Zhou Qi, Zhou Xihu, and the three of them got up, and naturally someone came over to serve and freshen up, and they were busy, and the officials were led to eat somewhere else, and Zhou Xihu's uncle and nephew were invited to a separate restaurant, and the things were all laid out, and the porridge bowl was steaming, and it looked like it had just been served.

More than a dozen small pickles, there are fritters, steamed buns, steamed buns next to them, in addition to two kinds of porridge, there are also soy milk and tofu brain, and bean curd and leek flowers are placed over there.

Zhou Qi originally thought that he would drink it again from the morning, but he didn't expect that some ordinary things were prepared here, and the small pickles were just meat and vegetarian, without any other big meal.

This time, the old ladies of the two families of Zhang and Wang did not come out, only Zhang's father came to sit with him, and there were only three people in the whole hall.

"Brother Yongcheng, I don't know which one to choose with so many things, it's better to take some down and give them to the people at noon, when the people are hungry."

Father Zhang didn't expect this Zhou Qi to ask such a question, and replied with a smile: "Brother Miao Ran doesn't have to worry about this, now the people in the courtyard, except for those who are still doing things, are all eating, and these things must be fried in oil at noon, otherwise the next person will not eat them." ”

Yesterday, Zhang's father also called Zhou Qi an adult, but Zhou Qi refused, so he called the word.

Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, picked up a bun, brought it to his mouth and said, "Could it be that the Zhang family Zhuangzi is still in charge of the people's breakfast?" ”

"Brother Miao Ran has never been here, so naturally I don't know the situation here, don't say it's the Zhang family Zhuangzi, even the same is true of the Wang family Zhuangzi, in addition to three meals a day, the night watchman also has a supper." Father Zhang said to Zhou Qi.

"Why do you do that? You eat a lot of things every day, right? "Zhou Qi's own mansion is not like this, the next person has two meals a day, and when he arrived in Zhuangzi, he heard such an unbelievable thing.

"Brother Miao Ran must not believe it, it is better to let Xiaohu take a look." Zhang's father said to Zhou Qi, in fact, he just asked Zhou Xihu to check, Zhou Xihu felt that this was not good, and when he saw his uncle nodding, he had to get up and leave, and went to the yard to have a look, and when he left, he reluctantly glanced at the things on the table, but he knew that the taste of Zhang's Zhuangzi's side dishes was definitely better than eating outside.

Waiting for Zhou Xihu to leave, Zhou Qi saw that only he and Zhang's father were left in the hall, so he said: "Brother Yongcheng, I don't know what your village plans are this time?" ”

"I can't say what I plan, there is only a little trouble for Brother Miran, the two businesses that Zhuangzi and Xiaohu operate together, and they will continue to operate in the future, but in terms of income, Zhuangzi has taken too much advantage, especially the sugar, Zhuangzi has already recovered the capital, it is better to change it to a profit."

Zhang's father also deliberately took Zhou Xihu away, so that he could discuss things with Zhou Qi, and when he saw Zhou Qi asking, the first thing he mentioned was sugar.

"Brother Yongcheng, I can't be the master of this matter, when the time comes, Zhuangzi will send someone to discuss with Xiaohu, and Xiaohu thinks it is up to him to decide whether it is feasible or not." Zhou Qi didn't care about this matter, a little more and less money would not affect his position.

Father Zhang didn't have to worry about this matter, and said again: "There is another thing, Zhang Wangge and the three Zhuangzi have built a restaurant in the place of Xiaoqiao, which is remote, and I will ask Brother Miao Ran to help me at that time, Brother Miao Ran can rest assured, the dishes made in the restaurant will not weaken Brother Miao Ran's name." ”

"Oh, I see, well, I saw the place when I came, it seems to be good, I will bring someone with me." Zhou Qi didn't care about this matter, just find an excuse to come at that time, and it was not the first time to do something to support the scene.

This matter is also properly discussed, only the last thing left, Zhang's father is a little unsure how to speak, according to his meaning, that is, to send the grain, just to feel at ease, but according to the meaning of the lady, it is not only to send, but also to sell, when the time comes, the money from sending and selling is equivalent, and it cannot be lost.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "There is one more thing, there are droughts here and Taihang Mountain and Henan and other places, there is still surplus grain on Zhangjia Zhuangzi, I don't know if it can be sent there when the time comes, in order to solve the urgent need, here, Zhang Wang and the two Zhuangzi also want to buy a mountain, more than 1,000 acres, with 1,500 taels of silver, and when the county order of the time comes, this money can be used to suppress prices." ”

The third thing was said, Zhou Qi thought deeply, he finally knew why Cheng County's order told him to delay the matter of checking the land until the summer and autumn, it turned out that Zhangjia Zhuangzi hit this idea, at the end of summer, there was a shortage of grain, as long as Zhangjia Zhuangzi sold the grain at a low price, then he could get a lot of benefits, it seems that the Zhang family wants to give it for nothing.

