I found a house with its door ajar and knocked gently: "Who is it?"
"Auntie, I am the daughter of Li Laotie."
"Li Laotie? Who is Li Laotie?" The person in the room muttered as he walked towards the door. When he opened the door and saw a stranger, he immediately became alert: "Who are you looking for?"
He Wan did not hesitate, and moved the bamboo basket behind her closer to her and said, "My father asked me to come and see my aunt. I wonder if she is at home."
The old lady seemed to have encountered such a thing before. She smiled and said, "I'm here, girl. Come in and have a glass of water."
He Wan walked in nervously. This house had its own door and yard, with a nice environment and a well. They should be well-off.
The lady looked around outside and said directly, "Girl, what are you doing?"
"Auntie, rice, flour, chicken, pork, and brown sugar."
When the old lady heard this, her eyes lit up instantly: "Let me take a look."
He Wan put down the bamboo basket, revealing a lot of things.
The old lady looked at the white flour as fine as snow and the distinct grains of rice and said, "Your flour is really white, and the rice is from this year. Girl, name a price and I'll take all of them."
He Wan was shocked: "Auntie, you want all of them?"
"Yes, both."
"I have two chickens and five pounds of pork."
"I have many children in my family, if each family gets a little, it will be gone."
He Wan thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, just give me the black market price. If I have a ticket, I can give you a discount."
The lady must have been to the black market often. She thought for a while and said, "I'll give you 50 cents a pound of rice, 30 cents for white flour, and 1.2 yuan for brown sugar. You have 3 or 4 pounds of chicken, so I'll give you 1.5 yuan. Pork is 1 yuan a pound. How about that?"
He Wan was about to pick up the bamboo basket and walk out when she heard this. "Hey, hey, little comrade, why are you leaving?"
"Auntie, I also exchange things frequently, and I've been to the black market before. Your price... Hey, I know someone too, so I'll just give it to that store."
"No, little girl, I'll give you 60 cents for rice, 40 cents for flour, two pieces for chicken, and no more for pork, is that okay?" He Wan pretended to hesitate and said, "Hey, it's hot now, and I don't want to run anymore, okay. Auntie, I'm carrying 20 kilograms of rice, 20 kilograms of flour, 10 kilograms of brown sugar, 5 kilograms of pork, and two chickens."
The old lady was delighted: "I want the rice and flour, pork and chicken, but I don't want that much brown sugar. I'll ask my old sister for you."
"OK."
The lady took out more than thirty yuan and gave it to her.
After putting the things in the kitchen, she hurried out again. He Wan was also very worried, fearing that she would call the soldiers, so she stood at the door, looking around.
After a while, the lady called two or three people to her.
"Girl, they all want brown sugar."
"Okay, there are still eight pounds of brown sugar."
One of the ladies took two kilograms of brown sugar and said, "Girl, you still have meat left."
"Is there any rice left?"
"There are still some. If you want them, just wait for me for a while. I'll bring them to you in ten minutes."
"Okay. We'll wait for you."
The lady said, "Girl, how many do you have? If there are more, I will call some more people for you."
"There are also ten kilograms of brown sugar, eight chickens, five ducks, five geese, and six forty kilograms of rice and flour. If you have tickets, any tickets will do. If you have old items, I will take them too."
After saying that, he went out to find a place to get something from the space.
Others use their mind to get things, but she can't. She has to go inside to get them. There are so many things, more than a hundred pounds.
Oh, she insisted on pulling the things in the bamboo basket to the old lady's house.
Those who read in the books traded with black market bosses simply by using their mind. In her place, when could she use her mind?
(End of this chapter)