Chapter 200 Meng Meng
Old Madam Cui came from the aristocratic Hongnong Yang family, and was the family's carefully nurtured daughter, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Although she doesn't usually take care of things, she has a natural sensitivity to some things.
She will instinctively notice something unusual when something changes.
So Mrs. Cui felt something was wrong.
Jiang Zhiluo's expression hardened when she heard this. "Mom's analysis makes sense."
Madam Cui held Jiang Zhiluo's hand and patted it gently. "But don't worry too much. Even if there's a war going on outside, it won't be here for a while."
"Our Beizhou is too far north. Compared to other states, it's remote and desolate, the land is barren, and the food yield is low."
"There's no point in seizing the territory here."
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Yes, but it will definitely be affected if a war breaks out."
Madam Cui seemed to have thought of something, and her expression changed as she said, "That's for sure. I remember when I was a child, during the war and civil unrest, food prices skyrocketed."
"Not only food, but also the price of salt and some daily necessities will increase to a greater or lesser extent."
"Food prices are so high that some people can't buy food, so they grab it."
Mrs. Cui's face turned pale as she spoke, "Do you know what the most serious thing is?"
"Some soldiers even wore bandit clothes to disguise themselves as bandits and steal food."
"That year, my family, the Yang family, was able to preserve everything in the chaos because we had assassins and guards..."
Mrs. Cui was also worried that she was worrying too much, but she knew that Zhiluo was a smart child.
She still told Zhiluo what she was thinking.
It would be better if there was no war, because if there was a war we could make some preparations in advance.
Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed, "Mom, I understand."
She almost overlooked the salt.
Also prepare some salt.
"Mother, I'll take the bread with me and go to the academy to deliver the bread to everyone. Then I'll sell the remaining bread and buy some food and salt."
Madam Cui nodded and said, "Mother knows that you are very capable in your work. Just follow my instructions and make the arrangements."
With a smart and capable daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cui felt that she had nothing to worry about, and Zhiluo planned to arrange everything.
She was also worried that Zhiluo was tired, but every time the child said she was not tired.
She could only do more to make her feel better and support her in her decisions.
In fact, Jiang Zhiluo didn’t really feel tired.
It was easy for her to do this kind of work.
Moreover, the pace of life in the village is very slow and leisurely, just like a vacation.
The most important thing is that the atmosphere at home is good and makes her feel warm.
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Cui helped Jiang Zhiluo pack the bread and put it on the ox cart.
Jiang Zhiluo did not delay and drove the ox cart to the county academy.
It was on the ox cart that Jiang Zhiluo began to carefully consider what Mrs. Cui had said.
Jiang Zhiluo stroked her chin thoughtfully. "My mother comes from such a powerful family. If the Cui family got into trouble and was exiled, why wouldn't the Yang family provide support and protection?"
"Just now, my mother said that the Yang family trains assassins."
Jiang Zhiluo was puzzled as to why the Yang family did not provide protection for Old Madam Cui and Cui Hejin.
If the Yang family had taken action, Cui Hejin would not have been injured so seriously.
However, although she was confused, Jiang Zhiluo probably wouldn't ask too many questions because it probably involved many things.
Anyway, she will protect Mrs. Cui and Cui Hejin in the future.
When Jiang Zhiluo arrived at the academy, it was just the lunch break time.
Upon learning that Jiang Zhiluo had arrived, Liu Ting'an realized something and came out with a few classmates who had ordered bread.
“Sister-in-law, you really brought bread!”
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Of course we have to do what we promised. These breads were just made this morning, and some are still warm."
Liu Ting'an said happily, "The bread made by my sister-in-law is delicious."
Several scholars came over curiously and said, "I just smelled the fragrance."
“This smells so good!”
"I had a small piece yesterday and it was so delicious that I couldn't finish it all. I ordered two, just right for lunch."
Everyone took out their money, and Jiang Zhiluo collected copper coins while handing out bread to everyone.
It was lunchtime, and many scholars came out together to have lunch.
I saw several classmates gathered around an ox cart, and I didn’t know what they were doing.
"What are Brother Lin and the others doing?"
"Are you buying food? It smells delicious."
"Let's go over there and see what they are doing?"
Some scholars also came over out of curiosity.
"Hey, Brother Liu, what are you doing?"
"Yes, Brother Wenzhe, are you shopping?"
Liu Ting'an quickly said enthusiastically, "Hey, Chengfei, you came at the right time. We just bought some bread. It's delicious. We're going to have it for lunch."
"Yes, this is much better than cakes."
“I’ve never eaten anything so delicious before.”
Those who had eaten the bread echoed Liu Ting'an's words.
Liu Chengfei and his friends felt that it was a bit exaggerated. Some of them came from well-off families and had eaten all kinds of delicious food.
But when they got closer to take a look, they realized they had never seen anything like it before.
Several scholars hesitated, not knowing whether to buy it or not.
Liu Ting'an patted his chest and said, "Believe what I say, it's really delicious."
Jiang Zhiluo smiled. She knew that Liu Tingan wanted to help her sell more bread.
This guy is really kind-hearted.
Jiang Zhiluo said in a clear voice: "I'll cut some and everyone can taste it for free."
“If you think it tastes good, buy it. If it doesn’t taste good, don’t buy it.”
She had originally planned to sell the remaining bread at a stall near the residential area.
It would be much easier if we could sell all the bread at the academy.
Everyone was tempted when they heard that they could taste it for free.
"Okay, how about we try it first?"
Jiang Zhiluo happened to have a knife with her and cut the bread into small pieces.
Let everyone try a piece.
Everyone took it and tasted it with doubt.
After tasting it, everyone was shocked.
“It’s really delicious!”
"This way we can have lunch directly."
Someone didn't bother to say anything more and said directly: "Girl, I'll buy three. I should be full after eating three."
"I'll buy two."
"I'll buy it too."
Anyone who has tried it will find it very delicious and cannot say that it is not tasty.
So most of the scholars who gathered around bought bread.
In a short while, almost all of the more than 200 loaves of bread she brought were sold out.
She also saved two to make her own lunch.
"Girl, I'll buy two."
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Sorry, no more."
"Aren't there two more?"
Jiang Zhiluo explained: "I'm preparing these two..."
Just as I was about to speak, I heard someone exclaim, "Young lady!"
Jiang Zhiluo looked down and also found Miss Qiao's daughter.
The cute four-year-old Qiao Mengmeng.
She was looking up on tiptoe.
The way Jiang Zhiluo looked at her, she found her appearance increasingly similar to the man she called Big Brother in her dream.
It made her a little dazed.
Looking at her, my heart couldn't help but soften, "What do you want to see?"
"Sister, can I buy this?"
As she spoke, she took out five copper coins and said seriously, "I have copper coins, five cents."
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