"It's okay. If there is no food today, there will be more tomorrow." Ye Chuqiu said, "Now is the time to stabilize everyone's emotions."
In fact, she now has gratitude points and can directly make wishes to the system for food, so of course she doesn't panic.
While holding rice tubes to distribute food to everyone, Ye Chuqiu was distractedly paying attention to everything in the space. Seeing that the gratitude value kept rising, Ye Chuqiu felt indescribably happy in his heart, and his whole person became more and more energetic.
"Sister-in-law Alan, why are you still queuing up here? Didn't you listen to the calls from the officials just now? Go to the yamen gate and queue up. Each person can receive half a liter of food for only one penny."
Outside a grain farm, a woman happily walked over with a small sack in her arms. Seeing her neighbor queuing up to buy grain outside the grain farm, she spoke to her happily.
"I just heard the official shouting from the Yamen, but how can the people in the Yamen be so good? Are they really selling us such cheap food? It's better if the Yamen is not greedy for money!"
Mrs. Alan was wearing a linen dress that had been washed so that the original color could no longer be seen, and a blue scarf on her head. She was a middle-aged woman with a sad face. When she heard what her neighbor said, she looked dull and didn't believe it.
, After all, in the eyes of the common people, today's government is just a tiger. Even if the tiger doesn't eat people, how can it still spit out food?
"Can I still lie to you? What do you think this is? One penny and half a liter of rice is just like giving it away for free. It is no better than buying high-priced grain here."
The woman passing by was of medium height and had slightly thick lips. She was also wearing patched linen clothes and had a copper hairpin in her hair. She had a cheerful personality and was quite talkative. When she heard the woman's question, she put her hand in her arms.
He opened the grain bag and showed it to her, "Look, this rice is so good. I will go home and ask my boss to buy grain."
"Oh, this rice is really good and white."
"Yes, there are no impurities at all. This is fine Japonica rice."
Before Mrs. Alan spoke, the passers-by who were also queuing up to buy grain had already raised their ears to listen to the thick-lipped woman. At this moment, when they saw her displaying the grain they bought, everyone started talking.
"But... I'm afraid that if I go there later, not only will I not be able to buy any grain, but when I come back, the grain store will no longer sell grain." Mrs. Alan was still a little hesitant.
"That's up to you. Anyway, the queue is already long. I have to go home quickly and ask my boss to buy food. If I'm late, I'm afraid there won't be any." The thick-lipped woman said and left quickly.
"How about we go too?" Some people couldn't help but feel excited when they saw her like this. It doesn't matter if you don't buy the high-priced food here, it's better to go to the Yamen first to buy cheap food.
"Oh, you are really rich, and you are still buying expensive grains here. If you don't go to the Yamen to get the grains quickly, I'm afraid it won't be your turn if it's too late."
Just as the thick-lipped woman left, another young man in shabby clothes came over. Seeing them queuing up, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey, Erzhu, have you really received the food?" Someone who knew this young man asked loudly.
"Of course I got it? Look at how white the grain is, with no sand at all. Hum, the grain I bought from these profiteers was not only expensive, but also full of sand. A liter of rice is probably half a liter of sand!"
The man said angrily.
"Let me take a look." Someone waved Er Zhuzi over, and Er Zhuzi came over as he was told, holding the bag tightly, "Hey, look, isn't it very white? I have never eaten something so white in my life.
The grain looks like pearls, and if I boil a handful of this rice, it will probably be enough for me to eat for a day."
"Where did this rice come from? It's so white. Not to mention sand, there's no rice bran at all."
"The person who sells the grain is Mrs. Renshanglin. She is very kind. She charges a penny because she is afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters." Erzhu said, "Anyway, everyone who buys rice just needs to say thank you to her. I was
I didn't have a penny on me, so I tentatively went to line up. When it was my turn, I asked Madam, can I owe it? She agreed."
"What? Can we still pay on credit?" When the people around him heard this, they were stunned.
"Of course you can. There are many people who take credit. Think about it, what can one penny do in this time of famine? I'm afraid I can't even buy a handful of rice from these profiteers. If you really want to make money,
If the price of such good rice is ten times higher, there will still be plenty of people buying it."
"That's true."
"Hey, just look at it. Don't reach out and touch it. My rice is so white and your hands are so dirty."
While talking, Erzhuli opened a man's hand. The man just wanted to grab a handful of rice and see the quality up close.
"Hey, let me just take a look, you are so stingy." The man said something to him, feeling a little embarrassed.
"When you receive the grain, I'm afraid you will be stingier than me. I don't plan to wash this rice, so of course you can't touch it." Erzhuzi said, tied up his sack, and went home with the rice in his arms.
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"Tell me, should we wait in line?" After seeing Er Zhuzhu leave, the man asked the people around him.
