As soon as Fang Lanhua entered the courtyard, she said: "Today is the winter gathering, and the street market is full of people, and you can't grab anything, let alone buy it." I took your two brothers and squeezed into the bazaar and couldn't move, and I didn't buy anything. ”

After speaking, Fang Lanhua also showed Rong Yao her messed up bun.

"The eldest sister in front of me was even worse, not only did she not buy anything, but the money bags on her body were taken away by someone in a mess."

In the end, Fang Lanhua could only come back empty-handed with her two sons.

Shan Tianqing went into the kitchen and took a bowl of water and drank it in one gulp, he gasped, shook his head with a wry smile helplessly, "I didn't buy anything, the butcher shop I often go to, the boss said that the meat in the past two days has been ordered in advance, and it has been out of stock recently." Then I took my sons to the market to buy them, but I only grabbed half of them, and when they were squeezed out of the market, they were stolen from the cloth bag. ”

After the couple finished speaking, they looked at the big bag that Shan Jing'an was carrying, and there were still a few bags piled up in the yard.

The two were surprised and happy, "Boss, Nannan, you got it?" ”

Shan Jing'an stacked the big cloth bag on his back with the cloth bag that had been moved into the yard, and then shook his head at his parents, "Where did I buy it, the situation we encountered was similar to yours, we just entered the morning market, we were blocked, we were afraid of crowding the cubs, and we have been sitting in the food shop until the end of the morning market before leaving." ”

Fang Lanhua was startled, and hurriedly went to Xuanjing Xuanhan Xiaoxing to ask how the cubs were.

Rong Yao reassured, "Mother, the cubs are all fine, it's okay." ”

Fang Lanhua sighed, "Then what are these things?" Where did it come from? ”

Shan Jing'an said about saving an old woman in the morning market, "These vegetables are all sent to the market by the old woman and her son, and we just happened to be in short supply, so we bought them all to save them from having another trip." ”

Fang Lanhua opened a few large cloth bags and took a look, and immediately smiled, "Good people have good rewards, look, there are a lot of these dishes, and we are not without harvest today." ”

It was cold in the courtyard, and the family entered the hall after saying a few words.

Fang Lanhua poured hot water for everyone, and mixed hot honey water for a few cubs to drink.

The family sat around the table, and Shan Tianqing said, "Why are there so many people in the morning market today?" ”

Fang Lanhua sat next to Shan Tianqing with a bamboo cup, "I asked several proprietors of the shops on both sides of the street, they said that although there were many people at the winter rally in previous years, they were not as exaggerated as this year, she guessed that the city defense army and the family alliance had issued additional household registrations this year, and the population of the gathering place had increased." ”

Although several proprietresses guessed so, Shan Tianqing and Fang Lanhua felt that it was wrong.

The small courtyard where they live now has not changed the population of dozens or hundreds of households nearby, and few people have moved in and out, while the large courtyard in the remote area not only does not have many people, but also moves a few away.

I had chatted with the neighbors before, and no one had ever said that there were many more people in the gathering place this year.

Listening to the words of Shan Tianqing and his wife, Rong Yao frowned slightly, and she said to the Shan brothers: "Big brother and second brother, please go out in the afternoon and ask in the nearby market shop who are the people who have been buying in the past few days." ”

Xiao Mohan reacted the fastest, he glanced at Rong Yao, and said in a low voice: "Do you suspect that the big department that is secretly buying today is a family alliance?" ”

Rong Yao nodded, Rong Jin knew the news of the beast tide, and they were afraid that they would have known it a long time ago.

The orcs will prepare some supplies before the winter, after all, once the winter is in, the food will not be easy to buy, and the price will double.

But ordinary orcs are like this every year, so there shouldn't be much change, and it's not easy for ordinary orcs to make money, and they don't have much money to stockpile.

But today's battle is obviously a little too weird.

The morning market may be more crowded than before, but it will not be so much that you can't buy anything.

Shan Tianqing nodded at the eldest and second child, "You guys should inquire now, it's good to know earlier." ”

The two nodded, understood the seriousness of the matter, and got up and quickly went out.

Fang Lanhua said worriedly: "If this is the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy this material this year." ”

If most of the things on the market are secretly bought by the family alliance, the price of materials and food will definitely rise, the price is too expensive, ordinary orcs will not be able to afford it, and this year's winter, ordinary orcs will have a hard time.

Rong Yao thought for a while and said, "Just because you can't buy things in the gathering place doesn't mean you can't buy them outside. ”

Many orcs in the surrounding orc villages farm the land and raise livestock, and the winter is too cold, so they will harvest the crops and vegetables in the fields at this time, and some orcs will not eat so much, so they will take them to the black market and gather places to sell.

If they can take advantage of this time to buy from the villages around the gathering place, they may be able to receive a lot.

Rong Yao said his thoughts, and everyone immediately agreed.

Shan Tianqing immediately said: "In the afternoon, your mother and I will take your three brothers out of the city to collect grain in a nearby village." ”

Rong Yao bowed, "Autumn is the fattest time for wild prey, Xiao Mohan and I are very skilled, go hunting in the woods outside the city in the afternoon, and get some meat back." ”

Shan Tianqing nodded, "Okay, the eldest and second will come back in a while, let them go with you, three cubs, and no one can take care of them." ”

For more than half an hour, Fang Lanhua and Rong Yao cooked lunch, and Shan Jing'an and Shan Jingju also came back.

The two of them inquired about several shops separately and privately, and finally found that the people who bought this morning were really more or less related to the family alliance.

Rong Yao's guess was indeed correct!

The family simply ate lunch and went out.

Before leaving the city, Rong Yao and Xiao Mohan and his entourage passed by the camp of the city defense army, went in to find Yue Renhui and Sun Tianshuo, told the two of them the news they had discovered, and asked them to tell General Zhao.

As soon as the two heard it, they knew that this matter was not small, and they went to General Zhao's office barracks without a second of delay.

Rong Yao, Xiao Mohan, the eldest brother and the second brother of the Shan family, and the three cubs went out of the city gate of the gathering place together.

Outside the North City Gate Gathering Area, the two largest mountain forests are most suitable for hunting, namely the northwest mountain forest and the northeast mountain forest.

Not far from the city gate, Rong Yao suddenly smiled and said, "Xiao Mohan, how about we come to the competition?" ”

Xiao Mohan raised his eyebrows, he never thought that this poisonous woman would challenge him, just by her? Than anything, he will win!

Xiao Mohan's expression was cold, and his deep eyes swept at the petite woman beside him, "Compared to what?" ”

"It's simple, it's more prey than who hunted before dark today."

Xiao Mohan snorted confidently, "Can you have a colorful head?" ”

Rong Yao blinked her clear eyes twice, "Whoever loses will cook tonight!" ”

"Okay!" Xiao Mohan agreed.

Tonight, he ordered food and asked Rong Yao, a poisonous woman, to cook all the dishes he wanted to eat for him, until her hands were sore!