Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 2623 Makes people sad (three more)

"I was really pushed to the limit. The children at home yelled that they had a sore throat after eating Baozi noodles. My mother-in-law and I made a plan to borrow it from here..."

After the Lin family's daughter-in-law finished speaking, she shook her head again in shame and let out a long sigh.

Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"When did the price of rice rise so high? This is ten times higher," she said.

The daughter-in-law of the Lin family said: "I don't know. I didn't go to see it when I had surplus food at home. Later, I went to the town to buy rice during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"The price is raised every half a month. In the twelfth lunar month, the price is almost one price every three days. Especially after the Chinese New Year, the price is higher than that of pork. If you have money, you can't buy it, and you don't know what it is. What happened, why is it like this!" she said.

Yang Ruoqing asked again: "What about the other rice shops in the town? Is this the same situation?"

The daughter-in-law of the Lin family nodded.

Yang Ruoqing wanted to ask something more, but the Sun family and the Lin family's mother-in-law had already weighed the rice and came from the backyard.

The mother-in-law of the Lin family said happily to her daughter-in-law: "I said to borrow ten catties, and your third aunt lent us thirty catties, daughter-in-law, now we have rice for the first lunar month, and relatives will also have food for others when they come over. "

The daughter-in-law of the Lin family was also grateful when she heard this.

Facing the thousands of thanks from the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Sun said a little embarrassedly: "We are all from the same village, and it is our duty to help each other, there is no need to see outsiders."

"If turning back is not enough, come again." She said.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Lin family expressed their gratitude again. The daughter-in-law took the rice bag and held it in her arms like a baby. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left together.

Here, Mrs. Sun looked at their backs as they walked away, couldn't help sighing, and said, "Hey, it's so pitiful, it's sad to see people coming out to borrow rice during the Chinese New Year."

Yang Ruoqing came to Sun's side and asked Sun, "Mother, have you heard about the skyrocketing price of rice in the town?"

Sun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Is it skyrocketing? I don't know, but some time ago, I was washing clothes in the pond at the entrance of the village. I heard them talk about it. It seemed to be about the price of rice or something. I didn't know Listen carefully."

"Oh." Yang Ruoqing nodded thoughtfully.

As the end of the year approaches, the prices of various things will increase, which is a normal phenomenon.

Just like in modern times, the prices of vegetables have doubled before and after the Spring Festival.

But no matter how it rises, it will be within a certain range, and after that special period, the price will drop and return to its original state.

Moreover, she has been at home all year, so she went back to pick up Luo Fengtang and left for nearly a month.

Before that, she didn't pay attention to the things in Washi except for rice grains. The fluctuations of other basic daily necessities were within the normal range.

"Take back your clothes first, it's time to cook dinner." Yang Ruoqing said.

After dinner, Yang Huazhou and Yang Yongjin came over to play.

In addition, he specially sent the ledgers of restaurants in the county and county to Yang Ruoqing for review.

Mrs. Sun cleaned up the table, brewed a few bowls of tea and put them on the table, then went back to the kitchen in the backyard to continue working.

Fried meat bones, blanched raw chicken, fried meatballs and patties...

In the main room, Yang Ruoqing was flipping through the ledger at the table. Yang Huazhou and Yang Yongjin were sitting on the left and right, waiting for Yang Ruoqing's inquiries at any time.

And Luo Fengtang accompanied Yang Huazhong and whispered beside him.

Every once in a while, Luo Fengtang would get up and pick out the fire in the charcoal fire basin, or add a few pieces of new charcoal.

This charcoal is all the best charcoal, and it has almost no smoke.

Unlike when the conditions were poor in the past, it was considered a luxury to burn the lowest quality charcoal. Every time it was burned, it made people cry and snot, and the house was filled with smoke like a fire.

Things are better now, everything has improved.

On the other side of the table, Yang Ruoqing also saw the ups and downs of many life-related prices in the past six months through these account books, but it was not an exaggeration.

After discussing with Yang Huazhou and Yang Yongjin about the operation of the restaurant, she closed the account book and started to talk about something off topic.

As we talked, we talked about the fact that the Lin family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to borrow rice in the evening.

Yang Yongjin said: "Qing'er, don't talk about this, I also find it strange that not only Qingshui Town, Wanghai County, but also the rice shops in other towns below seem to have made an appointment."

"The price has soared beyond recognition. Many people in the county can't afford rice. In the end, they should eat wheat noodles."

"The price of wheat noodles has also increased. How far did it fall? It fell to the level of going to Washi to pick up rotten vegetable leaves to make porridge!" He said.

"Is there such a thing?" Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows.

Yang Yongjin nodded, "The prices of other restaurants in the county have increased, not because of the price increase of vegetables, but mainly because of rice."

"In the second half of the year, several large restaurants in the county have closed down, not to mention small restaurants,"

"Why? Can't afford rice!" Yang Yongjin said.

"The business of our Tianxiang Building in the second half of this year is obviously better than in previous years. After a long time, it turns out that it is because there are fewer competitors?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

Yang Yongjin nodded, "Our Tianxiang Building, because the rice is supplied by the third uncle, there is no need to go outside to buy it, and the cost has not increased."

"In previous years, the rice in the restaurant's rice warehouse could last until the next season's rice matured, but this year, there are more people eating in this restaurant, and the rice is consumed quickly."

"I'm a little worried that the next season's rice will not be ripe. If the cooking is cut off in the middle, our restaurant will have to go outside to buy rice, and it will be a big loss. I might not be able to buy so much rice if I made a profit before. This is what I am most worried about right now!" Yang Yongjin said.

On the side, Yang Huazhou also patted the table, "That's right, Jin's worries are also my worries. The restaurants in the county are also facing the same situation."

"Just a few days before I came back from the county, the price of rice grains was different from the morning to the next week. If I had money, I couldn't buy them. I don't know where the rice in the market went!" Yang Huazhou said again.

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing frowned.

Over there, the conversation between Yang Huazhong and Luo Fengtang also came to an abrupt end.

Yang Huazhong said: "It's not just the restaurant, many people in our village have suffered from this, and now they cry without tears."

Yang Ruoqing turned her gaze to Yang Huazhong, motioning for him to continue.

Yang Huazhong continued: "Let's take Wangfu as an example. Some time ago, seeing the price increase of rice, he stole half of the rice in the rice warehouse at home and sold it without telling his son and wife."

"At that time, it sold for a good price, and I had fun for a while. I bought cigarettes, wine, and meat and came back to have a tooth festival. I would show off to everyone that I can do business."

"Other families in the village were jealous and sold their rice. The money from selling rice also tasted the sweetness."

"One or two follow suit, sell a few catties of rice casually, eat a few extra meals of wild vegetable soup, and sell two sets of clothes if the saved rice is sold, all of them are like picking up treasures."

"At that time, the old man in the village said that this rice grain is the foundation of living and living, and it is a life-saving thing."

(End of this chapter)