver for millet and millet each, and three taels of silver for rice and white flour." Cheng Yuanxi finished quoting the price, and the boss responded crisply, "Okay, wait a minute." ”

The boss called his son's family, who was busy working in the back, and weighed them together.

Ji and millet are thirty pounds a catty, each weighing thirty-three pounds and a half, this half a pound is still a gift from the boss to see what he bought, otherwise there is only thirty-three pounds and one or two taels.

The rice and white flour are fifty wen a catty, and each weighs thirty catties, which is exactly three taels of silver.

The total weight is one hundred and twenty-seven pounds, which looks like a lot, but it only occupies a corner of the wheelbarrow.

"Thank you boss, bring me another fifty catties of rice and white noodles."

"Is it fifty pounds each?" The boss asked.

Cheng Yuanxi nodded, "Yes, fifty catties each." ”

"Okay, sit down."

The boss took the family to weigh it, and Cheng Yuanxi helped the handle to make sure that the weight was right; The grain was loaded onto the wheelbarrow, and Mingyi cleverly used the new clothes they bought and the old clothes they changed to spread on the later batch of rice and white noodles.

Cheng Yuanxi simply handed over the money and left.

There were a total of 227 catties of grain on the wheelbarrow, which was too heavy for Cheng Yuanxi to push; Mingyi consciously jumped down and followed, and then they went to buy the things that Cheng Yuandong and Cheng Yuannan needed, and then hurriedly pushed the car out of the city.

When buying salt, Cheng Yuanxi bought three jars of salt, and the price of salt was more expensive; A pound costs two taels of silver, which is really at present, if the drought affects Shuzhou Prefecture, the price will increase.

"Yuanxi is out, Yuanxi is out."

The people of the Cheng clan had the person who was guarding the gate of the city, and when they saw Cheng Yuanxi coming out, they hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Yuanxi, is there any food in the city?" ”

Cheng Yuanxi glanced at the other party, not knowing whether to say that the other party was smart or stupid.

"I'll talk about it later, I'll go see the patriarch and the village chief first."

"No need to go, here we are." The patriarch helped the village chief, and the two hurriedly came and asked eagerly: "Yuanxi, is there any food in the city?" ”

Cheng Yuanxi nodded, "There is food, but not much; If the clan wants to buy food, they have to make a decision as soon as possible, after all, there are so many refugees here, and the news of food will spread quickly. ”

After speaking, Cheng Yuanxi took out a tael of silver and handed it to the patriarch.

"This is what you gave me before I went into town."

The patriarch hurriedly refused, "This is the entrance fee for you, where can I get it back." ”

"Patriarch, I am buying food for my family, not for my clan; You have collected the silver, and now you can send someone to buy it immediately, I heard that the grain in Shuzhou Mansion is also very tight, and the owner of the grain store also said that their grain is transported from far away. ”

"There are so many refugees here, and several more refugees have entered the city today, and soon the people in the city reacted that it was not certain whether they could buy food."

If there were no refugees in the city, the people in the city would not be in a hurry; And if they go in, it means that the food will be consumed hugely, and if you want not to go hungry, you have to store food.

"I understand, I understand, thank you Yuanxi; Let's gather people into the city. ”

The chief of the clan and the head of the village hurried back to gather people to bring carts into the city to buy grain; Cheng Yuanxi brought grain to Cheng Dazhu, reported the grain and accounts he bought, unloaded 227 catties of grain, and the remaining 100 catties of grain were taken back to their small home.

Cheng Dazhu glanced at the cart twice, but didn't ask much; He understands very well that whether it is food or not, it is a matter of the third room. The three rooms have some small savings, and the big and second rooms can also buy grain with silver if they want.

tacitly, Cheng Dazhu didn't ask, Cheng Yuanxi didn't say; When Cheng Yuanxi took the things he bought for the two rooms and sent them over, the people in the two rooms of Cheng Yuandong and Cheng Yuannan didn't notice anything abnormal at all.

"Daughter-in-law, Mingli came over to eat." Cheng Yuanxi generously took out the meat buns and stuffed one in each person's hand.

Cheng Yuandong and Cheng Yuanxi saw this, even if they were greedy, they would not ask for it.

Cheng Yuanxi sent another one to Cheng Dazhu and Luo Cuihua, "Daddy, I bought meat buns in the city, you eat them while they're hot." ”

"Keep it for the children, we two old bones, it's a waste to eat it." Cheng Dazhu refused to accept it.

Luo Cuihua took it over, but turned her head and sent one to Cheng Mingyue in the big house; Cheng Dazhu frowned when he saw it, he didn't say anything about his wife in front of his son.

"The third child, if you have food in the future, you will hold on to the child first, and you will be the youngest of the two; It's the time to grow the body, it's always right to make up more, and there is no need to send food to our old couple. ”

"Dad, look at what you said, children need to replenish their bodies, and you and your mother and children must also be filial." Cheng Yuanxi stuffed one again for the old man, "You eat it while it's hot, don't give it to your mother." ”‘’

After Cheng Yuanxi finished speaking, he didn't wait for Cheng Dazhu to speak again, and returned to his house with the rest of the meat buns; The oiled paper containing the meat buns was handed to Chen Daya.

"The rest of the buns are reserved for the children to eat, and there are pancakes next to the two bags, so take the bread to eat when you are hungry."

Chen Daya nodded and smiled, "Got it, why did you think of buying meat buns?" ”

"It's not that I want to buy it, it's that Yiyi wants to eat; She was greedy, so in order to prevent her from lying in the city and not being able to walk, she could only buy it. Cheng Yuanxi teased, looking at his daughter playfully.

Mingyi gave her father a pair of white eyes.

Sorry, she's a proper backbiter.

Look what her dad has smeared her into.

"What nonsense, my family etiquette is the most sensible, you must want to eat." Chen Daya glanced at him, went to his daughter's side and stuffed the meat bun to her, "Yiyi take it, and eat it with my brother when I'm hungry." ”

Mingyi nodded slightly, put the oiled paper bag into the backpack containing the clothes, glanced at her father defiantly, and leaned on her mother to be coquettish.

"My mother is the best for me, my father is really bad."

"You." Chen Daya squinted with a smile, poked her daughter's forehead, and said with a smile: "Look if you still go into the city with your father." ”

Mingyi's eyes moved slightly, flashing with a cunning light, "The next place must be to follow my father into the city, there is delicious food in the city; If it weren't for the lack of time, my father and I would still want to stay in the restaurant for a good meal. ”

"Nonsense, where did our family get the money to go to the restaurant." Gently pushed her daughter away, gaged, and ate meat, Chen Daya was in a good mood.

As soon as Chen Daya left, Cheng Mingli climbed into the wheelbarrow and sat next to his sister, "Yiyi, is it fun in the city?" Isn't it as good as our county over there? ”

Mingyi only recalled the county seat in the memory of the original owner, and said: "The capital city is more prosperous than the county seat, and there are more delicious foods. ”