Chapter 142: Into the City
Thank you very much for the late Ming Dynasty's Filthy Earth Reincarnation (1888), Dulu Fox (1888), Don't Sweep the Snow 2 (588), Eagle Flying March (588), Late Autumn Dream Chasing (588), IU_ (200), Don't Sweep the Snow (100), and Teenager Standing Straight Forward (100) for their tips!
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"Don't do it three times!" Luo Xin pondered and said, "Dad, an ox cart can pull 1,500 catties of grain at once, right?" ”
"Yes! It can pull up to 2,000 catties of grain, and the county seat is less than 20 miles away from our village, so there is no problem. ”
"That's good! Dad, let's leave today, and in the afternoon, the three of us will go to the county seat and buy 1,500 catties of grain at a time. By the time I left Xiancheng, it was almost sunset. Let's go slowly, and when we get back to the village, it's almost midnight, and no one will notice that we're back, and the people in the village are already asleep this season, and with the martial arts of our three masters, we're not afraid of accidents. ”
"Good!" This time, Luo Ping didn't hesitate at all, stood up and said, "Qing'er, the two of us hurry up to the field to get rid of it, and after eating at noon, the three of us will go into the city." ”
"Hey!"
Afternoon.
Luo Ping drove the ox cart, Luo Xin sat on the ox cart, Luo Qing rode a horse, and the three of them entered the city. On the way, a neighbor asked:
"Second brother, this family is going to the city?"
"Hmmm! Xin'er had something to do when she went to the city, so Qing'er and I went to the county seat to visit friends. ”
After the three entered the city, Luo Xin did not visit Lu Tingfang, nor did he go to see Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun. went directly to buy 1,500 catties of grain, and then the three of them left the county seat.
Near midnight, the three of them drove the ox cart into the village quietly, returned home, and temporarily put 1,500 catties of grain into the cellar, and in the next few days, Luo Ping and Luo Qing quietly dug a cellar and put the grain into the newly dug cellar. This cellar was dug in the east wing, and then covered with green bricks, so that no one could see it.
this day.
Luo Xin was reading in the house when he saw his eldest brother walking in angrily. Luo Xin smiled. He knew that his father would remind his grandfather of the matter of buying food today, and looking at the appearance of the eldest brother, it should be that the father was scolded.
"What's wrong, big brother?"
"What else can I do?" Luo Qing snorted angrily and said: "Dad reminded grandpa about buying grain in the field, and grandpa said that there will be no food shortage this year at all, but the harvest will be less." Buying so much grain and putting it at home is a pure loser. I don't know how to live with a little money. ”
Luo Xin smiled: "What did Dad say? ”
"Dad didn't say anything, so he went back to work in our fields, but his face was not good-looking." Luo Qing said sullenly.
"Hmph, look what they say when they come to our house to ask for food!" The mother's angry voice came from the east wing.
Luo Qing and Luo Xinge looked at each other and smiled. Luo Xin put down the book and stood up and said, "Big brother, I'll go to the teacher's place." ”
"Hey!"
The reason why Luo Xin went to Lin Chang's house was to tell the teacher about the drought and ask the teacher to prepare some food. When he came to the teacher's house and told him his suggestion, and told the teacher that his family was going to go to the county seat tomorrow to buy five hundred catties of grain, Lin Chang thought about it for a while. So he took two taels of silver and handed them to Luo Xin, and asked Luo Xin's family to bring him back 200 catties of grain.
Coming out of the teacher's house, Luo Xin went to Zhang Shu's house again, he didn't come to Zhang Shu's house to let Zhang Shu's family also buy grain, Zhang Shu's family belonged to the rich class, as long as he didn't sell a lot of grain during the autumn harvest, he wouldn't starve to death, the purpose of his visit was to remind Zhang Shu not to sell grain like before during the autumn harvest, to leave enough food.
This is a trivial matter for Zhang Shu, and he thanked Luo Xin very happily and left Luo Xin for dinner. Thinking of getting drunk at Zhang Shu's house that day, Luo was shocked by confidence, and hurriedly excused himself and left.
The next day.
Luo Pingye and the three of them set off for the county seat again, and this time they did not hide their purpose. When someone asked, Luo Ping made a worried statement:
"Look at this situation, the harvest of the autumn harvest may not be good, go to the county seat to buy some food to prepare."
The people in the village looked at Luo Ping's family of three like fools, isn't this money to burn? Isn't this going to be a drought? Luo Heng heard that Luo Ping's family really went to buy food, so he knocked the cigarette pouch on the table and said:
"Loser!"
Besides, Luo Ping's family was walking on the way to the county seat. Luo Ping's face showed a look of worry:
"Xin'er, if this year's harvest is good, our family will be a shame in the village, your grandfather is now scolding me for being a loser, and I don't know how to scold me when the time comes, and your uncle and uncle don't know how to squeeze our family."
Luo Xin smiled: "Dad, don't worry. We can't afford to be unprepared for the sake of face. If we don't prepare, once the drought comes, I'm afraid that even if we have money, we won't be able to buy food. Even if there is no drought, we can keep it for food or sell it again. It won't be expensive to go to the county seat to buy grain now, and even if we sell it again next year, we won't lose much. Don't care what others say, we live our lives. ”
"Okay, Daddy listens to you."
There was still more than an hour before noon, and the three masters had already entered the county seat, and Luo Xin jumped off the ox cart and said to Luo Ping:
"Dad, you go buy food first, I'll go to Uncle Lu's house and my father-in-law's house, since I have this speculation, I must inform them."
"Yes, Xin'er, you can go!"
Seeing his father and eldest brother drift away, Luo Xin turned around and walked towards Lu Tingfang's house. Standing in front of the door of the Lu Mansion, a quiet feeling came to him, he stepped forward and held the door knocker, knocked lightly three times, and there was a sound of footsteps in the door.
With a "squeak", the courtyard door opened, revealing the face of the old man. looked stunned, Luo Xin hadn't been here for a few days. Because Luo Xin has already read all the books in Lu Tingfang's study! But he still said politely:
"Luo Gongzi is here."
"Uncle, is Uncle Lu at home?"
"In!"
Luo Xin nodded, and walked along the bluestone road towards the study, as if he had walked into a quiet picture scroll. He knew that under normal circumstances, Lu Tingfang was in the study. came to the door, raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door, and sure enough, Lu Tingfang's voice:
"Come in!"
Luo Xin pushed open the door and walked in, Lu Tingfang was slightly flustered: "Xin'er, why are you here today?" ”
"Meet Uncle Lu!" Luo Xin still unhurriedly gave Lu Tingfang a graceful salute, and Lu Tingfang nodded with satisfaction:
"Sit down!"
"Uncle Xie Lu!" After Luo Xin sat down, he didn't wait for Lu Tingfang to open his mouth and said, "Uncle Lu, Xin'er came here today for something. ”
"What?" Lu Tingfang leaned back on the back of the chair and looked at Luo Xin.
Xin'er feels that this year's situation will not be good, although it will not cause a big drought, but I am afraid that the drought will not be less, and I ask my uncle to make some preparations as soon as possible. Of course......" Luo Xin's face showed a hint of shame and said: "Maybe Xin'er is worried about the sky, but be prepared." ”
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*(To be continued.) )