kingnovel Chapter 129 Waves
Chapter 129 Waves
Outside the city, there were refugees everywhere, the stench was overwhelming, and corpses were lying on the road.
The city is bustling with people and traffic, everything is orderly and the people are dressed neatly.
Along the way, you can see horse-drawn carriages of dignitaries passing by on the avenue, with the coachmen in front of the carriages waving their whips, looking very majestic.
Jiang Jiang and his group carried their luggage, pulled a cart, and looked curiously at the bustling scene around them.
Jiangzhou is a big city, just different from their small place.
Some well-dressed people nearby glanced at the few people and cursed them in their hearts, wondering where these country bumpkins came from.
It was not convenient to raise cattle in the city, so Jiang Jiang sold the yellow cattle that had become so thin that only a pile of bones remained along the way to the village and received eight taels of silver.
Nowadays, the price of a cow is between twenty and thirty taels, but that is the price of a strong cow. The yellow cow of Jiang Jiang's family followed them on the journey to escape famine, traveling day and night, and had already become extremely thin. There was probably not even dozens of kilograms of meat on its body, only bones. So she sold the cow to Daxi Village at a discount.
The Zhou family had something to do today, and housekeeper Zhou was unable to get away, so he found a servant to take Jiang Jiang's family to a small courtyard in the north of the city.
The courtyard is not big, with about four or five houses. The neighbors on both sides are only three or four meters apart, and it is full of the atmosphere of life.
The servant said that the Zhou family had already paid one month's rent for them, and if they felt uncomfortable with the room, they could find another place.
Now that there is a severe drought, many people have flocked into Jiangzhou City. The rent of houses in this city has risen sharply, but just for this small courtyard, it costs 600 coins a month. Half a year ago, it was only about 200 coins.
At that time, the large courtyard that Jiang Jiang rented in the town had many rooms and a cellar, and cost only two hundred coins a month.
The high price of the house made the whole family speechless. At that moment, Li Sheng didn’t know what kind of work he should do to be able to afford to rent this yard.
"What are you afraid of? I have money here. Can the rent keep going up?"
Jiang Jiang is the backbone of the whole family. As soon as she opened her mouth, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, mom is right, can the rent always be this high?
At worst, they can just move to a smaller yard later, which would still save a lot.
After moving into a new home, everyone was happily cleaning the house and placing the things they brought everywhere.
The neighbors heard the noise and realized that new people had moved into the yard next to them, so they all stuck their heads out to take a look at the fun.
"Let's clean up first. When we're done, we'll steam some buns and give some to our neighbors as well."
Jiang Jiang was reluctant to use only flour to make steamed buns, so she mixed a little rice bran and coarse grains together. The steamed buns were not irritating to the throat and were extra plump.
"Li Xu, hold the plate and deliver a steamed bun to each of the nearby families."
It's not that Jiang Jiang is unwilling to give more. Under normal circumstances, giving whole-grain steamed buns to neighbors when moving into a new house would be looked down upon.
But this is not the right time. If she gave every household a few steamed buns, wouldn't it be telling others clearly that there is plenty of food here and people are stupid, so come quickly.
The reason for letting Li Xu go was very simple. He was a big and strong man and would be safe.
The neighbors who got the steamed buns did not think it was too little. They saw that a lot of flour was used and praised the Jiang Jiang family for their thoughtfulness. They also said that they would visit them more often when they had time in the next two days.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If they have good relations with their neighbors, it will be convenient for them to do things or ask for information.
"Don't worry, we still have a lot of food left."
Jiang Jiang comforted her family members when she saw them chewing the steamed buns carefully.
In order to make them feel more at ease, Jiang Jiang took out several large strips of bacon and sausages from his luggage on the spot.
"Look, mother has hidden it all well. I didn't dare to give you much to eat along the way. Now that we are in Jiangzhou, I will give you some nourishment."
Wow, it turns out they have so much food and meat at home.
Sun Qiaoqiao gave instructions to the children.
"Don't tell anyone that there's meat in the house, understand?"
Several children nodded seriously, unable to stop smiling.
Grandma said that she would give them meat to eat in the future.
After a busy day, the family finally cleaned the entire yard and room and put all the things they brought in order.
There are not many rooms, only four. The family of the big house lives in one, and the family of the second house, except Li Chan and Li Juan, lives in one. Li Cuicui lives with Li Chan and Li Juan together, and the remaining room is left for Jiang Jiang to live alone.
Jiang Jiang returned to the room and slept alone for the first time in a long time, feeling extremely comfortable.
She had been so busy these past two days that she hadn't even checked what changes had occurred with obtaining space wonders or upgrading the space as the system had said.
Jiang Jiang lay on the bed, his mind immersed in the space. The originally small planting space expanded several times. Jiang Jiang owned a piece of land about half the size of Daxi Village, a complete hill, a small river, and a small lake.
What surprised her most was that the time flow rate in the planting space could be adjusted from normal flow rate to ten times the flow rate.
Fruits and vegetables that originally took three months to mature only need more than a week in space.
If it wasn't already late at night, Jiang Jiang would have wanted to sing a few lines to bring good luck.
Now that he could grow crops by himself, Jiang Jiang had another plan in mind. He had stockpiled thousands of tons of rice, flour and coarse grains. Could he sell them off at high prices? This would firstly clear up space, secondly accumulate funds, and thirdly, suppress grain prices and help the people? It would be like killing three birds with one stone.
However, it was impossible to hide the sudden appearance of so much food on the market, so she had to wait for an opportunity.
The following days were uneventful.
The Zhou family helped find a scholar named Li near the north of the city as a private tutor for the children. Scholar Li was good at teaching, and his students were all over Jiangzhou. He was a well-known good teacher.
The private school was not too far away, but Mr. Li believed that the early bird catches the worm, so every morning, several children would go to the school together. Along the way, several of them would recite the article that the teacher had taught them yesterday.
Li Chan and Li Juan also found jobs as embroidery apprentices in an embroidery workshop. The wages were not high, but at least they could learn real things.
Thanks to the Zhou family's connections, Li Xu and Li Sheng also found part-time jobs. Li Sheng was eloquent and worked as a waiter in the Zhou family's restaurant. Li Xu was down-to-earth and hardworking, so he went to the dock to help guard the warehouse.
A few women stayed at home to do some housework, which was much easier than digging in the soil for food in the past.
Occasionally, when they got a pass, Huang Ying and Jiang Jiang would go out of the city to visit the folks in Daxi Village in Weishan County.
Huang Ying took this opportunity to bring some food back, while Jiang Jiang brought some food to Li Chunhua and Li Changfeng's families.
After arriving at the new place, the people of Daxi Village still chose to live together. They were numerous and powerful, and without their own interests, people from the surrounding villages would not be so stubborn as to bully them.
However, most of the land had been bought by others, and the land they could get was of relatively ordinary quality.
The old masters in the village have begun surveying the land, intending to ferment the soil to make it more fertile.
It seems that everything is thriving.
But Jiang Jiang fell into deep thought as he looked at the task completion reminder that had not been sent by the system for a long time.
Perhaps this is not their last stop.