After the village chief finished speaking, half of the people who had just attended the meeting left. After some discussion, another half left. Then only half of the village was left. But Wenxin really didn't understand this. She
Xiang Wenyu asked: "Second brother, should we buy it?"
"Buy it. The village chief said to buy it, so let's buy some. We have so many people in our family, so we should be prepared."
Wenxin nodded her head and said seriously: "Well, it depends on what they buy, and what we will buy too."
The village chief acted quickly. He compiled the figures in the afternoon and took the villagers who wanted to buy food to the market the next day. This busy work lasted several days, but he finally completed the task of buying food.
, but Wen Xin also has a new understanding of the price of food, "Black flour is 3 cents per catty, we bought 200 catties, white flour is 8 cents per catty, we bought 100 catties, and brown rice is 16 cents."
We bought 100 kilograms of rice for 25 cents per kilogram, and bought 50 kilograms of polished rice for 25 cents per kilogram. In total, this polished rice is really expensive."
"Fortunately, the price of these grains has not increased yet." Wen Yu said with a faint smile, "It just makes you feel bad if you buy too much at once, and our money is not used to buy grains."
To be honest, Wen Wen didn't spend much money buying food. The main reason was that Wen Wen also bought a lot of meat, fabrics, cotton and medicinal materials on this trip. Wen Wen said it himself, so he was prepared. Anyway, there was money at home, so Wen Yu naturally took care of it.
She made it, and the money was so much spent at that time, but she started to feel distressed when she came back.
Fortunately, it was still early in the month, so after buying food, the Wen family and the Wang family planned to go to the market to set up stalls.
However, in just a few days, the weather outside had already changed. When they went to the market again, there were actually a few new faces wandering around the city gate, and the fee to enter the city had increased from one penny to one or two silver dollars overnight.
Fortunately, Wenxin has always been on good terms with the gatekeeper. Seeing that he was an old acquaintance, the man changed his mind and said, "There has been chaos here recently, and the management has become more and more strict. For the sake of safety, you should not come over to set up stalls for the time being."
The gatekeeper kindly reminded Wen Wen that he was not uninterested, so he secretly stuffed him with two taels of silver and then turned around and left.
On the way back, Wen Xin said: "We are old acquaintances with that eldest brother. He has taken so many benefits from our family, so he shouldn't lie to us."
"Probably not. Every day when we go to the city, we will bring him a copy of whatever it is. Although it is a small gadget, the fact that the elder brother did not refuse can be regarded as accepting our favor. The situation must be serious, otherwise it would not be possible.
Remind us." Wen Yu analyzed.
"That means our stall-setting career is temporarily over."
Wang Chuncui doesn't care. She works part-time and earns money every day, but when she thinks about the chaos outside, the village will be affected.
Wen Yu said: "Go back and talk to the village chief later."
Unexpectedly, when we returned to the village, the village chief hadn't gone there yet, but he met Aunt Wang at the entrance of the village.
While still sitting in the carriage, Wang Chuncui shouted: "Mother, mother."
Aunt Wang turned back in confusion and saw that the carriage that had just left had come back again. She quickly asked: "What's wrong? Why are you back so soon?"
Wen Jin stopped the donkey cart and picked up Aunt Wang first. Then Wang Chuncui said: "Mom, it seems like there is really chaos outside. Yesterday our entrance fee was 1 penny, today it has been increased to 1 tael of silver.
Moreover, there were many refugees outside the city gate, and the look in their eyes made me worried that they were going to eat me. In addition, the gatekeeper also said that we should come back, so we came back."
"Is it already such a mess outside?" Aunt Wang nodded repeatedly, "You are right to do this. Making money is not as important as life. If this is the case, we will not go to the market in the future."
But if their family doesn't go, what about the Wen family, "Yu'er, you should also rest for a while. We will save too many refugees and worry about you again."
Wen Yu nodded and said: "We think so too. Let's divide these glutinous rice cakes today. All the savings will be wasted."
Aunt Wang saw that there was indeed a lot of glutinous rice cake. No matter how much the Wen family had, they couldn't finish it, so she didn't refuse, "Okay, it will be a waste if it's broken, so I accepted it shamelessly."
At this point, even if the busy farming season has not yet arrived, the cooperation between the Wen and Wang families can only be forced to stop.
The group of people returned home and parked the donkey cart first. Wen Yu ran to the village chief's house without stopping and told the village chief the news.
After hearing this, the village chief frowned and responded, "Okay, I understand, Yu'er is interested."
After sending Wen Yu away, the village chief immediately summoned the strong men in the village to take turns keeping vigil to ensure the safety of the villagers.
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As for the world outside, the village chief did not explain it. Those who have not left the village naturally cannot feel it, but those who know the situation feel like a big stone has accumulated in their hearts, and they cannot rest peacefully all day long.
Wang Xiaoni fainted in this state, and when she woke up, she heard the news that she was more than two months pregnant.
Aunt Wang was so happy because this was the first grandchild of the old Wang family, but it was not a good thing for a pregnant woman to think too much.
"Nier, what do you think you are thinking about? How come you are overthinking it?" Wang Zhenglai asked doubtfully.
"Didn't I hear you say that the world is too chaotic? I haven't seen my parents for a long time, and I'm worried that something will happen."
As soon as she heard about this matter, Aunt Wang said: "This is easy to handle. Aren't you happy? I'll ask Zheng Lai and his father to go to your village to send a message. Let's buy a lot of grain. Then
I’ll send some to your family, even if your parents didn’t prepare any food, you should be fine for the time being.”
There was no blame in Aunt Wang's tone. Instead, there was a feeling of mutual support, but this was only short-lived. After all, there were many people in Wang Xiaoni's family, so we couldn't always rely on their family for financial support.
Wang Xiaoni really didn't know what to say other than being grateful, "Thank you, mother."
"Okay, you have a good rest, you can go now."
As soon as the Wang family and his son were sent away, Aunt Wang saw Lan Hua running towards the Wen family in a hurry.
Seeing the anxious look on her face, she immediately guessed that something happened at Wenwan's place and hurriedly ran over.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Wen's house, he heard Lanhua say: "Uncle, girl, mother is about to give birth."
Wen Wan is pregnant with multiples, so it stands to reason that it will definitely happen early, but considering that it is only 8 months now, it is too early, and Lan Hua's anxious look doesn't look like it started naturally.
Wen Xin asked: "Why did you suddenly give birth? I didn't hear any noise before."
"My mother usually doesn't move in bed, but for some reason she got out of bed today, and then she fell. My father couldn't hold her steady and she fell again. After the second fall, she started to bleed. Aunt Zeng