Chapter 56 Who is she

In the evening, before the sun set, Lin Huazhi went back to the west of the city.

"Do you still have rice at home?" As soon as she entered the room, she asked urgently.

Lin also seemed to hear the wind and hurriedly said, "Yes, but not much."

"How many days is enough to eat?" When her heart sank, she should have thought it would be like this.

"If you just eat rice, there are still three days left. If you eat it mixed with miscellaneous grains, you can hold it for another three days at most. Huazhi, I heard that there was an accident in Chen's rice shop. Is it true? Lin asked anxiously.

In order not to worry Lin, Lin Huazhi comforted Lin with a smile: "No, if something happens to the Chen family's rice shop, the people in the whole city will starve to death. Don't worry, it's okay."

The wet nurse frowned, and the melancholy between Lin Huazhi's look could not deceive her.

After Lin went out, the wet nurse grabbed her and whispered, "Is there something wrong?"

Lin Huazhi still insisted that it was okay, but the wet nurse didn't believe it and sighed. The wet nurse said, "It's really not easy for Mr. Yan to support such a big family. Although you are in a low status now, if you can still help Mr. Yan, it is your hard-working family business in the past, and you must not be lost. The wet nurse said this because she was afraid that Lin Huazhi would resent Yan Shaobai and see if something happened to him.

Lin Huazhi squeezed her mouth tightly, looked outside the house, and then said in a low voice, "Nanny, don't you know me? How can I watch Chen's house have an accident? Well, I don't want to hide it from you, but the current situation is more complicated than expected, and I can't think of a good way for a while. This has nothing to do with Yan Shaobai."

The wet nurse was shocked: "Is something really wrong? Is it serious?"

Lin Huazhi shook her head. It was also the first time she encountered a food shortage. As for whether the worst situation would happen, she dared not say.

When the wet nurse saw that her eyebrows were locked, she had to comfort her: "You don't have to worry. The so-called 'planned things are in people, and things are done in heaven', just try your best. Let's talk about big things, there is always a solution. Didn't the ancients have the cloud that there must be a road in front of the mountain, and there is another village with willows and flowers?"

Lin Huazhi reluctantly smiled. How could she not understand the nanny's words? It's just that if something really happened, it was not as easy as she said to deal with it seriously.

Lin left her to have dinner before going back, but Lin Huazhi had no appetite at this time. She said that Chen Fu had something else to do, and she hurried out of the door without even taking a sip of water.

Leaving the west of the city, she was not in a hurry to go back. She went to the official warehouse in the south of the city.

Along the way, she noticed that there were more officers and soldiers patrolling the street, and the faces of pedestrians were faintly nervous and inexplicably afraid. This situation aggravated her uneasiness.

Five blocks away from the official warehouse, she was blocked by the governmentman with a knife. The in-service ward told her that from today, the streets near the official warehouse will be controlled, and idle people are not allowed to enter or leave at will.

Seeing that the granary was full of officers and soldiers, Lin Huazhi's heart tightened. Is it more serious than she thought?

She didn't dare to continue thinking about this idea. She knew better than anyone that if something really happened, Chen Fu, who had a big family, could not run away first.

This sudden control made many people feel the tension and uneasiness in the air. Someone on the side whispered, but after a few words, he quickly covered his mouth and retreated aside for fear that the officers and soldiers would not have a good result.

Lin Huazhi couldn't help sighing, hoping that the convoy sent by the magistrate to pick up the grain could quickly turn back.

When I went back, I saw the side door open and someone moving things back and forth. Bai Gu stood at the door and was whispering to people.

Lin Huazhi couldn't help but come forward and asked, "Shibai, what are you doing?" She saw the male servants moving bags of grain to the carriage outside the door.

Bai Gu looked back at her and said lightly, "Master, let me sort out the old grain in the warehouse."

Lin Huazhi is dumb. What is Yan Shaobai going to do? Even if all the grain of Chen's house is moved out, it is just a drop in the bucket. However, the idea only turned around. She immediately thought of something. Her expression changed, nodded randomly to Bai Gu, and trotted back to the east courtyard with her skirt.

In the study, Yan Shaobai was talking to someone. Seeing Lin Huazhi rushing in with an anxious face, Yan Shaobai couldn't help frowning, looked awe-in, and said harshly, "What's the matter? Is it so big or small?"

Lin Huazhi didn't expect that Yan Shaobai was still meeting guests at this time. Seeing that another person in the study was a 50-year-old man with a tight face, she was busy calming her breath, saluted, and quietly retreated aside.

Yan Shaobai glanced at her and seemed to be a little helpless, but at this time, he had no time to pay attention to her. He turned his head and whispered to the old man. After the old man left, Yan Shaobai asked Lin Huazhi, "What's the matter?" His voice can't hide his fatigue.

Lin Huazhi was standing aside with her head down and thinking about her thoughts. After a while, she raised her head and suddenly asked, "Is that old gentleman Qin's steward of the four-way traffic?"

Before Yan Shaobai could answer, Lin Huazhi frowned again: "It seems that the people you sent to the countryside didn't buy grain."

Yan Shaobai was a little surprised. He stared at Lin Huazhi with a complicated look and flashed in his eyes, but he still nodded: "The surrounding counties and towns are also very nervous about the use of grain, and the grain they bought can't last for a few days."

Just after listening to Aunt Bai's words at the door, Lin Huazhi guessed that it would be like this, but he heard Yan Shaobai say it himself, which was another scene.

She looked dark: "What do you think now?"

To be honest, Yan Shaobai is almost worried to death these days. In the past, when he saw Chen Suyue deal with these chores, he never saw Chen Suyue embarrass him like this. It was not until he really encountered something that he realized that even if he read more books, it would not work at this time.

In the face of Lin Huazhi's interrogation, Yan Shaobai was just silent for a moment: "I want to send a convoy to assist the magistrate. On the one hand, it can speed up the transportation of grain, and on the other hand, it is also a lot of guarantees for Chen."

Since Lin Huazhi recognized that the old man was the owner of the car shop, she also thought of this method. When Yan Shaobai finished speaking, she pecked for a while: "This is a good way, but it is better to take land than water. The big boat can't sail to Jiangdongfu. You can send a small boat to pick up the grain. The boat doesn't eat much food. Although it can't transport much food at a time, the boat is fast and can transport all the grain to Jiangdongfu after a few more trips. Chenfu has a lot of money and can hire a large number of fishing boats to transport grain to Cangping Mansion. What do you think of this method?

The person opposite didn't say good or bad. Lin Huazhi looked up. Yan Shaobai stared at her with indescribable strange eyes and only heard Yan Shaobai suddenly say, "Lin Huazhi, who the hell are you?"

She clenched her fists and turned pale.

Who is she?