Yes, not everyone in the world is cruel. Although the Bai family is a merchant family, they also know that kindness must be repaid. Lu Ziyuan curled her lips and smiled.
"Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the business of this hotel is getting worse and worse. If it doesn't rain yet, I think it's time to close the business with so many customers." Mr. Bai suddenly sighed and asked, "Lu
Girl, I wonder if this weather will affect the mint tea in your hand?"
"Not for the time being." Lu Ziyuan shook her head and said, "With the restaurant like this, if you can't make ends meet, shutting down and waiting until the drought is over is indeed the best way to reduce losses. What about the teahouse in the hands of the Bai family?"
"The weather is hot, and the business of the teahouse is better than before. Miss Lu is serving mint tea. The hotter the weather, the more everyone likes it. However, I heard from the shopkeeper that the well water in the backyard of the teahouse is getting less and less.
The springs on the mountain are about to dry up. If there is no water, this teahouse will definitely not be able to open." Mr. Bai sighed. It was a hot and droughty day, and the Bai family had suffered a lot. Fortunately, the Bai family had many and complicated businesses.
The family's shop will not harm the foundation of the Bai family, and the Bai family's shops outside also make a lot of money every day.
"The weather is hot now, and there are almost no people shopping on the street. I think the puppet shop next door is about to close. Those old customers who want goods will go directly to Hexi Village to order from now on." Zhanzhu Factory also cooperates with the Luo Family.
, even if the shop is closed, the entire Lu family will not starve to death.
Lu Ziyuan thought to herself that it was a good thing that this severe drought was only in some areas, not the whole country. It would be really terrible for people to live in dire straits. If possible, she would make more money. If it was too hot to live here, Lu Ziyuan would
I will consider moving to the south and come back here after this severe drought.
While a few people were talking, there was a sudden commotion downstairs. Several people in the private room looked out the window and saw a dozen gray-faced people running towards the other side of the street.
"They look like refugees!" Lu Ziyuan noticed that the sallow and skinny people all had cracked lips and seemed to be refugees who had been hungry for a long time.
Master Bai opened the door and called up the shopkeeper who was downstairs, and asked, "What's going on with those people downstairs?"
"Sir, they are all refugees from other places. I heard that it has not rained in other counties for a longer time than ours. The rivers have all dried up and there is not a drop of water. Maybe it is because I heard that the rivers here have not yet had rain.
Come on, they all poured into our county." The shopkeeper was a little frightened. Although he only saw a dozen refugees, the arrival of these means that more refugees will flood into the county and come to the south in the near future.
Wangzhen, or more likely, if the weather continues to be dry, even this county will become a drought county, and they will go to other places like these refugees.
At this moment, Lu Ziyuan only had one sentence left in her heart: The peaceful days in Nanwang Town were officially broken with the appearance of these dozen refugees.
There is still water in the river in Nanwang Town. If these refugees spread the news, more refugees will flow in. Having water does not mean that refugees can live. Even if they can sleep on the street, they still need food.
In order to maintain their lives, these refugees may rob or even do worse for food.
Natural disasters are always accompanied by man-made disasters. Lu Ziyuan clearly remembers that in history, there have been countless examples where natural disasters have come, causing hungry humans to kill their own kind, drink blood to quench their thirst, and eat meat to fill their stomachs.