Lingquan, a peasant girl: the bully in the whole family is just me

Chapter 36 Buying Food 2
Yao Xiangbei said: "Exactly."

Most of the farmers in Nanyang County eat miscellaneous grains. The miscellaneous grains eaten in the village are mainly mixed grains such as sorghum, yellow rice, and beans. Many poor people also eat bran and wild vegetables to cope.

Corn and sweet potatoes are high-yield grains that don’t pick a lot of land, not to mention that they don’t exist in Nanyang County, even in the entire David Dynasty.

There is no choice, the time that rice can be stored is limited, and the only way to store grain is to buy rice.

Yao Xiangbei said: "We can't make a big fanfare about this matter. Our house is on the edge of the village, and there are few people in the village who go to the county town on weekdays. Few people come to visit. As long as we don't make too much noise, no one should know."

After all, the opposite bank is the exile village, who is free to wander here?
Even if there is no exile village, no one in the village can claim to have friendship with the Yao family and come to visit.

Yao Sanshun was even more confused, "What's the big deal? Are we going to buy a lot?"

Yao Xiangbei said: "You don't need to buy a lot, as long as you can eat it until this time next year."

Yao Sanshun: That's not much?

Looking at my younger sister and brother-in-law, obviously they all think so, is he the only one who is slow at home?

The people in the village didn't know about the fact that Yao's family started stockpiling food. After all, it's one thing to take precautions quietly.

The surrounding people occasionally saw Yao's family buying food and didn't think there was anything wrong.

The Yao family bought such a large piece of land, which is sandy land that is not good for growing food. Half of it is uncultivated, and half of it is planted with messy things. If you don’t buy food, what will you eat?
The Yao family went to the grain store in the city, and everyone in the grain store knew Yao Lan, after all, such a figure would impress people once.

The shopkeeper of the grain shop smiled and said, "Mrs. Yao has lost some weight recently. Is there not enough food at home? I need to buy more today."

Yao Lan wants to buy food... Is she happy or angry?

Yao Xiangbei said: "That is to buy more, shopkeeper, first give me thirty catties of rice."

The shopkeeper of the grain shop burst into laughter, "That's great."

Yao Lan said, "Father, I like to eat buns."

Yao Xiangbei said proudly, "Then bring another ten catties of flour."

The shopkeeper of the grain shop bloomed more flowers, "Okay."

Yao Sanshun said: "What's the point of eating those two things? Dad, didn't you see that my sister has lost weight?"

Yao Xiangbei thought for a while and thought: "Then let's get some mung beans, red beans, soybeans, and glutinous rice and millet, let's make up ten catties together."

Le, the shopkeeper of the grain shop, couldn't help but think—Yao Xiangbei loves his daughter, he buys so much for being so thin, he is really not afraid of raising a pig.

It doesn't matter if you become a pig. The Yao family recruits a son-in-law from above. With that strength, even if a man dislikes him, he doesn't dare to make a mistake. What does it matter?
In this way, selling so many catties of grain in one order is much better than those who buy it by several catties. The shopkeeper of the grain shop gave away half a catty of millet.

If it was another family, they might not be able to move back after buying so much food in one go, but the Yao family is very strong, carrying a few dozen catties is like a normal person.

"Brother Yao is the strongest person I've ever seen. If he were to work at the pier, he might be able to support three people." The shopkeeper of the grain store praised him generously. I don't know how much trouble I can save by helping myself to the dock to move the goods.

The shopkeeper of the grain store just mentioned it casually, and Yao Xiangbei also asked casually, "Your grain comes from the pier?"

The shopkeeper of the grain shop said: "We are the shop of the Qin family. The Qin family can be said to be a half-city of Qin in Nanyang County. The grain in the village can't be eaten up. Why do we need to transport it from outside?"

"Oh, what are you doing moving the goods?"

"There are quite a few Zhuangzi in the master's house. Every year, when there is not enough food to eat, they have to send it out by water. Next month, when it's time for new food, they want to send away the old food. I don't know if Brother Yao will be able to go to the dock that day. Can you help me?"

Yao Xiangbei has no free time, and he doesn't work if he doesn't talk about money.

Yao Lan's eyes lit up, "Shopkeeper, what is the price for your old grain?"

The grain store manager looked at her.

Worried about not being able to find a good excuse to buy it, Yao Lan said, "You also know that our family doesn't farm any land, so we eat quickly when there are too many people."

Grain store manager: You eat too much, right?
"If it's cheaper, why don't you sell us some?" Yao Lan said with a smile, "It also saves us from going to the city when the weather gets hot."

The shopkeeper of the grain shop thought about it. The new grain came out and the warehouse had to make room. In previous years, the old grain had to be cleared at this time. If the Yao family wanted it, it would be cheaper to hire coolies.

It is old grain, that is, the rice harvested last year. It has been dried without shelling and stored in the warehouse. When the rice in the grain store is almost sold, it will be shelled and sold again. It is a bit troublesome, but it can be harvested for three to five years without breaking. , so grain stores have been doing this for so many years.

There are probably more than [-] catties of rice in the warehouse of the Qin family's grain store. Naturally, the Yao family can't eat so much rice. Yao Xiangbei said, "Then it will cost a thousand catties."

It was a thousand catties, and the shopkeeper of the grain shop felt "distressed" for Yao Lan, "A thousand catties of millet is only a few hundred catties without husks. I'm afraid it's not enough for your daughter to eat."

So Yao Lan had to hold back, "I'll add another thousand catties."

The shopkeeper of the grain shop was overjoyed.

At this time, the price of grain has not increased, and the grain shop still sells old grain. Rice costs five cents a catty, and old grain costs three cents a catty. Two thousand catties sounds like a huge amount, but in fact it only costs six taels of silver.

No matter the price of grain is much cheaper than the cloth in the cloth shop, the medicine in the pharmacy, or the meat in the butcher's stall.

You must know that this is still the selling price, and the price of grain received by the grain shop is even lower, so it is no wonder that the villagers can't save money from farming.

In order to avoid the Yao family's repentance, the manager of the grain shop happily asked the shop assistant to drive an ox cart to deliver two thousand catties of rice, just one cart.

No one in Tangjia Village dug cellars, and the villagers collected grain and piled it up at home. Unless they sent it to the city to pay rent, they would not pack it into bags, because grain bags cost money.

A penny of two cents, and you don't panic if you have money in your pocket. Uncle Yao happily bought all the grain bags for another hundred people.

Their house is close to the river, and Yao Xiangbei didn't ask his buddy to detour to Yangjia Village to the door of the house. He directly asked him to send it to the other side of the river, and then carried it by himself.

The Yao family is really strong, but unfortunately the single-plank bridge is not enough to bear the load. Even if the father and son have the strength of their arms, they can only carry bags back and forth.

Yao Qing and Uncle Hua got the news and came out to help move the food.

Yao Lan thought: I still need to build a better bridge.

The guy at the grain store was also stunned. No wonder he had to buy so much grain to eat. With this strength, can he do without eating more?

It would be much easier to move back to your own home after crossing the bridge. The Yao family has great strength, and they move the most at one time, and they move quickly after a few trips by one person.

(End of this chapter)