"Then, why don't there be porters here?" Yu Ren hurriedly asked again.

The old man straightened up. "We've been suffering from famine here for half a year. There are no merchant ships coming and going here for a long time, and there are still porters used there. They also have to eat. If there is no business, do you bask in the sun on the dock every day? ”

Only then did Yu Ren understand, so he quickly thanked the old man and followed the Ruolan sisters to the town from afar.

Ruomei dragged Ruolan into one of the larger taverns in town.

"I think it's pretty good here. Let's eat right here! Ruomei pulled her sister and said.

Ruolan glanced back behind her and saw that Yu Ren was still walking unhurriedly in the distance, so she let go of her sister's hand. "You go in and order! I'm waiting here for the owner. ”

Ruomei glanced back at Yu Ren. "He's always so slow. If you want to wait for him, wait! I'm going to go in first anyway. After speaking, Ruomei entered the lobby.

Ruolan stood at the door and waved hello to Yu Ren. "Boss, here."

Yu Ren nodded and walked over to her.

At this time, Ruomei in the tavern suddenly let out an exclamation. "What? So expensive. I dare to love you for being a black shop here. Then, if I don't eat it, are you going to rob it? ”

Ruolan heard that her sister seemed to be arguing with someone in the store, and hurriedly walked over.

"What's wrong?"

"You see, you see. I ordered this, this one didn't; Point that, and that doesn't. I asked them what they had. He said there were only stick noodles. I ordered a bowl of stick noodles first. But look at what kind of stick noodles he brought! Also fifty wen a bowl.

You might as well grab it! With that, Ruomei slammed the bowl on the table.

At this time, Yu Ren had already entered the store. "What's wrong?"

Ruomei puffed up and didn't speak. Ruolan briefly talked about Fang Cai's matter. Yu Ren walked over and looked at the bowl of stick noodles on the table. I saw a big bowl with only a dozen noodles in it, and the rest was full of wild vegetables. A young man was standing aside with his head down, full of grievances, not daring to speak.

Yu Ren saw that the young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and was scolded by Ruomei like this, so frightened that he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Yu Ren glanced at the counter and saw that there was no shopkeeper, so he asked. "Where's your shopkeeper?"

"The shopkeeper hasn't been here for several days because there's no business." The little man whispered.

"Why do you sell noodles like this here? Still fifty dollars a bowl? Yu Ren was afraid of scaring the young man, so he put his voice as calm as possible.

The young man saw that Yu Ren's attitude was gentle and not as fierce as the little girl who came first, so he whispered: "The guest officer doesn't know anything. That's it, it's already good. You know, now in our town, only our family can cook such noodles and sell them.

We have been suffering from famine here for a year, and the imperial court has not distributed relief grain, but now it is because of the autumn harvest, although it is said that the harvest in the fields is over, but there are still some of them, so there will be these things to eat. Otherwise, there is nothing to eat! ”

Yu Ren nodded.

"So, how did you live before?"

"Just eat the bark! Grassroots, whatever. Later, many people went to Tai'an, and there was more to eat in the fields. ”

"To Tai'an? Why go to Taean? Yu Ren was puzzled.

"I heard that there is a person who teaches there to give porridge to the victims." The young man said softly.

"So, why don't you go?"

"I, my mother won't let me go."

"Why? Such a good thing, why not let go? ”

"Because if you want to go there and get porridge, you have to join their teachings. My mother said they wanted to rebel. If you eat their porridge, you will rebel with them. In the future, it will affect the whole family and even the whole people. That's why my mother won't let me go. My mother said that there are more people who go, and there are more things left in the fields on this mountain, and Taoyi Tao can almost feed our mother and son. ”

Yu Ren nodded. "When did you guys from the village go?"

The young man tilted his head and thought about it. "About four or five months! I remember they left shortly after the beginning of spring. ”

"So, did they rebel?" Yu Ren asked. This is his primary concern.

The young man shook his head.

"It turns out that there was no rebellion! It seems that your mother's judgment is still not very accurate! ”

The young man heard Yu Ren say that what his mother said was wrong, and hurriedly retorted loudly, "Who said that my mother is not accurate!" My mother said that although they haven't rebelled yet, it will be sooner or later. So if they don't do it now, they must not be fully prepared.

I heard from a few people who had crept back. Those who went will not be allowed to come back now. He also organized a group for them, saying that they wanted to conspire with something.

My mother said these people are bad people. Let me die and don't eat their stuff. ”

Yu Ren secretly wondered that last year, he met a Wenxiang sect in Beijing and was preparing to rebel in Hebei. Later, he was only busy with his own affairs, and he didn't know if they had caused a reaction. It's not been a year now, and in Shandong, another sect has come out and wants to rebel.

Yu Ren secretly sighed. "It seems that the day of chaos in the world is not far away."

But at the same time, he was secretly glad that he had found a safe place to stay. No matter how chaotic the world is, he Yu Ren can guarantee the safety of his family. However, this news also raised his vigilance again. Time is running out for him. Of course, he can't stop the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, which has long been full of holes, and he can't stop the general trend of chaos in the world, but he must expand his strength as much as possible before the chaos comes, in order to save himself.

Just like animals that are preparing to hibernate must have enough food before winter comes. Because these are the capital for their survival.

And in front of him, Yu Ren is very clear. His most important means of "storing grain" was to attract as many victims as possible in the area. And let these victims be willing to follow themselves to Taiwan to pioneer the land, and establish a regime strong enough to protect themselves in that land that has not been noticed by others for the time being.

"Two more bowls of stick noodles!" Yu Ren said, took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and handed it to the young man. "No need to look for it."

The young man hurriedly thanked him and turned to go.

Soon two bowls of freshly made stick noodles were delivered. The noodles in the bowl are also a little more obvious than the previous bowl, but they are still dominated by wild vegetables.

"Boss, do you really want to eat this? I think we might as well go back to our boat and eat fish! Ruomei said.

Yu Ren shook his head, "You! Is it that you have been living comfortably for a while, and you have forgotten the hardships of the past? What's wrong with wild vegetables, can't you eat wild vegetables? In the past, we couldn't eat wild vegetables if we wanted to! It's a true green food. ”

Ruomei was shrunk by Yu Renxun's neck and didn't dare to speak again. Although she didn't understand what the green food in the owner's mouth was, she knew that the owner was angry. So, the little girl quickly shrunk her neck and stopped talking, and honestly followed Yu Ren to pick up the bowl of stick noodles.

At this time, two more people came into the store. A woman of twenty-five or sixteen and a little girl of sixteen or seventeen. As soon as the two women entered the store, they sat down at the table next to Yu Ren.

"Little Er, bring us two bowls of food." These two women are much more sophisticated than Yu Ren and them, probably because they often take it here, and they know that now in the hotel, it is good to have something to eat, and they don't have to pick at all.

The young man hurriedly ran over. "What do you want to eat? We only have stick noodles here. ”

"Then let's have two bowls of stick noodles!" As the woman spoke, her eyes swept over Xiao Er's body unintentionally. Suddenly, her gaze seemed to be attracted by something, and she couldn't take it off anymore.

"You, where did you get this thing from?" The woman didn't wait for the words to finish, and as soon as she reached out, she ripped off a string of moon-bud-shaped things from Xiao Er's neck.

Xiao Er was suddenly pulled off the ornament around his neck by the girl, and he also screamed anxiously. "It's my thing, give it back to me!"

The woman had already carefully examined the small ornament in her hand, and muttered to herself, "It's really good."

After saying that, the woman asked the young man sharply, "Where did you get this thing from?" ”