Chapter 208 That guy is really rich!
"Xiaoxi, how much of this instant noodles are there? I want to buy some. It's so convenient to eat." Qi Shuangshuang asked while eating.
Instant noodles are a precious commodity in the supply and marketing cooperatives. They are usually out of stock. Even if they are available, they are expensive. She likes to eat them very much.
"I'll give you a box when we get back. There are ten boxes in the warehouse at the back. You can sell them one by one today, or we can cook them and sell them."
"Then let's cook it and sell it! It's a hassle-free way to make some money and balance the expenses." Qi Shuangshuang spoke up immediately.
She was really worried that Xiaoxi and Lu Jiansen would suffer a huge loss this time!
Gu Xiaoxi took a mouthful of instant noodles and was about to speak when a scream came from outside the tent.
“It smells so good!”
Gu Xiaoxi looked up and saw a young man wearing glasses walking in.
Before she and Qi Shuangshuang could say anything, the young man started talking with a smile.
"Hello, I'm Dai Keyu from the Kyoto Medical Group. Do you sell these instant noodles?"
Gu Xiaoxi nodded slightly. "It's cooked. One dollar a bowl. It comes with eggs and ham. Do you want some?"
Dai Keyu was delighted and said, "Yes. One bowl!"
As soon as Gu Xiaoxi stood up, Qi Shuangshuang quickly went to bring over the instant noodles that were cooking on the coal stove.
"Thank you for your patronage!"
Dai Keyu coughed lightly and immediately paid a dollar.
Qi Shuangshuang handed the money to Gu Xiaoxi and immediately went to cook another bowl of instant noodles.
After eating a few mouthfuls of noodles, Dai Keyu asked, "I heard you still have new quilts for exchange. Can I sell them? Qingbei is too cold. I can't sleep at night."
Gu Xiaoxi glanced at him and said, "You can sell them, but our quality is better. If you want to pay, it's 50 yuan per bed. Do you want it?"
"Yes." Dai Keyu nodded without thinking.
Qingbei is really too cold, and it’s even colder living in the tent.
I heard from local people who came to see a doctor that this year's weather in northern Qinghai is colder than in previous years since the last snowstorm, and it is unbearable.
"I'll get it for you later." Gu Xiaoxi lowered his head and continued eating noodles.
Dai Keyu responded and quickly ate the noodles while they were still hot.
Gu Xiaoxi had only eaten half of her instant noodles when Dai Keyu had already finished them, even drinking up the soup.
He looked at the pot of instant noodles that Qi Shuangshuang had cooked earlier, and a silly smile flashed in his eyes, "Can I buy another portion? I'm not full."
Qi Shuangshuang was very happy and immediately brought the noodles to him.
“Eat it!”
Dai Keyu thanked him, paid the bill, and immediately started eating again.
After finishing his noodles, Gu Xiaoxi immediately went to the camp account in the back and bought ten new quilts from the exchange mall.
After buying the things, she didn't rush over. After browsing the exchange mall, she spent another 160 points and bought a four-piece set with a blue background and dark patterns.
After unfolding the four-piece set and taking a look at it, she immediately had a new idea.
The quilts that everyone uses now require the quilt cover and quilt lining to be sewn together again every time they are taken apart and washed, which is too troublesome.
This four-piece set is so simple to make and easy to use. When she has time, she can make more with the leftover fabric.
However, she didn't have time at the moment, so she bought another 500 rolls of toilet paper.
Just as she was about to close the exchange mall, she caught sight of the sanitary napkins out of the corner of her eye.
Girls all need sanitary napkins, but they are still hard to buy in this day and age, and of course, hard to sell.
Because people are still more accustomed to using sanitary belts and toilet paper.
After some hesitation, she spent a thousand points to buy a box of cloud-feeling cotton sanitary napkins and a box of night-time sanitary napkins.
Considering that most people now wear big pants, she bought 100 pairs of women's cotton underwear from the exchange mall.
After packing her things, she took some of them to exchange for new ones.
Qi Shuangshuang saw Xiaoxi coming over with a lot of things and hurried over to help.
When Dai Keyu saw that Gu Xiaoxi had brought more than one new quilt, his eyes lit up and he immediately asked, "Can I buy a few more quilts?"
This doesn’t require a ticket, it’s a rare opportunity!
Gu Xiaoxi nodded slightly, "Sure, how many beds do you want?"
Dai Keyu immediately took out three hundred yuan from his pocket and said, "Buy four beds first, and use the rest to buy instant noodles and sausages."
"Okay." Gu Xiaoxi immediately took a cardboard box and filled it with instant noodles and sausages.
Because he paid for it, the instant noodles cost three yuan for one yuan, and the ham sausages cost three yuan for one yuan, which was not cheap.
After the things were packed, Gu Xiaoxi gave him twenty small bags of pickled vegetables.
Despite this, Dai Keyu was already very happy. He finished the last bite of instant noodles in his bowl and walked away happily with his food.
After the people walked away, Qi Shuangshuang whispered, "That guy is really rich!"
Gu Xiaoxi smiled and nodded, "He's from Kyoto, so he must have a good family background."
"Xiaoxi, the quality of this quilt is much better than the ones in our supply and marketing cooperative, and it's softer. Please save two for me when the time comes. Grandpa and I will also use new ones during the New Year." Qi Shuangshuang thought about it and also took a back door.
Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "No problem."
As the two were talking, Li Kun, Zhuzi and Lu came over.
Gu Xiaoxi called them over, moved all the supplies from the tent in the back, quickly organized the shelves, and started today's old-for-new activity.
Unlike what they guessed yesterday, there were not too many people lining up to exchange their old items for new ones early this morning. Instead, there were quite a few representatives from various villages and brigades.
Some people came to take back the farm tools they had left here yesterday for repair, while others brought a large pile of old items and sundries to exchange old for new ones with the village as their representative.
After chatting for a while, Gu Xiaoxi found out that many villages had organized waste collection activities today. Most of the people were responsible for picking up things and looking for old items. The scorers in the team recorded the quantity, and then the village would collect the supplies and distribute them back.
In this way, the villagers save time and have more energy to trade in used goods, and the pressure on Gu Xiaoxi and others is also reduced. It can be said that it achieves three goals with one stone.
Gu Xiaoxi was quite happy because the two threshers and windmills that were not traded yesterday due to their high points were traded.
Later, Gu Xiaoxi found out that the reason why the villages gathered together today to look for old items and had village representatives come out to exchange old items for new ones was because the village collectively wanted the threshing machine and windmill.
Taking this into consideration, Gu Xiaoxi took some time out and used the scrap iron he had collected to secretly make 500 rice-cutting sickles, 20 plowshares, and 100 hoes, which could be easily exchanged with the villagers and the brigade.
In order to make it easier for the villagers to distribute things, she also bought twenty boxes of scented soap, twenty boxes of laundry detergent, twenty boxes of toothbrushes, twenty boxes of toothpaste, twenty boxes of salt, twenty boxes of candles, twenty boxes of noodles, twenty boxes of instant noodles, and five hundred towels from the exchange mall.
The purchasing power of the village collective is so strong that by noon, there were only a few items left on the shelves, and people from several villages had paid for a lot of things.