"No, not a single grain in the grain stores has been requisitioned. To be honest, all the grain stores in Liuzhou are actually owned by the same family."
I heard the owner has powerful connections, so no one dared to target the grain store during this grain requisition.
After the magistrate finished speaking, he also felt a bit bitter.
Reality is cruel; when the court is in trouble, it is always the ordinary people at the bottom who truly step up.
Those who truly have power and influence are the ones no one dares to touch.
This time, even the government's grain supplies were used as military pay, and no one dared to touch the grain stores.
The county magistrate had been in office for so long, and this was the first time he had encountered such a situation. Even the grain reserves of all levels of government were completely replaced, and no one dared to touch the grain stores.
This shows how powerful the grain store is.
"Sigh, I just hope not too many people starve to death."
The magistrate muttered to himself, knowing that many civilians would surely die this time.
After Su Lao Da and Su Lao Er returned to the village, they told the village chief the news they had found out, and the village was immediately filled with sorrow.
If nothing unexpected happens, the price of grain in this town is likely to rise sharply again.
Sure enough, the next day, villagers who had returned from town brought the news.
Now, brown rice sold in grain stores has reached 38 wen per jin, and wheat has grown to 40 wen per jin.
Everyone in the village sighed and lamented, "We're afraid we won't be able to survive. There are still two or three months until the harvest. What are we going to do?"
"Yes, there are still almost three months left, and we're completely out of rice and flour. What are we going to do?"
The villagers gathered at the village entrance, chatting idly.
"This grain store is utterly unscrupulous, daring to sell at such high prices. Why doesn't the government do anything about it?"
A man standing nearby sighed, “Who dares to interfere? I came back from town today and overheard a passing merchant telling someone that this grain store is owned by the family of the current imperial concubine.”
The man spoke in a very low voice.
However, everyone present heard it but dared not discuss matters of the royal family.
"Let's go to the back mountain together in a bit; the wild vegetables should be growing by now."
Some people sighed and left without lingering.
Seeing this, the others hurried home to grab their tools, intending to go to the back mountain to check if they were too late, fearing there wouldn't be anything left.
Su Family Old House
"I think we should stop this business for now. There's no food available right now, and every household is worried about food."
As soon as Qin Meijuan finished speaking, she was glared at by Boss Su.
The Su couple also shook their heads in disagreement.
"Let's not even talk about the orders we still have to complete; what if our factory's business stops?"
"Wouldn't that mean we have no money? If we can earn some money now, we can exchange it for some grain."
The second son's wife didn't tolerate the woman in front of her. Ever since Old Lady Su and Old Man Su left, this sister-in-law had been acting like the matriarch.
He wants to get involved in everything, but he can't do anything well.
However, early the next morning, Su Lao Er still decided to give everyone two days off.
Early that morning, there were already quite a few people on the mountain, with some women and children searching for wild vegetables and mushrooms.
Many men also gathered together and headed deeper into the mountains, hoping to try their luck and find some wild rabbits or pheasants.
Now, the entire Taoliu Village is basically not afraid of wild wolves and tigers.
Su Lao Er and Su Lao Da even led several of the village's close friends into the deep mountains.
Little Wolf and Little Gray followed together.
When Su Muyao and the others left, they wondered if they could settle down there. If not, they might have to go back to Taoliu Village.
It wasn't convenient to take the little wolf away along the way, so we left the little wolf in the village.
When Longyuan left, he also left Xiaohui in the village.
After Su Muyao left, the little wolf became somewhat listless.
It only started to get better after Su Lao Er read the letter Su Mu Yao sent to the little wolf some time ago.
The letter said that he would return in two months to take the wolf cub to the capital. The wolf cub was able to understand human speech, and after hearing this, the whole wolf became much more energetic.
Little Grey, on the other hand, showed no sign of missing its master. After Long Yuan left, he entrusted Little Grey to Su Lao Er.
On the first day Little Gray arrived home, he not only showed off his own bowl of food, but also ate Little Wolf's bowl as well.
Their appetites were not affected at all by their owner's departure.
There wasn't a single hunter in the entire Taoliu Village, let alone a bow, so the two Su brothers took their wooden forks and broadswords and headed up the mountain.
The group had already decided that if they encountered a large animal like a wild boar, they would work together to surround it from different directions, then try to narrow the encirclement before killing it with their broadswords.
The Su brothers felt that the two wolves might attack, and even if Little Gray wouldn't, the little wolf would definitely.
The other villagers who went up the mountain simply greeted each other and then went their separate ways, tacitly staying away from the activity areas of the other groups.
The two Su brothers walked towards the deep mountains, and along the way they encountered several villagers who had come up the mountain early in the morning to look for wild animals.
They were carrying a pheasant and two rabbits.
Even though there's only one pheasant and two rabbits for so many people, and each person might only get one or two pieces of meat, it's still good.
During this time, Tie Dan's father said to Su Lao Er, "We have already searched this area. If you want to find wild animals, you will have to go further in."
One of the Su brothers' group spoke up: "If we go any further in, we're likely to encounter wolves again."
As soon as he said that, everyone looked at him.
His older brother slapped him on the back of the head and said, "You idiot, there are two wolves in our team."
The man who had been speaking suddenly realized what had happened, scratched his head where he had been hit, and chuckled.
"Sorry, I forgot about that."
But as we continued walking, we discovered that there was actually a large group of people at the very back.
"Aren't these people from Liu Family Village? What are they doing here?"
The leader on the other side is called Liu Fu. We've all met him before, more or less, since we're from the next village!
Just then, Li Fu and his group also saw the villagers of Taoliu Village. The people from the two villages already had some grudges against each other, and now that the enemies were meeting, their eyes were filled with hatred.
"Oh my, does your village have no mountains? Coming up to the mountains of our Taoliu Village, how shameless of you."
Upon hearing this, the villagers of Liujia Village were naturally indignant. One of the thugs stepped forward, pointed at the man who had spoken, and retorted, "What? Is this your mountain or your land? What business is it of yours whether we come or not?"
"If you're so capable, why don't you just buy this whole mountain? If you do, we naturally won't come anymore, right everyone?"
The villagers of Liujia Village all cheered, "That's right, if you're so capable, then buy it! Your village is just a little closer to this mountain, how does that make it your village? You're shameless."
The people of Taoliu Village naturally retaliated with insults, and so the argument escalated from one person to another.
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