Chapter 1239 Flood beasts are so cute
It has been eight days since the flood occurred. People in Jiangnan are in dire straits and suffering everywhere. If the only people who are happy are probably the large and small grain merchants in Jiangnan, the price of grain has soared after the flood. As of today , in just eight days, the price of one stone of rice has soared to 1,330 Wen.
Although they lost more than half of their grain reserves in the flood, they not only made back their capital in just a few days, but also made a lot of money. The income in these eight days has caught up with the income in the past six months. .
Jingnan County, the sun rose three poles in the morning. Shopkeeper Tai of Fengtai Grain Store folded his hands and wore a brand new robe. He walked slowly from his residence to the grain store, picking his teeth with a toothpick as he walked.
While most of Jiangnan is suffering from hunger and cold, he has been living a very comfortable life these days. He eats every day as if it were the Chinese New Year. He has no choice but to earn too much these days. I accidentally slipped some food through my fingers and ate the whole meal casually, and accidentally exceeded the limit. I ate chicken, duck, fish, delicacies, etc. It was as if I was celebrating the Chinese New Year. As long as you have money, you can eat whatever you want, no matter when. Today's roast duck tastes good, but it's a little bit chewy. I'll tell Lao Zhang later that my cooking skills need to be improved...
Everyone calls it a scourge, but I, Lao Tai, think it’s quite cute, and even want to do it a few more times... This is not a flood, this is clearly a source of wealth. When the flood came, I was so frightened that I really couldn’t recognize Mount Tai...
“Hey, isn’t this Shopkeeper Tai?”
Shopkeeper Tai was walking around when he heard There was a greeting from behind. He stopped and turned around to see the person greeting him with fists in his hands. The person who came had a round head and a big face, with a very festive appearance, a shy big belly, a grin, and held his fists like a Maitreya Buddha.
This man was very familiar to him. He was the shopkeeper Lu of the Yongfeng Grain Store diagonally opposite his Fengtai Grain Store. We are colleagues who are enemies. They often engage in open and covert attacks, but they all look good on the surface.
In the past few days, his Fengtai Grain Store has made a lot of money, and the same goes for Yongfeng Grain Store.
When you make more money, you will naturally feel better. Shopkeeper Tai also smiled and hugged his fists in return, and greeted him familiarly, "Hahaha, shopkeeper Lu, good morning. Congratulations on getting rich."
"Haha Haha, same joy, same joy." Shopkeeper Lu winked, his little eyes almost lost their smile.
Hahaha, it’s not the same joy. Shopkeeper Tai couldn’t help but laugh too.
Business has been so good recently. As long as there is food, the people in the county rush to buy it like crazy. There is no competition between the two of them at all, and their relationship is many times better than usual.
"Haha, Lao Tai, no, you've been gaining weight."
Shopkeeper Lu looked at Shopkeeper Tai and felt that he was a little fatter, so he couldn't help but joked with a smile.
"Haha, Lao Lu, aren't I learning from you?"
Shopkeeper Tai patted Shopkeeper Lu's Maitreya belly with his hand and said with a smile.
"Haha, when it comes to learning, I have to learn from you. I heard that you have another concubine. How did your tigress agree? Tell me quickly. Brother, I can learn both ways. ..." Shopkeeper Lu hooked Shopkeeper Tai's shoulders, squeezed his eyes, and said obscenely.
"Hahaha, let me tell you, the secret is very simple, I guarantee you will use it for the rest of your life..."
The two chatted with their arms around each other, and walked slowly towards the grain store. Even their names became Lao Lu and Lao Tai, and they burst into laughter from time to time along the way.
“The two of them are like brothers. Don’t they fight very hard on weekdays?”
The shopkeeper of the cloth shop on the street saw Shopkeeper Tai and Shopkeeper Lu hooking up. He walked over shoulder to shoulder, as if he was wearing a pair of trousers. He couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise and rubbed his eyes in disbelief, as if he saw a sow climbing a tree and the sun rising in the west.
"Oh, if cloth is like food and is in short supply no matter how high the price is, believe it or not, you and shopkeeper Liu can wear a pair of trousers." The shopkeeper of the nearby grocery store first said to shopkeeper Tai and shopkeeper Lu The figure behind spitted out a mouthful of phlegm, and then said to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper Liu he mentioned was another cloth shop on this street, not far away. The so-called colleagues were enemies, and the shopkeepers of the two cloth shops had been fighting openly and secretly, not dealing with each other.
"Bah, who can wear a pair of pants with him!" The shopkeeper of the cloth shop couldn't help but spat when he thought of that scene. He understood what the shopkeeper of the grocery store meant. He looked at Shopkeeper Tai and Shopkeeper Lu with envy and jealousy. From behind, he complained with mixed emotions, "The price of food in this dog's day has risen too fast, and the two of them don't think the money is too hot!"
"Do you think the money is too hot?" Grocery store The shopkeeper asked rhetorically.
The shopkeeper of the cloth shop remained silent. Who would think that money is hot to the touch? Take silver from the fire.
Shopkeeper Tai and Shopkeeper Lu walked arm in arm to the street where the grain shops were located. As expected, they saw that the two grain shops were crowded with people waiting to open the door. The two couldn't help but look at each other. A smile.
"Haha, I have to pick up money again. Shopkeeper Tai, please."
"Shopkeeper Lu, please."
Shopkeepers Tai and Lu hugged their fists and went to their respective grain stores with smiles on their faces.
"The shopkeeper is here, the shopkeeper is here..."
Seeing the arrival of the two men, the eager people in front of the store shouted excitedly. The two of them were like two drops of water in a boiling pot of oil, which instantly started boiling.
"Shopkeeper Tai, it's me. Do you still remember that we drank together? Today you have to give me two more kilograms of rice. Yesterday I could only buy three kilograms, which was not enough to eat. .”
"Uncle Tai, I weigh five pounds. My mother said you hugged me before, and she asked me to buy rice. Uncle Tai, you have to sell me some more, or my mother will not let me in if you go back." "
"Xiaotai, I am your third uncle. You are not going to do any limited sales today, right? I told you Haha, even if you give someone a limit, you can’t give it to me, your third uncle.”
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The people waiting in front of Fengtai Grain Store seemed to be asking about this fishy shark. They all gathered around excitedly, trying to get close to Shopkeeper Tai while fighting for the right to buy a few more kilograms of rice.
If we only look at it from the surface, Shopkeeper Tai and the others are definitely the most popular people in Jingnan. The popularity of Shopkeeper Tai and the others is, how should I put it, like a popular star who has just got off the plane at a modern airport and is welcomed by fans.
Of course, in reality, all those people who gathered to greet Shopkeeper Tai were scolding him as a black-hearted person. The price of food was rising three times a day, and they didn't even have any shame.
“There is nothing I can do about the limited sales. The store has limited food. We are all from the countryside, and our families are short of food. If I sell it to you but not to him, isn’t this going to make people poke their spines? As for me, I am selling in limited quantity, trying to let everyone buy some rations. It is still the same today, only selling six in the morning. One hundred catties, each person can still only buy three catties."
Shopkeeper Tai came to the door amidst the crowds of people welcoming him. He took out the key and handed it to the two people who had been waiting at the door. To do this work, they opened the door of the shop, and he held his fists and spoke to everyone, with a righteous and high-sounding expression.
As for the actual reason, not to mention that everyone doesn’t believe it, shopkeeper Tai himself doesn’t believe it either. (End of this chapter)