"Here's the key to the yard. Find a time to have it taken away, and when you're done, just leave it under the stone at the door."
Jiang Manyue directly gave the key to the yard to Zhou Laosan. The yard was empty anyway, and as long as she didn't put anything in, there would be no valuable items inside.
This was exactly what Zhou Laosan had in mind. It would be too conspicuous to transport so many leather shoes out in broad daylight. He originally wanted to ask Jiang Manyue to leave the keys with him, and he would find someone to transport the leather shoes out at night.
"By the way, there might be a batch of leather shoes and maybe canned goods in a few days. Do you want to do this business?"
After Jiang Manyue discovered that supermarkets allow unlimited use, things like canned food, which are actually not available in large quantities, can also be included in the resale list.
Zhou Laosan immediately became interested when he heard this. "What canned food? Meat?"
Jiang Manyue thought for a moment and said, "We have meat and fruit. It depends on what you want."
Zhou Laosan nodded quickly, "I want both meat and fruit. Canned food is a scarce commodity. If you have any in the future, don't ask, I'll take them all."
Jiang Manyue was very satisfied that she had directly established a long-term business partner. She then asked about the price of the canned food.
She had never seen canned food on the black market before, and she hadn't paid much attention to the prices of canned food in state-owned stores.
The previous owner was greedy, but he didn't really like canned food. He thought it was expensive and useless, so it would be better to buy two more kilograms of white sugar cake.
So in fact, Jiang Manyue really didn’t know how much canned food sold for in this era, let alone what the price was on the black market.
Seeing that she had the means to find goods, Zhou Laosan wanted to have long-term cooperation with her, so he did not cheat her and gave her a fairly fair price.
"Canned meat is three dollars each, and canned fruit is two dollars. Sister An Ran, how much can you bring?"
Jiang Manyue thought about it and felt that the price was quite acceptable. She could take out 500 cans of meat and 200 cans of fruit first, and then take out more slowly later.
"I'll try, but I probably won't be able to get too many. Cans aren't easy to get. I'll probably only get a few hundred at most."
A few hundred of them would be pretty good. In order to buy this order of canned food, Zhou Laosan was ready to pay a deposit directly.
"Sister Anran, take this twenty yuan. It's my deposit. You must give me the canned food first!"
Zhou Laosan was afraid that someone else would pay a high price and snatch the canned goods away, so he simply took 20 yuan as a deposit.
Jiang Manyue didn't hesitate and accepted it directly. She was sure that she could produce a few hundred cans anyway, so she took a deposit of 20 yuan to reassure Zhou Laosan.
"Don't worry, Third Brother. I'll definitely give you the best stuff first. Our cooperation has been going so smoothly. I'll feel more at ease if we continue to work together. Don't you agree?"
Jiang Manyue's words gave Zhou Laosan a reassurance, and the two of them smiled knowingly.
"If you still want leather shoes, I'll bring another batch next time, but it won't be many. I guess next time it'll only be about a hundred pairs each."
Zhou Laosan didn't mind either. These leather shoes had a good market anyway, so he would buy them. It would be a profit anyway.
The two of them also decided on the goods for the next transaction. As usual, Jiang Manyue prepared the goods and went to the black market to find Zhou Laosan, and brought him to the courtyard to trade.
After discussing these, Jiang Manyue left first. Zhou Laosan closed the door, and then took the torn newspaper on the ground and covered the shoe box with another layer, making it even more obvious.
Jiang Manyue, who had just received nearly 5,000 yuan, was very happy and wanted to bring something back home.
Although it is not easy to share this joy with others, it is still a good thing to buy something to make them happy.
After much deliberation, Jiang Manyue decided to take out a large piece of pork from the supermarket and give it to her parents' family, and cut some smaller pieces for the Lu family.
Jiang Manyue walked from the county town to the production team. When she was almost there, she hid in a deserted place and took out the meat.
Jiang Manyue, carrying a large piece of meat, went all the way to her mother's house and happened to see Miao Xianghua coming out of his private plot.
"Mom! Look what goodies I brought you?"
When Miao Xianghua heard Jiang Manyue's voice, he looked closely and saw that it was a big piece of meat!
"My God, such a big piece of meat, where did you get it?"
Looking at such a big piece of pork with two fingers of fat, Miao Xianghua couldn't close his mouth.
"The state-owned butcher's shop slaughtered an extra pig today, and the price is cheaper than usual. I just happened to have quite a few meat coupons, so I might as well buy them all and bring them back to give you guys a good meal."
Jiang Manyue stuffed the meat into Miao Xianghua's hands as she spoke, and looked at the lard on her hands with disgust.
"Oh, you really know how to spend money. Even if pork is cheap, you can't buy such a big piece of meat. How long will it take to eat it? The weather is getting warm, and we can't even smoke the meat."
Miao Xianghua complained to Jiang Manyue in an angry manner, but he was extremely happy in his heart. Looking at such a big piece of meat, his eyes narrowed with joy.
"If you can't smoke it into meat, we can just eat it together. There are so many people in our family, so let's have a good meal with this piece of meat."
Jiang Manyue calculated that it was no longer suitable to smoke meat at this time of year, and there was not enough salt at home to pickle the meat. In order to avoid waste, Miao Xianghua had to cook and eat it all quickly.
"You're so generous! If you could smoke such a big piece of meat and save it for the summer harvest, it would be so juicy!"
Miao Xianghua still felt a little distressed. There was so much meat. It would be great if it could be kept until the summer harvest.
"Okay, Mom, don't worry. During the summer harvest, I will definitely find a way to get meat for our family. Just go ahead and cook the meat."
When Miao Xianghua heard that his daughter was so concerned about home, he felt so happy that he didn't feel so sorry for the meat anymore.
"Okay, we'll eat meat as much as we want today! Man Yue, go rest in the house. I'll call you when the meal is ready."
Miao Xianghua sent Jiang Manyue back to the house to rest, and he went into the kitchen with the meat in his hand.
"I won't eat at home. I also brought some meat for my in-laws' family. It's not much, just enough for four people to have a meal. I'll eat my portion when I get home. Doesn't that save us another portion?"
Miao Xianghua shook his head without even thinking, "How can that be possible! You brought back meat, but you couldn't even eat a bite yourself. How can that be right?"
Then Jiang Manyue persuaded for a long time before Miao Xianghua reluctantly agreed to let her go back to her husband's house for dinner. But no matter how he thought about it, he felt that his daughter was at a disadvantage and the men in the family were getting a bargain.
Jiang Manyue coaxed Miao Xianghua into the kitchen and went back to Lu's house. When she reached a corner where no one noticed her, she took out the small piece of pork and carried it into the house with confidence.
There was no one at home and Li Guifen didn't know where she had gone to work, so Jiang Manyue went to get some water to wash the meat and then put it in the pot.
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