kingnovel Chapter 294 Buying Food
Chapter 294 Buying Food
Seeing that she was an expert, the shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "Young man, this is very common. If you come here at ordinary times, it would only cost thirty or forty coins a bag. But now is not an ordinary time. There are wars everywhere. You said that the food from outside cannot be transported in for the time being. These grains will become less and less when they are used up. When they are used up, they will be gone. Scarcity makes things valuable. Isn't this expensive? I can't do anything about it. The raw materials are scarce."
Zhou Guo really didn't want to pay the money and be cheated. You said that something that normally can be bought with just a few dozen coins now costs two hundred coins?
This is not worth the money spent. "Then I don't want it."
Turn around and leave, two hundred coins are enough for dozens of kilograms of glutinous rice!
If her mother knew about this, she would definitely scold her to death.
I wanted to buy some other kinds of rice, white flour, and black flour, but when I asked around, I found out that the prices had gone up several times. Ordinary people can't afford them. Why doesn't the county government care?
After turning a few alleys, I suddenly heard a conversation coming from somewhere.
"Well, once the war started, the county magistrate disappeared without a trace. How could he care about these things? I think if the grain price continues to rise, it will be several hundred coins per pound. Who can afford to eat grain at this price?"
"Our county magistrate is such a coward. He peed his pants out of fear before anyone even attacked us. If they really attacked us, he would be scared to death. We are so unlucky to have such a county magistrate!"
"Hush, please keep your voice down. If anyone hears us, it will be a disaster. Let's go quickly while the city gate is open. If the food price keeps going up, we will starve to death sooner or later. It's better to go out and find a way to survive."
The sound came from the other side of the wall. She jumped up and clung to the top of the wall, looking inside curiously.
I found that there was a big yard inside. There were a lot of people living in the yard. At first glance, there were about four or five families, so many people living in the same yard.
At this moment, four families have packed their bags and are ready to leave.
On the other side there was a young couple with their two children and an elderly lady.
A big man turned around and frowned and asked, "Brother Ding, are you really not going to leave? If the price of food continues to rise like this, life in this city will not be easy even if we can't fight a war."
The man called Brother Ding shook his head bitterly, "I won't go. I'll stay. There are too many old and young people at home. Where can I go? You guys should leave quickly. When you find a suitable place to settle down, remember to write to me."
Zhou Guo just took a look and jumped down without interest. He didn't know how many families in the county were waiting to leave the city at this moment.
The county town was quite large, and it took her a whole morning and noon to visit the east and north sides. By then she was hungry and wanted to find something to eat, but found that all the shops along the street were closed.
There was no one on the street. Zhou Guo was dumbfounded. Where could he find food? He looked up at the sun and said, "It's just after noon. Why is it closed at this time? They close the gates at the same time as the city gates. Where can I find food?"
Should I go back and buy those snacks that cost 200 wen a bag?
I'm afraid the price has risen to two hundred and fifty cents a pack now. Two hundred and fifty cents, whoever wants to eat it can eat it, but she won't eat it.
All the restaurants were closed, and she knocked on the doors of several inns, but either no one responded or they told her to get out. Finally, one inn opened, and they demanded an entrance fee.
Upon asking, I found out that the entrance fee was two taels of silver!
She forced a smile and said, "Well, I'm not going in. I'm just going to buy some food. I can just pretend to leave."
Then he took his bowl out of his bag and said, "I'll bring my own stuff."
The waiter took a look at her big bowl, then glanced at her from head to toe, and also glanced behind her, "How many people are eating with you? Two people should pay for two people."
Zhou Guo said, "I am eating alone. Please fill this bowl up. How much does it cost to fill it up?"
After saying that, his stomach started to growl. He didn't eat much last night. In the morning, he drank two bowls of soup, gnawed on a few bones, ate some wild vegetables and half a chicken.
Just this made all the children open their mouths in shock, as if they had never seen anyone eat so much.
Although she didn't blush, she was still quite bothered by the looks that were cast at her intentionally or unintentionally. They only had so much food and had to take care of the food and drinks for so many people. How could they eat to their heart's content? They only ate until they were three-quarters full.
It was already past noon.
When she was hungry, sweat broke out on her forehead, her face turned red, and her eyes sparkled as if she was crying.
Seeing that she was a child, the second brother felt sorry for her. He looked around and came up to her and whispered, "The price of food in the city has risen sharply. The cheapest meal in the restaurant costs 500 coins. I feel sorry for you, a child. I will fill a bowl for you and you can give me 50 coins. Just wait."
Zhou Guo was overjoyed. Fifty cents for a bowl of rice was a really reasonable price in this county town where even snacks cost two hundred cents.
Not long after, the second brother came over with a bowl full of food and handed it to her, "Hurry up, hurry up, here it is, give me the money."
Zhou Guo gave him the money that he had prepared long ago. As soon as the second brother took the money, he closed the door with a snap.
Zhou Guo subconsciously touched his nose and could still hear the voice coming from inside, "Stinky boy, who are you delivering food to again? Are you losing money again?"
"Hehehe, how could that be possible? I just did a big deal. Someone passing by wanted to buy rice. It was such a small bowl. Look at it. It's only this big. It can only hold half a spoonful of rice. Guess how much I sold it for? A full fifty cents!"
Zhou Guo walked away with the bowl, found an empty yard, sat in the yard, took chopsticks out of the bamboo tube, and started eating.
I have to say, these fifty cents are really a lot of rice. It’s a big bowl full of rice, topped with vegetables and a few pieces of fried yellow tofu.
The waiter is very conscientious. For these dishes, if you usually go to the restaurant and order two dishes, it would cost about the same price, but the quantity would be larger.
She ate with relish, and while eating, she suddenly discovered a fried egg buried in the rice.
The fried eggs were yellowish. After taking a bite, the aroma of oil filled the air and the fragrance lingered in my mouth. The waiter brother is really kind. I don’t know if he will be punished.
At this time, the second brother in the store was looking for his fried egg all over the world, "Where are my eggs? Where are my eggs? Did some rat take them away again? Damn it, the rats in the store are so smart! Dad, I told you to buy a few more mousetraps, but you didn't listen. My eggs were stolen today, and tomorrow all the meat in the store may be stolen!"
Although I didn’t feel full after eating a big bowl of rice, at least I was about three or four points full, and at least I was not so anxious.
After lunch, she went straight to South City and West City. Before dark, she had walked through the entire county.