20demayo Chapter 106 I Want All the Handsome Men in the World
Chapter 106 I Want All the Handsome Men in the World
As soon as they returned to Qingshan Town, some gossipy villagers laughed at them.
"Only you guys believed Zhang Daya's words. Now you've come back empty-handed. How embarrassing!"
"That's right. It's not that easy to start a war, and it's not that easy for food prices to rise."
Yan Nanfei looked at these people's gloating faces and said slowly, "What Aunt Daya said is true. The imperial court has posted a notice that war is going to break out, and the price of grain has indeed increased. Moreover, there is a purchase limit, and each person can only buy one jin of rice per day."
“When we came back, the line was incredibly long. I advise you to hurry up and go out to buy some too. But you definitely won’t make it today. Go out and buy some earlier tomorrow.”
The sound of geese flying south is not hurried at all.
It didn't sound true at all, so no one believed her.
In response, Yan Nanfei said he didn't care, believe it or not.
Anyway, Yan Nanfei has already told them the truth. It's their own fault for not believing it, so they can't blame Yan Nanfei and Fengshan Qingshan Town for returning without telling them.
After saying that, Yan Nanfei ignored their sarcastic remarks and turned to leave.
They arrived at Huatuo's house. While Huatuo was drying medicinal herbs in the yard, he overheard people discussing rising grain prices. He was particularly worried and wanted to buy some cornmeal to store at home.
His cornmeal supply is almost gone and won't last more than a few days.
However, his health was not very good, so he thought of asking Yan Nanfei and the others to buy it for him.
Just as he was about to go out, he saw Yan Nanfei and Feng Shan arrive at his house.
When Hua Tuo saw Yan Nanfei and his wife, it was like seeing a savior.
“Miss Yan, please leave now. I have a favor to ask of you.” Hua Tuo said somewhat embarrassedly, “I heard from the villagers that grain prices are rising and there might be a war. I would like to ask you to bring back some corn flour for me next time you go to Qingshan Town. Here is my money.”
Hua Tuo took out a purse containing five taels of silver.
It was half of his savings.
“You don’t need to worry about food. You’ve already sold yourself to me, so I’ll naturally take care of your meals.” Ye Nanfei pushed his purse back into his hand. “You just need to focus on recovering from your injuries. You don’t need to worry about anything else.”
Hua Tuo was deeply moved when he heard Yan Nanfei say this.
“Miss Yan, please accept this five taels of silver as my way of thanking you for your help.”
Hua Tuo wanted to hand over the five taels of silver to Yan Nanfei, but Feng Shan directly stopped him.
“My wife said that since you’ve sold yourself to her, it’s only natural that we take care of your affairs. You don’t need to feel any pressure.”
Feng Shan said in a calm and reasonable tone: "Just like my wife said, the most important thing for you now is to recover from your illness."
Yan Nanfei felt very gratified as he watched Feng Shan comfort Hua Tuo.
“That’s right, Feng Shan is right. Just focus on getting better and don’t think about these things anymore.” Yan Nanfei poured himself a cup of tea. “Besides, even if you gave me these five taels of silver now, I wouldn’t actually spend it. I’d always find a time to pay you back. So let’s skip this process and just not accept it.”
After drinking a glass of water, Yan Nanfei felt much more refreshed.
Just now, with so many people crowding around her, Yan Nanfei felt it was hard to breathe and her heart was being squeezed.
If it weren't for the mountain being sealed off, Yan Nanfei felt he would have definitely fainted there today, been trampled by countless people, and possibly even died on the spot.
Just as Huatuo was comforted, Linfeng rushed over again.
Lin Feng originally intended to go to Yan Nanfei's house first, but when he passed by Hua Tuo's house and saw that they were all there, he ran straight in.
He was panting heavily, which showed how fast and urgent he had been running.
"Miss Yan, Fengshan, Huatuo, have you heard from the villagers that we might be going to war, and that rice prices have gone up?!"
Upon hearing the discussion, Lin Feng immediately rushed over to tell Yan Nanfei and the others.
Yan Nanfei nodded and said to Lin Feng, who was panting, "That's right, that's exactly it. Feng Shan and I just came back from Qingshan Town. There are notices posted outside the government office that war is about to break out. Also, there are long queues at all the millet shops in Qingshan Town, and the prices have risen to an absurd level. In addition, each person can only buy one jin of rice a day, and the same goes for other things like corn flour. You can only buy one jin a day."
“I’ll go to town and queue up now, I’ll buy as much as I can.” Lin Feng took out his purse: “All my savings are in here. I’ll talk to the shopkeeper and ask him to sell me more. If necessary, I can raise the price a little.”
Otherwise, when they really run out of rice, even if they have mountains of gold and silver, it won't help; they can't eat it.
“With this little money, I can probably buy dozens of bags of rice, enough to last the six of us for a while.” As he spoke, Lin Feng felt something was wrong: “Maybe we shouldn’t buy so much rice. We should use some of the money to buy some cornmeal, because cornmeal is cheaper and can last longer than rice.”
Among these six people are Zhang Daya and Qingfu.
Lin Feng was thinking about having enough to eat for all of them, not about buying food to eat alone.
This deeply moved Yan Nanfei, Feng Shan, and Hua Tuo.
"Linfeng, don't worry." Yan Nanfei patted his shoulder: "I bought some rice a while ago, so we won't lack food for the next two years."
Yan Nanfei's words contained a lot of information: they meant that the six of them wouldn't have to worry about food for two years. This was far more than just a little bit!
However, Lin Feng and Hua Tuo did not ask Yan Nanfei how much he had bought.
Instead, they all asked in unison, "Miss Yan, where did you put the grain you bought? Won't someone see it? What if someone steals it?"
After all, people lose their rationality completely when they are extremely hungry.
They were afraid that someone would discover that Yan Nanfei had a lot of grain at home, and that some unpleasant things would happen.
But no matter what happens, they will do everything in their power to protect Yan Nanfei.
But the three of them were no match for a group of hungry people.
Therefore, we need to first clarify the key points of the problem, such as knowing where the grain is and seeing if we can hide that place even more concealed.
The kind of concealment that makes it impossible for others to discover.
Regarding this question, Yan Nanfei calmly replied, "Both of you can rest assured. Only I can retrieve the grain from the place where I stored it. Even Feng Shan can't retrieve it. Although Feng Shan knows where it is, he can't do anything about it. Only I can."