I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

Malacca said, "Sis, you are a straightforward person, so I will give you an 8% discount, one tael of gold for eight taels of silver."

Seeing that he was quite honest and didn't seem like a liar, Ji Xiaobei took out his gold. After weighing it, it was exactly one tael of gold, which he exchanged for eight taels of silver.

Ji Xiaobei picked out a finely crafted gold hairpin for his mother and spent one or two taels of silver on it.

Shitou didn't follow in because he didn't want to see Malacca's face.

Just now, that face was firmly pressed against his butt, how embarrassing!

Malacca sent Ji Xiaobei out with a smile.

"Sister, come again next time!"

……

Ji Xiaobei was a little hungry, so he found a place sheltered from the wind and took out some pork and shepherd's purse dumplings while Shi Tou was not paying attention.

A look of disbelief flashed across Stone's face.

"Sister, when did you buy it?" Shi Tou asked, licking his lips.

Ji Xiaobei glared at him.

Shitou was so scared that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth.

Delicious! With meat!

He was making dumplings faster and faster, and Ji Xiaobei also sped up, cursing in his heart: I can't beat you, you little brat!

In the end, Ji Xiaobei ate more than half of it and felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach. It would be strange if he didn’t feel uncomfortable after eating too much cold meat dumplings.

Shitou was still not satisfied and was not full.

"Let's go and have some hot soup!"

Shitou said nothing. He had secretly made up his mind that next time he had something delicious, he would just eat it without saying anything.

Shitou followed Ji Xiaobei to a wonton stall.

"Boss, how much is a bowl of wontons?"

"Sir, please take a seat. A small bowl costs 10 cents, and a large bowl..."

Before the boss finished quoting the price, Ji Xiaobei frowned and said, "It's so expensive!"

The boss smiled and explained, "Miss, you don't know how expensive food is now. The price changes every day. In a few days, a small bowl will cost 11 cents."

Shi Tou smacked his lips secretly, thinking it was so expensive, too expensive!

He thought his elder sister would be reluctant to leave, so he turned around and walked out.

I only heard a loud voice behind me saying, "Boss, give me two bowls, big bowls!"

Oh my god! Shitou's legs were a little weak. He had just eaten meat dumplings. It was a bit too extravagant to fill the gap with a large bowl of meat wontons.

"Okay! Meat wontons, two large bowls!"

……

While eating, Ji Xiaobei listened to a few men chatting at the table next to him.

"Have you bought food at home? I heard the price will go up tomorrow!"

"The price is rising every day. It's all because of last year's flood. I hope there won't be any natural disasters this year."

"Will the county government be able to open its warehouses and release grain next month?"

"Who knows? Anyway, many wealthy families in the county are hoarding grain, so even the grain stores may not have any."

……

After listening to them, Ji Xiaobei was sure that what the wonton shop owner said was true and that food prices had really increased.

She secretly counted the money in her hand.

I exchanged the gold for 8 taels of silver, bought a gold hairpin for my mother, and had 7 taels left.

The total amount of silver was 13 taels. 6 taels were spent on buying the donkey cart, leaving 7 taels.

I had a total of 14 taels of silver in my hand, plus 100 coins given by Lin.

Let’s buy some food first!

Shitou walked out of the wonton restaurant, holding the wall with one hand and supporting his stomach with the other.

Ji Xiaobei took Shitou to the grain store.

There was only one clerk taking a nap in the grain store.

"Is there any more food?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

The boy saw a young woman followed by a servant and knew that this was a wealthy family coming to buy grain again.

He smiled and greeted me, "I'm so sorry, sir. Our food is all ordered in advance. If you order it today, you can only come and pick it up tomorrow."

"So popular?" Shitou asked in surprise. Aren't there always grains in the grain store?

"Young man, you are not from the county town, right? The gentlemen in the county town are all hoarding grain, and the price is rising like firecrackers!" said the young man with a pout.

Ji Xiaobei sneered, the grain store owners were really old foxes, they deliberately did not release more grain in order to stimulate the price of grain to rise.

"How much is it?" asked Shi Tou.

"Brown rice is 10 wen per pound, white rice is 15 wen per pound, dark flour is 10 wen per pound, and white flour is 20 wen per pound."

A while ago, Ji Xiaobei and Xiaoju went to the town to sell scallion pancakes. Brown rice was 8 cents a pound, and white rice was 12 cents a pound.

She wanted to go to other grain stores and was about to go out when the waiter stopped her.

"Sir, I still have some old rice from last year in my warehouse. Do you want it? 13 cents a pound!"

"No, it's too expensive!" After saying that, he walked out without hesitation. This street in the county is full of grain sales. If your store doesn't sell it, I'll go to another store.

The young man was stunned. Did she know the price of grain? He didn't want to let the deal go to waste.

"Sir, I..."

Ji Xiaobei didn't listen to him and sold the threshold.

The young man grabbed Shitou's arm, and Shitou was so scared that he struggled to break free.

He feels psychologically traumatized when someone pulls his clothes.

"Young sir, don't go, let's discuss it." The waiter said persistently.

"Old rice is 10 cents per pound. How much do you have at home?" Ji Xiaobei stopped and turned around to say.

The young man said with an embarrassed look on his face: "You've lowered the price too low."

"I haven't checked the quality of the rice yet. Maybe you'll even try to lower the price. If you want to sell it, we'll go and have a look. This street is full of people selling grain. If you don't want to sell it, don't bother us."

When the waiter heard the tone, he knew that this was a big customer, so he hurriedly said, "Please check the quality first."

I followed the boy to the backyard, where there was a shed and the whole yard was filled with grain, leaving only an aisle.

Ji Xiaobei thought: Sure enough, they are stockpiling food, perhaps they are waiting for the price to go up tomorrow.

Ji Xiaobei looked at the color of the rice, put a few grains into his mouth and chewed them, saying, "This isn't from last year, it must have been at least two or three years old."

The boy said with some embarrassment, "I'm so sorry, I made a mistake. This is last year's grain. I lied to you like a puppy."

Ji Xiaobei didn’t understand these things before. Her mother found someone to get her into a public kindergarten, and her position was not a teacher but a staff member in the logistics department.

Every time she went to buy food and vegetables, she would go with the chef.

Judging from the quality of the rice, it was given to her by the master chef. She didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Later, a teacher resigned and she was transferred to the position of assistant teacher.

Ji Xiaobei confirmed that it was last year's grain, and it was of good quality, with dry and plump rice grains.

In fact, much of the rice we eat nowadays is old rice, which does not affect its consumption, but the taste is slightly worse.

Most people really can’t tell the difference.

"Waiter, how much of this kind of rice do you have here?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, these are about 500 to 600 kilograms. They were newly arrived today. They may not be available tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll take them all!" said Ji Xiaobei.