Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Rising Price
“Aunt Li, this is just a leftover. You don’t need to pay for it. You should go back first. Don’t let your grandson wait too long.”

After thanking her again, Aunt Li left in a hurry. When Lu Jueyu turned around, she found that Li Chenmo was looking at her. She walked over and said, “That’s Aunt Li, she lives in a house near the banyan tree.”

“What happened?” Li Chenmo asked.

“Aunt Li’s grandson had a high fever. She came to borrow money, but I gave her the remaining antipyretic medicine I have instead.” Lu Jueyu explained.

Li Chenmo nodded and said, “Mhmm. Even if you pity them, don’t lend your money to strangers easily. It can cause trouble if people know they can easily borrow money from you.”

“En, I’ll listen to you.”

They had breakfast on the Kang bed. Not long after breakfast, there was a knock on the gate. Li Chenmo was washing dishes in the backyard, so Lu Jueyu went to open the door. Seeing the people outside the door, she smiled and said, “Father, you are here.”

Father Li and the educated youths nodded to her. After entering the house, Father Li didn’t see Li Chenmo, and asked, “Xiaoyu, where is the third son?”

“My husband is in the backyard. Father, have a seat first, I’ll go call him.”

After they took their seats, Lu Jueyu went to the backyard and saw that Li Chenmo had just finished washing the dishes.

“Husband, Father, and the others are all here.” Lu Jueyu said to Li Chenmo and walked to the kitchen.

“Mhmm.” Li Chenmo nodded to her and wiped his hands.

When she was in the kitchen, she took a piece of fabric and placed it on the table. Then, she wrapped the scallion pancake in oil paper and placed it on the fabric together with the thermos flask. She tied the ends of the cloth together to form a knot.

When she walked into the living room, there was no one else except Li Chenmo, who had just come out of the room after changing clothes. He was wearing a worn-out cotton jacket. Seeing her coming, he said, “Wife, go change your clothes. I’ll take you to your parent’s house first. ”

Lu Jueyu nodded and went to change clothes. After locking the door and gate, Li Chenmo sent her to Lu’s house and then walked towards the foot of the mountain.

When Lu Jueyu entered Lu’s house, she saw Chen Anwen washing clothes by the well. In winter, villagers usually use braziers to dry clothes or put clothes on Kang beds. They rarely do laundry unless necessary, as the lack of sunlight makes it difficult to dry.

Chen Anwen saw her coming and said, “Jueyu, you are here.”

“Sister-in-law, let me help you.” Lu Jueyu said as she walked over.

“No need, I’m almost done. These are just the children’s clothes. Go in and warm yourself up.” Chen Anwen rejected her offer with a smile and motioned her to go in.

Seeing that her work was indeed almost finished, Lu Jueyu stopped insisting and entered the house. When she entered the room, she saw Pan Meijia peeling pine nuts in the living room. Seeing her coming, Pan Meijia waved to her and said with a smile, “Jueyu, you are here.”

Lu Jueyu sat opposite her and asked, “Why are you peeling so many pine nuts?”

“I’m going to toast it. Even though I’m new here, I still need to send some New Year’s gifts.”

“I heard from the villagers that the prices of seeds and nuts have increased recently. This must have cost you a lot.” Lu Jueyu said while helping her peel the nuts.

“I bought it before, so the price is not expensive.” Pan Meijia said.

After a while, she looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she moved closer to Lu Jueyu and whispered, “I heard from other educated youths that someone bought a lot of nuts and seeds from the state-run supply store and then sold them to the black market to make money. That’s why there’s no more stock in supply stores. If you want to buy, you need to make an appointment in advance. But to do this, you need to give the store clerk a thank-you gift. ”

Hearing her words, Lu Jueyu was stunned and understood that the price was not increased by the government, but because of this so-called thank-you gift.

“Aren’t they afraid of being caught?” she asked with wide eyes.

“Those people are indeed really brave. But they are almost starving to death, so they have nothing to fear and no other way to survive. It is better not to go to the black market for now, so as not to be caught by the officers.” Pan Meijia added seriously.

Lu Jueyu nodded in agreement. This matter is no joke. If caught on the black market, the lightest punishment is a fine and several months in jail. At worst, they could be shot to death. It seems that she can only go to the black market after the situation calms down.

Think about the materials in her own space, it would be too wasteful if she didn’t make money. After the economic reform, food prices will drop, and she will not earn much money from selling grains or other foods. Before that, she wants to barter the food to collect more gold and antiques. The price of these antiques will rise in the future, and she will make a lot of money.

Meanwhile, Li Chenmo was marking the place near the foot of the mountain. The pigsty is actually not far from their home, just across the river. But to get here, they needed to take a detour because there was no bridge over the river.

Since it is inconvenient to take a detour every time to go to the pigsty, Father Li and the others decided to chop some bamboo and build a bridge.