“What’s scarier than the epidemic is the price of goods,” cried the land netizens about the crazy price of vegetables

“Walking around the food market, I found that what is scarier than the epidemic is the price of goods!” a mainland netizen recently lamented on Weibo.

The Information Office of the State Council of the Communist Party of China also said at a press conference on Jan. 15 that China’s price level would probably remain moderately high. But the general public across the country is feeling something else.

Indeed, the impact of the cold spell, the epidemic ravaged many places to close the city, the rising cost of transport, the traditional New Year is coming soon to stock up and other factors, the price of vegetables across the mainland has gone up, one day a price, or even half a day a price. Many people lamented that they could not afford to eat.

As the winter “household” cabbage from last winter’s 20 cents a catty to more than 2 yuan a catty, Changchun, Jilin is more expensive outrageous.

Changchun people recently reflected that the local cabbage has increased in price to nearly 3 to 4 yuan / catty, onions about 10 yuan / catty, peppers about 10 yuan / catty, and the unit price of nearly 30 yuan / catty of cilantro.

Factors such as the epidemic drop in price low temperature, vegetable prices across the mainland soared. The picture shows the price tag of Changchun supermarket, where the cabbage is 3.5 yuan and 3.98 yuan / catty, respectively, onion 10 yuan / catty. (Screenshot composite)

On Jan. 13, a supermarket in Changchun was subjected to looting for offering special deals on cabbage.

Not only in the northern part of the country where the epidemic is serious, people in the southern part of the country also complained about the price of local vegetables and accused the authorities of lying.

Anhui netizen “remember the family …” 16 posted, “This year I watched the cheapest kind of eggs from two dollars a piece to five, chicken breast (frozen kind) from 3 to 7, pepper is not lower than 5, even the most inexpensive cabbage. Even the cheapest green cabbage have risen to more than three or four dollars. So this is called a mild increase? When can I get my salary to rise so mildly across the board?”

Guangxi Southwest Ning netizen “a deep mountain…” January 17 message: “Today to buy vegetables, beef 60, coronary 6 yuan, the cheapest eggs 7 yuan, really is not when the family does not know the rice expensive ah!

Chengdu netizen “-ChiaMo…” said: “Chengdu is already considered rich in agricultural products self-production and sales of places, right, just take a look at the vegetable market near home: eggs 8 yuan / catty; spinach 16 yuan / catty; chicken breast 20 yuan / catty; cabbage 22 yuan / piece; but The most shocking or pea tip, 25 yuan / catty!”

A few days ago, Chengdu garlic moss rose to 42 a catty of pictures on the Internet, and recently once rushed up to 50 yuan a catty, many people exclaimed, “How is this more expensive than beef?”

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“Festival price increase half a day a price”

The price of vegetables and the price increase, even half a day a price.

According to headline news reports, Heilongjiang Qiqihar Ms. Yang January 12 in the supermarket to buy vegetables, not yet finished buying vegetables, the boss will change the label price increases, rape 3 yuan immediately rose to more than 4 yuan a catty.

Another netizen “and to me” posted on the 17th, “my mother in the supermarket to buy eggs, ready to check out, the cashier answered a phone call, and then the eggs went up in price!”

Shenyang netizen “small lotus diffuse paper kite V” just posted on the 16th, “prices have gone up more and more excessive, cabbage more than a dollar five a catty, potatoes a dollar three, radish three, eggs almost six, really will not live…”

A day later on the 17th then posted: “Yesterday’s prices, today has all gone up, cabbage 2 yuan, potatoes 2 yuan, forced to die?”

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Mail-order chili “2 catties” into “2”

Price increases in the madness also made a laugh. According to mainland media reports, Nanyang, Henan Ms. Hou bought 2 pounds of millet spicy on Taobao, received found that only 2 small peppers inside. 2 pounds into 2. The merchant also sent a letter of apology explaining that because of the continuous low-temperature cold wave, resulting in extensive damage to the small rice chili.

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Many online users posted the price of small rice pepper in their own supermarkets, ranging from 30 yuan / kg to 45 / kg.

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The authorities “price moderate” statement by the crowd scolded

Nanyang netizen “crystal love glass heart 2014” lamented, “This year this is how, everything is expensive, meat is expensive even if, vegetables are also expensive! The price of everything has gone up, the wage does not rise. These days, it’s hard to die.”

Princess Ridge City netizen “Li Li little silent”: “Prices are rising again, food is almost unaffordable, the epidemic is so serious why do you want to raise prices on food, so that the original not rich families add to the woes!”

The official Chinese media reported that “prices will probably rise moderately in 2021”, followed by almost unanimous curses.

Netizen “Rainy morning roaming the road” denounced: “Stop it, don’t play word games. The people’s life is hard enough. Cabbage 2.5/catty, onion 8 yuan/catty, spinach 4 yuan/catty, still mention meat?”

“Pink-DSB”: How much is mild? Don’t fucking play word games with the people, rise on the rise, you guys just hurry up and print money, let the people’s hands devalue the money the purpose is achieved!

“Lulu House 2013”: inflammatory people, first mild sorts of their own two mouths, since January to the money onion leader, eggs have risen to the chicken butt pain, mild?

Netizen “sunset west cool” for the official statement to make interpretation: “unemployment called layoffs, inflation called mild rise, financial crisis called economic downside ……… old recipe old taste, professional You know the rhetoric!”

“Picked up a big fish” appeal: give a way to live! These two years of economic conditions, but also up! Feudal society is not so hard to suck blood?