Chapter 191 - Buying Grains
Seeing that Lin Yunxi had run away , the crowd of onlookers also left , now that the girl was gone they knew that their was no more drama to watch . Lin Jing and Lin Rui who had seen Su Wan 's incredible performance blinked their eyes but didn't say anything , though Su Wan acted a little shamelessly , the two still found her really cute !
" Wan Wan , don't we need to buy something too ?" Asked Lin Rui ,tugging on Su Wan 's sleeves as the other was still busy staring at Lin Yunxi 's vanishing back .
Su Wan nodded as she looked away from Lin Yunxi who was leaving the town " of course we need to buy a lot of things . I think we should focus on buying some bricks and wood , if the southern village is suffering from flood , I am sure -our village we receive its first snow very soon . We need to build some Kangs and fix the roof of our house wherever its broken as for food grains , though the price of grains are increased , I think Yan and Yu will buy some for our family . So let's leave them in charge of buying the grains while we buy other things that's necessary . "
Lin Rui agreed with Su Wan after all his second brother and fifth brother arrived in the town before them , so it was only natural for the two of them to rush ahead and buy food grains for their family . Since , the two were busy with buying grains , they should buy something else since it was highly likely that the price of these things will increase again by tomorrow .
" Let's go " said Lin Jing who had already finished packing up " if we delay , the price will increase again "
It was already winter , their family actually had the idea of buying bricks for Kang after Lin Yu opened his shop and Su Wan 's soap and cream perfume were ready to be sold but this sudden turn of events made them commence their plans earlier than they intended to .
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There were long queues in the grain and oil shops . Generally , people could buy at least eight to ten meters of rice in one tael but now they could only buy four meters of rice for one tael and that too when they haggled from morning till noon.
The rice seller shopkeeper turned impatient at their haggling and shouted impatiently " If you don't want to buy then no one's bothering you to buy ! If you still want to complain then keep complaining , let's see if you can buy four meters of rice for one tael tomorrow ! If you can then I will write my name backwards "
The crowd complained but they also knew that their was nothing they could do , it was alright for the rich master and misses since they could buy the rice at any time . But they were different , the had limited savings and couldn't wait till tomorrow - so even if they felt unjust and unhappy they still purchased the rice grains . After all , a lot of refugees have already arrived in their town , if they keep on waiting then the prices of these grains will multiply so much that their entire savings would end up depleting . Since , all of them already knew what was going to happen , They didn't bother with complaining anymore .
With a clear picture in their minds , the people wanted to save grains in their house . Thus , they all were rushing to buy grains whilst praying that the flood will end early this year because they didn't have much money this year . If the flood keep on continuing , then - they would definitely starve to death in this winter !
This queue was the one in which Lin Yu and Lin Yan were queuing up , the two of them had already purchased enough coarse grains for their house and restaurant before sending all the grains to the restaurant with Little Cao , and now they were queuing up for the polished grains as their mother and Su Wan liked to eat these polished rice and white flour more than sweet potato floor and coarse rice .
Thus , when it was their turn - the rice seller asked " how much ?" But he already weighed a total of two metres of rice because he could see that though Lin Yan 's and Lin Yu 's clothes were clean and new , they were still cheap quality clothes . Thus , he thought they wouldn't buy more than two meters of rice .
Lin Yu who saw the contempt in the rice seller's eyes stiffened , he wanted to say something but he was pulled back by his second brother who shook his head . Seeing that his elder brother was stopping him Lin Yu snorted unhappily but did what his second brother asked him to do .
Lin Yan could see the contemptuous glimmer in the shopkeeper 's eyes but didn't say anything at this moment they were the rags while The grain sellers were the riches , they couldn't afford the seller - so it was better to keep a low profile . Thus , he ignored the contemptuous glance of the shopkeeper and smiled " boss , I would like to buy twelve meters of rice , if possible please give me a discount too "
The rice seller who was measuring the rice was so stunned that he looked up at Lin Yan and Lin Yu . Though the two of them looked good with their cold expressions and distinct aura , The older one looked cold and hard to approach while the younger one looked like he had was a bad tempered young brat but they still looked like they belonged to a typical farmer's family . Their clothes were new and clean but they didn't look like they belonged to a rich family .
" do you have any idea how much twelve metres of rice will cost you ?" The rice seller couldn't help but ask .
Lin Yan nodded and said " Yes , you are selling four meters of rice for one tael right ? Then I will pay you three taels for twelve .However , I'm buying a lot from you sir , you should give me some extra meters "