Chapter 25: Rushing to the Market (3)
Then a few people went to the livestock market, where there were piglets and lambs for sale, and the price of piglets was the same, five cents a catty, which was the same as the purchase price of hairy pigs. The price www.biquge.info of the lamb is slightly more expensive, eight cents a catty, this thing is rarely bought, the big livestock can't afford to feed, he doesn't love to grow meat like a pig, that is, he grows up and loses weight, and the mutton is not as valuable as pork, so everyone would rather raise pigs than sheep.
Shen Yunfang doesn't have such a concept, the value of the two kinds of livestock is different, if she has money, then she will raise both, one to eat meat, and the other to drink milk, how good.
It's just that she is shy now, and the weather is already cold, and the wild vegetables on the mountain are going to be gone, and now she buys pigs or sheep, and she has to feed food all winter, and she herself is not enough to eat, so what to feed them, she can only wait until next spring when the flowers bloom and there are wild vegetables before making plans.
Then a few people walked to the last non-staple food area, and Shen Yunfang didn't take anything on the surface, so he could only spend money to buy some.
After shopping around, she spent a total of five dollars and two cents, and later she also bought some vermicelli.
"Why didn't you sell grain?" Shen Yunfang was a little depressed. After shopping around the whole set, there is nothing she wants to see the most.
"You can't sell food at will. Wang Jianjun's daughter-in-law said.
Yes, grain and pork are not available in this bazaar, no, it should be said that these two things are not available in any bazaar, and these two things are purchased and sold by the state in a unified manner, so they are not visible here.
"Do you want to exchange food?" asked Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law with some hesitation.
The state does not allow members to buy and sell grain privately, but in private, the common people will still secretly exchange some grain. Some people are poor, so they will take out the fine grains such as rice that their families have allocated and exchange them for a little more coarse grains to eat. Some families with good conditions will take out the excess coarse grains at home and exchange them for some fine grains. These two phases are just right, so the members of the club have a private saying about exchanging food.
"I don't have any food, I want to buy some. Shen Yunfang thought that these sisters-in-law were very good, and she understood this way, so she also told her true thoughts, and she saw that Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law seemed to have a little meaning, "Sister-in-law, do you have any extra rice at home, if you sell it to me." I spend money on it. ”
Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law glanced at her, and then lowered her head and walked to the side.
What does this mean, to sell or not to sell?
"Let's go, aren't you here to buy cotton and cloth today, let's go and have a look first. The daughter-in-law hurriedly pulled Yun Fang away, this stupid girl, how can you say this kind of thing here, if it is heard by others, it is a matter, or a big deal.
So a few people stopped talking and went to the supply and marketing cooperatives together.
This is a consignment company, not a real supply and marketing cooperative, generally selling daily necessities that members usually buy, such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, needles and threads.
A few people turned around, the cotton had been sold, and I couldn't say when there was a salesman, but there was still cloth, small white flowers on a red background, Shen Yunfang looked at it for a long time, and finally couldn't bear to start, alas, anyway, I had to go to the county supply and marketing cooperatives to buy cotton, or the cloth would have been bought together.
Shen Yunfang also wanted to buy some soy sauce and vinegar, as well as kerosene, but she didn't bring a bottle and nothing to put it, so she could only talk about it next time.
She was very happy to see the clam oil in the shell, this hand wipe is very useful, moisturizing and moisturizing, especially in winter to prevent cracking. When I asked the price, it was only five cents a box, so I quickly paid for two boxes.
"What are you buying this for?" Wang Jianjun's daughter-in-law disagreed.
"Wipe your hands. "What else can I do?
"Waste. The three sisters-in-law commented unanimously.
She still thinks about a box of wiping her hands and a box of wiping her feet, and it seems that she can't say it.
Later, she bought toothpaste, toothbrushes, and round fruit candy, and originally wanted to buy a pound of biscuits, but people not only asked for two cents but also asked her for a pound of food stamps, she didn't have it, and the three sisters-in-law next to her didn't have it, so she had to give up in the end.
She spent another eight cents in the supply and marketing cooperative, a total of six yuan, which was the most spent among the four people, and the other three sisters-in-law all bought something piecemeal, none of which cost a few cents, and she was the most loser.
On the way back, Shen Yunfang's shopping spirit was gone, and she began to feel that her feet hurt again, as if they were not her own. Several sisters-in-law saw her squeamishness and took the initiative to help her carry all the things she bought, and she only needed to be responsible for walking by herself.
In order to cooperate with Shen Yunfang, the speed of several people was not fast.
Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law has not been very active since Shen Yunfang said that she wanted to buy grain, and the road back is even more silent, just bored walking, at this time she finally raised her head, as if she had thought it through, leaned next to Shen Yunfang, and whispered: "Do you want rice or rice? How much do you buy? Rice is one pound and seven cents, and rice is one pound and one hair." ”
She also thought about it, and she also inquired about the grain store in the city, and a pound of rice was almost a dime and a half, less than a dime and a half, and she added a pound to two cents. A pound of rice can produce six taels of rice, considering that it is troublesome to mill rice, so she gave it a little cheaper.
When Shen Yunfang heard this, her eyes lit up, so cheap? She quickly calculated in her heart, buying 100 catties of rice is 17 yuan, if she buys 100 catties of rice, it is 10 yuan, and then she has to spend 1 yuan of manual labor to mill rice, out of 60 taels of rice, that is to say, 60 catties of rice 11 pieces, 100 catties of rice is 18 yuan 4, but she also got 40 catties of bran, which is equivalent to her spending a piece of four to buy 40 catties of bran, three points and 51 catties of bran, it is a good deal.
Shen Yunfang didn't know the market of chaff, but she felt that it was a good deal.
"Sister-in-law, do you have chaff at home, and what's the price?"
Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law was a little stunned, why did this topic change so quickly, "Do you want chaff? If you want it, even if you have four cents a pound." ”
Shen Yunfang squinted when she heard this, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll buy 100 catties of rice and 200 catties of chaff." "That's twenty-five yuan, although it costs a little more money, but it saves trouble.
"What are you buying so much chaff for?" Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law felt suspicious.
"I don't have rice at home, so I can't feed the grain, so I buy some bran to feed the chickens. "These days, she feeds the chickens with her own rations, and she is also distressed.
"It doesn't take that much. Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law didn't believe it.
"I want to raise a few more chickens in the coming year, and save them first. ”
Shen Erzhu's daughter-in-law thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll send you home tonight." Then he stopped talking.
The other two sisters-in-law automatically and consciously distanced themselves when they spoke, which is to have vision.
It was dark that night, Shen Erzhu and his family sent Shen Yunfang 100 catties of rice and 200 catties of Kang, Shen Yunfang immediately took out 25 yuan and handed it over, and the transaction was completed.
Shen Yunfang lay on the kang at night and began to settle accounts, and it took six yuan to catch the market, plus the twenty-five yuan, she originally had more than sixty yuan in her hand, and there were only twelve yuan left.
She was distressed for a while, the money that could have been spent for a long time was almost spent before she was reborn for a month, and there was no income at the moment, and she had no bottom in her heart.