Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

Xu Shaoyan has been in a dusty road all the way, and he is no longer as noble as he used to be. read

It was already dusk, and Su Qingyu was hurriedly called over by the shopkeeper of Jixiang Pastry Shop, and she saw Xu Shaoyan like this. His face was covered with dust and frost, and he was leaning on a high-backed chair with his head in one hand and his eyes closed to meditate.

"You came."

"Ah. Here we come."

"sit."

Su Qingyu sat down and looked at him: "What happened? You're in such a hurry." Seeing his serious look, his brows furrowed slightly, and he felt nervous, fearing that something might really happen to him.

Xu Shaoyan rubbed his forehead: "The salt tax is heavy. I got the news and grabbed some. I was afraid that you would have no need for salt, so I transported two carts to your village. As for your daily use, I took advantage of this period before the news spread. Come here, stock up and be prepared.”

"Huh? The salt tax is heavy?"

Seeing Xu Shaoyan nodded, Su Qingyu's heart sank.

She just paid a bunch of inexplicable taxes some time ago. All the autumn grain in the fields was confiscated, and she paid another summer tax. It was said that in order to strengthen the border defense, the additional tax was levied at an additional 200 cash per acre of land.

The common people complained. Su Qingyu held her nose and had sex. How long has it been since the salt tax was increased again?

"A lot more?"

"A lot. If you can, stock up as much as you can."

"good.

After saying a few more words, he stood up and said, "Then I'll go back."

"Well, I will stay in the town for two more days. If you need anything, come to me."

"good."

Su Qingyu was worried as she walked on the street. It was sunset and many shops were closed. Although it was not completely dark yet, candlelight came from the scattered shops that were open, illuminating the path under Su Qingyu's feet.

Su Qingyu hurried to the store.

Without going into details, he just ordered everyone in the store, including Granny Zhou and Hong Xiu, to go out and buy salt. And be sure to buy up everyone’s monthly share. Several children also carried bags and went out to buy salt, and Yaya also carried them.

Su's father and Su Dahu were left behind again, and they talked about the increase in salt prices. The two of them looked calm, turned around, drove the ox cart to the backyard, and hurried to Pingchuan County.

Su Qingyu hurried to Lu Shengcai's grocery store again.

Fortunately, Lu Shengcai is still there. The boy left, and he was about to close the door and go home, when he turned around and saw Su Qingyu sneaking in.

"From the Bo Cheng family? It's so late. What happened?"

"Dad, how much salt do you still have in the store?"

"Salt? We don't have any salt in hand. Dad took some from the salt merchant. It's not much. It's just a small profit. You want it? Take whatever you want. Dad will buy some tomorrow."

Seeing that he had a calm expression, Su Qingnao probably didn't receive the message, so she quickly pulled him aside and whispered.

After saying that, he added: "Dad, you keep what you use at home, and I will share some of the leftovers."

After Su Qingyu saw him stunned, he said it again.

Lu Shengcai's face was filled with disbelief: "Qing Lao, this is no joke. Where did you get the news?"

"Dad, don't worry about whether it's true or not. It won't spoil if you leave it at home anyway." After thinking about it, he turned around and looked around in the grocery store: "Dad, give me some sugar. I'll mix the oil, soy, vinegar and other things." Want it too.”

After saying that, I found some utensils in the store and started packing myself.

Lu Shengcai came to his senses and hurried over to help her load it... Su Qingnao loaded a large truck and asked Lu Shengcai to transport it back to the store for her. Then he asked him to help move it to the cellar.

As soon as he came up, Lu Shengcai was stunned when he saw the people in the store. Even Su Qingyu's twin siblings came back with a big bag of salt.

I was stunned when I saw Grandma Zhou's grandson running in with a big bag of salt. Then I heard Su Qingliu say to Su Qingyao: "I will hold Xiaobao and buy it again."

He saw Su Qingliu hugging Xiaobao and running out quickly.

Lu Shengcai couldn't sit still now: "Qing Lao, this, this..."

Unexpectedly, Su Qingyu didn't comfort him at all, and asked him: "Dad, do you want to go to Pingchuan County to buy some goods? And buy some salt from the salt merchant?"

Lu Shengcai looked at her blankly, and seeing her extremely serious look, he said blankly: "Then, let's go back and set up the car..."

"Dajian, please follow me." Su Qingyu turned around and ordered Zhou Dajian.

Zhou Dajiang immediately supported the stunned Lu Shengcai and strode away.

"Qing Lao, do you think we should stock up on some food?"

Grandma Zhou was terrified all night. The old man was here, and the price of salt had not been adjusted before. When it was high, a pound of salt could be worth a hundred pounds of grain, and there was nowhere to buy it. As a result, everyone ate light food with the door closed, leaving no taste in their mouths.

Grandma Zhou's heart was pounding. Before Su Qingyu could say anything, she patted her thigh and called to her grandson: "Red shirt, go home quickly and get the rice bag!"

Su Qingnao came to her senses and hurriedly asked Zhou Hongshan and Qingyang to go down to the cellar and bring up many rice bags and baskets. After closing the shop, he took everyone to the grain shop with rice bags and soon brought back a pile of rice, flour and miscellaneous grains.

The next day, before dawn, Su Qingnao hired several oxcarts and went to the countryside to load the vegetables and transport them back.

At noon, Su's father and Su Dahu drove their own ox carts back, followed by two hired carts. Avoiding people, he rushed to the backyard of the shop and moved things into the cellar. In the middle of the afternoon, Lu Shengcai also returned, followed by three bullock carts.

Lu Shengcai didn't come back all night. When he came back, Wu knew that he had spent most of his money, so she jumped up and pointed at his nose and scolded him for a long time.

A son and a daughter were about to get married. They bought so many goods with money. If they couldn't sell them, where would the money come from to buy their weddings?

Lv Shengcai did not explain. He was also confused. Fortunately, the things he bought were all storable, and even if the year was good, they would not depreciate too much.

Then Lv Shengcai went to the town three times a day, and the rice, flour, grain and oil store was especially frequent. He also went to the place where salt was sold three times a day.

And Su Qingmei went to the auspicious shop to meet Xu Shaoyan twice, and they talked for a long time each time. After Xu Shaoyan left, she went to the farm again. She ordered all the finished goods not to be moved, and to be sealed in the cellar after they were made, and not to be moved rashly until she ordered.

Liu Zhuangtou responded respectfully.

Su Qingmei also reminded Liu Zhuangtou implicitly to let the farm servants and tenants store some salt.

Liu Zhuangtou was shocked, and as soon as Su Qingmei left, he hurriedly sent everyone in the village to Pingchuan County to buy salt, and the tenants also said it implicitly. Some people bought and stored at home obediently, and some did not listen.

After the Su family in Qiaotou Village and the Lu family in Shanghe Village also stockpiled some salt, Su Qingmei also stockpiled some more and transported some grain from the farm back.

After a few days, the price of salt in Fengting Town quietly rose from 20 wen per catty to 25 wen, and then quickly rose to 30 wen, 50 wen, and 100 wen. Originally, one catty of salt could be exchanged for four catties of grain, but now one catty of salt can be exchanged for 20 catties of grain.

The price rose rapidly. The streets were full of people queuing up to buy salt.