Sang Tianjiao girl is a little sweet

Chapter 570 The Good Days Are Over
"Xian'er, the food at home has been burnt out, what can I do..." Mei stepped forward and grabbed Hua Qian's hand, with tears in her eyes, she kept moaning.

Hua Qian calmly patted the back of Mei's hand, "Mother, if the food is gone, it will be gone. After all, the people in the farm are fine."

"That's what you said, but there is so much food..." Mei said, tears could not help falling down, it was obvious that the food was gone.

"Plant again in spring next year, and there will be food in autumn." Hua Qian comforted Mei.

If she didn't know that the food was still there, Hua Qian probably wouldn't be so calm.

Mei Xue and Mei Ya, who were standing behind Mrs. Mei, looked at Hua Qian with sad faces.

Seeing this, Hua Qian chuckled, "You don't have to look like that, it's not a big deal. If there is no food at home, don't you still have money. If you have money, you can buy food. It's not a big deal."

Mei Xue wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "That's not right. Natural disasters in previous years, even if the rich have money, they may not necessarily be able to buy food."

When Mei Xue said this, the tears that Mei had just stopped poured out again.

Looking at the three people in front of her, each with red and swollen eyes, and a worried look, Hua Qian felt a little guilty.

"Mom, where is my father?" Hua Qian changed the subject.

After Mei sobbed a few times, she finally stopped.

"As soon as your father heard that the granaries of the three farms had been burned, he hurried over with the steward who had no request and reported the news." Mrs. Mei sighed deeply as she said.

Hua Qian scratched her sleeping messy hair, and said, "Mother, take your cousin and cousin to the front yard and wait first, maybe the imperial envoy who bought food has come to the village."

"Success, then hurry up." Mei stood up, her footsteps were a little vain, and she must have been frightened by what happened before.

Mei Xue and Maya supported her to leave.

At this time, the gate of Meihuaju's courtyard was already surrounded by villagers, who gathered in small groups and whispered together.

The food in the three farms was burned overnight, and the villagers were naturally very curious.

Among them, there are many who really care about Huaqian's family, and naturally there are also those who gloat and deliberately watch jokes.

When Mrs. Mei heard Mrs. Gui say that many people from the village had come outside, she felt short of breath and had a headache.

Of course she knew the purpose of some people, didn't she just want to see their jokes!

"Sister-in-law Gui, don't pay attention to them." After Mei finished speaking, she leaned back on the chair, closed her eyes and meditated.

Mei Xue went to the vegetable garden early in the morning to pick vegetables, just in time to see Hua Dashan leaving in a carriage in a hurry, and then she learned that something happened to Meihuaju, she didn't even pick vegetables, and rushed over directly.

"Sister-in-law, the food is all burned out. Is there any food at home to hand over to the imperial envoy?" Mei Xue thought, if Meihuaju ran out of food, she would send over the food from her dowry field.

It's just that I'm a little worried that Mrs. Chen will object, but this is her dowry after all, so she can't control it even if she's unhappy.

The sister-in-law's family treats her well, and she must not just sit idly by at this time.

Hearing Mei Xue's question, Mei sat up in shock, and hurriedly got up and went to the warehouse in the backyard.

Take out the key you carry with you and open the door of the warehouse. The first thing you see is some silk and cloth. There is another room on the right side of the warehouse.

She went in and took a look, and found that there was still a lot of grain, but after handing in more than 100 shi of grain, there was not much left, and she might not be able to eat it when the grain was harvested in the next autumn.

Seeing this, Mei immediately backed out, locked the door, and ran to find Hua Qian.

Hua Qian, who was fully dressed and walked out of the room, almost collided with Mei Shi, but fortunately she avoided it in time, otherwise the mother and daughter would collide.

"Mother, what happened?" Hua Qian supported Mei Shi's arm, seeing her flustered expression, her heart skipped a beat.

Mei shi breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Hua Qian's hand and said, "Xian'er, since the food is not expensive now, go to the town to buy more, otherwise our family will not have enough food until next year's harvest. "

It turned out to be for this matter.

Seeing that Hua Qian was not in a hurry, Mrs. Mei urged, "Xian'er, go quickly. Buy more, for fear that the disaster in the north will continue to spread, and no matter how much money our family has, we may not be able to buy food."

Of course Hua Qian knew about this, but she had a lot of food with her, so she didn't need to buy it.

However, in order to appease Mrs. Mei, Hua Qian suggested: "Mother, our village has had a bumper harvest these past few years. When the imperial envoy leaves, let's buy food from the villagers."

At this moment, Mei Xue, who was waiting in the front yard, hurried to the back yard and shouted, "Sister-in-law, Qian'er, the imperial envoy has brought people to buy food."

After Mei Xue finished speaking, four or five guards walked in at the arch connecting the front yard and the back yard.

Li Zhao was surrounded by them, Hua Qian raised her eyebrows and smiled secretly when the protective driver watched.

"The imperial envoy is here." Hua Qian looked at Li Zhao with a half-smile.

"Yes, I'm here to buy your family's grain. You know the price. Your family's fertile land is 160 mu. Based on this calculation, your family must sell [-] shi of grain to the imperial court."

After Li Zhao finished speaking, he thought proudly:

The granary of your family was burned by my officials. Now let's see if you can still produce so much grain!

Going against this official, and even daring to bully this official's daughter-in-law, your good days are coming to an end!
After hearing Li Zhaozhi's words, Mei Shi was about to speak, but Hua Qian who was standing beside her took a step forward.

"Sier..."

Hua Qian glanced at Mrs. Mei, and then showed a perplexed and worried look: "Master Imperial Envoy, I'm afraid you have heard in the village that all the food in my farm has been burned. Look at this..."

When Li Zhao heard this, he knew that this was a good time to take care of Huaqian's family, so he pretended to be concerned and said, "Why are you so careless, it's all food!"

Hua Qian showed a distressed and sad expression cooperatively, and asked, "Master Imperial Envoy, what do you think we should do now?"

Hua Qian's strength yesterday and her pitiful appearance today should arouse suspicion.

However, Li Zhao was overconfident and thought it was because Hua Qian had the support of Mr. Han yesterday and the family had plenty of food that she didn't take him seriously.

But today is different.

Not only is Mr. Han absent, but the food in the family farm has also been burned, so he is naturally weak.

"It's actually not difficult. Your family will go and buy food and come back. However, no matter how much money you buy, the imperial court always pays two cents per catty."

Li Zhao was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that he could finally sell the food he had smuggled along the way to Hua Qian at a high price, and make a fortune from it.

Moreover, this is still a costless transaction.

"This..." Hua Qian showed a perplexed look, and asked cautiously: "My lord, can I use money to pay for food?"

After Hua Qian finished speaking, Li Zhao seemed to be in deep thought for a while, and said, "Nowadays, the price of food has risen. If you use silver to pay for food, we will buy what your family lacks. I'm afraid it won't be good. manage."

Having said so much, isn't the implication that you want to get more benefits!
(End of this chapter)