Unlimited supplies: Bringing space to the supermarket to keep the right minister

After Yu Xiaolian inquired about grain prices, she went to inquire about the market for salt and iron.

Great Liang now has very strict control over iron, even stricter than grain, to what extent?
It is so strict that all iron tools such as iron plowshares and iron picks of farmers have to be handed over.

To sum it up in one sentence, except for iron pots and kitchen knives, everything else has to be handed in unconditionally.

"No money?" Yu Xiaolian asked.

The old man sighed and said, "Give me the money, we'll get it.

The official who confiscated the iron said that now that there is a war in the south, there is a shortage of iron swords, and he said that we should focus on the overall situation and make contributions to the country. "

"The iron plowshare was confiscated, what will you use to plow the land in the future?"

"What else can I use? Use a wooden plow. You can't just leave the land unplanted."

"Food is expensive this year, and the family sold a lot of money this autumn, right?" Yu Xiaolian asked again.

The old man almost burst into tears when Yu Xiaolian asked him, why did this child poke his heart when he spoke?

"What are you selling? After tax and food, the rest is not enough to feed the family until next spring.

That's right, I'm afraid that food will become more and more expensive, so I want to save some for my family. The old man turned around and secretly wiped away tears with his hands.

Yu Xiaolian sighed, and felt uncomfortable in her heart. It was right to save some, after all, food in other towns was more expensive than Luocheng, and the price of food in Luocheng should rise even more.

Compared with food prices, the price of salt is sky-high.

Salt costs two hundred coins and one tael, and three taels of money per catty.

Most people who buy salt buy it in twos, claiming that there is also a whole catty, but very few, because it is too expensive after all.

After Yu Xiaolian returned to Taotaoju, she also sent Zhao Erya to the government to issue food tickets.

Now that food control is so strict, it would be too abnormal if her family didn't have a record of buying food once.

In addition, all the vehicles and goods entering and leaving the city gate now have to be inspected and recorded. It seems unreasonable that her family has not purchased any goods, but has been selling them all the time.

Yu Xiaolian removed some items from Taotaoju, leaving only daily chemical products and skin care products.

She didn't dare to sell the wine anymore, because the wine was made from grain, and she was afraid that someone would check it.

She doesn't even have a wine workshop, so she's Barbie Q.

There is no way, the world is too chaotic, so earn less, save your life.

Maybe it's because of the soaring prices, or maybe it's because those big ladies have stock in their hands. At the end of today, Taotaoju only sold one piece of soap, two cans of toothpaste and one eyebrow pencil.

Although she only earned eleven taels of silver, Yu Xiaolian was very satisfied because it was a costless business.

Three days later, Yu Xiaolian prepared a good banquet in Xiangyang Lane, and invited all the friends in the book circle, those who have met, those who have not met, those who can be named, and those who cannot be named.

Su Jingchen also brought Su Jingyue here.

Yu Xiaolian introduced Su Jingchen to Dean Zhao of Jianyin Academy, who is the eldest brother of Zhao Biaotou.

Knowing that Su Jingchen was the case leader in the Linzhou Academy Examination last year, he immediately extended an olive branch to Su Jingchen and invited Su Jingchen to study in their Jianyin Academy.

Ordinary scholars go to Jianyin Academy to get any treatment, there is no treatment, and they have to be handed over to repair, but Yu Xiaolian blows Su Jingchen so wickedly, Dean Zhao feels that the person Yu Xiaolian likes is not bad .

Su Jingchen is also looking for a suitable academy to study in. Now that the Northland is sparsely populated and hungry, it is no longer suitable for studying at ease. Before he left, he had already agreed with his father that after he found his younger brother, he would stay here and continue studying hard.

The reason why the household registration is also placed here is also to be able to participate in the Qiuwei here three years later.

That's how Su Jingchen was. Under Yu Xiaolian's recommendation, he decided to study at Jianyin Academy.

After the banquet was over, Yu Xiaolian began to check and organize the gifts.

To be honest, there were many people she didn't know, who came uninvited without knowing where they got the news of her holding a banquet.

Although Su Jingchen helped her memorize the names of each attendant and what gift this person gave, Yu Xiaolian couldn't recall what that person looked like.

It can only be said that there are too many people.

There are a lot of gifts, but no gift money, because Dean Ying told Yu Xiaolian not to accept gift money in advance, so as to avoid any mistakes in the test papers in the future, she can hardly argue.

