Running with the ball in the lean years, the evil mother-in-law and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 71 Stocking up on food and cotton (Part )
The oxcart slowly returned to the village. Because Bai Taotao had to be taken into consideration, the speed could not be too fast.

By the time Bai Taotao returned to the village, the official had already finished delivering the news and returned to the county.

Not long after, Chen Lizheng began to convene villagers to discuss matters under the old locust tree in the village.

Naturally, Bai Taotao wanted to join in the fun.

When Aunt Jin came with her, Chen Lizheng happened to see Bai Taotao coming, so he raised his hand and signaled: "Daughter-in-law Youyi, you are pregnant, come to the front and sit and listen."

Of course, Chen Lizheng had his own calculations in letting Bai Taotao go ahead.

Since Bai Taotao's business grew bigger and bigger, Chen Lizheng felt more and more that his wife Youyi was very capable.

She knows better, maybe it's okay to listen to her opinion.

When Bai Taotao sat down, Chen Lizheng cleared his throat and began to speak.

"Okay, everyone is here, then I will start to explain the purpose of calling everyone here this time."

As soon as Chen Li spoke, the villagers immediately fell silent.

"Just now a document came from the county. There are two points in the document."

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Although there were only two points in content, Chen Lizheng said it very seriously, and he emphasized it again and again in order to convince the villagers.

It was two very simple things, but it took half a cup of tea to stop.

The villagers listened very seriously, after all, this is no small matter.

After Chen Lizheng finished speaking, the villagers began to talk about their opinions one by one.

"Li Zheng, we all know that the two things you mentioned are important, but if we don't sell food, where will we have the money to buy cotton?"

"Yes, yes, we have worked hard all year long, and we only have some money by selling some grain after the autumn harvest."

"Yesterday, I was still discussing with my mother-in-law. After selling the grain this time, I will have some money in my hand. Plus the money from selling peanuts, I can just buy a wife for my son. Now this...this..."

"I'm still waiting to sell the grain to build another house for my son. Now that he's half-grown, he can't still share a house with us."

"Yeah yeah."

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Seeing the villagers talking to each other, Chen Lizheng raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

When the villagers calmed down, Chen Lizheng said again: "The county put forward these two suggestions for everyone's sake. The county also said that if you are really in trouble and have to sell food, we will not stop you. But we The grain can be sold to the designated grain merchants in the county first. Or you can go directly to the county government, where there will be a special purchasing point, and you can go there to sell the grain at the same price as the grain merchants."

"The county buys our grain? What kind of medicine is this county magistrate selling in his gourd? Has this never happened before?" Chen Liu in the crowd asked dissatisfiedly. When she said this, everyone expressed doubts.

"Yes, yes."

"It's against the rules for the county government to purchase grain, isn't it? Moreover, if it were to be purchased, there would be a lot of grain in Baitang County. Can the county government get so much money?"

"I think there might be some conspiracy." Chen Liu added.

Bai Taotao, who had been sitting silently by the side, really couldn't stand the rhythm played by Chen Liu, so she motioned to Aunt Jin to help her up, then stood on the altar under the old locust tree and said loudly: "Yes, this is indeed true. It’s a conspiracy, a conspiracy for the sake of all the people in Baitang County.”

As soon as Bai Taotao said these words, everyone fell silent instantly.

Once they were quiet, Bai Taotao no longer needed to shout at a loud voice. Now in the third trimester of pregnancy, she would be out of breath after shouting a few words loudly. She could only wait for everyone to calm down before she continued to speak.

"Imagine if all your grain is sold to grain merchants from various places who come to buy grain, and they take it away as soon as they harvest it. If the two disasters just mentioned really come, what will happen to our Baitang County? How can we get food to deal with these disasters?"

"The county magistrate wants to remind everyone not to sell food in a hurry, just because he is afraid that everyone will sell all the food. When the disaster comes, even if they want to buy, they will not be able to buy food. But the county magistrate also knows that everyone Difficulties, so it doesn’t stop everyone from buying and selling freely.”

"But one thing I want to remind everyone here is that since it is buying and selling, the grain is sold at the market price. If you want to buy it back, you can still buy it at the market price, but no one can guarantee it at that time. What will the market price be? Therefore, villagers should think carefully before deciding whether to sell the remaining grain in their hands."

"Actually, my idea is very simple. If you are not in a hurry to use money, you can not rush to sell it for the time being. It will depend on the situation after spring. Everyone has just started planting winter wheat. I don't know what will happen next. There has been no rain this year. If there is no food harvest in the spring harvest next year, if everyone sells all the food, what will they do with their lives?"

"As the saying goes, it is better to have money than to have food. If you have food, you will not go hungry. Rather than holding those few taels of silver, it is more reassuring to hold food."

After listening to Bai Taotao's words, all the villagers did not say a word to you, but they all fell into deep thought.

When no one spoke, Chen Liu started to find trouble again: "I think you conspired with the county magistrate. Otherwise, we have never heard of other places asking people not to sell food. In turn, the county purchased people's food. . And how can the county get so much money?"

Seeing that Chen Liu was going against him, Baitaotao decided not to hide it any more, so he smiled and said: "Yes, I am indeed the one who paid for the grain purchase this time, and the county only needs to come forward. But this seems to you Doesn’t it have any impact? Whoever you sell your grain to will have the same price or the same price? Of course, if you want to sell the grain to other grain dealers, I won’t stop you. Buying and selling are free, right?”

"Look, look, I'm saying there must be something wrong with this. I don't know what kind of enchantment this bitch used, and he actually persuaded the county magistrate to defraud us of our food." Chen Liu thought she had caught Baitao. Tao's handle immediately started shouting.

Originally it might have been okay if she didn't speak, but when she said this, all the villagers turned to Bai Taotao's side.

"Mother Youcai, we don't agree with what you said. What Youyi's wife just said is very clear. Firstly, she has freedom of buying and selling, and she doesn't force us to sell food to her; secondly, They are paying money to buy it normally, so how can they say they are here to defraud us of food?"

"That's right, the food is in the hands of Youyi's wife. If there is a disaster, we can buy it back if we are short of food. The most important thing is that we don't need to move the food around to the county to sell it. We can directly sell it in the county. The village can do business by itself, which is very convenient."

"That's right. This is much better than selling it to outside grain merchants. What's more important is that we believe that Yi's wife knows better."

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Seeing that everyone was persuaded by Bai Taotao's few words, Mrs. Chen Liu was so angry that she gritted her teeth, "If you believe her so much, then you just sell it. I will never sell my grain to her, nor to anyone else." Sell ​​it to her."

(End of this chapter)