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

Three thousand kilograms of wild beast meat were all loaded onto the cart, and Li An also took out two hundred-tael silver notes and one fifty-tael silver note from his pocket and handed them forward.

Song Shiwei raised his eyes and glanced at him, saying calmly: "You gave too much."

Li An smiled flatteringly: "I'll use the extra ten taels to treat Miss Song to tea. Next time there's such a good thing, I hope Miss Song won't forget me."

"It's the right amount," Song Shiwei took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve and put it on the table, and then continued, "Don't worry, I like to do business with acquaintances. If I hunt wild animals next time, I will come to you as usual."

Li An nodded in agreement, took the banknote with a smile, and bowed respectfully: "Then I will not disturb Miss Song anymore. I have to hurry to send the meat back. Goodbye."

"Walk slowly."

As soon as Li An left, Song Shiwei pushed the banknote directly in front of Zhang Wu: "Take it. You have been with me for so long, but I have never paid you properly."

Zhang Wu raised his hands and waved them repeatedly: "I don't want it. I still have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry I stole from the bandits. I also have some silver notes that my master gave me before. I am not poor."

Song Shiwei was amused: "Just take it if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Yes, thank you, master," Zhang Wu happily put the banknotes into his arms and put them away.

Outside, Li An walked to the carriage window and whispered, "I have already paid Miss Song with a banknote. Sir, do you really not want to go in and see Miss Song?"

There was no sound in the carriage until a long while later, a melancholy voice, like a sigh, was heard from inside.

"I guess she doesn't want to see me, let's go back."

Li An lowered his head and responded, then jumped into the carriage, waving his whip and left.

As soon as we passed the village entrance, the person in the car spoke again.

"Did she...ever ask me?"

Li An, who was driving the carriage, pursed his lips and answered honestly: "Miss Song did not mention the young master."

After saying this, Li An was afraid that the young master would be unhappy, so he quickly made up for it: "Maybe Miss Song knows that the young master is busy with many things."

Zhou Huai chuckled, with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes: "I really shouldn't indulge in love. Tomorrow you will personally deliver the meat to the army and say it is a reward for the soldiers' hard work in the battle."

"Yes."

In fact, Song Shiwei knew that Zhou Huai was in the car, but he never thought of asking him. At this moment, he was talking to Zhang Wu about the hunting trip organized in the village.

"Brother Dahai said that fewer wild animals hibernated in the mountains this year. Most of them came out to look for food. There must be a lot of them. However, the extremely hungry wild animals are very ferocious. I don't know if they are easy to hunt."

Song Shi frowned slightly: "Then be careful, and put your own safety first in everything."

"Master, rest assured. I know what's going on," Zhang Wu said. He then thought of what Wu Dahai had not said that day, and couldn't help wondering, "The village had made preparations before the extreme cold, and even those who didn't have enough food had borrowed money to go to the city to buy food. Why did Village Chief Wei want everyone to take the risk of going into the mountains?"

Song Shiwei had no time to care about other people's thoughts. He shook his head after hearing this. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Take some time to go to the Huang family in the next two days and tell Huang Hai to be careful when you go into the mountains this time. Bring enough bows and arrows, and bring more medicine for injuries."

Zhang Wu said solemnly, "Okay, I'll go to Xiahuang Village in a while. Liu Daming and the others will definitely go into the mountains too. I just don't know if Uncle Chen Qiang and Uncle Liu Dong will go with them this time."

Liu Dong is Liu Daming's father, and is only a few years younger than Huang Changyuan, so he shouldn't go. But he is also an old hunter and has rich experience in hunting in the mountains. Zhang Wu is not sure whether they will go into the mountains together.

The master and servant were talking about going into the mountains to hunt at home. Wei Xiong from Xiahuang Village and Wei Cai from Damao Village were also discussing going into the mountains at Wei Cai's home.

