The uncle hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "Just add two hundred cents. Since you bought my mule, you have to take good care of it later."
He has been here for three days, and finally came across someone he wanted to buy. If he didn't sell it, he didn't know when he would be able to sell it.
After paying the uncle fifteen or two hundred cash, Lu Xinghe and Chu Yue left with their mules.
Although it was already noon, there were still seven or eight people lined up outside the grain and oil store to buy grain.
"What's wrong with this? The price of food is getting higher and higher day by day. I just delayed it for one day, and today the price of brown rice has increased to ten cents."
"Isn't that right? Usually rice only costs eight cents. If this continues, sooner or later we will have to drink from the northwest wind."
Listening to the conversation of these people, Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe and said, "Sir, the price of brown rice has reached ten cents, do we still want to buy it?"
"Buy some. In a few days, I'm afraid it will still rise."
"At this time, won't the imperial court allocate food for disaster relief?"
"It's not serious enough to attract the attention of the imperial court. Furthermore, even if relief grains are allocated, there are many checkpoints in the middle and the process is long and complicated. I'm afraid not much will actually reach the hands of the people." After he finished speaking, he pulled the reins of the mule. After handing it to Chu Yue, she went to line up to buy food.
Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe and couldn't help but think in her heart that her husband had experienced the sufferings of the people and would not be tempted by benefits. If he could go to high school in the future, he might be a good official.
The queue of seven or eight people lined up quickly, and soon it was Lu Xinghe’s turn.
"I want two hundred pounds of brown rice."
After hearing this, the grain seller stretched out his hand towards him, "Two hundred catties of brown rice and two taels of silver."
After Lu Xinghe paid the money and loaded the two hundred kilograms of brown rice onto the cart, he led Chu Yue away.
"Ms. sir, didn't we say we would only buy one hundred catties before? Why did we buy another two hundred catties?"
“Buy more and feel more at ease.”
Chu Yue smiled and said, "Yes."
She went to the place where pastries were sold. She wanted to buy a pastry to take back to Xiaozhu, but she didn't expect that the pastries that sold for ten cents before were now sold for twenty cents.
After asking the price, he quickly pulled Lu Xinghe away.
"Why don't you buy it again?"
"It's too expensive." Chu Yue complained.
After hearing this, Lu Xinghe's voice slowed down and said, "If you want to eat, buy some. I won't eat it often."
"It's okay, I'll go back and do it myself."
"You can also make pastries?" Lu Xinghe had a look of surprise on his face.
"No way." Chu Yue smiled with eyes crooked, "But I've eaten it and it's enough to make it work. If it doesn't work, we can just eat it."
Hearing what the little girl said, Lu Xinghe suddenly laughed.
"If you say that, I think you can do it."
After the two of them left the town, they tied the cart to the mule with a rope and let the mule pull it forward. Chu Yue sat on the cart and drove the mule forward. Lu Xinghe walked behind and held the handle of the cart steady. , In this way, the two of them traveled much more briskly, and their speed was much faster than when they arrived.
The two drove their mules and cart back home directly from the village entrance.
"Mom, we are back."
Yun Cuihe opened the door, and when she saw the tall mule, there was surprise in her eyes.
"Why did you lead a mule back?"
Lu Xinghe said while removing the hemp ropes tied to the cart, "There was someone selling it in town today. It was six to seven taels cheaper than usual, so I bought it. After all, our family can use it, so I bought it." It’s convenient to come here.”
Yun Cuihe didn't say anything. She looked around the room and said, "Our pigsty happens to be empty, so we can take the mule there."
In the whole house, only the pigsty was built with mud bricks, but when it was built, brothers Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan also picked up a lot of stones and mixed them into the mud bricks, which made it much more stable than ordinary adobe houses.
Lu Xinghe led the mule into the pig pen, chopped the rice platycodon into small pieces with a guillotine, mixed the chopped radish leaves twisted from the radish, and poured it into the trough to feed the mule.
After unloading the brown rice, Yun Cuihe took two radishes from the kitchen and handed them to Lu Xingan.
"Xing'an, you and Xingping go and deliver the cart to Aunt Lin's house, and take these two radishes to Auntie Lin as well."
"Hey, okay."
After the two of them finished speaking, one held the carrot and the other pushed the cart and ran away like a gust of wind.
Chu Yue glanced in the direction of the two brothers, then looked back at Yun Cuihe, "Mom, is Xiaozhu asleep?"
"I fell asleep after eating. The child is getting better now and is still weak. I'm afraid it will take some time to recover." Yun Cuihe patted the dust on his hands and said, "You have been busy all morning. Are you hungry? ?I'll go bring out the hot food from the pot."
Chu Yue hurriedly stepped forward, "Mom, we can just do it by ourselves. You can have a rest."
Yun Cuihe waved her hand, "It's not a heavy workload, my mother's body is strong now."
Seeing this, Chu Yue turned around and transported two bags of brown rice into the cellar with Lu Xinghe, then washed her hands and sat at the table to eat.
Yun Cuihe sat aside and watched the two of them finish eating, then stood up and put away their bowls, "Xinghe, how much did you pay for the mule today?"
"Fifteen taels or two hundred cents."
Yun Cuihe was shocked, "How much money did you bring to town today? You're not afraid of being stolen."
"I thought I was going to the town to buy rice, but by some strange coincidence I brought fifteen taels with me. But our family has made a lot of money from this cart of cabbage and radishes." Chu Yue said with a mysterious face, "Mother, guess what. , how much did we sell it for?”
Yun Cuihe pursed her lips and smiled, "You girl, you are like Xingping Xingan now, you are getting more and more naughty, and my mother did not follow you to sell vegetables, how can you guess accurately?"
Chu Yue smiled and held out three fingers, "That cart of vegetables was sold for nearly this amount."
Yun Cuihe's face was full of surprise, "There are so many!"
Chu Yue nodded, "There are a lot of people in the market today, but there are not two vegetable sellers. As soon as our vegetables were brought out, many people gathered around us. Our cabbage sells for fifty cents today." There are many people buying one pill, and in a few days there will be people asking for a hundred cents."
Lu Xinghe on the side said, "We have to go to the county to sell a hundred coins. At most, a few big households in the town will buy one or two, and the rest of the people may not be able to afford it."
"After all, we have mules at home, so it's not difficult to go to the county." After Chu Yue said this, she stood up enthusiastically, "Mom, I went to the old house to pull radishes. Please help me boil a pot of water to dry. Is it cool? I'll use it later to soak the radishes."
Yun Cuihe nodded hurriedly, "Okay, it's a small matter. If you want to go to the old house, please call Xing Ping Xing'an too."
"Hey." Chu Yue responded and left the kitchen, "Xingping Xing'an, I went to the old house to pull radishes."
The two brothers who had just delivered the cart home ran out of the house again before their buttocks were warm from sitting on the cart. They took the basket and backpack from under the eaves and went out.
When Lu Xinghe saw Chu Yue carrying a hoe and some leftover vegetable seeds when she went to the old house, he guessed what she was thinking. After talking to Yun Cuihe, he followed a few people out.
