Men, listen, grab the top of the mountain and stand in the center position

Until the general actually arrived in person, and the soldiers rushed to harvest. Within a few days, not even the rice stalks were left. I also heard that the price of grain had been falling all the way, from 550 wen to 200, to 170, to 80, and even to 60 at one point. Now it is stable at 120 wen per dou...

The old farmer felt like everyone else was dreaming. News was flying everywhere, but it changed before it reached his ears. He vaguely knew that the food supply was finally stable. Their rice was not sold at a sky-high price, but it was much better than in previous years.

"Don't calculate based on this year's highest price. We can't earn that much, and that kind of dirty money isn't easy to earn. If we double the price of previous years, 175 wen per mu is not bad."

Tietou Er and Si San nodded. Everyone thought about it and realized that if they ate frugally, they would have enough food for almost two months and could still earn a considerable amount of money.

Seeing Qin Wu coming, Wangshu continued, "We'll pay everyone according to the number of acres we have. The settlement will be made on the spot. The Second Young Master will be the witness. Please sign and seal. The braised pork and pickled cabbage are half a cent cheaper than in the city. If you need them, please feel free to buy them. We do business with integrity."

Wangshu and Li Shou were on the right side preparing to distribute money, while two people on the left were setting up stalls to sell goods and collect money, with one selling meat and the other selling vegetables, with a clear division of labor.

The money was poured from her left hand to her right hand on the spot. Ji Wu sighed to the sky, no wonder she became rich!

In the end, all the braised meat was sold out, and there were three pieces of crispy pork belly and one pickled vegetable left.

"Second Young Master, just pick the two you like!"

Ji Wu was rude to her, having earned his father's reward of ten taels of gold! He asked for a piece of meat and a vegetable. This amount of crispy pork belly braised with pickled cabbage would cost ten coins in a restaurant!

There were two pieces of meat left, which Wangshu gave as rewards to her squad leader Si San and the old farmer who was the tenant of her own field.

She received money and could buy meat or vegetables, which was like the Chinese New Year. Si San, Tie Tou Er and several other tenants wanted to invite her to their homes for dinner, but Wangshu refused one by one.

"Next year, will you come and control our grain farming like this again?"

No, no, it’s not easy to be a contractor.

……

"Second Master, when the grain transporters come back, I'll have Qin Xiuyuan invite you to his house for a simple meal."

On the way back, Wangshu invited the second young master who was riding a horse leisurely on the side.

Qin Wu's heart stirred, and he remembered something, and asked, "Just him and me? Why go to his house?"

...Could it be possible to go to your own home?

Wangshu: "My mother is not feeling well right now."

Ji Wusong breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll bring two friends with me then!"

"Great!" After interacting with him for more than two months, I learned that he has a drinking squad, who is a good meat eater and an avid drinker!

Qin Wu, who couldn't even get close to a female mosquito, couldn't help but ask, "You're a girl, and you're calling your fiancé by his name..."

"When the granaries are full, people know etiquette. We don't have much money, so why should we care about it?"

You're not even full, and you're still talking about that unnecessary stuff!

...He has little education. What does that mean? Are poor people not particular?

"People will talk about you behind your back..."

Wangshu leaned against the small window, his pale face and pale lips, and said sarcastically: "Who are they? Are they the king of heaven? I listen to them, but what benefits do they give me? Gold? Silver? Nothing at all. Then I listen to myself. If you have the courage, then argue right and wrong in front of me. If you don't have the courage, I don't care about them. I am a good citizen, that's enough."

Just as we reached the intersection, we waved, "Goodbye."

Qin Wu watched the people turn into the alley, and suddenly thought of his drinking team. He picked up the meat and swaggered to the tavern.

Yes, just drink when you need to, I don’t care about them!

After finishing an important matter, Wangshu lay in bed for several days. Then he inspected and paid for the floor heating in the master bedroom. He completely relaxed and did nothing but keep track of the accounts.

Ji's mother had arranged for a midwife in advance. Because her legs were swollen and she was unable to move, she also lay on the soft couch in the side room and made some bellybands for the babies.

"Mom, won't embroidery hit Ji Lao Er's belly?"

It’s better to just forge the whole piece.

"The inside is smooth, and the outside is embroidered. It's a double layer of fabric."

"That will scratch Ji Laoer's claws!"

This child! Whether it’s claws or not, Ji’s mother corrected, “Little hands, or little hands.”

The mother and daughter were chatting idly when Ji's eldest and second sister-in-law and Wangyue happened to come over. Wangshu was too lazy to move, and Ji's mother was too heavy to move either, so she asked them to sit in the boudoir.

Taotao served four plates of hot millet cakes and hot tea.

Naturally, he placed a plate of rice cakes on the small stool beside Wangshu's bed, and another plate on the small stool beside Ji's mother's couch, and added some hot water for both of them.

Wangshu reached out and took the rice cake and started eating it. The rice was soaked for two hours and ground into a paste, and then added with some milk, eggs, brown sugar and oil. It was steamed and soft and sweet. It was her favorite.

"Sister-in-law, Wangyue and Wangshu are feeling unwell, and I'm also tired. I apologize for the inconvenience. Please feel free to do as you please."

Haha, when mother said that, how could Sister-in-law Ji and Sister-in-law, who were waiting for people to greet them, not be tactful and meddle in other people’s business.

This niece has no faults in any way, but she has one good thing: she has a good life, her parents love her, her fiancé is capable, and she can make money.

The sisters-in-law chatted about family matters.

The old lady ate well and slept well, but she was worried.

Brother Ji is a good person with good literary talent, but he has no job.

Everything is fine at home, except for the lack of money.

"... Life is hard... I've never experienced not having enough food to eat..."

The words were mixed up over and over again, and Ji's mother was a little embarrassed. She looked in the direction of her daughter and found that she had fallen asleep without knowing when. Her hair was disheveled, her head tilted on one shoulder, and her arms were spread out in a weird shape.

His little nose is puffing, and he usually snorts loudly with his nose turned up to the sky when he disagrees with something. But he is very well-behaved when he falls asleep, and he snores a little.

Ji's mother did not correct her daughter's sleeping position. She just covered her with the quilt and took her to the living room to continue chatting.

As luck would have it, Mrs. Li and Li Wanting were also here. Whenever the two families met, the topic of food and clothing became a constant, and it gradually became a bittersweet contest.

"...I've never suffered such hardship before! Wheat was 500 wen a bushel, and within a day of buying it, it dropped to 70 wen! Now it's only 120 wen!"

Mrs. Ji was equally aggrieved. "My husband is the same. We still have some rice at home, but he keeps saying the price has gone up dramatically, three times a day, and the grain store is out of stock. He's bluffed us women into lining up before dawn with our pocket money. The price is 480 wen a dou! That's all I have!"

The higher the price, the more people buy. The more people buy, the more outrageous the price becomes.

Now that grain prices have fallen, Ji's mother heard from her husband that most of the buyers are poor, pale and thin, with only a few copper coins to buy enough for one or two meals. Those with money have already stockpiled grain at home.

"How much did the food cost for my sister's family?"

The food prices drove the whole city crazy, and Mrs. Li asked this question with the idea of ​​sharing the hardship.

In fact, the Ji family is one of the very few families that live a peaceful life.