Nongmen eldest sister: Farming and opening shops

Chapter 28 Buying Food
The siblings were busy with their own work, and after a while, Lin Qingsong came back with a basket of vegetables.

Lin Qinghe looked up and smiled: "I really never let you return empty-handed." Last time I asked him to send firewood over there, and brought back a few vegetables, this time it was another basket.

Lin Qingsong chuckled: "I said no, Aunt Osmanthus insisted on stuffing it into the basket, saying it was worthless. Whenever there is no food at home, I would go to her to get it."

The Lin family had no land, so they had to buy everything. When Lin Dazhuang was here, the Su family was the housekeeper. Whether it was food or food, they all went to the village to buy it from others.

"By the way, Aunt Osmanthus Flower told me that her brother-in-law's family needs money. She said she wanted to sell food, and asked if you want it. The food is all grown by herself and will not be adulterated."

"Yes, why not, the food at home is not enough for a few days. Since someone in the village wants to sell food, let's go buy it."

As for things like adulteration, she also knew something about it. It was about an unscrupulous businessman in the county who mixed stones in the grain he sold, mixed moldy old grain with new grain and sold it together, defrauding many people.

Lin Qinghe went into the house and took the money and put it in his arms, and took Lin Qingsong to buy food.

If it is said that it is the time when the crops are not harvested, the families who have surplus food at home are all well-off families. At this time, they are short of money to sell food, and I don’t know why.

The siblings went all the way to kill Aunt Osmanthus's brother-in-law, which is Zhao Fugui's home.

"Uncle Fugui, I heard that your family is going to sell grain?" Lin Qinghe greeted at the gate of the courtyard.

Zhao Fugui was sweeping the yard, when he saw the two siblings, he waved quickly: "Qinghe and Qingsong are here, come in quickly."

"After the autumn harvest last year, there was enough grain left. It won't be spring, and there will be another harvest in two months. Those grains will take up space, and the hands are a little tight recently." He smiled on his face. Said.

Hands are tight, short of money, but still laughing, it doesn't seem like a bad thing, Lin Qinghe couldn't help asking: "Chun Geng is already busy, so there should be nothing to spend money on?"

The people in the village are all acquaintances, and they always like to get to the bottom of things, and she is really curious, if there is no illness or disaster, and it is not the time to get married and marry a daughter, where will he spend his money?

Zhao Fugui chuckled twice: "Widow Qian's son has been studying for several years, and he looks very promising. I heard that he will go to the examination for fame in a few days. Maybe he can become an official in the future. I don't think so. I'm so envious, I just want to send Zhuanger to school, study for a few years, even if I can't pass the exam, I can still be an accountant, it's a way out, isn't it?"

He just finished speaking with a chuckle, when his wife Qiao Shi pinched him on the waist.

He jumped in pain: "Oh, what are you doing, you can't talk well, you have to do something."

"What are you talking nonsense in front of Qinghe? You didn't hold back your mouth." Qiao Shi gave him a hard look, then turned her head and said, "Qinghe, your rich uncle's brain is not working well, don't worry about what he said Come on!"

Lin Qinghe waved his hand: "It's okay what my aunt said, I don't blame Uncle Fugui."

Only then did Zhao Fugui realize that Lin Qinghe and Zhao Zhengping had just divorced, and he boasted that he was promising in front of others. Isn't this a slap in the face, and he was a little embarrassing immediately.

"You are here to buy food, how much do you want?" Qiao asked aloud.

"Auntie, how much do you want to sell?"

"I didn't sell any of the grain harvested in autumn last year. Now there are [-] shi in the granary. We plan to sell half of it and keep the half for our own consumption," Qiao said.

Zhao Fugui hurriedly explained again: "It's not that our family's grain is not good. We didn't sell it after the autumn harvest last year. It was because the price of grain was low at that time, and we were not willing to sell it. I originally planned to keep it all in my family. Eat, and after the wheat is harvested in May, sell all the wheat, and the price of wheat will be higher."

It is said that his brain is not good, and he is also very good at calculating. Well, he glanced at Mrs. Qiao, sighed, and said, "If I don't want to send Zhuanger to school, I don't plan to sell this food."

Qiao Shi nodded: "That's true. Originally, we planned to keep the corn for our own consumption. The price of wheat can be sold for eight yuan, but now this corn can only be sold for five yuan."

Lin Qinghe nodded. Their family often buys grain to eat, and they are very clear about the prices of various grains. The price of wheat flour is more expensive. Now the family only buys some flour occasionally to improve their meals. The staple food is still corn.

"Since that's the case, I'll buy all these ten stones of grain. The family always needs to eat. I can buy enough grain at once, and it will save me two or three days to buy grain."

"Hey, that's the reason." Zhao Fugui nodded, and then shook his head: "You guys, if you have money, it's better to buy a few acres of land and plant it yourself. Even if the harvest is poor, you don't have to eat anything. Buy it, this is what life looks like."

Qiao stretched out her hand and patted him on the arm a few more times: "What nonsense are you talking about? Qinghe's family has only a few children now. If they really want to buy land, whoever goes to cultivate the land will count it as a tenant for others to plant. Renzi may not be enough to eat." Randomly giving advice.

"Auntie, don't say that, Uncle Fugui is also kind." Lin Qinghe smiled and said: "Forget about this year, let's see if I can save some money. If I put money together, I can buy a few acres of land next year." .”

"Oh, you are really thinking about buying land. Let me tell you, you should have land with your family, so that you can have a secure life. Even if the harvest is poor, you will still have a stutter."

Zhao Fugui said with a smile: "When you want to buy land next year, please come and tell me. Don't dare to say anything else. I have planted the land for so many years. What is good land and what is bad land? You can see it at a glance, and you can't go wrong."

"See if you can get it." Qiao scolded him with a smile, turned to Lin Qinghe and said, "It's not bad. When you really want to buy land, find a few more people to help you. You are young and don't understand, don't eat it." It's a loss."

Lin Qinghe also laughed: "We haven't planted land before, so we can't see the good or the bad. We must ask Uncle Fugui to help us when the time comes."

"Hey, that's right." Zhao Fugui said with some pride: "Don't look at Qinghe as just a little girl, but this vision is very good."

This inevitably has the suspicion of self-selling and boasting.

Several people chatted and laughed. Zhao Fugui took the Dendrobium and measured out the grain one by one. Ten stones of grain weighed more than 1000 catties. It took a lot of effort to measure out the grain.

Lin Qinghe took a look, and found that the corn was golden and bright, and it was indeed high-quality grain, so he paid the money on the spot, and both the money and the goods were settled.

Zhao Fugui saw that their siblings were still immature children, so he simply helped them send the food back, which also saved them both time and effort in moving.

The money was spent, and the food was bought back. Seeing the food piled up for more than half of the room, Lin Qinghe had a slight smile on his face. The so-called family has surplus food, so don't panic. The food is enough for them to eat for more than half a year.

(End of this chapter)