Xiao Yunqi gave Shen Qingyu another three hundred taels of silver, saying it was to buy her soybeans and various tools.
Shen Qingyu didn't mince words: "Just consider it as something you gave to the children."
The next day, Shen Qingyu went to town to order wooden buckets. As soon as she arrived at the grain and oil shop, she heard a customer cursing, "Coarse grain flour costs ten coins a pound! How can anyone live like this?"
One pound of refined grain can be exchanged for two pounds of coarse grain, and mixed grain flour is now ten coins a pound?
Once inside the shop, I spoke with the shopkeeper and learned that everything had gone up in price.
"The planting season is almost over, and it hasn't rained yet. It's normal for grain prices to rise! If it doesn't rain soon, prices will rise even more. We might not even be able to sell any!"
That's the truth.
So now coarse grains cost ten coins per pound, and refined grains cost twenty coins per pound.
It has doubled compared to before!
Shen Qingyu frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and decided to go directly to the prefectural city.
The donkey cart sped along, and an hour later, Shen Qingyu entered the prefectural city covered in dust and dirt.
The donkey cart was bumping along, and the road was covered in dust.
This is a job that's not fit for a human being.
The city gate guards had seen plenty of disheveled women before, so they took two coins and let her into the city.
A wide cobblestone street, shops overflowing with goods, and a much more neatly dressed crowd of people coming and going...
As Shen Qingyu watched, she remarked: "The spending power of the capital city is still the strongest."
Asking for directions along the way, Shen Qingyu found the largest grain and oil shop in the prefectural city.
The idle workers inside saw Shen Qingyu standing by the donkey cart looking disheveled and thought there was no profit to be made, so they nudged the dark-skinned, thin apprentice next to them: "Bajin, you go and greet her."
Bajin, who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, was overjoyed at the opportunity to receive guests and immediately came up to greet Shen Qingyu: "Has this lady come from afar? What would you like to buy?"
Shen Qingyu went straight to the coarse grains section: "How much are these coarse grains?"
The coarse grains in the prefectural city were indeed cheaper than those in Hengshui town, costing only eight coins per pound.
Shen Qingyu said directly, "I want two hundred taels of silver worth of coarse grains."
Ba Jin thought he had misheard, so he picked at his ear and asked with a smile, "Would you like to say it again?"
Shen Qingyu knew he didn't believe her, so she said the explanation she had prepared beforehand: "Our village has a lot of people, and many people came to buy things. They went to buy other things and asked me to buy this. Could you help us deliver it out of the city?"
"Please wait a moment." Ba Jin turned around and went to find the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was quite surprised to hear that a woman wanted to buy so much coarse grain, but he finally believed her after Shen Qingyu took out the silver notes.
If there's money to be made, what's a little delivery outside the city?
"No problem," the shopkeeper agreed and then ordered someone to load the goods.
Coarse grains that cost eight copper coins a pound could be bought for over a hundred pounds with one tael of silver, or two hundred taels of silver...
More than 20,000 jin of coarse grains!
Soybeans have also gone up in price, now costing 25 coins per pound.
Shen Qingyu bought another 1,600 catties of soybeans, spending forty taels of silver.
A line of horse-drawn carriages loaded with sacks of coarse grain followed Shen Qingyu to the edge of the woods outside the city.
Shen Qingyu pointed to the terrain she had found: "Just unload it here for me, they'll all be here soon."
After unloading the coarse grains and leaving the carriage, Shen Qingyu waited until no one was around before quickly storing the grains in her spatial storage.
I bought a lot of grain in town last time, and I bought just as much this time. I don't think I can store it all.
I was careless.
Shen Qingyu placed the wooden bucket on the donkey cart to make room for grain.
The warehouse was already full before we even finished loading everything.
"Warehouse storage capacity is 100%, marking the first time 100% storage capacity has been achieved. Space upgrades are underway..."
As the electronic notification sounded, Shen Qingyu was kicked out of the space once again.
Hehehe!
I wonder what new changes this upgrade will bring?
Filled with anticipation, Shen Qingyu drove the donkey cart home.
I don't know if it was because of drinking the spring water, but the skinny donkey was much stronger and pulled the cart this far without breaking down.
It took a long trip to the prefectural city, and by the time we got to the town, it was almost dark.
I still have half an hour before I get home!
Shen Qingyu was a little anxious and urged the skinny donkey to hurry up.
Just outside Hengshui Town, the sound of hooves approached from behind; riders on horseback were coming.
Shen Qingyu was about to make way when she heard a familiar voice: "Where have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere! The children are so worried..."
It is Xiao Yunqi.
Xiao Yunqi was furious, but when he saw Shen Qingyu's disheveled appearance, he was stunned for a moment: "What happened to you?"
Shen Qingyu blinked: If she wasn't mistaken, he was worried about her?
"I went to the prefectural city."
No wonder the children were worried because I didn't tell them beforehand.
"What are you doing in the prefectural city?" Xiao Yunqi had just learned of Shen Qingyu's whereabouts from his subordinates. If Shen Qingyu hadn't just returned and been seen by his subordinates, he would have gone directly to the prefectural city!
"Grain is too expensive in town, so I went to the prefectural city to buy some."
Shen Qingyu pointed to the large wooden barrel on the donkey cart: "They're all inside."
"It's two coins cheaper per pound than in town!"
It's two coins cheaper per pound!
It's only two taels of silver cheaper for a thousand catties...
"..." The nouveau riche Xiao Yunqi was so angry that he was speechless.
I want to swear.
But the woman had an innocent, smiling face, her hair and face covered in ash, and he couldn't bring himself to curse her.
Ultimately, it's because I haven't given her enough money over the years. She's been raising three children alone, and life has been too hard for her.
All the words I wanted to say ultimately boiled down to a sigh: "Let's go home."
With the two of them together, Shen Qingyu was no longer afraid and finally returned to the village entrance as dusk fell.
From afar, I could see a large crowd gathered in front of my house.
What happened?
Shen Qingyu's heart tightened, and she quickly sped up.
"Qingyu is back!"
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