Chapter 14: Money, Tickets, and Friends



The rice in Chen Xia Space Hospital is packed in 100-jin bags.

In order to speed up the delivery, he stood directly at the hole in the wall yesterday, and asked a few old men to maintain order and ask others not to get close to the wall, so that he could carry bags of rice out more easily.

And each order starts at at least 100 kilograms. If you don’t have enough money, you can find someone to share the order with.

Anyway, as long as Chen Xia received 40 yuan, he would give them a bag of rice. There was no need to weigh it or pack it separately, so the speed of delivery was greatly improved.

The residents who bought rice all happily carried the rice and left.

They were also afraid, afraid that someone with red armbands would come over and tell them not to sell their items, and then confiscate their items.

After all, people in this era are still quite afraid of things like speculation and profiteering.

I sold 5,000 kilograms of rice yesterday morning, and I sold out the remaining 10,000 kilograms of rice in one go this morning, and there are still people who want to buy it.

Now Chen Xia was both happy and annoyed. He couldn't take over such a big market and wasted the opportunity to make a fortune.

"Everyone, we're really out of rice. We've sold it all. Now we only have some eggs left."

"Eggs?" The eyes of the uncles and aunts nearby suddenly lit up.

Eggs are good things. They are the best tonic in this era and are definitely a killer for home, travel, entertaining guests, and giving as gifts.

Even among the city people, only postpartum women are qualified to eat eggs.

Eggs are always a hot commodity in grocery stores, and ordinary people can't usually get them. But today this guy delivered them to our door, so how could we let him go?

"Good eggs, young man. How many do you have? I'll take them all."

"Bah, Liu Sanjia, you're so arrogant. We have so many neighbors, why are you the only one who wants to eat eggs?"

"That's right, young man, how many eggs do you have? How much do you want to sell them for?"

Chen Xia's true nature as a profiteer was revealed at this moment: "There aren't many eggs. These are all saved by the elderly ladies in the village. They plan to exchange them for money so they can buy some medicine. Life in our countryside is so hard. The elderly have no source of income, so they rely on these few eggs."

"Yes, it's hard enough to live in the countryside without pension insurance." The onlookers all echoed.

In the end, most of the eggs were sold at a price of 35 cents each, and Chen Xia kept some for his family.

Just like that, Chen Xia waved goodbye to them in everyone's reluctant eyes. This was a win-win underground deal for all parties.

The villagers sold their grain at a good price, residents without tickets bought good grain, and Chen Xia earned some hard-earned money.

How much is this hard-earned money? After deducting the cost from the sales of 6,100 yuan, the net profit reached 4,200 yuan.

What a concept! When Chen Bingkun was alive, he was the director of a hospital department and received a fourth-level salary, which was only 43 yuan a month, and with subsidies it did not exceed 60 yuan.

In other words, the money Chen Xia earns today is what an experienced worker can earn in 7 or 8 years without eating or drinking.

What a huge sum of money.

However, Chen Xia was not too proud, because China's first 10,000 yuan household was created as early as 1979.

He remembered it was in Guangdong. This event was quite symbolic, as he had seen it during the hospital's Reform and Opening-up commemoration event.

With 4,200 yuan, plus his father's pension, Chen Xia is at least a household with an income of half a thousand yuan.

It is hard to say whether he is the richest man in Yuezhou. There are many hidden rich people in this era, but one thing is certain, he is definitely the richest man in Qingfeng Village.

Mr. Chen, the richest man, was so happy that he felt light-hearted while walking on the street, and his mind was thinking about where to buy some delicious and fun things to stock up.

As a result, he didn't walk far before he was stopped by two people of the same age.

To avoid being caught, Chen Xia deliberately walked through the maze-like alleys of the residential area, but he was actually followed? A robber?

Chen Xia thought to himself that he was really unlucky. But he was not afraid now because all his money was in the Space Hospital and he didn't have a penny on him.

The worst that could happen is that you get beaten up. They can't possibly kill you to silence you, right?

Seeing the two strong guys slowly approaching him, Chen Xia suddenly said:

"My two heroes, we have a deal: never hit people in the face."

The two people opposite were obviously stunned, then burst into laughter. In fact, one of them squatted on the ground and said to the other:

"Qian Jin, this guy is too funny. He probably thinks we are robbers. Oh no, let me laugh for a while."

After the two of them had laughed enough, he stood in front of Chen Xia again and introduced himself:

"My name is Qian Jin, his name is Fang Zhe. We want to buy rice from you, not to be gangsters. Hahaha, rural people are funny."

Chen Xia's face darkened when he heard this. "Who knows what you two are doing? You blocked me in the alley like this without saying a word."

"Yes, yes, it's our fault, don't mind it, little brother," Fang Zhe apologized. "We have no choice. Mom and Dad are busy at work all day, and the food at home has to be given to those relatives. We don't even have enough to eat ourselves, so we can only come to stop you."

Chen Xia still had some food left, which he had intended to keep for his family, so he didn't really want to sell it. He said in embarrassment:

"You two missed the opportunity. I'm sold out of rice and eggs."

"Is that so..." The two people's expressions could not hide their disappointment.

Qian Jin looked at Fang Zhe and said, "Look, there wasn't much hope to begin with. You even talked about exchanging some food stamps and industrial coupons for food. Now that's hopeless, let's go."

"Wait, what did you just say? Use tickets to exchange for food?" Chen Xia suddenly stopped the two people in front of him.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!

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