Xiao Yunqi gave Shen Qingyu another three hundred taels of silver, saying that he would buy soybeans and various tools for her.
Shen Qingyu was not pretentious: "Just think of it as your gift to the children."
The next day, Shen Qingyu went to the town to order wooden barrels. As soon as he arrived at the door of the grain and oil shop, he heard a customer scolding him: "Sea grains and noodles cost ten cents a pound. How can we still make a living?"
One pound of fine grains is exchanged for two pounds of coarse grains, and the multigrain noodles cost ten cents per pound?
After entering the shop and talking to the shopkeeper, I realized that the prices of everything had increased.
"It's almost time for sowing, and it hasn't rained yet. It's normal for food prices to rise! If it doesn't rain, prices will rise again. Maybe we won't be able to sell them!"
This is true.
So now coarse grains cost ten cents per catty, and fine grains cost twenty cents per catty.
Doubled compared to before!
Shen Qingyu frowned slightly, thought about it, and decided to go directly to Fucheng.
The donkey cart sped away, and an hour later, Shen Qingyu entered the city in disgrace.
The donkey cart was bumpy, and the road was still covered in dust.
It's really not a job for humans.
The city gate guards were also very disgraced, so they took two cents and let her into the city.
The spacious bluestone road, the shops with abundant goods, and the many neatly dressed people coming and going...
Shen Qingyu sighed while watching: Fucheng still has strong consumption power.
After asking people along the way, Shen Qingyu found the largest grain and oil store in Fucheng.
The waiter who was idle inside saw Shen Qingyu standing next to the donkey cart with a gray face. He felt that there was no oil and water, so he poked the dark and thin apprentice beside him: "Bajin, you go and receive him."
Bajin looked like she was only twelve or thirteen years old. When she heard about the opportunity to receive her, she was very happy and immediately came up to greet Shen Qingyu: "This lady has come from afar? What do you want to buy?"
Shen Qingyu went straight to the coarse grain area: "How to sell this coarse grain?"
The coarse grains in Fucheng are indeed cheaper than those in Hengshui Town, only eight cents a pound.
Shen Qingyu said directly: "I want two hundred taels of coarse grain."
Bajin thought he heard wrongly, so he picked his ears and asked with a smile: "Can you say it again?"
Shen Qingyu knew that he didn't believe it, so she said what she had planned for a long time: "There are many people in our village, and many people came to buy. They went to buy other things, and asked me to buy this. Can you help us get it out of the city?"
"Wait a moment." Ba Jin turned around and went to find the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was shocked when he heard that a woman actually wanted to buy so much coarse grains. After Shen Qingyu took out the banknote, he finally believed it.
What’s the point of delivering goods out of town when you have money to make?
"No problem." The shopkeeper agreed and asked someone to load the goods.
Eight cents per catty of coarse grains, one tael of silver can buy more than a hundred catties, two hundred taels of silver...
More than 20,000 kilograms of coarse grains!
The price of soybeans has also increased, costing twenty-five cents per pound.
Shen Qingyu bought another 1,600 kilograms of soybeans for forty taels of silver.
A line of carriages loaded with sacks of coarse grains followed Shen Qingyu to the woods outside the city.
Shen Qingyu pointed to the terrain he had found: "Just help me unload it here, they will be here soon."
After the coarse grains were unloaded and the carriage left, Shen Qingyu waited until there was no one around and quickly put the grains into the spatial warehouse.
I bought a lot of food last time in the town, and this time I bought so much that I can’t even put it all away.
Too careless.
Shen Qingyu put the barrel on the donkey cart to make room for food.
Before the installation was finished, the warehouse was full.
"The warehouse storage rate is 100%, and the first storage rate has reached 100%. The space is being upgraded..."
As the electronic prompt sounded, Shen Qingyu was kicked out of the space again.
Hey hey hey!
I wonder what new changes can be brought about in this upgrade?
With anticipation, Shen Qingyu drove the donkey cart home.
I don’t know if it was because of drinking the water from the spiritual spring, but the skinny donkey became much stronger. It could pull the donkey cart so far without straining its crotch.
I took a trip to Fucheng and it was almost dark by the time I got to the town.
We won’t get home until half an hour later!
Shen Qingyu was a little anxious and urged the thin donkey to leave quickly.
As soon as we left Hengshui Town, there was the sound of hoofbeats behind us, and there was the sound of horseback riding.
Shen Qingyu was about to give way when he heard a familiar voice: "Where have you gone? I've been looking for you for a long time! The children are so anxious..."
It's Xiao Yunqi.
Xiao Yunqi looked angry. When he saw Shen Qingyu's disgraced look, he was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Qingyu blinked: If she read it correctly, is he worried about herself?
"I went to Fucheng."
I didn't tell my family in advance, no wonder the children were worried.
"Why are you going to Fucheng?" Xiao Yunqi just learned about Shen Qingyu's whereabouts from his subordinates. If Shen Qingyu hadn't happened to come back and was seen by his subordinates, he would have gone directly to Fucheng!
"The food in the town is too expensive, so I went to Fucheng to buy some food."
Shen Qingyu pointed to the big wooden barrel on the donkey cart: "It's all in there."
“It’s two cents a pound cheaper than in town!”
Cheap at two cents a pound!
A thousand catties are only two taels cheaper...
"..." Local tycoon Xiao Yunqi was so angry that he was speechless.
Want to curse.
But this woman looked up at her with an innocent smile, her hair turned gray, and he couldn't curse her.
In the final analysis, is it because she has given too little money over the years and her life has been too hard to raise three children by herself?
Thousands of words finally turned into a sigh: "Let's go home."
With the two of them together, Shen Qingyu was no longer afraid, and finally returned to the entrance of the village when it was dark.
From a distance, I saw a large group of people gathered in front of my house.
What happened?
Shen Qingyu felt nervous and quickly speeded up.
"Qingyu is back!"
"mother!"
"Mom is back!"
"Mom, I thought you didn't want us anymore..."
Three children gathered around, with residual tears on their faces.
Wen Che stepped forward to explain.
It turned out that the three children were crying violently, and Xiao Yunqi went out to look for someone but did not come back. Liu Cuixi came over and saw this situation, so she called Li Zheng over.
Knowing that Shen Qingyu didn't come back, Li Zheng gathered all the people in the village and prepared to set off collectively to find Shen Qingyu.
Everyone has new bamboo torches in their hands...
Fortunately, Shen Qingyu came back in time, otherwise no one in the village would be able to sleep tonight...
I have quarreled with many of them, and now they are actually willing to follow me to find me?!
Shen Qingyu was surprised, thanked and apologized repeatedly, and sent Li Zheng and his fellow villagers away.
Liu Cuixi didn't leave. She was here to hand over a sleeping bag to Shen Qingyu.
Shen Qingyu was very satisfied when she saw the sleeping bag with fine stitching. Without saying a word, she gave her thirty cents, and also gave the extra foot of cloth and half a pound of cotton to Liu Cuixi.
Liu Cuixi said no: "Qingyu, you are willing to trust me and let me take it home and make it, how can I still want your things?"
Shen Qingyu grabbed her hands without refusal: "Listen to me."
"I'm very touched that you asked Li Zheng to bring the villagers to me today. In the past, I was always worried about losing money, so I would forcefully quarrel with others and offend the villagers..."
If Liu Cuixi hadn't told Li Zheng today and Li Zheng had taken the lead, the villagers might have left her alone.
The first person I want to thank for today’s missing persons activity that has not yet started is Liu Cuixi!