Yan Fugui saw the two men running away, and hurriedly chased after them and stood in front of them.
"Old Yi, Old Liu, don't leave in a hurry, let's discuss it." Yan Fugui pleaded. If these two families in the yard didn't buy it, no one else would buy it.
Because starting this year, each person will be supplied with eight taels of meat per month, which is enough for an average family. Ordinary civilians don't have that much demand for meat if they don't have anything to do, and a few bites of meat every month will be enough.
“No, no.”
Liu Haizhong directly pushed Yan Fugui aside and said that if he didn't want to buy it, then he didn't buy it. He really didn't want to be calculated by Yan Fugui. No matter who it was, Yan Fugui would cheat them all day long.
Yi Zhonghai gave Yan Fugui a little face and stopped to ask, "Old Yan, what is your lowest price?"
Yan Fugui was silent for a long time, then he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "I'll give you a discount of 10 cents per pound."
This time Yi Zhonghai was really angry. He turned around and left. No matter how Yan Fugui greeted him, Yi Zhonghai refused to stop.
Yan Fugui tried to pull anyone but failed, and in the end, only Yan Fugui was left.
There was no choice but for Yan Fugui to return home dejectedly. It was not because the two people were angry with him that Yan Fugui felt upset, but because he was disappointed that he failed to trick these two people.
"They didn't buy it." Yan Fugui said dejectedly to the three aunts.
The third aunt also spoke with confidence: "It's up to you to buy it or not, there are people who will buy it. I don't believe that no one eats meat anymore, they are all poor and can't afford it."
After being comforted, Yan Fugui felt much better, but he was still a little worried.
"In this case, I can only sell it on the black market. It's not easy to get it elsewhere." Yan Fugui sighed.
"Then go ahead, just be careful." said the third aunt.
Yan Fugui nodded, feeling quite resentful towards Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai. If you two had bought it, there wouldn't be so much trouble and I wouldn't have to go to the black market.
"I'll let Jiecheng go with me." Yan Fugui suddenly thought that for safety reasons, he could ask Yan Jiecheng to go with him.
But Yan Fugui was overthinking it. Yan Jiecheng said directly: "Dad, you can let me go if you want, but you have to let me eat the meat at home. I won't pay for it."
Yan Fugui was furious when he saw Yan Jiecheng taking advantage of the situation.
"I really raised you in vain."
After saying this, Yan Fugui went back to his room angrily.
After sulking at home for a long time, Yan Fugui decided that he had to save the money. Many people went to the black market but no one had really gotten into trouble.
Except Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu.
"I'm going to bed early today so I can get up early." Yan Fugui said.
After saying that, Yan Fugui lay down on the kang and prepared to sleep.
The third aunt was afraid of disturbing Yan Fugui's sleep, so she did things very cautiously.
Yan Fugui didn't sleep well at all because he was worried about going to the black market in the middle of the night. He got up with red eyes before 12 o'clock.
The third aunt asked in a daze: "What time is it? Is it time yet?"
"Don't worry about it, just go to sleep." Yan Fugui got up, got dressed and packed his things.
Because of what happened that night, Yan Fugui finally learned his lesson this time. He found two pieces of paper to wrap the meat and put it in his backpack, then took a beam scale and a flashlight.
"I'm going out." Yan Fugui said hello to the third aunt who was half asleep, then turned on the flashlight and went straight to the black market.
Otherwise, people would say Yan Fugui is stingy.
At the black market, buyers need to pay 1 cent, while sellers need to pay 5 cents.
"I'm here to buy something." Yan Fugui handed someone a penny under the pretext of buying something and then went in.
The gatekeeper looked at Yan Fugui and noticed that there seemed to be something in Yan Fugui's backpack, but there were many people entering the black market at this time.
The gatekeeper didn't check too much and let Yan Fugui in directly.
"Hehehehehe."
After Yan Fugui came in, he laughed in a lewd way because he saved four cents directly because of his cleverness.
After coming in, Yan Fugui was worried that someone would notice him so he didn't set up the stall immediately.
Instead, he started wandering around.
Ask about this and that, but don't buy anything.
Yan Fugui came out to make money, so how could he spend money? If he couldn't get in without spending money, Yan Fugui wouldn't even want to spend the money for the entrance ticket.
After walking around for a few rounds and seeing more and more people coming to the black market, Yan Fugui finally found a place to squat down.
He took off his shoulder bag and laid it flat on the ground.
Then Yan Fugui took out two pieces of meat, opened the paper he wrapped them in, and carefully placed them on the bag.
Food was a rare item at that time, let alone meat.
Whenever it appears on the black market, it is always in high demand.
The same went for Yan Fugui's meat. Just a few minutes after it was taken out, several passers-by noticed it and rushed over.
"What's the price?" A dark-faced burly man asked Yan Fugui in a muffled voice.
Yan Fugui slowly stretched out three fingers.
"I'll fuck you."
The sturdy man was so angry about Yan Fugui’s price that he cursed at Yan Fugui and then left.
"Stupid."
Whether they were just there to watch the fun or those who really wanted to buy something, no one gave Yan Fugui a good look.
Yan Fugui was scolded right after he came up and his face turned green with anger. This was not what he had expected.
Yan Fugui thought to himself, this isn’t right. Normally, meat is no longer available in grocery stores, so what’s wrong with selling the meat at a higher price?
But Yan Fugui had to endure this tone, because the burly man who led the scolding looked like he could beat two of him.
In an instant, all the people surrounding Yan Fugui's stall disappeared.
"Buy it if you want, whether you like it or not." Yan Fugui didn't think he couldn't sell it at this price.
Seeing Yan Fugui's behavior, the people who were selling things next to Yan Fugui hurriedly moved their stalls to the side, for fear that they would be implicated when Yan Fugui was beaten.
“Hehehehe, someone must have bought it.”
However, this meat is a rare commodity now, and Yan Fugui sold it at such a sky-high price that waves of people came to buy it. Finally, someone gritted his teeth and bought half a pound.
This made Yan Fugui extremely happy when he received the money. He felt that he only had to spend a little more time, as long as he could sell all the items.
Yan Fugui counted on his fingers for a long time and was afraid that he could only earn more than ten yuan in the end.
Thinking of this, Yan Fugui became even more delighted, and Yan Fugui, who was squatting there watching the stall, also stood up.
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