Chapter 30: Expensive Food

In the next few days, Jiang Jingxue still went into the mountains from time to time, wanting to see what good things were, anyway, there wasn't much to do at home, so it was better to go out for a walk.

It's the tenth day of the lunar month now, she thinks that in a few days, her father and brother should come back, and she doesn't know how much money she can get back, they still have to repair the house as soon as possible, it is always inappropriate to live in her grandfather's house, and there are already many people in the village chewing their tongues.

She doesn't care, anyway, others say that she lives by herself, but this will bring trouble to her grandfather's family, and it has caused them too much trouble, where can she not be in a hurry?

Now she does have that treasure, but apart from being able to secretly take some seeds from home and plant them, it is not of much use, and she has to take everything slowly.

I picked up a basket of firewood and went back, and when I entered the door, I heard Wen's chattering, "This year's green onions are really expensive, I went to the town to buy things today, and I saw someone selling them, and they can be sold for six yuan a catty." ”

Liu Shi said in surprise, "Six cents a catty? Is it worth so much? We also have it, otherwise we will sell it while the price is high? ”

Wen sighed, "I also think, our family just has such a little green onion, what do you eat when you sell it?" It's not good to even have these things for the New Year, the money, you can always earn it back, if you sell it naturally, it's just a little bit of it. ”

Jiang Jingxue remembered that the weather was dry this summer, and it didn't rain much until winter was approaching, so the green onions didn't grow well, and the growth of other vegetables planted in autumn was worse than before, so the price of vegetables this winter was more expensive.

No one buys vegetables to eat in the countryside, but they all have them in their own vegetable fields, what do you do with that money? But not everyone in the town can grow their own crops, and they still have to spend money to buy them.

She hurriedly asked, "Mother-in-law, other dishes shouldn't be cheap, right?" ”

Wen nodded, "Yes, it's not cheap, our family has few vegetables, otherwise I really want to sell some, it's rare to have such a good price." ”

Fang said on the side, "I used to grow a lot of vegetables in the Jiang family, but now that they have all fallen into their hands, I must have exchanged them for money." ”

Jiang Jingxue's eyes rolled, and she suddenly thought of a way, and said with a smile, "Mother-in-law, there are still peas at home, right?" Although the time has passed, but we can try it, the weather has not been too cold recently, and the good students are taking care of it, maybe they can launch seedlings before the New Year, that thing is very rare, tender and raw, and it is sold in the town, and the price must be good. ”

Wen smiled and said, "That's right, it is estimated that it can be sold for more than ten yuan, but it will be the New Year in about 20 days, where can it be made, there are in the ground, and other families are also pinching and selling, you few small ones go and take a look, if you can pinch it, take some to the town for money." ”

Jiang Jingxue was very happy, "Okay, good!" ”

She quickly put down the firewood, found Xiuxiu and Dongmei, and the three of them took a basket and hurriedly ran into the field.

Fang said, "Mother, what are you letting them do in the field?" The pea seedlings in the field are old, and they can't be sold. ”

Wen laughed and said, "What if you can pinch some?" Just one can sell for a dozen dollars, that's a good thing. ”

She thought that it would be good for adults to do this and delay their efforts, so that children could toss around, and it would be good to get some money back for a good year.

If the pea seedlings grow well, pinch some of them, and the peas will bear better in the coming year.

Many people are doing this, and today when she went to the town, she saw that there were people in the village who were selling, and they were already lagging behind.

This matter was also mentioned, it was almost time to make lunch, Fang's and Lin's were choosing dishes, Wen's looked at her and said, "Turning over the New Year's side, the Chengjia and Xue'er will reach their age, in my opinion, or ask the matchmaker to find their relatives, this matter can't be in a hurry, look at it slowly, if you can't find a good one, the silver can only be out, and it is distressing to spend six taels of silver, but you can't just give them a family affair because of this, what do you say?" ”

Fang nodded, "That's what I mean, I have to ask the matchmaker to watch it, but I'm worried about this silver, taxes will be collected in March, if we haven't decided on a marriage at that time, we have to take it out, we're afraid we won't be able to save so much." ”

Wen said, "You don't have to worry about this, if you really don't find a suitable one, we will come out of this silver first, and then deal with the past." ”

As soon as she said this, Lin's hand picking vegetables paused, Fang saw it, and said to Wen, "The child's father can also get some money back, and see how much there is when the time comes, if it is not enough, we can only borrow it from my mother's family, but we will definitely pay it back within a year." ”

It's not easy for anyone's family, although the mother's family is living a better life, it is still very difficult to take out six taels of silver at once, if you save some, these six taels of silver are enough for the family's expenses for half a year.

She knew that her sister-in-law and younger siblings would definitely be unhappy, so she had to say these words in front, she thought, if she really borrowed money from her mother's family, even if she only slept for two hours a day, she would have to hurry up and do embroidery work to pay back the money.

Wen naturally understood what she meant, nodded at this time, and didn't say anything more.

Jiang Jingxue followed Xiuxiu and Dongmei to the soil where the Fang family planted peas, and stood there to see that the pea seedlings were old and thin, Jiang Jingxue frowned, it was not the same as what she had seen in her previous life.

Also, the planting conditions at this time are definitely not as good as in the previous life, plus this year's drought again, it must not grow well, from such pea seedlings to choose the tender ones to sell for money, it is really not easy, no wonder the price will be so high.

But she didn't care, and she didn't forget that she still had a treasure.

Xiuxiu said, "Our family has planted so many peas, how many do you think we can pinch?" I've heard people say that you can sell it for five cents for a handful, but if you really pinch such a basket out, you have to sell it for hundreds of wen, even if you pinch this piece of soil, there won't be that much. ”

Jiang Jingxue's eyes rolled, and she said with a smile, "You listen to me, you can pinch pea seedlings, right?" ”

The two of them nodded, and Jiang Jingxue still motioned for them to show it, "That's it, it's all pinched." ”

Xiuxiu said, "But this is all old, where can I still sell it for money." ”

Jiang Jingxue pretended to be mysterious and said, "I always have a way to make them tender, go back and soak them in water twice, and then toss them well, they will definitely be able to sell for money." ”

The two of them were still skeptical, but Jiang Jingxue was full of confidence, so the two of them helped with a smile, let's try it.