After visiting the ceramics store, the students' wallets were almost empty.
Some of them were already empty, and I could only watch helplessly as the students continued to go to the grocery store.
The newly developed soy sauce is the most popular, but unfortunately the quantity is not large. Each person is limited to two kilograms, and one kilogram is 120 yuan. A total of 240 yuan per person is two kilograms, which is acceptable.
After all, salt costs almost a hundred dollars per kilogram. This soy sauce can be used as salt and is more flavorful than salt. Everyone thinks the price is pretty good.
But it is still difficult for ordinary people to consume.
But there is nothing we can do about it. After all, this is not salt, and it is not an indispensable necessity in life. It can only be temporarily classified as a light luxury seasoning.
Apart from soy sauce, there is another popular item in the grocery store, and that is needles.
Don't underestimate this tiny needle. In this era where the family is the unit of production, men farm and women weave is the mainstream.
There is almost no weaver who doesn't want a needle, but not everyone can have this little iron needle.
In a village, anyone with a needle in their home would become the envy of others.
The more she understands the hard work of the people at the bottom of this era, the more Xu Yue feels that she is lucky. The families who traveled through time have iron hatchets and kitchen knives, which shows that their family's conditions are really affluent in the village.
It is also because of this family condition that the whole family thought was awkward at first, but has actually overcome countless poor people in the local area, and they are able to achieve everything they have now.
Needles in grocery stores are packed in thick cardboard boxes, with one box containing five hundred needles.
A box of needles like this only costs three hundred dollars.
All in all, one needle is less than one dollar.
A piece of money, even a poor family, can find a way to come up with it.
Mai was like this, and so were the needles. Unlike other students who shouted that Xu's needles were cheap, Boya suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart.
Looking at the boxes of needles that were so cheap that every weaver girl could use them, a picture of "Weaver Girl Making Clothes" automatically appeared in front of his eyes. On the picture scroll, the children put on neat clothes with happy smiles.
It made his heart surge and couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Xu Xiaolang, your needles won't make you lose money, right?" After calculating in his mind, Boya caught Xu Yue who was encouraging the students to buy more things and asked softly in disbelief.
He had calculated that even if Azabu didn't make any money, it probably wouldn't lose money.
But this needle, after investing in raw materials, labor, and time, can only be sold for less than one needle, which is definitely a loss.
Xu Yue, who was busy greeting everyone to buy things, was asked a question, and then smiled and replied: "Well, it is indeed a loss."
"Then why are your homes still selling so cheaply?" Boya asked in confusion.
Seeing that he was asking seriously, Xu Yue stopped laughing and replied seriously: "Ordinary people don't need so many needles. We sell them for less than a dollar a needle. In fact, we sell them to those who come from all over the world."
The merchants who go there purchase in large quantities and then sell them at a higher price. Counting travel expenses, they have to raise the price at least two or three times the original price to make a profit."
I price a needle at less than one yuan, so when merchants sell it, it will cost two or three yuan a needle. At this price, everyone should be able to afford it. If you don’t have money, you can exchange it for half a catty of grain.
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"In this way, all the weavers in the world can have a needle to use."
Seeing the seriousness and persistence in the girl's eyes, Boya was stunned for a while.
Xu Yue pointed to the products next to her and said: "The needles did lose money, and Mai didn't make any money, but these things are indispensable to the common people. However, we make money from other things. If the two sides conflict with each other, we still don't lose money."
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"But, how can anyone do business like this?" Boya muttered in confusion.
Xu Yue wanted to say that in our great dynasty, there is such a business.
The country has always subsidized money to provide basic security supplies for the common people at a loss, just to enable everyone to meet the basic needs of life.
This money is all allocated from other money-making places.
Every year, the amount of money spent just to subsidize basic necessities reaches tens of billions.
Otherwise, where can we go to use a few cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity and one or two yuan per ton of water? Take the smooth and fast highway, take the comfortable and efficient high-speed rail and subway?
Those large-scale project constructions have always been based on improving people's living conditions. There are too many things that cannot be judged only by costs and benefits, because their existence value can no longer be judged by conventional standards.
Of course, Xu Yue couldn't tell Boya these things. Even if she wanted to tell him, it wouldn't be at this time.
"Young girl!"
When the students, led by the Xu brothers and sisters, were standing in line at the counter to check out, Mrs. Wang walked in.
Wearing a smart outfit, she looks slender and powerful, and her steps are like the wind, which adds a bit of freedom and ease. Her medium-long hair is tied up high, and she has a heroic appearance.
If the Xu Yue brothers and sisters hadn't shouted in unison: "Aniang!"
Boya thought the man who walked in was a well-tempered sergeant.
The faint glance of her black eyes makes people want to stand up straight and accept the inspection. A powerful aura envelopes her, making you just look up at her.
Mrs. Wang strode in, and the noisy grocery store suddenly fell silent.
At that moment, Ziyu thought of Xu Yue's words that the three brothers and sisters were mostly taught martial arts by A Niang.
At that time, he didn't quite believe it, but now, looking at the well-dressed woman walking in front of him... his legs were weak and he wanted to kneel down!
Looking at the three Xu Yue brothers and sisters, they were not afraid of such a mother at all. Instead, they were smiling with admiration in their eyes.
It can be seen that the relationship between mother and three children has always been close.
But, how can a mother who looks so serious be intimate with her children?
Ziyu immediately thought of his strict father. Although he also respected his father, his father was not too strict with him, but he was also kind.
However, the two of them have always maintained a distance that is neither far nor close. They have never been so close to each other.
Just as she was confused and secretly envious, Mrs. Wang glanced over and said, "You are all classmates of my eldest son, second mother, and youngest mother, right? You are welcome to come over. I will ask the cafeteria to prepare a simple meal in the evening. Everyone can come over.
Eat, even though it’s just home-cooked dishes, I think you will all be happy to eat them.”
She smiled, and the sharpness in her eyes faded a lot, but she was still far from the public image of a loving mother.
But looking at the three Xu family brothers and sisters standing behind her, proud and happy, everyone felt that this unique mother was really good.
Their mother has never made such generous arrangements for the classmates they brought home.
But they never thought that if their mother was like Wang, would they be able to accept it?
They were even a little ashamed to let their mothers appear, feeling that it was against the rules and contrary to traditional etiquette, which indirectly led to mothers who cared about their children and did not dare to come out even if they wanted to.
