MTL - The Reborn Lady is Farming-Chapter 10 ashamed

   One stone of grain can yield at least seventy catties of rice, even if it is the worst, half a stone and sixty catties will always be there, right?

  According to the worst-case calculation, eight dollars and forty-one cents can buy one stone of rice. Even if the merchant wants to make money, according to common sense, one tael of silver is the most. In the autumn harvest in previous years, the middle rice was one tael of silver and one stone.

   Both Mu Shi and Liu Daqian lowered their faces, and Liu Daqian asked with a sullen face, "Is the Zhongmi you bought yesterday really worth a couple of dollars?"

   Mushi nodded.

  Liu Daqian's hand trembled slightly, "This, this unconscionable man has almost doubled his earnings..."

  Mu Shi also lowered his eyes and did not speak. The grain shops in the town and the county were all run by wealthy households, and the three members of the town were among them.

  Mu Shi said: "I was thinking of going to the county town tomorrow to sell furs and stock up on some food..."

   "Don't buy it," Liu Daqian said angrily: "Every household in the village has food, can you buy it in the town or county? It's cheap for those bastards..."

Mu Shi fell silent. Before the increase in food prices, he was afraid that the border had changed, so he wanted to go south, but now the food prices on the uncle and their side have been lowered, and this year's taxes have risen again. Obviously, someone is maliciously raising the price of rice in the county and town and driving down the price of grain in the countryside.

What Mu Shi could think of, Liu Daqian naturally also thought of it, but he had no choice. This year's money must be money. The only thing that rural people can exchange for money is food. Those people must be colluding to keep food prices down, so The price is the same no matter who you sell it to.

Seeing Liu Daqian's sad face, Mu Shi thought about it, and went into the house and took out a half or two of the money, "Uncle, there's only so much left in my family after paying taxes, so I think it's me who bought it from you. food."

  Liu Daqian clenched the silver coin in his hand and sighed, "I'll tell you two brothers to bring you the grain, which is the new grain this year."

  Mu Shi hurriedly said: "The price is the same as last year's grain price at this time."

   The price of food at this time last year was about four cents and ninety-five cents.

Liu Daqian nodded in response, got up and said, "My family has all the money, but so many people in the village are still in the dark. I will discuss with some old guys in the village to see if there is any way, it can't be like this. It's confusing to ask people to figure it out."

  Liu Daqian walked away with his hands behind his back.

   Mu Yangling was cleaning the yard, and when he saw it, he shouted, "Uncle, walk slowly."

Liu Daqian nodded slightly, "A Ling, Cousin Lang picked up two rotten books, you can go back to my house to have a look, if it is useful, you can take it back for your brother, they don't know one big character, so keep it. It's no use."

   Mu Yangling answered happily, "I'll go when the sun fades."

  Liu Daqian's eldest grandson, Liu Lang, likes to walk around the streets and alleys.

   Because only the Mu family can read in the entire Kuoshan Village, and to be precise, only Shu Wanniang can read.

   Mu Shi and Mu Yangling both followed Shu Wanniang to read.

  Also because Shu Wanniang is literate, although Shu Wanniang is not very good at work, she doesn't have much to say, literacy is too high in this era.

   Mu Yangling watched Liu Daqian leave, then ran back to the house and asked anxiously, "Father, are we still stocking grain?"

   "Tun, why not? Let's buy it directly from the villagers. We don't have to go to the town and county. It can save a lot of money. Then we can send it to the town mill to grind it into rice."

  Shu Wanniang sighed: "It was a good year for a bumper harvest. I thought everyone's life would be easier, but who knew that the price was deliberately lowered, and the low price of grain hurt the farmers."

  Mu Shi scratched his head, but there was nothing he could do.

   "Father, it's all the local squires who are keeping the price down. Wouldn't it be the end of us selling our grain to passing merchants? At least we can raise the price a little bit."

  Shu Wanniang shook her head and laughed, "How can it be as simple as you think."

Mu Shi also said: "Now that the autumn harvest is coming, there are more or less grains everywhere, and the price of this grain has already dropped, plus the distance is long, who has nothing to go to the border to transport grain? Okay, we adults all think If there is no good way, don't mix it up as a child."

   was despised.

   Mu Yangling is very angry, although she looks like a child, but inside is an adult, an adult! She said that she must find a way, otherwise she will live for so many years in vain.

