Chapter 497 The Difficulties of Ordinary People
After arranging everything, Feng Jiuyou and the others planned to go to Nancheng to see how ordinary people survive here.
On the second day, Feng Jiuyou and Jiang Huai went to Nancheng early in the morning.
Nancheng is the place with the most people, and of course the most poor people. There are many children in tattered clothes begging at the end of the streets.
When Feng Jiuyou saw this scene, he felt heavier than ever before.
No matter what era, only those at the top are more glamorous. People living at the bottom have to struggle to survive every day.
They took a rough tour and found that there was no food shop in the entire Nancheng? To be precise, there is no food for sale.
At this moment, what does Feng Jiuyou think she should do? She was not in the mood to go shopping anymore, so she took Jiang Huai to the guest house.
Not long after that, a store was opened in Nancheng. It was a grain store that could not appear in the West District.
Ordinary people living in the West District dared to come after hearing the news, but they only dared to look outside.
“I heard that this newly opened store sells grain, but I don’t know if it’s true.”
“I don’t know which kind person brought the rare grain to the West District to buy it. Do you want us to buy it?”
“You will know when you go in”
“Do you think we should go in and take a look?”
A woman is wearing a headscarf. , with a basket in his hand, followed the other woman with some anxiety.
"Go ahead, treat a dead horse like a living horse. My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a grandson for me. Unfortunately, she didn't have a good meal and now she doesn't even have milk."
Another woman replied.
"Then let's go in." The two of them walked into the store with trembling support.
"Is there any food for sale here?" A woman whose daughter-in-law was in confinement asked anxiously.
“Yes. I don’t know what quality of food you two want.”
Feng Jiuyou spoke kindly. She had never been so kind in front of the two Zaizai, because she was afraid of scaring the two women. Originally, Jiang Huai wanted An Yi to act as a waiter, but Feng Jiuyou took one look at An Yi's slightly stiff face with a smile, and decisively refused. He had to do it himself.
“How much does the worst one cost?”
The two women did not expect that there was actually one. They just thought of the dozens of pennies in their pockets and felt anxious. asked.
"You two, come with me over there and have a look."
Feng Jiuyou took the two of them to the place where the rice was kept.
“This is inferior rice, five cents per catty.”
Feng Jiuyou opened a rice bag. The rice in the bag was all broken rice, with some broken rice mixed in. bran.
"This is medium rice, eight cents per pound."
Feng Jiuyou opened another rice bag. The rice in this rice bag was better than the previous one, and the rice grains were not so broken.
"This is fine rice, ten cents per catty."
Feng Jiuyou opened the rice bag containing the fine rice. The rice here is better than the previous two. The rice grains are complete and full, but Somewhat yellow.
In Jiuyou City, this kind of rice is only considered medium rice, and the price is higher than what is sold here.
As for the polished rice, Feng Jiuyou didn’t take it out, and there was no need to take it out.
Because people here in Nancheng don’t dare to buy it at all.
For Yuxi City, which is short of food, polished rice and fine rice are valuable items that only the upper class can buy.
After Feng Jiuyou finished the introduction, she realized that the two women had said nothing. She turned around and saw that they were following her with dull eyes. She raised her eyebrows and asked.
"What kind of rice do you want?"
The two women were stunned from the moment Feng Jiuyou reported the price of low-grade rice. There was no introduction at all. After hearing this, they didn't come back to their senses until Feng Jiuyou made a sound.
(End of this chapter)