Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

"The county magistrate has also issued a death order. If anyone makes any false remarks about the locust plague again, they will be executed as robbers!"

How could the county magistrate dare to use severe punishment to oppress the people if he didn't have the will of his superiors?

This is equivalent to the people behind it using the people's food to verify whether Ke Zhaodi's prediction will come true.

Thinking of this, Ke Muqing felt for the first time how terrifying the word "power" in feudal society was.

This is not what makes Yang Lizheng really panic.

The big deal is, don't talk about it, don't talk about it, just live your life as usual.

What really panicked Yang Lizheng was that almost all grain stores in the county were closed.

It is said that there is no food in the warehouse, and the new food is still on the way.

The only grain store still open now costs twenty-five cents per pound of grain.

And you can't buy it at any time. The grain store is only open for two hours in the morning, and then it drives away the customers behind it and closes it. There are no open restaurants on the streets of the county town. Several restaurants on the busiest street have also closed down. Even Loujia Restaurant has posted a notice to temporarily close its doors.

The grain store that was open yesterday suddenly closed down after hearing the news. How could it be possible that everyone was out of grain?

They are just waiting to see if there will really be a locust plague. If there is a locust plague, then they will be able to ask for the price of the food in their hands. These businessmen don't even care about making a profit of twenty-five cents per pound.

Anyway, for them, it’s just half a month’s wait.

As for those who open restaurants and restaurants, now that food is so expensive, even if their owners still have some food left, they dare not take it out.

Yang Lizheng let out a long sigh. Twenty-five cents was enough to buy ten kilograms of grain and eat one and a half kilograms of pork.

"Everyone will save some food at home starting from today." Yang Lizheng could only remind everyone and then said.

"After the storm has passed in another four or five days, we will secretly go to the fields at night and collect some secretly from each field. Don't collect too much, so as not to let people see it. After collecting it, we will secretly dry it in the yard of our house. Don't do anything. Speaking outside, I always keep the gate of my yard closed when drying the grain."

"If someone outside really sees it, tell them that there is no food at home. Let's collect a few kilograms of food to survive these ten days and a half." Yang Lizheng explained, "This is all our own village affairs, and no one is allowed to go out." Did you hear that?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. When they heard that grain was sold for twenty-five cents per pound outside, and even if they had money, they couldn't buy it, everyone became even more afraid that the locust plague would come true.

If not, how could those who opened grain shops hide grain and not sell it?

"Everyone should have a good rest these days, and don't wander around if you have nothing to do. From June to June, we will arrange for people to take turns to be on duty." Yang Lizheng said.

After returning from a trip to the county government office, Yang Li seemed to have aged several years all of a sudden.

When Ke Muqing returned home, the Yang family and his family were gathered around chattering non-stop.

Twenty-five cents per pound of grain really shocked everyone in the Yang family.

Yang Jiye slapped his thighs at first, feeling that it was too early to sell his land. If he sold it now, wouldn't one acre of land plus the grain that could be harvested be sold for an extra ten taels of silver?

But when he thought about how his mother bought so much food in preparation for going south after selling her land, Yang Jiye felt that his mother was really foresighted.

When Ke Muqing bought so much food at once, Yang Jiye thought his mother was crazy, as if she was panicking because of the money in her hands. Now Yang Jiye is really glad that his mother never listened to his eldest son.

"Mom, we have so much food at home, is it enough for us to eat all the way?" Yang Jiye began to worry that there would not be enough food.

"It should be enough. Even if it's not enough, when we go to the south, that area is a land of plenty. Food is not as scarce as here, and it doesn't cost twenty-five cents a pound." Ke Muqing comforted several little guys who frowned and worried. .

"Grandma, don't we have to save food in the future? Can we still eat as full as we did recently?" Yang Shuangshuang touched her belly and sighed, "It feels so good not to be hungry. I feel like I I’m so happy lately.”

"As long as you don't waste food and don't eat to hold yourself up, you can eat as much as you want until you're full." Ke Muqing touched Yang Shuangshuang's pigtails, "Especially you children are still growing. If you don't eat until you're full, If you don’t grow taller, you will get sick easily if you are not in good health.”

The children breathed a sigh of relief and went to read and write with confidence again.

Under the suppression of the powerful, although the people in the entire county are panicked because of the food price, at least on the surface it is still calm.

For several days, the folks in the village were not very interested in visiting.

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of May, and the Yang family’s oxcart and carriage were already fully loaded.

Ke Xiucai sent a message one day in advance, asking everyone to go to the county to stay one day in advance, so that they would not have to rush early on the first day of the new year.

The Yang family is going south, and Yang Li is taking the Yang family relatives to see them off.

Although we had been talking about going south for a long time, when it was time to actually leave, the Yang family members were very reluctant to leave.

Yang Lizheng told his children that they must listen to Ke Muqing's words along the way and not act without permission, let alone leave the Yang family's team, and not act willfully and cause trouble to the Yang family.

Another old aunt from the Yang family held Ke Muqing's hand and was reluctant to let go.

"Now that you are going, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a misfortune, but the journey will be difficult. You must take good care of yourself along the way. Come back as soon as possible when the children have learned something. We are all waiting for you to come back in the village. .”

"Old aunt, don't worry, we will all be fine. When we get there, I will give you a message. If any of you are willing, you can come to the south to find me. We are all members of the clan. Whether you want to join us or not, come and have fun. It’s okay to see us old relatives, just come.”

Ke Muqing was talking to her old aunt, and the heads of the other two families also came with people to see her off.

Everyone was not empty-handed. Food was hard to come by these days, but they all steamed buns and boiled eggs at home for the Yang family to take with them on the road.

Ke Muqing couldn't push it away, so he had to accept it with thanks.

After Yang Lizheng finished explaining things to his juniors, Ke Muqing called Yang Lizheng aside to talk.

"Uncle, my boss knows a grain dealer outside. When I ordered grain for my two younger sisters, I was thinking that grain was so expensive outside. An acquaintance would give me a cheaper price, and I had some money in my hand, so I I also bought some more for myself.”

"At that time, I thought that if I couldn't finish the food, I could sell it later. It would be better than if the price of food kept rising and I wouldn't be able to afford it anymore."

"I didn't take away the food. I hid it in my cellar. This is the key to my cellar." Ke Muqing quietly handed the key to Yang Lizheng.

"There is not much food, but it can save lives when people are about to starve to death. I will leave this food to the people in my own village. When it is really needed, it is up to you, uncle, to decide how to distribute it."