Dressed as a villain's wife

Chapter 15

"You're talking nonsense." Hu San retorted, "25 Wen for food money, and 27 Wen for cloth bag money. I gave a total of [-] Wen. What's wrong?"

"Shopkeeper Wan's cloth bag costs three pennies a piece. I just lied to you, but you ended up wearing it out."

Nan Zhi looked at it, she showed her secrets, and made a big fuss, this little woman was so pretty, why did she speak so annoyingly.

"That's because I misremembered. I gave a total of 28 Wen." Hu San continued.

"It's wrong again." Nan Zhi shook his head, this rogue didn't know who invited him, what can such a person do?

Hu San's face turned pale, and he might not be able to make money this time.

"You said, what's wrong?"

"The shopkeeper Wan is kind-hearted, and he never takes money for the grain and cloth bags."

A woman onlooker couldn't stand it anymore, and answered the words in a contemptuous tone.

No one who has come and gone is a fool, can they still not understand the situation?
I'm afraid that shopkeeper Wan has offended someone that caused this bad luck.

Hu San was also dumbfounded. Seeing that the people around him left their busy work, and the shopkeeper Wan brought Nan Zhi and his party into the grain shop, he suddenly felt a little frustrated.

"Thank you, Madam, for your help." Shopkeeper Wan saluted respectfully. He used to be a scholar, but it was a pity that he went home to inherit the family business after taking the exam several times without any results. on.

"It's okay." Nanzhi waved his hand, the road is not fair, good people are rewarded, as long as God gives her a few more pies.

"Madam, is this going to buy grain?" Shopkeeper Wan asked, looking at the three strong men with grain bags following Nanzhi.

"Yes, I just don't know if the food price has risen."

"It's a coincidence that you guys came here, the price hasn't risen today, but tomorrow it should increase by a penny."

Knowing that the price hadn't changed, Nan Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to go to see the grain, he felt his sleeve being pulled, and turned his head to see Aunt Liu.

Nan Zhi was a little puzzled, knowing that Aunt Liu had something to say, she asked in a low voice, "Auntie, what's the matter."

Aunt Liu looked at Shopkeeper Wan, who was going to greet the shopkeeper, and said in a low voice, "Girl, didn't that person just say that the food in this store is more expensive than other stores? Let's take a look first, and I'll ask Yuntian to visit a few more stores."

Nan Zhi hesitated, but only nodded.

She has bought food here, but Aunt Liu has never been here. Aunt Liu's family has a large population, and I am afraid that she will buy more food. If it is cheaper, she can buy more food with the saved money.

It just so happened that she also calculated how much food was suitable for her family. Now that she has no land, she can't be self-sufficient. It's no problem to buy more, but she doesn't know how to store it.

She remembered that there was a cellar at home, but the family had been poor for more than two years and had no food to put in the cellar.

Shopkeeper Wan heaved a sigh of relief watching his son come down from the attic, then looked at Nanzhi and his party and asked, "I wonder how much food Madam wants to buy?"

The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy yawned. He seemed to have heard some noise just now, but he was too sleepy to bother going downstairs.

I was just called up by my father.

How did the boy know that his always kind father was almost blackmailed by a rogue just now?

"It should be quite a lot, but I don't know if we buy more, can it be cheaper."

"Food prices are indispensable, but we can send some soybeans."

The young man pointed to the soybeans beside him and said.

Shopkeeper Wan, who just wanted to say that it could be cheaper, shut his mouth in embarrassment, and did not refute his son's words.

On weekdays, his wife often told him that he was always selling food cheaply, and the family didn't generate any income for a month.

Nanzhi didn't bother to ask for a discount. Beans are also food, so it would be nice to get some soybeans.

Shen Yuntian moved quickly, he ran all over the other two grain shops within a quarter of an hour, and shook his head at Aunt Liu when he came back.

