The farmer has a mall

Chapter 66
After Gu Nanyan handed over the tea and alloy to Zheng Tiesheng, he walked back.

Unexpectedly, it started snowing halfway, and when she got home, the light snow had turned into heavy snow.

Seeing Liu Shi standing at the door waiting for her, Gu Nanyan couldn't help but frowned.

"It's snowing so much, what are you doing standing here?"

She reached out and patted the snow on Liu's body, and said dissatisfied.

Liu Shi took her hand and rubbed it indifferently.

"I'm afraid that the road will be difficult to walk under heavy snow, and I'm just looking for Ma Dazhuang to pick you up in the town."

Gu Nanyan took Fumanlou's car to the town today, and did not ask Ma Dazhuang to pick her up.

Liu held her granddaughter's little hand that was red from the cold with distress, and went into the kitchen to pour some warm water for her to soak in.

"If you have nothing to do in the past few days, don't run out. Grandma sees that the snow is heavy, and I'm afraid it won't stop for a while."

Gu Nanyan nodded, and suddenly thought of Gu Yaoming's return to Beijing early, so she told Liu Shi about it.

She didn't necessarily have to go with the army, after all, the speed of the army's departure must be much slower, even if they set off a day or two later, they could still catch up.

Since Gu Yao appeared, Mrs. Liu knew that her granddaughter would go back sooner or later.

She stroked her head lovingly, knowing that Gu Nanyan wanted him to be with her.

"I don't think your grandfather is like an ordinary person. Grandma is really worried about you being alone. Anyway, there is nothing wrong at home. I will go with you after I pack my bags."

She slept soundly last night and did not hear any movement outside.

But when he got up early in the morning, he saw Gu Yao sitting in the main room in a uniform, and knew that something serious might happen.

Seeing Liu Shi looking at her with worry in his eyes, Gu Nanyan couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.

"Grandma should just bring two sets of clothes to change on the road, and buy the rest when I get to the capital."

Mrs. Liu always listened to her granddaughter, so she nodded with a smile.

"It's just that this road is not easy to walk." She looked worriedly at the snow falling outside the house.

Gu Nanyan also felt that the snow was a bit unusual, but within an hour, the snow was as thick as half a palm.

Sure enough, at night, the snow did not decrease, and Li Mi nestled in the room with floor heating with a worried expression on his face.

Butler Zhao poured him a cup of hot tea. Although the wind was biting outside, the room didn't feel cold.

"Based on this old slave, I'm afraid Xueming won't be able to stop early, and I'm afraid the time to return to Beijing will be delayed again."

Steward Zhao was busy taking care of the children during the day, so he set up a bed in Li Mi's room so that he could wait for him to wake up at night.

"Delay, let's delay." Li Mi looked around.

I've lived here for a long time, and I'm quite reluctant to leave, so I can just stay for two more days.

Butler Zhao understood what the master meant, smiled and said nothing.

In fact, he also likes this place quite a lot. If he hadn't worried about the emperor, he would have wanted to retire early and retire here.

In the early morning of the second day, the snow had covered the calf, and the village chief organized the villagers to clean up the snow, and Gu Nanyan also came out with a shovel.

She moved quickly, after shoveling the snow in front of her house, she went to help Aunt Huang again.

Li Yi sent someone over this morning to spread the word that the snow was too heavy for the army to move forward, and they had to wait for the snow to be lighter before leaving.

She and Mrs. Liu were in no hurry at all. Yesterday they went to Fumanlou before looking for Zheng Tiesheng, and shopkeeper Wu handed her some deeds. It happened that she had to think about how to arrange these people these days.

Aunt Huang pulled Mrs. Liu to hide under the eaves: "I heard that people in the neighboring village froze to death last night. If there is another night, our village may not be able to survive."

The snow fell so suddenly that many people did not prepare enough firewood to keep warm. Now that the snow is so heavy, the firewood on the mountain may be wet, and they cannot be lit even if they are picked up.

She is a little lucky.Fortunately, after listening to Liu's words a few days ago, I bought a lot of firewood and piled it at home.

Mrs. Liu was equally fortunate that her granddaughter had stored up a lot of charcoal at home, so she was able to survive the heavy snow no matter what.

"If there is anything missing at home, go get it from me. My daughter has prepared a lot of things."

She can't take care of others, but Huang, who has always taken care of them, still needs to take care of them.

