Chapter 115 Going Bankrupt
In the small courtyard.
The little pink ball sat on the straw mat and gnawed on a chicken leg.
Looking down from the air, it was a pink ball, like an unopened pink flower bud.
Little Miaomiao watched Aunt Xiuxiu spread out her little clothes one by one. Although the styles were different, there were very few colors.
Light yellow, green, red, and refuse to be red...
If it refuses to turn red, it cannot be dyed bright red, so it becomes pink.
In ancient times, dyes were relatively expensive, and only wealthy families could wear bright red all the time.
Almost all the people in the village wore undyed clothes, commonly known as natural colors. My mother and aunt only wore cyan or blue.
It is said that these two colors are the easiest to dye.
Although her family can now wear bright red, the whole family is extremely low-key.
Even little babies are like this.
I would rather wear something dark than wear red every day and walk around the city.
So much so that the villagers thought that Mr. Lu was going to go bankrupt.
The cause of the incident was that a month ago, a shop called Baishengfang suddenly appeared in Qingshi Town, and a shopkeeper named Qian came.
They began to harvest bamboo shoots, mushrooms and bamboo fungi in large quantities.
Mr. Lu charges 17 wen per catty of bamboo shoots at 15 wen, and 202 wen per catty of mushrooms and bamboo fungus at 200 wen.
Although it was only a small amount of two cents, it had already taken over half of the business.
For ordinary people, selling 20 kilograms of bamboo shoots to Shopkeeper Qian can save the money for a bushel of fine grain. If the whole family works together, they can save three or four kilograms of fine grain a day.
Why not?
Everyone in Taoxi Village was very anxious, except Jiang Miaomiao's family.
The two young masters continued to study and practice martial arts as usual.
Every day the little girl either plays with cats and dogs, or rides around on the big white wolf.
As for the younger sister of the Lu family, she was thinking about food every day, and the fragrance wafting from the Lu family lingered over the small village.
The most infuriating thing is Mr. Lu, who never comes home all day and doesn't try to find a way to overthrow Manager Qian. Instead, he hoards grain everywhere.
Although the new rice was on the market and the price dropped from 51 dou to 41 dou, the money only came in and did not go out, and all the money spent was silver.
The villagers panicked.
The county magistrate's wife was also panicked and came to the door one after another.
Lu Qingyao only told the county magistrate's wife to ask County Magistrate Xu to call on the people to protect the mountains and forests, and each village should form a patrol and management team to regularly clear the bamboo forest shrubs and weeds.
After all, we live off the mountain, but we cannot eat the mountain bare.
Seeing that she was neither hurried nor slow and was calm and composed, Mrs. Xu felt that she had her own ideas and felt much more at ease.
But the villagers were not calm.
The little baby was sitting on a straw mat, combing the hair of the napping Jiang Xiaobai.
Then the little red bird flew in with a whoosh, landed on the wolf's back, chirping.
[Miaomiao... this is terrible, a bunch of people are coming to your house... carrying a huge jar, so many people! ]
Jiang Miaomiao was shocked.
Could it be that the villagers thought her mother was going bankrupt, so they came to ask for money and even brought jars to hold the money?
No, we are outnumbered, we have to find Aunt Xiuxiu.
“Auntie…Auntie…”
The little baby called out to Aunt Xiuxiu in panic, thinking that he was walking too slowly, and subconsciously used his hands and feet to crawl towards the kitchen.
Jiang Xiaobai raised his eyelids and took a look.
Hey! How come the young master has grown back?
When Xiuxiu heard the noise, she turned around and saw a pink ball crawling towards her on the ground.
Hey! How come the clean little guy has grown smaller?
Little Miaomiao then fell into Aunt Xiuxiu's arms.
"Auntie...bad guy..." The little baby pointed in the direction of the door.
Xiuxiu understood and hurriedly carried the baby out. As soon as she reached the Chuihua Gate, she heard several heavy knocks on the door.
The little pink ball shrank into her aunt's arms.
When I opened the door, I saw a group of men standing there. They were all strong laborers from Taoxi Village.
