The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 11 She didn’t dare let a pregnant woman take the risk of going up the mountain again.

“Second brother, third brother, don’t… eldest brother, come and save me!” Ye Sishan dodged quickly, “Hahaha, stop tickling me, it’s so itchy… I’m done washing, I don’t want to wash anymore!”

Hearing the laughter coming from the yard, Jiang Wan also laughed.

It was getting darker and darker, and the Ye family members lined up one by one to take a bath. The yard was filled with the smell of soap, and everyone became much paler.

That night, Jiang Wan finally had a good sleep.

At daybreak, Lotus Village woke up.

When Jiang Wan woke up, the three children next to him were still sleeping like little pigs.

She got out of bed quietly. Gu Xiaohui and Ye Xiaofang were already busy in the yard, washing the dirty clothes that the family had taken off last night.

Ye Dahe picked up a hoe and prepared to go to the field to weed.

"Dahe, come with me to the town." Jiang Wan turned around and said, "Xiaohui, you and Xiaofang should pack up at home and don't go to the mountain."

When they went up the mountain yesterday, Gu Xiaohui almost fell down. She didn’t dare to let a pregnant woman take the risk of going up the mountain again.

Gu Xiaohui hurriedly asked, "But mother, where can we dig wild vegetables if we don't go up the mountain?"

The wild vegetables in the fields have been almost dug up, so we have to go deep into the mountains.

"Pig fat vegetables are also very delicious." Jiang Wan said, "You and Xiaofang can dig more pig fat vegetables from your fields. Let the second and third brothers go up the mountain to find some wild vegetables. Dahe and I will be back before noon."

Wang Ergou's ox cart was waiting at the entrance of the village, and you could take a ride for just one penny.

Jiang Wan paid two cents and got on the ox cart with Ye Dahe. There were other people from the village on the ox cart as well.

Both mother and son took a bath last night and looked clean. Although their clothes were still tattered, they still looked a little different from others.

Jiang Wan's complexion was pale, making the scar on his forehead more noticeable.

A woman who usually didn't get along with her sneered and said, "Where are you going, Sister Ye? Why don't you go to Jiangjia Village?"

Everyone in the village knew that Mrs. Ye would bring all the good stuff to her parents' home, but she was beaten on the head by her parents' family. It was really laughable.

Jiang Wan's lips curved up: "Aunt Liu and your husband are really of the same character. She always likes to ask me where I'm going. Does where I go have anything to do with you two?"

Aunt Liu's eyebrows immediately stood up: "What do you mean by that?"

Jiang Wan snorted coldly: "Aunt Liu has the energy to stare at others, why not take care of your own man."

Just a few words almost made Aunt Liu explode.

She wanted to jump out of the car right now, run back and ask her man if he was having an affair with Jiang Wan.

But looking at Jiang Wan's calm expression, it doesn't seem like he's having an affair.

That's why her man is harassing the widow Jiang Wan!

Aunt Liu was so angry that her heart ached, but she didn't want to lose face in front of so many people, so she said coldly: "We are all from the same village, I just asked you where you were going casually, and you took my kindness for granted!"

Jiang Wan closed his eyes and rested.

As the saying goes, there is always trouble around a widow. After I became a widow and separated from my family, many old men in the village came to cause trouble.

Fortunately, the original body was a tough guy and she scolded them all away one by one, leaving only Liu Dazhuang who was still pestering her. He came over every now and then, and the original body was very annoyed.

She mentioned this here because she hoped Aunt Liu would keep a close eye on her husband, otherwise she was afraid she would lose control and smash Liu Dazhuang's head with a brick.

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The ox cart stopped on the main street of Hehua Town.

Jiang Wan and Ye Dahe jumped out of the car and walked towards the pawnshop first.

Although it was still early, the town was already bustling with people. The roadside was lined with stalls, mostly selling snacks, with a fragrant aroma.

When they reached the door of the pawnshop, Jiang Wan paused for a moment and said, "Dahe, go buy two meat buns."

She took out a few coins from her waist and handed them over.

Ye Dahe turned and left. Jiang Wan stepped into the pawnshop, and the clerk immediately came up to greet him.

She took out the silver bracelet from her sleeve. The clerk observed its quality and held up a finger: "One hundred coins."

Jiang Wan's eyebrows jumped. This was something her husband had spent nearly one or two taels of silver to buy, but it was only worth a hundred coins? ?
"The silver bracelet is too old and the style is not good-looking. Also, there are quite a lot of people pawning jewelry recently, so the price is naturally lowered." The waiter said with reason, "Auntie, I didn't make a random offer."

The word "Auntie" made Jiang Wan cry silently.

She took back the silver bracelet and said, "Forget it, I don't want it anymore."

One hundred coins was really too little. It was not worth it to pawn the token of love between me and my husband for such a small amount of copper coins.

She turned and walked out, and the waiter didn't call her back. When the house ran out of food, this lady would definitely come again.

When he walked outside, Ye Dahe came over after buying some buns. He asked hurriedly, "Mom, how much did you get?"

Jiang Wan put the silver bracelet into his sleeve and said, "One hundred and fifty coins."

I used the money I earned from selling wild vegetables yesterday to buy some seasonings and soap, and this morning I bought a few meat buns, so I had exactly 150 coins left.

Ye Dahe smiled and said, "One hundred and fifty coins can buy a lot of food..."

He will feel at ease only when there is food at home.

Jiang Wan took out fifteen coins and gave them to him: "Go to the grocery store to buy some salt and some other seasonings. I'll go to the grain store to check."

Ye Dahe stuffed the meat bun into his mouth, took the copper coins and went to work.

Jiang Wan went straight to the grain store. There were prices marked on each item of food: rice was ten cents a pound, corn was four cents, and flour was nine cents.

Her brows furrowed. When she came back to the town to buy food, corn only cost two copper coins. It has only been a short time, but the price has increased so much.

She walked out of the grain store, went to an empty alley, and opened the virtual mall. The food in the mall was much cheaper than in the grain store.

Rice was three cents a pound, so she bought fifteen pounds. Flour was five cents a pound, so she bought ten pounds. Then she spent twenty cents to buy a pot.

The backpack behind her suddenly became heavy. She had originally planned to buy some things, but she really couldn't carry it anymore.

Jiang Wan walked out carrying a backpack weighing dozens of kilograms and met Ye Dahe head-on.

Ye Dahe held a small bag of salt in his hand and said, "Mom, the price of salt has gone up. Ten cents can only buy this little bit."

Jiang Wan shook his head: "I just bought some, let's go home."

The salt in the mall is cheap, you can buy five big bags for ten cents.

The two were about to take the ox cart when the street suddenly became chaotic and the people on the street looked panicked and talked a lot.

"Bandits broke into Landlord Xu's house last night and stole nearly 2,000 kilograms of rice!"

"The robbers are so bold that they broke into my house and stole food. Have you reported it to the police?"

"We reported it to the police last night, but they didn't catch the thief. Everyone lock your doors tightly at night to avoid being targeted by thieves."

"..."

When Jiang Wan turned around, he saw that the price tag at the grain store had changed, and the price of rice became 17 cents per pound.

Ye Dahe was stunned: "Why is it so expensive..."

Jiang Wan sighed.

Two thousand kilograms of grain were stolen in Hehua Town. The already scarce grain naturally became more precious. It costs seventeen cents today and it may cost twenty-seven cents tomorrow.

Fortunately, she has a shopping mall, so she doesn't have to worry about soaring prices.

But other people of this era have to suffer a lot.

(End of this chapter)