The villagers of Qili Village were happy, the old Zhou family were happy, Man Bao was also happy, and even Magistrate Yang of the county government was very happy.
Even Mr. Bai was very happy because he had just talked with the old Zhou family and their three children and asked them to sort out the best batch of dried new wheat and sell it to him at the same price as the seeds.
But instead of one hundred and fifty coppers per dou, there were one hundred and thirty-eight coppers per dou.
And this time he put forward very strict requirements for the selection of seeds. The reason why he is so confident is because the price of food has dropped!
Food prices in Yizhou are still high, but have also dropped a lot. However, in Luojiang County, food prices have dropped a lot and are close to normal food prices in previous years.
As a result, grain prices have also fallen.
Manbao and the others are not ignorant of flexibility. Although the price has dropped a lot, they are still very happy because it is still much more profitable than simply selling food.
The three children and Lao Zhou's family would be easily satisfied, if Bai Erlang hadn't accidentally found out the price of grain seeds that his father resold secondhand and told his two friends.
Bai Erlang took advantage of his husband to go out, and immediately got between the two of them and said seriously: "Do you know that there were guests at my house yesterday?"
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao were immersed in homework and took the time to reply: "I don't know."
Sir is really getting worse and worse. Why does Bai Er have so little homework but theirs has so much?
"It's Uncle Wu!" Bai Erlang revealed the answer directly and said: "Uncle Wu came to my house to collect grain, and the new wheat seeds my father bought from us were also sold to Uncle Wu, and then I followed him.
We're going to have dinner, how much do you think my father sold it to Uncle Wu?"
The two finally raised their heads, but they shook their heads together.
"It's two hundred cents!" Bai Er angrily said, "The previous batch was sold for two hundred cents, and now it's still two hundred cents, but didn't dad say that the price of food in the county has dropped?"
"It has surrendered," Bai Shanbao said, "Bai Zhuangtou went to see it himself."
"Then why didn't my father sell it to Uncle Wu?"
Man Bao thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"
"But the one we sold to my father was demoted."
Bai Shanbao: "So have you written down how your cousin discussed with Wu Liang?"
Bai Erlang blinked, "...Why should I remember so many words?"
Man Bao sighed, "Just write it down. We will know what to say when we talk to Uncle Bai again in the future."
Bai Shanbao rolled his eyes and said quietly: "You'd better make friends with Wu Grain Merchant, because by next year, not only our village, but also people in the village, and even other villages will have more of these new wheat seeds.
When the time comes, my uncle will definitely lower the price."
Bai Erlang pondered.
Bai Shanbao and Manbao lowered their heads to do their homework again and said, "But there is no need to force this kind of thing, because the most important thing for us now is to study. So we think we should leave all the things in Zhuangzi to Bai Zhuangtou.
If there is such a business in the future, just let him try to talk to his uncle."
Bai Erlang was stunned for a moment, "You, why do you think that one thing is the same thing?"
Bai Shanbao: "Manbao also agreed to this. You are the easiest. You don't study as much as we do, and you have less homework than us. You don't know how hard we work."
Man Bao said: "We have followed Zhuangzi from winter planting to now. Bai Zhuangtou also knows how to take care of Zhuangzi. Why do we have to take care of everything?"
If she had that time, she might as well read more medical books.
"Then you just asked me to find Uncle Wu."
"Isn't that the idea I gave you in a hurry?" Man Bao said confidently: "Later, we thought, this will delay your study..."
"It won't delay my study."
"That's because you have too little homework," Bai Shanbao complained: "In the end, Manbao and I need to help with these things?"
He stretched his head over to show Bai Erlang, "Do you think I've lost my hair? It's because of my busy schedule."
Bai Erlang looked at the black top of his head and said angrily: "Nonsense, your hair hasn't lost a bit, and it's autumn now, and the season is about to change. Can I lose it too?"
When Mr. Zhuang came back from making tea, the three children were quarreling.
He stood at the door and coughed heavily.
The study room instantly became quiet. Bai Erlang returned to his seat at a flying speed and sat down, while Bai Shanbao and Man Bao also lowered their heads and continued to do their homework.
Mr. Zhuang's face returned to his position, and he stood behind them with his hands behind his back and looked at the homework.
"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in two days. Master, do you remember that you haven't had a holiday for several months?"
The three children raised their heads together and nodded fiercely!
Mr. Zhuang wanted to laugh when he saw them like this, so he said: "Okay, I will give you three days off this Mid-Autumn Festival. Starting tomorrow, you will come back to class after the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Man Bao immediately said: "Sir, three days' leave is not enough. You haven't been home for a long time. You need to rest for a few more days."
Bai Shanbao: "Yes, yes, and I'm very tired after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I need to rest for two more days."
Bai Erlang also said: "Sir, if you don't go back for a long time, senior brothers and others will definitely complain, so it's better to stay for two more days."
When Mr. Zhuang heard this, he hesitated a little, mainly because the eyes of the three children were too shining, and he couldn't bear to refuse the expectation in their eyes.
"Okay, then let's take four days off. Seventeen must come back to class."
The three children cheered and said it was okay.
As soon as Mr. Zhuang announced that school was over, the three of them immediately packed Mr. Zhuang's luggage diligently. Mr. Zhuang disliked it so much that when they were almost done packing, he drove them away and finished the work himself.
The three of them happily carried the small bookcase and went out. As soon as they left, Manbao said to Bai Erlang: "Bai Erlang, let's go find your father and ask him to give us our money."
Bai Erlang nodded fiercely, "I want to go to Yizhou!" So it may take a lot of money.
Bai Shanbao also said: "I'm going too, Manbao, are you going?"
Manbao shook his head, "I'm not going, I want to go to the county town to buy things."
"What is it? Isn't it available in Yizhou?"
"Yes, but Yizhou is too far away. I don't want to go there to buy it."
Mr. Bai didn't pay for the goods this time, not because he was short of money, but because he wanted to let the three children experience what it means to pay for goods.
Sometimes, you don’t just get the money back immediately after you sell something.
Perhaps in order not to reveal his secret, or perhaps in order to get the three children to agree, he didn't even give the money to Lao Zhou's family.
None of the three children were worried, but Lao Zhou was very worried. He felt that Landlord Bai was so big and rich, yet he still lacked his money. He couldn't eat well or sleep well these days.
Well, every morning when I wake up, I have to look in the direction of Bai's house, for fear that Mr. Bai may have run away overnight.