Chunxiao directly expressed his opinion, "Dad, if a war really breaks out, the price of those marinade ingredients will increase several times in the future." If the price really increases by more than ten times, "some of them may not be available even if you have money, so I think we should let big brother go again and buy as much as possible this time."

Yan Dahe hesitated a bit, "The price has already gone up quite a bit this time. If we stock up a lot, then when the price drops, we'll be at a loss."

"Brother, that's better than not being able to buy it and ending our business. At most, we'll just make less money."

Yan Dashan also felt that Chunxiao's words made sense. "I heard discussions everywhere in the county this time. Even if it's not a war, something must have happened. In short, I think Chunxiao is right. We can't take this risk."

Finally, after some deliberation, everyone decided to listen to Chunxiao and go to the county town again. This time, everyone chipped in 50 taels of silver, fearing they wouldn't be able to get Yan Dashan and Shuwen back if they had more. Yan Dashan set out again the day after he returned.

Tian and his family never participated in such decision-making. All decisions were made by men, so they did not ask too many questions.

The cotton fields were still busy. On June 12, the topping work was finally completed, and they got a chance to take a short break. Shufeng and Shuduo had been working under the scorching sun for a while, and their skin had become much darker, and so had Chunxiao.

With the cotton field now finished, the wheat field also needed regular care. Because of the soaking of seeds, the wheat in their field was obviously growing faster than the wheat in other fields. At the current rate, it would probably be mature in more than a month, earlier than her cotton harvest. This was a good thing, as it would make it easier to work at a different time.