Li Yan stood in front of the door and watched the sunset dye the whole sky red. The fields in the distance were bustling with activity. Villagers were harvesting, carrying stalks of wheat, and half-grown children were picking up fallen ears of wheat in the fields. The scene looked very peaceful and tranquil.
Looking at such a quiet scene, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh in her heart, hoping that her previous worries were just groundless worries.
Because of concerns about rain, the villagers were busy harvesting crops in the fields for the next ten days, except for the hottest time at noon.
Fortunately, every household now has some money, so they won’t be stingy with food.
Seeing that the meal your family sent to the fields contained meat, tomorrow his family will send chicken to the fields. All three meals a day are dry rice. After all, you can't let your man deplete his body and work on an empty stomach.
It was hard work, but they were happy in their hearts. The harvest this year was pretty good. There was a flood in the Central Plains some time ago, and the price of grain had risen a lot.
I hope that when they go to sell the grain, the price will not be too low, so that they can save some money.
When the crops in the fields are almost harvested, their busy figures move from the fields to the threshing ground.
At night, the men who guarded their own food would lie on the haystacks and chat with each other.
"Our grain prices won't be suppressed this year, right?" someone asked.
"No, the price of grain is high this year."
"It's hard to say. Those big grain merchants are all cruel and evil!" said a villager indignantly.
Someone sighed deeply in the night, and the voice was filled with helplessness.
Everyone was silent for a while. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that the grain had always been sold at a high price by the grain shops, and the price they sold to the grain merchants was not something they could decide.
The big grain traders just need to collude together and offer the lowest grain purchase price.
They have to pay the silver, so they will have to sell it even if they don't want to.
The common people can only let those people bully them.
"Anyway, we've made some money now. If the price of grain is low, we can just sell less. Besides, we still have the Li family girl here. We should listen to her opinions. She won't cheat us!"
After thinking about it, they realized that the girl looked smart and had more experience than them. They could ask her for her opinion when the time comes.
I don’t know when it started, but the villagers of Lijia Village no longer regarded her as a child. When they encountered a problem, the first thing they would think about was whether she had any good ideas.
During this period, Lin Feng came to the house once and said, "I have some ideas about the food storage location you asked me to find, but I don't know if it suits your taste."
"Uncle, speak first!" Li Yan said anxiously.
Li Yan has been worried about this matter these days. She wants to store more food, but the space at home is limited.
The place where the grain is stored should be close to home and not easily noticed.
She thought about it for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable one. Her uncle happened to come that day, so she simply threw this difficult problem to him.
"It's right on the way to your village. Come on, I'll take you to have a look!"
Li Yan nodded, said something to her mother, and the two of them left.
Lin poked her head out from the kitchen and asked her to have breakfast before going out, but she had already run away.
"It's not far, just in the direction you enter your village." After saying that, he pointed to a bare mountain in front and said to Li Yan.
The two walked out of Lijia Village and after walking for another half a cup of tea, they arrived at the foot of the mountain.
"This mountain was once struck by lightning, so villagers usually don't come here to chop firewood. The best part is, there's an entrance to a cave on the side of the mountain. The cave is dry and spacious, so I think it's perfect for storing food!"
"When I was a kid, I was naughty and played with others. I hid in this cave. I saw that no one came to find me for a long time. Later, I got tired of waiting and fell asleep here. When I woke up, no one had found me!"
"Then did my uncle go back by himself?" Li Yan asked curiously.
Lin Feng's face looked unnatural for a moment, and he nodded as a response.
The child was too playful and had not returned home until dark, which made his family very anxious. When he returned to his sister's house that day, he was beaten up. Of course, he would not tell his niece about this.
Lin Feng led Li Yan to the side of the mountain and indeed saw a cave entrance that could accommodate one person.
"I'll go in and take a look. You stand outside and don't come in!" After saying that, he walked in first.
It seemed like a long time had passed, but it also seemed like only half a cup of tea. Just when Li Yan couldn't wait to go in, Lin Feng walked out.
He nodded towards Li Yan and said, "It's very dry inside, and the space is very large. Even if all the food in your village is stored here, it's more than enough!"
Li Yan's eyes sparkled when she heard this. Since her uncle said it was dry and there was no problem storing food, then there was no problem. She looked at the bare mountain and made up her mind that this was it.
She looked at the terrain, thought for a moment, and said, "Uncle, I want to buy this mountain and the land at the foot of the mountain!"
Lin Feng thought about it and nodded. After all, he wanted to store food there, so it would be best if the land belonged to him.
Seeing her uncle agree, Li Yan continued to describe her idea, "Although not many people come here, I think we should still disguise the entrance to the cave. We can make it into a hidden door and build a few rooms. This way, when someone comes to investigate, we can hide it from others."
Lin Feng pondered for a moment, "Your idea is good. Let's build the secret door at the entrance of the cave first. But who should do this? You have to think carefully about who to choose. There can't be any mistakes!"
Li Yan didn't want anyone to know about her grain storage, so the matter of the secret door had to be kept secret. She didn't have such a capable person to command her, and even if she could find someone, she couldn't guarantee that this person would not reveal it.
She didn't want to work hard for a long time only to make wedding dresses for others.
Li Yan thought for a moment, and a vague answer came to her mind.
As for this person, she still had to find Qin Yue. Not to mention their current close cooperative relationship, after spending so much time with him, she could feel that he wanted to do things seriously, or in other words, he always wanted to work hard to be recognized.
Whether it was asking her for advice on sweet potato planting, dealing with the resettlement of refugees, or using her own grain shop to stabilize grain prices, Li Yan didn't know what he wanted, but at least Li Yan knew in her heart that he was someone she could trust to cooperate with!
Since she has found him as her backer, she naturally has to hold on to him tightly and not be polite when ordering him around. This way, she will not have wasted her time in giving him many good things.
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