Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 397: The Household is All About Oil and Salt

Along the way, the brother and sister talked and laughed with Chunzhi.

The three of them arrived at the entrance of the town.

An Nian walked straight towards the school at the west entrance of the town.

An Yue and Chunzhi came to the main street. An Yue planned to buy various daily necessities first and then buy cloth.

At this time, the streets were bustling with people, and intermittent shouting echoed throughout the streets and alleys.

Looking at the town today, it is still relatively deserted compared to before the natural disaster.

But generally speaking, nearly 60% of the few shops in the town are now open.

A small town has suffered various natural disasters. Without the government's support, it will probably take a long time for it to recover its former prosperity.

An Yue thought about the preserved eggs in the cellar, which had already been made into several large jars, and she wanted to sell them quickly.

So, she took Chunzhi to see whether several restaurants were open or not.

If we sell preserved eggs in restaurants, I'm afraid the demand will exceed the supply.

The two came to the gate of Wanfulou, the largest restaurant in Shijing Town.

Imagination is always beautiful. As soon as she arrived at the gate of Wanfulou, An Yue couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Looking at the once glorious restaurant, now even the door is covered with cobwebs and dust.

An Yue was about to turn around and leave, and then look at several other restaurants.

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she inadvertently seemed to see a man opening the side door of the restaurant.

An Yue hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Young man, may I ask if this restaurant is still open?"

The man nodded repeatedly and replied, "Girl, it's open. I'm here to clean up today."

After hearing what he said, An Yue thanked the man thoughtfully.

Then the man closed the side door and walked towards the backyard.

An Yue and Chunzhi continued walking along the main street, preparing to buy lamp oil, salt and soy sauce.

Looking around, there are currently three shops selling grain and oil on the main street.

An Yue and Chunzhi walked into the first shop and simply asked about the price of salt. They were shocked on the spot.

She clearly remembered that salt used to be sold for thirty cents per pound.

But nowadays, the price of a pound of salt has risen to nearly fifty cents.

There is also lamp oil, which used to cost more than twenty cents per pound, but has now risen to nearly forty cents.

An Yue took Chunzhi to visit three shops in a row, and the prices seemed to have been agreed upon and were not much different.

Chunzhi walked out of the shop with an unhappy look on her face, turned around and pointed at the shop and muttered: "These bosses are so black-hearted! Why don't they just rob people!"

An Yue thought that after experiencing various natural disasters, she could not avoid facing high prices if she survived, so she accepted the fact calmly.

"Okay, okay, if it's too expensive, let's buy less."

Finally, they walked into the shop that sold the cheapest goods and said to the owner, "Boss, I want to buy three pounds of salt and five pounds of lamp oil."

The lamp oil was consumed quickly, so everyone had to light a lamp in their room.

Now, An Nian is about to take part in the children's examination and often studies late into the night.

"Oh, by the way, another pound of soy sauce."

An Yue suddenly remembered that her family would occasionally make a mixed cold dish, which would taste better with soy sauce, so she also bought a pound of soy sauce.

Counting the few items, it cost several hundred coins.

An Yue and Chun Zhi put the things they bought into the backpacks one by one, and then walked out of the shop carrying the baskets.

At this time, it was past noon.

An Yue was about to turn a corner and go to the street where cloth was sold to buy some cloth.

I went to several cloth shops and found that the tailor shop I used to go to had a new owner.

It seems that it couldn't survive the natural disaster and went bankrupt.

"Chunzhi, you wait at the door and watch the things in the backpack. I'll go in and take a look at the situation first."

"Come on, come on, Miss!"

Afterwards, Chunzhi sat on the stone steps beside the shop waiting for An Yue.

An Yue walked into the cloth shop.

There were a wide variety of fabrics in the shop, but upon closer inspection, the quality seemed to be slightly inferior to the previous fabrics.

The boss came up to her warmly and asked, "Little girl, do you want to buy ready-made clothes or cloth?"

An Yue's eyes stopped at a piece of cloth. She pointed at it and asked, "Boss, how much is this cloth?"

The boss smiled and said, "You have good taste, young lady. This cloth is new."

After saying that, the boss stretched out his finger and gestured: "It costs eighty cents a foot."

After hearing this, An Yue took a breath of cold air. She hesitated for a moment, but decided to look at other cloths first.

The weather is getting colder, and the whole family needs to make clothes. According to the price of this piece of cloth, it is far beyond the budget.

So, An Yue asked directly: "Boss, do you have any coarse cloth here?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Please follow me, girl."

As he spoke, the boss led An Yue to the coarse cloth area.

Come to the coarse cloth area.

The boss pointed to a few pieces of coarse cloth and said, "Girl, although this kind of coarse cloth is not as fine and soft, it is strong and durable, and the price is also affordable. This kind of coarse cloth only costs thirty coins per foot."

An Yue looked at it carefully, touched the texture of the cloth with her hands, and thought to herself: [This coarse cloth is suitable for making some daily clothes. ]

She thought for a moment and said, "Boss, give me three meters of this coarse cloth."

The boss smiled and quickly responded, "Okay!"

An Yue asked again: "Boss, do you have cotton here?"

When the boss heard An Yue's question, he smiled even more: "Yes, yes, how many pieces of clothing do you want to make, young lady?"

"About eight pieces of clothing!"

"Okay, okay, does the girl need to buy anything else?"

The boss is a good businessman and knows how to guide consumption.

An Yue rolled her eyes, thinking about buying some good fabrics to make underwear and a swaddling mattress for the baby.

"And buy another 10 feet of good cloth for the swaddling mattress. Oh, yes, and some needles and thread."

"Okay, okay, girl, please sit here for a while. I will go cut the cloth and put it together for you."

The boss measured the cloth skillfully, cut it, folded it and tied it up.

Finally, An Yue paid the money.

When he reached the door of the cloth shop, he said to Chunzhi, "Chunzhi, put all these in the backpack."

Chunzhi hurried over to take the purchased cloth and cotton and asked, "Miss, have you bought everything you wanted?"

At this time, the sun was high in the sky.

It was almost noon and there were fewer people on the street.

An Yue and Chun Zhi were walking back home with their backpacks full of bags.

I came to the place where the notice was posted at the entrance of the town and took a look.

Wanted notices of criminals and tax notices issued by the government were posted up front.

An Yue took a closer look and saw that it said;

The tax collection notice issued by the imperial court:

From this November, taxes will be officially levied.

This year, boys and girls aged seven to fourteen must pay a tax of twenty cents each.

Each person aged between fifteen and fifty paid a tax of one hundred and twenty coins.

Merchants or slaves had to pay double the tax.

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There is another notice about land tax posted at the back.