Chapter 9 Buying Food
Seeing Suxue looking at him with wide eyes, Si Sheng explained: "It will take half an hour before you can eat it."
Suxue understood what Si Sheng meant. Wang Zeran probably hadn't had a full meal for a long time, and if he was given too much food suddenly, his stomach would not be able to bear it.
Wang Zeran lowered his head silently, this family is really poor!
Si Sheng said: "Boy Wang, who are you leaving the bowl to wash? A man shouldn't rely on others for everything. Xue'er is not a girl at home."
Suxue didn't have the consciousness to do housework at all. She held her chin up and watched Wang Zeran scooping up water to wash the dishes, and casually advised Si Sheng: "Dad, don't be so fierce, teach him slowly."
Seeing that Si Sheng's scolding words were about to pour out, Suxue quickly changed the subject, "Dad, I'm afraid Xie Xiaowen will never dare to visit our house again."
Si Sheng instantly forgot what he was about to say and said angrily: "If he dares to come again, I will beat him once. If we hadn't happened to encounter a bandit this time, we would have suffered miserably at his hands."
Suxue frowned, "Dad, the bandits are so rampant, I don't think Caoyang Town is safe either. Let's leave here."
This sentence made Si Sheng stunned. From the time he traveled to the present, he has been tensed up to deal with various events. He has not yet had time to calm down and seriously consider the next path. What his daughter said is very important, and he needs to think about it carefully.
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Si Sheng subconsciously took out a cigarette but couldn't find it in his pocket. Then he remembered that this was in ancient times and there were no cigarettes. He walked into the main room, put the index and middle fingers of his right hand between his lips, as if smoking.
There has been a protracted drought here since last year. Grain harvests have dropped sharply, famine is widespread, and the news of people dying of starvation makes people feel a little tired.
"Dad, do you know where the bandits who looted the Lu family farm came from?"
Si Sheng looked up and saw Suxue and Wang Zeran looking at him uneasily. He sat down and said calmly: "They are probably from Heifeng Village."
Wang Zeran nodded and said: "He is from Heifeng Village. I heard some bandits shouting the words Heifeng Village."
Suxue asked: "How far is Heifeng Village from here? How many bandits are there in the village?"
"Heifeng Village is only about 20 to 30 miles away from Caoyang Town. I don't know how many bandits there are on the mountain."
Si Sheng snorted air-conditioning from his nose in annoyance. The original owner only read the books of sages and had no interest in "common affairs". He could not recall many memories of bandits.
Si Sheng suddenly opened his eyes wide, "By the way, at the beginning of this year, I think I heard Sister-in-law Wang mention that the three leprous men in town went to Heifeng Village to become bandits. At that time, there were hundreds of bandits in the village.
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"Does the government not care about so many people?" Ruoxue asked, but she also knew in her heart that if the government had done something, they would not have allowed Heifeng Village to expand to several hundred people at the beginning of the year.
Si Sheng said anxiously, "I haven't heard of any movement from the government."
Si Sheng couldn't sit still anymore, "Xue'er, you're right, the bandits may come over at any time. We can't stay here. We have to leave as soon as possible. If it's too late, it's too late."
Suxue has no memory and has nothing to miss here. Since it is not safe here, she will change to a safe place with her father to ensure that she can live safely first.
Si Sheng looked at the sky and said, "There is still time, Xue'er, let's go buy some food first."
Buying grain? Suxue suddenly thought of the saying of saving more grain in years of famine, and reminded Si Sheng: "Dad, take all the money you have and buy it all as grain."
Si Sheng nodded approvingly to Suxue, he thought so too.
Wang Zeran followed Si Sheng, who was pushing a wheelbarrow with Suxue sitting on it. The three of them hurried to the grain store for fear that the store would be closed.
On Suxue Road, she was still in the mood to see novelties, so she pointed to the roadside and said: "Dad, look at the archway, Dad, look at the wooden building..." Those are ancient buildings, and they will be precious monuments to future generations.
Si Sheng looked at Wang Zeran next to him and said: "Xue'er, these are ordinary street scenes. Why do you act like you have never seen them before? Don't make people laugh."
Wang Zeran looked at Si Sheng with accusing eyes, and said quietly: "She was hit on the head and lost her memory." This father didn't even know the extent of his daughter's injury.
Suxue looked at Si Sheng, who was choked and speechless, with a big smile on her face. Amnesia was an excuse to excuse Wang Zeran. It seemed that he believed it, and then she could act without any scruples in front of him.
Speak.
The atmosphere on the street seemed a bit heavy, with most passers-by looking nervous and walking in a hurry.
The three of them came to a grain store called "The First Store". There were not many people in the store. The shopkeeper was busy making calculations behind the counter, and he let the waiters greet the customers.
Si Sheng grabbed a handful of sorghum rice and spread it in his palm to look at it, "Why is sorghum so expensive?"
Seeing that Si Sheng and the others were wearing ordinary clothes, especially Wang Yuze, who was wearing an adult's clothes and was not expected to be a big customer, the waiter said lukewarmly: "Guest, my food price is the cheapest in town.
The house on the east side of the street is higher than mine."
Si Sheng asked: "How to sell millet?"
"Eight articles."
"Why has the price increased? Where are the soybeans?"
"Five articles."
Si Sheng looked at everything, thinking about the type and quantity of grain to buy.
But the clerk became impatient: "Guest, do you want to buy it? It may go up even higher tomorrow. I don't know when it will be."
Si Sheng suddenly raised his head, "When is it?"
The waiter hesitated and couldn't say anything else, so he said in a strange tone: "Except for the japonica rice, everything else in my shop has gone up. Guest, how about you buy some japonica rice?"
Japonica rice is the most expensive grain. The guy said this deliberately because he concluded that Si Sheng couldn't afford it.
Wang Zeran glared at the waiter fiercely and walked past him to look at the japonica rice.
"Ouch." The guy jumped on one leg while holding his feet.
Wang Zeran apologized unintentionally: "I'm sorry, I accidentally stepped on your foot."
Seeing Wang Zeran's look, it was really "accidental". Suxue burst into laughter. This child was determined to retaliate for his anger.
Suxue said to Si Sheng: "Dad, let's buy some japonica rice."
The waiter didn't expect to be able to make this deal. Hearing this, he didn't care about the pain in his feet. He jumped to Si Sheng's side and said with a flattering smile: "Guest, how much do you want? I'll weigh it for you."
Si Sheng put five kilograms of japonica rice on the wheelbarrow at the door of the grain store. There was also the mule feed he had just bought on the cart. Si Sheng simply asked Wang Zeran to wait here while he and Suxue went to other grain stores to take a look. Today
If you buy a lot, shop around.
The guy was right, the prices at the grain store on the east side of the street were indeed a bit higher than the "first one". Si Sheng was about to go to another grain store when he heard someone calling him from behind.
"Ye Xiucai," said Sister-in-law Wang from across the street, "go and have a look. Your relatives are fighting with someone."
Did Wang Zeran get into a fight with someone? Si Sheng rubbed his forehead with a headache, this master who was not good at doing good things but was good at doing evil things.
Chapter completed!