Chapter 18: Precursors

The person who came turned out to be Li Fan.

"Shopkeeper Li?" Cheng Shui was a little puzzled.

"I've seen the head of the house." Li Fan gave a salute first, raised his head and looked at Liu.

Cheng Shui naturally understood: "Zhaodi, you go and pour water." Shopkeeper Li comes with me. After speaking, he entered the study.

Li Fan followed him in, first looking around. Seeing that this study was simple and the house was dilapidated, he frowned.

Cheng Shui didn't bother to care what he thought, and asked directly: "What's the matter with Shopkeeper Li, is there something wrong with me in such a hurry?" ”

"Everything else is fine." Li Fan came back to his senses, "It's just that the matter of buying grain that the head of the family said last time is a little difficult to do." ”

He wanted to wait for Cheng Shui to ask, but Cheng Shui didn't look at him squarely, so he had to say: "Because of the Feng family, the current grain price is 3,000 Wen." Not to mention that we don't have enough money in our hands, even if we can buy it, the price is too high. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Shui glanced at him, "Such a trivial matter, does Shopkeeper Li not know how to do it?" ”

"The head of the family is Mingjian, and the old man also went to the Feng family to find out, but for some reason, they didn't let a penny, and they really didn't know where to start."

"What was the price of grain before the Feng family made a move?"

"Down to 1000."

"Then after they raise the price to 3,000, will anyone still buy it?"

"The head of the house, strange to say, after they raised the price, they also failed to sell. It stands to reason that when we say we want to buy grain, they should always discuss it. This is also where Li Fan is puzzled, and he always feels that this Feng family's oil and salt are not entered.

Seeing that he was indeed sad, Cheng Shui said: "That's because you found the wrong person, this is the Feng family's territory, and the grain can't be sold, so it's just a tun." He is not the one who is in a hurry to sell grain. ”

Li Fan thought thoughtfully: "According to the meaning of the head of the family, should I go to the foreign grain merchant?" ”

"It's not just the outside, you should look for the farthest one." Cheng Shui was sure, "Those who come from the farthest place should be the most anxious, they just want to take the money and leave now, they won't waste it here, you can even negotiate at a lower price." ”

After listening to Cheng Shui's analysis, Li Fan finally suddenly realized: "Thank you for the guidance of the head of the family, my subordinates will do it." That's when he was really convinced.

Feng's hall.

Chang Jinsheng was angrily yelling at the Feng family master: "Didn't you say that as long as the price of grain is unified, it can be sold at a high price soon?" Look at the current one, there are not even a few mosquitoes in that shop a day, when will this batch of grain be sold! ”

The head of the Feng family was also a little helpless: "Brother Chang, this shopping mall is like a battlefield, you can't be in a hurry, you wait." ”

"I'm tired of hearing what you say, so I'll ask you, is there still a way!" It was impossible for Chang Jinsheng not to be in a hurry, and it was only at this time that he figured out that the Feng family was originally a local snake, and Liang Jiefu was only from Zengcheng, and the two families had their own efforts to consume.

But he came by command, and if he could not bring back the money in two months, he could imagine what awaited him. In addition, he was also worried that although he collected this batch of grain at a price of 500 yuan, if he couldn't sell it, or lost money, it would be a fatal thing.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and Chang Jinsheng's gaze at the Feng family master gradually became cold and terrifying.

"Brother Chang, don't worry. I also have a way, in the past two days, the Li family has sent me a message that they intend to buy grain. As long as we work together this time, we will definitely be able to earn him. Seeing that he was really anxious, the head of the Feng family had no choice but to say the next move.

"Oh? Why did the Li family suddenly want to buy grain, and how much could they buy? When Chang Jinsheng heard this, his expression eased slightly, he actually didn't care why the Li family wanted to buy grain, he just wanted to know how much the Li family could buy, thinking like this, he glanced at the Feng family master.

The head of the Feng family didn't notice it, and was still reassuring him not to worry, it was not a business that was in a hurry.

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"Are the displaced people starting to gather?"

Seeing a few more unkempt people begging for water at the door, Cheng Shui frowned.

"I don't know what's going on? Recently, there seem to be more displaced people, and there are still a few women and children wandering around the village. After Liu refused, he closed the courtyard and said to Cheng Shui.

Cheng Shui realized that she had asked just now, but the gathering of the victims reminded her that time was running out.

"Hey, if it weren't for the water stored in the Li family's village, we would have to run around and flee." Liu sighed.

Earlier, the old well in Changliu Village already produced very little water, only enough for food and drink.

Fortunately, there is also a deep well in the Li family's village, because in the deep forest, the amount of water is slightly rich, which can open a tofu workshop.

Cheng Shui was still a little uneasy, and said to Liu: "I haven't seen Huiniang for a month, I remember that she is about to give birth, let's go and take a look tomorrow." ”

Liu's should naturally be.

In the evening, Li Benqi listened to it and hurriedly said that he would let Zhao Yannian bring the carriage tomorrow and send him to the water.

Following.

After putting the package, Liu helped Cheng Shui to get into the carriage.

She is more careful, and she got along with her for a year when Huiniang was not married earlier, and the relationship between the two is good. A lot of clothes were prepared for the unborn child, and of course there were some old Changping clothes that Zhang had packed up.

There was nothing to say all the way, and when he arrived at the Xu family, Cheng Shui's face was a little tired.

Cheng Hui was talking to Xu Xiaomei in the house when she heard a noise outside. She hurriedly put down the shoes and socks in her hand, which were prepared for Xu Ci to go out to study.

I heard my mother-in-law come in happily and say, "Huiniang, my mother-in-law has come to see you." ”

Not only Cheng Hui was happy at this time, but even Xu Xiaomei on the side couldn't help grinning.

Just as he was about to get up, Cheng Shui came in.

"Don't get up, just sit." Cheng Shui stopped her.

"Mother-in-law, you sit here, and the girl will pour water for your mother-in-law Cheng." Li hurriedly said.

"Thank you for your hard work." Cheng Shui spoke to the Li family first, this is the Cheng Hui mother-in-law she met in the town before.

Li was already weak, and he was already very surprised when he saw Cheng Shui get off the carriage. Seeing that she said that her life became more and more imposing, she unconsciously became cramped. I just thought in my heart, don't lose face in front of others.

Cheng Shui sat on the couch, Liu stood next to him with his baggage, and the two of them sat and stood together, and the home court seemed to be on them.

"Mother, why are you here?" Cheng Hui opened her mouth first, she also missed her brother and relatives.

"Thinking you're about to give birth, let's take a look."

In fact, because of the different times of getting along, Cheng Shui and this cheap daughter have not been cordial to the two daughters-in-law.

But since she was dressed as the original, she naturally had to do her duty. The most important of these is to save the life of this daughter.

Seeing that Cheng Shui was no longer speechless, Liu took a step forward and said to everyone: "The family is worried about it, and I brought some useful things to Huiniang, and my sister-in-law has also sorted out Changping's clothes when she was a child, and they have all been washed and dried, you can use them with confidence." ”

Li hurriedly took it: "This is a good thing, the baby's skin is delicate, and the old clothes are suitable for wearing." ”

This time, the conversation box was opened, and the atmosphere became harmonious, and even Xu Xiaomei was teased twice.