In the blink of an eye, it was seven days. Mingteng returned to Beijing from Pinggang and brought back a lot of seafood from Pinggang.

Zhulan asked, “Did you change it?”

Now the high-end seafood is kept for food, and Mingteng brought back two big baskets.

Mingteng nodded, "My grandson exchanged two trucks of rice and five trucks of rice bran. My grandson chose several seafood that he likes to eat."

Zhulan breathed out, afraid that Mingteng would take it back directly. Now he was always watching the food. It would be better to be careful. He didn't have to change the food for seafood. "The price of food on the market has increased in the past few days."

Mingteng sat a little far from his grandmother. He knew the smell of him, "This year's silver is not as valuable as in previous years?"

Zhulan also knew that the shortage of food, rising prices, and the purchasing power of silver had declined. The imperial court did not dare to invest gold mines into the market, for fear of causing more serious inflation. Seeing that his grandson was a little haggard, he asked with a heartache: "How many days can you rest?"

Mingteng and Xuchen discussed that they would stay at home for seven days without having to be in Pinggang. They would take turns to rest. "The grandson can stay at home for seven days."

"It's just right for you to make up for it."

"Thank you for your breasts."

Mingteng sat for a while before returning to his yard. His great-grandfather and his father went to Zhuangzi. He felt moved and wanted to take his wife to Zhuangzi for a few days.

When I returned to the yard, I saw the lady sitting by the window in a daze, "What are you thinking?"

Liu Jia said in surprise: "I'm back."

"Um."

Liu Jia smelled the smell of her husband's body and her stomach was churning. She couldn't help but retching. This made her happy that the dowry girl was so happy that she hurriedly asked someone to invite the doctor.

Mingteng, "Disn't your stomach?"

"Maybe I've eaten the wrong thing."

Liu Jia didn't think about pregnancy, her menstruation has always been very accurate.

The doctor came very quickly and carefully took the pulse and said, "Spleen and stomach deficiency, so you should nourish the spleen and stomach more recently."

Liu Jia knew that she was not pregnant, but she still couldn't help but expect that the doctor lost his energy after leaving.

Mingteng reacted, "Are you in a hurry to have a child?"

"My sister-in-law got pregnant shortly after entering the door. I didn't even make any noise for almost a year. My great-grandfather is old and has been looking forward to the Rong family's descendants. I'm anxious."

Mingteng sat down and said, "Children are fate, they come when they should come. I tell you, you are not allowed to take any prescription for giving birth. This is the most taboo in our family."

Liu Jia didn't want to take medicine, but the medicine was poisonous, and she was also afraid, "I've recorded it."

Mingteng, "We will stay in Zhuangzi for a few days tomorrow, and I will accompany you."

"real?"

"real."

Liu Jiamei smiled. Since she got married, her husband has not been with her well.

Zhangzhou is located in the territory, and Zhangzhou is not far from the capital. If it were not for the snowy days, Changyi would have gone faster.

When he entered Zhangzhou, Changyi looked out the window with no problem. Zhao hurried in his thick cloak, "What's so good about snow outside?"

"I'll just take a look."

"It's really cold, and traveling in winter is a big deal."

Even if the carriage is renovated, the warmth effect is still not good.

Changyi, “This winter is indeed cold.”

Zhao felt sorry for her daughter, "The son-in-law lacked everything in the management of her son-in-law, and her daughter and grandson were suffering."

Changyi was silent. When my father was not in the imperial examination, his family's life was also hard. How long has it been? They can no longer go back to the hard life.

The carriage suddenly stopped, and Changyi asked, "What's wrong?"

The guard riding a horse came over, "There were people in front of him to stop the car and beg."

Changyi, “Are you too many?”

The guard felt unbearable, "There is only one family begging with their children. They are about three years younger, and the child's lips are already blue."

Changyi frowned and closed the heavy cloak, "I'll go and have a look."

When Changyi walked in front, the guard was already treating the child. The child was wearing a guard's cloak, his little face turned blue and his breathing was very weak, as if he would die at any time.

There were couples in their thirties kneeling in the snow, and there were several older children behind them. Each child was shaking his body when he was frozen. The jackets they wore were filled with straw, which was not warm at all, and the same was true for shoes. Kneeling in the snow like this, the children's knees hurt so much that they endured the pain.

It’s okay for a boy to be more angry, but the girl is so cold that it’s not a good time to live and get married.

Changyi thought that the poor state was difficult this year. After seeing it with his own eyes, he sighed and signaled the servant to organize a carriage for the guard to rest, so that the family would warm up first. If he didn't care, the temperature today would freeze to death, and even if it didn't freeze to death, he would be infected with the wind and cold.

The only way forward for this family is death.

In the capital palace, Zhou Shuren was tired. He, the court steward, was worried about everything. He took the data counted by King Qi, "So little?"

The King of Qi sighed, "There are not much grain stored in the people's homes. After the winter, most of the poultry were killed to save food. Some of the remaining poultry were killed for the New Year and some were kept to lay eggs next year to subsidize the household income. As for larger living things such as pigs and sheep, they were basically killed in the winter."

Zhou Shuren, "...It seems that he will be raised in the south."

King Qi, "I was afraid of plague when I was flooded, and I also killed a lot of livestock in the south."

Zhou Shuren put down his data, "That's to raise it too."

The emperor said, "Then let's make arrangements."

Zhou Shuren only provides ideas, regardless of the follow-up, and there are people who understand them to manage them later.

The prince spoke, "There are foreign envoys who want to change fish cakes."

Zhou Shuren looked at him, "What should I exchange for?"

The prince said: "Give medicinal materials to exchange."

Zhou Shuren looked at the emperor without saying a word. When the emperor saw him, he said, "There are many people who are frostbite and infected with diseases this year. I think they can change some medicinal materials."

Zhou Shuren felt distressed when he thought of the medicinal materials. The money he had finally saved was gone now and said, "I think I can change it."

The prince continued: "There is another country to exchange wood for fish cakes."

Zhou Shuren thought to himself that the prince said it was instructed by the emperor, which shows that the emperor wanted to change the wood.

The emperor held his hands behind his back, "It takes many years to become a tree. The construction and sale of ships have consumed too much wood over the years, and I think it can be replaced."

In recent years, we have also purchased foreign wood, but the price of ship sales has caused the price of foreign wood to rise a lot. Now he can exchange it with fish cakes, which is cost-effective.

Zhou family, Zhulan looked through the account book and found that the expenses this month were a bit large, and the biggest expense was the greenhouse. The village had always had greenhouses, but it had not been built on a large scale. This year, she and Zhou Shuren had a bad premonition, so she asked the boss to go to Zhuangzi to build more greenhouses.

Xuemei, "Mom, my in-laws also plan to build a greenhouse."

"How do they want to build a greenhouse?"

"My parents-in-law want to grow some vegetables, and they can ripen early with a greenhouse. My parents-in-law think that the vegetables will be sold for a lot of money next year."

Zhulan laughed, "Your in-laws have been growing vegetables in the past few years, and they have experience."

"Well, my parents-in-law look forward to the beginning of spring every year. The vegetables they grow in spring can make a lot of money."

Zhulan thought of Jiang Miao, "Is it good for Miao Miao to be in her hometown?"

Xuemei, "I was so angry when I remembered. My uncle didn't dare to write to us. He kept pestering Miao Miao and asked Miao Miao to help plead with love."

"What did your mother-in-law say?"

"My parents-in-law have been scolding my uncle a lot in front of me. The old lady's thoughts make us angry, so I pretend not to understand. No one can plead for love this time."
Chapter completed!