The people around him who were begging for cheaper things also fell silent, looked at Cheng Da and Cheng Er, and they all dispersed for fear of getting into trouble.

"Aunt Li, what are you doing here? My two chickens are sent to lay eggs for my little sister to replenish her body, not for you to sell! Cheng Er was so angry that his family was reluctant to eat, if it weren't for the sake of his little sister's pregnancy, how could he send it to the Li family.

Cheng Da's face was also ugly, and it was definitely not glorious to sell the eggs that his mother's family gave to pregnant women to replenish their bodies and sell them in the market, did his brother-in-law know about it?

Although the people in the neighborhood can't afford to buy eggs, they all prick up their ears to listen to the follow-up.

Cheng Shui glanced around and said, "Let's get up first, let's find another place to talk." ”

Li Shi looked up, there was some shame in his eyes, holding the basket with both hands, and the little girl next to him snuggled tightly behind her.

The two seemed to be very timid, and they didn't dare to refute when they were scolded by Cheng Er, so they quickly left here after the three of them.

……

In the alley, there was silence for a while.

Walking out of the west of the city, Cheng Shui casually found a small alley on the side of the road to enter.

The Li family seemed to be very afraid of them, and only after half a sound did he speak under Cheng Er's angry gaze: "Mother-in-law...... I'm sorry, I really can't help it...... The family is running out of food...... Thinking of trading eggs for some ......"

"Nonsense, some time ago, my eldest brother and I sent you food, save food, how can it be enough for a month." Cheng Er interrupted her.

"I didn't ...... Yes......" Li hurriedly waved his hand.

"It was my sister-in-law who asked me to sell it." The little girl next to her suddenly spoke.

Cheng Shui looked at her, just lowered her head and didn't notice that the little girl was very thin, but her eyes were very bright.

She squatted down, gently took the little girl's hand and said, "Then you tell your aunt, why does your sister-in-law want you to sell eggs?" ”

The girl was a little cramped, and shrank when she was pulled by her hand, but looking at Aunt Cheng's kind eyes, she slowly spoke: "Selling eggs is for food, and sister-in-law is afraid that we will be hungry, and it is an uncle...... The uncle's family took advantage of his brother's absence to ask his grandmother to come to the house to ask for food, which was a lot...... Whining...... Woo...... All robbed ......."

Listening to the little girl's choking sound, Li couldn't help but touch a handful of tears.

"It's too much, isn't this bullying you orphans and widows! You village chiefs don't care! Cheng Er was still angry.

Cheng Da was a little silent, but he could understand. The brother-in-law studied with his master in Zengcheng, and on weekdays, his sister's family only had her mother-in-law and young sister, so she was really easy to be bullied.

What Cheng Da can think of, Cheng Shui can also think of, and in these three words, she also guessed the situation of the Li family.

She got up and comforted them, promising to ask Cheng Da to send them some food tomorrow, so that they could go home quickly.

After the separation, Cheng Da didn't say a word, Cheng Er was still muttering that it shouldn't be anything, Cheng Shui basically understood the temperament of these two cheap sons.

The three of them went to the east of the city again, and when they came out, Cheng Shui must have wanted to understand the situation clearly.

Compared with the dilapidated desert in the west of the city, the east of the city can only be regarded as lonely.

There are basically no peddlers and pawns here, and although the shops are dilapidated, they are neat and tidy, and of course, there are few open doors.

In previous years, the price of high-grade grain was 300 wen per stone, and the price of low-grade grain was 200 wen per stone, and ordinary farmers could only get more than half a penny a month.

After walking for a while, I saw Li's grain shop, and there were many people lined up at the door, so Cheng Er went up to inquire about the price.

"Mother, now the food has risen to 2,000 wen a stone!" After Cheng Er asked, he came back and smacked his tongue in front of Cheng Shui: "Mother, you said that if we take the grain to sell it now......"

"Shut up, where do we have food to sell, what do you eat when we sell it!" Cheng Da hurriedly stopped him.

Cheng Shui was also shocked in his heart, in this era, 1000 wen is equivalent to 1 tael of silver, and one stone of grain is 100 catties, if it is eaten normally, it is enough for two people to eat for a month.

Grain prices have risen more than 10 times, but fortunately this is the first year of the great drought, and many peasant households have saved more or less grain, otherwise they would be starving.

"Mother, let's go first." Cheng Er suddenly said again.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Da asked.

"I just saw it, although the price of Li's grain is high, it has also been sold out, and the people in line now are afraid that if they can't wait for the next batch of grain, they will quarrel." Cheng Er said.

"Let's go to the front and have a look." Cheng Shui said.

Cheng Da and Cheng Er naturally accompanied.

After walking two more streets, I saw a Feng's grain store, this time there was no need for Cheng Er to step forward, Cheng Shui saw a full grain cabinet at the door.

Seeing Cheng Shui's eyes looking at Feng's grain shop, Cheng Er opened his mouth: "The Feng family is not kind, the Li family has 2,000 Wen, and they have 4,000 Wen!" As he spoke, Cheng Er was not angry.

"But there are still people who buy it." Cheng Da sighed.

Indeed, although it is not as good as the Li family, the Feng family is still non-stop.

After turning to the east of the city, which is also the east market, Cheng Shui found that the Feng and Li families, one city before and the other at the end of the city, had some meaning for fighting in the ring.

After resting for a while, the three of them were already hungry, and they barely nibbled on a few bites of the corn they had carried, and finally returned.

Cheng Er thought that he could buy some materials with him, but when he saw that Cheng Shui didn't speak, he knew that he had made a mistake and had some regrets.

Nothing to say all the way.

……

After returning home, Cheng Shui was already very tired, and the second half of the journey was carried back by Cheng Dacheng in turn.

After being served by his daughters-in-law to wash, he lay down directly.

Maybe I was tired, but when I woke up the next day, I felt refreshed.

It was quiet in the house, but there seemed to be the crying of a child outside.

"Mother, are you up, have you eaten, left you in the kitchen, I'll go and warm it up for you?" Seeing Cheng Shui come out, Zhang, who was sitting at her door, hurriedly got up, and Liu, the second daughter-in-law next to her, also got up.

Compared with Zhang's coolness, Liu hasn't said a few words since Cheng Shui came through, and basically followed Zhang or Cheng Er's side silently.

It's not surprising, Cheng Shui has observed that most of the women in this era are submissive, and there are very few old women who are strong and spicy.

"What about the others?" Cheng Shui glanced around, except for the two daughters-in-law, there was only a three- or four-year-old radish head in the yard who was squatting on the ground and grabbing the dirt to play.

"Da Lang and his younger brother went to the village chief's house, and I heard that it seems that the well in our village has not produced much water these days." Zhang's tone was sad.

Cheng Shui is also a little annoying, and it is definitely not a good thing to encounter famine when crossing over.

was pondering, suddenly heard a noise, Liu ran to open the door, Cheng Shui thought it was Cheng Da and they came back.

"Mother, Hui Niang and I came to see you." I saw a handsome young man walking in with a pregnant woman.

"Little sister, why are you here, you are still pregnant, sit down first." Zhang also got up and worked with Liu, entertaining guests to sit down and pour water.

Cheng Shui reacted at this time, the mother-in-law he met in the West Market yesterday, these two are daughters and sons-in-law?