Mother Xu said, "We definitely need to prepare more rice, flour, grain, and oil. We have a large family, so the more the better. But we don't eat much rice at home, so if we calculate two kilograms of rice a day, we'll need 60 kilograms a month, 720 kilograms a year, and 7,200 yuan in ten years. We need to buy..."
Xu's father interrupted her and said, "That won't work. It doesn't matter if you have more of this stuff. If you can't eat it yourself, you can trade it with others. So don't worry about the amount. Let's just buy 100,000 kilograms. I see that the buyers bought a lot at once, and there's also the wholesale price. The average price is 2.5 yuan per kilogram, which is still acceptable."
"Okay then."
After Mr. Xu said this, grandparents also started placing orders. The only difference was that some ordered a little more and some ordered a little less, after all, the money still had to be calculated, but the quantity didn’t differ too much.
As he placed the order, he said, "We can't just buy one kind. We can buy japonica rice, fragrant rice, glutinous rice... Anyway, let's get a little of each kind. We can also buy some millet and cereals. Don't buy too much, just a few kilos of each. These will be hard currency when the time comes."
"Okay, they are indeed hard currency, so it doesn't matter if I buy more."
"Would you like to buy some rice dumplings?"
Mother Xu said, "It's okay to buy a little of this. We'll definitely be able to get local materials when the time comes. But considering that the varieties of zong leaves vary from place to place, let's buy some local ones."
"What do we call this?"
"Reed leaves," said Mother Xu. "I still have over twenty bundles at home. Buying a few more should be enough. We should be able to eat them for decades anyway. After all, we can't eat zongzi every day."
"Then let's buy some dried lotus leaves. They can be used in many dishes."
"Don't forget about flour. There are high-gluten, medium-gluten, low-gluten, and self-raising flours. You don't have to worry about having too much of these. We still have to spend the bulk of our money on this."
"If you calculate it this way, it seems like one million yuan per person can't buy much."
"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, rice, flour, grain and oil are the biggest expenses."
“Which oil should I buy?”
"Buy a little of everything: peanut oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, etc. They'll all be used up anyway, so it doesn't matter if you buy a little more. As long as you don't take it out, it'll stay fresh."
"I've already bought the rice and flour, and the oil, but how do I buy the other miscellaneous items?"
"Rice noodles, dried vermicelli, rice cake, rice cake, sugar cake, steamed cake?"
"Steamed buns, steamed buns? There are many flavors of steamed buns, let's buy more."
"We need to get more seasonings, as well as dried goods, like mung beans, mushrooms, fungus, red beans... There are so many dried goods, so buy more of them."
"Please buy as many vegetables as possible, and bring more seedlings and seeds so we can plant them ourselves when the time comes."
"Where's the fruit?"
"Of course they need this. The children can't be without meat, eggs, milk, fruits, vegetables, or anything like that."
"Oh, I thought one million per person was a lot, but now it seems like it's not enough to buy anything."
"Don't forget your medicine. Take some commonly used medicines, such as cold, inflammation and fever reducers. Also, bring some basic medical equipment. In addition to disposable syringes, buy some glass ones as well."
"By the way, what kind of fruit did you buy?"
"What fruit? We've already bought it, but it won't be enough to eat in 20 years. We'll have to figure out how to grow some ourselves then. Otherwise, it won't be good if other things are lacking. But we don't know what the weather will be like where we're going."
Xu Yuanhu interrupted, "I just took a quick look at the beginning of the novel. It seems to be a very cold place, so everyone should prepare more things that will be used."
"Then we need charcoal, dry firewood, coal briquettes and the like."
"We also have some clothes from that era. Let's take a look at the clothing categories here and pick whatever we want. We need to buy something for every age group anyway."
"Buy more vintage styles, for spring, summer, autumn and winter. They never go bad anyway."
"We have to buy all kinds of fabrics, cotton, cotton and the like, right?"
"Will you buy the quilt?"
"I must buy a quilt."
"Which one do you want to buy?"
"Any material will do, and buy plenty of different weights. These things can be used over and over again. You also need to buy things like quilt covers, as well as mattresses, mattress pads, and so on."
"Where are the shoes?"
"It's the same with this. It's definitely a good idea to prepare more. I think if the styles are right and the prices are right, it's okay to buy more. After all, we might go out again in the future..."
"How old will we be in 20 years? Who will care about this?"
"Then you can leave it to the children."
"By the way, buy more chicken wings and chicken feet. Both kids love them."
"We have to buy beef and seafood too. We can't let the children suffer any loss."
"We need to buy some snacks too. It won't be possible to buy snacks once we get there. We should try to save as much cash as possible, so it's better to get all these things now."
"Pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, seafood, there's no such thing as too much. Let's buy as much as we can. You should buy more offal. Oh, and pig brains, too. The little rabbit loves to eat them."
"Speaking of which, how about live pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese?"
"Of course we do. If we can raise them, we'll raise them. If not, we can just leave them alone. Oh, and we also have various kinds of snails, mud snails, conchs, eels, rice field eels, loaches..."
"Most of that money goes on food anyway."
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