Dressed as a villain's wife

Chapter 8 Food Prices
"Shopkeeper, is the price of food already this high?"

a woman asked.

The shopkeeper looked at the sky outside, and said in a helpless tone, "Who says it's not? It hasn't rained for more than half a year now, and there is no new grain output, so the price of grain will naturally rise."

Don't look at the Zhou's grain store on the other side of the street, which is cheaper than their own, but they mix mud and stones into the grain.

A few women showed embarrassment. They originally wanted to buy more food, but now the price of food is too high.

Maybe if we wait a little longer, food prices will drop.

After hesitating for a while, the group of them still left.

The shopkeeper sighed.

In this year, I'm afraid that the price of food will go up again. Where will it go down?

Just as I was about to turn around and enter the store, I saw the mother and son in the corner.

The shopkeeper asked, "Does this lady want to buy food?"

Nan Zhi nodded, she asked Steward Wang, the only grain store in this town is the most cost-effective.

After looking at it for a while, Nanzhi finally bought forty catties of black flour, half a catty of salt, one catty of oil, ten catties of old rice, and four catties of white flour.

In the end, the family belongings of the two mothers were combined and only 150 Qiwen was left.

The shopkeeper looked at the clothes of Nanzhi and his wife and knew that their family background must be not very good, so he quietly looked around and said in a low voice.

"Madam, let me say something more. If you can store up grain, you can store up more grain. The price of grain has to go up. Now it's just the beginning."

After hearing the shopkeeper's words, Nanzhi was stunned, is it just the beginning?

I bought another ten catties of sweet potatoes and potatoes. Nanzhi thanked him and drove the donkey cart away.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to hide the fine grains she bought in the back basket, and covered the top layer with diced mother-in-law and sweet potatoes, and finally took a piece of rag to cover it.

No matter who looked at it, they would only think that Nan Zhi and Gou Er Niang bought a basket of sweet potatoes.

Before leaving town, Nanzhi went to the butcher shop.

Now the sky has begun to turn a little blue, and the butcher shop has sold out all the goods, leaving only a few clean shaved bones lying around.

Nanzhi's eyes lit up when he saw the stick bones, and finally bought those bones for five Wen.

After shopping, Nanzhi hurriedly drove the donkey cart out of the town.

She wanted to return to Lihua Village before it got dark.

The shopkeeper of the grain store told her that there had been several incidents of grabbing grain and hurting people in the past few days, and told her to be careful with the dog.

As a result, Nanzhi was in a panic all the way, for fear of being robbed.

After finally returning to the village, the sky was already dark, and I didn't meet many people along the way.

After returning home, Nanzhi put away his things and went to Aunt Liu's house to return the donkey cart.

The two made an appointment to meet early the next morning, and Nan Zhi took the dog out of Aunt Liu's yard.

"Mum, are we home yet?"

The dog rubbed his eyes and asked sleepily.

"Let's go to Grandpa Li Zheng's house." Nan Zhi said softly, rubbing the dog's little head.

This afternoon the dog ran around with her, and she hadn't eaten anything yet, so she felt distressed and wanted to hug him, but now when she was walking, the cloth on her shoulders was still hurting a lot from the wound.

"Dog, can you wait for Auntie at home, Auntie will be back in a while."

Gou'er shook his head, "No, I want to be with A Niang."

The older ones and the younger ones walked faster, and Lizheng's house was not too far away, because they walked slower in the dark than in the daytime.

There was still some dim light in the courtyard of Lizheng's house, Nanzhi knocked on the courtyard door and stood aside with the dog.

"Who?"

It was Lizheng's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, who opened the door.

Seeing the people standing outside the door, he was still a little surprised for a while, and didn't want to understand why Nanzhi and Gou'er came from home.

Mrs. Zhou is a few years older than Nan Zhi, Nan Zhi smiled and said, "Sister Zhou, I have something to do with Aunt Qin."

Mrs. Zhou was stunned for a moment, but she turned sideways and let them enter the courtyard gate.

