Chapter 4 Grain, clothing and weapons must be stockpiled
Chapter 4 Food, clothing, and weapons must be gathered
Everyone in the Jiang family was shocked when they saw the apple suddenly appearing in Jiang Zhiyue's hand!
Who is he? Where is he? What just happened?
There are no apples in this season now, and even the apples I bought in the town in the past were small and green.
They turned their attention to Jiang Zhiyue's face again, but the difference was that their eyes now revealed shock.
The room suddenly became quiet. Even the youngest Wulang and Liulang felt something was wrong in the atmosphere and stopped making any sound.
In just a short period of time, many thoughts passed through the minds of everyone in the Jiang family, but Jiang Zhiyue didn't see greed in their eyes, and she felt a little better.
When Mrs. Zhang came back to her senses, she quickly glanced at the door and saw that the door was tightly closed. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is also the grandpa in your dream..." Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to describe this scene.
But Jiang Zhiyue understood what they wanted to know, and answered with a simple and joyful expression: "Well, he said that various things will appear in this treasure box, but I'm not familiar with it yet...hehe."
"You stupid fool, wouldn't you be looked down upon by others if you have such ability, and you still laugh?" Old Mrs. Jiang patted Jiang Zhiyue on the arm, and suddenly she felt that her granddaughter was heartless and not afraid.
Mrs. Jiang's worry was not unreasonable. Others also thought of it when she mentioned it, and her shock turned into worry.
Old Mrs. Jiang looked around and warned: "This is our family's secret. If anyone dares to tell anyone about it, we, Old Jiang, will be considered as non-members of our family."
After saying that, she said to Jiang Zhiyue: "You too, be careful in front of outsiders and don't let others see you."
Jiang Zhiyue was moved and felt that she had believed in the wrong person.
You are right to praise me, Jiang Zhiyue said with a smile: "I believe you will not harm me."
She was an orphan in her last life, and was used by superiors because of her superpowers, but she never dared to expose her space ability. Now she has no choice but to do so, but fortunately, she is very happy that it is people like the Jiang family.
Touched, Jiang Zhiyue agreed with a smile, otherwise she would have been slapped again when she saw her breasts.
Others in the room also responded with serious faces, saying that they would definitely keep this matter to themselves and would not speak out.
After warning them, Mrs. Jiang asked curiously: "It's so magical. You have everything you want. Do you have food and money?"
Jiang Zhiyue thought to herself, you really guessed it right. Without money, you can have countless food, but of course she couldn't say that.
"No, I'm not sure what will happen." Jiang Zhiyue explained, and then as if she remembered something, she picked up a silver ingot on the table, and then the silver disappeared from her hand.
"My dear granddaughter, where is our money? Is it gone?" Mrs. Jiang asked distressedly.
"It can be put into that little treasure box." After Jiang Zhiyue finished speaking, he took out the silver again, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
What Jiang Zhiyue revealed was also for her convenience in the future. As long as the Jiang family did not suspect her or even had the Jiang family to cover her up, it would be much easier for her.
When Liulang saw that everyone was silent, he looked at the apple held by Jiang Zhiyue and drooled: "Sister, I want to eat it."
Jiang Zhiyue handed the apple to Shiro and asked him to wash it and cut it into four pieces for the four of them to eat.
Shiro took the apple and ran out to wash it, but what he brought back was a small bowl with the apple cut into twelve small pieces, each person could have a bite.
Jiang Zhiyue touched his head and praised him. The children in the Jiang family were indeed well taught.
Everyone took a bite. It was crispy in the mouth, full of juice, and the sweet and sour taste exploded in their mouths. It was so delicious that they bubbled with happiness.
Jiang Zhiyue reached out and touched Liulang's head, who was licking his fingers, and said, "How about I wait until my sister has something delicious to eat before giving it to Liulang."
"Okay." Liulang cupped Jiang Zhiyue's hand and replied happily.
Jiang Zhiyue returned to the topic just now, and this time everyone paid much attention to it.
It is precisely because of their attention that they feel a little heavy. If there is really going to be a big disaster, what should they do?
Mr. Jiang knocked on the ash bag, sighed and said: "I would rather believe it than believe it, but we have to discuss this matter again. I have a quick brain. We will talk about this matter when he comes back in the evening."
But when Jiang Yuchao came back in the evening and heard the news, everyone became more convinced of what Jiang Zhiyue said.
"The emperor is in poor health. He has not yet established a prince. I heard that several princes in the fiefdom have gone to the capital. I thought... they all want to compete for this position." Jiang Yuchao said in a rather serious tone.
"Okay, why did this happen?" Mrs. Jiang said with a frown.
Jiang Yuchao teaches in a school in the town and has some connections. This is what he heard from others today.
