It seems that the cellar below is as big as the house above. After a closer look, there wasn't much stuff, just five large vats, all filled with grain. Storing it in large vats prevents it from spoiling easily, so it's safe to eat even after a few years.
For people in this era, nothing is more important than storing food. They were terrified of the wars they had fought in the past, when they had nothing to eat. Even if they didn't store anything else, they would still store some food to feel at ease.
Tang Baozhu went over to take a look and found that the grain in the jar was well preserved, hadn't spoiled, and was still edible. She simply put the lid back on; she didn't need these things for the time being, and it was fine to keep them stored.
After coming out of the cellar, I quickly closed the floorboards, returned to my room, and sat down to think about what would happen next.
I remember that in another year or two, it seems that you will need ration coupons to buy anything. It seems to start next year. Although she lived in the 1970s, so she doesn't lack anything, she feels that it's okay to hoard a little.
Thinking about the little girl's belongings that she had put away, she would quickly take out anything that she could use and put it inside the house. However, she wouldn't take out everything, because due to the influence of this era, what she took out was very simple.
She didn't take out items like cheongsams, Western-style dresses, or jewelry; instead, she took out her private savings and counted them.
(The currency of this era had very large denominations, and a new generation of paper money was used for counting.)
The young girl had quite a bit of savings, totaling over four thousand yuan. Of course, most of it was left to her by Uncle Tang, and the rest was her monthly salary.
The old man's concubines also received money each month, while the first wife would give them 20 yuan each month. Of course, it was different for those with children; at least those with children received 30 yuan each month. Since the children were young, the money they received was definitely kept by their aunts, so they received even more.
He receives a salary of 240 yuan per year, and his first wife doesn't skimp on it. Aside from buying some women's necessities, she doesn't spend much money. She also doesn't try to win his favor, so he can save more than 200 yuan per year.
After five years as a concubine, she had saved over 1,000 yuan. She didn't have to spend her own money on food or clothing. She received four sets of clothes every quarter and occasionally received some small jewelry. That's why so many people wanted to become concubines or mistresses. At least they could eat well, live well, receive money, and wear new clothes. For girls from poor families, this was already a very good life.
Therefore, the little girl's lack of interest in the old man's favor was seen as unusual by others, who all wanted to win his affection, since the old man was already rich by giving her anything.
Tang Baozhu felt that the 4,000 yuan would last her a long time, since things were so cheap now. A pound of rice only cost a little over ten cents, and 100 pounds of rice only cost a little over ten yuan.
Tang Baozhu felt that there couldn't possibly be so little cash. She had robbed the old man and his two young masters, but they hadn't checked the money yet. There must be cash involved.
He had collected too many things and didn't want to tidy them up himself. Since nothing was missing, he wasn't curious and simply let the robots organize them, preferably compiling a booklet so he would know what was there.
After making the arrangements, thinking that the puppets had nothing to do for the time being, she asked them to help tidy up as well, and then she prepared to go outside.
Although she had memories of the little girl in her mind, she was still unfamiliar with the outside world and wanted to wander around and get to know the way.
She went out onto the street and walked into a crowded area. She noticed that many people were pointing and whispering about her. She looked at her clothes and realized that she was wearing very simple clothes.
Since it's not a problem with their clothes, it's probably because they recognized them. Fortunately, it's just gossip, and they won't do anything to them.
Tang Baozhu felt that as long as she was thick-skinned enough, she didn't need to worry about not being able to handle it, so she ignored their pointing and whispering and went directly to the shopping mall supply and marketing cooperative.
Sure enough, we don't need receipts for anything inside yet; we're planning a big shopping spree.
Once inside, I went straight to a kind-looking middle-aged woman and asked, "Excuse me, if I buy a lot of things, will you help with delivery?"
The middle-aged woman was quite gossipy, so she was a little surprised to see the person she had been gossiping about last night standing in front of her. However, she wasn't surprised to hear that the woman wanted to buy a lot of things, since they had already left that mansion and would definitely lack many things if they lived on their own.
So she didn't make things difficult for her. "If you buy a lot, I can deliver it, but you'll have to pay for the delivery fee."
"Okay, no problem if you cover the shipping costs."
Tang Baozhu stayed at the supply and marketing cooperative for about an hour and bought everything that the cooperative had and that she needed for daily life.
She bought 200 jin each of rice and flour, as well as various coarse grains, seasonings, oil and salt, brown sugar and white sugar, pots and pans, thermos, and all kinds of household items. She bought everything a family would need.
The waiters nearby were startled by her attitude towards buying things, and their eyes changed from sympathy to envy and jealousy. At first, they felt sympathy because she had lost her home, but they envied her for being able to buy so many things, thinking she must be very rich.
Despite their envious and jealous looks, Tang Baozhu bought everything and then asked them to deliver it.
Perhaps because he saw that he had bought a lot of things, he asked for an exorbitant five yuan for shipping. Tang Baozhu didn't argue about such a small amount of money and immediately agreed.
Moreover, she wanted to go back as soon as possible because there were more and more people pointing fingers and gossiping outside. People were generally very unfriendly towards people like them who had been someone's concubines.
It's unclear what their mentality was, but fortunately, Tang Baozhu ignored them and went straight back.
They delivered everything directly into the yard, collected the delivery fee, and left without staying long.
After they left, Tang Baozhu slowly carried her things into the house. She wanted to put them away directly, but with her keen intuition, she sensed that someone was watching her, though she didn't know who it was.
After moving the things inside, even with her current physical condition, she was covered in sweat; the girl's original body was simply too weak.
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