Chapter 251 The Sky Has Collapsed for the Sisters-in-Laws
Xia Xiaolan looked at Du Juan with her sparkling eyes. She was usually quiet and rarely got so excited.
Du Juan smiled gently, like a caring older sister, and said softly, "I'm from Shanghai, too."
Chu Yue was surprised. She knew that Du Juan was an educated youth who went to the countryside from the city, and she thought it was a small town in the south. She didn't expect that she was actually a girl from Shanghai.
Song Dashun was so lucky to marry such a good wife.
When the other sisters-in-law heard that Du Juan was from Shanghai, they opened their mouths in surprise and were shocked.
Li Dahua blurted out, "Since you are from Shanghai, why did you marry such a peasant?"
Afterwards, she was glared at fiercely by Song Dashun's angry eyes.
Du Juan didn't care. Since she chose to marry Song Dashun, she accepted everything and would not regret it.
She and Xia Xiaolan were from the same hometown, so she naturally felt close to her. She said to Xia Xiaolan, "I did all this to try it out..."
"How much do you sell the mugwort glutinous rice cake for?" Xia Xiaolan asked at the same time.
Du Juan immediately panicked. On the one hand, she made these mugwort glutinous rice cakes to give to Chu Yue to taste as a token of her appreciation; on the other hand, she also wanted to give it a try, not knowing if she could sell them and make money.
I didn’t expect to meet my first customer so soon.
Seeing Du Juan was unprepared and panicked, not knowing what to say, Chu Yue immediately walked over and greeted her, "Shanghai specialty, 50 cents a pound."
When Li Dahua heard the price, she immediately started yelling, "50 cents a pound? Eggs are only 50 cents a pound, and this is just made with wild vegetables and glutinous rice flour. You're selling it for the same price as eggs! Are you crazy?"
Chu Yue looked at Li Dahua with disdain and snorted.
"Sister Li, you don't understand. Mugwort and glutinous rice flour are worthless, but look at these pine flowers—"
Chu Yue picked up the mugwort glutinous rice cake and placed it in front of her sisters-in-law, asking them to open their eyes and see it clearly.
It is light yellow, thin, and has a light and elegant fragrance, which is very special.
Chu Yue pointed at the pine flowers and said, "Don't they look like gold? As the saying goes, an ounce of pine flowers is worth an ounce of gold. These pine flowers require climbing over 30 meters up a pine tree, risking one's life to pick them. They are extremely precious. Eating the pine flowers is like eating gold. How can they be cheap?"
Chu Yue spoke in a serious and confident manner, leaving her sisters-in-law stunned and dumbfounded.
Xia Xiaolan happened to be there as a supporting actor.
Xia Xiaolan nodded vigorously, her face serious. "Yes, yes, Sister Yue is right. When I was little, I loved eating pine flowers the most. My mother always put them on the highest shelf to prevent me from sneaking in and eating them because they were so expensive."
Xia Xiaolan's sisters-in-law all knew her family background. To put it bluntly, she was a capitalist. She was a capitalist lady, so she had money to drink coffee and eat cake.
Now that she is married to a soldier, her sisters-in-law complain about her behind her back but dare not say it to her face.
Even Xia Xiaolan said it was expensive, which shows how terrible the price is.
One sister-in-law nodded and said in agreement, "That's really the saying 'one ounce of pine flowers is worth one ounce of gold'. Selling it at fifty cents a pound makes sense."
"Sister Dujuan, I want to buy some mugwort glutinous rice cakes. Please give me two dollars." Xia Xiaolan had already spoken to Dujuan.
Two yuan, which is four pounds.
Du Juan just made something to try out, and surprisingly, she sold it for two dollars easily. It was as valuable as eggs. She was so nervous that she dared not breathe too loudly, and her whole body froze.
Chu Yue smiled and reminded her, "Dujuan, Xiaolan wants 2 yuan worth of mugwort glutinous rice cakes."
"...Okay, okay, I'll do it right away."
Dujuan hurriedly came to his senses and took out two yuan's worth of glutinous rice cakes from a pile of mugwort glutinous rice cakes. However, because he didn't bring a scale, he just relied on the feel of his hands and gave out a full five pounds.
Xia Xiaolan readily gave two dollars and happily hugged a pile of fragrant mugwort glutinous rice cakes.
After Du Juan took the two dollars, she looked up and exchanged glances with Song Dashun, both of them looking equally happy.
Seeing Xia Xiaolan buy so much at once, Chen Fengying was very curious. "Is this thing really so delicious? It's worth gold and silver. I want to buy some too. Just give me one pound."
She took out fifty cents and handed it to Dujuan.
"Okay, I'll give it to you right away." Dujuan immediately wiped her hands, carefully wrapped the mugwort glutinous rice cake and handed it over.
Chen Fengying held the mugwort glutinous rice cake and took a deep breath. It was true that pine flowers were fragrant, as fragrant as gold.
Xia Xiaolan and Chen Fengying both bought things, in other words, "helping the backward and needy people." Chu Yue turned to look at Li Dahahua and others.
"Sisters-in-law, have you made your choice? What do you want to buy? Feel free to tell me."
The sisters-in-law looked at each other, hesitating and no one was willing to stand up, because most of the things were mountain products, such as wild vegetables and mushrooms. If they wanted to eat them, they could go to the mountains to dig them. Why spend money on this?
As for the mugwort glutinous rice cake, it’s only fifty cents... Wouldn’t it be better to eat eggs with that money?
“You buy…” “You buy first…” “Let me see what you buy and then I’ll decide…”
They were detained in the yard by Chu Yue and couldn't leave. At this time, as they were pushing and shoving, Chu Yue's eyes suddenly lit up.
She shouted loudly, "Sister Song!"
Song Hongmei's house is next to Chu Yue's. She came back temporarily to get something. At first, she didn't notice the movement in the yard next door. She only walked in after Chu Yue called her.
Song Hongmei saw a lot of people and asked, "Ayue, why are there so many people at your house? Dashun and Dujuan are here too?"
"Sister Song, Song Dashun and Du Juan are here to deliver some mountain products. The sisters-in-law came to chat with me and happened to run into me. The sisters-in-law knew the situation in the village was not good, so they offered to help the poor and rushed to buy things from them." Chu Yue smiled and looked up at Li Dahua and the others. "Sisters-in-law, don't you agree?"
With Song Hongmei present, the sisters-in-law dared not say no and could only give fake smiles and nod continuously.
If Song Hongmei were to settle the score, the incident in which Fang Xiuli fainted from anger would be enough for them to receive ideological education and criticism, and they would not be able to raise their heads in front of Song Hongmei for a long time.
They have to work hard to change their image.
Li Dahua was the first to rebel. She had been frantically shirking responsibility just now, but now she was the first to stand up and said to Du Juan, "I want that mugwort glutinous rice cake, too. I want... one piece! Give me one dollar."
Chu Yue said, "Sister Li, I see you're buying the same thing as Xiaolan, two yuan. You have three children, and one yuan isn't enough for them. Xia Xiaolan bought two yuan each."
Li Dahua looked at the cautious Chu Yue, then at the majestic Song Hongmei, and said through gritted teeth, "Two dollars is two dollars."
Song Hongmei's mind was as clear as a mirror. She knew what was going on as soon as she saw Li Dahua's expression.
But she favors Chu Yue and is willing to act with Chu Yue.
Song Hongmei said with a little surprise, "Do you have mugwort glutinous rice cakes? They're rare. I haven't had them in years. I'll give them two yuan too."
As soon as she said this, the sisters-in-law were devastated.
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