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

Li An did not stay with Song Shiwei for too long. After saying a few more words, he said goodbye and left.

Zhang Wu escorted the person to the door, then returned to the main room and moved the hundred kilograms of grain sent by Li An to his original room.

Li An also returned to Zhou Huai.

"Have you been to Shi Wei's place?" Zhou Huai didn't even raise his head, and the brush in his hand kept writing something.

"Yes, I should have sent some food to Miss Song. But from what she said, it seems that her family is not short of food. When I came out, I took a special look at the woodshed at the door. The firewood was half full of supplies, and there were several baskets with lids on. I don't know what they were filled with. They should be more prepared than other families."

Zhou Huai paused with his brush, looked up at him, and said with a half-smile: "You are very observant, you even checked the firewood room."

Li An suddenly felt embarrassed: "Every time Miss Song said that the family had everything they needed, I didn't know. Besides, the door of the woodshed was wide open, it was hard not to see it. But now I know that what Miss Song said is true."

"She is not as simple as she looks. Xie An and the others also said that Shi Wei is very capable. I think food is just a trivial matter." Zhou Huai changed the subject and said, "Qianxue went back?"

When talking about Shen Qianxue, Li An restrained his smile and said, "She went back. I personally sent her home before returning."

"Well, when the food arrives, half will be sent to the military camp, and the remaining half will be distributed among the other families."

"Yes, but I still don't understand. Even if those families paid a large sum of money, the master doesn't have to give them so much food. We have to keep more in our hands. In case there are any natural disasters or man-made disasters in the future, we can keep some in our hands to prepare for the worst."

Zhou Huai lowered his eyes and looked at him without saying anything.

Li Anton felt the debate topic was Shenghan, and subconsciously raised his head to meet Zhou Huai's heavy, dark eyes that looked like a bottomless abyss. He immediately shuddered, clasped his fists and bowed his head: "It is my subordinate who has overstepped his authority, please punish me, young master."

Zhou Huai put down his brush, stood up and walked to the window, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the rain outside the window: "How do you know that I haven't made any preparations? Well, it's hard for you to rush back all the way, so I'll give you a day off and go back to have a good rest."

Li An immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.

After Li An left, Zhou Huai remained motionless, looking out the window with deep eyes, his emotions unclear.

Song Shiwei was also talking to Zhang Wu about Li An's trip to Jiangnan to buy food.

Especially after hearing Song Shiwei say that Shen Qianxue also went to Jiangnan, he became even more confused and couldn't help asking, "Master, Miss Shen is just a weak woman who can't lift anything with her hands or shoulders. Isn't it a bit strange for her to go to Jiangnan with Li An and the others at this time?"

"She has her reasons for going, it's none of our business anyway. But now that Li An is back, you don't have to go to the city so often. Go and have a drink with him whenever you want. After all, he is Zhou Huai's capable subordinate, and they have their own information network."

Don't forget, behind Zhou Huai are not only the Zhou family, but also the soldiers from the Northern Border.

Zhang Wu understood the hidden meaning of Song Shiwei's words and nodded with a smile: "Master, don't worry. I can get along well with Brother Li. Even if you don't tell me, I will go to him for a drink often."

Song Shiwei hummed softly, and then said: "The village will not be peaceful during this period. Tell Huang Ying and Ru'er to stay at home and not go out. Tell the Huang family later and try to avoid trouble as much as possible."

"Okay, I will go to the Yue family tomorrow and they will let me get some firewood."

"Firewood? They're still going into the mountains to chop firewood in such heavy rain?"

Zhang Wu shook his head repeatedly: "No, it was saved before. The Yue family built a big house at the beginning, and Huang Hai and his family were hardworking. The firewood room couldn't hold all the firewood, so they put it in the yard and only covered it with tarpaulin to keep out the rain. My parents were worried that the water in the yard would wet the firewood, so they asked me to go and fetch some back."

"Oh."

In the afternoon, Song Shiwei was painting at home. Having already painted the winter snow scene, how could he miss the rainy season?

Just after finishing the painting and putting it away, he heard Feng Ru's voice outside. Song Shiwei responded lazily from inside the house, and soon the little girl ran to the door.

"Sister Song, the village chief just came and said that each family should send one person to the village chief's house early tomorrow morning to discuss something."

Song Shiwei frowned when he heard this: "When did you say that? Did you say why?"

"I just left a while ago. I saw Brother Zhang Wu. He didn't say anything else."

It was raining so hard, and they still had to go out to discuss something early in the morning. Song Shiwei really couldn't think of what to discuss.

Zhang Wu was also frowning in the main room, wondering if it had anything to do with those noble families, but he felt that it shouldn't be the case.

Huang Ying handed him a bowl of hot water and looked at him with amusement: "You'll know tomorrow anyway. You can't even think of the reason now. Aren't you just tiring yourself?"

"I never thought that I would always feel uncomfortable."

Huang Ying smiled and shook her head.

The next day, Zhang Wu got up early and was stopped by Huang Ying just as he put on his raincoat.

Zhang Wu looked at her sideways.

Huang Ying smiled and handed him the umbrella beside her: "Although you are wearing a straw raincoat, the sleeves can't cover it. You'd better hold the umbrella and be careful on the way."

Zhang Wu bent down and kissed her cheek gently, his eyes tender and affectionate: "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'm leaving now. You should stay at home and don't go out. It's raining so hard outside. Don't catch a cold. Yesterday, the master said that the village has been in turmoil recently."

Huang Ying blushed slightly and her voice became much softer: "I understand. I won't go out. I'll go to Shi Wei's place when you come back."

"I'm afraid we can't go. When I come back, we'll go to my parents' place. I have something to tell them. You can come with me. The master also gave them some oilcloth. I'll give it to them and sew it inside their raincoats like we did."

Huang Ying smiled and nodded, standing in front of the door and watching Zhang Wu leave, love in her eyes.

When we arrived at Wei Cai's house, many villagers were already waiting there.

Zhang Wu placed his umbrella in front of the door, strode to Wu Dahai's side, glanced at everyone present, and asked in a low voice: "Do you know why the village chief asked us to come here?"

Wu Dahai also shook his head: "I don't know either. It seems that everyone else doesn't know either. Let's wait a while. We'll know what's going on when everyone is here."

"Ah."

After staring for about a cup of tea, all the people who were in charge of the village had arrived. Wei Cai then put down his pipe, squinted his eyes and looked around, then coughed twice.

After everyone calmed down, he slowly said, "I called everyone here today for two reasons. First, the people who moved here from the village are all big shots in the city. We can't afford to offend them easily. Don't get close to them. If something happens, I can't say anything. Tell your family when you go back, especially take good care of the children.

Secondly, the food stores in the city have not been open since the rain, and most families in the village haven’t bought enough food. The extreme cold has almost consumed most of it, so we called everyone here to think of a solution together.”

After Wei Cai finished speaking, the others looked at each other.