Chapter 241 Shandong Famine
Yu Ren joked with Zhao Rui, "No matter how good sister Ruolan is, you have no idea what to do. Who told you to do it on the outside but the other side!"
Zhao Rui has always liked to dress up as a man, and she only recovered her daughter when she was at home. Of course, he understood that what Yu Ren said meant was that although he was a man on the surface, he was still a girl inside. But she looked at Yu Ren with a unique look. "Didn't you really think about it?"
Yu Ren's heart suddenly moved when Zhao Rui said something, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ruomei sitting next to him. Ruomei also turned his head to look at him. The two of them looked at each other, and Ruomei's face suddenly turned red, and he quickly lowered his head.
Although Ruolan Ruomei's two sisters are only sixteen years old, their eyebrows have already revealed the unique charm of a girl in Huaichun, and the charm between them is revealed. In addition, the two sisters also look cute and have a rich body. Yu Ren had no such heart, but when he was teased by Zhao Rui's words, he naturally thought of that aspect in his heart. When Ruomei's tender gaze was seen, a small ripples appeared in his heart.
After dinner, several people got up and walked towards the town. Since it was afternoon, there were very few people in the town, and the shops on both sides of the street were also deserted, and only one rice shop was very good. There was a long queue at the door.
Yu Ren led everyone around the rice shop, and saw that the rice price on it was indeed written with 63 ounces per catty. It seems that the price mentioned by the waiter in this shop should be the old price a few days ago, and now it has risen by more than ten cents.
Just as the few people were about to turn around and leave, they suddenly heard someone shouting, "The rice boat from the Shen family is here, go quickly and go quickly."
After hearing this, those who were originally lined up in front of the rice shop ran away cleanly. The guy who was loading rice for the customers had not yet filled the rice, and when he looked up, the person disappeared.
The shopkeeper standing next to him couldn't help but curse, "This damn Shen family has allowed us to earn at least one thousand taels of silver. This will not work! It seems that it's time to give them some benefits."
After hearing the shopkeeper's words, a man who looked like a housekeeper standing behind him came to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, the villain has an idea."
"Oh! What's the idea?"
The butler said a few words in front of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper immediately turned his worries into joy. "Okay, let's do what you said. I will support you with this matter, just do it with confidence. If something happens, I will carry it for you." After that, he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the butler.
The butler took the money, bowed and left.
Yu Ren looked at this scene from afar and finally couldn't help but say to Liang Ru, who was beside him, "It seems that the shopkeeper must have wanted to have some bad ideas about the Shen family's rice ship. But I don't know why these people ran away when they heard that the Shen family's rice ship was coming and stopped buying rice here?"
Liang Ruji nodded, "I can't understand this. Zongyi, go and quietly follow the housekeeper and see what bad ideas he wants to make. Let's go there to see what attractions are there in the Shen family's rice boat."
Several people followed Yu Ren back to the small pier by the canal.
Sure enough, I saw several new boats parked by the canal, and the bags of rice on the boat should be all rice. Two long queues were lined up on the shore. Yu Ren saw a man walking over from the front with a small bag of rice on his back, and then went up to him.
"This guy, I want to ask you about something."
The man was about the same age as Yu Ren, but his face was a little pale and he looked obviously malnourished. Seeing that Yu Ren asked him, he stopped.
"Why do you all come with the Shen family's rice boat when you hear that the Shen family's rice boat is coming? Is this Shen family's rice very cheap?"
The man shook his head, "No. The rice price on the Shen family rice boat has always been with him. Wherever he goes, it will be consistent with the rice price. It will not be expensive or cheap."
"Then why do you still fight to buy it from the Shen family like this?" Yu Ren became even more strange.
"Because the rice sold by the Shen family is genuine, and there is no difference in the rice, and the rice is not mixed with sand. Unlike the rice shop of the Qian boss in the town, the rice sold by the Qian family is not only deducted from you, but when you buy it, you must also be sieved before you can eat it. After this sieving, your rice has been reduced by at least 30%.
Therefore, no one wants to buy rice in Qian’s rice shop. But there is no way, there is only one rice shop in the town.”
Yu Ren finally understood what was going on. "Then, why don't you sue the boss of the money? Will the government ignore him when he sells rice like this?"
When the man heard this, he seemed to hear a news that he had never heard before and couldn't help laughing. "The young master is really good at joking. Which rice shop in the world is not like this? It's just that in normal years, they have not done so much. It's the first time that a fair business like the Shen family has seen a villain grow up so old. I heard that the head of the Shen family is a young master. Everyone said that the young master of the Shen family must be the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva and came to save us."
As he said that, the man carried the rice bag and left. While walking, he also said, "Good people will be rewarded! Good people..."
Yu Ren looked at the man's back quietly and couldn't help but sigh. Surviving in this era, if you don't have enough strength, it's really terrible! You can't even buy normal rice for dinner.
Seeing the people who were queuing up, they walked away with rice bags with joy. Yu Ren suddenly wanted to see what this kind-hearted young master of the Shen family looked like. So he walked forward.
As soon as Yu Ren walked to the edge of the rice boat, he saw a familiar figure appearing on the edge of the boat.
"You guys move faster. We have to rush back after selling the rice today! I heard from the young lady that our young master may be back from Beijing recently."
After hearing this, Yu Ren couldn't help but scream, "Cao An!"
The man quickly turned around when he heard the scream. Sure enough, it was Cao An, who was entrusted by Yu Ren to be responsible for the Shen family's business.
"Young Master!" When Cao An saw Yu Ren, he happily threw down his work and ran towards him.
Those who were queuing up and heard that this person was the young master of the Shen family, they couldn't help but turn around and salute Yu Ren. The young master of the Shen family has always been a legendary figure. His rice boat has benefited the people in many places in the Shandong Canal area for nearly a year, but no one has ever seen what this young master looks like with his own eyes, and he doesn't even know his name.
Today, these people are finally lucky to witness his style with their own eyes. They are very excited. When the masses are excited, the consequences are often terrible. It is okay for these people who are waiting in front of the boat and are waiting in line to buy rice.
There was a group of more people not far away, basically dressed in rags, with old people and children. I heard that Yu Ren was the young master of the Shen family, and all of them ran over and surrounded him, with no less than five hundred people.
Liang Ruji and his friends suddenly saw this scene and were shocked. They quickly pulled out their swords and protected Yu Ren in the middle, looking alert.
Yu Ren was shocked at first by these people. But he quickly calmed down because he found that these people were surrounded by him without any malice.
Just when Yu Ren didn't understand what these people were trying to surround him, an old man suddenly knelt down at him. "Mr. Chen, everyone says you are a Bodhisattva's heart. Please save me, these two little grandsons! Please take them away!
The harvest in the fields is too bad this year. His parents can't even raise themselves, so there is no surplus food to support them. My old man had to take them out to beg. But in this year of severe drought, there are begging people everywhere, so my old man really has no choice but to do so.
My old man has lived for more than fifty years, and it’s not a pity that he died. It’s a pity that these two children are less than five years old! Please be good, take them in. After three or five years, they will grow up and work for you. Otherwise, they will have to starve to death with me."
Yu Ren looked at the old man in front of him. He was wearing a torn dress that was almost impossible to cover his body, his face turned yellow, and his hair on his head was mostly white, like a pile of weeds. Standing behind him were two three or four-year-old children. The old man said, and quickly asked the two children to kneel down for Yu Ren together.
Seeing this scene, Yu Ren's heart trembled. Although he had heard his father and ancestors tell the story of his life when he was a child. However, when he experienced it himself, it was completely different.
Chapter completed!