Chapter 278 I Give You the Indenture
"Son?" Pinggu raised one corner of her mouth, and the bitterness in her heart was about to overflow.
She thought she was good to her daughter, but this kindness was far from comparable to that of her son.
The family got delicious food and fine fabrics, all of which were given to Youcai. He had a big appetite and was never allowed to go hungry. Cao Da was reluctant to give up the food, so she gave up her share.
Even his four sisters, who were much younger than him, would take some cakes or sugar balls home for him to eat if they got them from the master;
Her hands were meant for embroidery, not rough work, so Xiao Jin had taken on all that early on, never letting her brother Youcai do any work.
Even when they were attacked by disaster victims outside the city, she still protected Youcai even though she was injured, so that he would not suffer any physical pain or would suffer less.
But what did she get in the end? What did her four daughters get?
"The old lady withheld the food rations. Cao Da took nearly half of it, and he took half of the remaining half. The two old men in the family took most of the food. The five of us were left with only one bowl of porridge to share. How could we possibly be full?
Especially since I was injured, Xiao Jin and the others were so concerned about my health that they would rather starve themselves and save their rations for me.
I know what it's like to be hungry, and I know how painful it is. No one wants to be hungry. I understand Youcai doesn't want to be hungry, but I can't forgive him. As a brother, he doesn't want to be hungry, but he has to watch his mother and sisters go hungry!
Especially since his sisters were starving so that she could eat more and recover faster while she was seriously injured, and half of the reason why she was injured so badly was because of protecting him!
She had been hungry these days and her hands and feet were weak. Seeing her four daughters still working even though they were so hungry that they were staggering when walking, she suddenly became open-minded and let it go. Why bother?
The husband, the breadwinner of the family, snatched away half of the food, while the son who was expected to support him in his old age was fussy about the food. Breadwinner? Support for the elderly?
These two people are not there to shelter them from the wind and rain, but they are the ones who bring the wind and rain to them!
With them, she is afraid that she will not live to old age...
"Bastard!" Liu Cuihua was furious. She couldn't imagine someone being so selfish!
As the eldest brother, Dafu had taken care of his younger brothers and sisters since they were young, providing them with good food and clothes. How could his family's life compare to that of the Cao family? Even the servants of the Cao family had much better food, clothing, housing and transportation than his family.
But Cao Youcai, who has better food, clothing, housing and transportation, takes away his sisters' things as a matter of course. He does not think of anything in return when his life is at stake, and he still wants to earn a living. He is too selfish!
Guan Li asked worriedly, "How do you plan to get your daughter out? Will Mrs. Cao be willing to let her go?"
Liu Cuihua came back to her senses from her anger and looked at Pinggu with concern.
Her four daughters are so good, they cannot stay in the Cao family to suffer. But Pinggu has already been released, and the Cao family needs people to work. Will they let her daughters out?
Isn't this as difficult as climbing to the sky?
Ping Gu looked at Shen Qing with a resolute gaze and pleaded, "This piece of embroidery with two sides and three different patterns can be sold for at least ten or twenty taels of silver in Jincheng. I want to exchange it for ten taels of silver with you. Is that okay?"
Shen Qing nodded hurriedly: "You say!"
If it is sold to the mall, it will be worth 70,000 yuan. Pinggu wants to convert it into ten taels of silver for her. This thing must be very rare and precious!
But it’s okay, if she has it, she can change it, if she doesn’t have it, there’s nothing we can do about it.
Pinggu bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before speaking very embarrassedly, "Rice and flour, these refined grains, cost nine cents a pound. I want to exchange them for eight hundred pounds of refined grain, either rice or flour, plus two sheep."
Shen Qing, Huo Bing and Guan Li understood Pinggu's intention in an instant.
The Cao family did not store enough food for the winter this year, and the world outside is in chaos, and no one knows how long it will last. Mrs. Cao is panicked and must want to store as much food as she can. It can be said that for Mrs. Cao now, food is more important than silver!
The Cao family had only the meat they had stockpiled before and the wild game that the Lei family gave away last time. They didn't have much fresh and commonly eaten meat.
Pinggu brought 800 kilograms of fine grain and two sheep in exchange for four maids who consumed the grain. This had a much better chance of success than directly paying money to buy them!
After all, even if the Cao family fell into decline, they would not care much about these ten taels of silver. But in the long winter when silver cannot buy food and meat, the value of these eight hundred kilograms of food and two sheep is far more than ten taels of silver!
Liu Cuihua didn't quite understand, she just thought for Shen Qing: "Eight hundred kilograms of fine grain, who can get it?
Even if the whole village came together, they couldn't come up with it, right?"
There was no problem with the sheep, as she knew many families in the village raised sheep, but feeding them with fine grain was too much to ask for.
Even someone as strong as Shen Qing can't get it out.
Pinggu's eyes dimmed.
Yes, we are all farmers in the village. Even if we can earn money, how can we eat only refined grains? Not to mention being able to produce 800 kilograms of refined grains.
Especially when the world outside is not doing well, who would be willing to take out even the coarse grains, let alone refined grains?
Her embroidery was indeed worth more than twenty taels of silver, but the world was in chaos outside, and she couldn't enter the city. What she had left was just a piece of cloth that could only be looked at but not eaten, and was of no use at all.
Secondly, in troubled times, how can silver be compared with food? Just ask the villagers and they will know whether they are willing to exchange the silver in their hands for food or exchange the food at home for silver.
She really took it for granted.
Shen Qing: ...What a coincidence, isn't it? This is practically tailor-made for her.
The thing she has the most is food!
There wasn't much else at home, but rice and flour were the most plentiful. In order to make it convenient for her to secretly add more at any time, the key to the granary where the rice and flour were stored was only on her. No one else in the family knew how much fine grain was left at home except her.
Pinggu pursed her lips, lowered her head, and said with determination: "How about switching to coarse grains..."
"No need!" Shen Qing refused.
She said with great determination: "We'll use fine grains, 400 kilograms of rice, 400 kilograms of flour, and two sheep. Just wait, I'll gather the men and send them to Cao's house for you!
Go and exchange all four of your daughters, and I guarantee you'll have enough to eat every day!"
Coarse grains are twice as expensive as refined grains, so of course refined grains are better. Besides, the coarse grains are all in the warehouse and kitchen outside, so she can only add them in small amounts. She can't add rice and white flour as she pleases.
Pinggu suddenly looked up, and her originally dull eyes gradually became moist. She felt a warm current rushing to her nose and eye sockets, making her feel particularly sour and swollen.
Shen Qing agreed to 800 kilograms of fine grain so easily and decisively?
I haven't even given her the indenture contract yet!
She saw Shen Qing turning around to call for help to move the food, and hurried forward to stop him, choking with sobs, "Wait, I'll give you the indenture!"
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