In Menghua City, Ah Jiu was riding a horse slowly planning to leave the city.

Unexpectedly, I found that there were many more shops on the street, and there were also some businessmen with dressed faces.

Ah Jiu dismounted curiously and saw that the people could exchange grain for what they needed from the merchants.

"Auntie, how many kilograms of wheat did you get in exchange for this?" Ah Jiu stopped an old woman.

"Ah, you are the fairy worshiped in the fairy temple. I didn't expect the real person to be more beautiful." The old lady was so happy that she couldn't help but bow three times before saying:

"My two pieces of fabric were exchanged for ten pounds of wheat. It's getting cold. I plan to buy some winter clothes for my family."

The old woman held a piece of cloth under one arm and cotton on the other. The cotton was snow-white and in extremely good condition.

The old woman introduced the cotton again: "These twenty kilograms of cotton are exchanged for fifteen kilograms of Chinese cabbage. Fairy, please touch it. It's all springy and soft."

Ah Jiu couldn't help but frown, stretched out his hand to touch, and looked up into the shop. There were piles of cloth and sacks of cotton piled up.

"It's quite cheap. I wonder who came up with this barter-for-barrel method of exchange?" Ah Jiu was confused about this.

"This...I don't know about this."

Ah Jiu looked around and saw that there were several shops opened on this south street, and there was even a gold shop.

"Girl, come in and see what kind of fabric you want to change." The store owner quickly spotted Ah Jiu at the door.

He enthusiastically invited her into the room: "I not only have Su brocade, but also cloud satin. Look at this Di Rong. This is a foreign product that has crossed the sea."

Ah Jiu took a casual look and saw that the samples were very complete. Before the war, the nobles would not have been able to afford them:

"Then how do you sell this foreign product?"

"It's not much. One pound of grain is one foot. If we can get a batch at once, it's thirty feet, and only twenty-five pounds of grain."

The shopkeeper looked at Meng Jiu'er with bright eyes. The black mink fur cloak she was wearing was worth a lot. She must be a wealthy owner.

Unexpectedly, Ah Jiu had no intention of buying it at first glance: "I heard you have a southern accent, are you from Lingnan?"

The shopkeeper didn't rush and said: "This girl has a good ear. Although there is no drought in Nanling, it is almost requisitioned by the court now. It is in short supply. Fortunately, those of us who are engaged in sea and land business have something. I heard that Meng

There is no shortage of food in Huacheng, so we have to come all the way to get it."

As he said this, the shopkeeper also had helplessness in his eyes.

Ah Jiu nodded. It could be seen that the merchant had spent a lot of money to purchase these cloths, but he couldn't eat cotton or cloth if he didn't have something to eat.

Presumably, food is more valuable than gold.

"The shopkeeper's business is booming. I didn't bring any food today. I'll come another day." Ah Jiu finished speaking and asked for help.

Businessmen like to hear this kind of auspicious words, so they quickly clasped their fists and said: "For your auspicious words, I am also a newcomer here. I heard that the Fairy Temple is very spiritual. Is this true?"

Ah Jiu smiled: "Spirit."

Sometimes faith is the spiritual backbone of a person. Having faith always brings hope in desperate times.

Before Ah Jiu left the city, he took a special look at the gold shop.

The shop owner was even more exaggerated. He had traveled nearly two months to cross the sea by ferry and worked hard, and he actually came here from Dongli, which is separated by the Black Sea.

Cruel! Ah Jiu’s back felt hairy when she heard her boss say this.

Ah Jiu swallowed his saliva and said, "How much food does your golden hairpin have?"

Ah Jiu was really afraid that the price would be the same as the fabric, that would be really outrageous.

"This hairpin is made with three taels of gold, plus one garnet. It requires a total of sixty kilograms of grain. Of course, you can negotiate the price."

"..." A mouthful of old blood.

"Okay, thank you." Ah Jiu saw that it was almost noon, turned around and left.

"Hey, hey, you don't want to buy it. If you don't buy it, why are you asking this? You're just entertaining me."

A dissatisfied voice came from behind.

Due to geographical reasons, the people of Dongli are all tall and strong, and their tempers are also very straight.

However, the people in that area live on the island, and there is a real shortage of food. Coupled with the severe drought in recent years, they are so poor that only the mines are left.

Ah Jiu's horse left the city and went straight to Xinghua Village.

We arrived about an hour later. The village was as desolate as ever, with no one left in the collapsed houses.

Ah Jiu stopped at the entrance of his alley and subconsciously entered the yard.

The swaying broken door frame was about to collapse at the slightest touch, and the door panel was removed by someone at some point.

The water tank in the yard was also damaged by the collapsed earthen wall of the main building.

The kitchen in the east room was quite complete, so Ah Jiu cautiously stretched her head to take a look.

If it wasn't an illusion, grandma would naturally be here.

But there was no one in the kitchen.
Chapter completed!