Yang Ge originally thought that the consequences of the successive rise in grain prices would not be slowly revealed until at least after the year.

But he obviously underestimated the control of time by those rotten people.

It is also too high to see the ability of the people at the bottom of the Great Wei to resist risks.

Almost the day after the price of barley broke through 100 cents.

There are a large number of beggars in Luting County.

They walked along the long snow-covered streets, begging from house to house for the leftovers of the master's house.

But when food prices rise like this, who doesn't tighten their belts to get by? How can there be any surplus food to give to them?

Besides, I don't know when I will be the leader at this time.

And Yuelai Inn has never received a single customer since that day.

But people often come to the door, but they come either to borrow grain or to beg.

Shopkeeper Liu is benevolent and righteous, knowing that there will be no more guests coming to this stall at the moment, and insisting on opening the door early every day, boiling a big pot of corn porridge, and giving a bowl to those who come to beg.

When he met someone who borrowed grain, he never couldn't bear to refuse, and always said with a long sigh that "it's difficult for big guys", and then asked Yang Ge to go to the back kitchen to get two catties of grain, and handed it over to the person with guilt.

The grain bought at a high price a few days ago didn't make a single copper plate, and it was scattered.

But the neighbors who came to borrow food were still in an endless stream, as if everyone subconsciously felt that what the inn did was to eat, and there must have been a lot of food.

But only Yang Ge knew that the batch of food brought back by the inn a few days ago was long gone.

The two sacks of grain he secretly took from his house have bottomed out.

No, Yang Ge had just sent away a group of beggars, and Wang Dezhu, who had delivered firewood to the inn in the past, came to the door.

The tough man who can carry seventy or eighty pounds of firewood to walk more than 20 miles of mountains and forests was forced to cry: "Old shopkeeper, I really can't do it, I have run all over the ten miles and eight towns, and I can't afford to buy food, you also know the situation of my family......"

Shopkeeper Liu clenched his hands tightly, and replied with red eyes: "We know, we know, you are a strong person, if it weren't for the fact that you really couldn't do it, you wouldn't have opened this mouth...... Little brother, go to the backyard and get ten catties of grain for your Uncle Wang! ”

Yang Ge pursed the corners of his mouth vigorously, and it was not to turn around, nor was it to turn around.

After hesitating for a few breaths, he forced a smile and said, "Uncle Wang, the firewood in the backyard has collapsed, and you can't enter the stove house at this time, why don't you go home first, and I'll send it to you later?" ”

In just a few words, he said that it was extraordinarily difficult, as if every word was pierced.

Wang Dezhu often sent firewood to the inn, and they got along very well.

When he came back, he would often bring Yang Ge some gadgets from the mountains and forests, teasing him like a child.

Sometimes it's a small bag of wild fruits, sometimes a few bird eggs, and I have made grass grasshoppers and wooden spinning tops for him......

But in the backyard, there are no more than ten catties of food.

Wang Dezhu glanced at Yang Ge, his already dark cheeks were suddenly so red that he could drip blood, he tried to squeeze out a smile, and shook the hand of the shopkeeper Liu stiffly: "It's not the right time for me to come, I'll give you trouble, I'll leave first, and then go somewhere else to think of a way." ”

As he spoke, he let go of Shopkeeper Liu's hand and was about to leave.

Shopkeeper Liu grabbed him, then turned his head and lost his temper at Yang Ge rarely: "Yang Ge, what's the matter, let you go, where do you come from so many words!" ”

Seeing this, Wang Dezhu hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, the little brother is also for you and for the inn, it's nothing, no one is easy to ......"

Shopkeeper Liu dragged him to prevent him from leaving, and glared at Yang Ge with his eyes open: "What are you still doing!" Go on! ”

Yang Ge struggled in a dilemma for a few seconds, and had to reluctantly speak: "Shopkeeper, there is no food in the backyard for a long time, and all the 100 catties of food I took from home have been lent out." ”

He didn't want to talk about it.

But if he doesn't mention it, Shopkeeper Liu can't stop it!

There is no food in the inn, but Shopkeeper Liu believed his words before, and there is a batch of them at home.