In fact, she doesn't really like Nanzhi very much. Nanzhi's temperament is too soft, no different from kneading dough.

Zhou also has a child, so she can't see the child suffer.

However, Nanzhi was always unwilling to accept the help of the villagers, and raised the dog and the child so thin for the sake of face.

"Girl Lin, why are you here so late?" Aunt Qin asked as she looked at the two people entering the room.

"Ma'am, I have something to ask you."

Nan Zhi smiled a little shyly, making people feel that she was here to borrow something.

Mrs. Zhou didn't say anything, and went back to the kitchen to continue washing the dishes.

Aunt Qin saw Nan Zhi like this and dragged her into the main room, and also called her grandson to play with the dog.

"Girl Lin, if you have anything to say, just tell me, Uncle Qili has gone out for a walk in the field." Aunt Qin patted Nan Zhi's hand lightly, as if she was the one at home who couldn't open the pot to pick up the food.

"Ma'am, I went to the town today, and the price of grain has already doubled. The manager of the grain store said that if it is possible, we can try to store as much grain as possible, and I am afraid that the price of grain will rise in the future."

Aunt Qin's expression changed immediately after hearing this.

My family doesn't have any food reserves now. Originally, my old man said that it would be enough to last until the autumn harvest, so the whole family hasn't moved much of the family's savings. They only think that the price of food will come down after the autumn harvest, and then they will buy food.

"But, isn't it already the harvest season?" Aunt Qin said.

Seeing Aunt Qin's hesitant expression, Nan Zhi shook his head slightly, and continued, "Mother, you and Uncle Zheng must have planted more crops than me. It hasn't rained for more than half a year now, and there will be another month." How much food can I really receive in the autumn harvest?"

Aunt Qin lost her mind for a moment. Although the family's savings and silver are all in her own hands, if she wants to collect food, it will definitely cost a lot of money to have a big family.

Nan Zhi continued, "Ma'am, I'm not saying that food prices will rise in the future, but I'm just here to tell you what I found out today, just in case, you can discuss it with Uncle Lizheng and buy a little. Keep it at home."

"Okay, when your Uncle Lizheng comes back, I'll discuss it with him."

"Ma'am, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

Aunt Qin nodded: "If there is anything else, you can tell."

"I found a large area of ​​chestnut trees on Dongshan Mountain today." Nanzhi paused before continuing, "And the soil over there is much wetter, there may be groundwater."

After all, that was just a guess, she couldn't guarantee that Dongshan really had water, and what Nan Zhi said was a little bit uncertain.

Aunt Qin couldn't sit still after hearing this. The water for the people in the village was drawn from the two wells at the entrance and the end of the village. Today, the old man is still worried that the water from those two wells is getting less and less.

"Will there really be water?"

"It should be there, but I can't find it." Nan Zhi scratched his head.

"Good boy, good boy, you can save the lives of the whole village."

Saying that Mrs. Qin was about to cry, Nan Zhi was so frightened that she was at a loss what to do. Does this mean that she is bullying the elderly?

"Ma'am, but I still want to tell the villagers about this matter in two days. The current situation of my family..."

Seeing Nanzhi's distressed face, Aunt Qin patted her chest to promise not to reveal the news in advance, and only waited for her family to save food first.

After finishing her work, Nanzhi took the dog back home in a good mood, leaving Aunt Qin to digest these three major events alone.

When Shen Dashan returned home, he was dragged into the house by his wife.

"You old woman, it's not good for the children to see."

Looking at Shen Dashan with a blush on his face, Aunt Qin rolled her eyes, this old man is still so shameless no matter how old he is.

"Miss Lin is here today."

Shen Dashan knew that he would be wrong, so he coughed in embarrassment, "Miss Lin came to borrow food? It's not easy for them to be orphans and widowed, so just borrow some."

"What, Miss Lin went to the town today and said that the shopkeeper of the grain shop said that the price of grain will probably go up in the future. Do you think our family should also stockpile some grain?"

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