"Sir, that's not how you calculate the account. Look, there are bumps and scratches on your jade pendant, so its value is greatly discounted."

"If you take it to a pawnshop or resell it, you can only get a hundred taels of silver at most, and there's no guarantee that anyone will buy it."

"Well, I'll offer you 110 taels. If you think it's a good deal, we can make the deal. If you think it's a loss, you can just take the item and leave. How do you think that is?"

Shen Shuli placed the jade pendant in her palm and handed it to the man for him to choose.

The man was obviously hesitant, but the food in his house was almost gone and they were about to run out of food.

He could only choose between the jade pendant and food.

After thinking about it, the man finally gritted his teeth and decided to take it.

"I want to exchange! How much food are you going to give me?" the man asked.

"Can you read? It's all written on it."

Shen Shuli pointed to the large blackboard standing next to her and asked the man to look at the grain prices on it. Each type of grain was clearly marked.

...

...

The man glanced at the grain prices on the blackboard and was extremely excited to see that they were 20% lower than those in other grain stores.

"Girl, can I choose a few more kinds of food?"

Shen Shuli nodded with a smile, "Sure, but you have to find a way to take it away yourself. We don't provide door-to-door delivery service~"

The man then realized that he didn't bring the cart.

"Girl, I can't take so much at once. Can you let me go back and call someone?"

Shen Shuli thought about it, nodded and said: “Okay, then you keep the jade pendant first, and we’ll talk about it when you come.”

The man didn't expect the people in this shop to be so understanding. He took the jade pendant and left quickly with gratitude.

Su Yunhai had been paying attention to his daughter's actions. After seeing the person leave, he immediately let in another guest holding a jade artifact.

In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, Su Yunhai immediately asked the people queuing up to buy grain to estimate the value of the jade in their hands before going back to get a car to transport the grain.

This is a one-time transaction for them. The jade and goods are exchanged for nothing, and they will not keep any accounts for the people.

The second guest brought a small jade ring.

The business went smoothly and the customers left through the back door satisfied with the food.

The price of grain in the grain shop was 20% cheaper than that in many grain stores, and the news quickly spread throughout the county.

But the grain store only accepted jade ornaments, which directly discouraged many people who did not have jade.

This also led to many people using their silver to buy jade articles everywhere.

The value of jade articles was suppressed during the years of famine, but not everyone could afford them.

As more and more people came to buy jade, the shopkeepers selling jade also smelled something unusual.

While raising the price of jade, he also inquired about the news.

soon.

The jade shop that was short of food immediately closed its shop and brought a lot of jade to the grain shop to buy food.

There were only Shen Shuli and Su Yunhai in the grain shop, so they couldn't go fast enough.

But the father and daughter could not let other people in the team know about exchanging food for jade, so they had no choice but to do this.

Su Yunhai simply closed the shop door and came in to help.

Just let the people in line continue to line up and let them know that there are people in the shop.

The father and daughter work much faster when they work together.

One person was responsible for estimating the value of the jade and calculating the amount of grain, and one person was responsible for weighing the grain.

Five buyers are allowed in each time, and after all transactions are completed, they are allowed to leave through the back door.

But after being busy all day, the two found that the number of people queuing outside not only did not decrease, but increased instead.

"My girl, this is not a solution. If we continue like this, we won't be able to finish the work in a month."

Su Yunhai was so tired that his whole body ached and he lay on the ground not wanting to move at all.

Shen Shuli was also very tired, but she felt very satisfied.

In one day, she collected two large boxes of various jade artifacts.

Fortunately, there are no particularly high-quality jade pieces among these jade artifacts, otherwise there would not be enough food in the whole room.

"There's no other way. The people of Yingze County are relatively wealthy, and most importantly, the county doesn't lack water, so this method is feasible."

If we go to other water-scarce counties, people probably won’t be so enthusiastic about exchanging food.

After all, having food is useless if the water problem cannot be solved.

"Why don't we recruit a few people to help us and prevent them from finding the source of the food?" Su Yunhai suggested, "You still have to go to Yingze Lake to collect water at night. You won't have time to rest. I'm afraid you can't hold on."

Shen Shuli felt helpless, collecting jade and water were equally important to her.

But the source of the food is not legitimate and cannot withstand inspection.

This method of distributing grain has been used for a long time, but there is no information about large quantities of grain being transported into the county town. Someone will definitely become suspicious and come to make trouble.

If someone were watching secretly, they would soon find out that there was no convoy delivering food to the grain store.

It seems like there is a constant supply of food being sold in the shop!

It doesn’t take much thought to know that there must be something fishy going on!

Sure enough, trouble came the next day!

Shen Shuli had just returned to the inn after collecting water all night.

They found that the soldiers had dispersed the people queuing up and surrounded the entire grain shop.

Fortunately, no food was put into the granary last night, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the source of the food.

Shen Shuli hurried over and wanted to enter the grain shop to check the situation.

He was stopped directly by officers and soldiers.

"Stop! No outsiders are allowed to enter!" The officers and soldiers held the scabbards across their bodies to stop the people from coming.

"Sir, my father is still in there. Let me go in and take a look." Shen Shuli said quickly.

"Girl, what are you doing here? Come home with me."

Su Yunhai suddenly appeared from nowhere and pulled Shen Shuli away.

Shen Shuli was a little surprised. She didn't expect that her father was not in the shop.

"Dad, why are you outside?" Shen Shuli asked in surprise.

"I got up early and while making breakfast, I heard some noise outside. I panicked, so I secretly climbed up to the roof to take a look. I found that soldiers had secretly surrounded the shop. I realized that it was the county magistrate who took action, so I retreated immediately."

Shen Shuli heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"I didn't expect the county magistrate to have such a sharp nose that he has set his sights on us!"

"Haha, I know without asking that this dog county magistrate must have set his sights on our grain. Fortunately, you thought ahead and did not release the grain in advance, otherwise, the grain would have been snatched away by the dog official."

"Damn it!" Shen Shuli was filled with anger.

She thought she could keep the shop open for at least a few more days, but she didn't expect to be targeted the next day.

"Dad, let's do something big! Just kill the county magistrate directly to prevent him from coming out to harm the people."

"Okay, we have never cooperated properly before, so this time we will join forces to get rid of this evil for the people!" Su Yunhai did not refuse.

"Now is the perfect opportunity, let's do it now!"

Shen Shuli suggested.

More than half of the officers and soldiers in the county government came out to surround the grain shop. The officers and soldiers in the county government must have had much weaker defenses.

“Go, go, go!”

Su Yunhai can't wait any longer.

The two men found a deserted place and changed into special forces combat uniforms, wearing helmets and glasses, and were fully armed.

The father and daughter put one hand in their pockets and swung the other hand loudly, and walked towards the county government office in unison and coolly!