Wang Zhenhua's status in the family is now steadily declining.
He always obeyed the old man and Grandma Yu's words, and when he heard his godfather's scolding, Wang Zhenhua had no choice but to shut his mouth.
At the same time, Wei Xiaomin looked at her daughter with resentment and made a face at Wang Zhenhua.
"Hehehe."
Then he took the wooden sword and started playing in the yard.
Li Xiuxiu watched Wei Mo continuously making wooden products, and a light bead of sweat appeared on his forehead. She reached out her sleeve to wipe the sweat from Wei Mo's brow.
"Little brat, look up."
Wei Mo stopped guarding, paused, and looked up at Li Xiuxiu.
Just as he was about to ask, Li Xiuxiu wiped the sweat from Wei Mo's forehead with her sleeve. Wei Mo nodded and said...
"Thank you, Aunt Xiuxiu."
Li Xiuxiu went back into the house and brought out a bowl of water for Wei Mo.
"Drink it quickly, don't get too hot and hurt yourself. It would be bad if you got heatstroke. I added saccharin to it, it's very sweet."
Looking at Li Xiuxiu, who was concerned about him, Wei Mo picked up the bowl and gulped down the contents.
She drank until not a drop was left, then smiled sweetly at Li Xiuxiu and said something to her.
"Thank you, Aunt Xiuxiu, this water is so sweet."
Li Xiuxiu returned the bowl to the kitchen, and the two continued making furniture until the afternoon when they finished making all the chairs, so they could have stools for dinner that evening.
Li Taiping got up early this morning, before dawn, and poured half a bag of rice out of the rice bag.
Because he had to avoid people and walk to a distant town, he didn't bring much rice, only about 20 jin (10 catties), which was still a huge burden for him.
After finishing his tidying up, before the sun came out and it was still dark outside, Li Taiping headed towards the town. He had already figured out most of the town's black market.
Not long after arriving at the black market, I paid five cents and found a secluded spot within the market.
Then he opened the rice bag, squatted there, and covered his face with a cloth, making him look like a masked bandit so that others couldn't see him clearly.
Most people in the black market are like this; they dare not show their true faces, since they are all from the same town and will inevitably run into each other.
Being recognized could lead to trouble.
When the rice was opened, many people's eyes lit up, and they quickly ran over to ask questions.
"Brother, how much is your rice? How much per pound?"
Li Taiping feigned a hoarse voice and said...
"I won't sell this rice, I'll only exchange it for gold and jewelry, preferably gold. As for the price? Just the normal black market price."
The man was clearly taken aback when he heard that it was free!
After all, people come to buy things with money, unless someone wants to sell gold.
The government is also buying gold domestically, but the price is less than 4 yuan per gram.
But no one dared to go, and some even hid the gold.
Because once wealth is exposed, it will lead to a crisis, and at a price of 4 yuan, there are no recycling points here at all; you may need to go to the provincial capital or even further away.
Therefore, the price of gold on the black market is not high; at most, it would be considered good if it were one yuan per gram.
Upon learning that only gold was involved, the man frowned and began searching the black market to see if anyone was trading gold.
Many people asked Li Taiping questions, but when they learned that he only wanted gold, they all frowned. Then, a ragged old woman approached Li Taiping and whispered something to him.
"Young man, how much grain can I exchange this gold bracelet for?"
Li Taiping's eyes lit up when he heard this, because he had promised Wei Mo that he would only accept gold, and he originally thought it would be very easy.
Unexpectedly, everyone was willing to buy with money instead of gold. However, Wei Mo only wanted gold, so he had no choice but to refuse them.
Looking at the gold bracelet handed to him by the old woman, Li Taiping weighed it in his hand.
It weighs about 50 grams. The main thing is that the lady was actually selling gold, and the current price of this kind of thing is... well, it's hard to say!
Li Taiping looked at the old woman in front of him and slowly began to speak.
"Auntie, how much grain do you want to exchange?"
The old woman looked at Li Taiping's rice, thought for a moment, and then said to Li Taiping...
"Could you give me 20 pounds instead?"
In fact, judging by the price, that gold bracelet could be exchanged for far more than 20 jin (10 kg). However, the old lady's identity is clearly questionable.
But no one on the black market cares about these things. Li Taiping is relatively conscientious, looking at his rice bag, which weighs about 25 or 26 pounds.
He poured all the rice into the rice bag the old woman handed him and said to her,
"Auntie, if you have any goods to sell in the future, come back here to find me. I won't take advantage of you too much. I only brought this much today, but it definitely weighs more than 20 jin."
The old woman was very excited to see that Li Taiping had given her all the rice. She bowed slightly to Li Taiping with her frail body.
"Young man, thank you so much! I'll come back to see you again next time."
Then the old woman secretly carried the rice on her back and slipped out of the black market.
Li Taiping obtained gold, gold that would satisfy Wei Mo!
He wandered around the area, bought some things, and then, after leaving the black market, fearing that someone would follow him, he slipped through several alleys before slowly making his way into the village.
Seeing that it was still early, Li Taiping put the remaining half bag of rice into a cloth bag.
Then, avoiding everyone, they went to the black market again to continue trading, although exchanging only gold was not easy.
However, Li Taiping eventually exchanged all the grain for gold.
Now, he has exchanged just a bag of rice for nearly 100 grams of gold.
Moreover, people in the black market also know that he has fine rice, and many people even go looking for gold just to exchange it for some rice from him.
As night was about to fall, Li Taiping went to Wei Mo's house and knocked on the door. Wei's mother and the others had just finished dinner.
Upon seeing that the newcomer was Li Taiping, Wei Mo shouted wildly from the side,
"Mom, it's for me. I'm going out, I'm going out."
Then Wei's mother nodded at him and even came up with other excuses for Wei Mo.
“Hey, this kid doesn’t like playing with other kids anymore, he prefers to play with adults.”
When Wei Mo and Li Taiping arrived in the courtyard, Li Taiping handed Wei Mo the gold they had acquired that day. Wei Mo's eyes lit up when he saw it.
"That's all in one day."
Li Taiping nodded in agreement.
"It's not easy to exchange. Everyone wants to buy it with money. There isn't that much gold. Otherwise... I would have exchanged the other bag of rice for you tomorrow."
Wei Mo's eyes widened.
What? He got so much money in exchange for just one bag of rice? He must be rich!
However, one should be careful with this kind of thing, because it is, after all, a large transaction.
He was a little worried that something might happen to Li Taiping, after all, they were now in a cooperative relationship, so he said to Li Taiping.
"Big brother, be careful. Don't sell too much. Let's take it slow. Keep some of the remaining bag of rice for yourself. If you run out of food, remember to tell me so I can let you know where to hide the food next time."
When Li Taiping heard that Wei Mo still had grain, his eyes widened, and he was especially happy to hear that Wei Mo had generously given him some of the grain.
Li Taiping nodded to Wei Mo.
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