Zhao Dafu didn't expect that even his youngest son would wake him up now.
But in this situation, he wouldn't be worried if he let Xiao Tiedou go to town by himself. Besides, there are many people in the family and many things he needs, so he might as well go and see if there is any need.
Buy some back.
Zhao Dafu led the horse out of the house. During this period, he rode a horse whenever he had the opportunity. His skills were well practiced and his riding speed was fast. It didn't take long for him to go back and forth once.
He didn't dare to run fast in the village because he was worried that children would run out, so he didn't go very fast. He waited until he left the village before speeding up, and he was seen by others.
"Dafu, are you going to the town to buy something? Bring us some rice and noodles!"
"Yes, yes, we want it too. Bring some for us. It's convenient since you have a horse at home!"
"Something has happened. Everyone is worried. Please help us bring some!"
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At this time, the village chief has notified some families and asked them to prepare food. Even if they cannot afford good food, they must prepare bran noodles and other things. Anyway, try not to starve to death.
Their life is not as easy as that of the Zhao family, but life is at stake. At this time, no matter how stingy every household is, they must try to save some food at this time. Otherwise, if something happens and they can't go out, will they really starve to death?
Zhao Dafu originally wanted to refuse, because he was riding a horse instead of driving a cart, and it was not convenient for him to carry things.
But seeing that everyone is from the same village, although there is not much interaction in normal times, if they cannot bear to leave the village and are infected by the epidemic, the whole village will suffer.
After thinking about it, he still said: "Okay, I'll go home and catch the car. Someone can send a strong man to go with me so that we can move things. You tell me all the things you want to buy, and then calculate the money. I
Just buy it when you go there.”
The villagers had had conflicts with the Zhao family before, especially when they wanted the Zhao family to pay for road construction, which was quite unpleasant. Everyone thought he would be difficult to talk to, but they didn't expect him to agree so easily. They were a little surprised for a while.
Of course, after being easy to talk to, some people become shameless.
"Dafu, do you think you can be a good person and lend me some money to buy food? My family is really having a hard time!"
The speaker was a woman from the village. She was smiling and said she would not hit the smiling person, but Zhao Dafu still wanted to hit her.
"Auntie, after you buy the food, do you want me to help you eat it?"
Zhao Dafu has become smarter during this time, and he also talks in one way. When the old woman talks with a smile, he also smiles and answers, which makes the old woman unable to deal with her.
"This...what are you talking about!"
Zhao Dafu said: "Then what are you talking about? I can help you buy it, but you want me to pay for it, so forget it. Although my Xiaoyu is not at home, I am not someone to be bullied! Humph!"
He turned the horse's head and prepared to go home to catch the carriage. Before leaving, he said: "If you want to buy something, go back and get the money. I'll be here soon and leave. If you missed it, I won't help."
In fact, they could have asked Wan Zhu to drive the ox cart and buy it, but the Wan Zhu family's ox cart cost money, so they wanted to take advantage of Zhao Dafu.
Zhao Dafu knew it in his heart, but there were some things that could no longer be taken seriously among village neighbors, so he pretended not to know and sold them out.
"Dad, why are you back so soon?"
Xiao Tiedou couldn't help but feel a little curious when he saw Zhao Dafu coming back just after leaving the house.
Zhao Dafu told what happened at the entrance of the village, and then said: "You and Cao Gen will follow me to the entrance of the village in a while. Help me remember what I want to buy. Don't mess around."
"good!"
Mr. Gao had just returned from the village chief's house. When he heard him talk about this, he immediately said: "You can help, but you must get the money to buy things, otherwise those people will not admit it."
"I know, mother, don't worry, I won't let those people take advantage of me. By the way, I'll go to the village chief's house and ask if there is anything I want to buy. Let's go together on the way to save the hassle of going back and forth."
Mrs. Gao nodded and said, "Go ahead. Anyway, every household has a lot to buy in the past two days. You should not only make this trip, but also the Wan Zhu family's ox cart cannot be idle. There is also a horse carriage at home.
Ask Dagui to come and drive a car with you. You will have a companion on the road, so you don’t have to be afraid of anything that happens."
After all, we are going to buy food. If we are targeted by someone with intentions, there will definitely be a big fuss. Having more people helps each other.
Zhao Dafu nodded and asked Cao Gen to call Zhao Dagui.
As for Wan Zhu, there was no need to call, someone was already looking for him.
Except for this kind of thing, Wan Zhu didn't want to take anyone's money. When encountering difficulties, he had to help each other, so when he learned that the Zhao brothers were also going, he was very happy and thought it would be good to have someone to take care of him.
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"One person will follow each car so that we can move things easily and be a witness. We will not waste your money."
"Also, we will only buy food on this trip. We will not buy anything else. If you want to buy something, you can go to the town and buy it yourself."
Zhao Dafu spoke like a leader, saying something in advance so that everyone would have an idea and not start wrangling things again.
At this time, the grassroots also said: "Suddenly something like this happened. We are not necessarily the only ones who know about it. Other people whose families live in Fucheng may also have received the news. The prices of food and other things may increase. What you are getting now
Money may not be able to buy as much food as it originally was, but if the food is priced at a premium, will you still buy it?"
The grassroots thought that Zhao Dafu would say something, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't say anything. He must have not expected the increase in food prices, so he stood up and made a supplement.
Zhao Dafu quickly answered: "Yes, maybe the price will increase. Will you still buy it then?"
Everyone was stunned, they seemed to have not noticed this problem!
When they thought that the price of food was going to increase, and they didn't know how much it would increase, everyone's mood suddenly became unhappy.
At this time, everyone was gathered together, and there was nothing to say for a while. The village chief thought for a while, stood up and said: "Folks and tribesmen, money is an external thing. If you lose it, you can earn it again, but you only have one life. Sooner or later
Make plans!"
With that said, he said directly to Zhao Dafu: "My family has no objection. I can buy as much as I can, and I can buy whatever I have!"
These words instantly reminded everyone that there is food to buy now. If you hesitate any longer and all the food is taken away, you won't be able to buy it no matter how much you spend.
"I agree with what the village chief said! Buy as much as you can, it's better than having nothing! Life is still important!"
"Yes, my family buys it too!"
"We'll buy it too!"
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Everyone handed over their money one after another, and then said what kind of food they wanted to buy.
People in the village are not rich, so most of them buy bran flour and other relatively cheap coarse grains. No one buys rice and white flour, which only rich families can afford.