Bailuyuan, I am Bai Xiaowen

Chapter 102 Preparation
There is no water, lack of water, and the crops in the fields are diseased.

"It's okay so far. I just hope God has mercy on us and it rains heavily within a month. Otherwise, these crops may not survive."

Looking at the sky, no one knows whether it will rain within a month.

However, even if there is a severe drought and the crops cannot survive, the big families are still not short of food and have a lot of surplus food.

But it’s hard to say for other families in the village.

Bai Xiaowen said: "I'm afraid it won't rain in the next few months."

This news shocked people, and they were still a little bit unable to accept it.

"Xiaowen, are you serious? Do you have any basis for this? You can't just talk nonsense, it will make people in the village panic."

Bai Xiaowen nodded seriously, "Dad, I have to tell everyone to prepare early. Buy grain first. It may not be long before those profiteers in the county and provincial towns start to hoard grain and raise prices."

It's not too serious yet. Food prices have gone up a bit, but it's not too serious yet.If you have money, you can still buy food, but you won’t know after a while.

What Bai Xiaowen said was like a bolt from the blue to Bai Jiaxuan. If it were true, he could have predicted what would happen next.

We can only hope that what Bai Xiaowen said is not true, but looking at the current situation, what Bai Xiaowen said has a high possibility.

"Xiaowen, if this news is true, it would be very timely. Now gather the people in the village, Third Brother, to prepare and arrange for the people to discuss things in the ancestral hall."

I stopped farming and went back to tidy up.

If there is a drought for several months, people can really starve to death if they are not prepared in advance.

The informants who were beating gongs and drums in the village immediately came to the ancestral hall, and they all knew that something big had happened.

Everyone didn't understand why the clan leader called everyone here without any warning.

No one knew what happened.

Bai Jiaxuan said, "Have you noticed how long it has been since it rained on the plain today?"

"Half a month."

Someone below said very confidently.

They are all farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood.

Some people remember very clearly how many days it went without rain.

Bai Jiaxuan: "How is the situation in everyone's fields?"

"It's very bad. They are all wilted. If God doesn't rain, they will all die."

Lu Zilin didn't care.

There is water in his land. Although it is not raining now, there is still water in his land.If any family is short of water, his family will not be short of water. Even if it is, it will have to wait until everyone in the village is short of water before it is his family's turn.

"Jiaxuan, has it passed? It's only been half a month since it rained. It's not like it hasn't happened before. It's so serious that it's necessary to bring everyone to the ancestral hall."

Bai Jiaxuan said seriously, "This is a big deal. If it doesn't rain in the future, there will be no harvest in the field."

"Clan leader, is it really so serious? Did Mr. Zhu say that?"

Many people in the tribe are afraid, but there are still a large number of people who don't believe it.

The harvests in the past two years were quite good, but this year there was a severe drought, and the gap suddenly became too big.

"My Xiaowen said it. We would rather believe it and make preparations first. This is what I think. Everyone is prepared. Everyone, come to me to pay money and go to the county to buy grain first. After buying grain, It’s harmless and can handle risks.”

They are farmers by nature, and it is rare for farmers to buy grain.

People in the city buy the food grown by their farmers.

When they heard the news that it was not Mr. Zhu who said it but Bai Xiaowen, they breathed a sigh of relief again.

"I trust the clan leader. I will pay the money to buy grain."

Soon the people below began to discuss heatedly.

Basically everyone is in favor of buying grain.

Half of the people believed that there would be a drought and food shortage, and the other half thought that Bai Jiaxuan was making a mountain out of a molehill.

But if you buy food, you won't lose money no matter what, and most people are willing to pay this amount.Just pay more and pay less.

Soon everyone came up to pay.

"Patriarch, I have all my money at home. I want to take it now. Otherwise, if you don't record it first, I'll pay you an ocean." Those who were willing to pay basically spent a third of the money.

The less is dozens of coins, the more is two to three oceans.

They are all relatively cooperative.

Looking at the current situation, there is a high possibility of drought.

"Zilin, what about you, how much do you have to pay?"

Lu Zilin said nonchalantly: "I won't hand it over, okay, give me a piece of the ocean."

Lu Zilin didn't care very much. His family had enough surplus food to last for several years.

Even if all the crops died, it would not affect his family.

In addition, the land has underground water, so for now, his house will not be short of water.

All the money was quickly collected.

This clan leader is still very attractive, and everyone paid more or less money.

If they were to buy grain, they would probably be able to buy enough to feed their village for several months.

Seeing this situation, the clan leader felt a little more at ease. Even if there was a drought, he would be able to cope with it.

"Third brother, if you bring Zhuzi, they will go to the city to buy food tomorrow. The sooner the better."

Looking at this situation, the clan leader is also afraid that the price of food will increase day by day.

Bai Jiaxuan continued: "From today onwards, every household will eat food tightly. They can only eat more than half of what they used to. They must not eat it openly. Do you all understand?"

One is to increase revenue and the other is to reduce expenditure.

Even if they bought food from the county, they still had to eat it quickly.

After a long time, everyone dispersed into the ancestral hall.

They were all wondering if it would really be what the clan leader said.

In that case, the loss would be huge.

The crops in the crops will only be fully mature in a month or two.If it's all gone, their efforts this year will be in vain.

Even if the clan leader buys the grain, if the drought is serious and he eats the bought grain, it will be difficult to deal with it later.

Bai Xiaowen still has thousands of stones of food in the space.

There will be no problems in the village.

It can take care of the people of a thousand households, not to mention the food supply of Bailu Village, and even the food of several surrounding villages.

But you can't take it out until it's critical.

This time the dry spell is too long.

More food is more promising.

Bai Xiaowen then followed the guards beside him and said, "Each person will take a hundred oceans and go to Henan and Hebei to buy grain. The sooner the better."

Prepare as much as possible.

Even if people die in battle, Bai Xiaowen can't be too controlling.

But it would be too tragic to starve to death, and it needs to be dealt with properly.

Bai Xiaowen now lives in Bailuyuan, the provincial capital, and the county seat.

These three places are not too far away.

But it’s not very convenient either.

Just because of his qualifications, he is still not qualified enough to be equipped with a car. At least he has to be a group leader.

Yue Weishan and County Magistrate Liang were higher than Bai Xiaowen, and each of them was issued one.Cars are too expensive. Nowadays, a car can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars. Bai Xiaowen will definitely not be able to afford it privately.

　I've been a little busy these past two days, so I took two days off.We will update as normal in the future and try to take as little time off as possible.I went on a long trip to do some errands.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)