【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Livestock will definitely die or be eaten during natural disasters, and now they have become an extremely scarce resource.

Seeing another group of people coming to the livestock market, Yun Xi stopped hesitating and paid for the calf. After some hesitation, Patriarch Li also bought the donkey. He then went to the carpenter's shop and spent one string of coins to buy two carts with tents, one for each family. The empty carts were pulled by the calf and the donkey, as they were not very heavy.

Yu Qianer sighed, "The price of carts has not increased, but has dropped."

Yun Xi took note and went to the grocery store to start her shopping spree. Five gourd ladles, fifty sacks, five toothbrushes and tooth powder, ten towels. Brown sugar has gone up in price, one guan per jin? Two jin! Malt sugar is ten yuan. Two large iron pots, two jin of lamp oil. Is there no lamp oil left? Okay, three large earthenware pots, two sets each of spatulas, spoons, and colanders, ten porcelain bowls, twenty porcelain plates, fifty bamboo chopsticks, ten mixing spoons, twenty small earthenware pots, five rolls of cotton cloth, thirty jin of cotton, twenty rabbit furs, and ten more gray squirrel skins. Bags of various vegetable seeds, fifty jin of wheat seeds, twenty jin of corn seeds, twenty jin of peanut seeds, ten jin of red, mung, and yellow beans, and a hundred jin of rice seeds...

Yun Xi wanted whatever she saw. There was a waiter behind her who was dedicated to serving her and helping her with the selection of goods. He was almost overwhelmed. When the final bill came to twenty strings of cash, the waiter saw that the customer paid readily, so he wrapped up a handful of raw sunflower seeds and gave them to her. Yun Xi happily accepted them. Now she didn't have to buy sunflower seeds anymore.

Taking advantage.

She asked the waiter to move the things onto the cart. Turning around, she saw the tribesmen looking stunned. Yu Qianer advised, "Third sister-in-law, didn't you buy too much? Your eldest brother can cut bamboo chopsticks, so there's no need to buy more."

Yun Xi waved her hand nonchalantly, "Not much, not much, just what we need at home."

Since persuading her was fruitless, he stopped trying and just labeled Yun Xi a spendthrift woman in his mind. Yun Xi didn't know that she had acquired a new title. Seeing that others only bought seeds, cloth and cotton and nothing else, she knew what was going on. After all, other things seemed unnecessary to ordinary people, or they could make them at home, or they were flashy and impractical.

Yun Xi didn't care. It was so hard to come here, how could she not buy more? She didn't know when she would come next time, but after learning the way this time, she could come much faster next time. It would only take her five days to get there in just over three hundred miles.

The next thing to buy was the most important thing, food. Everyone pushed the carts and walked to the grain store in an orderly manner. There was already a long queue here, so they had to line up at the back. Fortunately, the people in front didn’t buy much, so it was soon their turn. Clan leader Li went up to negotiate.

Yun Xi leaned over to see how the clan leader would negotiate. He stepped forward, bowed to the man who looked like the shopkeeper, and said sincerely, "Excuse me, old man. We are from the countryside and have come here to buy food. May I ask what the current price is? Are there any discounts for buying more?"

The grain shop owner paused, returned the greeting, and explained, "Grain prices are skyrocketing these days, but the court's effective management has curbed further price increases. Currently, one dan of rice or wheat costs two strings of cash, one dan of brown rice costs one string of cash, eight hundred strings of cash, one dan of peanuts costs one string of cash, one dan of corn costs one string of cash, and one dan of soybeans costs one string of cash."

hiss!

The Li family members gasped. This price was actually lowered by the imperial court?

Patriarch Li was also puzzled and asked again, "Can I get a discount if I buy more?"

The grain shop owner shook his head regretfully, "There's no need to worry about selling grain these days."

Well, Chief Li was discouraged and asked for ten stone of corn and twenty stone of soybeans. There were seven people in his family, him, his son, his wife, three grandsons and one granddaughter. The family now had more than 1,800 kilograms of grain. If they bought another 200 kilograms of the cheapest soybeans, it should be enough to last until the next year's harvest.

Just like that, I have to spend thirty-two taels of silver. What a sin.

Because at least one person came from each household, each family bought their own food. Families with more people bought more, and those with fewer people bought less. No, Yun Xi bought quite a lot. "I want 20 stone of wheat, 1 stone of peanuts, 2 stone of corn, and 1 stone of beans."

Chief Li quickly asked, "Sanniu's wife, why did your family buy so little?"

Yun Xi grinned and said, "Food, the children may have eaten it."

Li Yanran and Li Xiaqing nodded like chicks pecking at rice, saying that they should buy more food so that they could eat their fill every day.

Well, who can’t eat it? It’s too expensive, how can we eat as much as we want?

"The honest price is forty-four taels and nine cents." The grain shop owner calculated it quickly on the abacus.

Yun Xi quickly paid, taking out a considerable amount of copper coins from the cart.

After everyone bought food, they walked around the street. Yun Xi continued to buy, twenty chicks, ten ducks, five geese, and two piglets.

Of course, the tribesmen also bought these things. Raising some poultry and livestock is necessary.

After buying things, they were ready to go back. Clan leader Li asked everyone to wait, and he took Yun Xi to the county government office to read the notice.

Yun Xi had the original owner's memories in her mind, so recognizing traditional Chinese characters was not difficult. "Chief, it's said that the imperial court will allow the disaster victims to settle down locally, and each person will be given 20 mu of land and 30 mu of mountain land. In addition, they will be given some grain seeds and one string of coins per person to encourage everyone to plant crops. There will also be a general amnesty and three years of tax exemption."

Patriarch Li was in a dilemma, "Yunxi, do you think we are disaster victims?"

"Of course it counts, but there's no one left in An County. We'll probably be moved to a place near Rongcheng." Yun Xi analyzed in a low voice, "Do you want to move?"

"Forget it. Let's not be greedy for that little subsidy. If our land is discovered to be occupied by the landlord, we can just buy it." Clan leader Li did not want to leave his hometown.

"Why don't I go in and ask around?" Yun Xi took out a handful of copper coins and looked at Patriarch Li.

Patriarch Li turned his head to look at the majestic government office and swallowed his saliva. "Do you dare to enter?"

“Have and dare not?”

I'll just do it for the rest of my life. The word "fear" has never appeared in Yun Xi's dictionary.

After saying this, he asked Patriarch Li to hold his children in his arms, and he frantically ran to the government gate and looked inside curiously. The gatekeeper shouted, "What are you doing? This is a restricted area of ​​the government office, no one is allowed in."

Yun Xi, beaming like a wolf, trotted over, slipped two copper coins into the man's pocket, and inquired, "Sir, we are disaster victims. We saw the notice over there and wanted to ask if we can still get some land?"

"Are you a disaster victim?" The bailiff looked her up and down, as if to confirm whether it was true.

"Yes."

"Then wait for me to report it."

Soon, the guard let her in. Yun Xi secretly asked the system, "There are no traps in there, right?"

System: “No.”

"Okay, then I'm relieved."

Entering the county government office, Yun Xi met the chief clerk. He had sunken eye sockets, a thin face, sallow skin, and a thin body. He wore a mustache and looked very weak. It was suspected that he had not had an easy life during the disaster.