Yu Xiaolian glanced at the presents, most of them were cakes, sugar and tea leaves, of course not all of them, some people also gave them picture scrolls and folding fans drawn by themselves.

Yu Xiaolian distributed all the cakes received to the children of Fourth Master Sun and Fifth Master Sun's family, which made the children very happy.

After the banquet, Yu Xiaolian resumed her days of going to Shuren Academy to work.

But every ten days, Yu Xiaolian asked Zhao Erya to go to the official store to line up to buy grain and salt.

In the second ten days, it was the day Yu Changhe had chosen to move.

The house of Mr. Sun's family has also been repaired. When the Li family left, they took away some portable things, such as wooden cabinets and iron pots, and sold them to Mr. Sun. Checked in, and decided to move to Taohua Village together today.

After coming back for such a long time, Yu Xiaolian has never been to Peach Blossom Village. Today she moved, so she asked for leave from the academy and followed her to Peach Blossom Village.

Yu Xiaolian only kept the little pony she used to ride, and Yu Changhe took all the other horses and cows to Taohua Village for management.

Yu Xiaolian originally wanted Mrs. Gao to go to Peach Blossom Village to take care of Mrs. Sun's food and daily life, but Mrs. Sun didn't need to say anything, because Mr. Sun's family lived with them, and Mr. Sun's daughters-in-law were not responsible for cooking. I rushed to do it.

Yu Xiaolian didn't insist any more, and when she arrived at Peach Blossom Village, Yu Xiaolian deliberately found the three daughters-in-law of Sun Wuye, and privately promised each of them a salary of [-] Wen per day, and asked them to do the cooking and washing. Take them all.

The three daughters-in-law of Sun Wuye's family shook their heads like rattles.

They thought that they lived in Yu's house for free, and it was only natural for them to help with work.

Sun Daji's daughter-in-law said boldly, "Don't worry about it, even if we don't take your money, we will treat your mother like a wife in the city, and won't let her do any work."

Sun Sanji's daughter-in-law also said, "That's right, how can we take your money. If we really took your money, let the father-in-law know, and don't scold us to death."

Yu Xiaolian made a silent gesture, "Aunts, listen to me... I don't tell you about the fact that I pay you in private, and I don't tell you, no one will know.

At that time, you can also save some money for your own house. Whether you buy clothes yourself or use it to build a house in the future, it is better to have some money in your hand than no penny, and thirty cents is not enough for me. What kind of.

Originally, I wanted to open another store and ask you to help out in the store, but business has not been very good recently, so let me think about what kind of store to open, and I will inevitably turn around you when the time comes. Don't get tired, just scold me behind your back. "

With her perfect tongue, Yu Xiaolian successfully persuaded the three daughters-in-law of Sun Wuye's family, counting them four, to share a common little secret.

Yu Changhe took Sun Wuye's family to unload the car. They brought a lot of things with the oxen and horse carts. When one of the carts of grain left the city, they were interrogated for a long time. It was Yu Xiaolian who took out these several grain purchase receipts and defended the city Only after the official errand checks are correct, will they be released.

Yu Xiaolian didn't unload the truck, she got into the small wooden building that belonged to her.

When Yu Xiaolian first drew the decoration drawings, she drew the decoration style of the small wooden building very simply, because she didn't plan to live here for a long time, and only came here occasionally.

Step on the steps, go up to the second floor, stand at the window, and look around, you can have a panoramic view of the whole Peach Blossom Village.

Peach Blossom Village is very big, but the terrain here is high and low, the roads spiral upwards, and the houses of the peasant households are scattered one by one, like the houses built by the Yu family, which belong to the low-lying part of Peach Blossom Village. There are only two families here except the Yu family.

It’s okay if there is no flood. If there is a flood, her house will be flooded first. When Yu Xiaolian first built the house, she had already considered this problem, and specially asked Yu Changhe to arrange people to follow the terrain and go down. Drainage channels.

The drainage channel extends to the river five miles away from Taohua Village.

The people downstairs unloaded bags of grain from the car, both coarse grain and fine grain, and Sun Daji and Sun Sanji resisted putting them into the warehouse.

Sun raised her head downstairs and called Yu Xiaolian at the window on the second floor, "Lian'er, come down, Mother has something to say to you."

Yu Xiaolian went downstairs, "Mother, what's the matter?"

