Chapter 72 Selling and Buying The Lujia

Village Brigade was busy paying the public grain this time, and it was not until six or seven in the evening that the settlement was settled. A group of people returned to the brigade in a mighty stream, all with bright smiles on their faces.

Of course, Su Mo did not watch the whole scene, but she watched almost everything, and around four o'clock, she followed the ox cart that was pulling the goods to leave.

After arriving home, Uncle Youdian drove the ox cart and helped Su Mo move all the things into the house. Su Mo was very grateful, and in addition to giving him two cents for the fare, he also grabbed a handful of fruit candies for him to take home to sweeten the children at home.

Uncle Youdian was also very happy, thinking that the old daughter-in-law of the branch secretary's family was also a good person.

At night, Lu Xingjun returned home, lit two kerosene lamps, and started to count.

While counting, he suddenly looked up and said to Liu Yuzhi: "My third sister-in-law bought 5 kilograms of eggs yesterday. Do you think she is pregnant?"

Liu Yuzhi immediately sat up straight, "No way? It's only half a month, how did she know?"

"Then why did she buy so many eggs?" Lu Xingjun asked.

Nowadays, who would buy so many eggs unless they are pregnant.

"Can't she buy them for herself? The life of the third brother's family is different from ours." Liu Yuzhi rolled her eyes. She thought she was really pregnant.

Considering how much the third brother cares about the one in his family, he must send back thirty or forty yuan every month. What's the point of buying a few pounds of eggs? They don't need tickets.

Lu Xingjun thought about it and agreed. For the whole winter, five pounds of eggs would probably have to be saved.

In the evening, Su Mo continued to knit her sweater. As for the quilt cover, she would do it tomorrow after finding an excuse to make the quilt disappear.

The next day, after Su Mo finished working in the vegetable garden, she set off on her bicycle. There were two bamboo baskets hanging on the back seat of the car, one for the quilt and one for the mattress.

When passing by Lu's house, she ran into Li Yue'e.

"Mom, I'm going to the post office to mail the quilt to my uncle, and by the way, I'll see if there are any pears for sale." Su Mo said.

Li Yue'e waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."

Su Mo rode her bike straight to the county. When she passed by the commune, another brigade was handing in public grain, and it was still very lively. Su Mo took a look and saw that the brigade seemed to have a good harvest and a lot of things. When

they arrived at a deserted and remote section of the road, Su Mo collected the bedding in the two baskets, replaced them with apples and pears, covered them with coarse earthen cloth, and went to the county supply and marketing cooperative. She

still waited for Sister Liu to come out at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, and then sent the goods to her home. A basket of apples weighed 56 kilograms and sold for 28 yuan; a basket of pears weighed 50 kilograms and sold for 22.5 yuan.

"Sister Su, if you have other fruits, you can also send them to me. Winter is coming soon, and relatives have stockpiled a lot of fruits." Sister Liu said.

It is obvious that Su Mo's fruit is not grown locally. The quality is so good that it must have been sourced from other places. However, since they are all speculators, everyone knows it but does not speak out. Just like Su Mo, no one would believe that her things were divided among relatives. Everyone just finds a similar excuse. Anyone

with a discerning eye can see that Sister Liu is doing this, but she has been doing it for so long and has not been reported or arrested. It is obvious that she has a strong backing.

Selling to her will save Su Mo trouble and peace of mind. After thinking about it, she said, "Then I will send you two more baskets this afternoon."

Su Mo is not in a hurry to sell the fruit. The main reason is that there is not enough space, so it would be fine to leave some space.

Moreover, the temperature has started to drop today. It is estimated that it will snow in November. When it snows, she will not want to go to the city again. Therefore, it is okay to sell two more baskets today.

Sister Liu laughed so hard that her teeth came out. It was because Sister Su's fruit was so popular that every time it arrived, two or three people would divide it up cleanly.

Back at the supply and marketing cooperative, Su Mo saw that there were many people gathered around the meat seller, so she squeezed in.

There were indeed two large slabs of pork on the counter, and the butcher was cutting them up in an orderly manner.

It was estimated that all the communes were paying their public grain, and the purchasing station had sufficient meat supply. It was already past ten o'clock, and there was still so much pork. Usually, it would be snatched up as soon as it arrived in the morning.

There was a lot of meat, so Su Mo didn't rush to grab it. She waited until the people who had surrounded her had almost finished cutting the meat. Then Su Mo squeezed over and waved the meat coupons in her hand and said, "Master, give me five catties." She

immediately attracted a round of angry glares. The meat didn't seem to be much, but this person asked for five catties at once. Otherwise, it would be gone by the time they got their turn.

Su Mo chuckled and said, "I'm sorry, there's a happy event at home. This meat coupon is what my family has saved for two or three months, just for today."

These days, each person only has half a catty of meat coupons and three or two oil coupons per month.

There's a happy event at home, so it's hard for others to say anything. The butcher was also kind and cut the piece with more fat.

Su Mo handed over five catties of meat coupons and four yuan. The butcher wrapped the meat in straw paper and gave it to Su Mo.

After squeezing out the succulent, I put the meat in a bamboo basket and went to buy things from Sister Liu with the basket.

First, I asked for two pieces of coarse cloth, so that I wouldn't have to buy it again when I needed it. I also tore off four feet of cotton cloth and bought three catties of cotton.

Then I asked for two bamboo thermoses, two toothbrushes and two toothpastes each, two towels, two aluminum lunch boxes, two enamel pots, and a stack of toilet paper.

I saw some kelp, so I bought two catties of it. These days, salt is not iodized, so I'll send the kelp to the cowshed to add some iodine.

Two pieces of coarse cloth cost 30 yuan, four feet of cotton cloth cost 1.12 yuan, and three catties of cotton cost 3.45 yuan.

Bamboo shell thermos 2.5 yuan/piece, 5 yuan for two, toothpaste and toothbrush 1.4 yuan, towel 1 yuan, aluminum lunch box 2 yuan, enamel pot 1.96 yuan, straw paper 0.5 yuan, kelp 1.12 yuan/jin, 2 jin cost 2.24 yuan.

After all the shopping, the total cost was 48.67 yuan, plus cloth coupons, industrial coupons and non-staple food coupons.

Sister Liu was also a little surprised to see Su Mo buy so much, "Sister, why did you buy so much?"

"The villagers saw that I had a bicycle and asked me to buy it." Su Mo smiled.

After buying everything, Su Mo went to the state-owned hotel for lunch.

I ordered a braised fish, a stir-fried vegetable, and a bowl of rice, and spent a total of 1.3 yuan and two taels of grain coupons.

After dinner, Su Mo strolled around, then went to the dead corner again, put the things in the bamboo basket into the space, and replaced it with two baskets of tangerines.

When Sister Liu saw the two baskets of bright yellow, big and round tangerines, her eyes almost popped out of the window.

This thing is produced in the south, and it is very rare here. This thing is also delicate and difficult to transport. If you don’t have special connections, they won’t bring it. It seems that this sister Su is also a person with strength and background. Sister

Liu took one, peeled it and tasted it. The taste was really sweet.

"Sister, I will give you 60 cents per pound of this tangerine. How many do you have? I want them all, okay?"

Su Mo shook her head, "Sister, you know how rare this thing is. This is all I have. I kept a few pounds for myself to taste, and the rest are all for you."

"Really can't you ask for more?"

Su Mo shook her head. Seeing this, Sister Liu didn't force it.

The tangerines were weighed, and the two baskets totaled 123 pounds, earning 73.8 yuan.