Chapter 40: The Lark Arrives
Although so far, Zhao Zhe has not figured out the truth about what happened after the two entered the mountain, especially the whereabouts of the two guards sent by the clan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Because the patriarch Zhao Pan did not set a clear deadline for completing the task when he explained the task, Zhao Zhele continued to carry out his career of flirting with his sister in the name of official affairs in the clan.
Although the news of the recent high food prices in the town has no impact on the people of the Zhao clan, Zhao Zhe has not personally experienced the drastic changes brought by the high food prices to the lives of the townspeople.
However, as Zhao Zhe's target, Skylark is very sensitive to the emotional changes of the medicine girl during this time.
Although Zhao Zhe did not have a hobby of tracking the tail line, he found that as the harvest of the lark's medicine collection gradually decreased, the other party's mood became more and more depressed, especially after every time he came out of Huairentang, the lark's face was even more ugly.
Zhao Zhe found out that the reason for the low mood of the lark was because of the decrease in the income from medicine collection and the pressure of high food prices, which was difficult for the young master of the Zhao family, who had always been worry-free, to appreciate the true taste.
However, in Zhao Zhe's view, this is not an opportunity for him to win the favor of the other party. Changing the current embarrassing life of the lark is obviously a means that can achieve immediate results and win favor.
Although Zhao Zhe is a member of the Zhao clan, he has no influence on Huairentang and the Zhao family grain store, after all, the Zhao family shops in the town are controlled by each room in the clan, even if he is a person in the long house where the patriarch is located, it is impossible to dictate the shops hosted by other houses.
Moreover, the task assigned by the patriarch this time originally required Zhao Zhe to be carried out in a low-key manner, and it was impossible to make it public. Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Zhe to use this mission as an excuse to let Huairentang and the grain store treat the lark differently in terms of price.
In view of the current high food prices, Zhao Zhe's little private savings can't buy much grain. Therefore, the only thing Zhao Zhe can do is to apply for task funds from the patriarch Zhao Pan to subsidize the task object.
Zhao Zhe knew that most of the talisman money accumulated in the clan was spent in the process of cultivating talismans by the innate masters in the clan, after all, the innate clan talent was the foundation of maintaining the family inheritance, which was recognized by the whole clan.
Otherwise, the shops presided over by each house must hand over fifty percent of the family rules of income, even if it is the ancestral training left by the ancestors when they settled in Caoxu Town, how can there be no objections for so many years.
Coupled with the current high price of grain in the town, it is better to apply for food directly as the task fund with its application for money funds, which is also convenient for the patriarch's private operation.
The food needed by a family of five is not even a drop in the bucket for the Zhao family.
Zhao Zhe's process of applying for food as mission funds was very smooth, and in Zhao Pan's opinion, if a small amount of food could be exchanged for the secret of the family's biggest rival in Caoxu Town, the deal would be absolutely cost-effective.
Of course, the food used by the Zhao family could not be the brown rice that most of the townspeople eat on a daily basis, and several bags of high-quality polished rice were loaded on a trolley, and a servant of the Zhao family pushed the cart and followed behind Zhao Zhe towards the location of the Yun family.
When Zhao Zhe led the car past the grain store, Zhao Fengdeng was beckoning the guys at the door to hang up the latest grain price sign, and the grain price written on it had increased by one percent compared with the previous day.
The sharp-eyed grain store shopkeeper found that Zhao Zhe, who had been wandering alone on the street recently, was unexpectedly leading a cart full of things today, judging from the marks on the pockets of the car, they were all in stock of the granary in the clan.
Zhao Fengdeng couldn't help but feel strange, these bags of grain were obviously taken out directly from the granary of the clan, and it seemed that they were going to be sent somewhere in the town.
The people of each house of the Zhao family receive rations directly in the clan, and the amount of money received is fixed every month, and almost no clan members will receive several bags of grain at a time, and they will not be transported out of the Zhao family's mansion.
The shopkeeper of the grain store secretly wondered if this grounded playboy had reappeared not long after he was released, and he didn't know which one he was going to curry favor with.
It seems that Changfang broke his monthly case, and now he can't take out the money in his pocket, and he doesn't know how to get a few bags of grain from the clan, which is really insulting to the Zhao family.
Zhao Zhe didn't expect Zhao Fengdeng to have such rich associations, but the idea of the grain store shopkeeper coincided with Zhao Zhe's real purpose, and it also happened to cover up the truth of this mission.
When Zhao Zhe came to the door again with food, Skylark was not at home, but went to the Qian family pharmacy, which had not been there for a long time.
If it weren't for the high price of food and the bad price reduction of Huairentang, the lark who was forced to live at home would never dare to disobey the explanation of the original immortal master, but when he saw the little cousin with a face full of vegetables, every time he ate, he licked the rice bowl clean, and the rice bowl at home was about to bottom out.
This made the Qian family pharmacy now higher than the purchase price of medicinal materials in Huairentang, and it became the last straw that Skylark tried to grasp, and he couldn't care about Qian Chuan's explanation at the beginning.
So when the girl who was picking herbs with a basket of herbs on her back appeared in the Qian family pharmacy again, Zhao Gongming, who was about to look for a professional herb picker, happened to see the lark who came to the door.
"I want to meet the money shopkeeper first. Although Skylark was forced to come to the Qian family's pharmacy, she still wanted to ask the immortal master for forgiveness in person.
Speaking of the night when he returned to the town with Qianchuan and Skylark, Zhao Gongming saw this medicine girl for the first time.
The original ruddy and full face of the lark in front of him has now become full of vegetables, and the eyes that used to be smart are also full of sorrow, which is simply different from the appearance I saw last time.
Because Zhao Gongming bought enough rice and grain for two people for a month on the second day after his shopkeeper returned to the town.
In addition, during this time, the master and apprentice were immersed in preaching, teaching, solving doubts, and humbly learning and cultivating, although they had some understanding of the rise in food prices in the town from the people who came to collect medicine, but they did not attract too much attention from the two.
Therefore, Zhao Gongming's huge changes in the short term surprised Zhao Gongming, but since his master had the experience of sharing hardships with the other party, Zhao Gongming naturally would not refuse the lark's request.
Qian Chuan was sitting in the backyard patio with his eyes closed, and when Zhao Gongming brought the medicine girl to him, Qian Chuan opened his eyes slightly and didn't make a sound, only to see the lark kneeling down on the spot.
"Please atone for the sins, now the price of grain in the town is high, Huairentang is buying medicinal materials and desperately lowering the price, the family is about to run out of food, I really have no choice but to go to the Qian family pharmacy to sell medicine. ”
Qian Chuan sighed when he heard this: "At the beginning, the old man repeatedly told you that only because the matter was important, in order to prevent a big disaster, you need to alienate and avoid suspicion. Now that your family is struggling to make a living, it's no wonder you. Hurry up!"