Chapter 492

"A year of drought, a year of freezing, how can we live?"

After listening to Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu couldn't help sighing.

Mr. Xu said nothing.

Last year's drought, although there was a heavy rain later, there was no drought to the end, but most of the people in Xiangyi Prefecture only had some sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger. I don't know how many families are waiting for a good year this year.

However, the arrival of this late spring cold is no less than pouring a ladle of ice water on the people of Xiangyi Prefecture.

"You can always get by!"

After a while, Mr. Xu gave such an answer.

Yes, it can always be.

At the beginning, the two of them fled all the way to Lingshui village, which is not such a sentence.

"In charge of the family, is it suitable for us to let Fubao play like this in such a year?"

Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu with a worried face.

"What's wrong?"

Mr. Xu said with a smile, "it's not a good year. It's a good time to do something like this. At that time, the people in the village will have a good time to eat, drink and make trouble together. "

"Am I worried about that?"

Mrs. Xu glared at Mr. Xu. "Everyone's life is hard. We are still like this. Isn't that eye-catching?"

"Daughter in law, you think too much about it!"

Hearing his daughter-in-law's words, Mr. Xu was very happy. "In our present situation, even if we pretend to be poor, do you think anyone believes us?"

"Don't forget, your man is a marquis at least!"

"Your eldest son is a general of five grades, and your second son is a brave uncle!"

"Your youngest son is Jieyuan now!"

"Oh, by the way, Fubao herself is the head of the county. She has a salary!"

"Besides, you are a lady of Gaoming now!"

"Our family, no matter when, is attractive!"

“……”

Old lady Xu is silent.

She knows all this.

Just a lot of times, she didn't keep it in mind. After all, there were ordinary people around, and she didn't take the letter seriously.

"Don't worry, no matter how the world changes, there is no problem for us to protect you."

This is not a boast.

Today's Anshun County, even Xiangyi Prefecture, can be independent from the Tang Dynasty.

In Anshun County, there are many captors from the capital government. Through Yang Yunyi's relationship, master Xu has arranged these people properly.

On the other side of Xiangyi mansion, the reputation of Xu Laozi and Xu Laoer in the battle of huangtui has long been engraved in the mind of the army of Xiangyi mansion.

"In charge of the family, do you think we should talk to my uncle and try to hoard some food first?"

"Yes, we have to hoard some food first!"

Mr. Xu slapped his thigh fiercely. "Daughter in law, you have got to the point about this!"

The Zhao family's industry spread all over the Tang Dynasty, involving all aspects. When the Zhao family did this, it was absolutely watertight and would not attract the attention of the imperial court.

Even Mr. Xu felt that his little uncle had been secretly doing the work of cultivating grain. The reason why he felt like this was because of the drought in Xiangyi Prefecture last year.

You know, even if the Imperial Court released the grain for disaster relief, it was impossible to transport it at one time to meet the needs of the people in Xiangyi Prefecture.

But his little uncle did.

In this way, in the eyes of ordinary people, it can also prove that his little uncle is not bad for money. But Mr. Xu has seen those rice grains. They are all old grains, two or three years old.

Under normal circumstances, if these grains are purchased on a temporary basis, they must be a mixture of new and old grains.

Unfortunately, it's not.

Mr. Xu did not tell Mrs. Xu his guess, nor did he tell anyone. His intuition told him that his little uncle had a big plan.

If Mr. Xu is still full of resentment against the Zhao family in the capital, he will definitely do something about it. But after reading the letter left by his mother, Xu's idea changed.

In addition, he does not like the present court, so he only looks at it.

If the world is really in chaos, then, he does not mind pushing, buried today's royal family.

Although he had a good feeling for the king of Yan, after the first World War of huangtui, Mr. Xu was also unhappy with the king of Yan. With the passage of time, this unhappiness has not weakened, but has become more and more intense.

When the king of Yan returns from Longxi mansion and meets Mr. Xu on the way, that's the real reason why Mr. Xu said that and let the king of Yan return to the capital.

Mr. Xu went out to find Guan Laoqi and told him about Fubao's skating competition.

"Brother Xu, is this suitable?"Guan Laoqi looks bitter.

The cold in spring is so fierce that it is doomed that spring will come very late this year. And this late spring is bound to delay the normal spring ploughing.

It used to be able to grow two crops a year, but now spring is late, I'm afraid it can only grow one crop.

If the crops are planted and there is another drought, flood or something, it will be really hard to live. Under such circumstances, the skating competition is not hateful?

"Brother seven, I'm just looking at the bad year. I'll do something for you. Let's go out and relax."

"Tomorrow's skating competition, my family's food and meat, you talk to the villagers, come to the fun, eat and drink, relax, don't think about this year's year."

"Even if we are worried about this matter, what can we do?"

"You say, is that right?"

"That's true!"

Guan Laoqi sighed.

The truth is easy to understand.

Unfortunately, it's hard to be open-minded.

However, if master Xu wants to do this, Guan Laoqi naturally has no problem. Most importantly, it's useless for him to have opinions. Mr. Xu is the Marquis conferred by the imperial court. If Mr. Xu shows his identity, he is not qualified to talk to Mr. Xu.

That's why Mr. Xu doesn't pay attention to these. Otherwise, his status is far from perfect.

After talking to Guan Laoqi about this, Xu Laozi talked to Xu Laozi, Xu Laoer and Xu Laosan about buying grain.

"Dad, there must be a food shortage here. I think we should buy food as soon as possible."

Xu Laosan didn't want to give his answer directly.

Old Xu thought about it and said, "Dad, you should buy the grain, but you have to consider how to buy it and where to store it after you buy it!"

"After all, if there is a real lack of food, people will be able to do anything to satisfy themselves!"

"Isn't that easy?"

After Xu opened his mouth, Xu said, "go to Jiangnan to buy it. After buying it, it will be stored in the town."

"Let's just open a rice shop in the town!"