Sun said, "I want to let Manzhi and Manyuan live with you in Xiangyang Lane, and let them also go to your academy for enlightenment, do you think it's okay?"

Sun Manzhi is seven years old this year, the same age as Xiao Huzi and Su Jingyue. Sun Manyuan is Sun Sanji's eldest son. He is five years old this year, which is also the age of enlightenment.

Yu Xiaolian nodded, expressing that there is no problem, one sheep is also herded, and two sheep are also herded.

Yu Xiaolian asked, "Then my uncle Daji's family has three sons?"

Don't they go to school?

Sun said, "Mancangzi is twelve years old, and Mantun is ten years old, so Manfeng is a little younger, but nine years old seems too late."

Yu Xiaolian said, "It's not too late, it's not too late, there are still [-]-year-old old students in our academy, and it's not too late at [-], if you have a good brain and are good at studying, it's never too late.

Even after studying for two years, I feel that I am not a material for studying, so we are better than those who don't know a single character? "

Yu Xiaolian has a plan in mind, that is, after passing this street, it will be my shop.

So, now she has to accompany some cronies, who will be her shopkeeper in the future, how can the shopkeeper not know how to read?
Besides, she had an inexplicable affection for Sun Mancang. On the road, when Sun Qiuxue couldn't walk, Sun Mancang carried Sun Qiuxue on his back several times, and when Sun Manbo beat the child, he also stood in front of him. This is a kind person.

Sun said in a difficult way, "If all your fifth grandson's grandsons go to the academy to study, then your fourth grandpa and the others must not come to your door? Your fourth grandpa has so many grandchildren."

Let her family spend money for education, which is unaffordable. You must know that it is very expensive to provide for a scholar.

Yu Xiaolian disagreed, "Mother, why are you worrying so much? You have to learn to say no to their unreasonable demands.

You can agree to what you want, and what you don’t want, even if others say it, there is no way, it’s as simple as that.

Send two bags of coarse grains and two catties of salt to my fourth grandpa's house later, and you don't care about the rest. "

Sun frowned, "Your fourth grandfather and the others have so many people, they have to eat half a bag of rice for a meal, are two bags of coarse grains a little short?"

Yu Xiaolian had no choice but to say, "Mother, when they were at our house, they all overcooked, and they didn't eat half a bag of rice.

From now on, I will live my own life. You don't need to tell me, the fourth grandfather will tell his daughter-in-law to save food.

Besides, my fourth grandfather has money in his hand, and there are people in the family. If he runs out of food, he will go to the government office to issue food tickets, and let his son go to the government store to queue up to buy food. "

Sun wanted to say something more, but Yu Xiaolian simply interrupted her, "Mother, don't worry about it anymore, you can still control them for the rest of your life, why do you feel like a different person after giving birth? It wasn't like this before.

Taking a step back, you and fourth grandpa live in the same village. If there is anything wrong with them, you will know the news in a short time. What are you worried about?
I think you are still worried about how to deal with that Sun Dalin's daughter-in-law who comes here every now and then to fight Qiufeng. "

Sun felt that Yu Xiaolian's worry was not unreasonable. It happened that Sun Daji's daughter-in-law unloaded the dry red pepper bag from the car and was about to move it to the warehouse. , block it with a grain bag, but don’t throw it away.”

This is the chili planted by Yu Xiaolian in the summer. She only produced such a bag of chili peppers. She dried them and put them in the bag. These are reserved for next spring as seeds.

Sun Daji's daughter-in-law carried a bag of chili lightly, and asked, "What is this?"

Why is it more precious than food?

Sun said, "This is a chili seed. I plan to plant it next spring. This seed is very rare and expensive, so don't throw it away."

Sun Daji's daughter-in-law didn't know what chili was, but she heard that it was very expensive, so she immediately said, "Then don't put it in the warehouse, it's not safe, put it under my bed, I promise I won't lose it."

Sun said, "That's fine. After a few days, let's get together and pour out the chili seeds. After about a year, we'll have to grow the seedlings in the house."

Sun Daji's wife just hid the chili bag here, and Sun Dalin's wife came with a smile.

As soon as he came in, he went straight to Sun Chunfang, "Fangzi, where to unload the car?"

Sun Chunfang nodded, then exchanged a glance with Yu Xiaolian, thinking that what her daughter said was quite accurate.

Before she could ask someone to deliver the food, Sun Dalin's wife came and wanted to come.

