The third grandfather said: "It snowed heavily during the New Year, and the drought has eased, and the price of rice and cotton has been falling recently, why has this soybean risen?" ”

Gu Jinli saw this, there was something she didn't understand, she said to the shopkeeper Tao: "Shopkeeper, this farmer sells soybeans to your grain shop, the most expensive price is five cents and two catties, when it is cheap, two cents a catty, three cents and two catties are also available, you want us to pay five cents a catty, this is really sky-high, and the price increase is not such a method." ”

She smiled, with disdain in her smile, and said, "Don't you see that we come to buy soybeans every day, and there is only one of your grain stores in this town, and you want to bite us off a bite of meat?" ”

I must have seen that they bought soybeans every day, guessed that this tofu was made of soybeans, and saw that their tofu business was too good, so they wanted to increase the price.

Gu Jinli guessed correctly, the shopkeeper Tao guessed that their tofu was made of beans, and seeing that their business was booming, he wanted to raise the price and make a lot of money for his own family.

After all, the Gu family comes to the grain store every day to buy soybeans, and every time they have to buy 300 catties, this extra two cents per catty, he can earn an extra 600 wen a day, which is more than half a tael of silver.

But Shopkeeper Tao is a face-saving person, he can raise the price, but Gu Jinli debunks him, then he will be uncomfortable.

Shopkeeper Tao glared at Gu Jinli with an unkind face, turned his head to look at the third grandfather, and said: "Old man Gu, you come to us every day to buy soybeans, I can't pit you, the price of this soybeans has indeed risen, if you don't believe it, you can go to the grain stores in other towns to ask." ”

The third grandfather's face was very ugly, and the meaning of the second half of the shopkeeper Tao's sentence was already very clear, that is, relying on the fact that he was the only grain store in Qingfu Town, he wanted to bite off their meat.

But if they don't buy soybeans here, where else can they buy them?

Seeing that the third grandfather didn't speak, the shopkeeper Tao knew that he was embarrassed, so he immediately trembled and said to the third grandfather: "Old man Gu, your family has not set up a stall in the town for a day or two, you should know that there is a grain store in this town, and your family will have a stall tomorrow, if you can't buy beans, can your stall still come out?" ”

The shopkeeper Tao's originally good-looking face is really ugly at the moment, and even the upturned beard has a villain atmosphere.

The third grandfather was angry by the words of the shopkeeper Tao, which was clearly a threat.

Father Luo was also very angry, and pointed to the shopkeeper Tao and said: "Shopkeeper, open the door to do business, pay attention to the long-term, if you do this, it will ruin your reputation." ”

The shopkeeper Tao is not afraid, this Gu family is just a disaster victim who fled the famine, what can he do if he bullies and bullies?

What's more, the shopkeeper Zeng said that this Gu family has offended the county lord, if he can make the Gu family suffer a loss, the county lord will definitely be happy.

"Now soybeans are at such a price, you can buy them if you want them, and you can leave if you don't buy them." The shopkeeper Tao knew that the Gu family wanted to make tofu, so he ate them.

It's a pity that what responded to him was Gu Jinli's words: "You can keep these soybeans moldy, we won't buy them!" ”

"Third grandfather, let's go." Gu Jinli was the first to walk out of the grain store.

The third grandfather saw that she had already spoken out, so they could only follow her away.

When the group returned to the tofu stall, Chu Shi saw that their faces were not good, and they didn't come back with soybeans, so they hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" What about soybeans? Why didn't you buy it? ”

Luo's father said: "The pottery shopkeeper of the grain shop raised the soybeans to five cents a catty, and it was clear that he wanted to trap us, so we didn't buy it." ”

"Five cents a pound, this pottery shopkeeper is crazy, right?" Chu Shi was shocked, soybeans are the most common, and they can be grown anywhere. And because of the bitterness and coarseness, the price has always been cheap, and the most expensive time is only four dollars a pound, and these soybeans cost five dollars a pound, which is really sky-high.

Aunt Tian looked worried: "I didn't buy soybeans, so what should I do the day after tomorrow?" ”

If it's cold today, they make the tofu a day in advance, but the tofu at home is enough to sell for a day, and it will be gone when it is sold out tomorrow.

Gu Jinli said: "Let's go home and collect beans." This soybean is a coarse grain that every household has, and we collect it for three cents, and we must sell a lot. ”

She didn't believe it, without the grain shop of the Tao shopkeeper, she couldn't buy soybeans?

The third grandfather nodded: "This is a method, let's go, let's go home and collect beans." ”

Before leaving, Gu Jinli also shouted in the market: "Uncles and aunts, our Gu family's tofu stall collects soybeans, three cents a catty, if you have soybeans, you can bring them tomorrow, we will collect as much as you want." ”

There were many farmers selling agricultural goods in the market where they set up stalls, and when they heard this, they asked, "Little girl of the Gu family, do you really want to harvest soybeans?" A pound of sanwen? ”

Gu Jinli nodded: "That's right, three cents a catty, our Gu family's stall is here, if you sell it, you will bring it tomorrow." ”

A man who was selling soybeans hurriedly said: "Don't be tomorrow, I have two bags of soybeans here, which are sixty catties, if you want three pennies a catty, I will sell soybeans to you now." ”

His mother-in-law gave birth to a son, but the family was poor and had no money to buy eggs, so she wanted to sell the soybeans in the family, buy a basket of eggs, and go back to confinement for her mother-in-law. But the price given by the grain shop was too low, two catties were only three cents, and he was reluctant to sell it, so he picked it up here and wanted to sell it at a good price. I didn't think it would come to pass, but this good price really came.

The man came to the Gu family's tofu stall with soybeans, untied the burlap bag, and let them see the soybeans inside: "They are all good beans, they are dried and not moldy." ”

Father Luo grabbed two handfuls of soybeans, looked at them, put a few more into his mouth and crushed them, and after tasting the taste, he said to the third grandfather: "Uncle San, his soybeans are good, let's buy them." ”

The third grandfather also looked at the two bags of soybeans, nodded and said, "Okay, buy it." ”

Sixty catties of soybeans, three pennies a catty, and the third grandfather counted one hundred and eighty big coins for him.

The man took the money, carefully put it into the money bag, and thanked the third grandfather with a smile: "Thank you, old man, you have helped my family a lot." ”

Luo's father poured two sacks of soybeans into the basket and returned the sack to the man, who took the sack and left.

After this transaction was made, the people around knew that they were really harvesting soybeans, and they all said: "Old man of the Gu family, I also have soybeans at home, and I will bring them to you tomorrow." ”

"Old man of the Gu family, I also have soybeans at home, I will bring them to you tomorrow, three cents a pound."

The third grandfather said: "Okay, three pennies a pound, rest assured, it won't press your price." ”

After a while, the group left the town and walked towards Dafeng Village.

They walked very slowly today, and every time they passed through a village, Father Luo and the Chu family would go to the village to talk about harvesting soybeans.

When they returned to Dafeng Village, they had already collected 400 catties of soybeans, and more than a dozen villages passing by knew that their Gu family wanted to collect soybeans.