lcionline Chapter 131 Foreshadowing
Chapter 131 Foreshadowing
Jiang Jiang still remembers vividly the tragic scene of flames shooting up into the sky in Wushan County.
If the officials of Jiangzhou made the same mistake and underestimated the power of the refugees.
I am afraid that the entire Jiangzhou City will repeat the mistakes of Wushan County.
After returning to Jiangzhou, Jiang Jiang paid close attention to the fluctuations in grain prices in Jiangzhou City.
After careful inquiry, Jiang Jiang couldn't help but be amazed.
The price of rice in these major grain stores has risen to two taels of silver per catty. You should know that when Jiang Jiang first arrived in this world, the price of grain in the town was only two cents per catty, which has increased by a thousand times.
At that time, the family postponed the plan to buy grain because the price of grain in the town rose to three cents per pound. Who knew that it was the last chance to buy grain.
"With food prices rising so high, can city residents really afford it?"
Jiang Jiang saw that the grain store was empty and there were not many people there, so he couldn't help but ask.
The owner of the grain shop had nothing to do, so he started chatting with Jiang Jiang: "My dear guest, I can see that you have recently moved to Jiangzhou."
"As a resident of Jiangzhou, you can use your household registration to buy rice grains for three taels of silver and one tael of silver per month, which is 10 kilograms per person. If it is coarse grains, you can buy 20 kilograms."
If you eat sparingly, you won't starve to death, but you won't be full either.
Even providing porridge to people outside the city was a way for them to stabilize the people's hearts.
Suddenly, the shop assistant ran into the store in a hurry and whispered something in the shopkeeper's ear, and his face changed drastically.
"My dear guest, if you don't want to buy rice, please leave. The boss has something to do, so I have to close the door for a while."
After Jiang Jiang walked out of the grain store, he did not leave immediately, but hid in a corner and quietly watched what the owner and the clerks of the grain store were doing.
They just looked around and then closed the door tightly. Jiang Jiang waited for about an hour. When his legs were numb from standing, he found that the shopkeeper and his clerk had left with two large carriages full of things.
Jiang Jiang couldn't help but guess that the two carriages were loaded with rice from the store.
If this is the case, then Jiangzhou is really going to change!
On the way home, Jiang Jiang happened to meet Li Sheng, a helper in the hotel.
"Why did you come back so early today?"
In the past, when the restaurant business was good, he would work until late at night before going home. But now, he returned home at just the evening.
Facing Jiang Jiang's question, Li Sheng said with some worry:
"Mom, I don't know why, but the restaurant notified us to go home early today, saying that there were some problems with the next batch of rice, grain, oil and vegetables."
"If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Let's take a look at the situation in the city first."
If the food reserves in the entire Jiangzhou city were to run out, she would have to take out all the food in her space, but that would only be a temporary solution. With tens of thousands of people in the city, the food in her space would only be enough for a few months.
So Jiang Jiang’s first reaction was to run.
But do we have to live a life of displacement and uncertainty?
The children and adults in the family, some going to school and some going to work, finally have a stable life, and Jiang Jiang is a little tired.
In the evening, Li Xu, who was guarding the warehouse at the dock, came back exhausted.
When he returned home, he smiled and carefully took out a purse from his pocket.
"Mom, the docks paid my wages today. Although I have only been working for less than half a month, they still calculated my wages based on the number of days."
"Look! That's two hundred coins!"
Huang Ying's eyes lit up and she quickly brought a bowl of boiled water to Li Xu.
Li Xu took the bowl, drank it all in one gulp, and breathed a sigh of relief.
The two sons' education, tuition, and four treasures of the study were all paid for by the family. The whole family depends on their mother for a living, and they feel really guilty about it.
Now that he has received his salary, he can contribute to his family, and Li Xu feels like he has straightened his back.
As expected, Li Changyuan and Li Dongliang looked at their father with admiration.
Li Laibao was a little anxious. If this continued, he would no longer be his grandmother's favorite grandson, so he pulled his father's sleeve.
"Dad, Dad, have you received your salary yet? Let's give the money to grandma as well."
Li Sheng, who was originally worried about the restaurant's affairs, smiled. What a good son he was, using his own father's money to please his grandmother.
Forget it, if there is a problem at the restaurant, he can just go find other waiters. As a healthy man, he can always find something to do.
"Mom, the restaurant said they won't pay you until you've worked for a month. I'll give you the money when it's paid."
Jiang Jiang originally didn't plan to ask her two sons for wages. As a father of several children, she couldn't do without some money. Besides, as a wealthy woman, she didn't need those few hundred coins.
But she had to accept it, so last time she proposed to hand over the wages to their own family to manage. As a result, her two sons and two daughters-in-law almost knelt down in front of her on the spot, fearing that they had done something wrong and caused their mother to think of dividing the family.
"Okay, okay, when you guys have a few days to rest, we'll stew some cured pig's trotters for you."
"Grandma, add more soybeans, it will taste better." Li Changyuan said, poking his head out from behind his father.
Li Xu patted him on the back on the spot.
"You are the only one who knows how to eat. You don't study hard, but you are good at eating, drinking and having fun."
Li Changyuan bared his teeth and immediately ran behind Huang Ying. His mother was really good and didn't hit anyone.
Li Changyuan knew that he was not good at studying. His head hurt from memorizing all those nonsense every day. There were very few arithmetic classes that he liked. He would be happy to be an accountant or even do business like Mr. Zhou in the future.
The happy appearance of the family made Jiang Jiang make a secret decision.
Tomorrow, she will go to Zhou's house.
At that time, in order to thank the Zhou family for their help, Jiang Jiang made a special trip to the Zhou family with a thank-you gift.
The east is rich, the west is noble, the north is poor, and the south is humble; this is the general pattern of Jiangzhou City.
Most of the people living in the east of the city are wealthy, the nobles live in the west of the city, the poor live in the north of the city, and some of the lowest classes live in the south of the city.
Jiang Jiang walked towards the east of the city.
In Jiangzhou city, prices soared and land was expensive. Even the Zhou family, which was once a wealthy family in the town, only had a large mansion with three entrances and three exits in Jiangzhou.
To be honest, this is not small. Their whole family lives in a small yard.
There were often servants guarding the gate. When Jiang Jiang came to Zhou's house carrying a basket on her back, the familiar servant immediately invited her in.
"Mrs. Jiang, please wait here for a moment. I will go and inform the lady."