Lady forced to seek prince

Chapter 176 News
Zhao Luoyang was thinking about it when he heard Zhao Xueli's voice from outside.

Zhao Xueli stayed in the city all day. After buying the blue bricks and earthen bricks, Zhao Xueli was not in a hurry to come back. Instead, he walked around the city to see how the prices were.

After such a turn, Zhao Xueli's heart was cold. The coarse grain here costs sixty or seventy yuan a bucket, and the new rice costs more than 100 yuan, which is more expensive than buying it on the road.

Zhao Xueli entered the house and took the big bowl from Luo Zhenniang, Gululu drank the whole bowl of water.

Then he looked at Zhao Luoyang in the room.

"Thanks to Sister Luo who said to buy more things in Min County." Zhao Xueli wiped the water from his mouth, "You don't know how expensive things are in the city."

Luo Zhenniang said: "How expensive?"

Zhao Xueli sighed: "When we bought coarse grains at the cheapest time, we bought them at 35 renminbi a bucket, but the price has doubled here, as does new rice, and we may not be able to buy them at [-] renminbi."

Luo Zhenniang gasped.

Old Madam Yang also frowned.

After hearing this, Ge Shi and Tao Shi who entered the room sank.

Who can afford such expensive food?
Ge Shi said: "Didn't Mr. Zhao come back? Doesn't he care about these things?"

"Master Zhao is the magistrate of the county, and he can't conjure food out of thin air," Zhao Xueli said, "I heard that when the Taozhou military camp was in chaos, Sun Ji's people burned several granaries, and the price of rice in the city rose accordingly. .”

"I thought it was a rumor at first, but when I left the city, I saw that there were really burnt marks in the North City."

Luo Zhenniang said: "Why are these people burning the granary?"

Ge Shi next to him speculated: "I just don't want us to get better, and I don't want to give us a way out when we see that we are dying."

"Not exactly," Zhao Xueli sighed, "I heard from them that many women were hidden in those granaries, and they were all from Sun Ji's army who were going to sell them off. After seeing what happened, they simply killed them to silence them."

Zhao Luoyang heard a few words in Min County, but he didn't expect that there were some truths that were more terrifying than what they knew.

If someone is killed and then set on fire, the court will investigate in the future, and they can make up excuses to cover it up.

"How bad is this man's heart?" Mrs. Yang said, "Such a person can't be relieved even if he is arrested and heartbroken."

Dow was a little worried: "I don't know if it can be released again."

"Don't worry," Zhao Luoyang said, "Boss Nie and Mr. have said that buying and selling war horses is a capital crime. Coupled with the military chaos, even if someone supports Sun Ji, he will not survive this time."

Zhao Luoyang asked Zhao Xueli: "Father, have you seen the price of cloth?" She got up late this year, so she couldn't go with Zhao Xueli, and wanted to go to the city by herself, but was stopped by her grandmother.

Anyway, it wasn't a day or two away, so Zhao Luoyang didn't care, so he just stayed in the village to help today.

Zhao Xueli shook his head: "A piece of linen is five hundred Wen."

Everyone thinks the price is a bit too expensive.

"You just went to a cloth shop?" Luo Zhenniang said, "Didn't go around much?" She didn't believe Zhao Xueli more and more. Now that she thinks about it, she might as well wake up Luo Yang earlier and let Luo Yang go to the collection with her. city.

This father is far less reliable than a daughter.

"I've gone," Zhao Xueli said. "I asked more than 20 cloth shops, large and small. The price is the same for linen, and other cloth is more expensive."

"Let's not say we don't have money to buy cloth now, even if we have money, we can't buy it right now."

Old Madam Yang said, "How to say?"

Zhao Xueli said: "Many people died in this incident. Those who could afford linen wanted to get a piece of cloth to wrap their bodies for burial. They couldn't afford a coffin. Using linen was at least better than using straw. Some people begged for it. The shopkeeper is cheaper, and those who die are their relatives, so they can't be buried without clothes."

Everyone was silent for a long time. They didn't see the tragedy with their own eyes, but they could imagine it.Who are the naked people?Those women who were killed?
It is estimated that there are only a small number of people who can distinguish the face of the burial, and some of them don't know what they look like.

Zhao Xueli didn't want to continue this topic, it sounded too serious: "When the army was in turmoil, the bandits nearby took the opportunity to do evil. On the way back, I met a long-term worker in the village. The long-term worker said that the bandits took the rice grain from their village. They robbed them all, and set fire to them before leaving, and many houses in the village were destroyed, and they also went to the city to buy green bricks."

