Chapter 1,465: Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (12)
Chapter 1468: Refining the Heart in the Mortal World (12)
"Master, the price of rice in the city has gone up again."
In the afternoon at the end of May, Ye Yu came to the study and complained to Wang Chen who was practicing calligraphy: "The price of rice used to be three cents per pound, but now it has increased to five cents. According to the owner of the rice shop, the price will increase again in the future.
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"Um?"
Wang Chen was slightly surprised and put down the brush in his hand: "It swelled so much?"
After marrying Ye Dai, although he didn't care about the household's daily necessities, he still had some knowledge of local prices.
The price of rice has always been very stable, usually fluctuating between two and three cents per pound, and there are rare ups and downs.
Because it involves the stability of people's livelihood, the government has also been severely cracking down on hoarding and speculation.
Now the price of rice has increased from three cents to five cents. The increase is really astonishing.
Because the prices of rice and miscellaneous grains are linked, if the price of rice increases, the price of miscellaneous grains will inevitably rise. However, the daily staple food of the people in the county is basically a mixture of the two, and they are very sensitive to prices.
Such a sharp rise in rice prices will definitely have a huge impact - many people will not have enough to eat!
"yes."
Xiao Yu's face was full of sorrow: "Master, our school consumes hundreds of kilograms of food every day. If the price continues like this..."
Last year, Wang Chen paid a high price to buy several adjacent houses in Tongluo Alley, then demolished and rebuilt them all along with his own house, expanding the size of the school two or three times.
After the new school was built, not only all students could attend classes and study in the spacious and bright classrooms, but more civilian disciples were also recruited.
The number of students increased several times, and Wang Chen hired two more experienced scholars to serve as teachers, and also added several handymen and cooks.
Expenses have increased significantly.
Since Wang's School has always provided students with a lunch, rice consumption is the largest. Now that the price of rice has risen sharply, the daily expenses are bound to rise.
This made Ye Yu, who acted as a butler, worried.
Ye Yu is Ye Dai's maid. Three years ago, she married into the Wang family along with her own daughter, and was later promoted to a concubine.
Unlike the gentle and elegant Ye Dai, Ye Yu is smart and shrewd, helping the former to keep the family affairs in order.
She is basically in charge of the daily necessities of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
"fine."
Wang Chen stretched out his hand to rub Ye Yu's frown, and said with a smile: "Let it go up if it goes up. Master, I'm not short of money."
Although Wang Chen had to invest a large amount of money from his own pocket every year to establish Wang's Guan Shu, he had no apparent income and was 100% unable to make ends meet.
Everyone said that Mr. Wang was a good man who set up a private school to do good deeds, but many people secretly laughed at him for being kicked in the head by a donkey for doing such stupid things for so long.
After Wang Chen and Ye Dai got married, even more people ridiculed him.
Some people think that Wang Chen took Ye Dai's dowry to support the running of the school, and that he was trying to make a fool of himself.
Belittle Wang Chen and eat soft rice!
Ye Yu was angry: "But master, you can't spend it like this even if you have money. There will be times when gold and silver are gone."
In her opinion, her young lady and uncle are really not family members and don't know how expensive firewood and rice are.
It would have been fine if one of them was an unworldly person, but when the two came together, it really broke her heart!
Wang Chen smiled and pinched his concubine's face - she was very cute.
"never mind."
Ye Yu knew that he couldn't explain it to Wang Chen: "Speak to Madam!"
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She was not afraid of Wang Chen being angry, because her master was really a very nice person, and he always treated her and his servants with kindness and kindness.
He is even more gentle and considerate towards his own lady!
Ye Yu always felt that if he could marry Wang Chen with his lady, he must have broken through eighteen wooden fish in his previous life.
She ran to complain to Ye Dai.
Wang Chen laughed dumbly, put away his pen and paper and came to the window sill.
The weather has been very hot recently, and the sky is still clear and the sun is shining brightly in the afternoon. On the big tree outside the door, a few summer cicadas are neighing feebly, as if they are crying out for their hunger and thirst.
How long has it been since it rained?
Wang Chen suddenly thought of a problem that he had overlooked.
If I think about it carefully, it seems that there have been few rains since the beginning of spring, and the few rains it has are just drizzle, which is not the weather at all.
Thinking of the skyrocketing price of rice in the city, Wang Chen had a bad feeling.
"Husband."
While Wang Chen was thinking about it, Ye Dai came to the study.
Wang Chen turned around and hugged his wife into his arms, smiling: "Did Xiao Yu really complain to you?"
Even though they have been married for three years, her husband's affectionate behavior still made Ye Dai's pretty face turn red and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "Xiao Yu cares about you too."
Wang Chen lowered his head and kissed the beauty in his arms: "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
Compared with three years ago, Ye Dai's figure is more rounded, not only more beautiful, but also has a bit more mature charm.
Regarding her husband's "frivolousness", Ye Dai could only fight back with her small fist, and then said: "Master, my dowry has never been touched. If you need it..."
When she married Wang Chen, she brought a large dowry with her.
In addition to a house in Dongcheng, there is also a shop, gold and silver jewelry, etc.
Part of the dowry was left by Ye Dai's mother, and the other part was given by Ye Xiangming. The annual rent of the shop is not a small amount.
So Ye Dai can be regarded as a little rich woman.
But Wang Chen never borrowed any money from her, and she provided it to the family every month.
Ye Dai also asked about it occasionally, and Wang Chen only said that he brought a lot of silver here, so she didn't need to worry about it.
However, how can Ye Dai ignore everything!
"It's really not necessary."
Wang Chen interrupted his wife dumbfounded: "You have to believe me, your master is very capable!"
When he first came to Qing'an County, he did not have much money, and it became even more difficult after buying the house in Tongluo Lane.
But this problem cannot stump Wang Chen.
Two years ago, the chief helm of the Cangshui Gang, which was running rampant in Qing'an, was breached. The gang leader Cao Xiong and a group of close men died tragically in Qinglong Hall. The gang's secret vault was looted, and the case remains unsolved to this day.
And who would have thought that the person who committed this earth-shattering case was Mr. Wang, who was teaching and educating people in Tongluo Alley?
From this harvest alone, Wang Chen earned no less than ten thousand taels, so he was not short of money at all.
Of course, Wang Chen would not show off his wealth, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
He smiled evilly and picked up Ye Dai: "Now let me show you what I can do!"
Ye Dai was startled, embarrassed and anxious: "It's broad daylight, you..."
However, her protests were of no use, and Wang Chen took her to the bedroom, where she pinned her down on the bed and did whatever he wanted with her!
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