novelaction Chapter 713: Food Purchase Restrictions and Price Increases
Chapter 713: Food Purchase Restrictions and Price Increases
One of them was specially given to Ye Shu.
Ye Shu recognized that this soldier was also a capable general under Huo Yisheng.
She opened the kettle lid and smelled it. It was very strong brown sugar water.
Mrs. Jin and the others looked at each other, knowing each other tacitly. There was no doubt who this leader was, it must be Huo Yisheng!
When other people saw this scene, they were filled with envy, jealousy and hatred!
They are all human beings, all women, queuing here to buy food. Why should they get preferential treatment?
Why do I have to queue up here, freezing to death and suffering so much, and then when I buy some food I get blamed for not buying enough?
Why are there such big differences among people?
They are destined to never figure out these questions.
The team gradually moved forward. Since Xiao Gao appeared, no one made trouble anymore and everyone bought food peacefully.
Ye Shu and his friends lined up at around 10 o'clock in the morning and finally bought 12 kilograms of food each at 30:5 noon.
They had just discussed in the queue that after buying the first-hand food, they would go back to have lunch and then come back to queue up to continue buying in the afternoon.
But we didn't let the children come over because it was too cold.
The adults can still withstand the cold, but it would be too painful for the children to suffer with them.
Anyway, just queue up first and buy as much as you can.
Although Ye Shu had food in her hands, she did not say that she could not come and queue up.
Although she may not eat these coarse grains, she can find ways to circulate them so that the food can circulate and more people in need can fill their stomachs.
When coming out of the queue, Ye Shu looked carefully and saw that there was also a queue at the rice and flour stall next door.
But compared to the queue at the grain counter, it was really a drop in the bucket, with only about three or five people in front.
Ye Shu thought for a moment and said, "I'll go over there and ask how much I can buy."
If there is really a purchase limit on grain, the more you can buy, the better. It doesn't matter whether it is white rice, white flour or whole grains.
But they estimate that the prices of rice and flour will increase.
Sure enough, after Ye Shu asked about the price, he compared it with the price when he bought grain before and found that the price per kilogram of grain had increased by an average of 40 cents!
I go!
The price has increased by 40 cents per pound!
Four cents is enough to buy two kilograms of sweet potatoes and other grains!
Such market conditions indicate that food is really in short supply.
The price of white rice and white flour is too expensive. Even Mrs. Jin and the others, who were mentally prepared, began to hesitate at this time.
too expensive!
They dare not buy it.
Once food is in short supply, the prices of rice and flour will be inflated, which means that the prices of coarse grains will also rise after a while.
They have to save money, otherwise when food prices really go up, money will become worthless.
This is not because they are worrying about nothing, but because such things have happened before and they have experienced it personally.
The experience of those days of hunger was so profound that they would never forget the days when money became worthless and food became dozens or hundreds of times more expensive than gold.
For a bite of food, people can do anything, and some people can even lose their conscience, ethics and humanity.
So when they heard that food prices had risen, they became worried.
Mrs. Jin and the others didn't plan to buy it themselves, and they also wanted to persuade Ye Shu to keep some of the money.
Although Ye Shu didn't know what they were thinking, he gave up the idea of buying rice and flour when he heard that the prices had increased so much.
He turned and left: "Let's go home quickly and come back early this afternoon."
Her choice made Mrs. Jin and the others feel relieved.
Several people went home together.
At noon, everyone tacitly agreed not to cook dry rice, but all cooked porridge, but it was only slightly thin, not as bland as clear soup.
On the first day of food shortage, Ye Shu did not do anything special. Her family also cooked porridge, but she did not put much grains in it. It was mainly white rice mixed with some sweet potatoes.
The porridge cooked in this way is soft, sweet and delicious.
The three little ones were not averse to eating whole grains occasionally, not to mention that Ye Shu also gave them the white bread stored in the space bag.
We agreed to take a break after lunch and then set out together to queue up around 2 pm.
Ye Shu could use this time to feed Sisi and Xiaowu and change their diapers.
Others also need to do housework and take a nap to replenish their energy.
After all, queuing is also a physical job!
In the front yard, everyone was resting, and people in the back yard were queuing outside. The entire Yard No. 2 was very quiet.
This made the noise in the slum next door seem very loud. Some people were shouting, some were smashing things, and there even seemed to be sounds of fighting.
But because they were speaking in the local dialect, and were very excited and speaking very fast, it sounded like bird talk to Ye Shu, and Ye Shu couldn't understand it at all. And because it was too noisy, she focused her mind and stopped listening to the noise over there.
As a result, the noise over there became louder and louder, even spreading to the street outside.
Mrs. Jin and the others were all alarmed. Seeing that it was almost time to go out and line up, everyone packed up, picked up their cloth bags and went out together.
Zhao Jinhua, who was behind, heard the noise and came out. She followed Ye Shu and smiled very familiarly: "I'll queue up with you. It's more lively with more people, and we can chat with each other to relieve boredom."
In fact, after what happened in the morning, she felt that the people at the grain store and the comrades in the security department would more or less give Ye Shu and the others some convenience. By queuing one more time, they could get five more kilograms of food. Her goal now was to get more food, so she wanted to follow Ye Shu and the others to get some benefits.
Ye Shu and the others knew her little thoughts, but they did not refuse.
As long as she behaves herself and doesn't cause trouble, that's all that's fine.
As soon as they set out on their journey, their way was blocked.
There was a big drama going on before, and Ye Shu and the others were forced to watch.
There were three waves of people blocking the road. One wave was from the slum next door, another wave was actually Wu Xiaolin and her support group, and the last wave was a group from the Lin family in Courtyard No. 5.
There were a lot of people, and the scene was very chaotic and spectacular.
When the people watching outside saw Ye Shu and the others come out, they were very enthusiastic and polite and made some space for them so that they could enjoy the melons up close.
Mrs. Jin and the others were busy queuing up to buy food and had no intention of stopping to eat melons. After all, eating melons was not as important as buying food!
Eating melons can’t fill your stomach!
As a result, the crowd saw them about to leave and quickly pulled them back:
"Are you going to buy food? Don't go. The food store was sold out at noon! I don't think there will be any more today. According to convention, the next batch of food will arrive at least tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"