Li Sanniang thought for a moment, then looked at what Leng Yue and his group were wearing, then stretched out her hands and made the sign of the cross, "I don't want money, I want ten kilograms of food, coarse or fine, as long as it can fill my stomach."
In these years of famine, it is useless to ask for money. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food. Only food is hard currency.
After Li Sanniang finished speaking, her palms were sweating with nervousness. She knew that she was asking for too much, but the opportunity was rare and if she missed it, she would never get it again. The whole family was waiting for the rice to be cooked to save their lives!
The young wife who was responsible for bringing Leng Yue and Huo Jingxuan in and the neighbors on both sides were so shocked that their eyes widened and they cried out in surprise when they heard Li Sanniang ask for ten kilograms of food.
Feeling something was wrong, he immediately covered his mouth with his hands again.
Especially the young wife, she was sweating anxiously, fearing that her mother-in-law would let the fat sheep run away as soon as she opened her mouth.
She glanced at Li Sanniang with a bit of resentment, thinking, why are you so stupid? You have to ask for three or two kilograms of food first to get the job.
Then when the baby was born, they said it was a difficult delivery, and it took a lot of effort and all the knowledge they had learned throughout their lives to keep mother and child safe.
Take the opportunity to add a few more pounds of food. Maybe in the end the master will be happy and will give you a few more pounds of food. It's better than asking for it directly here!
Just when they were nervous and annoyed, they heard Leng Yue discussing with the people around her, "Saving my sister-in-law and nephew's lives is more important, so let's just give them ten kilograms of food!
Anyway, everyone on Liangshan Mountain is given a pound of food as food every day. If we all pool our money together, the food for ten people a day will be enough to cover the medical expenses.
We can settle the rest first, and return it when the food is distributed the next day."
Although they pretended to lower their voices while discussing, the sound was loud enough for Li Sanniang and the surrounding neighbors to hear clearly.
Sure enough, I saw them all eavesdropping with their ears perked up, and their pupils were dilated with shock.
People in Liangshan are now distributing food for free, and the standard is one pound per person per day. It's such a waste.
Now the grain in the county is sold at a sky-high price. Coarse grains cost two taels of silver per liter, and all of them are bought by the rich. If the poor want to buy them, they not only need money, but also connections.
Taking into account the commission charged by middlemen and the handling fee, the average price of each liter of grain increased by another one or two taels of silver.
Moreover, ever since the last grain robbery incident, the city gates are now heavily guarded. You can come in without restrictions, but it is difficult to go out.
At the very least, they will peel off your skin, and at the worst, they will take your life. They plan to trap everyone in this county so that they can buy their high-priced food.
Leng Yue looked at the changes in the expressions of Li Sanniang, the young wife and others one by one before speaking: "Ten kilograms is ten kilograms, we agree, you quickly take the tools and follow us!"
Li Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Leng Yue agreed.
But he didn't move, and put forward another condition, "Give me five kilograms of food as a deposit first. If you regret it later, I can't put the child back into my stomach."
The second scene arranged by Leng Yue was about to begin, so she called An Yi over.
"Hurry up and find Zhang Xiaoshan. Didn't he come here with us? Didn't we deliver food to his family?
First borrow five catties of food from him, and return it to him when you get to the mountain."
An Yi replied "Yes." and turned away.
Li Sanniang and the neighbors around her were even more upset. Li Sanniang asked Leng Yue, "The Zhang Xiaoshan you just mentioned, is he the little boy from our village?"
Leng Yue pointed in the direction of the village entrance, "Yes, the third house at the entrance of the village."
The neighbors became even more agitated when they heard this. One of them stayed behind to wait and see what happened next, while the rest of them all went straight to Zhang Xiaoshan's house.
They wanted to see whether Zhang Xiaoshan really brought back food. After all, this group of people were strangers and they were a little skeptical.
But Xiaoshan is different, he is from the same village, that is to say, one of us! He will not lie to us, right?
Even the old man who had just pretended to be a master of eloquence with Leng Yue and the others ran to Zhang Xiaoshan's house at the end of the village.
At the signal of her mother-in-law, Li Sanniang's daughter-in-law followed closely.
Of course, they will later see the scene of Zhang Xiaoshan distributing food to his family and the whole family packing up to prepare to go to Liangshan.
Because all this was arranged by Leng Yue in advance.
Sure enough, just as An Yi came over with five kilograms of food, Li Sanniang's daughter-in-law and the surrounding neighbors came back.
The young wife whispered a few words to Li Sanniang, and then Li Sanniang said, "Really?
Did you hear me correctly? "
Seeing that Li Sanniang still didn't believe it, the young wife stamped her feet anxiously and said, "Oh my god, you don't know that my ears are the best in my body. I definitely can't have heard it wrong.
Don't waste any more time, let's pack up and follow them. If there are more people, we can take care of each other.
The earlier you arrive, the earlier you can get the food for the day!"
Li Sanniang looked at the five catties of food Leng Yue had just given her, and heard her daughter-in-law say, "Mom, don't hesitate, what can you eat with that little food in your hand?
"When our whole family arrives at Liangshan, we can bring back double the amount in one day!"
Li Sanniang gritted her teeth, stamped her feet, and made a decision on the spot to go to Liangshan.
He pulled his daughter-in-law over and told her, "Liu, hurry into the house and tell everyone to get up. Stop lying on the bed. It won't save you a bite of food.
Then ask them to inform relatives, friends and your parents’ home so that we can all earn money together!
So that they won’t nag us and blame us for hiding such a good opportunity.”
After hearing this, Liu happily ran towards the house and quickly called everyone to get up and distribute the food!
He turned around and smiled apologetically at Leng Yue, "It seems that you have to take more people with you this time!"
Leng Yue said, "Just don't delay our business. There is plenty of food on Liangshan. We can't distribute it all every day. We don't need your help."
I was so happy that I thought to myself, the more people you come, the happier I am. If you can incite everyone in Xinping County to follow us, I will credit you as the first person to do the work.
Leng Yue really underestimated Li Sanniang's influence. In such a short period of time, almost everyone in the nearby villages knew about it.
Moreover, more than half of the people were willing to bring their families with them to follow the large army to Liangshan, and some of them were representatives sent by their families to Liangshan to gather information.
When they got together, they all asked Leng Yue and Zhang Xiaoshan, "Is it true that grain was distributed on Liangshan?
How are you planning to leave town?"
The first question must be answered affirmatively, "It is true, food is really distributed every day on Liangshan.
As for leaving the city!
Of course, go out!
Could it grow wings and fly away?"
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