Many families didn't own oxcarts, but seeing her with so many oxcarts loaded with grain, they all came forward to inquire.
Xiao Yunying only said that she had stockpiled the grain in advance, and made it clear that family and relatives should be given priority, as there were quite a few people in the village and she was afraid that not everyone could be supplied.
Most people understand, but a small number of people feel uncomfortable and think she's petty... but she doesn't care.
Since they couldn't buy any grain, someone asked if they could hitch a ride into the city.
Many people are going to town today to buy grain, but there are only a few oxcarts in the village, and most people can't get a ride and have to walk.
It wasn't too tiring for them, but it was too slow; they were afraid that if they arrived late, they wouldn't be able to grab any food.
"It's just a favor, nothing much," Xiao Yunying asked the head coachman if it was convenient, and after receiving a definite answer, she agreed.
After all the grain had been moved to her mother's house, Xiao Yunying had everyone in the village who wanted to go to the city get on an oxcart and go to the city together.
The two older brothers had gone to their respective wives' homes to deliver things and hadn't returned yet, so the task of distributing the grain had to be left to their father.
She explained in detail the current prices of various grains, which made the people around her who had received advance notice and come to buy grains blink in disbelief.
A middle-aged woman said, "Yun Ying, we're all relatives, you can't go against your conscience and deliberately raise grain prices to make this dirty money."
Before Xiao Yunying could speak, the village chief immediately frowned and scolded, "Ignorant woman, what nonsense are you spouting? The grain price Yunying quoted is one coin lower than the one in the city."
This is yesterday's grain price; who knows how much it will rise today? Look how few people are going to buy grain; whether they can even get any is a problem. Letting you buy here is already a favor; if you don't want to buy, fine, just make way for the land.”
He realized that his niece was truly capable and knew many powerful and influential people; listening to her was always the right thing to do.
A man next to her pulled the woman aside and said with a smile to the village chief and Xiao Yunying, "Village chief, don't be angry. My wife misspoke. Yunying, don't take it to heart. Your aunt didn't know that grain prices have risen so much recently. She didn't mean it."
The price of grain has been rising for a long time; they can find out with a little inquiry. This is undeniable.
If this snow really lasts for ten days or half a month, it will take some time for the snow to melt. If the grain stores in the city don't have much grain in stock, it will take some time to transport grain from other places.
Based on this calculation, grain prices won't come down anytime soon, and whether there will be any stored grain to sell later is also a problem.
So as soon as they heard the news, they rushed over, fearing they wouldn't be able to buy any food.
Xiao Yunying said to the onlookers, "I will not take this opportunity to make money against my conscience. This is all the food we have. You can decide for yourselves whether to buy it or not. I will not force you if you don't want to buy it. After all, I don't lack this little bit of money."
The price of grain has risen too much. Even if it's not her decision, some people will feel uncomfortable seeing her selling so much grain at a price two or three times higher than before, for various reasons.
She believed she had a clear conscience about everything she did, simply so that she could live with herself.
But that doesn't mean she's soft-hearted and easy to bully, or that she lets others vent their dissatisfaction and negative emotions on her.
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