Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

"Nowadays, there is a war and chaos outside, and the price of food is sky-high. You are brought here by acquaintances. As long as you can afford the money, I am willing to sell you some."

The owner of the small restaurant looked at Su Qingyu and his group and saw that they looked harmless, so he spoke.

Su Qingyu felt happy and hurriedly thanked the other party: "Thank you very much. It doesn't matter what we adults eat, but we have many children at home, all only a few years old. I want to buy some fine grains for the children, and some brown rice and thick noodles." "

As he spoke, he handed the shopkeeper a bag filled with scattered silver. The man took it and opened it to see that there were about ten taels of silver.

Seeing that he had accepted it, Su Qingyu said again: "You can use the money to pack it for us. We want half fine grain and half coarse grain."

"Wait." The man glanced at them, ducked in, and closed the door.

The cloth shop owner didn't follow him in this time. He asked Su Qingyu some information. Knowing that they were General Huang's men who captured Renzhou, they were still a little scared. I also heard that they were just family members who accompanied the army, and they were just ordinary people who joined in because they were desperate.

After hearing this, the boss felt sorry for them.

I heard that there were many women and children like them who were with the army outside the city, and I thought about the acumen of businessmen.

After a while, the owner of the small restaurant opened the door and led a nephew-like person out. The two of them came out holding a few small bags.

Put it on the ground and open it for Su Qingyu and others to see.

"This bag is made of fine grains, and the other two bags contain one bag of brown rice and one bag of black flour. Don't think I gave you too little. Go out and take a look. Where can you buy grain now? Even if there are grain merchants. How many people can transport the grain to the city safely? It was either lost or robbed on the way. You can still buy these in ten liang now, but it may not be possible in the future. "

Su Qingyu also knew the current situation. She had just spent several times more money on cloth and shoes than before. Now when buying grain, the price had risen so much. She had expected it, so she didn't say anything more.

Just thank him. He opened it slightly and looked at the ground. He saw that there was a small bag of white flour in the fine grain bag and glanced at the man.

The man then said: "I just heard you say that your family has many and small children, so I packed two kilograms of white flour for you. Don't tell anyone about it when you go back. If anyone comes to buy it, I won't recognize it. My family It’s not enough to eat, and I don’t know where to buy it after I finish eating.”

Although Su Qingyu knew that he was not at a loss, he was kind enough to give them two kilograms of white flour: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, we are all strict-mouthed people. We will not cause you any trouble."

After saying that, he asked Dahu and Dajiang to carry the grain on their backs and turned around and left with everyone.

The cloth shop owner looked at their backs and remembered what Su Qingyu and others had just said, and said to the small restaurant owner: "I heard they said that the man who captured the city had many family members accompanying the army. What about you?" The restaurant is closed? Maybe it’s doing well?”

The boss was a little moved after hearing this. There are quite a few people in this team.

But now grain merchants no longer transport grain to the city, and several grain shops in the city are closed. Grain cannot be bought. If the grain stored at home is sold out, what will his family eat?

Even if I make a lot of money, I still have no place to buy food now.

But when I think about leaving the business alone, I feel itchy. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll go to the street with you and take a look."

The cloth shop owner then said: "Let's go and take a look together. My cloth shop originally wanted to close down and prepare to leave the city for a while. But after hearing what they said, I planned to open it for a few more days to take a look. You don't know what happened just now They all bought up all the shoe soles I had accumulated. I heard that there are 10,000 people outside the city. Everything is expensive now, so I can make a lot just by selling shoe soles..."

Su Qingyu didn't know that the two of them had said such words after they left.

Several people wrapped the grain in old cloth and put it at the bottom of the backpack. On top of the basket were shoe soles. They used the old cloth from the soles to cover the grain and hide it from others.

A few people walked around the city with backpacks on their backs, trying to buy something for the children. After searching around, they couldn't find anything, and the bookstore wasn't open, so they had to go back to the camp outside the city.

As soon as the few people returned to the camp, many people came up to watch them, asking questions and looking through their backpacks. Many people asked them about the situation and what they bought in the city.

Su Qingliu and others took the shoe soles placed on the backpacks and showed them to everyone: "This journey is a waste of shoes, so we went to the city and bought a few pairs each. We also bought some old cloth to prepare a few more pairs of thick-soled shoes. You are I don’t know, one pair of soles now costs as much as four or five pairs! Even old rags are sold for the same price as silk! We still want to buy a suit of clothes for each of us, but we don’t have enough money and can’t even buy burlap. "

These words made many people retreat.

"Is the city busy?"

"Hey, it's so lively. All the officials in the city have run away, all the people with connections have run away, and not many businesses are open. We see a few children who are suffering along the way, so we want to buy two pieces of candy for the children. It’s sweet, but I searched all over the city and couldn’t find any for sale.”

The people who came back after Su Qingyu also confirmed what the Su family said, and everyone no longer had any expectations for entering the city.

Su Qingyu and others covered up and returned to their own territory. When Su's mother and aunt heard that such a small amount of grain, twenty or thirty kilograms, cost ten taels of silver, and half of it was coarse grains, they were stunned.

"Are you going to eat gold? This food is so expensive, can ordinary people afford it?"

"What can we do? This fine grain is only about ten pounds, and it won't last long. Is this grain so expensive?"

When Lu Xiaobao saw Su Qing'an coming back, he threw himself into her arms and stuck to her.

At this time, Su Qing'an held Lu Xiaobao in her arms, touched his little head, and said to Su's mother and others: "Wait a few days and see, the large troops will not withdraw for a while. The merchants in the city will open their doors one after another when they see that the situation is stable."

Su Dahu and Da Jiang walked around the city and saw that such a large city of Renzhou was not as prosperous as their small Fengting Town. Looking at the current life and thinking about the past life, they also sighed.

"The price of grain is so expensive now, it should be because the road is unsafe and difficult to transport. Now, if it is not a large caravan with its own guard team, most of the merchants walking on the road will be robbed. If the grain cannot be transported in, the price of grain will be high." Su Dahu said.

In the past, he helped Su Qing'an to collect and transport goods in the countryside and villages, and he had a lot of experience in transportation.

A few days passed like this, and there was no sign of the team moving out of camp.

Su Qing'an originally thought that Huang Xu would send troops to garrison Renzhou after confiscating Renzhou's supplies and recruiting able-bodied men, and then he would lead the team to continue southward.

But a few days passed, and not only did Huang Xu not appear in the camp, but even his close subordinates were nowhere to be seen.

She also heard people say that some businesses in the city had opened for business, and some taverns had also opened, and she often saw Huang Xu's men drinking in the taverns.

Then more and more soldiers went to the city to drink in the taverns. She also heard that the brothels in the city had also opened for business, and the casinos had also quietly opened, and the business was still very good.

Su Qing'an's heart skipped a beat after hearing these news.

Huang Xu was satisfied with having gained a city? Was he going to settle for pleasure?