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Chapter 114 Buying Grain

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"No one." The man who was keeping watch nearby looked around and said this after a while.

Only then did Chen Dashan let go of Zhou Xiaozhou's mouth. He glared at Zhou Xiaozhou fiercely, and the people around him also glared at Zhou Xiaozhou fiercely.

Zhou Xiaozhou didn't say anything else. She knew very well that what she had just said was definitely outrageous and had violated the core rules of survival in this world.

This is knowledge that cannot be asked or understood.

Everyone is groping their way to survive carefully. As for what the essence of the world is and why such hierarchical identities exist, ordinary people like them are not worthy of knowing.

Maybe knowing why is not a good thing.

Chen Dashan stared at Zhou Xiaozhou for a long time before turning away.

He double-checked to make sure no one was eavesdropping on their conversation.

The serious expressions on everyone's faces slowly relaxed.

No one explained why, and Zhou Xiaozhou didn't ask.

The streets had long since returned to calm, and the group of people from Lai'an Village walked into this alley just to take a rest.

The main reason was that the incident just now was a bit scary, and everyone needed to calm down. The casual chat just now was intended to play such a role, but I didn't expect that the casual chat almost led to something bad.

After a while, everyone filed out of the alley.

In addition to obtaining an identity for Zhou Xiaozhou, Chen Dashan's trip also required buying some food to bring up the mountain.

There was not enough food on the mountain. Although water had been found to irrigate the wheat, it would take a long time to harvest.

During this period, fruits, vegetables and melons have not yet matured in large quantities, so you have to buy some coarse food to fill your stomach.

The street they came to this time was probably a commercial street.

Zhou Xiaozhou saw that there were many more shops nearby.

There were shops selling cloth, utensils, and a shop selling gold and silver utensils, called "Fuyuan Silver House".

Zhou Xiaozhou took a look and found that business was quite good. In just a short while, she saw no less than ten people go in.

Of course, it wasn't because she was bored that she had to stare at other people's shops.

The main thing is that she is now standing at the door of the grain store opposite the silver shop.

And it’s strange, aren’t all the people who go to jewelry stores young girls and wives?

These are the ten people who just entered the "Fuyuan Silver Shop" opposite, all men.

Zhou Xiaozhou couldn't understand, are all the men here good men, who love their families and wives, and can even buy jewelry for their wives to please them?

In the grain store, Chen Dashan was still arguing with the store owner over whether a sack of mixed noodles should cost six hundred coins or five hundred coins.

"This sack of mine weighs a hundred kilograms, exactly the right weight. You can ask around elsewhere. We at Wu's Grain Store never shortchange you on weight." The shopkeeper was so arrogant that he refused to lower the price.

But Chen Dashan was no pushover: "Your store's reputation is beyond reproach. In the past, I wouldn't have asked for this. But boss, we want more this time. As for the price, we can negotiate it."

The shopkeeper of the Wu Family Grain Store smacked his lips and thought for a long time before saying, "It's not that I don't want to pay less. Brother Chen, I'm telling you the truth. If it were in the past, I would have been the boss. You're also an old customer of our store, but..."

The owner of the grain store spoke hesitantly. Zhou Xiaozhou couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to go in and talk to him, but Dahai held her back.

Chen Dashan was good-tempered. He followed the shopkeeper and walked around the store with him again and again.

"Alas! To be honest, Brother Chen, our master's family has been in a state of unrest these days. The price of grain is fixed, whether it is one cent more or one cent less, and it is difficult to deal with."

Chen Dashan skillfully held the shopkeeper's hand and put the thing in his hand into the shopkeeper's sleeve.

Zhou Xiaozhou saw the flash of purple clearly. It was exactly the same as the one given out at the entrance of the government office just now.

Wow, it turns out that in the end all you want is some benefits!

After weighing the weight in his hand, the shopkeeper smiled a little: "But in the end, our Wu's grain store's business still depends on you to take care of it. This time you want a lot, so I will give you 500 coins a bag!"

"The shopkeeper is so righteous. From now on, when we come to Ancun to buy and sell grain, we will choose your grain store." Chen Dashan complimented the shopkeeper at the right time, making him smile.

Dahai and Xiaohai followed the villagers into the store and carried out eight huge burlap bags from the backyard.

This is the food that needs to be moved back to the village for so many people coming this time.

Although these eight big bags seem to weigh 800 kilograms, if they are distributed among the villagers, each family will not get much.

As for the money used to buy the food, it seemed like he paid in full. Didn’t he take the medicinal herbs from the village?

Zhou Xiaozhou was still counting the number of customers opposite her when she discovered a secret.

Or rather a truth.

There are no women on the streets in Kuching District.

She is a special case.

But she was no exception because she was not allowed to enter the grain store because of the work she did just now.

At first, she followed the villagers from Lai'an Village and waited outside the grain store. She didn't realize it yet, but when the villagers went in to move the grain and she followed them, the clerk blocked her steps intentionally or unintentionally. She realized the truth belatedly.

No wonder there were no ladies going into the jewelry store across the street to make purchases, and no wonder she had never seen any women walking alone on the street when she first entered the county town.

Is it a local custom that women don't go out on the streets? Or is it discrimination against women?

Keeping this question in his heart, Zhou Xiaozhou silently followed the villagers out of the grain store.

Not long after they left, they saw another group of people in uniform coming, surrounding a middle-aged man with an extraordinary demeanor, and walking towards the Wu family grain store in a menacing manner.

Zhou Xiaozhou raised his eyebrows. The group of people who had just left the grain store were also stopped.

The villagers were very united and did not panic in the face of such a sudden change. They just put the grain bags in their hands behind them, stood back to back and formed a small circle. The two younger ones, Dahai and Xiaohai, and the female Zhou Xiaozhou were hidden behind them.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaozhou was quite moved.

Don't know what happened.

Chen Dashan wanted to go out to negotiate, but the man in uniform stretched out a long stick and pushed him back.

Soon some small noises were heard from the grain store.

Finally, Zhou Xiaozhou saw heads rolling through the gaps behind the villagers.

Yes, it was another head. This head was quite familiar. It was the shopkeeper who asked for a kickback when doing business with them just now.

Looking at the head of the shopkeeper who died with his eyes open, Zhou Xiaozhou felt like he was going to get stye.

What is going on? Why do you cut off people's heads at any time?

Can I still live a good life?

Unfortunately, no one cared about Zhou Xiaozhou's criticism.

Then they saw a man in uniform holding a tablet walking towards them.