Witty Wife, Better Life

Chapter 25 - 25 25 Going to the Market (3)

?Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Going to the Market (3) Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Going to the Market (3) Then, several people wandered into the livestock market, where pigs and lambs were being sold. The price for piglets was the same everywhere, fifty cents per pound, which was the same as the purchasing price for adult pigs. The price for lambs was slightly more expensive, at eighty cents per pound. Very few people bought them; it was expensive to feed large animals, and unlike pigs, lambs didn’t grow fat easily. Even when they did grow up, they were lean, and mutton wasn’t as valuable as pork, so everyone preferred to raise pigs over sheep.

Shen Yunfang didn’t share this view; the value produced by the two kinds of livestock was different. If she had the money, she would raise both—one for meat and one for milk; how wonderful that would be.

However, she was short of money at the moment, and it was already cold. The wild vegetables on the mountain were running out. If she bought a pig or sheep now, she would have to feed them grain all winter long. She didn’t even have enough to feed herself, let alone the animals. She would have to wait until next spring when the weather turned warm and the wild vegetables grew back before making any plans.

Next, the group made their way to the non-staple food section. On the surface, Shen Yunfang hadn’t picked up anything, so she had to spend money to buy some things.

After the entire round, she had spent a total of five yuan and twenty cents, and later, she also bought some vermicelli.

“Why aren’t they selling any grain?” Shen Yunfang felt somewhat frustrated. Throughout the whole market, the one thing she hoped to see wasn’t there.

“How could they just sell grain like that?” Wang Jianjun’s wife said.

Indeed, grain and pork weren’t available in this marketplace; rather, it must be said that these two commodities weren’t available in any market. The sale of these items was controlled by the state, and this was why they couldn’t be seen here.

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