Niu Tieguang's mother and several older women from the village were also on the bus.
As soon as they got on the oxcart, they started chatting: "Did you see Sun, the educated youth, jump into the river yesterday?"
“I saw it. I was by the river at the time. That Sun educated youth is no pushover. Yesterday, we tried our best to pull her up, but she wouldn’t come up. After we finally got her up, she jumped back down. She’s really good at causing trouble.”
After saying this, Aunt Yang Guihua looked at Su Li and said, "Right, Su Qingqing? It was so hard for us to pull her ashore back then."
Su Li nodded.
Niu Tieguang's mother spat, "I heard that she jumped into the river yesterday without even wearing underwear, and was seen naked by all the men in the village? What a shameless slut!"
"I was there at the time, I saw it clearly. When her two big breasts came ashore, Liu Mazi was still pinching them. It was unbearable to look at, so embarrassing. Old Yang from our village had a nosebleed. My God..."
"Even after all this, why is she still unwilling to marry Liu Mazi? Yesterday, Liu Mazi went to see her, and the two even had a fight. One wants to marry her, while the other doesn't."
"Just look at Liu Mazi's pathetic appearance, who would want to marry him!"
That's true.
Su Li passed the time listening to the chatter of the older women in the village. Sun Yingzi's reputation was utterly ruined.
But what's wrong with Li Qiangguang's mother? She's been staring at her for the past few days.
It seems they're trying to make a move on her again.
Upon arriving in town, Su Li first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, and then found a secluded corner to enter her spatial dimension.
He changed his clothes and disguised himself before coming out.
Carrying a basket of red dates on his back, he first went to the nearby residential compound.
When she arrived at the family compound, she saw two old ladies chatting and her eyes lit up.
She deliberately opened her basket and slowed her pace.
Old Mrs. Chen, who was chatting, spotted the big red dates in the basket on her back. She thought that her daughter-in-law was in confinement after childbirth these days, so it was good for her to eat some red dates to nourish her.
So he didn't bother chatting with the people around him and went straight up to grab Su Li.
"Hey niece! Why didn't you say anything when you arrived? Come on, let's go sit at your aunt's house."
Su Li chimed in, "Auntie, I haven't visited in years, and you look so much younger! I almost didn't recognize you."
The two walked toward Old Chen's house. As soon as they entered the house, Old Chen quickly closed the outer door.
"Young lady, how much are your red dates?"
"42 cents a pound, no coupon needed. If you have coupons, 38 cents or 30 cents is fine."
"Your prices are higher than the supply and marketing cooperative's! Young lady, can you make it cheaper? I'll buy two more pounds."
Su Li grabbed a handful of dates and showed them to the aunt; "Look, my dates are much bigger and sweeter than those at the supply and marketing cooperative. Try them if you don't believe me."
Old Mrs. Chen tried one, and it was indeed sweet.
"Young lady, how about you give me a discount? How about 40 cents? I'll buy three pounds."
Actually, Su Li's target price was also 40 cents. She knew that old ladies liked to haggle, so these two cents were for her to use.
"Auntie! I'm only selling to you because you look kind. I wouldn't sell to anyone else for this price. Four cents it is, but I don't have a scale with me. Do you have one?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll get it right away."
Su Li weighed out three jin and even grabbed an extra handful for the old lady. Old Mrs. Chen was so happy that she kept praising Su Li as a good girl.
"Auntie! Do you know where I can buy fruit around here?" Su Li lowered her voice as she spoke. As far as she knew, there was more than one black market in this county. The one she went to last time was a bit small. She wanted to try her luck and see if the old lady knew of any other black markets.
She didn't ask about the black market directly, as the topic was too sensitive, but Old Chen was a shrewd woman; these days, the fruit supply and marketing cooperative only had a limited daily supply.
Ordinary people can't buy it at all; if they want to buy fruit, they can only go to the black market.
"Turn left at the next intersection and walk to the end, then walk along Shunhua Road to the north and turn right to get there."
"Thank you! I'll be going now."
After leaving the workers' residential compound, Su Li followed the route the old lady had given her.
Sure enough, after passing Shunhua Road, there was a small alley on the right, and a man was standing at the entrance of the alley.
It looks fierce and menacing, very scary.
Su Li doesn't plan to sell these red dates in small quantities; it's not good for her to keep taking leave from the village.
She walked up to the menacing-looking man and whispered, "I have a batch of red dates here, would you like to buy them?"
"How many?"
"More than 300 jin"
The man said expressionlessly, "I can't make that decision. Luckily, our boss is here. Let's go, I'll take you to see him."
Su Li followed the man to a courtyard not far from Shunhua Road.
The man opened the courtyard gate, and she followed him inside.
"You wait here, I'll go in and call the boss."
Su Li nodded and stood in the courtyard, looking around.
The house is a brick and tile house with a rather large courtyard. There is a well on the side, and some small green vegetables are planted in the courtyard. It seems that people often live here.
A middle-aged man walked out of the room shortly afterward. He had a long beard, thick eyebrows, and big, dark eyes.
It's very intimidating when they look at people.
He walked up to Su Li and said, "Hello, my name is Lu Shan. I heard you have three hundred catties of red dates?"
"right"
"Red dates cost three cents a pound. If they're available for sale, I'll buy them all."
Su Li was surprised that the price was so low. She frowned and said, "The red dates at the supply and marketing cooperative sell for three mao a jin. I'm offering three mao five, so you'll still make a profit. I won't sell them for any lower than that."
The man stared at Su Li for a moment, and seeing that she wouldn't budge, he nodded; "Okay! It's a deal at thirty-five cents. When can you deliver it?"
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