When the aunt saw the two bags of fine grains, she felt more happy than seeing her parents!
Lin Manman thought for a moment and said, "Rice costs 80 cents a pound without a ticket; if you have a ticket, it costs 50 cents a pound.
No tickets are required for flour, it’s 70 cents per pound.
I still have some oil and brown sugar here, do you need them, Auntie? If you do, I can give you a discount."
Gu Zhuoyuan did not interrupt their conversation, but took out some rice and flour and asked the aunt to check the goods.
He then took out the oil and brown sugar from the bottom of the basket so that the aunt could confirm that they were not scamming people.
When she heard the price, the aunt knew that Lin Manman was not messing around with her.
The prices of privately sold items on the black market are not uniform, and everyone estimates the price themselves.
As the food supply is still in the recovery period, there are very few people selling food.
She basically comes to the black market every day and hasn't seen fine grains here for a long time!
Especially fine grains like the ones they sell!
Many people who come to sell fine grains basically have saved them for a long time before selling them because they are reluctant to eat them themselves.
The color doesn’t look bright!
If this quality was available during the previous famine, it could even be sold for three or five yuan!
Even at this time, it can be sold for more than one dollar.
"Give me five pounds of rice and flour each... No! Give me ten pounds of each! By the way, how much are the brown sugar and oil?" asked the aunt.
She originally planned to go out today to buy some meat and buy some good cloth for her grandson to make new clothes.
She heard that the supply and marketing cooperative had received a batch of defective cloth of good quality. It was a rare opportunity to get a bargain, so how could she miss it?
When she went out today, she deliberately brought a lot of money with her so that she could buy more things.
Look...I haven't bought the meat and cloth yet, but I'm already eyeing the food!
But you can buy meat and cloth at any time, but you can’t go without food for a day!
"Brown sugar and oil are both 3.5 yuan per pound, no ticket required." Lin Manman replied.
This price is much higher than that of the supply and marketing cooperatives, but it is a normal and low price in the black market.
The main reason is that tickets are not required on the black market, so the price will naturally be much higher.
Under normal circumstances, only workers and urban residents have tickets. In rural areas, there is no source of tickets at all.
Moreover, the amount of these things a person can eat each month is limited, and it is not enough at all.
When these people don’t have enough food, don’t they have to find a way to buy some at a high price?
You can't not eat it, right?
Isn't the purpose of making money so that we can live a better life?
"Okay! Give me two kilograms of brown sugar and five kilograms of oil! There are no tickets!" the aunt ordered.
Although she had a lot of food coupons, she planned to use them to take her grandson to a state-owned restaurant to improve his meals.
Gu Zhuoyuan divided out all the things she wanted, packed them in the cloth bag she brought with her, and put them in her basket.
"Auntie, the total is thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents. Please take the food! I gave you a little extra for each item. Remember to come again next time you have the chance!" Lin Manman greeted.
Seeing that they were good at handling things, the aunt paid very readily without even bargaining about the price.
After this deal was done, several more people came in one after another.
However, these people didn't want much, and each person only spent a few dollars to buy some food.
Finally, when the contents of the backpack were sold out, the fish they had been waiting for finally took the bait!
"Brother, you are late. The goods we brought today have been sold out. Remember to come early next time if you want to buy!" Gu Zhuoyuan said.
In fact, he had been observing since he first came in and had long known that this person was a manager of the black market.
"I'm not here to buy anything. Our boss wants to discuss a business deal with you. I wonder if it's convenient for you two to come over now?" the man said.
Gu Zhuoyuan and Lin Manman looked at each other, nodded, packed up their things and followed him.
It’s not that the two of them were not on guard, but even if there were a lot of people, they might not be a match for the battle-hardened Gu Zhuoyuan.
What's more, they still have a space to hide.
If they really dare to play tricks, just run away if you can't beat them!
The two followed the man for about ten minutes, walked around the alley, and stopped at a small door in another alley.
The man knocked on the door regularly and soon it was opened from the inside.
"Hey! Dazhuang, what a good boy! Is business coming to you again?"
The old man who opened the door started joking as soon as he saw the man.
But then he began to look at Lin Manman and Gu Zhuoyuan again, and then asked: "But are you sure these two people are reliable?"
The man nodded in response and then gestured for them to follow him inside.
The yard was very large, shaped like a quadrangle. Lin Manman and Gu Zhuoyuan followed the man to the left.
When he arrived at the door, the man went forward and knocked on the door first. When the person in the room shouted "Come in", he went in and reported.
After a while, he came out and took Lin Manman and Gu Zhuoyuan into the house.
The layout of the house looks simple, but Lin Manman and Gu Zhuoyuan are both connoisseurs.
None of these furniture are simple!
The man was sitting behind a pearwood desk, seemingly looking up something.
Only after the two of them entered the house did he put down the things in his hands and raised his head.
Just by looking up, Lin Manman and Gu Zhuoyuan were stunned!
This looks too similar, doesn't it?
Now, they don’t have to find any family for Xiaochen!
This is really the case of searching for something everywhere but finding it without any effort!
Even though Xiaochen is still young, if the baby fat fades away, he will look about 70% like this person!
I thought I would meet a man who was at least 30 or 40 years old, but I didn’t expect that he would be a man in his twenties.
And this person looks so similar to Xiaochen?
I just don’t know what the relationship between this person and Xiaochen is?
Father and son? Or brothers?
Did he know that Xiaochen was missing? Or was Xiaochen's disappearance related to this person?
The two men were not in a hurry to find out about Xiaochen's affairs. They did not forget that they came here today to do business.
"I'm sure you two know why we invited you here today, right? Let's not mince words, so let's speak openly!
I'm interested in the goods you sell. Do you have any sources of goods to do business with me?" the man said.
Gu Zhuoyuan tried his best to stand in front of Lin Manman, protecting her behind him, and then fought with this old fox himself.
We have all been in the business world for many years, and no one is inferior to the other.
He nodded to show that he understood.
"I have the goods, but it depends on whether you can afford the price? And are you sincere about doing this business?" Gu Zhuoyuan said.
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