Chapter 218 - 218 Difficult to Buy Grain

218 Difficult to Buy Grain

Didn’t the grain store say that they would only sell 4,000 catties in all? There were so many people. How was this quantity sufficient?

Uncle Liu yanked back his sleeve and glared at Aunt Liu in a foul mood.

“Shut your goddamn mouth!”

“We’ll know soon if they have grain or not!” he said.

Aunt Liu got a shock. She could feel her husband’s anger and didn’t dare to say anything more.

She was in charge of managing the family’s finances, and she had indeed made a mistake in the matter of buying grain.

Then again…

Aunt Liu felt a little aggrieved, but she could only endure it silently.

The line of people moved forward slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, it was finally the Liu family’s turn.

They were also lucky.

When they entered the store, there was still some brown rice and coarse flour left.

The coarse flour was almost sold out, and there were only 40 catties left. There were still about 300 catties of brown rice left.

“There are five of us here, so just give us 25 catties of coarse flour!” Uncle Liu said straightaway.

“Here’s the money,” As he spoke, he handed over the copper coins that he had prepared in advance.

The shop assistant received the money and looked at the five of them.

He didn’t think further, and straightaway got someone to weigh the flour.

Uncle Liu only felt a little more at ease when he received the 25 catties of coarse flour.

He got Liu Erniu to carry the coarse flour on his back and lead the whole family home.

On the way, Aunt Liu looked at the coarse flour on her second son’s back. She wanted to say something several times, but she held back eventually.

35 catties of coarse flour had cost them 450 copper coins.

And there was no guarantee they could buy this amount even if they queued up.

How were they going to live in the days after this…

When they finally reached home, the whole family followed Uncle Liu to the hall after they entered their house.

After everyone had sat down, Uncle Liu was about to speak when he heard some movement outside.

It turned out that Liu Daniu had also returned.

He was carrying grain on his shoulders, which looked to be more than five catties.

Liu Daniu quickly realized that the entire family was in the hall. Hence, he carried his grain over to the hall as well.

He placed the grain he bought next to those his family had bought.

“After I bought the grain, I queued up again and bought an extra five catties.”

Everyone understood then.

Looking at the packs of grain on the table, they all sighed.

18 copper coins per catty! Such a small amount of food had actually cost them more than five coins of silver.

Suddenly, Uncle Liu slapped his thigh and heaved a heavy sigh.

“The price of grain will definitely continue to rise. Our family’s surplus grain won’t last for long.”

“No matter how expensive it is, if we can buy it, we still have to buy it!”

Uncle Liu looked at his two sons as he spoke.

“Since the grain store has started this practice today, then there’s a high probability that they will continue to do the same thing hereafter.”

“When the locust plague starts, don’t go out to work or look for work for the next few days. Keep an eye on the grain stores nearby.”

“Once you find a grain store selling grain, come back and inform the family. We’ll all go and queue up with our whole family. We’ll buy as much as we can.”

Everyone’s face was grim.

No one responded, but no one objected either.

Aunt Liu wanted to say something, but she stopped herself when she saw her old man’s stern expression.

“Also, apart from the daughter-in-law, everyone else’s food ration will be halved.

“Since the weather is hot, it is possible for us to eat more diluted food!” Uncle Liu added.

His daughter-in-law was pregnant, and they could not cut her food ration.

As for the rest of the family, they should conserve food as far as possible.