With the protection of his uncle and Goudan, Jiang Li went down the mountain with peace of mind.
The mountain village where they live is 5 kilometers away from Baiyun Town. If you walk fast, it will take an hour, and if you walk slowly, it will take an hour and a half, or even two hours.
Jiang Li was thinking about her child, and there was wind under her feet as she walked.
Although I have never been to Baiyun Town, I have already figured out the route here from watching TV dramas.
Jiang Li first went to the seed station to buy some seeds, which were supplied with tickets.
Various tickets were issued to each person by the production team, and the number each person had was very limited.
However, it was already January 1977, and the management of various tickets was no longer so strict.
Everything related to food and cloth required coupons, and some small aspects of life had begun to loosen the coupon system.
Things that used to require tickets to buy are now gradually becoming dispensable.
Jiang Li didn’t buy many seeds, but it didn’t matter, the black soil in her space could be used for planting quickly.
A small amount of seeds can produce a large amount of fruits and vegetables.
After buying the seeds, Jiang Li went to the supply and marketing cooperative. She bought a bar of soap, a tube of toothpaste, a toothbrush, a box of matches, a bottle of soy sauce, a bottle of vinegar, some sanitary belts and a few feet of cloth. She also bought a pair of Liberation shoes for her brother. After thinking about it, she bought some candy.
Jiang Li carried the pile of things to check out. The new salesperson was a stranger, and Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past, the original owner loved to come here to peek at Shen Changan. She didn't have much money or tickets on her, so every time she came, she only bought a little bit of things, but she would linger here for a long time.
If Shen Changan appeared here, she would be so embarrassed that she would want to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
The more the original owner liked Shen Changan, the more she was afraid of seeing Shen Changan.
But after that incident, he should have returned to the provincial capital. He wouldn't continue to waste time in their small place, right?
There was not much food left at home, and Jiang Li wanted to go to the grain station to buy some rice, but he didn't have any food coupons in his pocket.
At that time, farmers grew their own food and earned work points. The production team would then distribute food based on the total number of work points.
After Jiang Li became pregnant, the family situation became worse. Her father lost interest in working in the fields and went to do hard labor in a nearby quarry, just to earn more money to support his daughter and grandson.
The original owner was pregnant and couldn't do heavy work. Her younger brothers and sisters were still in school and didn't have much time to come back to work. With her mother working alone in the fields, the work points their family earned were very limited.
At the end of the year, their family was allocated very little food, and life was really hard at that time.
Now their family has no food and no food coupons, which means that even if she has money, she cannot buy food.
But how could a living person be suffocated to death by urine? Since it was not possible to do it openly, the only option was to go to the black market.
Jiang Li came to the black market according to the road he remembered. The entrance here was very hidden and ordinary people could not find it.
After arriving at the black market, Jiang Li felt like he had opened up a new world.
There are so many things for sale in this place, and the most important thing is that none of them require a ticket!
There are also some people who are secretly selling various tickets. These people are food ticket dealers. Their behavior is equivalent to speculation. In this era, the punishment for being caught is not small.
Jiang Li did not buy their food coupons, but looked at samples from several families and finally chose a farmer.
Farmers have more labor force and are allocated more grain. Some people sell the grain they cannot finish eating at home.
Of course, these grains can also be sold directly to grain stations, but the purchase price is relatively low, generally 1.4 cents per pound.
Now it is sold on the black market. Some people sell it for 16 cents per pound, some sell it for 17 cents per pound, and some even sell it for 20 cents per pound.
The most outrageous are the middlemen, who directly sell national food coupons. Some are sold for 25 cents, and some are even sold for 30 cents.
The situation on the black market is that prices are all over the place, and whether you can buy cheap and affordable things depends on your sharp eyes and luck.
Jiang Li was lucky today. After searching a few houses, he found an old farmer. The old man had a lot of good food at home.
According to him, their family has three sons, and each of the three sons has three sons. Their family has a lot of labor force, and each of them is strong and good at work. Therefore, their family also has a lot of work points.
The amount of food distributed every year is too much to eat, but other things are not enough, so the excess food will be sold.
Because there was so much food at home, the price was relatively reasonable.
The other party offered 18 cents per pound of rice. Jiang Li took a look at the sample and thought the quality was pretty good.
"I want to buy 50 kilograms of rice. Will you sell it to me at 16 cents per kilogram?"
Jiang Li took a fancy to their rice and without any nonsense, he directly stated the quantity he wanted to buy and the bottom price in his mind.
"16 cents a pound is too low. I'll sell it for 17 cents a pound."
The old man is also easy to talk to. Other families buy three or five kilograms, so naturally he can't buy a penny less.
The girl in front of him bought 50 kilograms of rice at a time, and he was willing to buy less.
"Okay, then give me 50 kilograms."
The old man took a burlap bag, walked to an alley on the side and weighed out 50 kilograms of rice for her. Jiang Li gave her 8.5 yuan, and the deal was done.
Jiang Li bought some glutinous rice and flour, and two kilograms of meat.
After buying these things, Jiang Li didn't have much money left in his pocket.
The things she bought are all necessities. If she didn't buy them, she would have difficulty eating and dressing in the future.
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