"What? Grain in exchange? ”

When Qian Yichuan heard this, he was immediately shocked in his heart, he was born as a homeless person, and he was used to living a hard life, so he attached great importance to food in his heart. At this moment, when I heard that this matter involved food, I immediately became nervous. He hurriedly asked, "Son, how much grain do we get for these things?" It's not too expensive, we don't eat these chickens and ducks, we can't eat anything, and we may be able to eat two meals if we change them to chickens and ducks, but if we change the food for chickens and ducks, it is possible to eat them for two or three days! ”

"We have to keep this food, what's the matter if we can't keep it in the future? Right? ”

He has always been a taciturn character, and it is rare to say so many words at one time, and the reason why this is so is indeed that he is relatively concerned about food.

Zheng Shi burst out laughing and gave him a blank look: "You have lived a hard life, and you have been hungry for a long time, aren't I?" I know what you're thinking. ”

Speaking of this, she remembered that on the day the grain harvest was completed, Qian Yichuan lay in his own house where he stored grain, lying on top of the grain and crying bitterly.

She understood Qian Yichuan's mood at this time.

"Don't worry." Zheng smiled: "I guess, the grain store next to the Animal Husbandry Division may be opened by Master Dong." Lord Dong, he is kind-hearted, and it is good for us, the price of grain collected in the grain store, he gave it quite high, much higher than the black-hearted grain merchants who went down to collect grain when we were in the village. ”

Qian Yichuan hurriedly asked, "How tall?" ”

Zheng gestured: "One stone of grain, seven coins of silver." ”

Qian Yichuan listened to it and breathed a sigh of relief: "This price is indeed not low." ”

"Not really!"

Zheng said with a smile: "I exchanged grain for silver from the grain store, and there is a shop next to it that sells live livestock and poultry, and the prices in it are not high, but it is very fair." After you buy it, if the man in the family is not there, you can't kill it, and they can still kill you there. Chickens and ducks have to be bought whole, not sold in small quantities, but pork and mutton can be sold in small quantities. In addition to buying these chickens and ducks, I also cut a large piece of pork, which weighed five pounds and had a thick layer of fat on the top, which smelled fragrant and stewed for you later! ”

"Drink, you haven't seen it like that, there are a lot of people, there are a lot of people, and everyone is there to exchange grain for these meat to eat. After all, now everyone has food in their hands, and it's not bad at all. ”

Qian Yichuan hurriedly asked, "How much grain did you exchange for?" ”

Zheng Shi glanced at him, and said in a long voice: "Don't worry, my eldest lord, I know that you regard that grain as your life, I didn't touch those new grains, and used the old grain you issued last year as a salary." ”

Qian Yichuan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good." ”

It is still acceptable for him to sell last year's old grain, so don't touch the new grain this year.

"I don't know what you're worried about."

Zheng complained: "Now our Rock Fort is so hot, this land is also fertile, and the rent and taxes can be paid, seeing that next year will be a bumper harvest, now there is no need to worry about running out of food in the future, I am afraid that the food will not be eaten, and I am afraid that there will be no place to put the food." ”

"When there is another bumper harvest next year, we won't be able to put down the food at home at that time, and I don't think you can take it out and exchange it for silver."

Qian Yichuan smiled: "I'll talk about it later, I'll talk about it later." ”

Qian Yichuan suddenly remembered something, and asked Zheng, "How did you go?" How can you get that food alone? ”

"How can I get there?"

Zheng glared at him: "You are not at home, so I had to pull the car over by myself." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a small cart parked next to the yard, which is the kind of cart that makes a rope in the front, and the person in front pulls the rope around the shoulder and pulls it forward, which can transport more things than ordinary carts, but the corresponding people will be very tired. And usually the shoulders will be strangled red and swollen.

Qian Yichuan's face changed, and he hurriedly walked to Zheng's side, pulled the placket of her blouse open, and sure enough, he saw a very obvious strangulation mark on her white shoulder, which was already red and swollen, and the skin was scratched in some places, and there were shallow scars.

