Nongmen Jiao Nv: Escape from the famine with space

Because of this, Wenxin raised the price of this prescription, but she really scared Steward Zhang by asking 200 taels, but Wenxin also said: "To tell you the truth, I can set up a stall by myself for more than a month." Earning 50 taels, I sold it to you for 50 taels, and I’m at a loss, and even if you bought this recipe, I have a request from my side. I hope it can be done during the busy farming season in May, and we won’t sell it after that. Otherwise, it's still early, we can't be idle at home."

After Steward Zhang went back, he reported Wenxin's request to Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang naturally wanted to send someone to check whether her words were true. After a few days of investigation by Zhang's family, they found that what Wenxin said was true. Their business is too good Well, after careful calculation, the monthly income is indeed more than 50 taels of silver. It is impossible for the Wen family to trade at a loss, and they can't take advantage of others like this. Therefore, Mrs. Zhang really agreed to the asking price of 200 taels.

Watching a rare rainy day, Wen Xin and Wen Yu secretly went to Zhang's mansion to teach them how to make soybean glutinous rice cakes, and after a few more steps, Fang Zi officially taught them. When they returned home, they brought a lot of glutinous rice back family, and this prescription was sold under such circumstances, and the Wang family knew nothing about it.

But the strange thing is that there hasn't been another rain in March except for that rain, and the temperature has also risen extremely rapidly, which is unusually hot.

According to the season, March should be the time when we are still wearing cotton jackets, but now the weather can no longer wear cotton jackets, and the villagers also changed into thin clothes early.

This is true in March, and it is also true in April. The temperature is even higher, and there is no rain in the entire April. Many lands have dried up into lumps. The business of the Wen family has not been affected. They still got a share of 3 taels of silver, but in May, seeing the weather not improving at all, the old people in the village felt that something was going to happen.

Several old people got together and came to the village chief's house to briefly explain the situation.

The village chief's house.

"The temperature this year is too unusual. It hasn't rained for nearly two months. How dry is the soil in the field? How will the crops be grown in this way?" Old Man A said.

"That's right, it's the rainy season at this time of year, but what's going on there now, village chief, it's not the right day, we have to make preparations early." Old Man B said.

The village head was naturally aware of these problems, and he was also thinking of a solution during this time, he said: "Uncle, I also see something wrong these days, it is said that it is not so hot this time in previous years, it is not only The soil in the field is dry, and the fruit on the fruit tree is much less than before."

The point is that these fruits were all pecked by birds, and the people in their village didn't come to pick them at all, so they didn't eat them. Move it home in a basket.

Old man A asked: "Then what's your idea?"

"Store food."

Seeing the village chief's serious expression, the old people immediately became alert, "Village chief, you often look around, have you heard any news?"

This is really not true. If you want to say that Yang Jin is the one who walks around the most, Yang Jin went back to the village a few days ago and reminded him privately that some places have already started to be dry as early as last year, or even the year before, but the news is blocked. It's just passed on, I'm afraid there will be a drought this year if there is no accident, so we have to make plans as soon as possible.

At this time, there is nothing more reassuring than having food at home, so when the village chief was thinking about how to persuade the villagers to hoard food, these old people came to him.

"Anyway, there is no harm in hoarding food." The village chief said again: "At this time, there are still many people who are not vigilant. I went alone to encourage people to hoard food. People should say that I am worrying about nothing. It just so happens that you are all old people in the village. What you say, People in the village will definitely listen."

"Then how to buy this food, how to stockpile it." Old Man C asked.

"Whether the whole village buys it or not, there must be a lot of it. There are donkey carts and ox carts in our village. If we borrow these carts and buy them together, we may be able to negotiate the price."

After discussing with some old people, they finally agreed, "Okay, this matter should be resolved as soon as possible, and it is best to buy it tomorrow."

At times like this, the black carbon head of the village head's house is very useful. He first gathers his good friends, and then passes on the tasks issued by the village head one by one. When all the villagers gather in the ancestral hall , the village head took several old people together and said: "Next, what I want to say is very important."

"The recent weather is too abnormal. It is the rainy season in previous years, but now the fields are not dry. If there is no heavy rain recently, we will not be able to grow crops in the fields, but we always take precautions, so today The purpose of convening everyone is to let each household buy and stockpile grain."

The villagers said: "Village chief, our family has food."

"Yes, village head, we still have a lot of food at home."

"I know how much food you have in your family. It will be fine after the harvest, but it's hard to say whether the crops will be planted this year. Wouldn't it be better to buy more food and keep it at home? In case of any kind Without food, we still have something to eat," said the village chief.

"But can't we just buy food when we run out of food?" the villagers asked suspiciously.

But there are always smart people who think of the crux of the problem, "No, we farmers can't grow crops, and there is no food to sell outside. If there is no food to sell, the price of food will rise, so the village chief thinks that while the price of food is still low It's not high, let's buy some from each household, anyway, there are so many people in the family, it won't be wasted."

The village head nodded, "Yes, that's what I mean."

But the village chiefs didn't understand again, "Village chief, how can you guarantee that you won't be able to grow crops this year? Although the grain will not be wasted if you buy it, but the grain has been stored for a long time, and the sunken rice is not good to eat. If you store it for a longer time, there will be more insects. It's even worse, there's no need for that."

At this time, the old people in the village stood up, "The village head was not the only one who discovered this matter, we old men have been observing it for a long time, and this day is indeed abnormal, the idea of ​​the village head is to Hello everyone, it doesn’t hurt to stock up on food anyway.”

However, things haven't happened yet. There are always some people in a village who don't believe it. First, they are reluctant to spend money, and second, they think that it is impossible to grow crops in a good world.

Naturally, the village chief couldn't force this point, "This was originally a voluntary thing, and I gave you my idea. It's up to you whether you want to buy it or not. Those who want to buy food will stay for a while, let's make a registration, and then the family members will buy it." People with donkey carts and ox carts, please borrow your carts to pull grain."