Take the space supermarket to farm

Chapter 255 Refuse

These grain shops are now open late and close early. They sell a limited amount of ten shi of grain every day. They will sell no more than 20 shi at most.

The price of food keeps changing day by day, so how can you be willing to sell out all of it at once?

If there is food, it has to be said that there is no food.

Even if the warehouse is full, it can also be said to be empty.

Although this Wang family comes from a wealthy family and is the wife of a county magistrate, most people cannot afford to offend her.

But as soon as she opens her mouth, she has to buy a large amount of food and give her a low price. Wouldn't this mean that she is ruining people's financial opportunities?

Who can agree to such a thing?

However, if he didn't agree, he was afraid of offending the county magistrate.

Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate who ruins his family will destroy his family.

If you are a merchant who runs a grain store, for the sake of money, they will respectfully address you as "Master, Madam, Young Master or Young Master," but you cannot take it seriously.

With one or two businesses at home and a few coins, he was bold enough to challenge the wife of the county magistrate.

If you are so ignorant, you will bring trouble to your family sooner or later!

The faces of several female relatives of the grain store became increasingly ugly. No one spoke for a while, and the atmosphere in the room became quite dull. Gradually, some irresolvable embarrassment began to float in the air.

The smile on the face of the county magistrate's wife, Wang, also faded.

She picked up the teacup, took a sip, and put it down on the table with a "pop":

"Who made this tea? It's all lukewarm and I don't know how to change it! What's the matter, the tea got cold before this person left?"

Several female relatives of the grain merchants couldn't help but tremble after hearing this.

Immediately, a maid knelt down and apologized:

"My servant is on duty today. Please forgive me, madam, but I will exchange this cold tea for you!"

Xia Daohua secretly picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. The temperature of the tea was quite palatable... It seemed that the words of the county magistrate's wife, Mrs. Wang, really meant something!

Looking at the female relatives of the grain store, their faces could no longer be described as livid.

At this time, Mrs. Dong, the young mistress of Chenji Food Store, bit the bullet and spoke:

"My wife wants to buy food, so I shouldn't say no. It's just that this clever woman can't make a living without rice!"

The ship sent by our master to buy grain has not returned with any message for two months.

The last time I sent a message was that I encountered water bandits on the river. The manager originally planned to settle the matter and give the water bandits some silver to pay for their passage.

But there has been no news since then, and I don’t know if he is okay.

Nowadays, the food in our storehouse has been sold out. The master is sighing with sorrow. He cannot sleep every day and night, and his hair has turned white.

If it was not me, Chen Ji Liang Company, who was unwilling to help, I would be really powerless!

I hope my wife will be considerate."

Dong is petite in stature, gentle and gentle, her voice is not high-pitched, and she is quite timid.

But she did the most daring thing among this group of female relatives - she rejected the Wang family.

Although it is very euphemistic, although a sufficient reason is given.

But rejection is rejection.

Wang smiled and said nothing.

Crystal beads of sweat oozed from Dong's forehead and the tip of her nose, and tears filled her eyes.

But she tried hard to endure it and not let her tears fall.

She was also afraid of offending Mr. Wang, but she couldn't help but not say these words. If she agreed here and there, she would not be able to explain to the old man when she went home.

Although her husband is also the legitimate son, he is neither the eldest son nor the youngest son, and he is not very favored. To be honest, there are two younger brothers who are born from concubines, and they are both more favored than her husband.

If Chen Ji had someone else around at this time, she would be happy to say nothing.

But the old lady was feeling unwell today and did not come to the banquet. My sister-in-law went back to her parents' home yesterday, and my younger siblings went out to play with their little sisters early in the morning.

Therefore, she was the only one who was put on the shelf to participate in this Hongmen Banquet.

Although refusing is not necessarily the best policy, and you might even get a meal of steak when you go home...but no matter what, it is much better than her ignorantly agreeing.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Ms. Dong twice, then turned away and stared at several other women in the grain store: "What about you? There are also grain ships that have been robbed by water bandits?"

Mrs. Liu, a female relative of Zhang Ji Liang Company, smiled and said:

"No way! My wife really knows how to joke!

We at Zhang Ji Grain Store are not as wealthy as Chen Ji and can send grain ships to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase grain.

As a small family, we just collect bits and pieces of food from the surrounding villages and towns.

It's just that on these days, farmers have to pay summer taxes.

This year’s harvest is not very prosperous, and it started to rain before the wheat harvest. The little grain they harvested is not enough to pay the summer tax. Where can there be excess that can be sold to us? "

With Dong and Liu taking the lead, the female relatives of several other grain stores also followed suit and complained.

In fact, for these grain stores, the family itself has a lot of fields.

In addition to purchasing from Jiangnan by water and from farmers around Jixiang County, they also have other sources of goods.

They now refuse to sell grain to the Wang family, they just want to hoard it.

Of course, Mr. Dong had no such intention.

She just didn't dare to take on the responsibility of "making the final decision".

If she agrees, and then the old man refuses, she will really offend the Wang family and Magistrate Yang.

And she refused at first. Later, if the Wang family and Magistrate Yang are really not easy to offend, the head of the family can personally come forward to apologize.

Anyway, as long as the blame is placed on her being young, ignorant, and talking nonsense, it will not affect the relationship between Chen Ji and the county magistrate. At least there is still a lot of room for repair.

and redemption.

These four grain shops, Chen Ji, Zhang Ji, Song Ji, and Wu Ji, almost control the entire grain business in Jixiang County.

Naturally, they inevitably compete with each other on weekdays, but when faced with County Magistrate Yang and the magistrate’s wife, Wang, they all agree with each other as never before - anyway, if your family’s prices have increased, mine can follow suit. Who would be willing to spend so much money on nothing?

Against?

The female relatives of several families sang together, chatted and laughed, but they all said one thing to the other. Due to one or other reasons, their family had no food to sell at the moment.

Mrs. Wang held the lid of the tea bowl, opened it up and down, gently opened the tea leaves, and thought about it.

These grain stores made it clear that they did not want to cooperate.

But since Yang Lang is determined to be a wise and capable minister, he cannot hold him back.

Naturally, those unscrupulous methods cannot be used.

The stomachs of disaster victims are a big deal.

If they don't have enough to eat, whether they starve to death, or they can't bear the hunger anymore and get up to something and rob the grain store or the county government's granary, I'm afraid it will be hard to do well.

Not only would it put a stain on Yang Lang's resume, but most importantly, it would break Yang Lang's heart.

However, since the food bank refuses to cooperate, where does this food come from?

She can prepare food from the Wang family, but water from afar cannot quench her thirst nearby.

Not today. See you tomorrow. Good night, sweet dreams.

(End of chapter)