Chapter 37: Prices in Small Towns
In a place like Baoshan Prefecture, Chai Shuiqing can't go even if he wants to.
At her age, I'm afraid that she will be targeted as soon as she goes out.
What's more, she has never been to Shanyang County, so naturally she doesn't dare to expect to go to Baoshan Prefecture.
Qingyang Town is under the jurisdiction of Shanyang County, the county seat is much more prosperous than here, and all the things sold in the small towns under the county seat are bought from the city.
Therefore, because of this series of relationships, the wages and prices in Qingyang Town are considered low in the entire Dayue country.
Chai Shouxiao and his wife worked in the town, and they earned less than two taels of silver a month, most of which had to be handed over to the old wife of the Chai family, and the rest was only enough for the family not to be hungry.
Like Li Xiulin is a buddy in the town, he can get one or two silver a month. At the same time, it's a decent job, at least it's not tiring and insightful. So although the Li family does not have a mansion, their lives are not bad.
Located in the northwest, the West County has four distinct seasons, with longer months elsewhere during the cold season.
In addition, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the coarse grains are grown in Xijun, which are sold to the entire Dayue country.
East and South counties are mostly cultivated with rice and wheat, and the land is fertile, which is much richer than that of West County.
The price of ordinary white rice and white noodles is the lowest in Nanjun, and the asking price is only a few cents. However, when you arrive in Dongjun, you will buy it for about 10 yuan. When they arrived in Xijun, the price of white rice and white noodles was purchased from the south, and it was sold at a high price of 30 yuan.
The huge profits in this can be imagined!
In addition to these ordinary grains, there are also fruits and vegetables, which come from the south and east are expensive, and ordinary people rarely buy vegetables to eat, and most of them grow a little at home.
As for fruits, it would be nice to have wild fruits in the mountains, and no one would want to grow them, which is time-consuming and laborious.
In Xijun, those who can eat white rice, white noodles and fruits are all big families.
Ordinary people, even people in the town, do not dare to eat 100 meters of white noodles every day.
At this time, people mostly ate meat oil, that is, lard.
As for vegetarian oil, it is mostly found in Nanjun and Dongjun, and there are very few here.
On the streets of Qingyang Town, there are no people selling exquisite food, and if you want to eat well, you will go to a restaurant or teahouse.
Of course, it's not a small stall without snacks.
There are some stalls on both sides of the street selling some noodle dishes, such as the two-in-one noodle soup and baked cakes that Chai Shuiqing bought today.
The pancakes here are made of cornmeal mixed with other noodles, which looks yellow and clear, but does not have too much aroma. After the baked cake is done, it is boiled in the stove without any oil and water.
In the whole town, except for Qingfuxiang, who can afford to use white noodles, there is no other family that can use it.
Today, I got thirty taels at the pawnshop, plus one hundred and sixty wen from selling five catties of rice, which is not much in Chai Shuiqing's opinion.
But if you put it outside, it is also a large amount of property, enough for a family to eat and drink for several years.
The market in Qingyang Town is not big, and some people sell chickens, ducks and fish. The price of a chicken is 120 Wen, the goose is 140 Wen, and all kinds of eggs are two Wen. Pork is 20 wen, beef and mutton prices are slightly higher, ranging from 30 wen to 50 wen.
Coarse salt is 30 wen a catty, rice wine is 20 wen a catty, meat oil is 70 wen a catty, and sugar is more expensive than 80 wen a catty.
Chai Shuiqing is not short of these things, but this body needs to be mended, so Chai Shuiqing considered buying some fresh ones to go back.
Even though she has a lot of money in the system, she is happy to go shopping.
There was a lot of shouting in the market, and Chai Shuiqing found that there were several wooden basins around the corner, and when he walked over and looked, it was a carp.
Chai Shuiqing was overjoyed, and when he saw that no one was selling fish, he said to the big man who sold fish: "Uncle, how can you sell this fish?" ”