"Let's go!" Uncle Wang patted Chen Mo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's just an earthen city. If you see the city wall made of bricks and stones in the county city, why don't you be scared to death?"

"Is it different?" Chen Mo didn't quite understand the meaning of the masonry city wall. In his world view, the city wall in Xiaqiu County was already the most magnificent building in the world.

"Of course it's different. I heard that the city wall in the county is five feet high, which is twice as high as here." Uncle Cai on the side said calmly.

"You haven't seen Uncle Cai either?" Chen Mo keenly caught the key words in his words. He was more willing to talk to Uncle Cai than the fierce Uncle Wang.

Uncle Cai's face darkened, he slapped Chen Mo and said impatiently: "Let's go quickly. If you want to go back before sunset, you have to leave in the afternoon."

"Oh~" Chen Mo was slapped and he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he could only walk in gloomily.

In these days, for most people, the farthest place they have ever visited in their lives may be the local county seat.

I was at the gate of the city and handed over a message to the guard guarding the city before entering the city.

"What is that?" Chen Mo looked at Li Zheng with some curiosity. He also came to the county town back then, but he didn't remember anyone asking him for this.

"It's said that there seem to be many levels. For people like us, if you want to go to other cities, there will be no one who won't let you in when you enter the city. If you want to go to other cities, you have to go to the county town to apply for it. The ones opened in the city are useless.

, it’s very troublesome anyway.” Uncle Cai explained while driving the donkey cart.

Chen Mo nodded, but saw Li Zheng secretly stuffing two five-baht coins into the guard guarding the door, and looked at Uncle Cai doubtfully. Others didn't stuff these like this when they entered the city.

"Don't look around, and don't ask around." Uncle Cai glared at him before he could speak and said, "You will understand later."

"Oh~" Chen Mo nodded obediently, didn't ask any more questions, and followed the others to drive the donkey cart into the city. The soldiers guarding the city gate did not search the donkey cart like the others. These were probably the two five-baht coins.

The effect?

"Two dogs~" After entering the city, Li Zheng called Chen Mo over.

"What are your orders, Aweng?" Chen Mo ran over quickly.

"You want to sell grain, which is different from the place we went to, so we are separated. It is Si Shi (between 9 and 11 o'clock). We are gathering here at Shen Shichu. The price of millet should be around two hundred qian per stone, but this year there are many

Due to the drought, the price of food should have increased, or it could be sold at a higher price. However, although the prices offered by the grain merchants in the market are low, it is safe there. It is best to go to the market to sell. The prices for embroidery in Jinxiufang are still good.

It's not bad, your mother's craftsmanship is pretty good, if you sell it yourself, you can get about 500 yuan from these." Li Zheng looked at Chen Mo and said.

"So expensive?" Chen Mo said in surprise.

He remembered that every year his mother would only receive about a hundred yuan at most for embroidery.

Li Zheng nodded and didn't say much. In fact, what Mrs. Chen usually sells is not bad. When people go to their place to collect it, it's the same price.

"Go ahead, remember Shen Shichu to meet us here." Li Zheng waved his hand.

"Oh." Chen Mo nodded, put the grain bag on his back, and left with a heavy heart.

"Isn't it too much to let a child go like this?" Uncle Wang looked at Chen Mo's small back and said worriedly.

"Although he is still young, he is the only man in the Chen family now. He has to experience some things by himself." Li Zheng shook his head and said, "You go and watch him. The others will follow me."

…

Chen Mo was walking on the street, a little worried. In the past years, people from the county town would come to various villages to buy various supplies, such as food, embroidery, etc. There was no comparison. Naturally, he didn't know the price, but now he suddenly knew that these

The value of the things was much higher than the prices given by the recipients who came here every year, which made the young man feel a little uncomfortable.

The price of food is not much different, but the price of my mother's embroidery is very different. Thinking of my mother dragging her frail body by the window to embroider every day, she may not be able to embroider one piece in a month. In the end

To still be exploited by those people makes me feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

After asking along the way, Chen Mo wanted to find the place where the grain was collected.

"Little boy, if you want to sell grain, why don't you send it directly to the post house? It doesn't cost much to sell it to the grain market." An old man saw that Chen Mo looked pleasant and polite, so he took the initiative to call him over and said with a smile.

"What a big difference?" Chen Mo said in surprise.

"In the past, the difference was not much, but this year there is a food shortage in various places and food prices have risen sharply. If they sell it out, one stone of corn will cost 400 yuan, but if they buy it, it will probably be the same as in previous years." The old man said with a smile.

In normal years, grain trading is not very profitable, with small profits but quick turnover. But if there is a famine, grain merchants can make a lot of money.

"Thank you, Aweng." Chen Mo quickly thanked the old man, and after asking for the way to the post house, he started to walk in the direction of the post house.

"Wait a minute~" The old man waved to Chen Mo and said, "If you go like this, the post house will ignore you. They usually collect dozens of stones. You won't be collected alone.

"

"What should we do?" Chen Mo asked curiously.

"Stupid, just say it was sent from the grain market." The old man laughed.

"Liar?" Chen Mo frowned.

"How can it be called cheating? This is called flexibility! Otherwise, how could you sell the grain to them?" The old man knocked Chen Mo on the head and said with a smile: "When the time comes, just say that it was Mr. Liu from Chengxi Street who introduced them.

I’ll believe it.”

"Oh." Chen Mo nodded in understanding, carrying the grain bag and walking towards the post house according to the old man's instructions.

"Didn't the grain market say that grain would be delivered today?" A quarter of an hour later, in the Chengxi Post House, the shopkeeper looked at Chen Mo and frowned.

"But Mr. Liu from Chengxi Street said it's okay." Chen Mo was a little panicked, his eyes couldn't help but wander around, thinking of what Mr. Liu said, he said quickly.

"Oh..." The waiter's voice was a little strange. He squinted at Chen Mo and said, "It's that old man. Okay, put down the food."

"Where's the money?" Chen Mo put down the food and looked at the waiter. He always felt that the other person's expression was a little weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird.

"Money?" The waiter wanted to laugh when he heard this, but was slapped on the head.

"Master?" The waiter lowered his head instinctively and said to the man who appeared behind him.

"Go and get the money." The man looked quite decent and gave people a sense of reassurance. He glanced at Chen Mo and said with a smile: "Little boy, drink some water. This stone of corn is not light. Your parents have a lot of money."

Woolen cloth?"

"I'm selling goods over there, and I'll be there soon..." Chen Mo said instinctively, but in the middle of the sentence, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Shouldn't he be coming from the grain market now? He shut up and said nothing.

The man just smiled, which made Chen Mo relax a little. He touched Chen Mo's head and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I have accepted it now. According to the market price, one stone of corn now costs 380 yuan, but we can only give you here."

Three hundred dollars, after all, we have to make money."

Chen Mo was a little reluctant, but he also felt that what the other party said was reasonable, and the three hundred dollars was much more than he expected. He looked at the water bowl next to him and hesitated. He ran all the way and was indeed thirsty, but he

Sorry to drink.

The man seemed to notice Chen Mo's hesitation, stood up and turned around to go to the back hall.

Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't hold it back and reached out to pick up the water bowl and took a few sips.
Chapter completed!