farming female castellan

Chapter 43 The Price of Rice Noodles

Huai Shan whispered to Chen Fan: "One tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand Wen, and you can indeed exchange a few taels of silver for a lot of copper plates. Silver saves more space than copper coins, but there are very few silver mines in Daxiang. , A lot of silver was produced and was used by some nobles to make jewelry, and not many people use silver for shopping. There are more gold mines than silver mines, but the common people have almost no gold in their hands."

Chen Fan understood that her behavior really shocked everyone.

She looked at Huaishan: "Just now you and Smith saw the same piece of jewelry at the same time. I was really sweating. Fortunately, you two didn't argue."

Huai Shan smiled: "I'm going to compete with the county magistrate's daughter for jewelry, am I tired of work?"

"It's not illegal to compete for jewelry, right? If someone really can't help but fight for it, what will happen?" Chen Fan asked.

"It's not against the law, but it's not necessary. Letting a piece of jewelry is not a matter of losing dignity and benefiting, and fighting for a piece of jewelry is not a matter of gaining face and benefiting. It also hurts each other's friendship, and the gain outweighs the loss. Besides. There is always a way for officials to find some discomfort for the people, so why bother to offend them? There is nothing wrong with showing weakness."

Transparent!Chen Fan looked at Huai Shan, this 12-year-old girl can think so openly, the Liu family's family style is really good.

"Then Miss Smith is also very kind." Chen Fan said again.

Huaishan laughed again: "She is a daughter of an official family, and she competes with the daughter of a farmer's merchant for jewelry. Doesn't she want face and status? The entire Yuanfeng County is the county magistrate with the highest official rank. She is the magistrate's daughter. She has the highest status, who will she show her fierceness to? If she can still be domineering in the state capital, then she will be considered courageous and capable."

Behind this seeming harmony is a huge class gap in reality.

Chen Fan still wanted to hear what Dao Sui and Xiao He thought, so he asked Dao Sui: "If two common people's girls take a fancy to the same piece of jewelry, will they quarrel?"

Rice ear thought for a while and said, "That depends on the temperament of the two people. If both of them give in, there will be no quarrel; if both of them refuse to give in, there will be quarrel."

"The other thing is to see who pays the most." Xiao He continued, "If the two people have the same money, neither will obey the other; .”

So, those who have been entangled in disputes, neither side has an overwhelming temper or strength?
The girls chatted softly, and walked a long way without knowing it, and passed an intersection.

Huaishan didn't specify which store she wanted to enter, so Chen Fan asked her where the grain and oil store, cloth store and grocery store were.Rice ear is very strange: "Grain and oil store? We don't buy rice noodles today, so we don't need to buy them."

"I just want to check the price of rice noodles." Chen Fan said.

"The price of rice noodles... There are several types, and they change from time to time. Let's see if the price has fluctuated in the past few days." After finishing speaking, Dao Sui took the lead and walked forward.

After walking for a while, they saw a grain and oil store and walked in.

This grain and oil store has only one facade, and there is a door on the inner wall, which probably leads to the backyard or warehouse.

The waiter saw the four of them entering the store, and greeted them with a smile: "What do you girls want to buy? The rice noodles in our store are all top-quality."

"Let's take a look for ourselves first, and then we'll tell you when we're done." Dao Sui replied.

"Okay." The man responded readily, and went to greet other guests.

Chen Fan looked at the nearest unpolished rice, which cost five cents a bucket; then looked at the polished rice, which cost ten cents a bucket.This price is more consistent with many historical materials she has read. The price of rice in the prosperous Kaiyuan period was five cents a bucket.

There is no sign of random price increases for this rice.The disasters in other places did not affect Yuanfeng County. The people in Yuanfeng County were not short of food, and the price of food did not skyrocket.

She walked around the store: a bucket of rice and three pennies?Rice with a lower quality is only two pennies a bucket?The price of grain in the store is only two or three Wen, and the price that farmers sell is even lower.

The cheap rice hurts the peasants!How much food did one mu of land produce in total in ancient times?Can't make much money at all.

White flour is a little more expensive, thirty cents a bucket.

The price of oil is quite high, ten cents for a liter of rapeseed oil, but one hundred cents for a bucket?I can buy ten buckets of polished rice.Sesame oil is more expensive, thirty cents a liter of sesame oil!Does she want to order more rapeseed and sesame seeds in the future?
Salt and sugar are more expensive and sold by the catty.A catty of sugar costs 25 Wen, and a catty of salt costs [-] Wen!
With the idea of ​​buying a little when everyone comes, Chen Fan pointed to a bag containing sugar, and just about to buy a catty of sugar, Huaishan asked for a bucket of white flour and a catty of sugar.The buddy happily helped Huaishan pack the bag, and thoughtfully added an extra bag for the white noodles.

A bucket of flour weighs twelve catties, which is quite heavy for a girl.Without saying a word, Dao Sui hugged the bag of white flour and put it under his arm, looking relaxed.

Xiao He carried the catty of sugar in his hand, yes, in his hand.The man also wrapped the candy in paper and tied it with twine.If you stick a piece of red paper on it, it can be given as a gift directly.During the Chinese New Year in her hometown, the one-jin package of brown sugar was one of the must-have gifts for many people.Later, the living conditions improved, so I didn't send brown sugar much.

Chen Fan saw that the ear of rice was holding the bag of white flour, and couldn't figure out why Huaishan bought such heavy white flour, wouldn't it be easier to buy two catties of sugar?

There is a cloth shop across the road, the facade is very impressive, it is a very conspicuous existence that can be noticed at a glance among the numerous shops.Huai Shan went straight to the cloth shop when she left the shop, Chen Fan and the others naturally followed.

As soon as the clerk in the store saw Huai Shan, he came out to greet her: "Miss is here? Please come in!" He said and took the bag of white flour from the ear of rice.

This is Liu's own shop?

The guy turned to Chen Fan with a glance: "What's the girl's name?"

Huai Shan said: "This is my sister." Then she said to Chen Fan: "This is Xiao Wu."

Chen Fan and Xiao Wu greeted each other.

Everyone entered the store, and a beautiful woman in her twenties greeted her: "Miss is here? I was delayed by something just now, and I couldn't go out to meet the girl. I hope you will forgive me."

Huaishan smiled: "It's okay. How is your father's leg? Is your mother feeling better?"

"Thank you for remembering, Miss. My mother is much better, and my father's legs will be better after a while." The woman replied with a smile, and looked at Chen Fan again, "Hello, Miss Chen."

Huaishan introduced that this is Yingniang, so Chen Fan called Yingniang hello.

"I happen to have a catty of brown sugar here, you bring it to your mother. The white flour is for your parents." Huaishan said, and Xiaohe and Xiaohe passed the things forward.

Yingniang hurriedly bent down and declined: "Miss, you can't do it, this thing is too expensive, we can't bear it. The master has already rewarded us with money, so how can we accept the girl's things again? We can't do more with the boss. What."

"You deserve the reward. You were all brave when the refugees made trouble. These are my thoughts. I happened to be shopping here. It's not convenient for me to carry this thing. Just accept it. If you don't accept it, it doesn't hurt. Me." Huaishan still spoke in a business-like tone in the first half of the paragraph, but in the second half, she was a little coquettish.

Yingniang was both embarrassed and moved: "You child, you really broke me. If I refuse again, I will let down the girl's heart. Yingniang thanked the girl on behalf of her parents first, and she will thank the girl when they get better. With that said, he took the flour and sugar, put them in the counter, and walked out again.

"What do you want to see today, girl?"

(End of this chapter)