"So what are you going to do?" Song Yuehua asked Zhang Rushan.

Zhu Wenyan hurriedly explained that Zhang Erniu had been slandered before, and Zhang Rushan took only a few days to not only clear Zhang Erniu's name, but also to catch the real murderer who killed and robbed the people. The whole village was discussing this matter at the time, and Zhu Wenyan naturally knew about it.

When he encountered this kind of thing this time, he was panicked for a moment, and immediately thought of Zhang Rushan in his mind, so he thought of asking him for help.

The pigherd's house was sealed and everything was gone, but fortunately he had left some money with Zhu Wenyan.

If it was something else it would be fine, but the matter of the swineherd was related to the enemy country.

Song Yuehua reminded, "If this matter is related to the Great Desert Country, it is not an ordinary incident. You are a student with no achievements, what can you do? Have you discussed this matter with your family?"

"Miss Song..."

Zhu Wenyan looked at the two of them nervously, fearing that Zhang Rushan would change his mind.

He really had no idea what to do now. Even if he had ten taels of silver, he didn't know what to do or where to start...

Zhang Rushan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know my limits and won't bring any trouble to my family. Most importantly, I'm very interested in this kind of thing."

Song Yuehua sighed, looked at Zhu Wenyan and asked, "Zhang Rushan is just a student, why don't you find a professional lawyer?"

Zhu Wenyan stammered, "I don't have enough money, and..."

Most lawyers in the county are unwilling to take the case, and those who are willing to take it ask for an exorbitant price.

Song Yuehua couldn't interfere in what was happening between classmates, and since the Zhang family members didn't say anything, she couldn't say much either.

The two of them were now going to the county town in Ma Ye's ox cart. Song Yuehua also asked Ma Ye to bring her some fish.

After returning home, Song Yuehua locked the door and prepared to go to the compound to work.

At this time, Song Da's wife, Liu, came over.

Song Yuehua had almost no impression of this aunt-in-law, but she also had no good impression of anyone in the Song family.

"Daya, can I tell you something?" Liu said this with an unnatural expression.

Song Yuehua asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu said cautiously, "Recently, your cousin has been looking for a bride. He will probably be able to marry in the first month of next year. Can you come to the wedding then?

"No." Song Yuehua said and turned away.

Liu chased after her, "Daya, we are a family after all. No matter how angry you are, you should calm down. Even if it's just for the sake of being from the same village, we can just have a drink..."

Song Yuehua stopped and said, "Aunt Liu, I won't go. You are pestering me like this. Have you discussed it with Song Da and Song Er?"

Hearing the threat in the words, Liu immediately stopped.

Some things, once they happen, can never be erased.

As for why Liu insisted on inviting her to the wedding, it would be understandable if you think about it carefully. She wanted to use her to establish her authority in front of the new daughter-in-law and to tie the two families together in this way. Did she really think she was a fool?

After arriving at Dongshan, Song Yuehua first went to find Zhou Dafu and asked him to tell Song Dasong Er to tell the people from the Song family not to cause trouble.

Zhou Dafu nodded, wiped his sweat and said, "Daya, it hasn't rained recently, and the water level in the well has dropped a lot."

Song Yuehua calculated that except for a light rain last month, there has been no rain since then, which seemed a bit abnormal.

Although there was enough rice in the compound, Song Yuehua thought about it and decided to buy some more.

The next morning, I went to a grocery store in the county town and asked, only to find out that the price of corn had increased from 15 wen per pound to 20 wen per pound.

I don’t know whether the price will go up or down after a while.

The shopkeeper said, "Once the stock in the warehouse is sold out, the next batch of goods will not be priced this way."

"How much is left in the warehouse?" Song Yuehua asked.

"Not much, 10,000 jin."

Song Yuehua, "..."

As long as the rice is stored properly, it doesn't matter if you stockpile a little more. Song Yuehua asked for 5,000 kilograms of corn, a total of 100 taels.

On that day, several ox carts loaded with rice were delivered to the Dongshan compound.

Although Song Yuehua had bought a lot of rice in the past, this time it was obviously a lot more. When the villagers saw it, they talked about it in private. Zhou Lizheng also came over to ask Song Yuehua what was going on.

Song Yuehua said, "There has been too little rainfall recently, and the price of grain in the county has also increased. I am afraid that the price will increase further in the future, so I stocked up more."

"Do you suspect there will be a drought?" Zhou Lizheng asked in surprise.

Song Yuehua smiled and said, "It's hard to say. Winter is almost here, and the spring rains may come."

That's true, no one can say for sure about this kind of thing.

Zhou Lizheng nodded and said, "The New Year is coming soon, so it's good to stock up on some food for the winter. I'll go to the village to make some arrangements so that the food won't become more and more expensive later on."

After Zhou Lizheng went back, Ji Ming also came over to ask.

"Can I borrow a warehouse?" Ji Ming said.

Song Yuehua looked at him and asked, "The warehouse in the compound is empty anyway, how much do you want to stockpile?"

Ji Ming smiled and said, "You will know tomorrow."

The next day, all the remaining 5,000 kilograms of the grocery store owner were sold. If Zhou Lizheng had not gone with them, Ji Ming would have almost bought them all.

After discussion, Ji Ming got 2,000 kilograms and Zhou Lizheng got 3,000 kilograms.

After hearing what Zhou Lizheng said yesterday, many people had not yet reacted when they saw carts of rice being pulled into the village.

Some people became anxious and when they ran to the county town to buy corn, the price had gone up by another 2 cents.

Zhou Lizheng kept 1,000 jin for himself and took out 2,000 jin to sell to villagers at the price of 20 wen per jin, limiting each household to buy 50 jin.

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