It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 166 Half Grain (May [-]th)
Wang Han raised his head in doubt, "What do you mean?"

Meng Mingzhou sighed helplessly, "A catty of wheat bran costs two cents a catty, and a catty of crushed corn costs ten pennies, and a catty of chestnuts, we probably asked, five or six pennies per catty."

Wang Han was shocked, and everyone around whispered.

"He, they lied to us!!"

Meng Mingzhou was puzzled, "Who??"

Patriarch Wang sighed, Wang Han gritted his teeth angrily, and let it go after a while.

"It was a businessman I met on the way to the county town last year. We had a good chat all the way. He told me that the wheat bran in the grain store in the county town costs five yuan a catty, and the corn kernels cost fifteen yuan a catty. When the chestnuts are in good condition, they can be sold for three Wen a catty, but usually they are two Wen a catty. He said that he could chat with me, so he couldn’t bear to see me being cheated by the people in the grain shop. He suffered a little, so he offered a discount With me, a catty of chestnuts can exchange me for a catty and a half catty of wheat bran, and five catties of chestnuts can exchange me for a catty of corn kernels. He also said that he will come to our village to harvest chestnuts this autumn and winter, and then he will bring the grain directly Change."

Meng Mingzhou, Su Chendong "..."

Su Chendong was helpless, "Cousin Wang Han, don't you still go to the county town to buy chickens often? How could you still be cheated?"

Wang Han's face was also a little red at this time, and he said embarrassedly: "Where did I sell it in the county? They were all sold outside the county. I heard that the government servants in charge of vendors in the county are very powerful, so I dare not go in."

Su Chendong, "..."

Meng Mingzhou is also helpless. He often goes to the county seat, but he has never been in the county seat once, so he is the only one, right?
"The price in the county is five or six yuan a catty, but that's the selling price. If it's the purchase price, it will definitely be lower."

After Meng Mingzhou finished speaking, he deliberately pondered for a moment, and then he said as if he had made a major decision: "How about it, if we pull it by ourselves, it will be five cents a catty, and if you give it, it will be six cents, how about it?"

The royal patriarch and the others whispered together, Meng Mingzhou didn't urge him, and sat down and took a sip of tea slowly. He didn't mean to suppress the price on purpose, but it was the fact.

If they are allowed to take them to the county seat by themselves, not to mention the long distance, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the price can be sold for five cents a catty, they are considered amazing.

Su Chenyuan looked at the chestnut forest in disappointment, "Brother Xingrui, so this is a chestnut tree."

Wang Xingrui had been listening to them discuss the chestnut forest before going up the mountain.Knowing that they will be disappointed after reading it, "Yeah, there are no chestnuts yet, but it's almost the same."

Su Qiang, "Chen Yuan, this chestnut forest doesn't look as good as the back mountain of our village, it looks pretty."

Su Chenyuan nodded, agreeing.

Su Chenwen curled his lips, "The ones who wanted to come to see you were the ones at the beginning, but the ones who despise you are still you."

Su Chen was far from happy, "Hey, let me tell you, Su Chenwen! Is there something wrong with you? Ever since you got in the carriage yesterday, you've been looking for us?"

Su Chenwen said hesitantly: "How can there be? What I said is the truth."

Seeing that Su Chenyuan wanted to say more, Su Chenrui hurriedly stepped forward to hold him, and said in a low voice: "Have you forgotten where this is? Do you want to go back and be cleaned up by Uncle Chang Ying?"

When Su Chenyuan heard his father's name, he instantly felt like a deflated ball.

"Ah, don't tell my father."

Su Chenrui nodded in satisfaction.

Su Changying sneezed loudly and rubbed his nose.

Su Rui asked worriedly, "Uncle Chang Ying, are you sick?"

Su Changying hurriedly waved her hands, "No, I'm in good health! Probably that brat Chen Yuan is talking about me."

Su Rui smiled, "I guess Chen Yuan misses you."

Su Changying shook her head, "He misses me? He won't! I guess he was mischievous, and he was afraid that I would clean him up, so he talked about me."

Su Rui was really overjoyed, "Uncle Chang Ying, don't worry, with Cousin Meng Ming and Brother Chen Dong here, I will definitely take good care of them."

Su Changying nodded, and got into the mule cart, "Okay, I'm going to the shop from snacks and jams, and I'm leaving first."

Su Rui waved, "Be careful all the way."

Su Chenrui turned to Wang Xingrui with a smile and said, "Brother Xingrui, don't you grow any other plants in the chestnut forest?"

Wang Xingrui nodded, "Except for some weeds, the others are basically not growing."

Su Chenrui was puzzled, "Then I saw you chopping firewood this morning, where did you do it?"

What did Wang Xingrui think he was asking, and he replied with a smile: "At the entrance of the village, go five miles to the east, where is there a mountain? We usually go there to cut firewood. But we only cut what we need for winter. We use it for daily fire The chestnut shell is very resistant to fire."

Su Chenrui understood, looking at the same scenery, he was already impatient looking at Su Chenyuan and Su Qiang, so he felt that staying in the chestnut forest would be boring, so he spoke to Wang Xingrui.

"Brother Xingrui, there is nothing to see in the chestnut forest, let's go back."

Wang Xingrui nodded. Before he went out, his father repeatedly told him that he must take good care of them, saying that whether he could marry a wife this year was entirely up to them. He didn't understand why he had to rely on them to marry a wife.But still have to listen to his father.

Meng Mingzhou drank two bowls of tea, and saw that their voices of discussion gradually weakened, so he asked.

"Patriarch Wang, how did your discussion go?"

The royal patriarch hesitated for a moment, looked at the clansmen, and said just now: "Mingzhou boy, we are very satisfied with the price you gave, but these chestnuts, we have to keep them for life, and we can't do without them for daily meals. so…………"

Meng Mingzhou raised his eyebrows, "So?? Is it not for sale?"

The royal patriarch quickly waved his hands, "No, no, it's not that we won't sell it anymore, but we want half the food and half the money."

Meng Mingzhou began to be puzzled, and then thought about it, and he knew why, this was cheated once, and he was afraid that he would be cheated again when he went to buy it again! !

The patriarch Wang kept staring into Meng Mingzhou's eyes and understood his thoughts. His old face blushed, but he couldn't help it. The Wangjia Village is too far away from the county seat. Except for some terrible things, otherwise no one in the village would really go to the county seat. I buy some needles, threads, brains and salt for food every day. Basically, I only buy them when familiar peddlers come over.

The most important thing is of course that they are poor and have no money to visit the county town.

Meng Mingzhou laughed. He thought that before going out, Su Rui told him to buy all the chestnuts, and said, "Cousin Mingzhou, if they want money, give them money. If they don't want money, they will give them food, or general food." Half the money is fine."

He was actually very strange at first, why did the Su family never buy food, apples and eggs, why did her family keep going?As long as there is nothing in the kitchen, go to the cellar to get it, as if it is inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

In the end, I thought about it, since my family has secrets that I haven't told outsiders, so it's not a big deal for Su Rui's family to have secrets.

Meng Mingzhou, "Half the food and half the money is not impossible, but what kind of food do you want?"

(End of this chapter)