Early the next morning, when Jiang Yuman woke up, Fu Jingchen was no longer in bed.
She was thinking that he was going to take care of something in the countryside, so she didn't ask much when she went downstairs, and went out after eating.
At that time, speculation and profiteering were strictly controlled, and people wearing red armbands were often seen everywhere to catch people.
If you are caught, you will be arrested and paraded through the streets, so the black market opens very early.
Thinking about going to the black market today, Jiang Yuman even put a scarf and a hat in the space.
As soon as I left the house, I found an alley and put the scarf hat on my head, revealing my eyes.
Then he put on a fluffy gray coat and carried a basket covered with cloth. When he came out, he looked like a different person.
There is nothing in the basket. It is mainly a decoy. When the time comes to take the money out of the space, you can pretend that you took it out of the basket to avoid suspicion.
Carrying a basket, Jiang Yuman, dressed up in disguise, headed straight for the black market.
Different from other bustling streets, although there are many people here, everyone has dressed up tacitly, and many people like Jiang Yuman show their eyes.
Coincidentally, as soon as Jiang Yuman walked in, she saw an old lady selling eggs on the roadside.
Eggs are a great food, they can be boiled, fried or steamed.
It can also be used to marinate meat and fry meatballs. It has many uses.
According to the old lady, these eggs are all local eggs, laid by the chickens at home who eat grain.
After hearing this, Jiang Yuman bought up two entire baskets of eggs.
Eggs are a rare commodity these days, and the old lady was curious about why Jiang Yuman bought so many eggs, but when she saw that she was pregnant, she stopped talking.
Pregnant women need to eat eggs to replenish their bodies after giving birth, so it is normal to need so many eggs.
Only city wives know how to eat it, but country women who give birth only eat one egg every two days at most!
Two baskets of eggs, weighing a total of 60 kilograms!
Jiang Yuman used the excuse that her husband would be here soon and asked the old lady to move the eggs to an alley.
Then she reached into the basket and actually took out the money from the space and counted it out to the old lady.
As soon as the old lady left, she immediately put all the eggs into the space.
These things can be put in without worrying about spoiling.
She had already tested it with boiling water last night. Whatever it was when she put it in at night, it would be the same when she took it out in the morning.
In space, time stands still.
Of course, two baskets of eggs cannot meet the family's needs for two years in the countryside, but this is it for now and we can buy more in the future when the need arises.
After leaving the alley, Jiang Yuman continued to wander around the black market, wanting to see if she could buy any meat.
She was lucky, for when she turned around she saw a young man coming out of the alley carrying half a pig.
Everyone who came to the black market was staring at the meat and grains. When this man came out, everyone was staring at him with their only exposed eyes.
Jiang Yuman stepped forward and lowered her voice: "How much per pound? I'll take them all."
The young man was stunned, "You want them all?" He asked in a tone of disbelief.
"Yes, this is not enough."
After hearing this, the others who followed and wanted to ask questions immediately dispersed.
They paid for everything, so there was no room for them.
At the same time, I couldn't help but secretly marvel at it. This is really a generous act. So much meat is still not enough.
They would buy at most one pound, rub it with salt, and eat it in three portions.
The young man said, "Sister, this pork is originally one dollar per pound. If you want all of it, I'll give it to you for 95 cents."
Jiang Yuman nodded. The original owner had worked in a supply and marketing cooperative, so the price here was indeed higher than that in the supply and marketing cooperative.
But the meat in the supply and marketing cooperative is not so easy to buy. If you don’t go early and queue up, the quality of the meat you buy will be very poor.
It’s nothing like the half piece of pork in front of me, which is so fresh.
Seeing Jiang Yuman so straightforward, the young man lowered his voice and said, "Sister, there is still half a pig at home that has not been sold. Do you want some?"
These were pigs they secretly raised in their hometown, and they put a lot of thought into it. They wanted to sell them on the black market for some money.
He was afraid of something happening if he took too much at once, so he took only half of it first.
I heard Jiang Yuman say it was not enough, and she didn't seem like a nosy person, so I asked this.
"Yes." Jiang Yumen's eyes suddenly lit up.
She made a request: "Move the meat to the alley and let the man take it. I also want the other half of the pork."
I just said it casually, but I didn't expect it to be a pleasant surprise.
"Okay." The young man carried the meat into the alley, weighed it, took the money, and left in a hurry.
Jiang Yuman looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she used the same trick again and put all the meat into the space.
After waiting for a while, the young man came back carrying half a pig, and he handed over the money in exchange for the goods.
Seeing that the pork was gone, the young man didn't think much about it and thought that Jiang Yuman's man had just been here.
I was quite happy to get the money. I didn't expect that it would be so smooth and I actually met such a straightforward customer.
As soon as the boy left, the pork was put back into the space.
Jiang Yuman continued shopping and bought some flour and rice.
If anyone wanted to sell it, she would buy it all.
The family had to buy all the food and clothing they needed for the two years in the countryside today; a little bit of food could not solve the immediate problem.
She was not worried about others noticing her. At that time, people were simple and honest. Everyone who bought things here was empty-handed and had no time to hurt others.
Besides, she has her things in the space, so she is not afraid at all.
After a walk around, I found that the empty space was filled with a lot of things.
Rice, flour, meat, and eggs, and later I bought brown sugar and rock sugar.
Especially brown sugar, women need to use it when they have their period and when they are in confinement.
When it comes to herself, Jiang Yuman is not vague at all.
Brown sugar is a hot commodity. I searched the entire black market and still had five kilograms.
However, this black market does not have this problem, but it may not be the case in other black markets.
The provincial capital is so big, there must be a black market.
In the following period, Jiang Yuman changed her job and continued to buy large quantities of eggs, rice and flour in the two black markets.
As for pork and brown sugar, you must see them and have them all.
I even met someone selling beef. The cows should be processed after being killed by a fall. Cows are rare these days and it is not easy to kill them.
She also likes to eat beef, and she also ate ten kilograms of it.
Although she is lazy, she is a good cook thanks to her gluttony.
After buying these things, although they did not have to work after going to the countryside, they could still ensure three meals a day for their family.
Thinking about this, Jiang Yuman continued to sweep. After one morning, she had filled nearly one-third of her space.
Just these foods cost nearly seven hundred yuan.
As for daily necessities and clothing, Jiang Yuman then turned to department stores.
Because I had the tickets given by my parents-in-law, I took out the industrial tickets and arranged the big iron pot first.
There are no big iron pots in the countryside now, so the dishes cooked in them are not delicious!
There are plenty of aluminum lunch boxes, Red Star cups, thermoses, pots, bowls and chopsticks.
It is autumn now, and we are rushing to catch up with the autumn harvest. There is no shortage of gloves and skin care products for face and body.
The family didn't bring much luggage, and autumn had already passed. So we had to buy some wool for knitting.
Buy a lot of ordinary homespun cloth, and also buy soft and comfortable cotton cloth...
There are also small items such as needles, thread, buttons, etc.
As for cotton, Jiang Yuman was not in a hurry. She thought that there should be places to go to the streets in the countryside, so she could go there to buy cotton later.
She was not bothered to explain the origins of these things to her family.
When others had to go to work and she was alone at home, she said she was going shopping and it was easily solved.
After buying these daily necessities, the 1,800 yuan she got back from her mother's home had been used up completely.
Things finally took up most of the space.
Jiang Yuman was like a hamster that had been preparing for a long time. Looking at the space filled with a lot of things, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
With these things, I won't be afraid to go to the countryside.