Xiuxiu was about to speak when the man spoke first, "Big sister, move to the side..."
After saying that, he wiped the sweat off his forehead and walked back.
Jiang Miaomiao saw more than a dozen villagers carrying a jar into the door. The jar was so big that the door was almost filled with people and jars.
They placed the jar in the yard and continued to pour water into it until it was full.
The village head, Uncle Fu, came in carrying a wooden barrel.
Pick up the bucket and pour it into the tank.
After finishing everything, he told Aunt Xiuxiu, "Girl, take good care of these fish. Don't be lazy. If you raise these fish well, they will bring great fortune to our village."
Aunt Xiuxiu was stunned.
What! She not only takes care of the baby, but also raises fish?
Never raised one.
What should I do if it dies?
What should I do if my baby is taken away by a wild cat?
This is the fortune of the entire village, and we have a long way to go!
Just when I was about to ask Uncle Fu, he had already left.
In the evening, smoke rises.
This is Jiang Miaomiao's happiest moment of the day.
Waiting at the door with Jiang Xiaobai for someone to come home.
The first thing the brothers did when they came back was to pick her up and fly around with her.
Of course, the only one who could lift her was her eldest brother.
The second brother said she was a small weight and couldn't be lifted, so he touched the little tuft of hair on her head and kissed her on the face a few times.
With drool all over his face, he slipped away with a gloating look on his face.
Every time he touches the little pink ball, her fur will stand up. Jiang Ziyan likes to see his sister's fierce look, it's super cute.
Lu Qingyao picked up her daughter and walked into the yard.
His eyebrows twitched.
Uncle Fu said that the villagers wanted to give her some koi, but they never said they would give her such a big tank!
"Mom, what is this tub used for? For taking a bath?" Jiang Zifeng tilted his head and looked inside.
The three-colored koi fish are swimming happily in the water.
Jiang Miaomiao: “…”
Big brother's train of thought is really weird, but this tank is big enough to hold three or four of him.
The four big fish looked very small and empty inside.
Four lines mean wealth and fortune.
Jiang Miaomiao guessed that the villagers must have heard from somewhere that fish can bring wealth, so they sent such a big tank to her house.
Fish represent wealth, live fish can store water and generate wealth, and if they are well raised, the owner will have great fortune.
I guess they think that their mother has become their boss, and only when their mother is doing well can their business do well, and if their business is doing well, the villagers of Taoxi Village can do well.
There's nothing wrong with thinking about it this way.
That night, my mother called my uncle's family and Uncle Fu over and announced her important decision.
First, the price of bamboo shoots has increased by two cents as the shopkeeper Qian did, and the bamboo fungus and mushrooms are about to go off the market, so just let them be.
No matter what the price of the bamboo shoots that Shopkeeper Qian collected, the Lu family would continue to buy more.
Because Manager Jin and Qi Caiwei had reached an agreement, the bamboo shoots from both families were harvested together.
My mother believes that only competition can drive the vigorous development of the market.
Jiang Miaomiao felt that her mother must be playing a game of cat and mouse.
Second, take advantage of the harvest to buy a lot of food, not only to stockpile food, but also to stockpile medicinal materials.
Uncle Fu and my uncle's family all support the decision to raise the price of bamboo shoots.
Everyone agreed that they should teach Shopkeeper Qian a lesson and take back his livelihood.
Harvest in autumn and store in winter.
Lu Qingyao spent the entire autumn busy with the storage of food.
unconsciously.
Jiang Miaomiao's family quietly built one granary after another and transported stone after stone of grain into the granaries.
Although the money was spent, the villagers did not say anything more, as if it was for the vast majority of poor people.
Looking at the mountains of food makes them feel more at ease than mountains of gold and silver.
People who have experienced famine and war all know the despair of having money but not being able to buy food.
Throughout the entire autumn, Jiujiu was very busy, arranging its communication network to inquire and eavesdrop in various homes every day.
Jiang Miaomiao often heard the villagers comforting themselves over and over again.
It's okay. Even if Mr. Lu goes bankrupt, he still has the food...
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