Died In Infancy! My Wife Is Actually A Villain

Chapter 167 Half A Pound Of Money And Five Kilograms Of Rice

On the long street, Zhang Erniu led the yellow horse and sat at the front. Then he looked back at Gu Chen and the others behind him, "Sir, this is the county seat. Where do you want to go?"

"Just take a walk." Gu Chen said.

After speaking, he looked at the shops on both sides of the road and the pedestrians coming and going.

The scene in front of me still looks extremely lively and prosperous, with various shops lined up in rows and a dazzling array of products.

Most of the passers-by were wearing gorgeous clothes, and the men were holding folding fans, looking like handsome young men. The women wear gold and silver jewelry and look elegant.

It can be said that in the current scene, there is no sign of disaster at all.

Looking at the scene around him, Liu Yun frowned slightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Sir, it's not that the drought in Huzhou is extremely serious, why can this county be so lively?"

——Because he could not confess His Highness’s identity, Liu Yun kept calling him Young Master on the way to Huzhou.

Gu Chen said: "You will know if you walk around more."

Nowadays, it is only a corner of the county, and it is difficult to know its full picture, but he can understand this superficially prosperous scene.

After all, those who can live in the county are either aristocratic families, businessmen, or at least some hawkers. Compared with ordinary farmers, they have a certain economic foundation. Even if they face famine, most of them have ways to deal with it.

Liu Yun didn't ask any more questions.

Then everyone walked towards the east, and did not see anything strange along the way. The east side of the county was not much different from the north side where they were just now, and it was still lively and prosperous.

At this time, Gu Chen suddenly stopped and asked Zhang Erniu, who was leading the way: "Erniu, didn't you say before that a soup kitchen was set up in the county to help farmers who had no food to eat? Where is the place you mentioned? ?”

Zhang Erniu said: "It's in the south. Sir, do you want to go over and have a look?"

Gu Chen nodded, "Take me over and have a look."

"good."

After saying that, Zhang Erniu quickly changed direction and walked towards the south of the county seat.

After walking for a while, noisy voices came from the front. Looking up, I saw a crowd of people surrounding the shops not far away.

Zhang Erniu looked at the shop in front of him that was surrounded by passers-by, then turned to Gu Chen behind him and asked, "Sir, does something happen in front of you?"

"Go over and have a look."

Gu Chen was not blind, so he naturally saw the strange thing in front of him, and then reminded Liu Yun and others to walk towards the crowd.

"Sir, please, please sell me some rice! My child has not eaten for seven or eight days. Please do a good job and save my child. Please..."

Gu Chen led people to squeeze in through the crowd, and then saw a young woman kneeling on the ground, pleading.

Opposite her stood a middle-aged man, in his thirties, who should be the owner of the grain store.

Facing the shrew in front of him, the man's face was obviously impatient, and he shouted coldly: "I opened a shop to do business, not to be a savior. If you are sensible, get out of here, don't delay my business!" "

The woman quickly took out some copper coins from her pocket, held them out with both hands and gave them to the man, "Sir, I'll give you money, and you can sell me some rice, as much as you want."

Snapped!

The man slapped the copper plate away from the opponent's hand, and the copper plate fell directly to the ground, making a "clang-clang-clang" sound.

"Don't you know what the price of food is now? What kind of rice can you buy for a dozen copper coins! Get out of here quickly, don't force me to beat you if you don't delay my business anymore!"

The woman quickly picked up the copper plate on the ground, her eyes gradually became moist, and then she banged her head on the ground. When she raised her head again, there were obvious bruises and blood on her forehead, "Sir, please, you can do it." Well, my child will really die if he doesn’t eat something.”

Seeing that the other party was still stalking here, the man gradually became angry and directly picked up the wooden stick next to him and pointed it at the woman, "Are you going to leave? If you don't leave, I will beat you to death now!"

Looking at the wooden stick in the other person's hand, the woman's eyes remained firm, without any fear.

She can't leave.

The children at home are still waiting for her to bring food back. Even if she is beaten to death, she cannot go back.

"You're not leaving, right? You want to rely on me, right?"

Seeing that the woman still didn't make any movement, the man's face turned livid, then he picked up the wooden stick in his hand and slammed it on the woman's head.

Boom!

Just when his gaze was about to hit the opponent's head, a golden knife suddenly blocked the front and flew away the opponent's wooden stick with one blow.

"Who are you riding on?"

Looking at the man in black who suddenly appeared, the middle-aged man asked angrily.

"Even if you don't want to sell food to her, you won't do it!" said the man in black.

The person who came was none other than Liu Yun, Gu Chen's golden sword guard.

The middle-aged man said angrily: "If she had gotten out of here, I wouldn't have beaten her, but now she has delayed my business. Are you going to compensate for my losses?"

Seeing the conflict between Liu Yun and the shopkeeper, a man in the crowd couldn't help but ask: "I remember there is a soup kitchen in the county? Since this woman can't afford rice, why doesn't she go to the soup kitchen?"

"Indeed, since we can't afford rice, why don't we just go to the soup kitchen to get porridge? The boss also runs a shop and does business. If he kindly gives alms today, maybe more untouchables will come tomorrow."

"The owner of this store is not honest. Food prices have risen so high, and all he makes is shady money. I make so much money now, but I don't know if I will have enough money to spend in the future."

"God is watching what people do, and we still have to be conscientious about some things."

Immediately, other passers-by in the crowd couldn't help but chime in and say a few words. Some supported the shop owner, while others opposed the shop owner.

At the same time, Gu Chen also walked out of the crowd, looked down at the woman on the ground, and then looked up at the owner of the shop.

After looking at it for a while, he looked at the rice sold in the store and asked curiously: "What's the price of rice here?"

The boss glanced at Gu Chen and said casually: "A hundred yuan is a pound, half a pound is five pounds."

Gu Chen frowned and his eyes became a little cold.

Even in Kyoto, the normal price of food is only fifteen yuan per catty. Half a tael of silver can buy more than thirty catties, but here he can only buy five catties, which has increased six to seven times.

It is simply not an ordinary black heart.

"You beast, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"

Seeing such high food prices, Liu Yun couldn't help but curse.

Regarding Liu Yun's abuse, the boss dismissed it and said with a sneer: "This is the market now. If you have money, buy it. If you don't have money, get out!"

"You!" Liu Yun gritted his teeth.

If he didn't want to attract attention, he would really want to deal with him now.

At this time, Gu Chen directly took out a piece of silver, threw it on the other party's counter, and whispered: "Get the food, ten pounds!"

Seeing the white money, the shop owner immediately restrained his temper and said to Gu Chen with a smile: "Okay, just wait, I will weigh it for you right now."

After saying that, he ordered the waiter to weigh ten kilograms of rice. However, the waiter obviously played a trick when weighing the rice and deliberately weighed a few taels less. Then he gave the rice to Gu Chen.

"Here, your rice."

Gu Chen had a clear view of the action just now, but he did not expose it to his face. Instead, he took the rice as if it had not happened.