Lin Zhuming just made clothes and gave away all the two taels of silver.

Er La looked distressed. Two taels of silver was enough for a month. Lin Zhuming didn't even bargain. He really came to experience life.

When Lin Zhuming saw Er La's empty hands, he asked, "You've been shopping with me for a long time, why didn't you see anything?"

"I came here to accompany you, the mage, to do the shopping. I don't lack these." Er Da immediately explained: "I have everything I should have."

Lin Zhuming didn't point out his embarrassment, thinking that maybe he wanted to save money and take it home to support his family. After all, he said that he had four brothers and sisters in his family.

Er Da, however, has always felt sorry for himself. He originally wanted to find an opportunity to pay Lin Zhuming, but Lin Zhuming's consumption was really beyond his tolerance.

Lin Zhuming was very interested in the market, so he went into the grain store and asked about the current grain price.

"Japanese rice is twenty cents per liter, white flour is forty cents per liter, corn is eight cents per liter..." The waiter said lazily, but recited the prices smoothly.

Historically, in the late 50th year of Qian Yong's reign, due to the severe drought in the southeast, there was no grain harvest, and the price of grain was much higher than in previous years. The price of rice was as high as 40 to 50 liters per liter, and the price of pork was 1,560 liters per catty.

Therefore, the era that Lin Zhuming traveled through was not a good one. After all, the severity of this drought in the history books was almost the same as that of the Chongzhen Drought.

Although it has just passed the vernal equinox and it is not April yet, which is the time of real drought, due to the dryness of Taihu Lake and West Lake in winter, the water level has not yet risen. The cost of food transportation is too high, and food prices have generally risen across the country.

Although the city of Nanjing has naturally followed suit.

Er La also looked embarrassed when he saw the current price of food: "Hasn't it been a good year these past few years? Why is it still so expensive?"

"When the price of rice was cheap during Qian Yong's reign, it was three to four cents per liter, but now it has increased six to seven times."

The owner of the grain store heard the two lamenting about the increase in grain prices, and couldn't help but said: "You think it's expensive, but I still think it's expensive. Where can I find grain now? This is all grain from the granary."

"I advise you to buy it quickly, otherwise the price may be different tomorrow."

"I heard from grain merchants from Huizhou that it hasn't rained since last winter."

"Forty-seven, forty-eight, and forty-nine years, three consecutive years have been prosperous. Why is there still a shortage of food?"

A customer who came to buy grain in the grain store asked: "Don't you just raise the price if you want to?"

"You also know that there are three years of good harvests, but have you ever heard of three years of good harvests and three years of widowhood?"

"This year's hint of drought is probably a sign."

The shopkeeper immediately pushed back, showing no business-like manner.

When Lin Zhuming heard what the shopkeeper said, he looked at Er La and asked, "Is there any food left in the temple?"

"There is also half a tank of rice, and other pumpkins, sweet potatoes, corn and other grains, about seventy or eighty kilograms." Er La said with his fingers.

"Then you should buy some." The shopkeeper advised: "Many people think that they have so much food at home. They think that in two months, when spring plowing begins, there will be hope for food."

"I have been in the rice and grain business for so many years, and this is the most I have ever seen. Forty-three years ago, the situation was similar to what it is now."

"Tenants or poor peasants will keep some of their rations and exchange the rest for money. But if you sell it cheaply, it will be expensive if you buy it again. If you don't collect grain for the next year, who can feel at ease? You're going to be hungry!"

"The landlords have food, but the tenants below have no food, so they are not allowed to lend money? Let those tenants temporarily overcome the difficulties?"

"Otherwise the tenants will be too hungry to rebel."

It was not until forty-three years ago that Er Da was sent to the temple to seek a living.

Listening to this, I felt a lot.

"It seems that the drought has not affected us yet. The fields outside the city are still watery, but this thing depends on the weather. Who knows what it will be like in April or May?"

"I am telling you this because I have accumulated merit and received the influence of the Bodhisattva. If you listen to a word of advice, you can save your life. I am also a seventh-level pagoda. If you don't listen, it will be difficult for you to give me good advice.

Advise the damn devil."

The second otter finally made up his mind: "Buy two stones of corn and one stone of miscellaneous grains. The shopkeeper will send them to the Longevity Palace. Don't lose my name! Don't mix old grains with river sand."

"Don't worry about our food account. The rice and rice are all mixed with conscience. If you dare to add anything randomly, you will be beheaded. Besides, your Master Zhao still has some face. We are doing business, and we can still give it to you.

Add sand and lime into it?"

The shopkeeper took the money and said, "If you don't believe me, the price of food is going to go up. Come back and see it in a few days. It's impossible to say it's going to go up again."

The two went to other places and found that everything was expensive. They only had soy sauce, rice vinegar and the like, but they were quite cheap for some reason. One penny could buy five bowls.

After walking around for a while and returning to Wanshou Palace, Er O immediately discovered the passive merit box.

"We've been robbed!" Er La quickly took out the key from under the incense burner and opened the merit box.

"My ancestor!" Er Otter said angrily: "You stole all the money in the merit box, aren't you afraid that the True Lord will blame you?"

Lin Zhuming looked at the broken tiles on the ground: "The roof is still broken. I think instead of getting angry, it's better to repair the roof."

"More than half of it is missing!" Er Da cursed, but he also looked up at the roof, where scattered patches of skylight were exposed.

"As soon as we left, a thief came from behind." Lin Zhuming pointed to the muddy footprints on the ground and said, "Let's go take a look. Is there anything else missing?"

Er Lao soon discovered traces of climbing over the wall at the back.

"It must be that Yakuza surnamed Hu." Erha cursed: "He spends his days idle, wandering around, and usually sneaking around. He was caught by my master once before, and he refuses to change despite repeated admonitions!"

Lin Zhuming asked curiously: "How can you be so sure it's him?"

"Everyone in this area knows him as a gambler. One of the nine fingers he has now was broken off at the beginning."

"What should we do?" Lin Zhuming asked: "Report to the official?"

"Report to the official?" Er La was suddenly discouraged: "Then it might as well have been stolen."

"However, we can't just let it go. Master Lin, do you know any spells that can punish him?" Er Da asked.

Lin Zhuming shook his head: "I have never learned these things." At the same time, he asked curiously: "Then he stole the money, why didn't he steal all the money, but only stole most of it? I can't figure it out."

When Lin Zhuming said this, Er La also became sensible: "He has no conscience. He even stole the money of a seventy-year-old vegetable vendor. I heard that he even took off the clothes of a newly buried dead person."

"strangeness!"

When Lin Zhuming heard that he actually took off the clothes of a dead man, he sighed in his heart: "What a great fate."

Because of the Yinshan Sect, there is a magic method for a living person to wear the clothes of a recently deceased person to extend their life, so that they can stay alive for a while longer.
Chapter completed!