"But they spend a lot of money in order to buy more, we can only buy those to make do with."

When Zhao Luoyang heard this, his heart moved: "Father, where is the Zhuangzi you mentioned?"

"It's not far from our place," Zhao Xueli said, "It's only ten miles away!"

Zhao Luoyang said: "They bought so many blue bricks, are they planning to rebuild the walls? The burnt walls should be unusable."

Zhao Xueli didn't know why his daughter said these things.

Zhao Luoyang nodded: "Father, you will go to Zhuangzi tomorrow with your third uncle to find out if they have any broken bricks that they don't want. If it is a big Zhuangzi, if you buy so many green bricks, the broken bricks will not be used after the fire Well, as long as those bricks don't burn too hard, we can use them, as long as they can last us through the winter."

Zhao Xueli's eyes lit up, it was a good idea, he felt that there would be more or less, and it was not troublesome, as he could get there in a short time in a donkey cart.

Zhao Xueli smiled and said: "Luo Yang's mind is spinning fast, I didn't think of it when I heard it, or else I would have asked."

Luo Zhenniang nodded again and again, she was right, a father is not as good as a daughter.

But Luo Zhenniang can only think about it in her heart, she always wants to save some face for her father.

But when she came to Mrs. Yang, she didn't care about it: "You've been busy all day, so it's better for Sister Luo to say these two sentences."

Zhao Xueli was not angry, and praised his daughter, isn't that a good thing!

As a girl, he is good at everything, it would be even better if she was a little more courageous.

Zhao Xueli said: "Third brother and I will go there early tomorrow morning." Even if you can't buy anything, it's just a matter of working hard. If you really buy it, the bargain will be great.

Broken green bricks are also easier to use than stones, and stones of the same size have to be picked up, which is time-consuming and laborious.

Zhao Luoyang said: "Tomorrow, I will go with Dad." It is also very important for them to quickly understand the surrounding situation. As for the East Village, don't rush to walk with them.

To put it bluntly, the East Village is afraid that they will drag down the people in the village. They also feel that they have no money and food in their hands.

If they have food and drink, and can repair the house and build the fence, those people will naturally lose their defenses after seeing it.

Zhao Xueli nodded: "Okay, then let Sister Luo follow me."

"Father, I want to go too." Zhao Yuanrang poked his head forward, "I can also help. When the donkey cart is pulling things, I will run behind, and I can run."

It's really nothing to bring an extra child, Zhao Xueli agreed after thinking about it.

Zhao Yuanrang was so happy that he was finally able to go out with Sister A.

Zhao Xueli went out to help clean up the house.

Of course, Zhao Xueyi mainly relied on Zhao Xueyi to build the wall, but Zhao Xueli was responsible for allocating work, and Zhao Xuejing walked outside.The three brothers are busy with sixteen households.

At least the weeds in the village were pulled out today, and the ground in the West Village was almost cleaned up.

I tidied up a few more rooms so that it would be more relaxed when I slept at night.

But the room is loose, and the luggage is not enough.

Mrs. Yang was worried about who would lay out her precious mattress, and after much deliberation, she decided to leave it to her little granddaughter.

Zhao Luoyang said: "I, Yuan Rang, Yuan Ji, and Yuan Bao also sleep in the inner room with my grandma, and my father and mother sleep in the outer room." These young ones can use Old Madam Yang's mattress.

An extra room was vacated, Tao Shi and Zhao Xuejing slept in the inner room, and Zhao Xueyi and Ge Shi slept in the outer room, which also took care of Tao Shi's twin body.

Everyone has been busy all day, but they are very happy to watch.

The yard is almost clean, and the house can be lived in. Don't think about those troubles in the future, anyway, there is still enough food for a few days.

After everyone sat together and finished eating, they talked about what happened today.

Zhao Yuanji said: "The people from East Village came to see us again during the day."

Song Taiye and Song Er didn't cook alone, but ate with Zhao's family.

Hearing this, Song Taiye said: "Let them watch it, and they will know after watching too much. No one cares about their things."

Zhao Xueyi said: "The wall on the south side is almost built, but the stones and bricks are still not enough. I'm wondering if I need to find a few more people to find the stones."

Zhao Xueli said with a smile: "Tomorrow morning, Sister Luo and I will go to the Zhuangzi in front to have a look, maybe there are things we can use there."

Zhao Xueyi couldn't help but rejoice: "Really? That's good."

Everyone is eating.

Zhao Luoyang wondered if he could still find some work in Zhuangzi.

After coming here, that Zhuangzi was the first place she went to.

(End of this chapter)