Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 203 Buying Bricks and Tiles

We live deep in the mountains, and we have good skills to protect ourselves, so ordinary people can’t find us.”

"That's right, Uncle Zhang, we appreciate your kindness, but we really can't go with you. You can consider the Taoist's suggestion carefully." Xu Han also persuaded.

“Even if there is no drought later, you can take advantage of the inconvenience of using water in the city and move to another place to live. At worst, you can come back after it rains here.

It's better than fleeing with others later. Besides, the most unpredictable thing on the road is the human heart. You definitely don't want to take risks with your family!" Xu Han continued to persuade.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Uncle Zhang knows that you are good kids, Xiaochuan and Xiaohan. Uncle Zhang believes in you. You can just come back later. It's not a big deal."

After hearing what Uncle Zhang said, Lu Chuan and Xu Han both felt relieved.

It would be best if Uncle Zhang could be persuaded. If not, at least we can remind him and plant a seed in his heart so that he can make a quick decision when the situation becomes urgent.

After the waiter packed the medicine, the three of them said goodbye. They didn't know if they would have the chance to meet again in this life, and everyone was reluctant to leave.

"Take care, Uncle Zhang, and have a safe journey." Lu Chuan said.

"You too, take care of yourselves."

Before leaving, Lu Chuan hesitated for a long time and finally said, "Uncle Zhang, we came here in a hurry today and there are still some things to do! Uncle Zhang, please let the Li family know for me. As for what to choose, it is up to them."

"Okay, don't worry! I'll go to the Li family right away." Uncle Zhang agreed.

After the three of them walked away, Xu Han asked the Taoist priest in confusion, "Taoist priest, didn't you say before that we shouldn't get involved in these matters? Why did you say it first today?"

"If it weren't for your Uncle Zhang being so nice to you, I wouldn't bother to say anything! And this only advances their time by three or four months.

If it still doesn’t rain after the New Year, then if we want to survive, we must flee, because this is the only way we can choose.”

Xu Han thought about it and realized that this made sense. If it didn’t rain after the New Year, people wouldn’t be able to plant in the spring, and no spring planting meant no food.

Moreover, by that time all the previously stored food would have been eaten up. If they wanted to survive, they would have to leave here and find a new way to survive.

"Well! It's really hard to live a good life in this world." Xu Han sighed.

Everyone stopped talking and walked out of the city gate towards the north gate. There were bricks and tiles for sale there, so they went there to buy them.

After the three of them arrived, the kiln factory was particularly quiet. People could barely get enough food to eat these days, so who would have the money to build a house?

In the past, you had to make reservations in advance to buy bricks and tiles, but now you don’t need to do that at all and can just buy ready-made bricks and tiles.

Lu Chuan found the manager of the kiln factory and asked about the price.

"Manager, what's the price now?"

"I don't like what you said. In the past, it was two cents or three yuan. Now the drought is serious and no one is willing to spend money to buy bricks and tiles to build houses. The bricks and tiles are piled up here and can't be sold. How about this! I will charge you one cent a piece. What do you think?"

After hearing what the manager said, Lu Chuan knew that bricks and tiles would definitely be hard to buy now, but the manager's words meant that there must be profit to be made, so he started to bargain.

"Can you make it cheaper? You can't sell it here, so why not sell it to me at a lower price?"

The manager of the kiln factory took a look at the mountains of bricks and tiles and thought that instead of leaving them like that, it would be better to sell them at a low price!

After all, there is no sign of rain now, and we don’t know what will happen in the future! It would be better to exchange some money and keep it in hand for peace of mind!

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, this is easy to discuss."

After the two argued for a while and agreed on the price, Lu Chuan asked the manager to count the bricks and tiles, stack them neatly on oilcloth, and said that someone would come to take them away in the evening.

After the deal was made, in order to facilitate the action at night, Lu Chuan found an excuse to stay here and count the bricks and tiles.

Xu Han and the Taoist priest returned to the inn in the county town first.

After arriving at the inn, I took a nap first to get enough rest so that I could collect bricks and tiles at night.

Xu Han slept until ten o'clock in the evening, but the Taoist priest had not come yet. She was afraid of disturbing the Taoist priest's rest, so she lay on the bed and waited.

It was not until three o'clock in the morning that the Taoist priest came to call Xu Han. This was the time when people were sleeping soundly, so it was more convenient to do things.

The Taoist priest took Xu Han straight to the direction of the north gate, but the gate was closed at this time, so the Taoist priest picked up Xu Han and flew out of the county, and the two went straight to the kiln factory.

When Xu Han and the Taoist priest arrived, Lu Chuan had already prepared the bricks and tiles.

"I'll let him sleep first. There's no one else living here." Lu Chuan said.

The Taoist priest insisted again, feeling worried, and only after making sure that there was no one around did he let Xu Han take action.

Xu Han directly put all the bricks and tiles into the space.

After leaving some food and water for Lu Chuan, the Taoist priest took Xu Han back with him, leaving Lu Chuan here to discuss the final payment with the manager tomorrow.

After all, it would be unreasonable for Lu Chuan to just leave. There are so many bricks and tiles! Even if they are loaded onto the truck, it will take some time, and it will definitely not be finished so quickly.

The next day, Lu Chuan handed over the task to the manager. "Everything has been pulled out. Why didn't I hear any sound?" the manager asked in confusion.

"Maybe you were tired during the day and slept soundly at night!" Lu Chuan lied casually.

The kiln factory manager thought about it and thought so. He hadn't worked for a long time. Wouldn't he be tired after watching people count so many bricks and tiles yesterday? Then he stopped worrying about it.

After the two of them paid the balance, Lu Chuan went straight to the county town. Once there, he did not go back to the inn directly, but went to the carriage and horse shop to rent an ox cart. He also had to go buy other materials needed to build the house later!

After renting the ox cart, they rushed back to the inn. After the three of them had their meal together, they went to other places to buy things needed to build the house.

After buying the things, it was already late, so the three of them found a restaurant to have lunch.

I have to say that there are really few restaurants nowadays. There are only a few open in the entire county, and they have almost no business.

The most important thing is that the things sold in restaurants are now extremely expensive, and the prices are ten times higher than before.

The three of us only ordered three bowls of noodles for this meal. Even this cost a lot of money!

Of course, the food was very bad, and I always felt that it was not worth it. But the current prices are there! There is nothing we can do.