On Xia Qiyue's side, Xia Qiyue tried his best to stop him, so he gave up the huanghuali wood and only bought mahogany wood, and asked the lumber shop to send it to Baijia Village.
After giving the money and agreeing on the address, it's done.
"Yingying, it's time for us to go back. If it's too late, it will be dark and we won't be able to get home!"
After coming out of the lumber shop, Xia Qiyue and Tang Ying, who was working as a little tour guide, said to them.
"If your parents allow you, you can also come to our house to play!" she added.
Tang Ying nodded, "Yeah, yeah! Sister July, Sister September, I will come to play with you, just let Brother Pei Heng take me there... Hehe..."
After saying goodbye to Tang Ying, Xia Qiyue and his party got into the carriage and prepared to leave the city and go home.
The streets of the capital city were very lively, and the two little guys didn't seem to have enough shopping. They still opened the carriage window and looked outside from time to time in the carriage.
From time to time they would exclaim, and from time to time the two of them would say something.
Suddenly, Ke'er slammed the curtains shut and looked at Xia Qiyue with a frightened look.
"What's wrong?" Xia Qiyue and Xia Yueyue were looking at jewelry together. They were startled and raised their heads to ask Ke'er.
"Mom, I saw Daddy!" Ke'er said angrily, "Didn't he go to war? Why are he shopping?"
Xia Qiyue and Xia Yueyue looked outside at the same time.
"Sister...really is brother-in-law!" Xia Yueyue looked at Xia Qiyue with some worry. At this moment, she didn't know how to comfort her sister.
Xia Qiyue said leisurely, "You wouldn't go shopping with a group of men, right?"
She saw from the street that An Zichen was walking with five or six young men, and the direction he was going was towards the grain store.
It looks quite big, probably one of the best grain stores in the capital.
At first she had the idea of opening a grain store, but later the candy business was so good that she gave up the idea of a grain store.
"Didn't my brother-in-law go to war?" Xia Jiuyue didn't understand, so she asked her doubts.
Ke'er couldn't sit still anymore, "Daddy lied to us, mother, he lied to you, he is a bad person!"
As he said that, he opened the car curtain and called someone.
Xia Qiyue quickly reached out and covered her mouth, "Ke'er, don't mess around!"
Then he explained to his sister, "Your brother-in-law may be a grain and grass officer. You know, before the troops move, grain and grass go first! Food and grass are the most important thing in a war!"
The servant then said, "Madam, there are a lot of people in the grain store over there!"
Xia Qiyue vaguely felt that something was wrong. If An Zichen stayed in the capital to prepare food and grass, he wouldn't have to run from one food store to another, right?
Doesn’t the national treasury provide military rations?
"Old Wu, go to Yuelai Inn! I haven't bought the materials for Miss Jiuyue's wedding dress yet, so I won't go back today!"
Xia Qiyue said hello to the coachman.
This Old Wu was the coachman An Zichen found. When Xia Qiyue didn't want to drive by himself, he would let Old Wu drive out.
She wasn't familiar with the capital, but Old Wu was.
Although she was not familiar with the capital, she also knew that there was a Yuelai Inn in the capital, because there was one in Jiuli Town.
As expected, Lao Wu was familiar with it and drove directly to Yuelai Inn.
The group of people checked into the Yuelai Inn. Xia Qiyue was not short of money and wanted a large suite at Tianzi No. 1, which also had a special suite for servants to sleep in.
After struggling for a while, it was already dinner time, but fortunately, you can eat on the first floor, and you can also order food to be eaten.
Xia Qiyue had something to do on her mind, so she asked the waiter to bring the food.
"In September, you take the two of them to dinner, and I'll go out for a while!"
It gets dark late in the summer, and it was not dark when Xia Qiyue went out. She took Lao Wu with her because she couldn't find her way to the grain store.
But she thought wrong. Along the way, the food stores she encountered were crowded with people. It was almost dark and there were still long queues.
Along the way, Xia Qiyue almost figured it out. The national treasury was in urgent need of food. News spread that the army was starved for food, and the people began to hoard food.
"Madam, we're here!" Old Wu drove the carriage to the door of the grain store where he saw An Zichen.
This place is no exception, and there are even more of them. Everyone has a sack, and it looks like they are going crazy for buying.
Xia Qiyue got out of the car and walked slowly towards the grain store. Listening to what the people said along the way, she also understood a lot.
"Hurry up, hurry up, no matter what, we have to buy food today, and the price and limit will be raised starting tomorrow!"
A woman passing by Xia Qiyue held a seven or eight-year-old boy in one hand and held a three-year-old child in the other. The little boy was holding a sack in his arms and struggled to follow her.
Xia Qiyue looked over and saw that there were quite a few people dragging their families along like this, and there were even cases where the whole family came with a sack. Listen carefully, and you will see that everyone is prepared.
"Don't talk to me for a while. Pretend you don't know me. You've got the money! Don't lose it! After you buy the food, wait at the door of the bread shop opposite!"
"I know, dad, you should take a look at mom. She keeps talking to the youngest, just because she's afraid that the shopkeeper won't recognize that they are mother and son!"
Xia Qiyue's forehead support is really a policy from above and countermeasures from below. This method is really good.
Also, all the elderly people in the family who could walk were pulled out. Maybe something like this has happened before, so they were already prepared.
Xia Qiyue originally thought that it had been a long time since she saw An Zichen, so she would definitely not be able to meet him here.
But unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he ran into the arms of a strong man.
There were a lot of people here, and the whole street was affected by people rushing to buy food, so Xia Qiyue didn't pay attention at all. When she turned around, she realized that it was An Zichen who blocked the crowd from behind for her.
Just as Xia Qiyue was about to say hello, An Zichen spoke first, "Girl, be careful, there are many people here!"
Only then did Xia Qiyue realize that An Zichen had changed his clothes and was now wearing the same clothes as these men rushing to buy food.
She understood instantly. Although she didn't know anything and pretended not to know her, she still reacted and cooperated very well. She nodded and thanked her.
"Thank you for the reminder, big brother, I'll go back to the inn now!"
As he said that, he passed An Zichen and walked back, but as he passed, he said softly, "Room No. 1, Tianzi, Yuelai Inn!"
An Zichen curled his lips and hurriedly replied, "I know!"
He recognized Xia Qiyue's carriage when it passed by this street in the afternoon. He just had important matters to attend to and didn't want some people to stare at his wife and children. He originally thought that if they didn't see him, then he would
Let's go back to the village.
But he didn't expect this little girl to come over. He hurriedly changed his clothes and came over.
Because this grain store is the largest grain store in the capital, they have been waiting here to search for some clues about General Wang Mang, so they have been waiting here.
Xia Qiyue returned to the inn, and An Zichen quietly observed her for a while. Seeing that no one noticed her, he returned to the place where he was squatting, told his lieutenants a few times, and hurried to Yuelai Inn.
Speaking of Yuelai Inn, I really have some special and intimate memories.
"Brother Liuzi, did Brother Chen find anything? Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"