After visiting the ceramics shop, the students' purses were almost empty.

Some of them were already empty, so I could only watch the students continue to march towards the grocery store.

The newly developed soy sauce is the most popular, but unfortunately the amount is not much, and the purchase limit is two catties per person, one catty is one hundred and twenty yuan, and two catties per person is a total of two hundred and forty yuan, which is still acceptable.

After all, salt has to be combined to almost 100 yuan to get a catty, this soy sauce can be used as salt, and it tastes better than salt, this price, everyone thinks it's pretty good.

But it is still a little difficult for ordinary people to consume.

But this is also a helpless thing, after all, this is not salt, it is not an indispensable necessity in life, and it can only be temporarily classified as a light luxury seasoning.

In addition to soy sauce, there is another popular item in the grocery store, and that is needles.

Don't underestimate this little needle, in this era with the family as the unit of production, male ploughing and female weaving are the mainstream.

There is hardly a weaver girl who doesn't want a needle, but this small iron needle is not available to everyone.

In a village, anyone who can have a needle in the family can become the object of envy.

The more she understands the hard work of the people at the bottom of this era, the more Xu Yue feels that she is lucky, and the family that has crossed over has an iron firewood knife and kitchen knife, which shows that their family's conditions are really rich in the village.

It is also because of this family that the whole family felt very stretched at first, but in fact, they have overcome the family conditions of countless local poor people, and they can achieve everything they are now.

The needles in the grocery store are packed in thick cardboard boxes, and there are 500 needles in one box.

Such a box of needles only costs 300 yuan.

All things considered, a needle is less than a penny.

A money, even the poorest of the family, can be taken out by a way.

Mai is like this, and so is the needle, unlike other students who shouted that Xu's needle was cheap, Bo Ya's heart suddenly surged with an inexplicable emotion.

Looking at this box of needles that are so cheap that every weaver can use it, a picture of "Weaver Niang's Clothes" has automatically appeared in front of him, and the happy smile of the child wearing neat clothes on the picture scroll made his heart swell for a long time.

"Xu Xiaolang, your needle won't lose money, right?" After calculating in his heart, Bo Ya caught Xu Yue, who was instigating his classmates to buy more things, and asked softly in disbelief.

He calculated, even if the sackcloth side doesn't make money, it shouldn't lose money.

But this needle, with the investment of raw materials, labor, and time, only sells for less than one dollar and one needle, which is definitely a loss.

Xu Yue, who was busy beckoning the big guy to buy something, was asked, and then replied with a smile: "Well, it's really a loss." ”

"Then why is your house still selling so cheaply?" Boya asked.

Seeing that he was asking seriously, Xu Yue also put away her smile, and replied seriously: "Ordinary people don't use so many needles, we sell them at a price of less than one dollar and one needle, but in fact, we sell them to those merchants who come and go from the north to the south, they buy in large quantities, and then sell them at a higher price, counting the round-trip expenses, at least two or three times the original price must be raised to make a profit." ”

I set a price for less than one needle, so when the merchants sell it, it is two or three dollars a needle, this price, everyone should be able to afford it, if you don't have money, you can take half a pound of grain in exchange. ”

"In this way, everyone in the world can have a needle."

Looking at the seriousness and some persistence in the girl's eyes, Boya was stunned for a while.

Xu Yue pointed to the goods next to him and said: "The needle is indeed losing money, and Mai is not making money, but these things are indispensable to the people, but we make money with other things, and the two sides rush against each other, and they still don't lose money." ”

"But, how can there be such a business?" Boya muttered in confusion.

Xu Yue wanted to say that in my Great Heavenly Empire, there was such a business.

The state has always bought and sold the basic security materials for the people at a loss, just to enable everyone to meet the basic needs of life.

All this money is allocated from other places where money is made.

Every year, the amount of money spent on subsidizing basic necessities is as high as tens of trillions.

Otherwise, where do you go to use a few cents and a kilowatt-hour of electricity, one or two pieces of water for a ton of water? Take a smooth and fast highway and take a comfortable and efficient high-speed rail subway?

The construction of those large-scale projects has always been aimed at improving the people's living conditions. There are so many things that we can't just look at the costs and benefits, because the value of their existence has long been impossible to judge by conventional standards.

Of course, it is impossible for Xu Yue to tell Bo Ya these things, and even if she wants to tell, it is not at this time.

"Young lady!"

When the students were standing in line at the counter under the leadership of the Xu brothers and sisters, Wang walked in.

Dressed in a strong suit, he looks slender and powerful, and his steps are like the wind, adding a bit of freedom and ease. A medium-long hair is tied up high, and the end is heroic.

If it weren't for Xu Yue's brother and sister, the three of them shouted in unison: "A-Niang! ”

Boya thought that the person who walked in was a sergeant who had been tempered for a long time.

Her dark eyes flicked slightly, and people couldn't help but want to straighten their backs and stand up straight for review. A powerful aura enveloped you, making you only look up to her.

Wang strode in, and the noisy grocery store suddenly fell silent.

At that moment, Ziyu thought of what Xu Yue had said that the martial arts of the three of their brothers and sisters were mostly taught by A-Niang.

At that time, he didn't believe it, but now, looking at the woman in the power suit walking in front of him...... Weak legs, want to kneel!

Looking at the three brothers and sisters of Xu Yue, they were not afraid of such a mother at all, but smiled, their eyes full of admiration.

It can be seen that the relationship between the mother and the three children has always been close.

It's just that how can a mother who looks so serious be intimate with her children?

Ziyu immediately thought of his strict father, although he also respected his father, his father was not bad for him, in addition to being stricter.

But the two have always maintained a distance in their hearts, and they have never been as close as the brothers and sisters of the Xu family.

was confused and secretly envious, Wang's eyes swept over, "You are all classmates of my eldest lang, second mother, and young lady, right?" You are welcome to come, I will ask the cafeteria to prepare a light meal in the evening, and everyone will come over to eat, although it is just a home-cooked dish, but I think you will all have a good time. ”

She smiled, the sharpness in her eyes faded a lot, but she was still far from the image of a loving mother in the public.

But looking at the three brothers and sisters of the Xu family standing behind her, proud and happy, everyone felt that this different mother was really good.

Their mother had never been so generous with the classmates they brought home.

But they never thought that if their mother was like Wang, would they be able to accept it?

They are even a little ashamed to let the mother appear at home, feeling that this is unruly and contrary to traditional etiquette, which indirectly leads to the mother who cares about the child's mood and face and does not dare to come out if she wants to.