When the two of them were in the rain, Qian Yichuan was very anxious because he was so suffocated, he didn't even take off Zheng's shirt, so he saw it at this time.

Qian Yichuan saw it, and immediately felt very distressed, and said: "Don't be too anxious, you wait a while, and when I come back, I will pull the car to change it for you!" ”

Zheng Shi was concerned about him, and his heart was sweet, but there was still not much smile on his face, and he glared at him again: "When you come back, how does the old lady know when you will come back?" ”

He said it fiercely, but Qian Yichuan could feel the deep affection and sweetness in it. He has always known the Zheng family very well, and knows that her mother-in-law has a knife mouth and a tofu heart, and she relies on her own suffering to exchange these things, afraid that she can eat these chickens, ducks and fish as soon as she comes back.

The two got tired of it for a while, and Zheng thought he was in the way, so he let him go.

Qian Yichuan was still a little uneasy, stood up again, and walked into the hut that his family used to store grain, wanting to count the amount of grain again. He knew that the Zheng family was always assertive, and maybe he would hide something from himself.

Zheng saw him sneaking in a little sneaky, and he couldn't laugh or cry, so he gave him a blank look and went with him.

The hut was built by his family to store food.

Her family has a man, a girl, and a cow, adding up to more than 70 acres of land. This year's grain harvest is good, and the fields he has gained are all close to Dongguan Canal, which is one of the best harvested fields in the land south of the entire Panshi Fort. Therefore, the harvest is higher than that of other families, and in addition to the imperial grain paid, his family still has a full thirty-eight stone of grain.

After knowing this amount at that time, Qian Yichuan was almost stupid, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. You must know that in the past, even before he became a homeless person, when the family was in a better situation, his family's grain storage was no more than two stones.

This granary is not small, and it is also very dry, and there are open windows for ventilation. Qian Yichuan counted carefully and made sure that the amount of grain was the same as his impression, and then he was completely relieved.

He walked out of the granary, walked around for a while, and then took the child and led the oxen out for a spin.

At noon, Qian Yichuan's family began to eat.

The meal on the table was very hearty, with chicken and duck, as well as braised pork and scrambled eggs.

Looking at these sumptuous meals, Qian Yichuan's eyes suddenly became a little sour, as if he wanted to shed tears.

How long has it been, how long has it been since you had such a good meal? In my memory, it seems that only the wedding banquet on the wedding day can be compared with today's dishes.

He looked at Zheng again, and said astringently: "Child, mother, you have suffered with me all these years." ”

Zheng's body stiffened, and then he said angrily: "I'm eating, why do you want to say these brainless words in a dignified manner, you don't have to make people feel uncomfortable, do you want to make the old lady cry?" ”

Qian Yichuan hurriedly laughed with him: "Don't cry, don't cry!" In the future, we will have a good life, full of children and grandchildren, eat oil and wear silk, I will definitely be able to let you live a good life. ”

Zheng's heart was warm, if it wasn't well controlled, the tears would have fallen.

She sighed and said: "To be able to live a good life today, I have to thank Master Dong, Qian Yichuan nodded again and again, this is what he said, what he said." ”

Zheng's craftsmanship is not to say, these chickens, ducks and fish meat have become delicious dishes under her hands, Qian Yichuan is very happy to eat, and he gulps down the rice. Zheng looked at him with a smile on the side, frequently moving his chopsticks, but he rarely put the meat in his mouth, but frequently sandwiched meat with vegetables. When she eats, she only picks some vegetables to eat, and even pours the broth into the rice and eats it directly, but she leaves all the meat for Qian Yichuan. Qian Yichuan quickly noticed her movements and hurriedly said, "You eat too, eat more meat." I eat in the camp canteen, and the **** is all meat, and there is no shortage of meat to eat. You have to eat more of this meat. ”