"Hey, Miss Lin, you run a grain store. Can you think of a way to get some coarse grains for us villagers?"
There was a hint of pleading in the villagers' eyes when they looked at Lin Jiuyue.
Lin Jiuyue was silent for a moment.
"Although I run a grain store, I can't get everything. I can only say that I will do my best."
I do have space for high-quality grain, but these villagers won't pay that price to buy it. I can't sell high-quality grain at the same price as coarse grain, right?
When the villagers saw that Lin Jiuyue agreed, they all smiled.
"Miss Lin, please be careful. Whether we can have food to eat depends entirely on you."
Lin Jiuyue: ...
I only said that I would try my best, but I didn't say that I would definitely be able to get food!
How can these people still force things?
"My fellow villagers, let me be frank. I'm just a grain seller, and I can't do everything for you. If you want to buy coarse grains, I can only do my best. If I don't get any coarse grains, please don't blame me."
"Oh, I know. Miss Lin, we're all so grateful for your help. How could we possibly blame you?"
After talking with the villagers for a while, Lin Jiuyue just returned home and the village chief ran over.
"September, September! Are you back?"
When Lin Jiuyue heard the village chief's call, she thought that the village chief wanted to talk to her about something important.
"Uncle, what's wrong?"
When the village chief saw Lin Jiuyue coming out, he first said some words of gratitude, and then turned the topic to food.
"September girl, when uncle came back today, the villagers saw him pulling a cart of grain. They asked him what he was buying the grain for, and I just said a few words to get by."
"I came here just to discuss with you whether we should tell the villagers about the upcoming war in Nanyue."
After the village chief returned home, he was depressed for a long time because of this incident.
Lin Jiuyue frowned.
"Uncle, we can't be sure about this kind of thing. It's not good to say it, and it's not good not to say it either."
The village chief nodded in agreement.
"Well, I thought so too. What if we tell them and there's no fighting, and everyone starts hoarding food? Wouldn't some people be unhappy?"
The most solid relationship between people is the relationship of interests.
Lin Jiuyue was silent for a moment.
"Let's talk about it. Don't make things so absolute. If people want to stockpile food, they can do so. If they don't want to, we won't persuade them."
The village chief originally wanted to talk about this matter with the villagers, but he always felt a little uneasy, so he hurried to discuss it with Lin Jiuyue.
After getting Lin Jiuyue's affirmative answer, his uneasy heart finally felt at ease.
"Hey, September, you're right. Let's tell them what we know. It's up to them to decide how to deal with it. If a war really breaks out in the future, they can't blame us."
Lin Jiuyue wasn't afraid of being blamed by the villagers, she just felt that if she could help one more person, she would. It would be like doing a good deed.
That afternoon, the village chief asked his wife to walk around the village and pretend to accidentally reveal the matter.
The next day, when Lin Jiuyue opened the gate, she saw a lot of people standing at her door.
"Miss Lin, are you going to town?"
Lin Jiuyue was still a little confused at this time. She didn't know what the villagers were planning to do.
"Yeah, I'm going to town. What's going on?"
Villagers usually come to visit, but today is different from usual.
Normally, there aren't as many people visiting as today. The last time there were so many people visiting my house was when I moved into my new house.
"Haha, well, I, we all have to go to town too."
Lin Jiuyue: ...
Were these people trying to ride in my carriage? That shouldn't be the case. This has never happened before.
"Uncle Liu, just tell me what's going on. Is it about food?"
They have never done things like hitching a ride on a horse-drawn carriage before, and they probably won't do it now.
Yesterday, the village chief asked his family to deliberately reveal the impending war to the villagers, and these people came to his doorstep today.
Uncle Liu nodded embarrassedly.
"Haha, Uncle Liu said you're smart. You guessed it before I even opened my mouth."
Lin Jiuyue looked up at the person at her door.
Good god! I don’t know how these people did it. There were so many people gathered at their doorstep, but they were in the yard, and they didn’t hear a single sound.
It's really hard for them to hold back a word.
"Uncle Liu, I don't have much coarse grain in my shop. I asked the shop assistant to send some coarse grain over yesterday. However, I'm not sure whether any coarse grain will be delivered."
"How about this, when the coarse grains are delivered, I'll come back and tell you. Do you think this will work?"
Lin Jiuyue didn't want to go to the town with a large group of villagers.
Not to mention whether my carriage can accommodate so many people, even if it can, I can't do this.
If you don’t know, you might think that I brought so many people with me to fight!
"Haha, Jiuyue, we ordinary people don't know what the situation is like in our Nanyue Kingdom right now. We can only stock up on food now while the price hasn't gone up, so that we don't have enough to eat later. Isn't that right?"
Lin Jiuyue wanted to say, "Food prices have already gone up, and they're only getting more expensive!" But when she turned around and saw so many faces looking at her eagerly, she couldn't bring herself to say the words.
"Uncle Liu, I understand what you're saying, but I don't have any whole grains in my shop right now. Even if you all come with me, I won't be able to make any for you, right?"
"How about this? You guys go do what you need to do. If I bring back any coarse grain, I won't sell it. I'll give priority to selling it to the villagers in our village. How about that?"
When Uncle Liu heard what Lin Jiuyue said, a smile finally appeared on his face.
"September girl, are you serious? You're not selling it outside? Are you selling it all to the villagers in our village?"
Lin Jiuyue nodded.
"Yes, we will sell them all to the villagers in our village. However, I must make one thing clear to you first. You must give us the same price as the coarse grains we send you."
"I'm not trying to make money from you. Just pay me the price I paid for the goods."
Li Jiuyue is not short of this little money now, so he sells the coarse grains to the villagers at the original price, just as a way to accumulate virtue and do good deeds for himself.
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