After hearing Mr. Xiang's words, everyone looked seriously at Xiang Xinbai and Ye Kai.

Both Xiang Xinbai and Ye Kai looked a little heavy, and they were frightened by what they saw along the way.

Xiang Xinbai spoke first: "The road is desolate and has been eaten by locusts, and the price of food has also increased. The price of food in the town has increased from twenty cents per bucket of rice to sixty cents."

Ye Kai answered: "Even if there is pressure from the county magistrate, the price will still rise."

As soon as the price of food increases, the county magistrate comes out. Otherwise, the price of food will continue to rise.

Mr. Xiang sighed lightly: "Yes, those grain merchants collect grain from other places to make money, not to buy bulk grain. The price will still rise."

"Did you see any chaos along the way?"

This is what Mr. Xiang is most worried about. If there is chaos, the people's survival will be even more difficult.

Xiang Xinbai shook his head: "We didn't have any when we came here. We were just there crying that the price of food had risen too high, saying that God was going to force them to death."

Mr. Xiang knocked the cigarette pole in his hand: "There is nothing we can do about it. Did the town make any announcement, or did the county magistrate say anything else?"

Xiang Xinbai nodded this time: "The county magistrate issued a notice telling everyone not to panic, and also called on everyone to plant quickly so that they can harvest another batch of food when the wind and snow come."

"The county magistrate also used his own money to sell grain seeds to them at the cheapest price."

Mr. Xiang smoked his cigarette and looked sad. The county master is a good man and a good official. If he had more power, he would give tax exemptions to the people.

It's a pity that the county master doesn't have that ability, and he can't help.

Although their village has rice with high grain yield and fast planting, the prerequisite is that Xiao Qi is there.

Without Xiao Qi, everything is empty talk, and he can't put Xiao Qi in danger.

Xiaoqi said that the growth rate and yield of the rice grains that have been converted out will be higher than other rice grains, but not as good as those in their Xiangjia Village.

After all, those rice seeds that were exchanged were grown by drinking the water of the spiritual spring, so they still have this ability.

Xiang Ci received the look from his grandfather, knowing it well but pretending to be confused and blinking.

Mr. Xiang lamented in his heart, "It's good for Xiao Qi to be like this."

Ye Kai looked at the silent Mr. Xiang and said, "We stopped by the academy to see Xiao Jin. He is very good, which reassures us all."

Xiang Xinjin is the son of Xiang Renhe and Yan, Xiang Wan's younger brother, and the sixth in the family.

Now he is studying in the town college.

Because of the long journey and the need to prepare for the scholar examination, I rarely come back.

After hearing the news about her son, Ms. Yan was excited: "Has he lost weight? Is he eating well? Has he spent the money given to him? This child is so sensible. Has he taken good care of himself?"

No matter how worried you are, you have to let your children go on their own and not ruin their future just because you are short-sighted.

She would rather rent a house in the town, study with her child, and wash and cook for him.

But the child doesn't want it, saying that when he grows up, he can take care of himself.

He also said that there are so many children studying in the family. If every child comes to the town to study, his parents will need to accompany him to study.

In the end, wouldn’t it be true that only the grandparents are left in the family?

Then who will fulfill the filial piety?

What's the point of them reading like this?

When Yan thought about her son's sullen face and said these truths seriously, she became so embarrassed that she finally obeyed her son and let him fly.

But her mother was worried after traveling thousands of miles away. Even though she could see her every month, she still missed her dearly.

Ye Kai smiled and said: "He is very good. He has grown taller. He said he can eat in the college without spending money. He takes good care of himself. Let us not worry about him."

"He also said that he would come back during this busy farming season."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yan smiled with red eyes, hurriedly clasped her hands together, and prayed to the sky for her son, that everything went well.

The family members are also relieved.

Mr. Xiang looked at the two large carts in the yard and frowned: "Why did they appear in broad daylight this time?"

The last time I came to buy food, I came back in the middle of the night, secretly, for fear of being seen by others.

This time I bought two carts of animal skins and showed up in broad daylight for fear that no one would see them.

"It's not because of the locusts." Xiang Xinbai gritted his teeth. "There were locusts all the way. We were worried about our family, so we hurried home overnight. We didn't even think about coming at night. We just wanted to see you early."

Only when I see my family can I let go of my heart hanging in my throat.

Ye Kai's gaze fell on Xiao Qi who was smiling at everyone: "I bought animal skins and snacks when I passed by the town. I'll get them."

But Xiang Xinbai ran faster than him. He took out the snacks he bought in the town and brought them to Xiang Ci: "Osmanthus cake, it's beautiful. It's delicious. Come and try one."

Xiang Ci took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake: "The sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant in August. It's not even August yet and we have sweet-scented osmanthus cake. It's so fragrant and sweet."

Xiang Xinbai smiled and put the box in front of Xiang Wan: "Try a piece, it's very sweet."

"Okay." Xiang Wan pinched a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth. "It's really sweet. Xiaoqi likes it."

When Xiang Xinbai heard this, he closed the box and said, "Then leave it to Xiao Qi to eat."

Everyone: "..."

Xiang Ciwei was embarrassed and hurriedly snatched the snack box from his hand and brought it to Mr. Xiang: "Grandpa, this sweet-scented osmanthus cake is so sweet. Eat a piece."

"The old man doesn't eat sweets, no."

"Grandma, this sweet-scented osmanthus cake is so sweet, please eat a piece."

"I'm old and my teeth are almost gone. I won't eat."

"mother……"

Everyone rejected the snacks brought by Xiang Ci. Even Xiang Wan refused: "It's too greasy and not delicious."

Xiang Ci was deeply moved. Although she was a foodie now, she really didn't have the habit of eating alone.

But the love and consideration from her family moved her very much.

Although, she actually doesn't like eating this sweet-scented osmanthus cake. It should be said that she doesn't like eating anything that is pink and glutinous.

She likes to eat pasta, and she likes to eat spicy food, not something that makes people panic when biting into it, and disappears before they can recover from the taste.

In modern times, dormmates like to eat cookies and cakes.

And she didn't touch these things.

We don’t have those things here, but we miss modern snacks a bit.

After eating a piece of this sweet-scented osmanthus cake, I actually kept it delicious, but I still didn’t like it.

She delivered the snacks in the box to her family members, and finally delivered them to Dabao: "Dabao, Aunt Seven will treat you to some sweet-scented osmanthus cake, okay?"

Dabao already had a piece in his hand. At this moment, he looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that was delivered to him. He shrugged his nose and looked like he was drooling: "This is a snack from the girl's house. I am a little man and I won't eat it."

Xiang Ci couldn't help laughing as she drooled while talking: "What should I do? Aunt Seven doesn't like osmanthus flavor, but Aunt Seven likes lotus flavor."

Ye Kai on the side stood up calmly and walked towards the cart in the yard.

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