The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Chapter 319: Will you miss me (6)

Seeing that he had no objection, Xiao Ruiyuan coughed dryly and said casually: "You should also send someone to keep an eye on the Mo family in Liuyang Village. If they encounter difficulties, if you can solve it, then solve it easily. If not, you have to think... Find a way to help them solve it!"

The Mo family in Liuyang Village? Is it the Mo family in Liuyang Village? Xiao Shiyi was a little confused. Why did the master give such a strange order?

Xiao Ruiyuan's face darkened and he said coldly: "What, is this thing difficult to do?"

"No, no, no, I obey the order!" Xiao Shiyi's scalp went numb and he quickly agreed without having time to think about it.

Xiao Ruiyuan nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand, indicating that he could go out.

Until he walked out of the study, Xiao Shi didn't understand why his master gave such an order, and he couldn't ask anyone else about it. Fortunately, Liuyang Village is not a dragon's den or a tiger's den, nor is it anything special. It is enough to arrange two ordinary secret guards.

Xiao Ruiyuan was the only one left in the study. He gently opened the drawer on the side of the desk and took out a small square box as big as a palm. Opening the box, an apricot-colored purse with unusual embroidery was lying quietly inside. The purse is well preserved with no wrinkles at all and it still looks like new.

It’s the one that Mo Yan hung around Xiaohua’s neck last time when he asked her to deliver a message.

Xiao Ruiyuan took out his purse and looked at the dark kitten embroidered with black silk thread, with a deep smile in his eyes. Finally, he closed the box and threw it in the drawer. He carefully put the not-so-good-looking purse in his clothes.

Mo Yan, who was still discussing with Li Zhong whether the price of food should be increased, had no idea that the wallet that was originally used as an envelope was being treasured, otherwise the mood that had just calmed down would be disturbed again.

“Grandpa Li, have all the rice shops in the city increased their prices?” Mo Yan was not very happy when he saw that the sales in the ledger were nearly eighty taels more than yesterday.

Li Zhong's expression was not very good either: "I went to various rice shops today to inquire about it. Most of them have increased by one to two cents, and a few have doubled. The ones with a smaller increase are those who still have some stocks, and the ones with a big increase are those who just bought rice from the store. If it is shipped from elsewhere, the cost price is much higher.”

 Mo Yan touched the ancient jade mark on the palm of his hand and was silent for a moment. They probably know that the price of rice will continue to rise until the war ends, so many people are stocking up on grain while the price is still low. Now I am afraid that no one is doing poorly in the rice shop business.

 If she does not increase her prices, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of other rice shops, thinking that she has cheap channels to purchase grains. It's okay in the short term, but once the war continues for too long, food prices will definitely rise again.

In order to maximize profits, those rice shops will definitely focus on their "cheap food purchase channels". In this way, her secrets are at risk of being exposed, which is absolutely unacceptable!

 But the cost of her own food is almost nothing, so she really can’t take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune from the national crisis.

Li Zhong could not guess her concerns and thought she was worried that no one would buy it due to the price increase, so he said: "Our store has just opened and its foundation is too shallow. If we don't follow the price increase, we will suffer huge losses over time. We will just buy it as per the purchase price." If the price increases accordingly, those customers will understand."

Mo Yan nodded helplessly. Nowadays, apart from raising the price, there is no better way to avoid others' suspicion. However, there is no limit to how much money you can earn.

“Then let’s increase it. The prices of staple foods such as glutinous rice, corn, and flour will increase according to the prices of most other rice shops. Rice will not increase for the time being. It will be sold in limited quantities every day. Each person can only buy five kilograms per day.”

“Limited limit?” Li Zhong frowned and looked at Mo Yan, very puzzled. The best thing sold in the shop is rice. It can be said that most of the daily income comes from rice. If the price is not increased and sold in limited quantities, a huge amount of income will be lost every day.

Mo Yan nodded: "Let's do this for the time being! If the price of other rice shops rises again in the future, rice will increase by two cents and continue to be restricted." This way it is not so eye-catching, and other shops only think that Mojia fragrant rice is taking the opportunity to accumulate rice. reputation.

Li Zhong thought so too. Seeing that she had made up her mind and obviously would not change it, he said nothing more. Anyway, this is good for Mipu's reputation. Just like those time-honored shops, who hasn't accumulated a good reputation over many years and accumulated a large number of customers?

 The next day, the price tags of Mojia fragrant rice were changed, and a big sign stating the sales limit was also hung on the door.

 Those customers have no objection to the increase in food prices, but they can only buy five kilograms of rice per day without price increase. Five kilograms of rice can only feed a family of five for a day and a half, and a family of seven or eight for a day. Doesn't this mean we have to go here every day?

Those with relatively well-off families wanted rice prices to increase rather than restrict sales, so they kept complaining to Li Zhong when buying rice. Li Zhong had no choice but to explain over and over again with a smile on his face, hoping that they would understand the intentions of Mojia Xiangmi.

Those from ordinary families feel that Mojia Fragrant Rice is very kind. They only need to run once a day and save ten cents. After a month, they can buy good clothes for their children!

They feel that with such a kind owner, they will definitely not use substandard goods or use spoiled food to harm them, but they are willing to come here every day.

This matter spread to the ears of other rice shop owners. Many people ridiculed the owner of Mojia Fragrant Rice as a fool who has money but does not make money. However, they did not doubt that Mojia had other channels to purchase cheap grain. Therefore, for a period of time afterwards, Mo Yan was able to continue transporting food from the space to the warehouse.

 (End of this chapter)