Chapter 27 27. Buy, must buy!
The heavy snow seems to have no intention of stopping, and it continues from morning to night.

The villagers who originally wanted to take advantage of it finally couldn't sit still after a few days and walked out of the house one after another.

Someone took a machete to the back mountain to cut firewood, and someone braved the wind and snow to go to Fucheng, and when they came back, they brought bad news to the village.

"What, food prices have gone up?"

"How much has it increased? Say it quickly!"

"God damn thief, the black face is ten cents a catty? Isn't this a money grab!"

"Don't give us a way to survive. A while ago, it was five cents a catty, and it has doubled in just a few days!"

The news quickly spread throughout Shenjia Village.

In a small farmyard, the sixth uncle was wearing a cotton padded coat and laying on the head of the bed, his brows were tightly frowned and never let go.

And in the room, Li Mandun was spinning anxiously back and forth.

"The price of food is rising too fast, and the snow keeps falling. Dad, what should we do now?"

Is there really a snow disaster in Lin'an Prefecture?

The room was silent.

After a long time, a loud order sounded in the house.

"purchase!"

"But if our family saves some food, it will be enough for the New Year."

That food is very expensive, black flour costs ten cents a catty, not to mention white flour and rice, the price has to be doubled at least.

Uncle Six is ​​beyond doubt, "Buy, must buy!"

"Not only does our family want to buy it, but you also have to talk to the villagers, it's best to go buy it together!"

"Buy them together?"

No, no, this can't be done.

Shen Mantun widened his eyes and shook his head like a rattle.

"Food is so expensive now, if the snowstorm doesn't come and the price drops, won't our family be poked in the back?"

If the price of food has been rising all the time, it will be fine, but if it is really going to drop, the whole village will not be able to jump into the pot of his house to make trouble!
As Li Zheng, he cannot be criticized by others.

Uncle Six glanced at his son and snorted heavily.

"The price of food will not drop for a while, it will only become more expensive, and the later you buy it, the more money you will spend."

"There has been a snowstorm in the north. Even if we have nothing to do here, the price of food will not drop after the new year. Do we have to buy it when our family runs out of food?"

Although the farmers say they have two acres of land, the output in the fields is low, and there is not much left after paying taxes and rents after autumn.

It is also because of this that most people will choose to sell their grain, and then use money to buy cheap black noodles to eat.

Shen Mantun thought for a while, and was finally convinced.

"Listen to your old man!"

The ancestral hall was opened that afternoon.

The rapid beating of gongs and drums spread to the courtyard of the Shen family, Shen Xingluo and Cheng Xi looked at each other, and both had guesses in their hearts.

"I gonna go see."

Shen Xingluo put on the cotton coat, opened the door and walked out of the courtyard.

Cheng Xi looked out through the window, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see the end at a glance.

The heavy snow has piled up to a certain extent for several days in a row. Even if every household diligently sweeps the snow every day, it still cannot stop the snowflakes that are getting thicker and thicker on the ground.

"Is the salt I bought a few days ago still in the kitchen?"

"here I am."

"Go, help me light the fire."

Cheng Xi got up and walked into the kitchen, and the two of them worked together to pour all the fifty catties of yellow salt into the big iron pot, and after a while there was a gurgling sound.

Shen Xingqi was extremely curious, seeing her sister-in-law's serious face, she finally swallowed the question.

Until the yellow salt block in the pot melts, strains, and finally separates into two parts.

"This is."

"There are impurities in the salt block, and it was originally inedible."

(End of this chapter)

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