Hearing this, Mrs. Sun mocked and said: "We can't learn from your magnanimity. You can share everything, even your own man on someone else's bed."
Hearing this, everyone covered their mouths and snickered.
There was a widow at the end of the village next door, and many men from nearby villages who were fond of stealing ran to the widow's house and were seen many times.
She caught Zhou's man by herself, and the two started fighting in front of the widow's door. When Zhou wanted to hit the widow, her man slapped her twice.
For a while, people who didn't deal with Zhou used this incident to ridicule her.
Zhou's face turned red with anger, and the two of them started shouting at each other with guns and sticks.
Several people in the crowd who really wanted to borrow some food couldn't help but become anxious when they saw Mrs. Zhou scolding her again.
In the end, several women covered her mouth and pulled her back.
The middle-aged man who had just spoken had to stand up again and said: "We also know that we shouldn't come, but the food at home is almost at the end. Jiang Xiucai is kind, so please help us."
"Yes, your girl was not in good health when she was little, so we all added some cloth to make her clothes. We won't let you give the food for free, we will pay for it."
"Yes, yes, we will pay for it." After the man finished speaking, he smiled awkwardly and said, "It's just that the price can be cheaper than at the grain store."
Today's food prices are already two or three times higher than normal food prices, and some people cannot afford to buy food even if they want to.
Jiang Yuchao saw his daughter giving him a look, and understood that she was asking him to be a good person, so he stood next to her and said.
"Our family also knows everyone's difficulties, but our food is only that much, and we can only squeeze out part of the food." Jiang Yuchao glanced at the few people who had just clamored for them to take out all the food and the food that was given to them for free.
, then continued.
"Just because we are willing to help doesn't mean we are benevolent people, so we only sell this food to some people."
Jiang Yulai also stood up immediately and said: "Except for the people who collect grain from us at home, we won't sell it. We won't sell the rest, you, you, you... and you."
The ones Jiang Yulai pointed out happened to be the ones who had just incited the crowd to stir up trouble.
Mrs. Zhou happened to be among these people. When she heard this, she shouted: "Why don't you sell it to me? You can avenge your personal revenge."
"Just because this food belongs to our family." Zhang said mercilessly to her.
She has not forgotten that Jiang Zhilan pushed her daughter into the river.
"Those who want to buy food can go home and prepare money and food bags now. We won't wait until later." After Jiang Zhiyue said this, she and the Jiang family returned to the yard.
Some of the people outside happily ran home, while others stood outside the door cursing. After a while, the news that Jiang Xiucai's family was willing to sell food to everyone spread in Jiangjia Village, and even those who received the food
Everyone came to see the excitement.
At this time, in the Jiang family's yard, everyone worked together to bring up part of the grain from the cellar.
Originally, Xiao Wang's father, Wang Fugui, was wondering why they wanted to sell the grain. Xiao Wang explained to him that they had bought a lot of grain in advance.
There are a total of 108 households in Jiangjia Village. Excluding the more than 40 households that have collected grain and the dozen or so households just listed, there are only about 50 households left.
They have enough food, so they don't have to worry about it. It can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating merit.
People who came to buy food lined up in a queue outside, and whoever's turn it was was let into the yard.
Wulang and Liulang were guarding the door like little doorkeepers, closing the door when someone came in, and letting someone in after the purchase was completed.
Jiang Yulai has already made it clear in front of everyone outside, and they don't have to worry about being separated and entering the Jiang family's house to see who will take the price.
And after seeing Jiang Zhiyue holding a knife to someone's neck without blinking an eye, no one dared to cause trouble.
The Jiang family sells grain based on the number of people in the family buying grain. No matter how big or small, one person can buy five more kilograms of grain.
The people who came to buy grain didn't have any objections, and the process of weighing the grain was always filled with thanks.
When he was finally about to call it a day, Jiang Zhilan came in with Mr. Zhou.
Jiang Zhiyue looked at Jiang Zhilan, who was trying hard to smile, expressionlessly, and said, "I remember my third uncle said I won't sell you food, so you can leave."
"Sister Zhiyue, don't take it to heart if my mother made you angry this afternoon. She didn't mean it." Jiang Zhilan came over and wanted to hold Jiang Zhiyue's arm, but she dodged her.
She lowered her head sadly, shed tears, and said in a tearful tone: "I know sister Zhiyue is still angry with me, but I really pushed you into the water accidentally. The two of us
The relationship is the best, how could I do that."
