After searching the bamboo basket, the aunt looked up and asked:
"How do you want to sell it?"
Wan Qingliu knew at a glance that the other party was extremely satisfied with the things he brought.
Seeing this, she felt confident and offered a price:
"Rice is 50 cents a pound, white flour is 70 cents a pound, brown sugar is one dollar a pound, pork is two dollars a pound, and cloth is 80 cents a foot."
When the aunt heard this, she shook her head and said:
"Your price is too high. I'll give you 1.8 yuan for rice, 2 yuan for flour, and 1.5 yuan for pork. The rest is acceptable."
This is a rice-producing area, and grain has always been affordable, though supply is scarce. Black market grain is usually collected from every household in the village by speculators, and resold at prices only a few cents higher than at the supply and marketing cooperatives.
That is, sugar, meat and cloth are relatively scarce and sell at a higher price.
But in a buying and selling transaction, it is necessary to negotiate a price that satisfies both parties.
Wan Qingliu nodded and was quite satisfied with the price, except for the rice.
"Rice is so cheap—look at the quality of my rice, it's clean and shiny, without a single stone in it! I'm selling it to you for only two cents, and it's not a loss at all!"
Milk powder is 60 yuan per pound, this price is definitely not a rip-off. When the time comes, you can sell it for 100 yuan, there will be plenty of people who want it."
The aunt weighed it in her mind and then said:
"Okay. You have ten pounds of rice, ten pounds of flour, three pounds of brown sugar, ten pounds of pork, ten feet of cloth, and two pounds of milk powder. The total is one hundred and fifty-two."
Even though these cost more than a hundred yuan, she could earn dozens of yuan by reselling them in the staff compound, which is equivalent to two months' salary of the employees in her family.
Hua Xuguo, who was standing next to him, was amazed to find out that things could be bargained for. He thought that once this thing was brought to him, there was no reason why he couldn't sell it, except that he couldn't buy it.
That's the truth, but if you sell it too expensive and no one can afford it, there's nothing you can do about it. If you want to sell it, you can't ask for too exaggerated a price.
Wan Qingliu took the money with a smile, counted it carefully, and put it in his arms, actually putting the money into the space.
"Sister, it's getting late. I'm leaving now."
The aunt stood up and saw the two of them out, while trying to keep them.
"Hey, look at you. You worked so hard to come here, but you didn't even stay for a meal at my house, and now you're leaving. Sit down again, what's the rush?"
Wan Qingliu walked out while politely saying:
"No, no, we have to hurry back!"
The two of them left the family compound just like that.
Hua Xuguo admired his mother very much. She handled the business so easily and nonchalantly without any pause. The two expressions switched smoothly.
"Mom, will I be the one to come next time?"
Wan Qingliu looked disgusted: "Why are you in such a hurry? You are still young."
She didn't say that this was the only place she did business.
These scarce foods can be sold here safely and efficiently. People here have the money to spend on them. Moreover, it is convenient to have the items delivered to their doorsteps, and the risks are low.
There is always someone willing to pay.
But valuable things like watches and radios are not something that the family compound can afford.
Wan Qingliu wanted to visit all the channels, but the things he could carry with him were really limited, so he could only come one at a time.
This time it was food, and I took Hua Xuguo around the family compound. Next time it will be other goods, and we will go to another place.
She has been in both worlds for almost twenty years and has been involved in a lot of things.
After returning home, Wan Qingliu took out the money and counted a few bills.
"I'll give you 60%, which is ninety-one yuan and twenty cents. Take it. Don't blame me for not looking after you. I'm giving you this money first so you can keep some for yourself. If not, I'll give it directly to my wife."
Hua Xuguo chuckled and said, "I don't have much money to spend, so I'll just give it to her next time."
"Besides, I can eat your and Dad's food without spending any money. If I spend money, I can just eat my own food, right?"
Wan Qingliu glared and was about to curse, but Hua Xuguo saw that the situation was not good and quickly ran away.
Holding this money, Hua Xuguo was so excited that his hands were shaking and his steps seemed to be floating on the clouds.
He had never seen so much money!
In his entire life, he had only ever had two dollars in his hand!
Over ninety, that’s a huge sum of money!
Hua Xuguo walked into the room with a silly smile on his face. When he saw Zhou Yujiao hugging Hua Wanchi, he chuckled twice, his already silly expression changing.
Zhou Yujiao looked at Hua Xuguo as if he were a fool:
"Did you lose your mind after going out?"
Hua Xuguo turned his head and saw that there was no one else. Then he carefully closed the door and his eyes suddenly lit up.
His tone was full of excitement:
"Yujiao, we got it! We got it!"
As he said this, he took out the ninety-odd yuan from his pocket, held it in his hand and showed it to his wife like a rare treasure.
"Ninety-one dollars and two cents! Have you ever seen so much money, Yujiao? I haven't seen it, anyway!"
Zhou Yujiao rolled her eyes at him first: "Keep your voice down, don't wake Chi Chi."
Then he carefully placed Hua Wanchi into the cradle, stood up excitedly, and looked left and right at the money in Hua Xuguo's hand.
She had never seen so much money before!
Zhou Yujiao also grinned: "Oh, that's a lot of money! This money looks so beautiful!"
After saying that, he grabbed a few big unity notes in his hands and found a place to hide them.
"Keep the remaining one dollar and twenty cents for yourself. You'd be foolish if you didn't have any money when you needed it."
Hua Xuguo said, "I don't have much money to spend. Yujiao, keep it for yourself in case of emergency! If things really don't work out, I can always ask my mom for money!"
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