"Yes, the way you burst into tears looks like the performance of movie star Rabis Hess when she encountered a mob."
Locke praised with a smile and pointed at Hannah's intact coat.
"The quality of this dress is quite good and we should thank Mrs. Armor."
"Yes, Mrs. Armor's craftsmanship is better than that of ordinary clothing stores and tailors, so we should return the orange coat and buy some cloth. How about asking Mrs. Armor to customize the coat?"
Hannah took Locke's arm, her eyes shining with wisdom and frugality.
Locke shook his head, "No, the beautiful lady needs to enrich her wardrobe, keep the coat, and buy some cloth to send to Mrs. Armor's house, take care of her business, and sew a beautiful winter long gown for our lady. skirt."
"Huh? Why? Do you want to make a new dress?"
"To celebrate your upcoming return to journalism."
"This kind of thing cannot be determined yet."
Hannah is a little unsure of whether her reputation can be restored after Lloyd is sent to prison.
But she was still in a good mood, at least she had avenged Wei Na.
At Locke's suggestion, the siblings took a black cat to the Trey Bridge area for shopping.
A group of people passed by them, mixed with their excited chatter.
"All flour mills and bakeries owned by Baker Grain Company have reduced prices, so take the opportunity to stock up on more grain."
"It's great. You can't buy food anywhere at this price. I can even prepare for the Festival of Life this year."
"Yes, I also plan to invite friends to my home on Life Day, but the premise is that I have to grab them quickly."
They headed towards the Baker's Bakery and Grain Factory. The Baker family's bakery also had many branches in the West End. At this time, there was a long queue at the door.
Hannah also joined in. Frugality and housekeeping were her virtues.
She completely forgot that she was going out to buy fabrics, and just wanted to grab low-priced wheat flour, rye flour and bread.
Locke could only accompany his sister Hannah in line.
There is also a storage tank and big-character poster placed at the entrance of the food store.
The big-character poster read: Every consumer is contributing to the health of the victims in the West District. We will donate all the money you spend to the victims in the West District to compensate for their losses. Baker Food Company will not treat every consumer poorly. Residents of the Gate Kingdom.
The large round transparent storage tank is already filled with colorful rice.
Finally, Hannah and Locke arrived in line, and they walked into the store and began to select food.
Locke was surprised to find that there was rice here, but the shape of these rice grains was more oval, a bit like glutinous rice, and the price was very expensive. Even with a 50% discount, it cost 30 meters per pound, while wheat flour only cost 3 meters per pound. Jin, the price difference is 10 times.
Even so, Locke forced Hannah to buy 100 kilograms of rice, 200 kilograms of wheat flour, and 100 kilograms of rye flour.
As for bread, because it is not easy to store, I only bought twenty or thirty pieces.
Hannah feels that she doesn’t need to worry about food anymore this winter. To be precise, she won’t need to buy food within a year.
Locke and Hannah had just bought grain and the storage tanks were already full.
The salesperson said apologetically to the customer behind him,
"Sorry, the storage tank is full. We have to wait until tomorrow. We will restock tomorrow. If you don't want to wait, you can also check out other Baker's Grain stores."
Locke opened his mouth. As expected of the leader of the Baker family, he not only immediately adopted his suggestion, but also started hunger marketing.
As a result, I believe that every morning, the entrance to Baker’s Grain Store will be overcrowded.
It is estimated that other grain companies, bakeries, food chain stores, and even department stores will be seriously affected. They originally only accounted for one-third of the market share. According to this development trend, it may expand to two-thirds or more. .
The Baker family successfully resolved this risk, but of course it was impossible to do so without paying any price.
Because they purchased a lot of grain, Hannah and Locke had no choice but to take a carriage home.
"Locke, it seems we have done a good thing. I have to go back and tell the people on Pat Street so that they can also store enough food for the winter. We can also buy some charcoal at home. This winter will not be cold."
Hannah smiled and said that this was a very pleasant shopping for her, even if all she bought was food.
Locke nodded slightly, "We really need to buy some more charcoal."
"Maybe you can buy some dried fish for Xiao Ai."
Hannah said generously.
Eileen glanced at her disdainfully, raised her head,
"I hate dried fish, I want to eat beef, the kind of beef you stewed last time."
"good."
Locke was also in a good mood. He got off the car and bought a bottle of red wine and beef. He planned to make Burgundy beef stew again. Oh, no, it should be Kosolk beef stew.
Because the name of this bottle of red wine is Kosolk.
The carriage stopped at Old Tom's apartment. After Hannah's negotiation, Locke paid a tip of 2 meters, and the carriage driver helped the siblings move the purchased grain to the third floor.
I happened to meet Lisa who was going out. She was wearing braids and holding clean clothes in her hands.
When Lisa saw Locke, a faint blush appeared on her face, and she mustered up the courage to say, "Lo...Brother Locke, sister Hannah, good afternoon."
"Good afternoon, Miss Lisa."
Locke responded politely.
"Good afternoon, little Lisa, are you going out?"
Hannah asked with a smile.
Lisa nodded, "I'll deliver the clothes."
"How's Lizzy?"
Locke asked.
"Good...much better. Thanks to Brother Locke, Liqi was sent to the hospital for treatment. Her condition is much better. Mom and I take turns taking care of her."
Lisa said hesitantly.
"Are the medical bills enough?"
Hannah asked.
Lisa nodded, "That's enough, Sister Hannah. The people from the Compass Drinking Water Company sent the compensation, which is enough to pay for Liqi's medical expenses. There is still some extra. Mom said that she can send me to a missionary school."
Mission schools are public schools, but they also need to pay certain tuition fees. The fees are much lower than grammar schools and secondary vocational schools. Many children in the West District will be sent to mission schools.
When Lisa mentioned school, her eyes became brighter, full of yearning and longing.
"That's good."
Hannah and Locke smiled at each other, said goodbye to the shy Lisa, and opened the door with the key.
Hannah poured the coachman a glass of water;
"Thanks for your hard work."
"It's okay, beautiful lady, remember to continue to patronize my business next time."
The coachman drank the water, hurriedly left the apartment, and continued to look for customers. He wanted to save more money and go to Baker's Grain Store to buy some rye flour tomorrow.
Locke sat on the sofa to rest, while Hannah went door-to-door to tell the neighbors about the good news about food price reductions. Most of them were illiterate, did not read the news, and would not hang out in the Leiter Bridge area. Without Hannah, They will most likely be the second to last group of people in Kosolk to know the news, and the first to last group will be the people living in the Mar Street slum.
The poorer a person is, the fewer channels they have to obtain information.
By the time they got the news, the grain stored by Baker Grain Company had probably been sold out.
When Hannah came back, she had a leaflet in her hand.
[The Sixth Public Security Court is recruiting chefs with high salaries and does not require a chef certificate...]
