Fan Qian craned his neck to look around, and several times he wanted to leave the group to find out that Hu Wenhua, who was leading the way at the front, was keeping his eyes straight ahead and walking briskly. He was afraid of being left behind, so he had no choice but to follow.
He muttered to himself, "What a blockhead! Couldn't he have found out more before selling the rabbits? It wouldn't have taken much time anyway."
The man in front of him heard it but pretended not to.
Along the way, they found the back kitchens of various wealthy households. Hu Wenhua went in to talk to the men, who guarded the cart and rabbits outside. After the negotiations were completed, Hu Wenhua came out and told them how much money he had received and how many rabbits he could take in. Once the money and goods were settled, they would move on to the next household.
After all the rabbits he brought had been sold and not a single one was left, Hu Wenhua found a quiet alley and distributed the money that each family was entitled to to the men. After both sides confirmed that everything was correct, he said, "Now you can go and buy them. We'll meet at the city gate at the same time as always."
The rabbit earned a considerable amount of money from the sale, but he wouldn't keep it all to himself, as the loss would be too great if it were stolen or robbed. In fact, almost every household would send a man out to buy some things to take back, and this money would come in handy.
The men happily accepted the money and turned to find their familiar companions to go shopping together.
Fan Qian, Fan Erzhu, and Fan Sanzhu were dumbfounded. Why weren't they going shopping together?
So what were they doing following along like that?
They have no rabbits to sell and no money to share, isn't this just wasting their time!
The three of them, realizing they would have to go back to the city with them, didn't dare to argue and stormed off in a huff.
After walking a few steps, he heard a commotion by the roadside. Fan Erzhu took note and went closer to listen. The more he listened, the wider his smile became. Finally, he ran over!
"Father! Sanzhu! Guess what I just heard?"
"What?"
"Let's go find Uncle Da Mu quickly! The imperial court's disaster relief grain has arrived! Uncle Da Mu works in the county magistrate's office, so they must be in charge of distributing it. Let's go first, and maybe we can get a larger share."
Even if we can't get a lot, if there's nothing left later, we'll be laughing in our sleep if we get our share first.
Fan Qian and Fan Sanzhu never expected this to be such great news!
And they also have connections in the government! If others can't get their share of disaster relief grain, they certainly will.
Fan Sanzhu hesitated and asked, "By the way, should we tell the villagers?" After all, it's a good thing, and if we tell the villagers, they can go and get it first.
"What are you talking about? It's all because Hu Wenhua, the leader, just kept walking without paying attention to anything. If he had just stopped to ask around, we wouldn't have had to take all this unnecessary detours."
"Besides, they all have rabbits to sell and money to their pockets, while we don't. Why should we tell them? If they're so capable, let them go and collect them themselves." Fan Qian became increasingly uneasy as he thought about it.
Erzhu could hear this news from the roadside, so it was definitely not a secret. However, the fact that everyone was still discussing it but no one had received it shows that knowing is one thing, and actually getting it is another.
Come to think of it, how many families are there in the entire prefecture? And the number of those affected by the disaster is countless.
How much disaster relief grain will be available, and how much will actually be distributed? Of course, not everyone can receive it, so they need to seize the opportunity first.
Fan Erzhu urged, "Let's hurry up and find Uncle Da Mu. Forget about those people; they didn't even think about us when they were dividing up the money from selling the rabbits!"
The villagers are close to Second Uncle's family, so naturally they don't get along with Uncle Da Mu. But my family is different. My family is close to Uncle Da Mu, so he will definitely help us. We can't let the villagers hold us back.
Once they receive the disaster relief supplies, let's see if these men regret it.
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