"But the asking price was not high. Jianlin and I rented a truck and took the grain to the county town. Most of it was sold to department stores, and the rest was sold to state-run stores. Do you know how much we sold per catty?"
Mrs. Shen brought out the hot meals for them and asked expectantly, "How much?"
Old man Shen said excitedly: "We sold rice for 80 cents a catty, and corn for 50 cents a catty! People who bought it all said that they have never seen such good rice and corn. Let our family sell them to them in the future."
Mrs. Shen was very surprised. You must know that the best rice in the town cost only fifty cents a catty, and the price of corn was even lower, no matter how good it was, it was no more than thirty cents. It's really a surprise that my own can be sold for that price.
"Jianlin and I sold 1,200 catties of rice and 2,000 catties of corn today. Which one of you does the math? How much did you sell today?" Old Shen laughed from ear to ear.
Shen Zhile did the math and exclaimed, "1960 yuan?"
"That's right! It's more than 1,900! When did our family sell grain for so much money?" Old man Shen couldn't believe it when he said it, as if he was dreaming, "Subtracting the money our family paid for rice to pay for public grain, and fertilizer, the net profit is about 1,500!"
This number was really inspirational for the poor and frightened Shen family. In an instant, the whole family was full of energy, so excited that their hearts almost jumped out of their throats.
Now the house has been repaired, a lot of furniture has been changed, and the electric lights have been pulled. It looks like a brand new one. Coupled with the fact that they have made so much money from the autumn harvest this year, the whole family immediately felt hopeful.
These days are getting better and better.
Besides, the fish ponds of Brown Tang and Old Man Shen are still harvested, and it seems that there will never be less. So this year, their Shen family is really going to become a million-dollar household envied by everyone, and they will be able to live a prosperous year!
Seeing the happiness of his family, Fubao was very happy from the bottom of his heart.
She really hoped that the Shen family would get better and better and continue to get better.
After sharing the joy with his family, Old Man Shen remembered something and said mysteriously, "By the way, Jianlin and I bought you a good thing!"
"Really? What good stuff?" Mrs. Shen looked curious.
Old man Shen smiled without saying a word, put down the enamel cup, got up and asked Shen Jianlin to go out to the yard together.
The two brought in a large box from the yard, opened it under the surprised eyes of the whole family, and took out a lot of white foam from it. Then, a white rectangular machine was quietly displayed in front of everyone.
It's all white, and it's huge, with two doors and handles.
Mrs. Shen felt that she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for a while, so she asked suspiciously, "Old man, what is this?"
Lin Xiujuan was a part-time worker in the county, so she had some knowledge. After seeing this machine, she was shocked and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Dad, Jianlin, you... you bought a refrigerator?!"
Old man Shen laughed cheerfully, "Yes, refrigerator, I forgot what it's called if you don't tell me!"
When Mrs. Shen heard that it was a refrigerator, she immediately knew why she felt she had seen it somewhere before. When I took a group of children to the county town before, there was an electrical appliance store in the department store. She glanced at it and thought that those gadgets were really novel, but they were very expensive at first sight, so she didn't go to have a closer look.
Now old man Shen and Shen Jianlin actually brought back a refrigerator, but she was frightened, and quickly asked: "Old man, this thing is very expensive, how much is it!"
(end of this chapter)