Chapter 45 Extremely Embarrassing
Bai Yunxi raised her hand and pinched her brows, thinking carefully, it's not that great. Sugar is a valuable item, not every family has it.
Sugar during this period was sold by liang, and granulated sugar was also divided into grades.
Top-grade sugar was 20 wen per liang, medium-grade sugar was 10 wen per liang, and low-grade sugar was 9 wen per liang.
Purchased by jin, the cheapest low-grade sugar was more than 140 wen (1 jin = 16 liang)
These prices are a drop in the bucket for rich families, not worth mentioning. But for ordinary people, it is more expensive than the price of rice, so they don't eat it if they can.
Except when there are guests or there are pregnant women at home, they will bite their teeth and buy some to drink with water. No one is willing to do so at other times.
As the wife of a juren, the original owner would receive a few bags of brown sugar or granulated sugar in her annual salary, and it was no pressure for her to drink sugar water occasionally.
Because it was not difficult for her family to eat sugar, this matter was not too important in the original owner's memory. Now that she was reminded by Mrs. Du, she suddenly remembered it.
Bai Yunxi smacked her lips. Sugar is really expensive here.
Looking at the pile of beets in the yard, she wondered how much sugar can be boiled out. Bai Yunxi began to look forward to it.
These beets are wild, ugly, bumpy, difficult to clean and waste water.
Bai Anyan was responsible for fetching water, Li was responsible for cleaning, and she was responsible for cleaning the excess roots from the insect eyes. Yaya moved a small stool and sat beside her, holding her chin with both hands, watching everyone busy, not noisy at all.
There were not enough basins at home, so Bai Yunxi asked Du to borrow two from the third grandmother's house.
It was not until dark that the pile of beets was washed.
"Mother, the husband and fourth brother are not back yet." Du wiped her hands with an apron, looked outside, and was a little worried.
Bai Yunxi glanced at the sky, turned back and called out to Bai Anyan, "Second brother, light a torch and come with me to the intersection to greet your eldest brother."
"Hey, I'll be right there."
The pine oil was left over from the past, tied together with rags, and soaked with pine oil, it can last for a while to illuminate.
The two had just pushed the door and walked a short distance when they saw two dark shadows turning into the village,
"Is it the fourth brother?"
"Second brother, it's us, eldest brother, hurry up, mother and second brother are here to pick us up."
Bai Anyi responded and hurried over.
Bai Yunxi glanced at the eldest son who was following behind, walking slowly, but didn't urge him, and asked the fourth son softly,
"How was it, was it smooth today?"
"Mom, eldest brother is very capable, he earned thirty-five cents today, and my son exchanged all of it for brown rice, five liters of grain, which can last for two days."
As Bai Anyi said, he handed the bag of food on his back to the second brother, took the torch from his hand, and supported his mother with one hand.
‘My parents sent my eldest brother to do manual labor. I don’t know if it was a wise move. The eldest brother has been in a bad mood all day.’
Listening to the fourth brother’s inner voice, Bai Yunxi’s eyes flashed with a smile. What’s the point?
Waiting for the eldest brother to move over, Bai Yunxi looked over. If she hadn’t been holding the majesty of an old mother, she would have clapped her legs and laughed.
He was fine when he left, but when he came back, his clothes were dirty, his hair was messy, his headscarf was crooked, his face was stained, and his sleeves were torn... In short, he was as miserable as he could be.
If you don’t know, you might think he had a fight with a dog and was bitten so badly.
“For the family’s food, my son has worked hard. Hurry home to eat and rest.”
Bai Anchen subconsciously raised his hand to salute, and felt his arm ache as soon as he moved. He hissed and his eyes were gloomy.