He also knew that the grain had been purchased by the Zhang and Wang families since last year, and it was just in time for the autumn harvest season, and they had almost spent the savings of the two families, and the money earned from some later transactions.

These grains add up to 800,000 catties, and there is no need to think about these grains to solve the problem of feeding so many people, but if they solve tens of thousands of people for a few months, there is still no problem at all, and this credit is not small.

Father Zhang saw that Zhou Qi was thinking about things there, so he didn't bother, put the chopsticks on the chopstick rest, and waited there.

After a while, Zhou Qi finally spoke: "I heard that there are 800,000 catties of grain on your side, so don't you have to give it directly?" ”

"This ......." Zhang's father never thought that Zhou Qi knew so much, and it was indeed as Zhou Qi said, the family had been trying to find a way to store food, and now there are indeed these.

But these grains can't be taken out for nothing, so I have to say: "The family means to take out half of the grain and send it over, and the other half should be kept for others to help earn the capital back, I don't know what reward the court has for doing this?" ”

In this way, Zhou Qi understood, it turned out that Zhangjia Zhuangzi wanted to sell the other half at a high price and earn back the half of the money given, if he really did this, it would not only be as simple as earning it back, but at least he could get some profits.

Zhou Qi didn't feel the slightest surprise at this, who sells the grain or not? There are more big grain merchants who want to make money from disasters, since people can say so, that is, they don't treat themselves as outsiders, think about it for a while and say:

"If you can really come up with so much food, you must first let Cheng County order the table, and I will follow the table, 100 households, don't say that it is saved, and it is not impossible to go further, but when you sell food, you must find a safe person, don't make any mistakes, but I don't know who the person who dealt with the disaster this time is, otherwise I can help more."

Father Zhang listened to Zhou Qi's words, his eyes looked straight at the small dishes on the table, if someone looked closer, they would find that his pupils were no longer in focus, and he was in a state of distraction, and he didn't need to adjust the three-dimensional pictures in this state.

He didn't know what to say now, to be precise, he didn't know whether to say it according to his wife's words, or it could be said that he was the fairy son.

All of Zhou Qi's reactions were actually correct, and even the content of what he said was judged, these were all what his wife told him, but he understood that only that son and daughter-in-law had this kind of ability, from the arrangement of breakfast to the present, it was not bad at all.

Father Zhang suddenly felt that Zhou Qi was a little pitiful, and after saying so much, it was all in the hands of his son and daughter-in-law, what a monster, no, a fairy.

"Brother Yongcheng, what's wrong? Is there something that is hard to do again? Zhou Qi saw that Zhang's father was stunned, and asked in a loud voice.

"No, it's nothing, this time maybe it's not just a drought, there may be a locust plague, Zhangjia Zhuangzi has prepared nearly 10,000 chickens and ducks here, you can go over to help when the time comes, the people sent above this time are not ordinary people, I heard that Prime Minister Yao has been handling government affairs well, maybe it will be the Prime Minister himself to take care of it."

Father Zhang memorized these words, and he couldn't think of a prime minister who would personally take care of these things, but these words came from his husband's mouth, and he had to believe them.

"A plague of locusts? Why is there another plague of locusts? Brother Yongcheng, this matter can't be touched, locusts, the emperor, there is really a locust plague, it is a warning from God, you Zhuangzi raised so many chickens and ducks, could it be that you have already planned to do so? ”

Zhou Qi was talking, and suddenly thought that Zhangjia Zhuangzi had raised a lot of chickens and ducks since last year, and made a pond and a dug well. Just set it up in advance?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened Zhou Qi felt, not only the power of the master, but also the fear of the locust plague, if it came true, then this year's loss in Benzhou was still a little worse, and Taihang Shandong and Henan would suffer, not to mention the price of selling grain several times, even more than ten times the price.

"Brother Yongcheng, who did you listen to?" Zhou Qi had to ask.

"I didn't hear anyone say, it's all blind guessing, blind guessing, why does Brother Miao Ran ask this?" Father Zhang tried his best to control himself and said with a smile.

"Oh, it's nothing, just ask casually, Brother Yongcheng, today's breakfast makes people feel good." Zhou Qi saw that Zhang's father had been refusing to say anything about the master behind him, so he had to suppress the speculation in his heart and pick up a piece of green onion and tofu.

"Brother Miao Ran is polite, there are no good things, just ordinary food, Xiaohu is coming back soon, right? Brother Miaoran, eat first, it should be cold later. Father Zhang picked up a fried red shrimp and stuffed it into his mouth and said.

He actually doesn't like to eat shrimp, especially this kind of small shrimp that even the shell has to eat, but Mrs. has to prepare some for him every day, if he doesn't eat it, the lady will go to his parents and say, he doesn't know why his father and mother are so spoiled Qiao'er, as long as Qiao'er goes to sue, he promises to be trained, and he doesn't dare to lose his temper if he wants to, Qiao'er gave birth to a big fat boy, and he is the same as a demon and a fairy.