Author: Yan Zhi

A thick layer of snow was pressed on the bamboo branches in the courtyard, and a soft cry was heard, and it all fell down again.

Linglong looked at the snow on the ground, wrapped in a cloak, and walked around her sideways.

"Linglong, why are you back?"

The young ladies in the yard surrounded them together, some handed the stove in their hands, and some gently patted the snow on her shoulder with feather poles.

"The snow is too heavy, and I've been delayed for a while. These things were rewarded by the boss. I'll take them back and divide them." Linglong's face was smiling. The boss has never been a stingy person. Now it's almost New Year, so naturally I've received a lot of things.

"Come in, come in." The girls hurriedly called her into the house, leaving only the mud-filled snow in the yard.

Nanzhi's belly became bigger and bigger, but fortunately, those nausea and nausea were rarely seen anymore, but her stomach was a little heavy, which made her appetite not good on weekdays.

"My grandma, are we going to see the lanterns tonight?"

Shen Zhiyu raised her white face, her eyes full of anticipation.

Every year on the second day of the twelfth lunar month in Yancheng, every household will hang lanterns on every household, and the four street markets are even hung with different lanterns, which can shock people's chins by seeing them from afar.

There are skillful lanterns who can make all kinds of lanterns, from dead objects to living objects, from koi to snow rabbits, and even more powerful ones who can make Chang'e fly to the moon and the fairy descend to earth.

In previous years, my father was always busy and ignored him. He went with his uncle and the others. This year, my mother and my father were all there, so he wanted to take them to see him.

Moreover, Ah Niang hasn’t gone out for a long time, so he wants her to see the fresh things outside.

Life is getting more and more prosperous, and with the care of his parents, Shen Zhiyu is now very white and fairy-like. She only goes out to play with Lin Zihan and others on weekdays, which can make many little girls blush. The more courageous women always secretly joke and want to accept him as their future son-in-law.

"Okay, when your dad comes back, we'll go together tonight."

Nanzhi looked at her son's increasingly handsome face and said that she was unhappy in her heart.

She was not very beautiful, and Shen Wenchen was not the kind of handsome young man, but she was a good son, so she chose the advantages of two people.

"Okay!" After Nanzhi's agreement, Shen Zhiyu only cheered and ran out of the house with a smile.

Xiaomi was leaning his head and waiting for Shen Zhiyu in the yard. Seeing his face full of joy, he also guessed the result.

Then his face relaxed and he disappeared from the nervousness he had just now.

He was still afraid, afraid that his wife would not agree.

"Brother Xiaomi, let's go out to watch the lanterns together tonight!"

"good!"

Xiaomi nodded and was also happy.

Until the sky turned dark, a lantern lit outside the door, and Shen Wenchen returned with the snow on his head.

"What's wrong?" Nanzhi patted the snow on his body, and saw that there was some fatigue between his eyebrows and eyes, and he said with some concern.

"Nan Nan, do you still remember the letter Yuntian sent back before?" Shen Wenchen asked after rubbing his eyebrows.

"Remember..." Nanzhi nodded, then seemed to think of something, and the expression on her face froze and she was a little dazed.

"Is something wrong in the field?"

Seeing his wife worried, Shen Wenchen sighed in his heart and explained softly: "Today we went to the village. Most of the food in the village was damaged, and there were rats in the surrounding villages. Many villagers' homes had only enough food to be stored for winter."

"How could it cause a rat disaster?" Nan Zhi was a little confused. This was awesome, and he had never heard of a rat disaster before.

"Yancheng has not had a rat disaster for nearly twenty years. This time the incident happened suddenly and no one knew." Chen Wenchen's tone was dull, with a strong sense of helplessness.

"We also looked at it. Most of the fields outside the city had turned black and had a foul smell. The vegetables they planted were rotten in the fields. Even the roots of the trees near the fields were rotten into mud.

I'm afraid we'll encounter difficulties."

People must have to eat when they are alive, but Yancheng itself is an economic city based on trade and trade. There are countless gold, silver, jewelry, silk and brocade. When it comes to food, it basically comes from the south.

Now something happened in Xiejiang, and there was also a problem with the land in Yancheng, and what the people eat became a problem.

What he didn't tell Nanzhi was that the villagers said that every day, the disaster-stricken mice would rush into the mountains and forests in groups before the first rooster crow. Even if they were catching mice at night with torches, when the first rooster crowed, the lively mice would fade away like water bags that had broken holes.

This matter is very strange, and he even had to suspect that all of this is the reason why the world is self-destructing.

The Encounter River is thousands of miles away from Yancheng, but the same strange thing came in a month and a half.

I'm afraid that all this will reach an irreversible level.

Looking at his wife's bulging belly, Chen Wenchen's heart seemed to be stabbed by a needle.

He is a villain after all, so why can't he have any solutions?

"Then, what should we do? Do we have to buy more food and come back?" Nanzhi looked panicked. Now Shen Wenchen is the lord of a city, and he is no longer the same as before, only caring about the family.

In their position, they must protect the people of a city.

"I have sent a letter to Kyoto and sent someone to buy food south. Don't worry too much." Chen Wenchen pursed his lips and gently stroked Nanzhi's bulging belly.

He doesn't want his wife and children to be hurt.

At least, they cannot worry about food and drink.

Although people have selfish intentions, before he came back, he asked someone to buy some food in the grain shop and stock it up. At least he could not let Nan Nanwai Yu feel hungry.

"Do you want to tell everyone directly and let everyone prepare more food?"

"No, this will only make everyone feel scared and prone to chaos."

"But it's going to be the New Year..." Nanzhi murmured, and suddenly said: "Now, it's going to be the New Year, and every household will prepare some New Year's goods. Should we sell some food?"

Chen Wenchen raised his eyebrows, feeling surprised.

"I run a restaurant. If I were to sell some food at a low price under the name of Sanweiju, would it attract everyone to buy it?"

"No, you will only disrupt the market's grain prices. If the food in the restaurant is sold out in the future, the grain shop may not be willing to sell it at a low price, but I am afraid it will still rise."

"What should we do?"

Seeing his wife's angry look, Chen Wenchen felt relieved and only took the person into his arms.

"There is a way to do it, but it will make you feel wronged for a while."

Feeling the man's chin rubbing against his shoulders, Nanzhi turned her head to look at him.

"Why, who do you want to marry the daughter of a merchant to raise money?"
Chapter completed!