Running with the ball in the lean years, the evil mother-in-law and the whole family regretted it

Unexpectedly, the man didn't believe the reason he said. Bai Taotao felt a little embarrassed when Chen Youyi saw it.

Knowing that he didn't give a stronger reason, he would definitely not believe it. After all, millions of kilograms of grain was not a small amount, and this was not a money-making project.

"Okay, who gave you a pair of sharp eyes, okay, since you have seen it, I won't hide it from you. In fact, this food is stored for the country. There are wars at the border, snow disasters in the north, and droughts in the south. The food for the coming year will be Tension is definitely inevitable. If there is no food support at the border and if the country cannot be guarded, the whole country will suffer. I have finally started a business and made money, but I can't have another big escape."

"And I happened to have some money on hand, so I used caravans to help purchase food from various places. After all, these resources are not in vain."

After finishing speaking, Bai Taotao looked at Chen Youyi and thought to herself, you should believe this reason, right?

Chen Youyi looked back at Bai Taotao, actually already knowing what he was doing.

If his guess was correct, she must have known that Mr. Najue was also buying grain from everywhere, so she was competing for business with him.

No wonder the Jue family had been shopping around to buy grain since the theft. It was a good opportunity for the autumn harvest, but they just couldn't buy it. They bought less than 200,000 kilograms in a few months.

It turned out that she was the 'culprit' of all this, and all the food came into her hands.

So I think the theft at the master's house really has something to do with her.

But since she doesn't want to tell him about Master Jue, then he can continue to pretend not to know.

Nodding, Chen Youyi chose to believe Bai Taotao: "This reason is enough. Cheng, since you are here to make money, how much money are you prepared to pay for this food?"

Bai Taotao: "Since it is sold to the country, then I will earn less. I received it from the caravan for three taels of silver and one thousand catties. I will sell it to you for four taels of silver and one thousand catties. That's it." Earn some hard-earned money. But I can only give you two million catties for the time being, so I have to keep some more for myself. When the time comes, I can make it into polished rice and sell it at a good price, so that I can get some blood back."

After listening to Bai Taotao's quotation, Chen Youyi still felt that it was inappropriate. If they found other caravans to buy it, the price would be similar. However, although buying it from ordinary people in various places was relatively cheap, it would take a lot of effort.

Now we can solve it in one go, saving time, effort and money.

"Okay. Now that the food issue has been resolved, I'll go out and make arrangements now and try to transport it out before dawn."

Bai Taotao nodded, "Just like last time, just go directly to the warehouse over the workshop and transport it away."

Then Chen Youyi put on his night clothes and disappeared into the night.

Bai Taotao had a good night's sleep, and Chen Youyi spent the whole night outside worrying about food, and did not come back until dawn.

Two million kilograms of grain is not a small amount, and it is definitely impossible to transport it all in one trip. Chen Youyi has to arrange for people to transport it separately.

So in the next few days, he went out at night to arrange for the delivery of food, and came back during the day to catch up on his sleep.

It happened that he went out at night, which made it convenient for Bai Taotao to go out at night.

So, taking advantage of this gap, Baitaotao sold grain and cotton.

The money flowed into her pocket like running water, making her smile with joy.

Chen Youyi is also happy that the food issue has been solved and a lot of heating supplies have been purchased recently.

In fact, he knew that someone must have started to secretly release supplies, and he also knew who this person was.

Anyway, he just pretends like he doesn’t know anything every day. Why expose this mutually beneficial thing? That's fine.

The busy days pass quickly, and soon the new year is getting closer and closer.

Now there are still ten days left before the Chinese New Year, and the bacon cured by Baitaotao has been made. Yuelai Restaurant promised to come over tomorrow to pick up another shipment. By the way, I also bought some bacon made by Baitaotao. Go to a restaurant to sell during the Chinese New Year.

Thinking about selling bacon, Baitaotao thought of the bamboo forest at the back of the village. In winter, there must be a lot of winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.

Winter bamboo shoots are very delicious when made, and they should be sold at a good price.

But the premise is that this bamboo forest belongs to the villagers, and they must agree to dig winter bamboo shoots for sale.

After breakfast, Bai Taotao went to find Li Zheng.

When I arrived at Li Zheng's house, they were having breakfast.

"Uncle Li Zheng, are you still eating?" Bai Taotao greeted Chen Lizheng.

Seeing that the visitor was Baitaotao, Chen Zou quickly asked, "Youyi's wife is here. Have you eaten? Come sit down and have some together."

"Come here to eat. I'm going to talk to Uncle Li Zheng about something."

"Sitting and warming up by the fire, I said it feels cold standing up." Chen Youzhou's daughter-in-law, Chen Weishi, handed Bai Taotao a bench.

Bai Taotao sat down and said, "Uncle Li Zheng, I have an idea for the folks to make money, but I have to discuss it with everyone first."

As soon as Chen Lizheng heard that it was an idea that could help the villagers make money, he immediately said, "You tell me first what the idea is."

Bai Taotao didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Didn't you say last time that the bamboo forest at the back of the village belongs to our village? There will be a lot of winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest at this time. The winter bamboo shoots taste fresh and tender. This is a good time to eat winter bamboo shoots."

"So, I was thinking to see if I could dig up some winter bamboo shoots and sell them. The money from the sales would be given to the villagers and I could add some money to the household. So I was thinking about asking the villagers if they were willing. As for the sales channel, tomorrow It just so happens that Yuelai Restaurant is coming to bring some goods, we can talk to Yuelai Restaurant."

Chen Lizheng was a little excited when he heard this. Bai Taotao came up with this idea, so there must be no problem.

However, before he could speak, Chen Wei asked with a puzzled look on his face: "If we dig out all the bamboo shoots, won't there be no more bamboo growing next year? Besides, can those hard things be sold?" In previous years, moso bamboo would grow out every spring, and the villagers would cut down some of the too dense moso bamboo. The hard moso bamboo could still be fed to cattle, but it would hurt people's teeth if they ate it."

Bai Taotao explained seriously: "This bamboo shoot is a root plant. It reproduces by rhizomes. After digging it, it will continue to send out new bamboo shoots, which will emerge from the soil in spring. Proper digging will not affect its growth in spring." Growth. And digging out some properly will help the growth of bamboo. It will prevent the bamboo from being too dense and the bamboo will not grow big or strong. This is much better than waiting for spring to grow and then cutting it down. It avoids waste and makes money. money."

"In addition, bamboo shoots are actually very tender after taking off their coats, especially winter bamboo shoots. The hard ones you mentioned, sister-in-law, are because they were not picked at the right time. The bamboo shoots have grown into bamboo, which is what you call moso bamboo, so naturally they are hard. "

"If the folks are willing, I can go and talk to Shopkeeper Qin. The sale will definitely be sold, but the price can only be finalized after talking to Shopkeeper Qin, so I have to come over first and ask Uncle Li Zheng to ask for the big guy's price. Opinion. If there is no problem, then I will discuss this matter with Shopkeeper Qin tomorrow."

Chen Lizheng nodded hurriedly: "I will call the villagers over to discuss. It would be better for you to tell the villagers directly. If you don't understand anything, you can also directly speak up and discuss it together."

Bai Taotao thought about it and replied, "That's okay."

Then Chen Lizheng put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and hurriedly summoned the villagers to come over for discussion.

As soon as they heard that it was about business, everyone gathered under the old locust tree.