Jiang Zhilan was really forced to do this because her family didn't have much food. Her mother said that if she couldn't get Jiang Zhiyue to agree to sell food to them, she would save her rations for her brother.
But if there were outsiders, Jiang Zhilan's behavior would probably make a few people feel distressed, but now there are only the Jiang family and Xiao Wang's natal family in the closed courtyard.
Everyone in the Jiang family knew what was going on, but the Wang family, who didn't know the situation, was on the side of the Jiang family.
Seeing that her father and elder brother were confused, little Wang stood aside and told what Jiang Zhilan had done.
Jiang Zhiyue sneered and said, "If your crying behavior were put in front of Chen Zhicai, it might cause a splash... Oh, by the way, I remember that the people in the town sent a lot of food to Chen Zhicai the day before yesterday. Why don't you see him sending some to your house?
.”
Chen Zhicai was still at the county school on the day Hengrong informed the villagers to collect grain in advance. He did not come back until the third day of harvesting. After inquiring about the situation, he asked his parents to start collecting grain.
But it was too late. Before a quarter of the food in the fields could be recovered, heavy rain began to pour down. Then locusts came again, and all the food in the fields was gone.
The food delivered to Chen's family the day before yesterday was sent to him by his fiancée in the town.
I just don't know if his fiancée would regret her current behavior if she knew that Chen Zhicai was a half-hearted and reckless person.
Jiang Zhilan's eyes really lit up when she heard this. She thought that when they were making out that day, Brother Chen said that he would take her as a concubine if he won the election, so it would be okay to go to him for some food.
Zhou didn't know the inside story, so she said, "It doesn't matter what the Wang family does, just tell us whether you are willing to give us food."
The Jiang family was disgusted by Zhou's shamelessness. It turned out that she didn't want to buy food but wanted to buy nothing.
But they saw that Jiang Zhiyue had her thoughts, so they didn't answer.
Jiang Zhiyue looked surprised and asked: "Don't you know? Your daughter has a physical relationship with Chen Xiucai, why is it not worth this food?"
Jiang Zhilan's eyes averted. How did Jiang Zhiyue know that she and Brother Chen had a physical relationship?
Jiang Zhiyue stared at Jiang Zhilan's rich expression with interest. In her previous life, she had studied investigative psychology for a period of time due to a mission.
She was talking about the time she used her supernatural powers to control Chen Zhicai when she went up the mountain. It seemed that there was something more interesting in this.
Just as she thought, after Chen Zhicai and Jiang Zhilan touched the taboo that day, Jiang Zhilan went to see Chen Zhicai a few more times, and then they ended up getting together naturally.
Seeing that there was something unclear about Jiang Zhilan's expression, Mrs. Zhou angrily twisted her arm.
Although her daughter is not as good-looking as Jiang Zhiyue, she is still a pretty girl from ten miles and eight villages. She has not married her out because she wants to find a good family. Although Chen Zhicai is a scholar, his family is very poor... She actually
How dare you give yourself away like this!
No, she couldn't bear the loss. She had to go to the Chen family to seek justice for her daughter.
Mrs. Zhou dragged Jiang Zhilan out of the Jiang family's yard with a panicked look and a hint of joy, still cursing as she left.
But this time the target of the curse became Chen Zhicai.
When Zhou and Jiang Zhilan entered, they saw many people waiting outside the door of the Jiang family. They were curious whether the Jiang family would sell food to them.
So when Zhou came out cursing, there were still many people waiting, and the melon-eaters no longer squatted in front of Jiang's house, but moved their positions with Zhou.
Selling grain to the villagers just took up a lot of time, and it was even past lunch time, but fortunately, I had already eaten in another shift when I just sold grain.
"Second uncle and third uncle will go to town with me again and buy two ox carts." Jiang Zhiyue said.
I haven't been to town for a few days, and I don't know what the situation is now, so I just wanted to go and find out the situation.
"Okay, let's go now, it will be dark later," Jiang Yulai said.
Instead of driving the ox cart, the three of them walked to the town and arrived in less than half an hour.
The Guzhen at this time was very different from the first time in Jiang Zhiyue's memory. There were only a few vendors hawking on the streets, and even the passers-by looked downcast.
The three of them went straight to the horse market with a clear goal. The gatekeeper was still the guy who received them last time.
The guy obviously still remembered this girl who was dressed simply but had an aura that didn't match her.