It was Wei Xiong who suggested going into the mountains in such an extremely cold climate. Wei Caiyuan did not agree with it. After all, what was the difference between going into the mountains at this time and risking his life? However, after hearing what Wei Xiong said, he finally nodded.

He said: "If we don't go into the mountains, what will happen if a herd of beasts comes down from the mountains to attack the villagers? The entire Dali Dynasty was experiencing natural disasters. People couldn't get enough to eat, let alone the wild beasts in the mountains. The conditions in the deep mountains were even worse. If the wild beasts in the mountains couldn't find food, they would come down from the mountains and eat people.

Going into the mountains can scare off wild animals, it can also provide some safety for several people going into the mountains together, and it can also provide food for the villagers if they hunt wild animals. If there are too many, they can sell them in the city for money.

There was a drought before and now there is a snowstorm. Who can guarantee that there won’t be other natural disasters in the future? As long as there is enough food and money at home, there will be no need to panic even if there is another natural disaster.”

After all this talk, Wei Cai finally nodded in agreement.

Today Wei Xiong came to see Wei Cai, firstly to confirm the time and number of people going into the mountain, and secondly to deliver medicine for external injuries.

The medicinal herbs were naturally collected and prepared by Master Xu Shihe and his disciples in the mountains. Wei Xiong had been to the city many times to buy medicinal herbs during these days.

The people in the North have always been surrounded by deep mountains and jungles, so they are naturally bound to get injured. There is sufficient supply of trauma medicine in the North, which is not as precious as frostbite medicine.

Although Wei Xiong was the one who suggested going into the mountains to hunt, it didn't mean that he wasn't worried about everyone, so he put all his energy into going to the city to buy medicine, and then distributed half of it to the Damao Village.

Even though the two were relatives, Wei Cai would not take the medicine given by Wei Xiong for free. He put the medicine away carefully one moment and took out the silver the next. No matter how Wei Xiong refused, Wei Cai refused to take it for free. Finally, Wei Cai glared at Wei Xiong and he finally accepted it.

In an instant, the two of them returned to a harmonious atmosphere.

"We both know that we will inevitably get hurt when we go into the mountains this time. I think these medicines are still not enough. Can we buy more in the city?"

Wei Xiong shook his head directly: "It's not available anymore. Not only is the food in the city limited, but the medicinal materials are also limited. I was able to buy this much only because I had the nerve to find connections. It's impossible to buy more."

As Wei Xiong thought of something, his eyes sparkled: "Maybe you can ask Miss Song, she should be able to buy it."

Wei Cai was surprised: "Miss Song? Xiao Zhang's sister?"

Wei Xiong nodded: "That Miss Song is no small figure. As far as I know, she is familiar with the Zhou family."

"How could that be? Xiao Song looks only about fourteen or fifteen years old, still a little girl. Besides, they just came to the Northern Territory to settle down, how could they know the Zhou family? Could it be that they have a past relationship? That doesn't make sense. Xiao Zhang told me that their family used to be a small wealthy family. Did you mishear?"

Wei Xiong didn't want to directly talk about the relationship between Song Shiwei and Zhang Wu. He wasn't sure whether they were willing to let others know. As for Huang Changyuan and others who knew the inside story, they wouldn't say anything. But if they didn't say it, Wei Xiong wouldn't believe it.

Wei Xiong sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "If you say I misheard, then so be it. I told you, but you don't believe me."

Wei Cai looked at him in doubt, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head: "The medicines you brought are almost enough. I will give them more detailed instructions on the day of departure. As for what you said about Xiao Song, if you really misheard it, I would be embarrassing if I spoke rashly.

If Xiao Song is really familiar with the Zhou family, I should not have gone to look for her. Last time, the villagers ventured into the mountains and it was thanks to Xiao Zhang's leadership that they were brought back. They almost couldn't come back. That time, I was already shameless. This time, I went to ask for medicine even though I knew the drugstore had limited supplies. Isn't that asking for favors from Xiao Song? The owner of the drugstore is not Xiao Song, and I don't have the nerve to ask for it."