After hearing what Chen Daming said, Chen Xuanxuan asked curiously, "Brother, can you tell me in detail what kind of life the people in other villages are living now?"

Chen Daming frowned and sighed, "According to the practice of previous years, our county will send some people here in ten days or half a month. Ask each of our villages to send some people to clean up the silt in the Xiaoyue River and Dayue River and consolidate the riverbanks."

"In order to prevent the men in the family from falling down at this time, every household in the village would often tighten their belts, live frugally, and provide most of the food in the house to those who had to serve in the labor service. Therefore, during this period, whether it was the elderly or children, some were starved to death..."

After hearing such a shocking fact from Chen Daming, Chen Xuanxuan was really stunned.

"Is this true?"

Seeing the incredible look in Chen Xuanxuan's eyes, Chen Daming sighed helplessly.

"I don't want to say this is true. But many people are having a very hard time right now. I went to some villages, and the village chiefs there asked me to go to the town or the county seat to buy some cheap grain for them. Like the old grain from the year before last, mainly the kind that was less than 3 cents a pound, they especially liked it..."

"Has the price of old grain risen to 3 cents a pound? What about the grain produced last year?"

Chen Daming thought about it seriously and stretched out his palm.

"At least five cents a pound..."

"If you want to buy some cheap food, you have to wait until everyone has a good harvest and exchange all the food for silver to pay taxes. Only then will it be cheaper to buy food..."

Just as Chen Xuanxuan was asking about the prices of various foods, the noodles in the pot were already cooked.

Chen Xuanxuan once again scooped out the noodle soup, then scooped out four large spoonfuls of spicy snail meat, and after repeatedly stir-frying and heating it in the black ceramic pot, she put the bowl of noodles that she had scooped out earlier into the pot. Mix it carefully, add some green onions, ginger, garlic, and some pickled cabbage, and this delicious spicy snail meat noodles is ready.

Seeing his third sister bring him such a big bowl of noodles, Chen Daming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how generous.

He picked up the noodles with the clean chopsticks, and after taking a bite, Chen Daming's eyes lit up.

When he was doing business in the county town, he had eaten in restaurants before.

A bowl of noodles in the noodle shop without meat, just with a spoonful of oil, costs eight cents.

The noodles in those noodle shops, except for the rich and idle city dwellers and those who come and go to various places to do big business, who is willing to spend such a waste of money?

Thinking that his sister's cooking skills were better than those of others, Chen Daming smiled and said, "Sister, your cooking skills are simply amazing."

"If you open a small restaurant in the county, you will definitely make a lot of money..."

Chen Xuanxuan didn't care after hearing this.

She actually knew her own abilities. With her cooking skills, how could she reach the level of opening a restaurant? The

reason why the man in front of him thought it was delicious was simply because she put oil and various seasonings in it.

After Chen Daming ate a big bowl of noodles, he felt relaxed and his whole body became warm.

After eating, Chen Daming wanted to do business. "Third sister, I have to go to a place a few dozen miles away. If you have anything to sell here, I'll help you sell it..."

"..."

Chen Xuanxuan thought about it seriously, and asked him to wait a moment. She had to go back to her room to look around.

After entering her room, Chen Xuanxuan found that Daya and Erya, the two little girls, had already gotten up and were secretly looking in here.

Chen Xuanxuan thought about it for a while, and then told them. "There is a big pot of noodle soup on the stove. Take your own bowls and ask your uncle to help you get a bowl."

Hearing their own mother say that there was noodle soup, Chen Daya and Chen Erya were very happy. "Thank you, mother."

After crossing the high threshold and jumping into the kitchen, Chen Daming took the initiative to greet them and served them noodle soup. Then, he asked a few more questions with concern.

At this time, Chen Xuanxuan took advantage of the fact that the people in the room were not paying attention and quickly browsed the Qiongheihei app. It took about a minute for Chen Xuanxuan to find what she wanted to buy.

She stared at the "Wawaha Milk Sesame Peanut Candy" displayed on the screen for about three seconds, and finally made up her mind to buy it.

Although the milk sesame peanut candy of Wawaha brand gave her a strong smell of piracy, she felt that in this ancient time when productivity was underdeveloped, this kind of candy with a lot of good things added to it could still be sold at a certain price.

She had heard from Chen Daming last time that sugar was really precious to farmers. The common people in the town and the county would only buy a little bit during festivals to entertain guests. After

spending one cent to buy 25 pieces of milk sesame peanut candy cut into the size of a thumbnail, Chen Xuanxuan took the plate of candy and quickly walked to the stove room.

After sending Chen Daya and Chen Erya to the bedroom, Chen Xuanxuan lowered her voice and said to Chen Daming, "Brother, how do these sesame peanut candies look?"

Chen Daming saw that the candies in front of him seemed to be wrapped in glutinous rice paper. He thought for a moment and took the plate from her.

"Third sister, this candy is really good. I will go to Tongzhen again later and sell these good things at a good price."

Every time Chen Daming helped his third sister sell something, he could earn at least more than twenty coins. Therefore, he sincerely hoped that he could maintain this business with his third sister for a long time.

"Third sister, I'm leaving. If I don't leave now, I won't be able to make it to Tongzhen tonight and will have to stay in the wilderness."

Chen Xuanxuan nodded and sent him out.

She felt that her elder brother was also very hard-working.

Before, she was still thinking in her heart that she was poor, and if she had a lot of good things on hand after a long period of accumulation, she could actually take those things and sell them in the county town without going through a middleman like Chen Daming. In this way, she should make more money.

However, this ancient society is completely different from what she imagined.

This kind of transportation is not good.

There are no cement roads, no highways, and no cars.

It takes a whole day to walk from here to the county town. You have to go out before dawn and climb over 23 rolling mountains before you can reach the county town at sunset.