Jiang Zhiyue was not surprised when she heard the news. It also corresponded to the content in the book. The emperor was old and unwilling to give up the throne. He wanted to live forever and began to refine elixirs. He had many sons and the disputes between several princes were fierce.
It's really about seeing blood.
When Jiang Yuchao came back, Mrs. Zhang told her the incredible things that happened to Jiang Zhiyue.
Jiang Yuchao considered it for a while and asked: "In the girl's dream... did the old man tell you what kind of disaster happened to us, so that we can avoid it."
"Severe drought, earthquake, locust plague..." Jiang Zhiyue replied: "Although we don't know exactly where the disaster will occur, our situation is not very good. Unless something unexpected happens, we won't be able to stay."
"Can you analyze the current situation and what do you think we should do?" Jiang Yuchao sat on the bench and looked at Jiang Zhiyue with a serious tone, like a strict teacher who tortures students.
Jiang Zhiyue met Jiang Yuchao's eyes and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Dad, what you are talking about is the turmoil in the court, and the warning you gave me is various natural disasters and the people at the bottom. If everything is fake, we can all be safe.
, but even if my dream is even remotely true, if we don’t prepare anything, it will be an extremely unfavorable situation for us.”
"It is precisely because of the turmoil in the court that even if there is a disaster below, the princes in the court will check each other and it will be impossible for us to rescue us in time, so we can only save ourselves."
"Since we have received such a warning in advance, we must make good use of it. Not only do we need to stock up on food, but we also need to buy weapons. Everyone must also follow me to exercise. After all, we must be able to protect ourselves no matter what happens."
After Jiang Zhiyue finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Yuchao with a smile: "Dad, just do as I say. What do you think?"
Jiang Yuchao laughed. This girl, while talking, actually got them around and arranged things directly.
What a pity. If he were a man with such intelligence and courage, he would have achieved great success.
"Then we will listen to my girl in the next few days, and let's take a gamble." Jiang Yuchao's voice was a little louder, as if to encourage him.
Mr. Jiang lowered his eyes: "Maybe God wants to give our Jiang family a way to survive."
Old Mrs. Jiang also put her hands together and bowed in the direction outside: "Our girl is indeed blessed. When my wife gave birth to her, there were magpies on the eaves announcing the good news."
"Whatever you think should be done next, just do it, we all believe in you." Jiang Yuchao said to Jiang Zhiyue.
No one else has any objections. In the Jiang family, Jiang Yuchao's words are the most important one besides Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang.
Jiang Zhiyue feels that the greatest advantage of the Jiang family is that they are united.
After gaining the trust of everyone in the Jiang family, Jiang Zhiyue began to arrange tasks for them according to the plan in her heart.
Rather than hurry up, she decided to start preparations early tomorrow morning.
Jiang Yuchao, Dalang and Erlang still went to school in the town as usual. Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai were arranged by Jiang Zhiyue to go to a few more places to inquire about food prices and buy food. The rest of them dug cellars at home and bought food.
It would be nice to have a place to put it later.
Jiang Zhiyue planned to go to the town to buy some fabrics or ready-made clothes, and prepare some clothes in advance.
In addition, Jiang Zhiyue also planned to teach them some self-defense skills. She also thought of an excuse and said that the grandfather in the dream taught her self-defense.
Early the next morning, everyone in the Jiang family was busy working according to their assigned tasks.
Because Jiang Zhiyue got up late, she was unable to catch up with the two brothers Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai to go to town.
It was already noon when the two came back again.
"Brown rice costs fifteen cents per catty? Isn't it usually twelve cents per catty?" asked Sun in surprise.
"Not only that, but the prices of yellow rice, millet and flour have also increased. Although the price increase is only a few cents per pound, it will cost a lot more if we store grain. If we can't make up our mind, we will come back and ask.
"Jiang Yuqing replied with a sad face.
Jiang Zhiyue, who had just returned from the mountain, happened to hear what Jiang Yuqing said.
When people in the hospital saw Jiang Zhiyue coming back, they subconsciously looked at her.
Jiang Zhiyue thought of what Jiang Yuqing said and said after thinking: "This should be just the beginning. The sudden increase in prices in the grain store shows that the people behind him have got some news, so we have to step up our efforts to stock up on grains. Maybe the prices will continue to rise."
When Jiang Yuqing and the others heard this, they felt it made sense, otherwise they would have suffered even more losses if they waited until the price went up again to buy it.
Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai immediately planned to go to the town to order the food. They were afraid that if they went there any later, the price of food would increase again.
Jiang Zhiyue also decided to go to town, but the three of them still had lunch at home.
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In Guzhen, the scorching sun hangs high in the sky. Because of the hot weather, there are fewer people walking on the streets.