"Of course. Who knows if he is real or fake." Someone said.
"Yeah, I think so too."
The man nodded, feeling quite satisfied with the recognition in his heart. However, when he turned his head, he saw that the person who had just spoken had already quit the queue and walked out.
"Hey, brother, why are you going? It took a lot of effort to get here." The man stopped him loudly.
"Ahem, I remembered something happened at home. I'll leave first."
The man had a look of embarrassment about being caught, and then the soles of his feet were greased. He was not as rich as a man, so of course he went to the Yamen to check out the situation. Whoever wanted to buy the high-priced grain would buy it!
Many people saw someone buying food at a low price and followed them to queue up. Soon, the long queue to buy food was reduced by more than half.
Originally there were many people lining up in front of the man, but after only a short while, it was the man's turn soon.
"Thirty cents per liter of rice, how many liters does it cost?" the waiter from the grain store said impatiently.
The man poked his head to look at the rice in the rice liter in his hand. The rice was yellow, broken, and gray. Obviously, it was not just old grain, but also had a lot of sand mixed in it.
He then thought of the rice he had seen at Erzhuzi before. It was white and clean, and looked like good food. Then he touched the copper plate in his arms, and his heart suddenly became full, and he turned around and left, "I won't buy it."
"If you don't buy it, why are you wasting your time here? It's like someone is begging you to buy it. Let me tell you, it's a disaster year and the roads outside have long been blocked. Do you really think that someone will send you food? Wait.
You go to the county government and find that there is no food there. If you want to come over and buy it, it won’t be at this price!"
When the clerk at the grain store heard the man say that he didn't want to buy it, he immediately started drinking loudly behind him, his tone was very fierce and vaguely threatening.
But the man was determined not to buy it, so he turned around and walked faster.
"Ah, you are a bunch of profiteers. I am here to buy food. You are selling the food so expensively, but it makes you look like I am here to beg!" After leaving the door, the man spat heavily on the ground and cursed.
"What's wrong? Brother, are you so angry?" Someone next to him stopped the man and asked, "Did you not buy any food?"
"What kind of grain should I buy? It's all old grain mixed with sand, and the price is thirty cents per liter. I'd better go to the Yamen to get the grain. I heard that you can buy half a liter of grain for one penny.
And they are all new grains without impurities." The man also talked to the people who came to queue behind him.
"Is this true?" someone asked immediately.
"Of course it's true. There were propaganda reports about officials beating gongs and drums on this street. Just ask, and several people have just returned from buying food," the man added.
"No wonder, no wonder I said there are so few people queuing up to buy food today." The man behind said something, and immediately planned to go to the Yamen to queue up to buy food.
"Hey, what's the matter with you? If you want to buy something, go away if you don't. Don't spread rumors here to cause trouble and delay our business!" The store clerk heard the two people talking outside and said angrily.
"What? I don't talk in your store, how can you care so much?" The man spat again and strode away.
"Let's go, let's go and have a look."
"What if I can't buy it?"
"Anyway, I'll give it a try. If I can actually buy it, I'll save a lot of money. My family has no money."
Later, people in the queue talked to each other, and everyone made an appointment to go to the Yamen Gate to buy Ye Chuqiu's food.
"Ah, you idiots, when you beg me!" the store clerk also said angrily.
Those from poor families have already tried their luck. There are also some people from relatively well-off families. They are afraid that they will not be able to buy food from the grain store after queuing up at the Yamen, so they decide to buy food first and take care of it when they return home.
After leaving my wife and children, I went to the Yamen to line up.
On the first day, there were still many people buying grain at the grain store. However, on the second day, the people at the grain store were surprised to find that after they opened the door, no one came to buy grain!
After waiting all morning, few people came to buy grain. I heard that their grain was sold for thirty cents a liter. After scolding the profiteers, I spat on them and then turned around and left.
"Shopkeeper, these people have all gone to the yamen to buy food. No one has come to buy food from us at all. What should we do?" When the guys saw this situation, they were a little anxious and hurriedly came to the shopkeeper for advice.
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"Hmph, I don't believe there is so much food in the yamen!" The owner of the grain store snorted coldly, "Wait, we are not in a hurry, it is them who should be anxious. When they sell out the food, I will see what they do!"
Turning around, I saw that the waiter was still looking anxious. The shopkeeper said calmly: "Okay, let's go to the store. I'll go out for a while."
"Yes." The clerk nodded and watched the shopkeeper leave, thinking to himself, the shopkeeper is indeed the shopkeeper, and he is indeed calm and measured. Unlike these guys, he is not in a hurry at all when this is a pressing matter.
However, he did not see that the shopkeeper, who had been so calm and calm in front of him just now, suddenly changed his expression when he came out of the door, and went to discuss with other grain storekeepers in a hurry.