Chapter 205 Stocking up on food for the winter

Mrs. Cao wanted to scold Lei Erfu, but this was what she originally said to Lei Erfu. Even the latter sentence was what she said when she went to Lei Lao Da to complain that the two brothers did not know how to be grateful.

She looked at Liu Cuihua again, wanting her to take care of her disrespectful child!

Liu Cuihua, who had always been obedient, refused to accept her hint this time and just tried to hold back her laughter.

She was so angry that she felt like her chest was about to explode and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

This group of Lei family members must have been led astray by Shen Qing and the others. Although they were poor, at least they were honest and simple. Now even this advantage is gone.

They were useless as they followed a group of farmers.

Thinking of this, she took a deep breath and said calmly, "Here we are, the earliest it will snow is October, but it's better to be prepared with food, so the sooner the better, and the more the better.

Look, we're here to buy food today. Hey, have you bought any food yet? Don't blame me for not reminding you. There are many more disaster victims in Jincheng this year, so food prices are bound to go up!

But if you don't have enough money, I can lend you some first. Since we're neighbors, I won't charge you any usury."

Cao Qingzhu added, "We've always eaten rice and white flour. Grandma said these two things are good for nourishing people. If you could eat them for a long time, you would know that refined grains are far inferior to coarse grains."

Shen Qing: ....What are you pretending for! If she didn't know that a good combination of thick and thin is best for the stomach and the body, she would have been fooled by him.

However, she opened the hemp rope tied to the sack in the carriage, picked up a handful of white rice grains, and asked, "Is this what you are talking about?

It's so good! How come I didn't notice it when I ate it every day? I also occasionally have some millet and red date porridge, mung bean porridge, and corn porridge to change things up.

But it’s okay, there are 500 kilograms of it in here for Cuihua and the others, just in time for them to eat it and talk about it later.”

Mrs. Cao saw that the rice grains in Shen Qing's hand were round and plump, obviously high-quality rice, not inferior broken rice.

She squinted her eyes and looked at the Lei family members whose linen clothes were full of patches. She couldn't even buy the best rice as she pleased, so how could the Lei family buy 500 kilograms!

"You should consider the person when bragging. We are old acquaintances, how could you not know their details?

How could the Lei family be willing to buy 500 kilograms of high-quality rice! "

"Of course I didn't buy it. I exchanged it for honey. Oh, yes, it's the honey I gave you every year." Liu Cuihua was deeply grateful that she didn't stop her son just now, because now she is also a hermaphrodite.

Mrs. Cao was furious.

No wonder she hasn’t received any honey yet this year!

Although honey is not as expensive as brown sugar, and cannot be compared with white sugar, when your throat is dry and uncomfortable in autumn and winter, a cup of it will refresh your heart and lungs. I didn’t think it was so good when I received it in the past, but after not having it this year, I have been thinking about it all the time.

She looked at Liu Cuihua, knowing that they wouldn't be giving it away for free this year, so she changed her tone and said, "I remember you used to sell it for fifty cents a pound. How about this? I'll buy three pounds."

One hundred and fifty cents was a huge profit, so Liu Cuihua couldn't possibly not sell it.

Liu Cuihua felt that her previously bent back had finally straightened up. "It's gone. Shen Qingquan bought it. It's these fine grains. Tell me who you're selling it to?"

And now she has another business, she decided to give all the honey except the one she drinks herself to Shen Qing from next year!

Compared with the income from selling astragalus, what is the little money from honey?

At this moment, Mrs. Cao finally realized that the two families had not lied to her!

She was surprised because I didn't lie to her.

Shen Qing exchanged the best grain for honey?

Before she could ask again, she saw Shen Qing turned around and urged: "Let's go, leave early and arrive early, our families are still waiting for us to go home."

Lei Sigui responded loudly, "Great, Auntie! Wouldn't our family be delighted to see all these gifts? Our early arrival will also make them happy sooner!"

Several cars set off in unison. The group didn't even glance at the Cao family. They said what they wanted to say and left quickly.

Mrs. Cao didn't say anything, especially because she felt that she had been at a disadvantage just now!

Arguing is not the most annoying thing, the most annoying thing is not performing well!

She just felt a fire burning in her heart, and was extremely uncomfortable...

On the return journey, all members of the Lei family, especially Lei Erfu, felt relieved after finally letting out the anger in their hearts.

“Comfortable!”

It was all thanks to Aunt Shen Qing that he was able to relieve the frustration that had been pent up in his heart for years!

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This time we went early and saved time by buying things separately, so it was slightly dark when we arrived at the village.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain where the Lei family was going up the mountain, they first moved their things out of the car. After Shen Qing repeatedly insisted that they hurry up and move their things up the mountain, and explained that they just needed to tie the donkey's reins to the car, the Lei family began to carry their things up the mountain.

Although there are many people from the Lei family this time, they also have a lot of things.

Five hundred kilograms of grain, fifteen pieces of cloth, dozens of kilograms of oil and miscellaneous items definitely cannot be moved in one trip.

Liu Cuihua stayed behind to watch over the situation, and while the men were carrying things up, they called others to come down to help.

Lei Erfu, Lei Sigui, Lei Daming and others arrived home carrying food and cloth. Even though it was dark, a group of eagerly waiting family members rushed out to watch them.

"Second brother, how come there are two pieces of cloth? Mother was really generous this time and bought two pieces directly!"

"Sigui, why are you holding the cloth too?"

"There's actually rice in this sack!"

"Mother used to buy by the meter, fearing she would waste money if she bought too much. Hey, where's mother?"

.....

"It's more than two pieces of cloth! Each family has five pieces of cloth! Two of them are old cotton cloth. We can't move them all in one trip. Mother is watching at the foot of the mountain to prevent hedgehogs from biting them.

Come on, let’s go down and move it together.”

"Not only cloth and rice, but also flour and oil! This year is really going to be a bumper harvest."

"This harvest is even better than a bumper year. Did they sell all the astragalus?"

"Need I say more? When did our mother become so generous? And if the sales weren't good, she would buy five bolts of cloth for Auntie Two and Auntie Three at once?"

The entire Lei family went out to help. The men were eager to go and walked briskly down the mountain to help move things. The girls followed with torches in hand, just to see the belongings they had bought today as soon as possible.

With cloth, I no longer have to worry about what to wear in spring, summer and autumn, and I won’t feel cramped when I take off my cloak in winter.

There are another 500 kilograms of food, and each of the three families can get 167 kilograms, which can be added to the two meals a day to make their stomachs fuller.

There are still several hundred kilograms of astragalus at home. They will work harder tomorrow to dig it. After selling the silver, maybe mother will be willing to buy a few hundred kilograms of corn and millet. In that case, it is not impossible to have a full meal every day...

Shen Qing stopped before crossing the bridge and first added 400 kilograms of rice and 500 kilograms of flour into the double donkey cart he was driving.

Then add dozens or hundreds of pounds of soybeans and mung beans to the bags of soybeans and mung beans that you bought earlier.

After making sure that no one was left out, she turned around and got on the first car and headed home in the dim light.