Mu Shi didn't know what his daughter was thinking. Seeing her eyes widen, he said, "This is about the adults, you've been busy for a long time today, now go and play with your brother, watch him, don't Tell him to go out in the sun for too long."

   Mu Yangling saw Mu Shi turned around to go to the warehouse, and asked curiously, "Father, why are you going to the warehouse?"

"I'm going to sort out the furs. I'll go to the county tomorrow to get rid of them. Your mother is about to give birth, and you have to leave money at home." Mu Shi felt distressed that his daughter was tired for a long time, and said, "Go and play, if you don't want to play. , just go to the house and lie down for a while, tomorrow father will get up early, and it is estimated that he will be back in the middle of the night, so don't go to the mountains tomorrow, and take care of your mother and your brother at home."

   Mu Yangling rolled his eyes, responded with a sound, and ran out to find his brother.

  Xiao Bowen was shaking his head obediently and reciting the Three Character Classic. Mu Yangling ran forward and pulled the book in his hand, saying, "Stop memorizing it, and go play with my sister."

   Xiao Bowen struggled inwardly and said, "But my mother told me to memorize the fifth page before I can go out to play."

   "You've memorized it for so long, and you can't memorize it any longer. Why don't you go play with me for a while, come back in the evening and memorize it again. I'll cook the fire for you at night, and you just have to endorse it."

  Xiao Bowen showed a happy smile, and nodded obediently: "Then sister, where are we going to play?"

   "First go to Cousin Lang's house. He picked up two books with characters. Let's go see what books they are and if they can be used, then I'll take you to Goudan and the others to play with."

  Goudan is the only son of Widow Liu, the head of the village. Like Xiao Bowen, he is only five years old. He is the king of the five- or six-year-old children in the village. Xiao Bowen often plays with them.

  Xiao Bowen happily took the book back and put it away, ran out to hold her sister's hand and jumped to cousin Lang's house.

  Linshan Village has many surnames Liu, as well as Ma surnames Hu and Zhang surnames, but they are the only ones with Mu surnames. Therefore, as long as the Mu family in Linshan Village is mentioned, everyone knows that it is their family.

  The Mu family lived at the foot of the mountain, with five large brick houses, the only one in the village. It was built by Mu Yangling's grandfather before marrying his grandmother.

   A quarter of an hour to the southeast is the most densely populated place in the village, including the uncle's family.

Uncle Liu Daqian had a total of three sons and two daughters, but in the end only two sons stood up. The second one died of illness when he was three years old, and the two daughters died in a military disaster twelve years ago. , Mu Yangling's grandfather and grandmother also died in that military disaster.

   So the uncle is now living with his two sons, and there is no separation.

  Because it was the busy autumn season, the adults were all rushing to harvest the fields, and there were not many people in the village. The two brothers and sisters didn’t meet a single person when they approached, and the children over six years old were probably thrown into the fields to work.

  The eldest cousin Liu Lang was holding his eight-year-old brother Liu Lun in the basin to take a bath, and he scolded as he washed, "I told you to be disobedient, and wait until Dad comes back at night to see if he beats you up."

   Mu Yangling pushed the door and came in, looked at the two people in the yard blinking, and asked, "Cousin Lang, cousin Lun, what are you doing?"

   Liu Lun made an "Ow" and pulled the clothes off the stool to cover his chest, shouting, "Don't look at it, turn around, turn around! Brother, get her out!"

   Liu Lang stared blankly at his brother, then suddenly jumped up and stopped in front of his brother, shouting, "Biao, cousin, you go out first, and then come in after Allen is dressed."

   Xiaodouding, who is only eight years old, who dares to dare?

   Mu Yangling rolled his eyes, took his sluggish younger brother out, and closed the door by the way.

   Liu Lun jumped out of the basin and started to get dressed in a hurry. His eyes were red and he was about to cry, "She saw it, she must have seen it, why didn't you close the door just now?"

   Liu Lang defended: "How could I know that someone would come, isn't everyone in the field at this time?"

   Liu Lun wiped away his grievances, and Liu Lang hurriedly said, "Don't be sad, she certainly didn't see it. You were sitting in the water basin at that time, and you were moving so fast."

   "She really didn't see it?"

   "No, definitely not." Liu Lang affirmed.