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

Chapter 81 You are my husband-in-law

In addition, the land reclamation work on the barren hilltop has been going on.

It's just that this hill is not small, and it will probably take several months to clear the land.

Anyway, it's winter now, so she's not in a hurry. It will definitely be no problem to finish blooming before spring planting.

After confinement, Bai Taotao finally got approval to go out.

But since she was in confinement for 42 days, it was already early December when she was out of confinement.

This year's weather was as she expected. It was colder than in previous years, and it was still dry and cold. The sun didn't shine, it didn't rain or snow, and it was just gloomy.

All washed clothes are dried using firewood and charcoal.

Otherwise, if it is hung outside the house for a while, it will easily freeze.

Before, Bai Taotao had been locked in the room every day, and the stove was burning in the room. The whole room was warm, so she didn't feel how cold it was at that time.

Today, after her confinement, she felt that the cold was different from before when she walked out of the house.

She was obviously wearing quite thick clothes, but just when she was digging some wild shepherd's purse in front of the house, she felt cold all over.

My hands and feet were so cold that I couldn't control them.

Bai Taotao handed a basket of wild shepherd's purse to Aunt Jin to deal with. The family ate wild shepherd's purse dumplings at noon, and then she warmed herself around the charcoal fire that Chen Youyi had burned in advance in front of the house and said, "The weather this year is a bit bitingly cold. Ah, I don’t know what’s going on in the north?”

Chen Youyi hugged the tightly wrapped little girl Wanwan, and then replied: "The situation in the north is actually not bad. In previous years, when the weather was cold, every household would prepare enough thick bedding, cotton clothes, firewood, and food. And this year, they have prepared enough It’s more abundant than in previous years. But now, the people in the south are probably having a hard time.”

Bai Taotao nodded: "Yes, this year our Baitang County is wise because the county magistrate notified the people in each village in advance to buy some cotton and make quilts and coats. But the people in other places may not have a good time. ”

Chen Youyi said: "This year, most of the cotton has been transported to the north by caravans. There is also a shortage of cotton in the south. It is difficult to buy it now. Not only is it difficult to buy, the price has also increased a lot."

Because during the confinement period, Bai Taotao couldn't hear anything outside the window, and she didn't know anything that happened outside. Chen Youyi only talked about these things with her now that she was in confinement.

Regarding the shortage of cotton, Bai Taotao had already expected the price increase, but she was still curious about how much it had increased, so she asked: "What is the price of cotton now?"

Chen Youyi replied: "I heard a few days ago that the price of cotton has risen to fifty cents per pound."

Hearing this, Bai Taotao was shocked and said: "It's increased so much? It's almost doubled. I remember that the cotton that the villagers bought back was thirty cents per catty. I didn't expect it to increase so much in just over a month." .”

"There's no way, that's how businessmen do business!"

Bai Taotao complained: "Otherwise, things are fine. At this time, it's hard to make money for the country. Doesn't your conscience hurt? All you make is money from ordinary people."

After finishing speaking, Bai Taotao pretended to casually remember that she still had a batch of cotton in her hand, so she said: "By the way, I almost forgot. When the workshop just started, I met a foreign businessman who came to order peanuts, but he didn't have enough money in his hand. , so he used cotton to pay for it with me. During this period of time, after giving birth and confinement, I had forgotten such an important thing. Tomorrow I asked Uncle Yan to go to the county to find out more about it from the county magistrate and see where the cotton is better. Shortage.”

"You have cotton in your hand?!" Chen Youyi's eyes showed surprise.

Bai Taotao looked at his appearance and nodded: "Well, during this period of confinement, I couldn't hear anything outside the window. I didn't know what was going on outside, so I forgot about it. Originally, I wanted to wait until the weather gets colder. Take it out and sell it, sell some,..."

"How many do you have?" Chen Youyi asked anxiously.

"Tens of thousands of catties." Bai Taotao replied, but she did not give a specific number.

Anyway, when Qu Shangtou first shipped cotton, the villagers only saw that she had collected a batch of cotton and stored it, but they did not know the specific weight. "Give it to me." Chen Youyi said anxiously, as if he was afraid that Bai Taotao would be arranged for someone else in the next second.

Bai Taotao looked at Chen Youyi and responded without hesitation: "Okay."

When Chen Youyi saw that Bai Taotao didn't even ask him why he wanted so much cotton, he asked instead, "Why don't you ask me what I want so much cotton for?"

Bai Taotao smiled and replied: "No need to ask. If you can say that you told me already, why wait for me to ask."

"When these things are over, I will tell you everything."

Bai Taotao nodded: "Okay."

In fact, if her guess is correct, this must be needed by the military camp, but maybe they have their own plans, so they can only find channels to purchase it privately.

Otherwise, even if cotton is in short supply, the military camp will definitely give priority to the military camp if it needs it, and the above sentence will be enough.

There must be a reason why they are doing this now. She understands the rules.

"When do you want it? How much do you need it for? If it's not enough, I know a cotton merchant here to see if he can get some." Bai Taotao asked.

"If possible, let's see if we can get 10 kilograms. It doesn't matter if we can't get it. We want as much as we can."

There are tens of thousands of soldiers at the southern border, and a military coat requires a lot of cotton. It would be better if there was more.

This time Chen Youyi came back with multiple tasks, and privately purchasing cotton was just one of them.

He originally heard that there was a black market where cotton could be purchased in Baitang County, but when he came back, the cotton on the black market had been sold out.

After paying a high price, I found many people in the black market and asked who made the cotton. As a result, no one in the black market knew.

Every transaction was agreed with them in advance by the other party, but for this last transaction they did not agree on a time.

So there are no clues to find the person.

After all this time, they only purchased less than 20,000 kilograms of cotton.

Unexpectedly, his wife actually had tens of thousands of kilograms stored in her hands, which would solve their urgent need.

Hearing this, Bai Taotao said: "One hundred thousand catties shouldn't be a big problem. I currently have fifty thousand catties. If you are in a hurry, just transport this batch of cotton away first. When I contact the cotton merchant, it will be almost done." It will take about ten days, and then we will ship the second batch."

Chen Youyi looked at Bai Taotao and had a vague suspicion in his mind, but he did not show it. He just nodded and said: "Okay, I will go out to make arrangements later. I will take away the cash tonight."

Bai Taotao naturally understood why they had to transport them away at night, so she responded: "Okay, I will explain to Uncle Yan later. He is one of our own. If you take someone there, he will make arrangements for you."

"Thank you." Chen Youyi didn't know what to say at this time, and finally only said two words.

Bai Taotao smiled and said: "You're welcome. I want to pay you. Don't think that you can take it for free because you are my husband-in-law."

The words were originally just a joke, but after they were finished, both Bai Taotao and Chen Youyi were stunned by the words, "Don't think you are my husband."

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