Chapter 4 Buying and Selling
After dinner, Li Ruolan wanted to clean up the plates and dishes and go to the kitchen to wash them as usual, but this time, as soon as she stood up, Li Hongjun suddenly spoke.
"Ruolan, I have already accepted the betrothal gift from Director Zhang's family, a hundred yuan betrothal gift and a permanent job quota.
The wedding date has been set. It will be on the tenth day of next month. We will get married soon. Be obedient and I will prepare a thick dowry for you when you get married."
Li Ruolan still didn't look up, but said calmly: "I know."
Li Hongjun looked at Li Ruolan again and found that Li Ruolan was not making trouble today. He nodded with satisfaction, got up and went back to his room.
Looking at Li Hongjun's back, Li Ruolan really wanted to smash all the plates in her hands on his head. After taking two deep breaths, Li Ruolan finally controlled herself.
After quickly washing the plates and bowls, Li Ruolan returned to her room, took out a small lock and locked the door, then entered the space.
In the space, Deng Minghao had already returned. No one knew where he got some sacks and bamboo baskets of this era from, but he was now pouring flour into the bags.
Li Ruolan took a bamboo basket and took out the eggs laid by the hens during this period and put them into the bamboo basket.
Li Ruolan bought 20 chicks, including 18 hens and two roosters.
Maybe it was because they ate well and the temperature in the space was just right, two months later, the chicks started laying eggs, and then within a month, three hens started sitting on roosts.
Three hens, each hatched ten chicks, 20 chickens, and then it became 50.
After that, more hens started to brood eggs, and Li Ruolan did not give in. She took the eggs away every time and always controlled the number of chickens, ducks and geese to within 50.
So during this period of time they have stored a lot of chicken eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs, which will definitely make a lot of money if they are sold.
After packing the noodles, Deng Minghao went into the chicken coop and caught ten hens. Then he slaughtered them and prepared to sell these ten hens.
In this way, the two of them worked in the space for half the night, and then each drank a large glass of spiritual spring water, and then they left the space and returned to their own residences to sleep.
The next day, Li Ruolan opened her eyes at dawn. This was left by the original owner. She would wake up at this time every year and make breakfast.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Li Ruolan also got up with great difficulty and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
After breakfast, the Li family members went to school or work, leaving Li Ruolan alone at home.
After thinking for a while, Li Ruolan went to a supply and marketing cooperative quite far away. One of her classmates worked as a salesperson there, and they had a pretty good relationship.
When she arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Ruolan saw her classmate, Zhao Xiaomei, at a glance.
"Zhao Xiaomei? Are you really working as a salesperson here? That's amazing. Is the work tiring?" Li Ruolan went up and started to flatter her.
Zhao Xiaomei was really happy to see Li Ruolan, her eyes were full of smiles: "The job my parents arranged for me is not tiring, it's very easy."
Li Ruolan said enviously, "That's great. It's been almost two months since I graduated, and I still haven't found a job. Oh, and get me two boxes of vanishing cream."
"Okay, two boxes of vanishing cream are 40 cents in total." Zhao Xiaomei quoted the price to Li Ruolan, and Li Ruolan immediately gave 40 cents to Zhao Xiaomei.
After buying the things, Li Ruolan took Zhao Xiaomei aside and talked to her for a while. Then she hesitated and looked like she didn't know how to start the conversation.
Zhao Xiaomei saw through it and pushed Li Ruolan: "Is there something wrong? Don't be embarrassed, I will help you in any way I can."
Li Ruolan looked around and saw that there was no one around. She whispered to Zhao Xiaomei, "I heard that the supply and marketing cooperative has some defective products? The kind that don't require a ticket?"
After hearing what Li Ruolan said, Zhao Xiaomei understood what was going on and immediately said, "So that's it. Sure, our employees can sell these defective products to their family and friends. What do you want? Go get it for you."
"There are a lot of things I want. Can I go in and take a look?" Li Ruolan asked in a low voice, as if she was afraid that Zhao Xiaomei would disagree.
Seeing Li Ruolan's expression, Zhao Xiaomei immediately patted her chest and said, "Why not? Let me take you to the warehouse and you can choose carefully."
"Xiaomei, thank you so much." Li Ruolan thanked her immediately and followed Zhao Xiaomei to the warehouse.
There are a lot of things in the warehouse, including a lot of miscellaneous items, and some defective items, but they are actually not a problem at all.
The yellow-top shoes dyed in different shades are the kind of labor protection liberation shoes. Except for the unattractive color depth, everything else is in good condition.
Li Ruolan picked out six pairs of shoes that were difficult to tell apart. She had three pairs and Deng Minghao had three pairs.
Li Ruolan bought two large and two small ceramic teacups with some paint peeling off, two enamel washbasins, and two military kettles that were a little dented.
There were towels with ugly colors and some cloth with misprints, but the mistakes were too obvious and Li Ruolan didn't like them, so she didn't buy them.
After buying a few miscellaneous things, Li Ruolan paid for them and took them away.
Before leaving, Li Ruolan gave the two boxes of vanishing cream she had bought to Zhao Xiaomei as a thank you gift.
After finding a secluded place and putting everything in her hands into the space, Li Ruolan returned to the Li family.
None of the three came back to eat at noon, and Li Ruolan didn't cook in the kitchen. She went back to the room, locked the door, and entered the space.
After putting the things she bought aside, Li Ruolan started to cook. She steamed a pot of rice, stir-fried shredded potatoes and garlic chives with meat, and made a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup.
Li Ruolan's appetite is okay, but Deng Minghao's appetite is very big, so two dishes and one soup are not much at all.
After cooking, Li Ruolan waited for a while and finally Deng Minghao came in. He was wearing gray clothes and was disguised. He looked several years older.
"I went to the steel plant's staff quarters today. The people there are really rich. I sold more than 100 kilograms of flour, two baskets of eggs, one basket of duck eggs and one basket of goose eggs.
Flour was 0.2 yuan per pound, and it needed a ticket, any ticket would do, so it sold very quickly. Flour sold for 25 yuan, two baskets of eggs sold for ten yuan, and a basket of duck eggs and a basket of goose eggs sold for ten yuan.
I also sold three hens, each for five yuan, and I made more than 60 yuan today. I also got some cloth coupons, cigarette coupons, sugar coupons, and soap coupons. "
As Deng Minghao spoke, he handed a stack of money and bills to Li Ruolan.
Li Ruolan picked and chose, then took out the cloth coupons separately, preparing to buy some cloth tomorrow and then take it to the tailor shop to make a few cotton-padded clothes.
The winter in Northeast China is very cold, so you must prepare cotton clothes.
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