Aunt Huang thanked her with a smile, and when she turned around, she saw Gu Laishhou running over in a hurry.

Xu Shi ran too fast, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"Mom, do you have enough firewood for heating?" Although he knew that his mother did not lack these now, but it happened suddenly, and he was afraid that his mother would freeze if she ran out of firewood.

Mrs. Liu looked at her younger son with a smile.

"Enough, my daughter prepared a lot early in the morning."

Gu Laishhou nodded and heaved a sigh of relief.

His mother told him yesterday that she would go to Beijing with Nan Yatou to look for relatives. Although he was reluctant to give up, he was not worried that Nanyatou would go alone.

Now that the snow is falling so heavily, he might not be able to leave, so he was worried that his mother hadn't prepared in advance.

"Did you change the thick quilt in your room? I remember that your quilt has been covered for many years."

Mrs. Liu knew that Gu Mancang didn't care much about their family, so she probably wouldn't think about it.

"It's changed, mother, don't worry, I have a kang in my room, and it's warm."

Although it can't be compared with his mother's here, it won't feel too cold if you get under the covers.

"Mum, I'm going to leave first because there's nothing wrong here. The eldest brother and the second brother are arguing at home. I have to go back and have a look."

Gu Laishhou was in a hurry, the two brothers quarreling was not his business at all, but the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law were aggressive, he was afraid that his wife would be in a difficult situation at home, and he would be wronged again.

Mrs. Liu frowned upon hearing this: "What are they arguing about?"

Let's live a good life, but toss every day.

"It's not because the two newly built houses are causing trouble, so let's leave it alone, so you won't be upset when you hear it."

Mrs. Liu didn't want to bother, she was afraid that San'er would be implicated.

"Don't meddle in their affairs, let them fight over it. My daughter said, when we leave, don't worry if there is no one living in this house. Let your family of four move here."

Gu Laishhou was overjoyed when he heard the words, and went back to the old house of the Gu family happily.

At this moment in the county yamen, Li Yi was wrapped in fox fur and sitting in the back hall drinking tea.

"I'm afraid the heavy snow this time will cause disaster. Does Mr. Su have a good plan?"

Su Wenfeng sat at the bottom, cupped his hands cautiously and said: "Wei Chen has sent his officers and soldiers to clean the official road, but the snowy road is difficult and the manpower is insufficient, so the progress is very slow."

Li Yi nodded: "There is no need to worry about this. The king has ordered people to mobilize the garrison to assist. The most important thing now is that the road outside the city is blocked. Even if the official road is cleared, it is impossible to go to the adjacent town."

Su Wenfeng also knew that this matter was difficult to handle, and everything else was fine, but he was afraid that there would be insufficient grain in the city, and the rice merchants would take the opportunity to drive up grain prices, which would lead to chaos after a long time.

"It's better for Wei Chen to open a warehouse to release grain today, so as to reassure the people."

Whenever there is a disaster, the price of food will inevitably rise. At this time, the government needs to release food for disaster relief.

"too early."

Li Yi shook his head and disagreed.

Now that each family still has food in stock, opening warehouses now cannot help those who really need it.

"There is no rush to release the grain, the most important thing now is to control the price of grain." Li Yi said lightly.

"I heard that the biggest rice merchant in the city is surnamed Qian. Mr. Su, why don't you talk to him. It would be best if he is willing to donate grain. If he is not, then don't raise the price of grain too high."

Su Wenfeng bowed his hand, summoned his subordinates to give an account, and then went to Qian's mansion in person.

Li Yi groped and pulled his fingers, looking in the direction of Shangshan Village.

I don't know what the little girl is doing at the moment.

Gu Nanyan, who was dumping food from the space into the cellar, sneezed.

She rubbed her nose, thought to herself which bastard was scolding her, then lowered her head and continued to work.

The snow will be much lighter this time, but the sky is still gloomy, and she doesn't know if it will stop. She is afraid that there will not be enough food at home.

She took out bags of grain and piled them in the innermost corner of the cellar.

The cellar is very large, and Mrs. Liu usually doesn't go into it, so if asked, she can say that she bought it a long time ago.

Mrs. Liu had just returned from Aunt Huang's house, and when she saw her granddaughter Dong's face flushed, she hurriedly pulled her into the house.

"There's someone from the Qian's rice shop in the town." Liu said in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)