Chapter 398 Argument (for book friends Jin Yiwei: Rong Rong's
Mr. Zhuang quickly asked: "Where did you get your seeds?"
Bai Shanbao yawned and said, "I bought it from Manbao's family. She said her seeds were good and she gave them to us as cheaper. But in fact they are not cheap. Bai Zhuangtou said they are as expensive as those at the grain store in the county.
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Manbao was unhappy and stopped sleeping. He got up from the bed and said, "Then my house delivers the wheat seeds to your door? And my sister-in-law helps distribute the wheat seeds. Will the county grain store help you distribute the wheat seeds?"
Bai Shanbao said quietly: "This year's wheat seeds are three times more expensive than in previous years."
"Yeah," Man Bao didn't feel guilty at all. Instead, he pinched his waist and said, "That's why I sold so many wheat seeds that I don't have any noodles to eat. Now my family eats steamed buns mixed with chaff.
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There was a lot of wheat that had been replaced in Manbao's system, but she couldn't just wave her hand and get the wheat out, and she couldn't chew the wheat to eat. She could only stuff a few handfuls of wheat into the grain bag while it was empty.
, don’t dare to stuff too much.
One time she just stuffed a little more, and her mother was very surprised and said how she could eat a lot of food bags at home, but there was even more.
Then Keke strictly forbade her to stuff more, and could only stuff two handfuls every now and then. There was so much wheat inside that she didn’t know how long it would last.
So Man Bao was very worried and became anxious when she heard about the seed exchange. She felt that she would never buy seeds from future people and then exchange seeds again.
How good is it to replace seeds directly?
It's a pity that no one appreciates her wheat seeds.
Man Bao sighed.
Bai Shanbao is very stingy, mainly because he is in charge of the financial power of the small farm now, because in the spring they spend a lot of money buying seeds, farm tools, and various other things. Grandma probably dislikes them spending too much money.
, directly allocated a sum of money to him and let him manage it by himself.
There is no income now, and he has to pay wages to the day laborers every day, and he also has to spend money to buy food for them. He is under a lot of pressure, okay?
Bai Shanbao felt that fortunately they planted a lot of vegetables in the land in front of the mountain a month ago, so they didn't have to buy vegetables, otherwise he would have been even more heartbroken.
Although Man Bao also likes money, she is never reluctant to spend money. The main reason is that the money is not in her hands and she is not in charge of it, so she doesn't feel sad at all.
One of them couldn't understand the other, so they started to quarrel immediately.
Mr. Zhuang was originally concerned about wheat seeds, but he stopped caring after seeing this. He moved a little and sat on the edge of the plank bed, watching the two of them quarreling back and forth with great interest.
Bai Erlang was already asleep, but he didn't open his eyes when he was woken up, and continued to lie down pretending to be asleep. However, when he saw that their noise became more and more intense, he couldn't help but get up and yelled: "Stop arguing!"
They both stopped and looked at him.
Bai Erlang said angrily: "Isn't it just money? My father has it. I'll ask him for it later. How much do you think it is?"
"No!" Bai Shanbao and Manbao refused in unison.
Bai Shanbao said: "This is our business. We have made a contract before. How can we violate it?"
Man Bao also said: "And we are not short of money now. Even if we are short of money, we should borrow it instead of asking for it."
Bai Erlang yelled: "Then why are you arguing? If you don't sleep at noon, what's the point of arguing?"
"How can this be a quarrel? We are obviously discussing how to save money." Bai Shanbao said unconvinced.
"That's it," Man Bao also said: "How can a family become rich? That is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. We have not harvested yet, and if there is no increase in revenue, then we can only reduce expenditure. You are still the master of Zhuangzi, and you don't have to worry about it at all.
!Eating free rice is the most shameful!"
Bai Shanbao then emphasized, "Eating free rice is the most shameful thing!"
Bai Erlang was speechless. He couldn't argue or fight, so he snorted and turned away to ignore them.
But Man Bao and Bai Shan Bao reached an agreement, "Let's save some money next."
Bai Erlang couldn't help but turned around and said: "What's the point of saving? The time to spend money has passed. After we harvest the wheat, won't we start making money?"
"This batch of wheat cannot be sold," Man Bao said, "It must be saved to eat. In the future, we will have to make food for day laborers."
Bai Shanbao had a different suggestion, "We can't eat so much. Food is expensive now, so we have to take the opportunity to sell more. When the summer harvest is over and the price of food comes down, we can buy some back."
Man Bao felt that food was more important than money. She said: "Food can be exchanged for money at any time, but money cannot always be exchanged for food."
"We can't eat so much, so why do we keep so much grain?" Bai Shanbao said: "We have to take advantage of the high price of grain to exchange it for money, otherwise the grain will be worthless when the summer and autumn harvests are completed."
Bai Erlang looked at this and that, silently and without speaking.
Man Bao thought about it and realized that the situation at the farm was really different from that at their home.
After their family collects grain, they must keep most of it. Only when the family really needs money will they take out some grain and exchange it for money.
But their farm obviously doesn't need so much food.
Man Bao asked: "How to sell it?"
"Sell it directly to the grain store."
Man Bao, who had sold grain several times with his brothers, knew that the prices at grain stores were generally lower than those sold by outside merchants, so he asked, "Who do you usually sell your grain to?"
Bai Shanbao shook his head, "I don't know."
Bai Erlang said: "I know, I sold mine to Uncle Wu."
He had met Uncle Wu several times with his father, and every time he would bring him delicious candies and toys.
Man Bao's eyes were bright and he said to him: "When that uncle Wu comes to collect grain again, please remember to introduce us to him."
Bai Erlang patted his chest and said, "No problem!"
Mr. Zhuang kept watching and listening with a smile. After they finished discussing and stopped arguing, he continued to ask: "Manbao, where do you get your seeds?"
"It's grown," Man Bao said, "Every year my parents would pick out the best wheat ears to make seeds."
"But it's obviously not easy to pick out so many wheat varieties. This means that your wheat is also very good. In the past, the wheat grown by your family was also better than other people's wheat?"
"Yes," Man Bao nodded with certainty on this point and said, "Just take care of it more carefully, weed frequently, and fertilize more."
Mr. Zhuang nodded. At this time, he did not know that the entire Qili Village had exchanged wheat seeds with the old Zhou family. This year, the winter wheat output of Qili Village has nearly doubled compared to other villages.
Even the villagers of Qili Village themselves don’t know.
Because no one would go to the weighing station if they had nothing to do. Even if they weighed this year, they didn’t weigh the full number of acres in previous years. They just calculated how many bundles of wheat they could carry per acre. They were very happy because they thought it was a bumper harvest.