After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields Chapter 265

Chapter 265 High Price of Grain

Liu Ji moved the low table into the courtyard, Qin Yao brought the freshly baked dinner, and the family of six picked up their chopsticks and started eating in silence. The only sound of "snoring" could be heard in the courtyard.

A group of people from Laozhai gathered around a family of six. Seeing their miserable appearance, they were both funny and pitiful.

Seeing Qin Yao finish a bowl, He and Qiu quickly refilled her bowl. A whole pot of noodle soup was eaten by the family of six.

After dinner, the six children couldn't wait to light the lanterns brought from Fucheng and filled the courtyard with joy.

At this time, Da Mao should have gone to bed, and now he is very excited. Unfortunately, he can't run or speak yet. He can only raise his chubby little fists and make a sound of "Ahhh" in agreement, as if he wants to follow his brothers and sisters. The way they play.

The living standard in the old house has improved, and the little guy has been raised by Qiu to be fat and white, which makes him happy to look at.

Qin Yao held her in her arms for a while, rubbed her little face, kissed her little hands, and coupled with the little guy's innocent smile, it was very relaxing.

 “Aniang, give me the big hair.” Erlang came over, followed by Siniang and Jinhua, who wanted to pick up his younger brother and play with the lanterns together.

Qin Yao didn't dare to hand over such a small baby to these naughty guys and let the three of them play by themselves.

　　After enjoying the cool air and holding the sleepy Da Mao in their arms, the adults went to the main room.

Qin Yao winked at Liu Ji, who smiled mysteriously at the big guy, "Dad, how much do you think the grain sold outside is sold for per kilogram?"

This old man Liu really didn't know that they could be self-sufficient in the village and would only go out unless they were rushing to a big market and needed something at home.

On the other hand, the three Liu Bai brothers have been following Carpenter Liu around for more than half a month and know a little bit about it.

“Coarse grain seems to be forty cents per pound, right?” Liu Zhong said uncertainly.

Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took a breath of cold air when they heard this, and He asked in a loud voice: "Forty cents per catty? Who can afford this! A black-hearted grain merchant, how can they shout at this price?"

Liu Jiheng said: "If there's anything I can't say, it's already fifty cents per pound, and there are a lot of people buying it."

If your life is gone, what's the use of having more money?

Liu Jidao: "When we came back today, we saw that the government was distributing relief grains to the people in this county. The price of food in the city should have dropped a bit, but for us ordinary people, no matter how low it is, it will still be sky-high."

Liu Bai frowned and asked, "So what do you want to say?"

　　No matter how the price of food rises or falls, they will not buy it because they have enough to eat at home.

Liu Ji rolled his eyes at his eldest brother and said, "You really are a brat. With the price of food now, why don't you want to do something?"

Liu Bai had long been accustomed to his bad mouth and was too lazy to argue with him. He asked angrily: "What can we do? We have enough food at home. The price of food will naturally drop after the autumn harvest, so we are not in a hurry to buy it."

“You just want to buy it?” Liu Ji asked in disbelief.

Liu Bai was stunned by this question, and then he realized it and looked at Qin Yao who was playing with the child in disbelief:

 “You want to sell grain?”

Qin Yao nodded, and Liu Ji continued to say excitedly: "When we bought it, it was only a little more than three cents per catty including the carriage and horse fees, but now the shelled wheat outside is sold as medium grain, and it costs one hundred cents per catty. !”

 Liu Ji asked the brothers to calculate by themselves, how many times this has doubled!

“Thirty-three times?” Liu Fei's heart trembled for a moment as he calculated the answer.

Old man Liu hissed and took a sharp breath. If he really wanted to sell grain at the current price, wouldn't the thousand kilograms of wheat they bought for three taels of silver be sold for one hundred taels of silver?

The whole family can only save seven or eight taels throughout the year. This is only now that they work with the third daughter-in-law.

 In the past, being able to save four taels a year was already as high as the sky. This one hundred taels of silver is equivalent to twenty-five years of savings!

 The precise figures were calculated in his mind, and Old Man Liu's hand holding the bowl of bitter tea couldn't help but tremble.

The tea spilled and wet his clothes, and he hurriedly put down the tea bowl. He still didn't quite believe it, so he counted it twice and was sure it was this much money. He looked at Qin Yao and his wife in shock, "We, we can also sell one." One hundred words per pound?”

He stopped talking about being a shady grain dealer now. He swallowed hard and poured himself a cup of tea to calm down his shock.

It's a pity that I forgot that this was the old man's bitter tea. After drinking it in one gulp, the bitterness made his whole face wrinkle up. There was a discomfort in his mouth and he retched.

Liu Bai rushed her to the kitchen helplessly, "Drink more water, I'll see if you get anxious."

Qiu and Liu Zhong looked at each other, a little uneasy, "Is it a little too dark to really sell it for so much money?"

Mrs. Zhang also said: "With this dirty money in my hand, I can't sleep at night."

 Liu Fei nodded in agreement.

Liu Ji suddenly rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Of course we can't do such a shady thing, just sell it for fifty cents a pound!"

“Pfft~” Old man Liu, who had just picked up the bitter tea, spit out a mouthful of tea. Fortunately, everyone stood far away, so no one was affected by the sprayed tea.

Isn't it a bad idea to pay fifty cents per pound?

However, judging from the reaction of everyone in the old house, they all agreed to take out the one thousand kilograms of stored grain and follow Qin Yao and his wife to sell it at a high price.

Liu Ji glanced at Qin Yao and saw that she had no reaction, so he continued: "It's not necessarily fifty cents. I don't know what the price will be outside in two days. Anyway, as long as we sell it cheaper than those black-hearted profiteers, , then I won't worry about selling.”

Now, of course, there is no need to worry about selling the food. But the thought of selling it so expensively with so little money made everyone in the old house feel a little uneasy.

Qin Yao is not in a hurry. He has to work on the stationery factory in the village for the past two days, so he can let them think about it for another two days.

 She was going to sell grain anyway, so if she missed this opportunity, it would be gone.

 When she first started hoarding food, she was not only thinking about ensuring the bottom line, but also thinking about making a small profit when food prices were high.

On the way back to the village, Qin Yao saw that the rice in the fields was growing very well, and there was enough money for the autumn harvest to be harvested, so he was not afraid if he could produce ten thousand kilograms.

Furthermore, when the rice is harvested in mid-to-late July, grain prices will slowly return to normal prices. Coupled with the news just received from Zhou Zheng, the court's disaster relief order may be implemented in half a month.

 So, the best time to sell food is the next ten days.

Of course, there are risks, and the forces behind the scenes will not allow anyone to rob their business.

 But how can making money be without risk?

Qin Yao is not too worried because she can protect her business.

 Calling the four children who were tired from playing and squatting by the door, Qin Yao and his wife led the children home.

When passing by the river, he picked up a huge bucket of water and carried it home. Liu Ji lit a fire to boil the water, and the family finally had a pleasant bath.

 It was late at night, the lights were turned off, and the courtyard became quiet.

Qin Yao lay on her soft and comfortable bed, greedily inhaling the fragrance of soap locust remaining on the quilt, relaxing her whole body, putting aside her worries for the time being, and fell into a deep sleep.

 (End of this chapter)

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