Liu Xingzhi nodded and said: "Is it Shopkeeper Ma? I heard Mr. Ma mentioned you before!" Shopkeeper Ma looks very similar to Mr. Ma. You can tell they are father and son at a glance, and he can call them out. I think it is probably the old man who can.
Accounted for!
"Yes! Yes!" Shopkeeper Ma ushered the two of them into the inner room very politely, "I have been looking forward to meeting you two for a long time. My father has been saying that if the weather hadn't been too cold, he would have come to the capital to look for you!"
"The shopkeeper is so polite!" Liu Xingzhi said in greeting. Although they had an explanation with Mr. Ma once, it would be an exaggeration to say how deep it was. The shopkeeper is so polite, I am afraid he wants something!
Shopkeeper Ma saw that although the two of them looked enthusiastic, they kept a distance and restrained themselves a little. He smiled and said: "Are you two here to buy food or sell food? Don't worry, no matter you are buying or selling, I will definitely give you the best service."
Right price!”
Yun Xi rubbed his stiff cheeks and said with a fake smile: "Does the old man like the colored glaze we gave you? If you don't like it, you can come to my place to change it!" The two of them met Mr. Ma, if there is anything worth remembering
Yes, it’s probably the pile of glass things!
Shopkeeper Ma's eyes lit up, and he waved his hand and said: "I have grown a few years, so I pretended to be older and called me younger brother and sister! Brother and sister, you don't know something. My father takes those two glazed objects wherever he goes now, if he is not afraid of breaking them.
Now, I can’t wait to sleep with it? I
This son, I also want to buy him more, but Liuli's things are rarely available and it is often hard to find anything. No, I think Brother Liu and his younger siblings seem to have some in their hands. If they are willing to give up, I will definitely not let them go.
You two suffer a loss!"
Yun Xi thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Put the things in the inn. I will bring them over later to show the shopkeeper!" To her, glass is really nothing, not to mention the rows and rows of them in the supermarket.
Glass bowls, quilts, and some decorative items, there are quite a few glasses collected from various dormitories. It doesn’t matter if you just give them some!
"Brothers and sisters are so generous!" Shopkeeper Ma became even more happy when he saw that the other party was so easy to talk to. He ordered someone to bring refreshments and said with a smile: "You two don't seem to be in a hurry to buy or sell, but what do you want to know?"
Shopkeeper Ma is also a good person. Seeing the two people behaving like this, he guessed what the other person meant!
"Yes!" Liu Xingzhi did not beat around the bush, and bowed his hands and said: "I asked some questions before I went down. It is said that the price of food this year is twice as expensive as in previous years, and there is an increasing trend. What is the reason for this? Isn't it said that this year
Is the harvest near the capital pretty good?”
Shopkeeper Ma took the tea, took a sip, and nodded: "Brother Liu is right, the price has indeed increased a lot this year! It's not because of this year's harvest, but because I'm worried about the bad harvest next year!"
"How to say?"
Shopkeeper Ma put down the cup and sighed: "You two are probably not from the capital, so you don't know that there was a three-day snowstorm in the capital ten years ago, which caused many people's houses to collapse under the weight of the snow, and many people froze to death.
All the wheat in the capital and even part of Lucheng froze to death overnight. After the snow melted, the temperature returned and the plague was rampant. That year, one in ten people died of starvation and freezing in the capital, which was very miserable!"
Yun Xi frowned and looked at him, "Could it be that this year is similar to that year? Is there any sign?"
Shopkeeper Ma nodded, "This summer was extremely hot. After winter, the weather got cold very quickly. After winter, it never rained here again. These behaviors were similar to that year. Many local people passed by there.
Maybe because of the heavy snowfall, I started to hoard food unconsciously, fearing that it would be more expensive after the heavy snowfall. This has caused the price of food to rise again and again this year. In addition, other places are either drought or flooded, and the harvest is not good.
As a result, the price of food will become more expensive!"
After saying that, he looked at the two of them and said: "Brother Liu, younger brothers and sisters, I'm not saying this just because I sell food. If you have money in your hands, you'd better stock up on it to be prepared!"
Liu Xingzhi and Liu Xingzhi knew that the other party had good intentions, so they naturally expressed their thanks.
"Brother, shopkeeper, isn't it already December? The Chinese New Year is not far away, will there be heavy snow?" Yun Xi thought for a moment. She lives in the central and eastern part of the country and rarely sees snow.
When it rains, it usually stops after a while, there is little chance of snow accumulation, and the weather often starts to rise after the Spring Festival.
"My brothers and sisters have never lived in the north at first glance!" Shopkeeper Ma laughed: "There are signs of winter here around November. December and January are the coldest, and there may be a late spring cold in February and March. Ten years ago
The heavy snowfall happened in March. When the weather returns to normal, the opportunity to plant spring wheat will be missed, which will lead to food shortage for many people!"
"That's it! Then let's go get the things and talk to the shopkeeper in detail later!" Liu Xingzhi saw that he was done inquiring, so he pulled Yunxi and walked out under the expectant eyes of shopkeeper Ma.
"It seems that the banknotes haven't warmed up yet, so they have to be spent again! I feel so distressed!" Yun Xi looked very exaggerated, which made Liu Xingzhi raise the corners of his lips.
"Don't worry, I will make more for you, you just need to count the money at home!" Liu Xingzhi touched her head and sighed: "Fortunately, I have you!"
Yun Xi knew what he was worried about, but now that he knew what was going on, he had to prepare quickly so that if a snow disaster really came, he would not be caught off guard.
Thinking of Shopkeeper Ma's kindness, Yunxi prepared a glass tea set and a glass handicraft for him. This thing is not very valuable in modern times. After all, glass has been industrialized, but it is more expensive than glass bowls and the like.
"Good stuff, thank you, sister-in-law!" Shopkeeper Ma was very happy to see these two sets of things, and took out two hundred taels of silver and handed them over.
Liu Xingzhi waved his hand and said: "Shopkeeper Ma, please help me change it to grain, half coarse grain and half fine grain! Give me some vegetable seeds in case of emergency!"
Seeing that the two of them had listened to his opinion, Shopkeeper Ma felt even better. He asked people to prepare food and sent a lot of seeds before sending the two of them out.
After going out, the two of them disposed of the mountain goods, then went to the grain and oil store to order a lot of oil, and went to the grocery store to order a lot of salt, sugar, condiments and the like. Then they went to West Street and bought the radish, cabbage and other things they could buy.
I bought them all. This time I not only used the little money I had from mountain goods, but also took out more than a hundred taels.
But with so many things in space, even if there is a big disaster, it can be guaranteed that everyone in Liujia Village will not starve to death!
After the two of them returned, the sky had darkened. Although they were a little tired from this trip, they still gained a lot. Not only did they make money, but they also stocked up on food, which gave them some confidence.