Chapter 607: save as much grains as possible
As all of them thought about the bleak future that was in front of them they all sighed, seeing them act like this Yu Dong was certainly amused and she could not help but say, " Why are you all so worried? As long as we take precautions we will be fine."
"It is not about precautions," Grandma Yu sighed as she looked at her meal, she has been eating three meals a day and what was more each dish had meat and ginseng in it, if there was no ginseng then there will be astragalus root, her meals were alone enough to drive any family to bankruptcy. When she thought about how she was eating silver notes every time she ate, Grandma Yu's heart could not help but ache a little as she said, " There is no need for you all to pour so much money into my meals. Who knows how long these situations will last, with the onslaught of this epidemic flu, we will not be able to work in our farming fields and I am certain that the conditions of the Town might be even worse than this, the price of food is going to be much higher than usual."
" My body is feeling really well after, all the care you have given to me, there is no need for you to waste so much money on meat and ginseng, maybe you should buy some extra grains and then store them…maybe we will have to be locked up in our houses for more than six months," as Grandma Yu spoke she sighed heavily and then continued speaking, " We are honest villagers as long as we have something to eat in such a dangerous situation, I think we will be fine——"
She was still speaking but then her gaze fell on Chen Mi's face, the poor mer who was a fan of eating meat and could no longer eat anything without a meat dish on his plate was looking like he was asked to go and live in the middle of the forest on the mountain. His complexion was very bad and he was looking at Grandma Yu with eyes that seemed to be pleading to her silently.
Seeing this Grandma Yu coughed and then added, " I mean to say that you should bring some meat for the mers as for the women, we are stronger than mers. I think we will be fine with eating just rice and vegetables."
Yu Dong smiled when she heard Grandma Yu's words and looked at Chen Mi who seemed to have relaxed after confirming that his supply of meat will continue, " Grandma you don't have to worry about money, right now the most important thing is that we all stay in perfect health. If we cut meat out of our diet at this moment we might get into more trouble in such situations it is even more important for us to keep eating and keep our bodies hale and hearty. I still have money as for the herbs that you are worrying about, they are all dug from the mountain…I am a hunter and learned a lot of skills from my mother."
" I can always look for more ginseng if I want to and the money that I have is not going to be reduced just because we eat meat and eggs every day, you don't need to worry about anything even if we eat meat, eggs and crabs for the next six months, I can still guarantee you that we will be fine."
Grandma Yu took a sip of her chicken soup and then shook her head lightly, " I understand that you are hard-working but you should still save some money. You are going to be a mother soon and having two children and taking care of them in such times is the hardest thing one can do…especially when your husband is due any time soon."
" You should go to the town tomorrow and buy some fine flour and rice to keep at home such that we don't have to worry about anything. And if possible you should also buy some coarse grains, I can see that the situation will not get better for the next two months …now that those two women from the Sun family have brought such a dangerous disease to our village, I fear that our village is going to see really bad days."
She sighed and then nursed her head. " I think you should go to the town today after all, if you were to wait for another then the prices of grains will increase even more."
Shen Li frowned as he looked at Yu Dong and said, " Grandma is right, we should still buy some grains ahead of time. There is no point in paying double the amount of something for no reason, you should go with Lang and then buy as many grains as possible."
Grandma Fang who was gnawing on the bone of the chicken leg that was given to her in the soup also chimed in, " I think you should buy some wheat and sorghums, more. The weather is too moist and humid, if you were to buy flour and fine rice then there is a chance that they will go bad. If you buy those grains then you will be making a loss."
She wanted to go to her hut but as they came down the mountain, Grandma Fang realised that her hut that was standing tall for so many years in the same spot was crushed by a tree that fell under the wrath of the storm. She wanted to build another hut but Yu Dong refused, saying that there was no need for Grandma Fang to stay alone at the foot of the hill and that she should just come and live with them until Fang Chi gives birth.
At first, Grandma Fang was hesitant but when Fang Chi asked her to follow him saying that he was alone without him she could not stay hard-hearted and agreed.
Now that she was eating and drinking in Yu's family she could not help but advise Yu Dong to not waste money on her meals either.
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