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

After Lijia Village had another bumper harvest, a large amount of grain was sold to Chengdu. High-yield rice was also planted all around Chengdu, and without exception, all of them had bumper harvests. The price of rice in Chengdu fell all the way to three cents per catty, almost reaching two cents per catty.

This was even when merchants were rushing to transport grain elsewhere for sale and the government was selecting high-quality rice to make rice seeds and shipping them to various prefectures in the south.

Fortunately, the government needed a lot of grain seeds and bought a lot of rice. Chengdu had convenient transportation and many merchants, so the price of rice rose slightly and finally settled at four cents per catty.

Yun Xi harvested 100,000 kilograms of rice and 12,000 kilograms of cotton this year.

Yun Xi said to the children leisurely, "The price of cotton is going to drop this year."

Li Chunsheng: "This year, the whole village has 70 mu of cotton planted. If one mu of land yields 2,000 kilograms, we can harvest 140,000 kilograms of cotton. A price drop is inevitable."

Li Meizi had a different opinion. "Mom, if we don't put our cotton on the market and sell it directly to merchants heading north, won't the price drop so much?"

"Your idea is good. The court previously bought me 1,000 kilograms of high-yield cotton seeds, which can produce about 250,000 kilograms of cotton. Adding our own cotton, nearly 400,000 kilograms of cotton is a drop in the bucket in the huge market in the north. The price won't drop much. But if all of it is put into Chengdu, the price will definitely drop significantly."

When news of last year's cold winter came out, people in Chengdu and nearby villages bought cold-weather supplies, so the desire to buy this year will not be too strong.

"Chunsheng, you should talk to the clan leader about this matter, and contact the merchants when you go to Rongcheng to sell grain." Yun Xi looked at Li Chunsheng.

Li Chunsheng was nervous for a moment, then nodded immediately, "Mom, I will explain everything clearly."

This time, we need to sell 90,000 kilograms of grain, leaving 10,000 kilograms for food and to deal with emergencies. Yunxi's family has nine animals pulling carts. Oxen can pull more, while donkeys and horses can pull less. Together, they can pull about 9,000 kilograms of grain. Selling all of it will require ten trips!!!

The fastest trip takes ten days, and ten trips take a hundred days?

This is not the way to do things!

There is a real shortage of both people and animals. It’s a happy worry.

It is more convenient to find a businessman to do it.

Yun Xi started to make a plan.

The next day, the tribesmen set out with food. Some families even used ox carts to carry more than 2,000 kilograms of food. Other strong laborers pushed carts piled with food and set off in a mighty procession towards Chengdu.

After arriving, Yun Xi walked directly to the south of the city. The south city wharf was crowded with people, and large and small merchant ships were parked on the river. Yun Xi set her eyes on the largest one. If this ship sailed to the wharf outside Yuan'an County, three ships could transport all the food of the tribe, and four ships could also transport the cotton.

According to the rules, the tribe's convoy parked in an open area outside the dock. Yun Xi brought Mei Zichunsheng and the tribe's patriarchs Li Daniu and Li Erniu to the dock to find merchants. The first time, they went straight to the largest merchant ship and were stopped on the ship.

"Madam, what's the matter?"

The man who stopped her had a shrill voice. Yun Xi didn't think much of it and said, "Hey, young man, is this a merchant ship? Are you harvesting rice? Our village has a bumper harvest this year!"

"Merchant ship?"

Zhang Bao was stunned. How could this woman tell that his master's ship was such a luxurious one, and it was a merchant ship?

Just as he was about to refuse, a middle-aged woman came down from the boat and whispered something in Zhang Bao's ear. Zhang Bao immediately changed his attitude and became enthusiastic. "Yes, we do need food. How much do you have? Do you have anything else?"

"A lot, a lot. A ship as big as yours would need four to be full. By the way, how much is the price?"

The noise was so deafening that Yun Xi could only shout, and so did Zhang Bao.

"Four cents a pound."

"make a deal!"

After selling the food they had brought, Yun Xi asked Chief Li to follow the other party all the way north to the dock near An County, and she would lead the team back as soon as possible.

Four days later, the group returned home exhausted and found that Patriarch Li had treated the merchants very well.

Yun Xi and others, who had worked hard along the way, quickly pulled out the food and prepared to sell it.

The wharf is ten miles west of An County and twenty miles east of Lijia Village. It takes less than half a day for a ox cart to go back and forth, which is much more convenient.

Zhang Bao brought more than fifty people to the dock to weigh and calculate the money. After two days of hard work, all the grain was stored in the warehouse. He then said to Yun Xi, "Mrs. Yun, I heard that your village has a lot of cotton. I can offer you 200 coins per pound. Will you sell it?"

"This is a bit lower than I expected." Yun Xi hesitated. She expected cotton to sell for about 250 wen per catty.

Zhang Bao advised her, "Mrs. Yun, it would be time-consuming and laborious for you to go to Rongcheng to sell it, and you might not even get a high price. It would be much more convenient for you to sell it to us."

This does make sense. Yun Xi looked at Clan Leader Li. Clan Leader Li discussed with the clan members and finally sold everything to Zhang Bao, which was another busy time.

Yun Xi received 360 taels of silver and 2,400 taels of silver from selling grain, and other families received about the same amount of money.

The family that received the most land was Li Siniu. Li Siniu and his wife had seven sons and one daughter. Before the land was divided, five of their sons were married, and the fifteen people in their family received a total of 300 acres of land. His family also opened up more than ten acres of dry land and planted eight acres of cotton, so naturally they sold the most.

Last year, the sixth and seventh daughters got married, but Li Xiaomei, who is only one month away from getting married, has not yet started a family. In addition, the first five daughters-in-law all gave birth to one child last year, and now all seven daughters-in-law are pregnant.

There are a total of twenty-two people, but with so many people, there are also many conflicts. As soon as they returned to the village, Li Si Niu's family started to split up.

Madam Wang boiled a lot of hot water. After taking a bath, Yun Xi found that she had her period. Oh my god, it hadn't come for several years. It would be better if she didn't have her period at all.

After taking a bath, White Snake gossiped, "Madam, the Li Si Niu family is splitting up the family?"

"Really? Go check it out!"

Yun Xi casually tied her wet hair up and ran out to Li Siniu's house. Li Siniu's house was actually next to hers, but the house in the middle was uninhabited. She arrived there quickly.

There were many clansmen gathered at the door of Li Siniu's house. The clan leader had been invited in. Yun Xi looked out, wanting to get first-hand information.

Yu Qianer saw her gossiping and asked, "Third sister-in-law, do you know what's going on?"

"I don't know, sister-in-law, do you know?"

"Of course! It's said that the fourth daughter's family favors the youngest son too much. Transporting grain these past two days has been very tiring, but the youngest son has been lazy at home, causing a commotion among the other daughters-in-law," Yu Qian'er grumbled softly. "Having so many children and not being able to treat them equally is the root cause of family troubles. In my family, I treat all my children equally."

"Mom, the clan leader asked each household to go and discuss the division of the family."

At this time, Li Chunsheng came.

Yun Xi nodded, "Okay, then I'll go in and take a look."

Yu Qianer whispered, "Sister-in-law, tell me the details when you finish reading it."

Yun Xi didn't answer. She pushed through the crowd and walked into Li Siniu's house. The layout of the house was the same as her own, except that it was more crowded.

There are fifteen households in the clan, and each household sends a representative, so fifteen people sit in the main hall to watch the clan leader preside over the division of the family property.