Chapter 2571: Chapter 2571: Did You Find Out Anything?

“Manager, are we still collecting grain today?” Stone asked.

“Collect what? Get your ass back home!” The manager glanced at the people secretly watching them and gave Stone a fierce glare.

Now that everyone has had their fill of water, who would trade grain for water anymore? They’d have to be insane.

What’s more, after the scramble for water, these families managed to save some, so collecting grain these days probably won’t go very smoothly.

Just thinking about it makes him angry. Sheng Qingyu dares to oppose him like this; he will never let Sheng Qingyu have it easy!

He would write a visitation card and see the prefecture chief of Guangye City tonight!

“You idiot, you can’t do anything right. I’ve wasted my time mentoring you. Get back and watch the yard. If anything in the yard goes wrong, I’ll be the first to chop your head off!”

“Yes, yes, my mistake.”

Stone, scolded, could only keep his head down and admit his mistake, not daring to say anything.

But inside, he kept muttering, it wasn’t just him who couldn’t get things right. The water from other places likely couldn’t be saved either, so why scold only him?

Was it because he was close to the manager? He was discontent!

But what could he do about it? He could only hold it in and follow the manager back to the courtyard.

…

At the city gate, An Jiuyue still sat in the tea cabin.

The soldier leader continued talking to her about the city’s happenings or how Guangye City operated during previous droughts. Occasionally, An Jiuyue would generously pour him a cup of tea.

But all he knew were these gate matters; he had no knowledge of other events.

“Mother, we’re back!”

Qian Yinuo hopped down from his father’s arms, rushed to An Jiuyue, and hugged her leg with his little hands.

“Be careful, don’t bump into things.”

An Jiuyue raised her hand to pat the little guy’s head, reminding him.

“I won’t, I won’t. Nuonuo won’t bump into anything. Mother, Father and I are back. Are we going to find an inn to stay at?” Qian Yinuo looked up at An Jiuyue and asked.

“We’re not going to an inn.”

An Jiuyue replied to her son.

The inns in Guangye City now probably don’t have many guests. The innkeepers don’t even have enough water for themselves, let alone keep the inns open; they must be closed already.

As for themselves, she looked up at Qian Jiyun.

“Jiyun, have you found out anything?” she asked.

When the soldier leader saw Qian Jiyun returning with their child, he quietly left, not daring to disturb them. This couple clearly belonged to a wealthy family.

“I did gather some information.”

Qian Jiyun sat down and recounted the matters of the grain collectors to An Jiuyue.

“Mother, those people are so bad, exchanging water for grain. And Nuonuo even heard that it takes ten pounds of grain to trade for a big bowl of water; it’s outrageous!”

The little baby chimed in; he had seen it, the big bowls on the tables in front of the grain collectors were used for water, and a bowl of water needed ten pounds of grain to exchange.

It’s downright heartless, treating the people like fools.

But even so, some are still willing to exchange grain because they don’t have enough water to drink at home. Without trading for water, they won’t survive.

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