Shopkeeper Liu and Wang Dezhu were stunned.

After a few breaths, Shopkeeper Liu sighed heavily: "You said, you have thin arms and thin legs, what kind of fun are you doing!" ”

Yang Ge smiled: "Your home is in Luting, and my family is also in Luting." ”

When Shopkeeper Liu heard this, he glanced at him with relief and helplessness, and then turned around and pulled the overwhelmed Wang Dezhu out: "Let's go, go home with us, we still have it at home, so we have to get through this year......

Yang Ge watched the two of them pull and pull away, and couldn't help but think in his heart, is it that the bigger the business, the more unconscionable it becomes?

There are many shops on this street that are open for business, such as Shopkeeper Liu these days, and everyone is doing their best to rescue the beggars who come to the door.

On the other hand, the three major grain numbers that raise food prices are really fucking sons who don't have XX!

"What do you say about being poor and treacherous, but rich and growing in conscience."

He patted his thigh angrily: "I think it's a righteous slaughter of dogs, and a bad heart is a scholar!" The heart is rotten, and the more knowledge there is, the more reactionary it becomes! ”

At the right time, a mother and daughter appeared outside the inn door, cowering and whispering: "Shopkeeper, can you give a bowl of cold rice, my daughter has not had teeth for two days......

Yang Ge looked at his mother, whose face was sallow and her breath was weak, and then at the little girl whose little face was so cold that she couldn't even stand still.

Even though he had seen many such beggars in the past few days, he still felt that his heart was clogged.

He tried to make himself smile kindly: "Sister-in-law, come in and take a rest, I'll go to the stove house to look through it, see if there's anything else to eat, and get some for you and your daughter." ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, the mother burst into tears, and knelt down in the snow according to the little girl in her arms: "Thank you for the great kindness of the shopkeeper!" ”

Yang Ge hurriedly came out and dragged the two of them up from the snow: "I can't afford it, don't you give me my birthday!" ”

The mother shook her head with tears in her eyes: "There is really no way, her father is tired to death in the middle of the year, and I am a woman who gets up early in the dark to be full, and as soon as the price of this grain rises, her grandmother goes on a hunger strike, and the family collapses......"

In just a few words, Yang Ge broke the defense.

His nasal cavity was so sour that tears poured out, and he hurriedly turned his face away from the two of them, and only dragged them to the inn, unconsciously saying something that even he didn't believe: "Don't be discouraged, don't be discouraged, it will get better, as long as people live, there is hope, there is a future!" ”

He pressed the two into the dining table, wiped his hands and walked quickly into the stove room.

When he came out with two bowls of steaming corn porridge, Shopkeeper Liu had already returned, comforting the little girl with red eyes.

Seeing him come out with corn porridge, the two of them hurriedly got up and took it with both hands.

Yang Ge: "Eat slowly, there is still in the pot." ”

"Thank you shopkeeper, thank you old shopkeeper, you saved our lives......"

Yang Ge and Shopkeeper Liu comforted the two of them together and let them sit down to eat with peace of mind.

Turning around, Yang Ge asked Shopkeeper Liu in a low voice, "How much grain did you borrow from Uncle Wang?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu: "Sandou, there are six people in his family, and this bit of food is estimated to be enough for them to last until the end of the year." ”

Yang Ge knew that the old man had led Wang Dezhu to his home, and he would never just take out ten catties of grain.

He endured it, but he still couldn't help but say, "You are always leisurely, I don't know what the situation is later!" ”

The old man sighed and waved his hand: "What can I do?" You can do as much as you can, you can't really watch them starve to death, right? ”

Yang Ge turned his head to look at the mother and daughter behind him, they were holding the hot corn porridge and taking small sips, but there was still not much anger in their eyes.

Can they really live, have hope and a future?

It is said: The hemp rope is broken in detail, and bad luck is only looking for the miserable.

They are the finest pieces of hemp rope and the hardest men.

So they were the first to break ......

But if the price of grain continues to rise like this, a slightly thicker hemp rope like the old Liu family may not be able to withstand it.

Once the broken window effect is formed, it will be even more difficult to brake!

'Can you do as much as you want?' ’

Yang Ge muttered in his heart.