NFBE Chapter 236 Shallow Stocking of Goods
Chapter 236 Shallow Stocking of Goods
Song Anning turned her head and looked at the roadside. A dozen women were sitting by the roadside. The baskets in front of them were filled with clean duck eggs. There was a wooden sign that read: One cent each.
"Haha, Uncle Ming, you also know that chickens, ducks and geese start laying eggs in the spring.
It’s a good time now, so duck eggs are cheaper.
If it is the hottest time of the year, ducks will not like to lay eggs, and the price will not be the same as it is now.
I gave the villagers two cents, as we had agreed, no matter what time it was. Until the beginning of autumn, the ducks stopped laying eggs.
Also, if the ducks laid eggs the day before, I would pickle them the next day to keep them fresh.”
Xiao Ming slapped his head. How could he have forgotten this? After the beginning of the dog days, it was difficult to buy duck eggs. Some duck eggs cost only three coins each.
"Miss, aren't you afraid that when the price of duck eggs goes up, the villagers will raise it to three cents and sell it to others?"
Song Anning smiled and replied, "Our business is not temporary. If they want to be able to sell duck eggs next year, they won't do this."
"Haha, I'm short-sighted..."
Xiao Ming was driving the car in front and felt a little regretful for asking this question. Everyone thinks they are the smartest, but sometimes they ignore the wisdom of others.
"How could that be? I'm just being clever. Everyone has their own standards. As long as the villagers don't suffer any loss, I won't lose money either. That's enough."
"Hahaha, what Aning said makes people feel comfortable."
Xiao Yingchun just bought some snacks for the two of them to share.
Xiao Ming was driving the ox cart in front, chatting from time to time.
There was a chicken coop in the middle of the car. The chicks were scared of being in a strange place and panickedly crawled under the belly of the old hen, leaving only a little bit of fluffy yellow hair exposed.
At the rear of the car, two girls wearing veils were eating and talking about something funny, and from time to time there were bursts of silver bell-like laughter.
To outsiders, this was just a father bringing his two daughters to the market to buy things. The heartwarming scene warmed people's hearts, and even the officers and soldiers at the city gate with serious expressions couldn't help but take a few more glances.
After buying needles and thread, Song Anning asked Xiao Ming to park the ox cart in front of the grain store. After entering, she called the shopkeeper and said proudly:
"Shopkeeper, I need one thousand catties of white rice, five hundred catties each of corn and grain rice.
There is also one thousand kilograms of white flour, and five hundred kilograms of corn flour and miscellaneous grain flour.
One thousand kilograms of soybeans, and two hundred kilograms of red beans, mung beans and other beans.
I'll order it first and come pick it up tomorrow."
"..."
Xiao Ming and his daughter were stunned. The grain shop owner was calculating rapidly. The price of grain was cheap recently and it was not easy to sell. He was worried.
I didn't expect to meet such a sucker now. He bought thousands of kilograms of goods. I can finally clear out the little stock in the store.
After paying the deposit and issuing a note, the grain shop owner smiled and sent the three people out.
"Aning, why buy so much food? We can't finish it all in a short time."
"Uncle Ming, I'll leave the task of transporting the grain to you and Brother Yuanbao. It's best to get it back home before dark.
I went to Linhai Town two days ago. It's not peaceful there. There might be a plague. The sooner we prepare, the less we'll starve."
"plague?"
After Xiao Ming asked these two words, he quickly covered his mouth.
This is no joke! He had lived for forty years and had only heard of two plagues in the Nanyue Dynasty, both of which had extremely tragic consequences.
"Uncle Ming, during this period, you and Brother Yuanbao will each look after the land, and the other one will come to town to buy things from me.
We need a carriage now. We can put our things in the carriage so that others can’t see what’s inside unless they lift the curtains.”
“If you say so, I know what’s going on.
So, you and Yingchun can buy some things first, such as salt and sugar. Don’t buy too much at one time, go to several stores to buy them.
I'll go to the west of the city to check on the horses, and then we can split up."
"Uncle Ming, here are thirty taels of silver. Take it and use it first."
"Okay, let's meet at the city gate in an hour."
After Xiao Ming left, Song Anning and Xiao Yingchun split up. Xiao Yingchun was responsible for buying salt, while Song Anning first went to look at cotton and cloth, and then went to the dry goods store to buy some dried kelp, dried bamboo shoots, mushrooms, day lilies, etc.
She really has everything in her space, but she can't just take it out in front of so many people. If they knew about this, everyone would get nervous.
After visiting several stores, she found that the quality of the goods was far inferior to those in the system mall, so she simply found a deserted place, reached into her backpack, and took out the things one by one.
Dried meat of various flavors, dried fruits, salt and sugar, and a small packet of medicine.
After buying these, she went to the town entrance early with her backpack to wait. In fact, she had no time to rest at all. She was always browsing the system mall. When she came across instant noodles, dried noodles, compressed biscuits, etc., she bought them by tens of boxes.
She had heard before that in cities infected with the plague, many people were not infected but would still be killed.
In villages like theirs, if the official road is blocked, the connected villages will become stagnant. Unless they cross several mountains, the villagers cannot leave.
Food was not a big deal; even if they ate tree bark while staying in the mountains, they wouldn't starve to death. But without salt or cloth, if it was winter, many people would freeze to death without cotton-padded jackets.
She has a mall, so nothing will go wrong, but others are not so lucky.
The new house will be renovated in more than ten days. Before that, Song Anning decided to go back today and go to the carpenter's house to make furniture, and work on both sides at the same time. Once the house is completed, they can move in.
Furthermore, the spread of plagues was mostly due to water problems. People got sick after drinking contaminated water.
It seems that she needs to dig a large well in the yard of her new house and then tell her second grandfather about Linhai Town.
If the villagers are willing to believe, they can make some preparations in advance. As for those who don’t believe, they can just not wait until the last minute to steal other people’s food.
As for grandma and aunt, once the new house is built, she won't have time to care about so many things anymore. She can just secretly take her aunt to live with her.
If something happened in Ping'an Town, people like grandma and my aunt would not be able to beat anyone, let alone rob them, and would only be beaten.
I bought these things today, but they are just appetizers. Anyway, Song Anning has a space necklace in her hand, which can hold a lot of things.
Moreover, she could farm in that space, so she decided to make a list after returning home, writing down all the things she needed at home, buying some and putting some outside, storing some in her backpack, and some in the space.
At this time, Xiao Yingchun came jogging with a backpack on her back. As soon as she arrived, she lifted her veil and whispered something in Song An Ning's ear.
"Really? Did you read that correctly?"