Bieye made a very sumptuous lunch, braised a whole pig head and some vegetarian dishes. In addition, he also made five dishes and one soup, including brine shrimp, stir-fried lentils, scrambled eggs with luffa, and cold yellow rice. Beef, salted peanuts and crucian carp tofu soup.

After Zhen Youqian fell in love with the dish, she was both greedy and embarrassed.

"How can we prepare such a sumptuous meal for the three of us?"

The things he sent me didn’t feel as valuable as this meal!

Bieye smiled and said, "The village chief hasn't been here for a long time, so naturally he has to entertain him well."

Since the accident at home, Zhen Youqian was the first person to come to visit the family. A friend in need is a friend indeed. If the village chief has this intention, he naturally cannot let him down.

Zhen Youqian felt a little regretful.

If I had known that they valued me so much, I should have given more valuable things. The next time I came over, I would have made up for this oversight.

Although he is the village chief, he can't eat meat every day. He is only willing to spend money to buy meat during festivals, or when something good happens at home, or when he is really greedy and can't stand it anymore. But Bieye and the others not only I made braised pork to entertain him and bought such expensive beef.

Not to mention the taste of beef when paired with wine.

But one pound of beef can buy two pounds of beef, which is really not cost-effective. Most people are not willing to buy beef to entertain guests.

Not to mention, the prices of both grain and meat have increased now. Although he didn't buy beef, he thought that since the price of pork had increased, the price of beef would definitely increase as well.

I don’t know what the price is now.

This meal was a great time for both host and guest.

After the meal, Gu Rao specially made milk tea. He and Bieye drank iced milk tea. After asking Zhen if he had money, he made hot milk tea for him.

The three of them were sitting in the yard chatting.

Zhen Youqian drank the long-lost milk tea and sighed, "You are no longer in the food business. If I want to drink milk tea in the future, I won't be able to buy it."

Gu Rao smiled and said, "Whenever the village chief wants to drink, just come home and I will make it for you."

Zhen Youqian said, "Why is this so embarrassing?"

Although he said he was embarrassed, he was very happy in his heart.

Gu Rao greeted him with a few polite words.

Zhen Youqian saw that both Gu Rao and Bieye were drinking ice. She didn't know what she thought of, so she advised, "Women are already cold, so it's better to drink less ice."

"It's okay to drink some iced drinks in summer to relieve the heat. It's only April and the weather isn't that hot yet, so you'd better drink less iced drinks."

Gu Rao nodded.

"Thank you, village chief, for reminding me."

Seeing that she could listen, Zhen Youqian couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Don't blame me for talking too much. I do it for your own good. I hope you have a good life. If you don't like to hear it, I won't talk."

Gu Rao smiled.

"I know."

Zhen Youqian then said, "When Mrs. Yu was young, she was ignorant and loved to eat cold food. As a result, she had no income for two years. After seeing a doctor, I found out why. From then on, she only ate cold food. There is less, and since the body has been recuperated, the children have come one after another.”

He had a smile on his face when he talked about this.

There is no man who does not like his children.

If he and his wife were not old now and could no longer have children, he would have loved to have a few more children. The more children, the better.

Gu Rao, "..."

She seemed to have heard Zhen Youqian's hint.

Bieye was not stupid, and naturally he could hear Zhen Youqian's intention. He twitched the corner of his mouth, and then said, "I'm afraid I don't want children for the time being."

"The village chief also knows the current situation at home. When the conditions at home are better, I will consider the children's affairs."

Zhen Youqian persuaded, "No matter how poor the family is, they can't afford to raise a child. Some families can hardly afford to eat. Aren't children being born one after another?"

"You just think too much!"

"You are still young now, so don't worry. When you get older in the future, when you reach my age, you will regret that you didn't give birth earlier."

Bieye, "..."

Everyone has their own ambitions, and he really doesn’t care if he has children!

not to mention……

He glanced at his wife.

Gu Rao, "..."

She saw Bieye's intention and couldn't help but glare at him. Did she not want to? It was Bieye who never consummated the marriage with her!

She took the initiative before, and after being rejected several times, she also has self-respect. Don't expect her to take the initiative again!

The couple exchanged glances, so Zhen Youqian, who still wanted to say a few words, didn't know how to continue talking. He even felt that it was unnecessary for him to sit here.

After eating and drinking milk tea, it was time to go back.

So he drank the rest of the milk tea, then stood up and said, "It's getting late. If it's any later, there won't be an oxcart back to Taohua Village, so I'll go back first."

"When you are free, come to my house as a guest."

Bieye stood up to see him off.

"I send you."

Zhen Youqian waved his hand.

"It's not that I don't know the road, I can just walk this way by myself."

Gu Rao suddenly said, "By the way, village chief, the price of food has increased recently, and it will only get worse in a while. You should also find a way to stock up on more food."

Zhen Youqian noticed that she said 'ye', and couldn't help but take her words seriously.

"I was originally planning to take advantage of the current increase in food prices to sell some of the excess food at home, but I didn't expect that it would rise again in a while!"

"Fortunately it hasn't been sold yet!"

He thought Gu Rao was telling him this to show him how to make money, and he trusted them in his heart and believed in their ability to make money.

Now with such an opportunity to make money in front of him, how could he give up? Not even a little hesitation.

"Then I won't sell it now. I'll stock up a little more before the price rises so outrageously, and sell it when the price rises again!"

Gu Rao, "..."

Did she mean it?

Bieye said with a smile, "We asked you to stock up on food, not to let you resell it to make money, but to remind you that the price of food may remain high for a long time in the future. You'd better stock up some and keep it for yourself. Otherwise, it is very likely that we will not have enough food to eat.”

Zhen Youqian looked slightly startled.

"I am a farmer who relies on farming for a living. As long as there is a harvest every year, I will definitely not be without food. Hoarding food is not enough..."

Now that the price is so good, it would be a pity not to take the opportunity to sell it. He is also asked to buy it back at a high price and stock it up, which he really can't bear to do.

Bieye said, "Farming depends on God for food, but no one can predict what the harvest will be like next year."

"What's more, haven't you noticed that taxes have increased this year?"

“Perhaps, taxes will be higher next year.”

"At that time, part of the food grown will be handed over, and no one knows how much is left."

Zhen Youqian's heart suddenly trembled.

When Bieye and Gu Rao didn't remind him, he didn't pay attention at all. Now that they reminded him, he suddenly started to be afraid.

Taxes have indeed increased this year, and they have increased much more than last year.

Barely within his tolerance.

At first, he thought it was the county magistrate who was embezzling and raising the food tax without permission. He scolded the county magistrate for being a corrupt official so many times, but now he realized that maybe things were not that simple.

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