"Girl, let's go to the grain store on West Street to buy some. I took a look today and their grain looks fresher," Jiang Yulai said.
When Jiang Zhiyue heard what he said, she gave him a thumbs up. She originally asked them to inquire about a few more grain stores in order to find more cost-effective grains to buy.
Unexpectedly, the two of them not only inquired about the price, but also found out the quality. Jiang Zhiyue was amazed in her heart.
But he still shook his head and said: "Let's go to the horse market to buy an ox cart first."
Because Jiang Zhiyue has a small treasure box that she can take and put in, except for some copper coins, all the money is now on her.
Mrs. Jiang said that she would not be afraid of losing it this way, otherwise she would feel uneasy having so much money hidden at home.
Jiang Zhiyue did not refuse, but she planned to keep accounts every day, otherwise no matter how close she was, she would not be able to stop the suspicion in her heart.
At noon, there were very few people in the horse market. The clerks inside were leaning against the door rails and taking a nap.
"Hey, buddy, hey, hey." Jiang Yulai stepped forward to call someone, but when there was no movement, he pushed twice.
The waiter was suddenly awakened and apologized hurriedly before opening his eyes: "I'm not lazy, shopkeeper, I'm not lazy."
"Come back to your senses, we need to buy livestock." Jiang Zhiyue reminded, standing behind Jiang Yulai.
The cold voice reached the waiter's ears, and he finally came to his senses. It turned out that he was not the shopkeeper, which shocked him.
The waiter smiled awkwardly and asked: "Guests, are you buying cattle or mules?"
There are horses, cattle and mules for sale in the horse market, but most of the people who come to buy carriages are rich families in the town. The three people in front of them are still wearing patched clothes. They are obviously not among those who can buy horses, so the man
That's why you ask them.
And Jiang Zhiyue didn't want to buy a horse. The price of a horse was much more expensive than that of a cow, and it was too conspicuous, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Jiang Yulai turned to look at Jiang Zhiyue and asked her opinion.
"Let's buy a cow. Let's take a look at it."
"Okay, sir, come with me." The waiter took Jiang Zhiyue and the others to the backyard, where there were many livestock grazing.
I'm not familiar with Jiang Zhiyue, but I want Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai to do this.
Jiang Yuqing touched one and looked at that, and after a while he selected a cow that looked particularly energetic.
Jiang Zhiyue also asked him to pick out an ox cart and asked the waiter to help put it on. In the end, Jiang Yulai bargained with the waiter and gave him seventeen taels of silver.
Jiang Yuqing knew how to drive an ox cart. After Jiang Zhiyue and Jiang Yulai sat firmly on the edge of the ox cart, they let Jiang Yuqing drive the ox cart to the grain store.
The grain store Jiang Yulai mentioned is not far from here, and you can get there in just a cup of tea.
Jiang Yuqing was watching the bullock carts outside, while Jiang Zhiyue and Jiang Yulai went in to buy grain.
Jiang Yulai had already found out the price, and the two of them went in and started buying immediately.
Brown rice, millet, rice and flour each cost two hundred kilograms. Jiang Zhiyue saw that the sacks here could hold almost one hundred kilograms of grain. They wanted eight bags.
The waiters in the store helped carry the grain to the bullock cart outside.
After buying food, Jiang Zhiyue and the others went to a clothing store.
There are ready-made clothes and cloth in the shop. Ready-made clothes are relatively expensive. Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai originally planned to buy fabrics and wait for their families to make the clothes after returning. Jiang Zhiyue thought that they were wasting time making clothes, which was very special.
It hurt my eyes, so I just bought two pairs of ready-made clothes for each person.
In addition, I bought five pieces of cloth and some soft fabrics. I plan to give them to little Wang after I go back and let her make small clothes for the baby in her belly.
Jiang Yulai was touched again when she saw that Jiang Zhiyue actually thought about his unborn child.
Jiang Yulai said in a loud voice: "Girl Yue, my third uncle will definitely treat you as his own daughter from now on!"
Jiang Zhiyue pushed his handsome face away, looked at Jiang Yulai and smiled sadly: "Uncle San means that his love for me before was all fake."
"How is that possible? Uncle San's love for you can be seen from the sun and the moon. Girl Yue, you can't misunderstand me, otherwise I will remove a layer of skin from your breasts when you go back." Jiang Yulai explained quickly.
The two of them chatted and laughed while holding their clothes and putting them on the oxcart. The food was placed in the middle and back of the oxcart, and the clothes and cloth were placed in the front. Jiang Zhiyue and Jiang Yulai sat comfortably on it.
After all the shopping, it was getting dark. The big boys and the second boys in the town had already finished school, and all the shops in the town were closed.
Jiang Yuqing drove the ox cart in the direction of Jiangjiacun.