Hearing the price, Li Xu couldn't help but smack his lips, thinking it was really expensive.

"Don't think it's too expensive. It's just that food is in short supply now. In previous years, one or two ounces of sugar coupons would cost at least two kilograms of fine grain." The stall owner next to him may have seen what Li Xu was thinking and spoke directly.

Li Xu thought about it and it was true. Sugar was a nutritional product during that period. People with urban household registration were only allowed a quota of one or two taels per quarter, and they could usually only buy yellowish-brown sugar.

As for the refined white sugar and rock sugar that were common in later generations, they were even more scarce. Only women giving birth, residents suffering from serious illnesses, or people enjoying special treatment could enjoy some.

The agricultural population had almost no quota, and could only obtain some reward sugar coupons by selling grain and agricultural and sideline products.

Every quarter after receiving sugar coupons, Li Xu's family would buy some sugar for his grandparents and second uncle in the countryside so that they could also nourish their bodies. Every time they went there, his grandparents would receive envious looks from others.

Thinking of this, Li Xu said:

"How many sugar tickets do you have?"

"There are sugar tickets worth one pound and two ounces." The stall owner replied after a pause.

Li Xu thought about it and realized that he didn't know when he could sign out nutritional supplements such as sugar.

"I want them all."

"What, you want it all? Do you have so much food?" The stall owner seemed frightened.

"What are you talking about? Why would I ask for this if I can't even provide food?"

The stall owner was silent for a while before saying:

"Do you want to exchange it for coarse grains or fine grains?"

"Fine grain, 6 jin of rice."

This is the rice that was signed in during the past two days. During this period, rice was also a fine grain, so it was quite a lot for Li Xu's family to send 10 kilograms of rice to his grandparents every month.

"Sure. But the sugar coupons are with my eldest brother. Let's go there to trade."

Now it was Li Xu's turn to be silent.

The stall owner seemed to see his worry and said:

“Don’t worry about us cheating on others. Only with a good reputation can more people come to trade with us, and we can earn more.

If you're still worried, just wait here for a while and I'll go get the candy ticket."

"You'd better get the sugar coupons. I also need to get some rice and we'll trade here later." Li Xu was still a little worried.

"Okay, see you later." After saying that, the stall owner asked the person who was setting up a stall next to him to help him look after his stall, and then turned and left.

Li Xu also walked to a dead corner. Seeing that there was no one around, he replaced the white flour in his hand with rice, and then waited for another two minutes before returning to the stall.

By this time the stall owner had returned to his stall.

Li Xu handed the sack in his hand directly to the other party.

The stall owner first poured the rice into the bag he brought with him, then handed the previous bag to Li Xu. He then took out a scale and weighed it before speaking:

"It's a little more than six pounds. It's still six pounds without the sack. Here are the receipts, check them." As he said that, he took out a stack of receipts from his pocket and handed them to Li Xu.

Li Xu also took it and counted it. They were all sugar tickets worth one or two taels, a total of 12. After confirming that they were correct, he nodded and put the tickets into his pocket.

Li Xu saw that the transaction was completed and just turned to leave when the stall owner spoke again.

"Do you still want your cigarette tickets? And your candy tickets?"

Li Xu slapped his head and cursed inwardly that he was so stupid that he even forgot about the cigarette. He immediately turned around and said:

"I forgot about it. Do you have five cigarette tickets? How many candy tickets are there?"

During this period, candy tickets and sugar tickets were two different things. Candy tickets were specifically used to buy candy, and sugar tickets were used to buy candy.

"Yes, cigarette tickets are 4 cents each, a total of 20 cents. There are only 3 jin of candy tickets left. Since you bought so much, I'll give you a discount of 2 yuan."

Cigarette tickets are issued monthly, so the price isn't that high. The reason candy tickets are so much cheaper than sugar tickets is that candy tickets are charged by the number of candies purchased...

Li Xu took out 2 yuan and 20 cents from his pocket and handed it to the stall owner, saying:

"Okay, that's all I want. Count them."

"Here, this is the ticket you want." After counting the money, the stall owner found a few more tickets and handed them to Li Xu. When Li Xu finished counting and put them in his pocket, he said,

"From now on, if you come here and have something you want or want to sell, you can come find me. If I'm not here, you can go find the guard and ask for Ah Hu."

"Okay, I'll remember that, Brother Ah Hu." Li Xu responded and turned to leave.

Li Xu wandered around the black market for a few more rounds before going home.

I didn't find anyone following me on the way home, which made me feel even more satisfied. On the way home, I put all the bills and money I got from trading on the black market into the storage space.

After returning home and putting the sack away, Li Xu went back to the room to look at Li Chen who was sleeping soundly. He yawned unconsciously and went to his own bed to take a nap.

After sleeping for a while, it was time to get up and have breakfast.

Since he had just bought food with food coupons yesterday and brought it home, Li Xu found that his breakfast had been replaced with indica rice porridge.

The proportion of grain we receive now is 40% fine grains, and the rest is coarse grains, and indica rice is a coarse grain.

Now is a difficult time. After Li Xu's family receives their food every month, in addition to the food sent to the countryside, Li Jiakang will take out some rice to exchange for more coarse grains on the black market so that the family can have more to eat.

When the coarse grains were basically consumed in the days before the food coupons were distributed, the family would cook the remaining rice into porridge for everyone to nourish their bodies.

This is done to prevent any sudden emergencies during this month. If food is needed, fine grains can be used as emergency food.

The few days after Li Xu traveled through time happened to be the days when food coupons were about to be distributed, so the food at home was all rice porridge.

Li Xu endured the sore throat and finished his breakfast.

During the meal, Li Jiakang also asked Li Xu to take some time out in the next two days to deliver the food to his grandparents' home in the countryside.

There's no way around it. He's the most idle one right now, and he's 1.62 meters tall anyway, so it's relatively safe for him to walk outside.

Li Xu felt that as long as his nutrition met the standards, he could grow at least another 10 centimeters taller.

After dinner, Li Xu played with Li Ju for a while, and then set off for the supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Xu came this time with money and tickets, and he was full of confidence.

First, he came to the candy counter and said directly:

"Big sister, give me one pound and two ounces of sugar."

The salesperson at the counter raised his eyebrows after hearing this and asked, "Do you have so many tickets?"

"Yes, take a look." After saying that, Li Xu pretended to take out a stack of candy coupons from his pocket and handed it over.

The salesman counted and said, "Sugar is 1.1 yuan per ounce, one pound and two ounces, a total of 1.32 yuan."

"Please pack them separately, two half-jin ones and one twenty-liang one." Li Xu also took out the money and handed it to the supply and marketing agent.