Sun Chunfang had left the food for Fourth Master Sun's family a long time ago, and it was piled up in the corner at this time.

Sun Chunfang was not very happy. It was one thing to deliver it to the door by herself, and another thing to ask for it when someone came to the door. With a straight face, she pointed to the two bags of coarse grains in the corner, "Here, that's for you guys." of."

Sun Dalin glanced at the two bags of grain, didn't move, still smiled at Sun Chunfang, "Fangzi, your fourth uncle is going to make wine, these two bags of grain are not enough for two days, let alone brewing wine.

Can you lend us a cart of food?
Your fourth uncle in my family is very good at brewing wine. Don't worry, when we earn money from selling wine, we will definitely return it to you. "

Before Sun Chunfang could speak, Yu Xiaolian said, "Aunt Dalin, do you think my family runs an official shop? There is as much food as you want?
Grain has to be purchased in a limited amount with food stamps. It's not like you don't know that we brought this cart of food. Didn't you miss it?
It’s just that our family took turns to buy it. After saving for almost two months, we only saved these. I’ll give it to you. What do we eat?
It is already the limit to give you two bags. If you want a car, we really can't help you.

As for this cart of grain, we also plan to save it and eat it for the winter. After all, grain control is strict now, and there is no place to buy more if we have money. "

Sun Dalin's daughter-in-law was choked and uncomfortable, but she couldn't refute, showing a silly smile, "I thought it was easy, I thought you had connections in Los Angeles.

If you can’t buy it, forget it. "

Yu Xiaolian looked at Mrs. Sun, "Mother, I told you that food is not easy to buy, and you still have to give away two bags. You see, there are too few of them, so you may not be able to accept our favor."

Mrs. Sun looked at Sun Dalin's wife, "Go back and tell my fourth uncle that I can only help him so much, and I can't get any more food. You take advantage of the cheap food price and call him every ten days. People go to line up to buy food, no matter what you say, you have to prepare food for the winter.

As for whether you are blaming me or not accepting my favor, I don't even care about it, I'm just so capable. "

Seeing what Sun Chunfang said, Sun Dalin's wife hurriedly said, "I take it, I take it, why don't you appreciate it? Everyone is in trouble now, I know, I understand.

I will ask my son to carry these two bags of grain later. "

Before leaving, Mrs. Sun opened the mouth of the bag, took a look inside, saw that it was coarse grains, and walked away silently.

It seems that his family will never be able to eat white rice in the future. It was right for her to tell her sons to eat more when they were in the Yu family. I am afraid that they will never be able to eat that delicious white rice in the future.

Although there are two bags of coarse grains, these two bags of grains are more than [-] catties. If you save food, you can eat it for more than two months. If you buy it yourself, I am afraid that these grains will cost ten taels of silver. After all Now the coarse grains are fifty cents a catty.

Tsk tsk, fifty cents a catty, and there is a special limit, it's really not a human life.

After Sun Dalin's wife returned home, she asked Sun Manying and Sun Manbo to go to Yu's house to carry food.

Turning around, he stared at Sun Dongxue and Sun Qiuxue, "You two losers, what are you doing sticking around at home? There is almost no rice to cook at home, so hurry up and dig wild vegetables."

Sun Manbo's wife protected the two daughters and said boldly, "Mother, we just moved here today, and we don't know each other well in the village. It would be bad if the two children got lost."

"Throw it? Can you still lose it? Throwing it over the mountain, you have to run back all the time, right? Hmph, my friend.

It’s okay if it’s really lost, save food! "

Fourth Master Sun's displeased voice sounded, "What are you arguing about? I don't know if today is an auspicious day? It's no good if you're here. If I hear you scolding their mothers later, I'll kick you out."

Sun Dalin's daughter-in-law said aggrievedly, "Father, I'm in a bad mood. I thought that the Yu family would have to give half of the grain for the ox cart pulled by the Yu family. We have a lot of people, don't we?

In the end, we were given two bags of food. There are so many people in our family. If we eat hard enough, these two bags of food will not be enough for ten days.

This Yuzhou is different from ours. There are also green ones in the winter. I don’t want to ask two girls to dig some vegetables and eat them mixed with food. It’s a little bit of savings. "

Fourth Master Sun: "The green ones are not wild vegetables, they are winter wheat grown by people in the village, have you plucked them for a try?

Now that food is so expensive, everything that can be eaten outside has been dug up long ago. Who is waiting for you to dig it up? "