Chapter 13 Jade Bracelet and Folding Fan
The food in their hands is really not enough.
If we can't find any more food, the porridge shop won't be able to survive today, and something will happen.
"Things are ready. In addition to rice, there is also some flour. You can boil it with water to make a batter. It is faster than cooking porridge and saves firewood."
Shen You got up and went to the garage where the rice noodles were stacked, and opened a sack containing rice for them to accept.
When the two saw the full grains of rice in the bag, their faces were filled with surprise.
It’s all the best white rice!
Husking rice is a very laborious task. Farmers usually eat brown rice, which does not completely remove the bran, so it appears light yellow.
In places like Yunzhou, the conditions are even worse. They originally thought it would be great if the shopkeeper could get some brown rice.
I didn't expect it to be such a good food. Just this flour, which is fine and clean. If it is placed in the capital, ordinary people may not be able to eat it twice a month at home!
It is not an easy task to first remove impurities and then grind the wheat so finely.
The shopkeeper of this shop actually only used it for two days?
Zhong Jing took some in his hand, and for some reason, he was so excited that he wanted to cry.
It would be great if they all could get such food at any time and at will, so that there would be no victims who starve to death without food.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, you are a benefactor to the victims of the Yunzhou disaster!" Zhong Jing bowed deeply to Shen You.
"That's not necessary." Shen You stretched out his hand to stop,
"I opened the store to do business, and it is not difficult for us to do this."
She cannot afford to wear the hat of benefactor, so we can just maintain a cold transactional relationship.
This is what Shen You thinks, but in the hearts of Zhong Jing and Liu Zheng, her image has been raised again.
He took action at the critical moment to solve their urgent needs, and he said it so calmly.
She had a house full of colored glass and rare treasures, so she didn't want to help them for money.
The more Zhong Jing thought about it, the more he felt that he was really a master.
"Shopkeeper, are these enough to buy food?"
Liu Zheng brought in two wooden boxes, placed them on the table, and opened them.
"That's enough." Shen You raised a business smile, feeling so happy that she almost jumped up on the spot.
The wooden box looked like it was made of huanghuali wood, which was of good quality. This kind of wood was used to make furniture by wealthy families in ancient times. Huanghuali wood furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties fetched very high prices at auctions.
This kind of ordinary box cannot compare, but it is also good to put in the store to decorate things.
What matters is what's in the box.
A box carved from a single piece of jade, and a jade bracelet carved in the shape of two dragons holding beads.
There are some ornaments placed beside the jade box, some made of jade and gold, among which two hairpins are the most exquisite.
The pearls are combined into a three-dimensional flower shape, with a large blue gemstone in the middle, which seems to have brilliance flowing under the light.
Although the shape of this kind of natural seawater pearl is not as round, it is much different in value from modern artificially cultured pearls, and the luster looks much softer.
The other one is carved from jade, the details are exquisite, and it has its own fairy spirit.
There was a folding fan in the slightly smaller box, which was also the most valuable thing.
All white, carved from ivory!
Fortunately, there are signs of being collected and played with, otherwise, this would be very punishing.
The ivory products that can be bought and sold in the market are all old collections.
"I heard you say that it was bitterly cold in Yunzhou before. Where did you find so many treasures in two days?" Shen You asked.
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, there is absolutely no problem with the origin of the things." Liu Zheng explained,
"The folding fan was an item confiscated from a corrupt official's home. These jewelry are all new. His Highness ordered that there should be no mistakes in the items delivered here.
The bracelet and pearl hairpin are royal items, and His Highness sent someone to deal with them after the last transaction. "To be precise, they have seen that the medicine given away by this store has miraculous effects.
His Highness said that none of the small objects displayed in this girl's shop were exquisite, which shows that she likes these beautiful objects more than money.
Shen You nodded, she could see those royal items.
Do ordinary people dare to wear jade bracelets engraved with dragon heads?
I'm afraid I'm tired of living.
"Do you think this food is enough?"
The things the other party gave her were so valuable that they were not enough. She could still sell them and buy some from another wholesale market.
"It's pretty much the same," Zhong Jing paused, "if it's better to mix it with worse grains, with such good flour, it's inevitable that someone would be tempted."
"I can find broken rice and broken corn. The quality is relatively poor. Do you want them?"
That kind of broken rice is not eaten nowadays. It is used to make cheap rice wine and feed chickens, ducks and geese.
The same goes for cracked corn. What people eat is the improved and high-quality varieties. The old varieties that are not tasty are dried and crushed and sold to farms.
It would definitely not work for her to directly get such food for others. It would seem that she was too evil-hearted, so she got a batch of ordinary grains first.
This allows guests to choose whether they want it or not.
"Yes, yes!" Zhong Jing nodded repeatedly.
The most important thing about a disaster relief porridge shop is that people don't starve to death. Whether it's poor or not is not a consideration.
They were originally going to mix the flour with brown rice and cook it into a paste. If they ate it for a long time, those who were not short of food would naturally not go.
"Then when Hai hour comes tonight, come directly to move things."
Shen You checked the price on her mobile phone.
The reason for buying this kind of food that people can eat and can be used as feed is much simpler.
"What do I need to trade for this next batch of grain?"
Liu Zheng calculated that all the jewelry he had purchased before had been delivered. Among the items in several large houses that had been seized by corrupt officials, the rarest and most exquisite thing was the fan.
He didn't dare to send a few big boxes of gold and some not-so-good items here, for fear that the shopkeeper would look down on them.
"No, these are enough." Shen You said.
The exquisiteness of that ivory fan would cost millions at auction, let alone other items.
She couldn't earn too much from the price difference, and she had to collect things again.
And the number of guests is full today.
When Liu Zheng and Liu Zheng heard what she said, they thanked each other again. Before leaving, Liu Zheng hesitated and said,
"Shopkeeper, can I ask you your name?"
"Shen You."
Shen You didn't hide any of the big customers he had done business with several times.
"Then Shopkeeper Shen, let's take our leave first."
The two left the shop, and Shen You immediately called the boss of the last food wholesale business.
"Sister, does your friend use such good things when he opens a breeding farm?" The boss introduced, "I also have a cheap one, mixed with chaff, which is more cost-effective."
"No, that farm takes a high-end route. The watermelon fed to the pigs is better than what I eat. I don't like the cheap ones."
Shen You hung up the phone and directly called the deposit, requesting that it must be delivered this evening.
When the time is up, take the things out of the box and put them into the storage compartment. Take the box to the second floor and put it away.
Close the [Daqi] shop and start a day of supervision.
(End of chapter)