There is no mother who knows the son, Aunt Liu will let her youngest son go because she knows that he is smart, she is afraid that there is something wrong with the other grain store, so she is relieved.

If it is really more expensive, it should be more expensive, and the food must be eaten with peace of mind.

After discussing for a long time, Nanzhi finally ordered fifty catties of old rice, twenty catties of white flour, two hundred catties of black flour, two catties of salt and four catties of oil. Finally, he looked at the potatoes piled aside and thought about it. Forty catties.

After finishing the calculation, Nanzhi only had 190 Sanwen coins left.

Looking at the bags of grain piled aside, Nanzhi somehow felt relieved. In this case, he and the dog should not starve to death for the time being, right?

Aunt Liu had enough money, and she bought four hundred catties of black noodles alone, plus all kinds of old rice and white noodles, the bags were piled up all over the floor, and she spent more than five taels of silver.

Looking at the things on the ground, shopkeeper Wan spoke first: "I'll ask my buddy to follow you in a mule cart and deliver the food."

Looking at Nan Zhi and the others' hesitation, he explained: "There is no charge, it's just a thank you gift from Madam for saving me from the siege."

Hearing that there would be no charge, Nan Zhi nodded in agreement, but the young boy sloppily filled two bags of soybeans, the big one could weigh thirty catties, and the small bag also weighed ten catties.

Originally, Nanzhi wanted to go back after buying the grain, but Aunt Liu said to put the grain here first, and took Nanzhi's hand to go to the butcher shop.

"Ms. Liu, are you going to buy meat?"

"Meat is expensive!" Gou'er's face wrinkled when he heard his mother's words, and his mouth was raised high.

If you don’t buy meat, you can buy cheap potatoes and you will be full, so you don’t have to give yourself food, and then get sick from hunger.

"You little baby is so smart." Aunt Liu pinched the dog's little face, scolded with a smile, and looked at Nanzhi again, "Madam will take you to buy some suet, and when you bring it home, you can boil meat oil out of it. Put it for a long time, put some meat oil in when you cook, and give it to the dog."

Nanzhi blinked before realizing that the lard that Aunt Liu was talking about was lard. She was raised by her grandma since she was a child, so she naturally knew that lard was good, so she nodded gratefully.

It should be in the afternoon, and the meat on the pork stall has almost been sold, only some suet and bones are left, and the only piece of meat is still pure and lean, without a little fat.

At this time, people generally like to eat fatty meat, thinking that fat meat is oily, and the price of lean meat is two yuan lower than that of fatty meat.

"Auntie is here to buy meat?" The shopkeeper of the butcher shop saw Aunt Liu leading a group of people standing in front of the stall and hurriedly put down the stuff in his hand and came over to say hello.

"How do you sell suet here?" Aunt Liu didn't say much, and went straight to the point.

It stands to reason that pork suet can be boiled meat oil, so it should be the easiest to sell, but since the emergence of cheaper soybean oil five years ago, pork suet has gradually lost its advantages. Said that the price fell again and again.

That is to say, now that the price of soybean oil has gone up, there are slightly more people buying suet.

"Pork suet is twenty cents a catty."

Aunt Liu didn't say whether it was expensive or cheap after hearing this, she just looked left and right, and the shopkeeper of the butcher shop didn't rush anyone.

After watching it for a long time, Aunt Liu nodded in satisfaction, and pointed to the piece of suet on the crime table, "I need all these suet."

The shopkeeper was also generous, and took the suet and weighed it, and then asked Mrs. Liu how many portions she wanted to cut.

Aunt Liu also turned her head to look at Nan Zhi, "How much do you want, Miss Lin?"

After thinking about the 190 Sanwen coins left in his hand, Nan Zhi had no confidence: "It's enough for four catties."

The shopkeeper nodded, and it was just four catties with one knife.

After giving the money, the group went to the grain store, and the things were naturally carried by the three men of the Shen family.

(End of this chapter)