Tang Youyou leaned against the earth wall, and shuddered when she thought of the murder that day.
After changing his clothes, he walked out the door holding on to the wall.
Yu happened to come over with a basket of wild vegetables: "Youyou, are you awake?"
Tang Youyou nodded.
"Why were you running up the mountain alone? Did you run into a blind bear?"
Xue'er came out of the kitchen at this time and handed a bowl of rice porridge to Tang Youyou.
"Auntie, where did you dig this shepherd's purse? It's so fresh and tender."
Yu handed her the basket: "It's specially for you."
Xue'er shook her head and refused: "Auntie, you worked so hard to dig these. The drought is severe now, and the neighbors have all gone into the mountains to look for wild vegetables. It's not easy to harvest these."
"Plop!" The chopsticks fell to the ground.
Something flashed through Tang Youyou's mind, but she didn't catch it.
"You're so grown up, but you still eat like a child. Xue'er, bring me the basket later!" Yu covered her mouth and left.
"Oh! I wonder if my sister-in-law and the others have dug up any wild vegetables?" Xue'er sighed, picked up the chopsticks and was about to go into the kitchen.
Tang Youyou grabbed her hand and said, "Xue'er, everyone is going up the mountain to look for wild vegetables? Why don't they go to the river?"
"Mother, the creek has dried up. During the two days you were unconscious, the price of grain has risen twice. We can't find any money. We even borrowed money from Aunt Yu to pay for your medical treatment!"
"Boom!" Tang Youyou's head was about to explode.
He kept muttering: "Famine, tree bark, Guanyin soil!"
Xue'er shook her: "Mom, are you okay?"
Is he delirious? Why is he talking so strangely?
She ran into the house, took out two taels of silver from the space and handed it to her: "Go! Return the silver!"
Xueer nodded and took a few white flour buns with her when she left.
Tang Youyou was extremely anxious. When she was a child, she often heard her grandfather mutter: "You all must cherish food. There was a drought that year, and there was no harvest. The bark of the trees was stripped off, and in the end we all ate dirt..."
After listening to it many times, she naturally remembered it.
He looked at the more than 1,200 taels of silver in his space, then looked at the panel and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm really confused. With the mall, what am I afraid of?"
The next day, she spent two cents to ride on the village ox cart.
"Ms. Tang, are you okay?" a woman asked cautiously.
"You are truly lucky to have survived a great disaster, and you will surely have good fortune in the future!"
Tang Youyou suddenly remembered the two assassins and tried to inquire: "Sister-in-law Meihua, didn't you go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables today?"
The woman sighed when she heard this: "Alas! We're almost to the inner circle, and there's not even a green leaf left."
He looked at her again and asked, "Are you going to the street to buy food today?"
Tang Youyou shook her head. She wanted to find out about the situation in Guangming County. She didn't know if the government had any relief measures.
If the imperial court does not intervene, everyone will have no food to eat, and her family will be the only one that has food, and they will become the target of public criticism.
There were many pedestrians on the road, everyone was sweating profusely, and you could hear people complaining.
"You said the price of grain changes every day. This black flour is already twelve cents. Why doesn't the court do anything about it?"
"Shh! Keep your voice down. I heard the food price is going to go up even higher!"
"Alas! If the imperial court forbids the sale, we'll just starve to death!"
"Yes, the grain shops have all put purchase limits on them. They're so busy! This black-hearted grain merchant!"
"If I don't starve to death, I'll die of thirst. It's so hot!"
Tang Youyou's heart skipped a beat. The amount of food had almost doubled, but the imperial court didn't care. This only meant that the imperial court had no disaster relief food.
After getting off the ox cart, she went straight to Qianweilou. Ordinary people had no way of finding out any news, so of course she had to ask the upper class. In the whole Guangming County, she only knew Manager Li, who had the opportunity to come into contact with the nobles.
He spent a huge amount of money to buy a live turtle in the mall, put it in a bamboo basket, nodded with satisfaction, and asked people for information, because he couldn't go empty-handed.
This time she went straight into the lobby, where Shopkeeper Li was tidying up the counter.
"Hey! Big sister!"
"Shopkeeper Li, how are you?" Tang Youyou walked forward with a smile.
Seeing that her basket was covered with a piece of cloth, he frowned slightly.
She lifted the cloth and said, "Manager Li, look, I found this thing in the mud!"
Shopkeeper Li's eyes lit up: "Wow! It's a turtle, and its head is quite big."
"I just caught it this morning. I rushed it here to keep it fresh!"
Shopkeeper Li sighed again: "Sister, in the past, this big turtle could be given two taels of silver, but now..."
Tang Youyou asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with Shopkeeper Li? Just give me the price you want. I trust you. I'm hoping to have long-term cooperation with Qianweilou in the future!"
Shopkeeper Li hesitated to speak, and finally took her aside and whispered, "Sister, let me tell you the truth, my Qianweilou will have to close in a few days..."
"Ah? Why?" She was panicking, hoping it wouldn't be as she thought.
Shopkeeper Li said bluntly: "Right now, the price of grain has skyrocketed, and so have the price of vegetables. Many wealthy families in the city have already left yesterday. Sister, you must not make this matter public. I'm afraid it will cause quite a panic and bring you trouble!"
Tang Youyou nodded solemnly: "Food prices are skyrocketing, why doesn't the county government do anything?"
Shopkeeper Li looked around and pointed to the sky. "I heard the treasury is empty and the northwest is constantly at war. Oh! Sister, if you have any extra money, listen to me and store more food."
After saying that, he took her bamboo basket and handed her an ounce of silver.
"Brother Li, please accept my greeting!" She bowed politely.
"What are you doing?"
"Brother Li, to be honest, I raised five children by myself. If you hadn't told me so much today, I, a woman, would have been left waiting to die with my children!"
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