The Reborn Wife is Farming

One stone of grain can produce at least seventy catties of rice, even if it is the worst, there must be sixty catties for half a stone, right?

According to the worst case scenario, eight cents, forty-one cents and six cents can buy one shi of rice. Even if the merchant wants to make money, one tael of silver is the most according to common sense. In previous years, during the autumn harvest, Zhongmi was worth one tael of silver and one stone.

Both Mu Shi and Liu Daqian were downcast, and Liu Daqian asked with a sullen face, "The Chinese rice you bought yesterday was really worth one, two or three dollars?"

Mu Shi nodded.

Liu Daqian's hands trembled slightly, "Here, this utterly unconscionable person has almost doubled his income..."

Mu Shi also lowered his eyes and remained silent. The grain shops in the town and county are all run by wealthy households, and the three Yuanwailang from the town are among them.

Mu Shi said: "I was thinking about going to the county town tomorrow to sell the leather goods and store some food..."

"Don't buy it," Liu Daqian said angrily, "every household in the village has food, so you can buy it in the town and county? It's cheaper for those bastards..."

Mu Shi fell silent. He was afraid that the border would change due to the increase in food prices before, so he wanted to go south, but now the price of food on the uncle's side has been pushed down, and this year's tax has risen again. Apparently someone maliciously raised the price of rice in the counties and towns and lowered the price of grain in the countryside.

What Mu Shi could think of, Liu Daqian naturally thought of it, but he couldn't do anything about it. This year's foot money must be silver, and the only thing that rural people can exchange for money is grain. Those people must have colluded to lower the price of grain, so The price is the same no matter who you sell it to.

Seeing Liu Daqian's sad face, Mu Shi thought for a while, then went into the house and took a tael or two of silver and came out, "Uncle, my family only has so much money left after paying the taxes, so let's treat it as if I bought it from you." food."

Liu Daqian clenched the money in his hand, sighed and said, "I'll ask your two brothers to bring you the food later, it's all this year's new food."

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

The price of grain 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 kept in the dark, I'll go and discuss with some old guys in the village to see if there is any way, it can't be like this If you are so confused, let someone 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 yelled, "Go slowly, uncle."

Liu Daqian nodded slightly, "Ah Ling, your Cousin Lang picked up two rotten books, you go back to my house to have a look, if they are useful, you can take them back for your younger brother, they don't know a single character, keep them It's no use either."

Mu Yangling happily responded, "I'll go when the sun goes down."

Liu Daqian's eldest grandson, Liu Lang, likes to play around the streets and alleys. He often picks up some things at home, and sends them home as long as they are pieces of paper.

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

Both Mu Shi and Mu Yangling followed Shu Wanniang to learn how to read.

It is also because Shu Wanniang is literate. Although Shu Wanniang is not very good at working and has no gossip, literacy is too high in this era.

Mu Yangling watched Liu Daqian go away, then ran back to the house, and asked anxiously: "Father, shall we still collect food?"

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

Shu Wanniang sighed: "It's so easy to have a bumper harvest. I thought that everyone's life would be easier, but who knew that the price was deliberately lowered. The low price of the grain hurts the farmers."

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

"Father, the local gentry are the only ones who lower the price. Wouldn't it be over if we sell the grain to passing merchants? At least we can raise the price a little bit."

Shu Wanniang shook her head and laughed, "It's not as simple as you think."

Mu Shi also said: "Now it's the autumn harvest, and there are more or less grains everywhere. The price of grains has dropped, and the distance is far away. Who has nothing to go to the border to transport grains? Well, we adults want to If there is no good way, you, a child, don't get involved."

despised.

Mu Yangling was very angry. Although she looked like a child on the outside, she was an adult on the inside, an adult! She said that she must find a way, otherwise she would have lived in vain for so many years.

Mu Shi didn't know what his daughter was thinking. Seeing her eyes widen, he said: "This is the business of adults. You have been busy for a long time today. Now go play with your brother and watch him a little bit. Tell him to go out in the sun for too long."

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

"I'm going to tidy up the leather goods, and I'll go to the county to sell them tomorrow. Your mother is about to give birth, and the family needs to keep money." Mu Shi felt sorry for his daughter who had been tired for a long time, and said, "Go and play quickly, if you don't want to play , just go to the house and lie down for a while, father will get up early tomorrow, and probably won’t be back until midnight, so don’t go to the mountains tomorrow, and take care of your mother and younger brother at home.”

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

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

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

"You've been memorizing it for so long, and you won't be able to memorize it any longer. Why don't you go play with me for a while and memorize it when you come back in the evening. I'll cook for you in the evening, and you just memorize it."

Only then did Xiao Bowen show a happy smile, and nodded obediently: "Then sister, where shall we go to play?"

"Go to Cousin Lang's house first. He picked up two books with words. Let's go and see what kind of books they are and whether they can be used. Then I will 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- and six-year-old children in the village, and Xiao Bowen often plays with them.

Xiao Bowen happily took the book back and put it away, ran out and held his sister's hand, bouncing towards Cousin Lang's house.

Most of Linshan Village's surnames are Liu, and there are also Ma surnames Hu and Zhang. They are the only family with the Mu surname, so as long as the Mu family in Linshan Village is mentioned, everyone knows that they are referring to their family.

The Mu family lives at the foot of the mountain. There are five large tile-roofed houses made of green bricks, which are the only ones in the village. They were built by Mu Yangling's grandfather before he married his grandmother.

A quarter of an hour's walk to the southeast is the most densely populated area in the village, and the uncle's family is among them.

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

So the uncle is now living with his two sons, and the family is not separated.

Because it was busy autumn, the adults were rushing to harvest in the fields, and there were not many people in the village. When the siblings walked over, they didn't meet anyone. Children over six years old were probably thrown to work in the fields.

The eldest cousin Liu Lang was holding his eight-year-old brother Liu Lun in the basin to take a bath. While washing, he scolded: "I told you to be disobedient. Wait until dad comes back to see if he beats you."

Mu Yangling opened the door and came in, blinked at the two people in the yard, and asked, "Cousin Lang, Cousin Lun, what are you doing?"

Liu Lun uttered an "Aww", pulled off the clothes on the stool and covered his chest, shouting, "Don't look, turn around, turn around! Brother, drive her out!"

Liu Lang stared blankly at his younger brother, then suddenly jumped up and stopped in front of his younger brother, shouting: "Cousin, cousin, you go out first, and then come in after Allen has finished dressing."

Xiao Douding, who is only eight years old, who cares?

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

Liu Lun jumped out of the basin and began 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 argued: "I didn't know that someone would come, isn't everyone in the field at this time?"

Liu Lun wiped away tears aggrievedly, Liu Lang hurriedly said: "Don't be sad, she definitely didn't see it, you were sitting in the basin at that time, and you moved so fast."

"She really didn't see it?"

"No, definitely not." Liu Lang said affirmatively.