Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

In addition to the Jia family's courtyard, there is another family who is very sensitive to the rising price of grain. That is Yan Fugui's family opposite the Zhang family, or to be more precise, Yan Fugui himself.

He is very sensitive to prices. Now that food prices have increased, the increase is quite large, so of course he found out about it very quickly.

When it comes to calculating, even if all the people in the courtyard were added together, they might not calculate as much as Yan Fugui alone. He calculates carefully every month.

He replaced the fine grains in his home with coarse grains, and then replaced part of the corn flour with sweet potatoes. One pound of fine grains was exchanged for two pounds of coarse grains, and one pound of coarse grains was exchanged for more than three pounds of sweet potatoes. In this way, his family had a lot more food.

Although the food was not as good, the portions were large enough that the family would not go hungry. The most important thing was that the remaining food could be exchanged for some money and saved.

According to Yan Fugui's salary, he didn't earn much, but after his careful calculation, he was able to support his entire family and save some money every month.

This is Yan Fugui’s way of survival and the truth he believes in: if you have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, you will be poor, but if you fail to plan well, you will be poor.

As long as you plan well, you will reap rewards.

Just like this time when he knew that food prices had risen sharply, Yan Fugui was not afraid but happy instead, because his family's food rations would not change every month, and according to the previous methods, this meant that he could save more money every month.

Of course he would not act immediately. After inquiring from many sources, according to his analysis, the price of grain would continue to rise, and the current price was not the peak. If he sold it now, he would lose money, and Yan Fugui would never do anything that would lose money.

"Boss, have you been to the grain depot or train station to move grain recently?"

"Yes, I've been to the grain station to unload goods, and I've also been to the railway station. What's wrong, Dad?"

"Do you feel that there is less food this year than last year?"

"It is less than last year. People who work with us all say that there is less work this year and everyone earns much less than last year."

"Old lady, didn't you just go back to your hometown?

What’s the situation in your hometown?

How's the weather this year?

How is the crop yield in the fields?"

After asking his eldest son Yan Jiecheng, Yan Fugui turned around and asked his wife.

“Don’t mention it. I originally went back to my hometown to get some food from my relatives, but it turned out that life in the village was not easy either.

The fields are too dry this year, so the harvest will definitely not be good. My relatives at home are all frowning, and they may have to go hungry in the next few months.

This year, it means not forgetting the relatives who are not in my hometown.”

The third aunt was a little unhappy when she mentioned this matter. Originally, her family could buy some food from their hometown every year and save some money for the family, but there is definitely no hope this year.

"It seems that this year's grain production is really going to decrease. The price of grain on the black market has already risen a lot, and it is expected to continue to rise in the future."

Yan Fugui touched his chin, his two small eyes showing a shrewd look. Now he was sure that what he thought was right.

"Really?

Then we have to spend more money every month, which is not okay. We have to buy more food this month or we will lose money."

The first thing the three aunts thought of was to stock up some food.

“It’s right to stockpile food, but the price of food has mostly increased in the black market. The price of food in regular grain stores has not increased much. This way, not only will our family not spend more money, but we can earn more money instead.

We still operate as before, exchanging fine grains for coarse grains, and some cornmeal for sweet potatoes, and try to store as much as possible, and save what we can't eat, and then exchange it when the price is right."

"Yes, yes, old man, you are right, that's how it should be.

Then we buy all the rations on the food list every month, and then follow the previous methods. This way we will have a lot of food left over every month, and we can make a lot of money by exchanging it when the price of food is the highest.

When do you think food prices will reach their highest point?"

"I estimate that the price of grain will be the most expensive one month before the autumn harvest. By that month, our family should have accumulated a lot of grain. We can sell it at that time, and our family will get the most benefit."

"Old man, what do you think the price of grain will be by then? If it goes too high, will the grain still be traded?

Is there any danger? Is this speculation?

Don’t let anything happen.”

“Don’t worry, old woman, what is food?

Food is life. As long as we have food, we will not be afraid of not being able to sell it.

As for other families in our compound, I don’t know about them, but Jia Dongxu’s family definitely needs it. When the time comes, we don’t have to take the initiative to find him, he will take the initiative to find us.

As for speculation, we are not involved. This grain is what our family saved, not what we bought from outside to hoard. We are only exchanging, not buying and selling."

"Then I feel relieved. You are right, old man. There are many people in the same situation as Jia Dongxu's family. When the time comes, families like them will come to us for help."

The third aunt thought about it and felt that what her old man said was very correct, so she felt relieved.

The people of the Jia family in the compound made preparations in advance, and Yan Fugui's family was waiting to get rich. As expected, the price of grain was rising every day, with a different price every day.

After a month, the price of food had doubled. Zhang Jialiang had stopped hoarding food. He now had several kilograms of food in his storage space, which was more than enough.

After some hard work, the Zhang family has accumulated 400 kilograms of grain. Now the price of grain is very high, and Zhang Jialiang's grandmother and mother feel that it is enough and stop hoarding.

After dinner, Zhang Jialiang made a cup of tea. The unique fragrance of Xinyang Maojian tea soon filled his nose. Drinking tea every day has become his habit.

This spring, the tea garden in the hunting space harvested 25 kilograms of tea. Now his tea-making skills have improved a lot, and the tea output and quality have increased significantly.

This batch of tea is the Mingqian tea, the most expensive batch of the year. The harvest of this season's tea is about 500 yuan. He has processed part of it, and the rest is still untouched. On the one hand, he drinks it himself, and on the other hand, the tea has other uses.

Just as Zhang Jialiang was enjoying his tea, Yan Jiekuang suddenly walked to his door and shouted:

"Brother Liang, there's a whole hospital meeting today. My dad asked me to come and inform you. It's going to start in 10 minutes. If you're free, hurry over!"

"Okay, got it, I'll be there in a minute!"

After giving the notification, Yan Jiekuang went to the next family. Usually, when holding a general meeting, the person in charge of each compound would notify the people in that compound. Naturally, the third uncle was in charge of the Zhang family, and the one who came to notify was either Yan Jiecheng or Yan Jiekuang.

I just don't know what the meeting today is for. There doesn't seem to be anything happening in the compound recently. Zhang Jialiang has no idea now. I can only find out by going there and listening.