My Courtyard Refuge

Thirty-Three Price Rise

Wang Xiujuan rolled her eyes at Mama Xu, and at the same time shaved her face with her fingers, teasingly said:

“As far as your family’s conditions are still ‘difficult’, wouldn’t ordinary people like us not be able to survive?”

Pointing to Xu Dong and his wife who were planting vegetables:

“Look at this vegetable garden, with such a large area, which one is as luxurious as yours, and still crying poor with me?”

Xu Ma smiled awkwardly, and then choked back: “Your family is not an ordinary family, right? Hu Kai is still the director. I heard that he will be promoted to the district soon?”

“I haven’t officially issued the document yet!”

Having said that, Wang Xiujuan’s face was filled with uncontrollable joy and pride.

Seeing the other party’s face turned sour, Xu’s mother casually said “Congratulations”, and then brought the topic to how to grow vegetables.

“I didn’t expect your Xu Dong to know a lot. It’s too cold at night in this horrible weather, and the yard is prone to air leakage. It’s true that we can only grow some cold-resistant vegetables.”

Wang Xiujuan was born in a rural area. When she was young, she planted land with her parents. Later, she was admitted to a college and majored in agriculture and forestry. Farming is her housekeeping skill.

“It’s hard to grow any other vegetables!” Mama Xu was quite speechless.

“Actually, it’s not impossible. We can build a more enclosed greenhouse on the vegetable garden. If it’s not possible, building a vegetable greenhouse can also make do with it.” Wang Xiujuan suggested.

“Forget it, it’s hard to stop for a while, and I don’t want to bother.” Xu Ma refused without thinking about it when she heard that it was so troublesome.

Wang Xiujuan felt that it was a pity: “It’s up to you, I wanted to borrow your vegetable garden to grow some strawberries, but it seems that I can’t do it.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to just go to the market to buy strawberries? They’re still big!”

Wang Xiujuan gave a rare explanation: “I grow it myself, so I can eat it without worrying about it. There are not so many messy hormones.”

“What do you mean, fruits also take hormones?”

Mama Xu was astonished. She had only heard that pork and beef have hormones, but she didn’t expect that fruits also had hormones.

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“What do you think, these hormone-infused fruits are fine for us adults to eat, but children are different, they are developing, so it is better to eat less.” Wang Xiujuan explained in detail.

Xu’s mother immediately paid attention to it. The triplets in her family are already weak. If they eat fruits that contain hormones, will they be okay?

After sending off Wang Xiujuan’s grandfather and grandson, Xu’s mother called Xu Dong to her very quickly.

“Mom, what are you doing?”

Xu Dong patted the dust on his body, and wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was almost evening, and the temperature didn’t drop at all.

Xu Ma hurriedly handed over a towel, then talked about Wang Xiujuan’s suggestion, and agreed with it.

“It’s okay to build a flower house, but there is a shortage of supplies in the market now, let’s talk about it later!” Xu Dong said after thinking for a while.

As for the vegetable greenhouse, I will not consider it for the time being. Firstly, it is too ugly and does not match the style of the courtyard house; secondly, there are many children in the family, which is the age when dogs hate cats, and the plastic film is not durable.

“it depends on you!”

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After planting the radishes, Yang Lina washed up briefly, and then went out to buy vegetables with Xu Ma.

Now every other day, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have to go out to do some shopping.

Since the end of the panic-buying wave, with the improvement of transportation conditions, the supply of vegetables in the capital area has increased significantly, which has greatly alleviated the “vegetable panic”.

However, there is still a shortage of meat, but you can’t meet it.available.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law first came to the nearest vegetable market. There are many vendors in the vegetable market and there are many things for sale. It is easier to buy rare goods than a big supermarket.

Walking all the way, Yang Lina couldn’t help complaining: “The price of vegetables has risen again. I remember that when I came here last time, cucumbers were still three yuan and one catty, but now they are almost four yuan.”

“The potatoes have already risen to four yuan and two, and I don’t dare to peel the potatoes after eating them.” Xu Ma put down the potatoes in her hand and complained.

The potato vendor couldn’t help but interjected, “It’s not us who want to increase the price, it’s the wholesaler who got the price increase, and we can only follow suit.”

“Oh, I don’t know when it will be the first time?” Mother Xu sighed.

“Then you have to wait, the first half of the year is definitely not going to happen, now let’s see how the second half of the year is going?” the vendor replied.

Yang Lina took the opportunity to ask:

“What if it doesn’t rain in the second half of the year?”

The vendor spread his hands, “Don’t talk about vegetables at that time, maybe even eating will be a problem.”

Perhaps stimulated by what the street vendor said, Xu Ma bought twenty catties of potatoes in one go, not afraid that she would not be able to eat them all, anyway, the potatoes are durable.

Carrying potatoes, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bought some other vegetables, but there was still not a single piece of pork hair.

Undeterred, the two wandered around the vegetable market several times, and finally hit their luck.

“Boss, how much is the tube bone?” Xu Ma asked immediately.

“Eighty…a catty. They have just been shipped from outside, and the quantity is limited. Buy what you want quickly, and you won’t be able to buy it later.” The vendor replied lazily.

Mama Xu got angry when she heard it: “What? You don’t have any meat on this bone, how dare you sell it so expensive?”

“The market price is at this price. These bobs are obtained through a great relationship. If you don’t buy them, don’t block others.”

Mama Xu hesitated for a while, and the bone was wrapped round by a wealthy aunt.

“I’m so pissed off!” Xu Ma was still aggrieved after leaving the vegetable market.

Yang Lina persuaded with a wry smile: “Mom, don’t be angry, it doesn’t matter if you don’t buy the bone, and there is no shortage of this kind of meat at home, we shouldn’t take advantage of it.”

“I’m not angry with this bone, I’m angry with your father, if it weren’t for him, there would still be a lot of meat hanging in our yard!” Xu Ma said with a lonely face.

Yang Lina was equally regretful, but she couldn’t say that, “Didn’t Dongzi say that there is still a batch of bacon and ham in the basement, and there is no shortage of meat in the house after all.”

“It’s Dongzi who thinks far ahead. Your father can’t do it. He doesn’t have that ability. Our family has to listen to Dongzi in the future.” Mama Xu concluded.

Yang Lina naturally agreed, anyway, this matter is beneficial to the couple.

Next, the two went shopping in a nearby big supermarket. It has been almost half a month since the rush to buy, and many of the shelves inside are still empty.

This time I was lucky, I snatched a turbot that was over three catties, and bought a box of old popsicles.

After all, “summer” is here, and the Keke sisters have long been clamoring to eat ice cream, but unfortunately there is only the old popsicle brand in the supermarket.

In the end, turbot cost 188 yuan, but the old popsicles didn’t go up much, 50 yuan a box.

Back home, Xu Dong is fertilizing the vines. The vines that bloomed only in April and May are now full of large pea fruits, which are expected to mature next month.

In addition, a lot of bonsai in the yard died, probably because they couldn’t adapt to the current climate. As for the ones that survived, they were all planted by Xu Dong on the side of the vegetable garden.

In this way, when the flower house is built, it will be worthy of the name.