The fight at the grocery store finally came to a temporary end. When Lin Xia got home from work, he immediately ran to the space and took a comfortable hot bath.
At night, at one o'clock in the morning, Lin Tian slipped out of the compound. He hadn't been to the black market for a long time. After finishing his work, he went for a stroll. It was a way for Lin Tian to pass the time, a small adventure. He could often see a variety of small gadgets in it, and occasionally replenish his supplies.
As he went to the black market more and more often, Lin Tian gradually figured out the ins and outs of the black market. The richest people in the black market were the ticket scalpers, but they were also the most dangerous. You have to know that if you catch speculators, the big ones will be shot directly, and the small ones will also be sent to eat sand.
Therefore, many ticket scalpers at this time were small-time hooligans who lived from today to tomorrow. As for those who were a little more stable, they all had criminal records, or were the kind who dared to fight and do anything.
When I was chatting with my eldest brother Lin Tao at home before, I heard him talk about a thing. Because their jurisdiction was near the train station, they cracked down on a particularly large gang. This group of people smuggled cloth coupons to Beijing from Guangdong and Guangxi. Because it was hot there, they had too many cloth coupons. Lin Tian never expected that this was the reason. No matter what, people doing business in this era will always do whatever it takes.
It is said that this group of people went in two directions. One group went south to exchange cloth coupons for the troops, which were valid throughout the country. The other group went north to the northeast to exchange cloth coupons for national grain coupons. The south was too hot and the cloth coupons could not be used up. The north was too cold, there was a shortage of cloth coupons, and there was plenty of grain.
Lin Tian was quite shocked after hearing this.
However, in this era, it was very normal to sell the unused tickets. Generally, families with limited financial resources would sell the cloth tickets, cigarette tickets, etc. Lin Tian remembered that Sha Zhu even sold the food tickets behind the back of the deaf old lady.
Although there are official forces controlling the current black market, this is also a helpless move.
Because at that time the black market was a gathering place for all kinds of people, including the unemployed, spies, small vendors, the unemployed in the Eight Great Hutongs, barbers, shoe shiners, pot menders, thieves, beggars, etc., as well as the surrounding farmers.
At this time, the people you should avoid the most are the farmers who come in groups to sell things, because those who dare to go to the city at this time are the brave ones in the village. If you don't mess with them, they won't mess with you, so generally speaking, the black market thugs are unwilling to mess with them.
Lin Tian arrived near the black market and covered his face. As usual, he walked around the periphery and found that it was still run by Yang Tianshun and his gang. However, this had nothing to do with Lin Tian now, and he did not plan to contact this group of people again.
After entering, Lin Tian walked around twice and found that there were actually two groups of farmers selling walnuts, and they were not edible walnuts, but hemp walnuts.
You know, during the middle and late period of the previous dynasty, the ornamental walnut reached its peak. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially in the past two years, the country has been promoting the planting of cash crops and cutting down these hemp walnut trees. I didn't expect to see some for sale today. It's rare.
Lin Tian himself is also a fan of cultural relics, so he squatted down to pick them out and found a pair of very fine door pillars, which were Qianlong’s favorite type.
Lin Tian picked it up and asked the price.
"5 yuan," said one of the men with a black face, gesturing with his hands.
Lin Tian's face turned black at that time. He was being taken advantage of.
"No, that's too low. At least 4 dollars." The black-faced man bargained.
Lin Tian didn't say anything, but continued to look at the other walnuts on the two people's stalls. Indeed, the quality of them was worse than this one.
But Lin Tian did not move. He really liked this couple. Although he was not short of money, he did not want to be taken advantage of.
"I'll pay a maximum of 2 yuan." Lin Tian thought for a moment and named a price.
"No, at least 4 yuan. You should know that this tree of mine once produced walnuts for Emperor Qianlong. But after this year, we are required to cut it down. This is the last batch of walnuts, and we only picked out these few." said the black-faced man.
Seeing that Lin Tian was indeed moved, the man next to him who had been silent said, "Our ancestor was a walnut eunuch, who specialized in delivering walnuts to the palace."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked. The dark-faced middle-aged man cursed: "Your ancestor was a fucking walnut eunuch."
"We are one family." The man said aggrievedly. He saw that the man with the dark face was going to kick him again, so he quickly continued, "Yes, he knows me. Yes, he knows me. My ancestors knew the eunuch Hetao. This walnut tree was once given to the palace."
Lin Tian found this couple of funny guys really funny. After thinking about it, he decided that no matter whether what they said was true or not, they would just be taken advantage of.
"Sir, I can see that you are not short of money. I have a pair here left by our ancestors. Please take a look." The black-faced man saw that Lin Tian had not moved and was still looking at the walnuts, so he took out a pair of walnuts that had been played with from his pocket and handed them to him.
Lin Tian took it and took a look. He found that the quality was really good and the jade was especially good.
"Don't even mention four or five dollars for this pair of walnuts. Even if you want one dollar, you may not be able to sell them this year." Lin Tian did not mention the one he handed over later, but talked about the pair he had liked before.
When the middle-aged man with a dark face heard what Lin Tian said, a bitter smile appeared on his face.
But then Lin Tian said, "But I like both of these. I'll give you five dollars. Don't bargain. If you sell them, I'll take them. If you don't, you keep them."
The two looked at each other and said, "Sold."
Lin Tian took out five dollars and handed it to the black-faced man, then put away the two pairs of walnuts.
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