Chapter 587 The Fat Sheep is Coming (18)
"Although Xiaole is also a boy, he is not my biological son after all, so there is a layer of distance between us."
Bi Qiaoan did not comment on this, but only asked: "Sister Qin, why are you calling?"
"Oh, I just wanted to ask you if you could help me change some milk powder."
Before Bi Qiaoan could speak, Hu Xiaoqin continued, "I know that your family exchanged milk powder with food from the guards. My family also exchanged food. Can you help ask them? Is it okay?"
Bi Qiaoan blinked and remembered what he had said to Hu Xiaoqin in the hospital.
Then he looked at Shen Yanming and thought, "Is this backlash? Should I be responsible for what I said and did?"
Shen Yanming smiled, touched her head and silently comforted her: "It's okay!"
Bi Qiao calmed down and said, "Sister Qin, you've been pregnant for several months, and you're in a hurry to prepare milk powder! Also, if you have enough milk, you don't need milk powder!"
"I know, but I am worried! You don't know that my fellow villagers have nothing to eat now and are clamoring for food from the Imperial Capital to help them.
I am lucky. I married Xie Guimin and got a hukou in Shanghai. Now I can eat and wear warm clothes, but the food conditions are limited.
The harvest this year is average, and I’m worried that when I give birth, I won’t be able to eat much and I won’t have milk.”
Bi Qiaoan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. "Sister, there's nothing happening yet, and you're thinking so much. You know, the price of exchanging food for milk powder in the escort team is very high.
You've exchanged all your food for good things, so aren't you afraid of starving in the future? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"
As soon as Bi Qiaoan finished speaking, Hu Xiaoqin screamed, "How could it be? My family, Guimin, has several acres of land! Add to that what Xiaole and I have, and we'll have no worries about food. Sister, you're just trying to play a victim!"
Bi Qiaoan didn't know what to say.
To be honest, I really have no right to interfere in other people's affairs.
But I just feel that she is not very rational.
But then again, every family has its own difficulties. If you haven't experienced it, how do you know that they haven't thought it through?
Bi Qiaoan wanted to nod, but still glanced at Shen Yanming.
Seeing him nod slightly, she said to Hu Xiaoqin, "Sister Qin, let me ask the guards for you about how to change it. You should also discuss it with Brother Guimin. After all, food is a big deal. If you really want to exchange it for milk powder, I'm afraid the output of one or two acres of land will not be enough."
Hu Xiaoqin said “Ah, ah” twice and hung up the phone.
Bi Qiaoan heard the joy in her tone, but his own mood was not very good.
Shen Yanming hugged her and said, "Don't worry, since they dare to change, I think they are prepared."
Bi Qiaoan shook his head: "I'm afraid that next year's harvest will be worse than this year's. If there's no food left, even if the baby is well fed after birth, he still won't survive in the end."
Shen Yanming also fell silent.
They have food, so is it possible for them to give it to others openly? Of course not!
What's more, Hu Xiaoqin, who settled in Hai City from Beiha City, had only dealt with her a few times and almost had a conflict with Qiao An.
"Okay, I'll go ask the guard team later and see how to replace the milk powder. If it doesn't work, we can subsidize them privately." Shen Yanming rubbed Bi Qiaoan's head and said.
Bi Qiaoan nodded, knowing that the world was like this and no one could change it.
All she and Shen Yanming could do was to remind and help out of kindness.
Although the audience is small and the people who can be helped are only those who are related to the couple, they have no regrets no matter what.
After seeing that Bi Qiaoan was in a much better mood, Shen Yanming went out wearing a sun-protective jacket and a mask.
He first drove his car to the parking lot, and then drove to the agricultural area to find Ye Wengui.
Shen Yanming said bluntly: "Captain Ye, I have something to trouble you again today!"
Ye Wengui smiled and didn't care about it at all.
But in my heart I was thinking: "Here comes the fat sheep, let's slaughter it!"
Shen Yanming briefly explained Hu Xiaoqin's situation, and then said: "She and her family are not in the guard team, I don't know if they can exchange some milk powder. I just came here to ask for her. If you are embarrassed, just pretend that I have never been here, don't be embarrassed to say it."
The guard team has its own rules, and Shen Yanming didn't expect the other party to make an exception for him.
Ye Wengui thought for a moment before saying, "It's possible to change, but it's not cost-effective. How about you wait until your friend gives birth to a child and see if she has milk?"
Shen Yanming nodded, "Then tell me a rough number first, so that I can prepare the other party mentally."
"Twenty kilograms of grain for a bucket of milk powder."
Shen Yanming thought about it and felt that this number was acceptable.
"One acre of land, based on the average land output, is 500 kilograms of wheat, which can be exchanged for 25 cans of milk powder, which can feed a baby for more than half a year, and it is almost time to wean the baby."
Ye Wengui also nodded, "That's right. This is because we took into account the bad harvest this year, so we lowered the exchange rate. If it were usual, we wouldn't be able to get 20 kilograms of grain."
Shen Yanming declined to comment. Anyway, the escort team considered the overall situation and took every factor into consideration when setting the price.
As for Ye Wengui, he was actually feeling quite heartbroken.
How should I put it? I originally thought that it was Shen Yanming who came to ask for help, and I was about to make a killing. But it turned out that he was asking for someone else.
Then I can't ask for too much, otherwise it would be a big deal if people were scared away, but the real problem would be ruining the reputation of the guard team.
In fact, the guard team raises a lot of dairy cows, and milk and milk powder are not rare.
However, milk powder has to be stored as reserve materials, and the amount released each month is limited, so a relatively high price is set.
Of course, this price was nothing before the end of the world. After all, the money for 20 kilograms of white flour could not buy a can of good milk powder.
But now it's different, food is hard currency. As for money, it feels more like a favor.
Shen Yanming thought of something and asked again: "Captain Ye, what do you think? Can we buy a cow from the escort team, or rent a cow that is producing milk?"
Ye Wengui looked at Shen Yanming with a half-smile: "What do you think?"
Well, that’s not allowed!
Ye Wengui patted Shen Yanming’s shoulder and said, “You know, the milk production of dairy cows is quite large, and your friend probably can’t afford to rent one.
Even if you buy two calves and start raising them, regardless of how long you have to raise them, the price is not much cheaper than buying milk powder directly, and it may even be more expensive.”
Shen Yanming nodded, indicating that he understood. After getting the correct answer, he prepared to leave.
But Ye Wengui stopped him: "The wheat you sent over earlier has been ground. Take it back with you."
Shen Yanming was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he had forgotten about this.
He pretended to be calm, met with Ye Wengui, and then drove back to the dormitory area.
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