Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

After leaving Uncle Yang's tea stall, Lu You and his companion went straight into the rice shop at the head of the market.

The sun was blazing hot at that moment, and business was not very busy. Even the clerk in the rice shop was taking a nap leaning against the counter.

"Dude!"

Before walking to the counter, Lu You tapped the counter lightly, waking up the drooling waiter.

"Ok?"

The young man rubbed his eyes and looked at Lu You and the other man in a daze. It took him a while to come back to his senses.

But when he saw clearly that the people coming were Lu You and the other two, he frowned slightly and spoke in a rather impatient tone.

"Buy rice?"

[Negative emotions from Gong Shitou +1, +1, +1...]

Listening to the prompt sound in his mind, Lu You understood that the other party must be unhappy because his sweet dream was disturbed, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

I'm in a bad mood when I wake up!

If you put yourself in their shoes, you can understand!

"You come to the rice shop to buy rice, what else can you do?"

Lu You answered casually.

Hearing this, the waiter raised his arm, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then reluctantly walked to the rice jar nearby.

"The market price of refined rice is seven cents, the market price of yellow rice is five cents, and the market price of refined millet is six cents..."

Listening to the boy's offer, Lu You frowned.

“Why are the prices going up?”

"Half a month ago, the market price of polished rice was six cents, and that of unpolished rice was four cents! How come the prices have both increased by one cent now?"

The young man had already picked up the rice spoon, but when he heard Lu You's words, he threw the spoon into the rice jar again.

"You also said that that was the price half a month ago!"

"The price had already gone up ten days ago!"

Hearing the young man's words, Lu Yi stepped forward with his hands down, frowned slightly and stared at the other person.

Looking at Lu Yi's sharp eyes, the young man couldn't help but hesitate.

"What do you want to do?"

Lu Yi slowly stretched out his right hand: "The price of rice is the foundation of the people. If there is any adjustment, it must be approved by the court and announced by the state government."

"Since the price is going up now, you should put up a notice with the red seal of Qingzhou government office at the door."

"But I haven't seen any notice since I entered the door. If it hasn't been posted yet, can you show it to me directly?"

"If it is really an order from the court, then we will buy it at the price you offer."

Hearing this, Lu You turned and looked at his younger brother.

For the first time, she discovered that Lu Yi was so cute when he was serious!

But for the guy behind the counter, Lu Yi's behavior made him extremely uncomfortable.

Looking at the skinny appearance of Lu You and the other man, Mi Hang's clerk frowned and sneered.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you ask me for a government notice?"

"I'm telling you clearly! No!"

"You guys are here to act like a jerk. I guess you guys are still asleep, right?"

"Get out of here right now! Otherwise, if you piss me off, I'll have someone throw you out right now!"

As the rice shop clerk was speaking, he heard an impatient shout coming from the backyard.

"Shitou! What are you doing up there? It's the middle of the day and it's making it hard for me to sleep well. You don't want to do it anymore, right?"

Following the shout, a short and fat middle-aged man in cloth clothes came in from the back door.

Seeing the person coming, the waiter hurriedly bowed and greeted him with a smile.

"Boss, here come two people who want to take advantage of us. Not only do they not recognize our rice price, but they also say they want to see the government notice."

The fat middle-aged man uttered a light "oh" when he heard that, raised his head and walked to the counter.

Seeing that Lu You and the other man were both thin, half-grown children, he looked them up and down carefully and snorted.

"I thought they were some young master and young lady from some poor family. It turns out they are just two poor people who can't even get enough to eat."

"You come to my place to show off, but you've come to the wrong place!"

The fat boss spoke as he slowly stretched out his right hand.

The waiter next to him handed the small teapot that he had been holding in his hand to the fat boss.

The fat boss took a sip of herbal tea to moisten his throat before speaking again.

"From the looks of you, you probably live in a village outside the city and rarely go out in the city, right?"

"I am happy today, Master Huang, and I don't want to bother with you guys."

"If you want to buy rice, pay him the price, not a penny less."

"If you don't want to buy it, get out of here and don't delay my business!"

Seeing his boss being so arrogant, Lu Yi turned around and was about to leave, but Lu You reached out and stopped him.

"Second sister? He raised the price of rice privately. It's unreasonable!"

"This is not the only rice shop in Qingshi Town. Let's go to another one."

Seeing that Lu Yi was starting to get stuck in a rut again, Lu You sighed helplessly.

My younger brother is smart, knowledgeable and has a good memory, but he is too rigid.

He didn't even think about it. If only this rice shop raised the price and everyone went to other rice shops to buy rice, wouldn't the fat shopkeeper be ruining his own job?

Qingshi Town is a small place, and although the several rice shops are unrelated to each other, they are secretly connected.

Not to mention them, even when I used to set up a stall to sell grilled sausages, several stalls on the same street had to join a WeChat group to unify the price.

How could these rice shops be without traditions?

Sure enough, after hearing Lu Yi's words, the fat boss laughed.

"Go! Just ask! I guarantee you'll get the same price no matter where you ask!"

Lu You and the other turned to look at the fat boss, only to see him leaning on the counter with his hands, his eyes full of pride.

"Don't you see what time it is now? It's the time of the year when there's a shortage of food."

"Add to that the unusual movements of the Jin army in Xijiang Prefecture. Once a war breaks out, food prices will skyrocket at any time."

"By then, you may not be able to afford it, not to mention seventy cents, even if it's seventy cents!"

After hearing what the fat boss said, Lu Yi stepped forward to argue with him, but was stopped by Lu You.

"Just follow the price the boss said, seven cents a pound of fine rice, give me thirty pounds first!"

"Second sister!" Lu Yi said anxiously.

"Don't worry, I know my limits!" As he spoke, Lu You took a rag from Lu Yi's book basket, sewed it into a rice bag, and placed it on the counter.

Lu You chose to buy rice here because he understood the operating rules of the market.

The second is that I think the boss in front of me is pretty good.

Although his words were a bit harsh, the system had not reacted at all from the time he appeared until now, which proved that the other party had no ill will towards him.

This alone is enough for Lu You to feel relieved.

"Smart!" The fat boss picked up the rice bag and threw it to the guy next to him: "Shi Tou, weigh the rice!"

[Negative emotions from Huang Shiren +50, +50, +50...]

Following the fat boss's words, Lu You's face suddenly froze.

What the hell...

Listening to the constant reminder sounds in his mind, Lu You cursed inwardly.

Just now she was wondering how this boss could look so cunning but have such a kind heart.

Now I understand. It turns out that I didn't ask to buy rice before, and the other party was simply too lazy to pay attention to me!

Who said there are still many good people in this world?

Pure poisonous chicken soup!