Alan said, took out a small wooden box from under the bed and handed it to the man:

"This is all the family's savings. When the tunnel appears, you can go to the city and buy a long-life lock for your baby."

…

More than a month passed, and the time came to June.

Several months of drought have brought tunnels that had been submerged for more than ten years back to life.

Hundreds of villagers worked together to remove the silt.

July.

Dozens of villagers in Taoyuan Village, led by the village chief, Su Mingzhe, wearing a short undershirt, mixed in with the team and rushed towards the nearby city.

The closest city to Taoyuan Village is Qinghe City in the Qinghe Kingdom in the Western Regions. The distance between the two is about a hundred miles of mountain road.

The villagers carried their burdens and hurried on, and it took almost two days and two nights to arrive.

A round trip would take five or six days to get back.

…

This day.

After two consecutive days of traveling, the villagers finally arrived at Qinghe City.

After resting overnight outside the city, early the next morning, each person paid the city gate tax of five cents and came to the East Market.

Under the leadership of the village chief, everyone sold the fish directly to several large merchants in the city, and received a total of more than 300 taels of silver.

Afterwards, the village chief took everyone to buy daily necessities.

"The price of salt is much more expensive than last time, almost three times the normal price."

"The price of cloth is more expensive, at least four times more expensive!"

The villagers lamented the high prices, but had to bear the heartache to buy them.

After all, it was only after more than ten years that everyone had this opportunity to go out and buy supplies.

…

Regarding the expensive matter, Su Mingzhe didn't say much.

After all, every time a tunnel appears, it definitely means drought.

It is common sense that when there is a disaster, prices skyrocket.

You know, in the 21st century, after several heavy rains, those vegetable merchants dared to increase vegetable prices four to five times.

In comparison, these prices of salt and cloth are three to five times more expensive, which is really commonplace.
Chapter completed!