Seeing them, the clerk came up with a smile and asked: "Girl, you are here again, what do you want to buy this time?"
"Oxcart, please take us to see it." Jiang Zhiyue answered briefly.
The man didn't think there was anything wrong with her attitude and took them to the backyard where the livestock was kept.
Jiang Zhiyue glanced over and saw that there were only two cows, a mule and a horse left here.
With no choice, Jiang Zhiyue asked for the remaining two cows and asked the waiters to help put them on the cart. One of them asked for a frame with a carriage.
She also thought that little Wang was still pregnant, and since she had the conditions, she still wanted to make her comfortable during the journey.
The frames are all ready-made and just need to be put on the cow. Jiang Zhiyue looked at the busy and sweaty man and reminded him kindly: "The world is in chaos these days, so it's best for the man to be prepared in advance."
The clerk was stunned when he heard this, thinking that they had bought two more ox carts, and maybe they had heard some news.
Then he smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you for your kindness, miss, but this is the last day we will be open today. We will go to the master when he comes."
"Let me also give this girl a heads up. I heard that there are a lot of homeless people surrounding the county town right now. I want to force the county magistrate to open a warehouse to release grain. I think it's probably not good."
Jiang Zhiyue said: "Thank you man for informing me."
After the ox cart was hitched, Jiang Zhiyue paid the money and left with Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai.
After walking not far, a panicked middle-aged man ran towards him. The man's face was pale and his clothes were messy. Jiang Yulai quickly stopped the cattle cart to avoid hitting him.
Jiang Yulai frowned and was interrupted by the man's panicked voice just as he was about to say to tell him to be more careful while walking.
"The county seat, the county seat is broken down, and the refugees have invaded the county government office."
Jiang Zhiyue was originally sitting in the carriage. When she heard this, she suddenly opened the curtain and asked, "What's going on? Please explain it clearly."
The middle-aged man looked at Jiang Zhiyue who came out of the curtain, felt the pressure coming from her body, and actually subconsciously told her what she said.
"A large number of refugees gathered outside the county town. I originally wanted to go to the county town to buy food, but the refugees outside were crazy. After entering the city, they rushed to the county government office and started to rob other people's food before they found the county magistrate. It was difficult for me
The little food I bought was snatched away by the refugees."
After hearing the news, Jiang Zhiyue asked, seemingly unintentionally: "How much food did they steal from you?"
"Two...two kilograms of rice," the man said smoothly.
Jiang Zhiyue turned around and took out a cloth bag from the carriage and threw it towards the man. He subconsciously took it in his hand and looked at it. It turned out to be rice!
A little more than what he managed to buy in the county.
Before Jiang Zhiyue returned to the carriage, she said: "Let's go quickly."
I don’t know to whom this was said, but both parties responded.
Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai shook the whips in their hands in perfect agreement. The man glanced gratefully in that direction and ran away quickly.
When the people who were watching suddenly came to their senses, they realized that they had been in a daze. Not only had the girl who gave them food had left, but even the middle-aged man was nowhere to be seen.
Everyone was annoyed that they didn't react just now, but they didn't continue to worry about it. They all heard what the middle-aged man said just now. The refugees have invaded the county. Will they come to them again? They have to go home quickly and inform their families.
Click to pack up and run.
Jiang Yulai was also talking about this here. He asked doubtfully: "Yue Yatou, why did you just give that person so much food?"
Remember that the first lesson Jiang Zhiyue taught them was not to show kindness randomly.
Jiang Zhiyue said that because she was afraid that they would be too kind and cause trouble. She was afraid that she would not be able to guard them all the time on the way to escape, so she had to let them understand these principles in advance.
She explained: "What suddenly appeared in the little treasure box that grandpa gave me should be for me to thank him for telling us the news."
The few kilograms of food she just gave to the middle-aged man was indeed a thank you for telling them the news.
"That's it." Jiang Yulai didn't dwell too much. In his opinion, the little treasure box belonged to her niece. It didn't matter what was in it or what she wanted to use it for. He just asked out of curiosity.
But thinking of what the middle-aged man said, he asked in a serious tone: "Should we tell everyone what that man just said?"
"When we get back, grandpa and I will go to Henrong's house and tell him. Whether they want to believe it or not is none of our business. Let's pack our things when we get back."
"Okay." Jiang Yulai sped up the car, and Jiang Yuqing behind him quickly followed.