"Thirty kilograms is enough?"

"That's about it. I can still spare 30 kilograms from my own home."

Hearing this number, Li Xu smacked his lips. "It's been half a month. Your family hasn't been eating whole grains all the time, right?"

There are only four people in the Fu family. The total amount of fine grain they received last month was only more than 30 kilograms. Now it is mid-November, and they can still take out 30 kilograms. This is really surprising.

Fu Qing drank half a glass of water in one breath, then put the glass on the cabinet beside him and explained helplessly, "We ate some fine grains at home, but we didn't dare eat too much because we were afraid of such an unexpected situation."

Li Xu understood that the unexpected situation he was talking about was the distribution of grain in the countryside.

In previous years, grain distribution was mostly in the first half of November. Of course, there were exceptions, when there were complicated things happening in the countryside.

This year, there are more things to do. Not only do I have to worry about the winter feed for the pigs, but I also have to be busy making money to distribute to the villagers so that everyone can have a good new year.

Therefore, the grain distribution time in the countryside was delayed this year.

No one knows when it will be postponed. Maybe it will be distributed tomorrow, or maybe it will be distributed at the end of this month.

Thinking of this, Li Xu said, "How about this, I'll see if I can get you 40 kilograms of fine grain, and you can keep the rest for your family to eat."

He knew that the Fu family must have prepared for the worst and had reserved enough food to last until the end of the month.

It's just that I have to starve like before.

However, I had basically squandered all my savings on buying medicinal materials for herbal baths, so I just needed to take this opportunity to make some money.

This not only helps good brothers, but also repays some bicycle debts, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Fu Qing understood that he was worried about his family's food supply. Although he was grateful in his heart, a puzzled expression appeared on his face. "How could you get so much?"

"It shouldn't be a problem. Country people generally don't want to eat fine grains. I heard from my uncle before that many people there have some stored as life-saving food, but the quantity is very small. Now that the grain is about to be distributed, as long as the price is right, I think they should sell it. It's just that I have to go from house to house, which is more troublesome."

What he said is the actual situation. Many country people do keep some life-saving food, and rely on it to survive when they really can't hold on.

Fu Qing had also heard about this, so he showed an embarrassed expression and said, "This is too much trouble for you."

Li Xu looked at him with amusement, "Didn't you say I'm closer to you than your eldest brother? Today is your big day, so it's only natural for me to run errands for you. When I get married, it will be your turn to run errands for me."

At this point, Fu Qing had no way to refuse and could only pat his chest and promise, "Don't worry, when you get married, I will take two days off in advance to help you."

"You said it, if you can't do it, I'll beat you up."

"No problem." Fu Qing agreed immediately, then asked, "Do you think two yuan per pound of rice is appropriate?"

Li Xu: ...

"Are you crazy, kid?"

"No, I'm not crazy. When my dad went to the market to look for food, he heard that many people in the countryside were worried about the drought next year, so they planned to keep some of the food they received as a precaution. This way, there won't be too much food on the market, so the price of food this year will definitely not be very low."

The droughts in recent years are indeed frightening.

Not to mention the people in the countryside, even many people in the city are worried that this situation will happen again, so they started to plan food storage last month.

Some people also went to the market to buy a lot of fish, planning to make them into dried salted fish and keep them for storage.

Li Xu knew all this, but he felt that the price of two dollars was still too high.

If this price was given by someone else, he would definitely agree without hesitation.

But this is paid off.

What's more, he wanted to pay off his debts, not make dirty money.

How could he not know whether there will be a drought next year?

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Your price is too high. I asked my uncle before, and he said 80 cents per pound is about right."

If Fu Qing sets the price too high, it will be difficult for him to lower the price too much.

Besides, it will take at least two years for the price of fine grain to return to the previous price of 40 cents per pound.

Let's just calculate it at 80 cents, which is not low.

But Fu Qing felt that he wanted to pay for it himself and refused to agree no matter what.

So the two of them argued for a long time, and finally agreed to pay the full amount after Li Xu guaranteed that he would not pay in advance.

Then Li Xu drank the tea in the cup in one breath, followed Fu Qing to get money from Aunt Fu, and rode his bike to Sunjiatan.

He had to perform the whole act, and he also had to give some instructions to his grandmother's family.

When I arrived at the Sun family, I pushed the door open and walked into the yard, and found that Old Mrs. Sun was sitting in front of the main hall door, happily teasing a few children.

I didn't even notice he came in.

Seeing this, Li Xu closed the door with his backhand and greeted with a smile on his face, "Grandma, you seem to be in a good mood today."

Hearing the familiar voice, Old Lady Sun couldn't help but look over. When she saw the person coming, she smiled even more happily, "Xiao Xu, how come you have time to come here?"

Li Xu walked up to her and told her the purpose of his visit. After listening, Old Lady Sun said without hesitation, "It's simple. Your great uncle is taking everyone fishing in the river. Go over and tell him about this matter, and he will make the arrangements."

She was talking about the captain of Sunjiatan. According to seniority, Li Xu should indeed call him uncle.

Hearing that everyone was fishing, Li Xu knew that they would not be able to finish it for a while, so he said to his cousins, "Go inside and bring me a stool."

Upon hearing this, several children quickly ran into the house. In the end, the little girl from my second uncle's family took the lead, "Brother Xiaoxu, please sit down."

The little girl was wearing straw sandals, her clothes were a little too big for her, and she was missing a front tooth, which made her smile quite funny.

Li Xu took the stool and touched her little head, thinking that if her little face was rounder, she would be even cuter. Then he took out some candies from his pocket and handed them to her, saying softly, "Give them some to the group."

Several children grinned and thanked him, then took the candies and walked aside to share them one by one.

In the end, there were still two left, and everyone unanimously decided that they should all belong to the little girl.

Seeing this scene, Li Xu couldn't help but nodded, thinking that these children were well educated.

Then he turned his head and asked, "Grandma, have you eaten the milk powder?"

A few days ago, because I was on a business trip, I gave the milk powder to Sun Xiu and asked her to deliver it over.

Later, Sun Xiu said that she and her uncle Sun had to persuade the old lady for a long time before she agreed to keep some for herself.

But even after hearing this, Li Xu didn't dare to believe it completely.

Now that I'm here, of course I have to ask.