Traveling through books to ancient times, I provoke the love of villains and powerful ministers

After returning from Gu Yu's place, Qi Qingxi sent Qi Nuan to shopkeeper Xu's house, and she had to go to the rice store.

On the carriage that Gu Liang sent her back just now, she asked Gu Liang to what extent the flood disaster is now.

"Our side is doing better, but many dikes on the Sui River were washed away. Fortunately, the evacuation was in time, and there were no casualties. Only many villages and farmland were destroyed. But the villages and towns near the big river were not so lucky. A large number of fertile fields were destroyed. Many people have been displaced, and the imperial court is already preparing to send imperial envoys to send relief supplies to various places for disaster relief."

Sure enough, as she expected, the disaster situation is not optimistic. If it cannot be controlled in the future, the price of food may rise rapidly.

She has to buy more and stock up before everyone has received the exact information and the price of rice has not risen.

It's just that when Qi Qingxi arrived at the rice store, the price still increased. Originally, a stone of rice was only five renminbi, but now it has risen to seven renminbi.

But Qi Qingxi still bought it, because she knew it would only become more expensive in the future.

She asked the shopkeeper to send her twenty stones of rice to the shop.

In fact, according to her current consumption of rice and grain in the restaurant, the twenty shi rice would not last for two months. She wanted to buy more, but she was afraid that her behavior of buying a large amount of rice and grain would attract the attention of others and cause embarrassment. Necessary panic.

In the next few days, she went to a few more rice and grain stores and bought a dozen stones each to go back.

This time it was not sent to the shop, but moved into the courtyard from the side alley, and she moved it to the backyard kitchen with some effort.

Qi Qingxi was afraid that the price of vegetables would also rise at that time, and it was estimated that the supply of vegetables at Grandma Liu's house would be insufficient at that time, so she went to the vegetable market on purpose and bought a lot of vegetables such as beans and bitter gourd that could be dried or pickled, or sun-dried. Dried or pickled up.

Many catties of pork were also bought. After marinating, it was either dried into bacon or made into sausages.

There are also some other things and items, as many as can be stocked, filling the kitchen in the backyard half full.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the news of the severe flooding in the south of the Yangtze River to spread, and the price of goods soared all of a sudden, and the rice grain even rose to one or two or six yuan per stone.

Prices soared, and the prices of the dishes at Qi Qingxi Restaurant also increased accordingly, but it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the diners, so the restaurant was very lively every day.

Of course, the bustle of the restaurant is not all brought by the diners, there are also some people who deliberately come to find fault.

That day, Qi Qingxi had just finished paying the bills for a few customers when she heard someone shouting loudly in the restaurant.

"Where is Xiao Er? I have been sitting for so long, why doesn't Xiao Er come to serve you?"

Qi Qingxi looked up, and saw a few men with a dashing look, standing on the stool with one foot up and shaking non-stop.

The guests at the two tables next to that table were holding their plates, got up and moved to sit down on the other side of the restaurant a few tables away from them.

Aunt Osmanthus finished cleaning up the tableware on a table, and walked to the men: "Guest officer, there is no waiter in this store, you have to go to the counter for anything you need, there is a menu there, you can follow whatever you want to eat." Draw yourself a little bit."

One of the Poppis squinted at Aunt Osmanthus, stretched out his palm and slapped the table vigorously: "I want you to serve me to give you face, don't be shameless, I want you to order by yourself, call Xiao Xiao quickly." Second, come out and serve me, or I will throw your shop away."

Aunt Osmanthus was so scared that she backed away again and again, Qi Qingxi immediately stepped forward to pull Aunt Osmanthus behind her.

There were guests eating at other tables, Qi Qingxi didn't want to make a big fuss and affect his business, so he talked kindly to those rascals.

"Several guest officers, there is indeed no waiter in this restaurant. If you really need a waiter to serve you, why not go to the next shop and take a few steps to the right and you will see a very good restaurant. Second, the waiters are very thoughtful."

"What the hell are you? Hearing what you say, you still dare to drive me away? Huh..." The poppy turned his head to look at Qi Qingxi, and was stunned before he could say the word bored, and then looked up and down with wretched eyes Looking at her, he grinned greasyly, "There is such a beautiful little lady in this shop, how can such a beautiful little lady be reduced to selling food here? Why don't you go back with your brother... Brother, I support you..."

Qi Qingxi's scalp was numb from being called one by one by the little lady, and she replied with disgust: "Thank you for the kindness of the guest officer, this restaurant is just enough to support me, so I don't need the guest officer to bother you. No. If you want to eat, you can order at the counter, and we will welcome you. You should discuss it first."

Qi Qingxi turned around to leave, but was stopped by those people.

"Wait." The poppi stood up and went to Qi Qingxi to sniff it, looked at her maliciously and said, "Master, I don't need Xiao Er to serve me anymore. I think it would be good for the young lady to serve me."

The guests next to him didn't dare to look this way, they only dared to lower their heads and bury their heads in their meals, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, not knowing how the shopkeeper provoked Lai Er, a group of rascals.

This group of hooligans has always been domineering, they beat people when they disagree with each other, and they dare to go up to persuade others when they meet, but this group of people... They don't dare to go up at will, this shopkeeper can only ask for luck .

Qi Qingxi felt that it should not be a coincidence that these rogues came to the door suddenly, maybe they were ordered by someone to deliberately come to find fault, but I don't know who ordered it.

At this moment, she really wanted to reach out and slap these rogues to death, but she was not so old, and she was weak at the moment.

She closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and told herself to be calm and not to be impulsive.

Then she took a deep breath, opened her eyes and said in a cold voice: "My restaurant is a legitimate business, please don't make troubles at will. Ansui County is a place where the king's law is respected, otherwise it will be okay to go to the county government." alright."

Hearing Qi Qingxi's words, the rogues burst out laughing as if they had heard some big joke.

One of the pockmarked poppis pointed at the poppi who stopped in front of Qi Qingxi and said: "Little lady, do you know where the county government's door opens, so you dare to make trouble in the county government? Our Erye Lai is a classic historian." My brother-in-law."

Lai Er, who was standing in front of Qi Qingxi, heard his identity introduced by the person next to him, and looked at Qi Qingxi proudly: "You'd better obey me obediently, otherwise, I will ask my brother-in-law to arrest you and give you some money." Bitter taste."

He stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Qi Qingxi's face.

With a "crack", the sound of the whip breaking through the air sounded, and the next second it fell on the salty pig's hand.

"The little brother-in-law of the classic historian is amazing?" A delicate and lively girl in a blue military uniform stood in front of the door with a whip in her hand, looking at Lai Er provocatively.