After dinner, Song Yuehua asked Liu Xue to go to Mr. Ma’s house and book his car for tomorrow.
After everything was arranged, Zhou Dafu also came over. He calculated that if he just leveled the land and built two mud brick houses, it wouldn't cost too much.
He took advantage of the fact that the craftsmen were all there and bought a few more cartloads of mud bricks and some tiles, and that would be enough. One tael of silver would be enough.
Song Yuehua gave him a total of 13 taels, and the water well in the farm could be put into operation.
The next morning, Song Yuehua and Liu Xue took four bags of potatoes, sat on Ma Ye's ox cart, and went to the county town together.
The heavy snow this year froze a lot of vegetables to death, and the land has just thawed, so there are no fresh vegetables to eat now. Although there are still people growing potatoes, they are not many, which has led to the hot sales of potatoes.
After about a morning of display, all 400 kilograms of potatoes were sold out, with a total profit of 400 coins.
If we bring another truckload tomorrow, we’ll definitely be able to sell them all.
There are also dried vegetables at home. I planted the vegetables last year, but I couldn’t sell them at the time, so I made them all into dried vegetables. I originally wanted to sell them in the winter, but I ended up staying at home for the entire winter, so it’s a good opportunity to take them out and sell them all now.
After selling the potatoes, they went to the next room to eat a bowl of tofu pudding each. When they paid the bill, they found that the price of a bowl had increased to 2 cents.
The shop owner smiled and explained, "The snowstorm this year has caused food prices to rise. As soybean prices rise, my small business will also have to increase!"
After Song Yuehua settled the bill, Liu Xue asked, "Master, do you want to raise the price of our potatoes? I see other shops are selling them for 2 cents per pound."
"Let's not raise the price for now." Song Yuehua said.
The two went to a grocery store and bought 2,000 sacks at 1 cent each, and asked about the price of grain.
The price of white rice increased from 40 wen to 50 wen, the price of brown rice increased from 20 wen to 25 wen, and the price of corn increased from 15 wen to 18 wen.
Song Yuehua thought about it and decided to buy 200 kilograms of corn and 100 kilograms of brown rice, spending a total of 8 taels.
The store can deliver the goods back. Song Yuehua asked Liu Xue to tell Uncle Ma, and she asked the shopkeeper whether he would accept the potatoes.
The shopkeeper replied, "You can buy 10,000 kilograms. Any more will be hard to sell. After all, this is a grocery store."
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "Then you can just take me back and bring it here."
The shopkeeper's mouth twitched slightly.
The originally arranged single-ox cart was replaced with two double-ox carts.
The potatoes had already been packed in bags. After a few people went home, they packed four more bags to make a total of 100 bags. 10,000 jin was worth 10 taels of silver. After the waiter weighed them, he drove the ox cart away in a grand manner.
Today, the potatoes in our home have filled two rooms.
Song Yuehua called a few younger ones over to pack potatoes together. She also made marks on the 100 sacks and asked them to put the good quality potatoes in them and leave them for seeds.
Dinner was another feast of various potatoes. Although I have been eating potatoes every day recently, it’s Song Yuehua who is so creative. She can make a potato into so many different things. Not only do I get tired of it, but I become more and more addicted to it.
Xiaoyu ate potatoes and sighed, "Big brother will definitely like these fried potato chips. If he knew that we ate so many delicious foods without him, he would definitely be very anxious!"
Xiaoyu said, "We can just do it next time when he comes."
"That won't work!" Xiao Yu said, "I have to write a letter to him while Uncle San has him tied up next to him, so that he won't be able to eat even if he wants to!"
Xiaoyu thought about it and said seriously, "That must be fun..."
Song Yuehua, "..."Are these two actually this kind of black-hearted cotton?
After the meal, Granny Wang and the teacher from the school also helped to pack potatoes.
Song Yuehua asked Madam Xia and Duan Yidao to go back and rest first.
They had just spent the whole day digging potatoes and were now loading them here at night. She felt guilty about it.
Duan Yidao said, "I am strong and healthy, digging potatoes is nothing. When I was in the war..."
"Cough cough..." Song Yuehua coughed twice and cursed, "Go back!"
Duan Yidao knew that he almost said the wrong thing, so he didn't insist.
The overall quality of this batch of potatoes is very good, and the 10,000 kilograms for seeds were picked quickly.
After the seeds were carried into the cellar by several people, Song Yuehua asked them to go back first.
We have packed a total of 600 sacks so far. We cannot finish packing them in one night, and we cannot sell that many in one day tomorrow.
The next day, when Granny Wang came over early in the morning, she saw that Song Yuehua and Liu Xue both looked listless and had big dark circles under their eyes.
"You didn't stay awake all night, did you?" asked Granny Wang.
Song Yuehua smiled tiredly and said, "I went to bed late and got up early."
"Oh," Granny Wang didn't know what to say. She could only quickly boil some water so that the two of them could wipe their faces thoroughly.
Liu Xue boiled four eggs, two for each person. After breakfast, when they were about to go out, Granny Wang called out to them. They both turned around and were splashed with icy cold water in the face.
I was so cold that I shivered and all my sleepiness disappeared.
Granny Wang handed over a handkerchief and said, "You'd better be sober when you go out."
Song Yuehua, Liu Xue, "..."
When the ox cart came over, the two men put 10 bags of potatoes on the cart, totaling 1,000 kilograms.
After Song Yuehua and Liu Xue sat on the ox cart, they stretched and yawned together.
Master Ma asked, "What's the matter? Did you go to catch mice at night?"
Song Yuehua laughed and said, "I spent the whole night packing potatoes, but I didn't see any mice."
"There are no mice at home, but I'm afraid there is a big rat in the field." Uncle Ma said seriously.
There is something else behind these words. Song Yuehua asked, "Grandpa Ma, just speak frankly."
"Yesterday my kid left something in your potato field. When I went back to look for it at night, I saw Mrs. Song digging up several baskets of potatoes and bringing them home. This matter is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either. Farmers like us all rely on the crops in the field to make a living."
Although Mrs. Song's behavior was indeed disgusting, Song Yuehua really didn't have the energy or time to knock on her door just for a basket of potatoes.
As long as you don't do anything too out of line, she won't mind.
"A basket of potatoes, just let her be." Song Yuehua said.
Master Ma nodded and said, "But we still have to be on guard, lest the thoughts get bigger and bigger."
Song Yuehua deeply agreed with this, and asked Zong Yi to be careful and guard against any mischief from the Song family.
When we finish digging the potatoes, we will treat everyone to a good meal.
Thinking of this, Song Yuehua asked again, "Grandpa Ma, do you know which family in the village raises pigs for sale?"
"People have a hard time this winter, let alone pigs." After saying this, Ma Ye thought for a moment and said, "The Hu family has always raised good pigs. You can go to their house and take a look. Maybe you can buy some."
There was only one family with the surname Hu in the village, and Song Yuehua remembered them.
When we arrived at the county town, the entry and exit of the city gate was much stricter than usual. Not only were we interrogated carefully, but even the potatoes in the bags had to be opened and checked one by one.
After entering the city, I always feel that the atmosphere is not the same as usual.
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