Chapter 5 Discovered by the Black Market
"I plan to go again this afternoon and exchange some tickets before I stop buying. I also heard that cotton is quite expensive, about 60 to 70 cents per pound.
It can be sold for 80 or 90 cents on the black market without a ticket.
I plan to sell 200 kilograms of cotton, and use the remaining dozens of kilograms to make clothes. Anyway, there is still half an acre of cotton planted in the space, so I can do whatever I want after the harvest." Deng Minghao said to Li Ruolan.
"Yes, it's better to exchange more tickets. Of course, it would be even better if you can exchange them for universal tickets." Li Ruolan said.
Deng Minghao nodded while eating: "I'll try my best."
After finishing their meal, the two rested in the space for a while before going out. Li Ruolan took the bus to a tailor shop quite far away.
Nowadays, cloth is sold by the foot, and three feet is one meter. Li Ruolan didn't know how much cloth was needed to make clothes, so she told the tailor that she wanted to order four sets of cotton-padded clothes.
Deng Minghao and Li Ruolan each had two sets, one set of medium thickness and one set of extra thick, and each of them made three pairs of thick cotton shoes.
The tailor knew the price and immediately told Li Ruolan a number. Li Ruolan first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cloth, and then gave the cotton and cloth to the tailor.
After giving the measurements and paying the deposit and being told to pick it up in seven days and getting the order, Li Ruolan left the tailor shop and went to the supply and marketing cooperative next door again.
I used all the soap coupons, candy coupons, and cigarette coupons to buy two bars of soap, two bars of scented soap, a pound of fruit candy, and two boxes of cigarettes.
After finding a secluded place and putting all these things into the space, Li Ruolan got on the bus again and returned to the Li family.
After returning, I continued to cook dinner and waited for the three of them to come back and eat together.
Li Ruolan kept her head down throughout the whole process and didn't say a word to her family. Li Hongjun and his wife and Li Baozong naturally ignored Li Ruolan.
After eating and washing dishes, doing the same work as yesterday, Li Ruolan returned to her room and locked the door.
Her well-behaved appearance made Li Hongjun and his wife let down their guard. They felt that their daughter was still the same as before and could not escape from their control.
Li Ruolan arrived at the space and found no sign of Deng Minghao returning. She thought Deng Minghao was still busy, so she cooked for him.
But after the meal was ready, Deng Minghao didn’t show up no matter how long he waited. He went out to take a look and found that it was already dark outside.
"Why hasn't he come back yet? Could something have happened?" Li Ruolan's heart was in her throat, and she kept waiting for Deng Minghao in the space.
There were indeed some troubles on Deng Minghao's side.
In the afternoon, Deng Minghao took some noodles and cotton and wanted to sell them, but he didn’t know whether he sold too much in the morning or scared someone.
Deng Minghao appeared in the afternoon and was surrounded by several people.
These tall and strong men immediately started to look through the things on the cart borrowed by Deng Minghao. When they saw the flour and cotton, their eyes lit up.
Deng Minghao looked at a few people and found that they were not wearing red armbands, so he knew that they might have encountered people from the black market.
"Boy, you have so many good things, why are you selling them here in small quantities? Why don't you give them all to us? We can give you a higher price." Someone leaned close to Deng Minghao's ear and said.
Deng Minghao looked at a few people again. It would be difficult for him to escape with so many people around. Moreover, if he ran away, these things would become someone else's.
"Okay, then I'll go with you to meet your boss. I have a lot of things here, and I can sell them to you as long as the price is fair." Deng Minghao said with a smile.
When they heard that Deng Minghao actually had something good, they looked at each other and carried Deng Minghao to a secluded place.
It should be the black market. Deng Minghao heard that there were a lot of people in the alley, but these people did not take him to the black market, but wandered around in the alley.
After many twists and turns, they brought Deng Minghao to a somewhat dilapidated courtyard.
"Wait here, I'll let the boss come out to see you." After the man said this, he pushed Deng Minghao's things away.
The so-called black market boss soon came out. Deng Minghao took a closer look at him. The man was about 40 years old, with dark skin and medium height.
At first glance, he had a strong body and a pair of small eyes staring at Deng Minghao.
"Are those things all yours?" asked the black market boss.
Deng Minghao nodded: "Of course it's mine. How about it? It's pretty good, right? Do you want it? If you want it, I have more."
The black market boss' eyes lit up. The things Deng Minghao had were all good stuff. Things like flour and eggs were in short supply even in the black market.
As long as you take it out, you can definitely sell it for a good price.
"How much do you have left?" asked the black market boss.
Deng Minghao thought for a moment and said, "As for flour, we can still take out another 500 kilograms. Eggs and other things are running out, but we still have 200 kilograms of cotton."
The black market boss didn’t expect Deng Linhao to have so many things in his hands, and a smile immediately appeared on his face: “Little brother, you have so many things in your hands, this is a big business.
Don't worry, as long as you bring all the goods, the price is negotiable, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory price."
Deng Minghao also laughed: "Since you said so, I will definitely bring all the things here. It will be troublesome for me to find retail investors to sell them by myself.
Well, name a price, and if it's right, I'll deliver the goods to you when I get back."
When he heard that the price was to be negotiated, the smile on the black market boss's face was no longer so sincere. He led Deng Minghao into the house and sat down.
None of the younger brothers left, they just stood in the room, as if they wanted to give Deng Minghao some sense of oppression.
Deng Minghao raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, said nothing, and looked at the black market boss seriously.
The black market boss pondered for a while and said, "I really want these things of yours, so I'll give you a good price.
Flour is 1.3 cents per pound, and cotton is 50 cents per pound, how about that? "
Of course it's not that good. Deng Minghao sells it in bulk, with white flour at 0.2 cents a pound, and you have to add some tickets. Cotton is even more expensive now, and you have to pay 0.6 or 0.7 cents a pound with cotton tickets. Even if you don't have tickets, there are people who want to buy it at 0.8 or 0.9 cents.
The black market boss clearly didn't want to do business with Deng Minghao. He just wanted to take Deng Minghao's things.
Deng Minghao frowned, with a slightly unhappy expression on his face: "Boss, your price is too low. Tell me the truth."
The black market boss laughed and patted Deng Minghao's shoulders twice: "Not low, the price I gave is very fair.
When doing business, it's all about give and take. Don't worry, you will definitely make money by doing this deal with me.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to sell these things. If you sell them loose and someone sees you, that won’t be good.”
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