"Brother Li, what are you buying so much brown sugar for?" The grocery store shopkeeper squinted his eyes and tried to find out the news, and the half-old child in front of him often came to his shop to buy things, he naturally recognized it, but it was the first time he had seen so much money at once.

Of course, Li Ping'an couldn't tell the truth, so he just pretended to be casual and said: "Thinking about a new kind of food, I can find an entry for the family if I get it out." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at Li Ping'an deeply in disbelief, but did not ask any further, but said with a warm smile: "Three catties of brown sugar is worth a lot of money, you must send some to me to taste when the time comes." ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Li Ping'an snorted, and then rolled his eyes, "Shopkeeper, you also said that brown sugar is worth a lot of money, and I often come to you to buy things, even if we don't know each other, we know each other, do you think this price can be a little cheaper?" ”

Of the three things he wanted to buy, the price of coarse salt was the lowest, forty wen a catty.

The price of vinegar is slightly higher, 520 wen a bucket, a bucket of 12 liters, which is converted to almost 43 wen a liter, which is more expensive than wine. In these days, food is expensive, and what is made from grain cannot be cheap. However, Li Ping'an didn't think about buying wine, this thing has a low degree, and it is not as effective as aged vinegar in terms of sterilization and disinfection, and the wine can be drunk directly, and if it is smelled, it may be remembered.

The most expensive is brown sugar, sixty wen a tael, and a pound will cost six hundred wen (one pound in this article is counted as ten taels). Li Ping'an didn't know what the sugar making skills of the Dajing Dynasty were, but he inquired that only in the south did there be brown sugar, and most of them were bought by the royal family and dignitaries, and only a small part was circulated in the market.

Scarcity is expensive, and it was shipped all the way from the south, so it is not surprising that brown sugar is expensive.

The shopkeeper calculated the account and groaned slightly, "The price is indispensable, so let's see that you didn't bring a jar, I'll build two jars for you." ”

The jar is not worth a few dollars, and there are a few that have fallen in his warehouse, and he will not lose money as a partner.

Li Ping'an gritted his teeth in annoyance, and thanked the shopkeeper depressedly. If he had more time, he would have liked to continue to bargain with the shopkeeper, but unfortunately time did not allow it. Unfortunately, when he was at home, he was still thinking about what to buy, and when he went out, he forgot to bring a jar of vinegar.

After settling the account, he was full of money left, and after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and asked for a pound of caramel, which was much cheaper than brown sugar, fifteen cents and one tael. Stuffed a piece of caramel for Li Dong, and the two of them plunged into the rain again, the salt and sugar were wrapped in oiled paper, and then they used their bodies to block the rain, but they didn't worry that the water would seep in.

When he arrived at the pharmacy, he spent all the money he had on him, leaving not a penny. The ones I bought were some common cheap medicinal materials, mainly for the heat and cold and fever, although there were not many, but they were enough for emergency use.

Besides, if it doesn't rain anymore, he can also look for medicinal herbs in the mountains. In the last life, he was in an era of information explosion, and he was also a native of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province loves to make beautiful soup, pays attention to food supplements, and has a mysterious attachment to the use of common Chinese medicinal materials.

Growing up in such an environment, he still recognizes some common Chinese medicinal materials in the wild. The important thing is that these herbs he recognizes can be eaten even if he is not sick. As long as he doesn't admit the wrong medicine, he doesn't have to worry about eating bad people at all.

After buying the things and having no money on him, Li Ping'an didn't stay long, and took Li Dong to the grain store in a hurry to meet his father.

Li Dong silently followed Li Ping'an with a jar of vinegar, although his face was not obvious, he was secretly surprised in his heart. From the grocery store to the pharmacy, Li Ping'an spent more than four dollars, so how much food did he have to buy!

However, although I don't know what is the use of Li Ping'an spending so much money to buy these things, Li Dong has a blind trust in Li Ping'an, and Brother Ping'an must have his reasons.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the street, after a distance, Li Ping'an saw a lot of people around the front of the grain store with the word "Chen" written on the banner, and it seemed that the sound of quarrel passed through the noisy rain and faintly entered his ears.

He quickened his pace and walked over, looked in the crowd, found the location of Daddy, looked back and saw Li Dong following him closely, so he pointed to Daddy and their direction and motioned for Li Dong to follow.

It's not used for him to sneak around in the county town when he has nothing to do, Li Dong has only come to the county a handful of times, but he can't help but look at him, in case Li Jun is lost, he doesn't know how to explain to the uncle.

Coming to Li Erlin's side, Li Ping'an wiped the rain on his face and asked loudly: "Dad, what's going on, have you bought good food?" ”

Li Erlin shook his head, while Li Silin, who had a relatively hot temper, took a sip and said angrily: "The grain store doesn't sell grain!" ”

Li Ping'an hurriedly asked what was going on, and through Li Silin's scolding voice, he understood the reason.

It turned out that when Li Erlin and the others arrived at the Chen Ji grain store, there were already more than a dozen people gathered at the door, and they wondered why they didn't go in, but when they were about to go in, they were blocked by the grain store guys with sticks, claiming that they would not sell grain today, and said that they had already sent people to ask for officials, and whoever dared to rush in would be arrested and sent to the county government to beat the board and go to prison.

The owner of the grain store is Qingfeng Chen, Chen's surname is an out-and-out surname in Qingfeng County, and there are four villages of Dachen Village, Xiaochen Village, Shangchen Village, and Xiachen Village alone, and more importantly, the county lieutenant of Qingfeng County is a member of the Chen clan.

The county lieutenant is in charge of public security, and the threat of the grain store guys is naturally not untargeted.

Originally, Chen Dazhu thought that everyone was surnamed Chen, and their Xiaochen Village was still a side branch of the Chen Village Lord's family, so he hoped that they would say that they were from Xiaochen Village, and the guys could be accommodating, but it turned out to be useless.

"Have you seen the other two grain stores?" Li Ping'an asked, of course, there is not only Chen Ji in the county.

Li Erlin said in a deep voice: "I've gone to see it, but it's all closed." ”

Li Ping'an's face suddenly turned ugly, and he looked at the door of the grain store silently, the sound of the surrounding people and rain seemed to be isolated, and a feeling of despair arose spontaneously from the bottom of his heart.

Yes, even these small people know that they have to hoard grain, and these shrewd businessmen don't know that now is a good time to make money, and when the grain store sells grain again, I'm afraid it won't be the usual price.

It's just that they, the ordinary people, don't deserve to live? Is it so difficult to survive?

"Eh, big pillars, two pillars, three pillars, why are you here?"

A voice came into Li Ping'an's ears, pulling Li Ping'an's thoughts back, Li Ping'an turned his head solemnly, and when he saw that the person who came was the village chief of Xiaochen Village, a bright light burst out in his eyes, as if he had found a life-saving straw, and shouted excitedly: "Grandpa the village chief, let's buy grain, can you go and talk to the shopkeeper and let them be accommodating?" ”