Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

The two men walked into the teahouse box one after the other. After Zhang Wu parked the carriage, he sat in the lobby on the first floor to drink tea and listen to the latest gossip.

After sitting down, Song Shiwei was not in a hurry to speak. He just watched Zhou Yi drink tea with a smile.

Zhou Yi tensed up when he was being looked at. He smacked his lips and asked cautiously, "Miss Song, didn't you say you had something to talk to me about? What is it?"

Song Shiwei chuckled and raised his hand to add more tea for him: "It's nothing important, I just want to ask if there is enough food in the city recently."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Where do we get food from? Right now, the entire Dali is in trouble. There is ice and snow everywhere. Where can we get food from? We can't even grow food. The food stored in the North was purchased from various places before the extreme cold."

"What about the meat? There are many mountains in the North, so there must be people going into the mountains to hunt."

Zhou Yi was unsure of what Song Shiwei meant by asking this, so he answered honestly, "Families with better financial conditions can occasionally eat meat, and restaurants in the city buy a lot of wild animal meat. Even though there are many mountains, there may be only a few hunters, so there are still too many monks and too little meat. When did Miss Song start to care about these things?"

Song Shiwei smiled and said, "I was bored in the cold winter, so I went into the mountains to hunt some wild animals. There was too much meat to eat, so I naturally wanted to sell some. That's why I thought of Master Zhou."

Zhou Yi stared: "How many have you hunted? How many? Miss Song is looking for a buyer? What do you think of my Zhou family?"

"I came to Mr. Zhou Er, so naturally I would give you priority. I wonder if Mr. Qian Jin Er could buy it out?"

Zhou Yi's eyes widened again: "Thousands of pounds? So many! Did you hunt them all?"

Song Shiwei straightened his sleeves and smiled without saying anything.

Zhou Yi knew that Mao Yan didn't ask any more questions. He thought about it carefully and was about to give a positive answer when there was a knock on the door of the box.

Zhou Huai came in wearing a dark cloak, with snowflakes between his eyebrows and eyes, and he was cold. After coming in, he glanced at Zhou Yi indifferently, and then looked at Song Shiwei, his voice still gentle.

"Miss Song, shouldn't you come to me to discuss business?"

Song Shi smiled and poured Zhou Huai a cup of tea. "Thinking that Mr. Zhou is very busy, it's the same to ask Mr. Second Young Master for such a small matter."

Zhou Huai untied his cloak and hung it up, then sat down next to Zhou Yi. He took a sip of the tea Song Shiwei poured before speaking: "Shiwei, you are joking. There is nothing to do right now. As for what you said just now, I can make the decision. No matter how much, the Zhou family can take it. How much do you want to give Shiwei?"

Ever since his elder brother came in, Zhou Yi felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, especially his elder brother's warm and amiable look at home, which always seemed strange.

Also, one acted very familiar while the other was just being polite.

Especially when he heard the eldest brother calling Shi Wei affectionately, Zhou Yi's mouth twitched uncontrollably. The next moment, he received the other party's glare and sat up straight immediately: "Haha, well, since my eldest brother is here, I won't disturb you guys to talk about business. I just happen to have something else to do later, so I'll leave first. You guys, you guys chat slowly."

The next moment, Zhou Yi moved quickly and decisively. He stood up and walked out the door quickly. After closing the door of the box, he let out a long breath, looked back at the box, and walked out while shaking his head.

When passing by the lobby, he greeted Zhang Wu and then walked out of the teahouse.

Liu Wei had been waiting outside. When he saw Zhou Yi coming out, he hurried forward and whispered, "Just now I saw the eldest master go in. He left so quickly that he didn't even hear me calling him. Did he go in to look for you?"

Zhou Yi wanted to nod, but after thinking for a while, he shook his head: "I think he is more likely to go to see Miss Song."

Zhou Yi looked back at the second floor, then pulled Liu Wei to the side. When they were alone, he whispered, "I think something is wrong with my brother. You didn't see it. My brother looked like that just now. I didn't even dare to look at him any more."

Liu Wei's face was full of curiosity, and his eyes were full of gossip. "What's going on? I felt that something was wrong with the eldest master just now. He was always in a leisurely manner in the past, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry today."

Zhou Yi pinched his chin and thought: "I think it has something to do with Miss Song. My eldest brother treats Miss Song very well."

"Young Master, you mean....Young Master treated Miss Song...mmmm."

Zhou Yi didn't dare to let Liu Wei speak out, and hurriedly covered his mouth, shaking his head and whispering a warning: "Don't talk nonsense before you are sure about this matter, otherwise if my eldest brother finds out, even my father won't be able to save you. Let's go to the military camp."

Liu Wei blinked, suppressed the gossip in his heart, and patted his chest to assure: "Second Master, rest assured, I won't tell anyone, not even Uncle Wan and the others."

In the box, Song Shiwei sat quietly drinking tea without saying a word. Zhou Huai also did not say anything, just looked at her silently.

After a while, Song Shiwei put down the teacup and looked up at him: "I thought you should have known what was going on when you asked Zhou Yi to come out this time."

Zhou Huai remained calm: "Shi Wei wants to keep a distance from me? I thought Shi Wei should know my feelings after what I said before. I know you are not in the mood for love, and I respect your choice not to disturb you, but apart from that relationship, you and I can't even be friends anymore?"

Song Shiwei raised the corners of his mouth, and although there was a smile in his eyes, it did not reach his eyes: "We are just friends, of course it's fine."

"Friends should speak frankly. I am the boss of the Zhou family now. If you have any problems, just come to me. My brother is playful by nature. He has no say in these matters."

The smile in Song Shiwei's eyes faded, and he said in a nonsensical way: "Mr. Zhou Er is dressed in fine clothes and rides a horse. Young men are just like this. Isn't it too biased to be playful? In your eyes, your brother is like this?"

Zhou Huai smiled and said, "I did say something wrong, please forgive me."

Song Shiwei was not in the mood to chat and laugh with Zhou Huai. He put down his teacup and said directly: "Since you said you want to buy it out, you can ask Li An to take people to the Desert Village to take it away the day after tomorrow. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Zhou Huai stood up: "I'll take you there."

"No, the tea we ordered this time tastes good. Qingyuan can slowly savor it while looking at the snow outside the window. It will have a different flavor," said Song Shiwei, and then he disappeared into the box.

Zhou Huai was no longer as gentle as before, his aura suddenly became fierce, his gaze fell on the teapot, his eyes were dark.

After a while, Li An knocked on the door and came in. He looked around the room and saw no one around. He was puzzled and said, "Sir, the second young master has taken Liu Wei to the military camp. He said he will be back in two days. The Li family's affairs have been dealt with, but the eldest daughter of the Li family is a bit troublesome. After all, she is a woman, so I can't make a rash judgment. I need your advice."

Zhou Huai finished his cup of tea before opening his mouth: "So what if she's a girl? Since she's willing to sacrifice her reputation and wants to be associated with the Zhou family, I guess reputation is not that important to her."

"Yes, I understand," Li An clasped his fists, turned around and left, silently mourning for the eldest daughter of the Li family.

I don't know who gave her the courage to throw dirty water on the young master and try to force him to submit by using his reputation. Tsk tsk, Li An admires her courage, but I don't know whether her life will be easy in the future and whether the Li family will continue to protect a daughter whose reputation has been ruined.