While he caught his breath, the second elder continued, following up on this point:
"Little fish, these winter melons and pumpkins are both things that keep well."
Ordinary people without some skill simply cannot do it.
Not to mention, they managed to get so many.
You can keep this money without worry. We can't let you work so hard and end up losing money for everyone.
This is what we're thinking: we'll sell those winter melons and pumpkins for five or six days, and then we won't sell them anymore.
The rest should be left in the cellar for now.
If the disaster ends quickly, then we'll cut it up and give each household a larger share, as an extra dish.
If the harvest ends late and every household has little food left, then the food will be used to relieve everyone.
Chi Yu never expected that they would hoard food for everyone in the name of the clan.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Wait a moment."
After she got up and left, she came back in, and she and Chen Xiaomai each carried a bag of grain.
This grain was not produced in this space; it has not yet been husked.
After putting the food down, she went out again.
After placing five bags of grain on the ground, she found a place to sit down and said:
"Chieftain, I lost my parents when I was young."
Although my older brother and sister-in-law raised me, I have received a lot of care from them on a daily basis.
Since the clan is stockpiling food for everyone, it's just in case.
I also want to do my part and donate some money to the clan.
These are all still in their shells; they can withstand being stored. Just take them out to dry in the sun every now and then.
She still remembered that when the original owner got married for the first time, every household in the clan gave her a dowry.
Those two large boxes of fine furs were all collected from each family, one from each other.
Not only that, when she got divorced, all the able-bodied men in the clan who had free time went to support her.
Therefore, it was acceptable for her to send a few bags of grain to the clan as a precaution.
Five bags, even if each bag weighs 100 jin, that's only 500 jin.
This is before it's been shelled; after shelling, it will weigh at most three or four hundred pounds.
Even if this is boiled into porridge, it will only be enough for the more than 300 people in Chijia'ao to eat a few meals of water-filled porridge!
Chi Dongyi originally came to express his gratitude to Chi Yu and to give him money, but he never expected to receive so much grain.
Looking at the bags of millet on the ground, the three old men were so moved that their hearts swelled, their noses tingled, and their eyes reddened.
They all felt that the greatest blessing for the Chi family in their lives was that a girl had come from the old Chi family.
As expected of the Chi family, she is the first girl from their clan in decades.
It truly is the source of fortune for their Chijia'ao.
With such a great-aunt, it would be difficult for the Chi family not to prosper!
When the three old men left Old Chi's house, they all held their heads high and chests out.
The Chi family sons who were called to carry grain thought to themselves that with Aunt Xiaoyu around, there was no need to panic even if there was a major disaster.
They just need to do what the clan asks, and Aunt Little Fish will surely bless them!
Only after Chi Yu and the others had gone far away did he close the courtyard gate and take his third sister-in-law into the space.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, she got up.
After she came out, she also released Huang Dani, and then went down the mountain with Chen Xiaomai.
Perhaps it's because no one has come down the mountain recently.
Or perhaps those who come down the mountain all take the main road, leaving this shortcut overgrown with weeds.
The paths that were once well-traversed are now almost impossible to find.
Chi Yu, holding a wooden stick, and Chen Xiaomai, each wearing a straw hat, walked forward, tapping and banging on the ground.
When the two women reached the place where they needed to cross the suspension bridge, it took them several times longer than usual.
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