Chapter 23 Two Packets of Milk Powder

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "Eggs are 1 cent each, duck eggs are 1.2 cents each, and wild duck eggs are a little more expensive, 1.5 cents each. If you order more, I can give you a discount."

The man was amused: "How much do you have? How much is considered a lot?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "If you want more than ten of each, I'll give you a one cent discount on each. If you want more than twenty of each, I'll give you a two cent discount. There aren't many wild duck eggs, so there's no discount."

The man also often came to the black market to buy things. Knowing that Xia Juanjuan's price was not high, he asked, "How much do you want in total? I'll buy it all."

Xia Juanjuan didn't expect that the first order would be from a big customer. She was stunned for a moment, then she calculated in her mind for about ten seconds and said, "50 eggs are 3.5 yuan in total, 50 duck eggs are 50 yuan, and 20 wild duck eggs are 3 yuan, a total of 11.5 yuan. I also have two wild quails, each weighing about one pound, which is cheaper at one yuan each. Do you want them? If you do, the total is 13.5 yuan."

The man was stunned. He took a small stone and counted on the ground for a long time. Then he looked up at Xia Juanjuan and said with a smile, "Your arithmetic is good? OK! I said I'll buy it all, so take it all. It's thirteen and a half dollars in total, right? I'll give you fourteen. No need to change."

Xia Juanjuan didn't expect the buyer to be so generous. Not only did he not let her get any change, he even gave her an extra fifty cents. She felt a little embarrassed to accept it.

Seeing that Xia Juanjuan didn't answer, the man thought she was going to change her mind and asked, "What? Are you going to regret it?"

Xia Juanjuan shook her head and smiled, "No. I want to ask if you have any tickets or industrial coupons on you? I need coupons for enamel basins and thermos bottles, and I also want other bicycle coupons and the like."

The man said, "You are lucky. I just happened to have coupons for enamel basins and thermoses, and was going to buy them. But food is more important, so I'll give them to you. But bicycle coupons are running low, and they are expensive, more than ten dollars a bicycle!"

"That's fine! I'll buy these two coupons. How about three dollars? Give me ten dollars and two coupons, and I can take all these things."

Xia Juanjuan said readily.

Three dollars for two tickets is not cheap, after all, the total price of those two items is only three dollars and fifty cents, which is included in the selling price.

It doesn't matter if there are no bicycle tickets for the time being.

She had enough space for a jeep, let alone a bicycle. But if she took out such a large and expensive item all at once, it would definitely arouse suspicion. She could only endure the inconvenience temporarily.

The man didn't expect Xia Juanjuan to be so generous, and he agreed immediately: "Okay! Sister, you are very good at doing business. Do you have anything else to sell? I will buy from you in the future!"

Xia Juanjuan's mouth twitched. She had even painted several wrinkles on her face for disguise. How could this man know she was young?

However, it is of course best to have a long-term and generous customer.

Just see it, because you won’t be able to hide it when you have more opportunities to deal with each other in the future.

Xia Juanjuan agreed immediately and said, "What do you want? Tell me in advance, and I'll get it for you next time if I can get it."

The man laughed again, and his tone was quite loud.

"If you say so, I really want to ask you if you can get something. I see you sell wild duck eggs and wild quail, so you must go to the mountains often, right? Have you ever collected wild ginseng, or mountain products such as black fungus and mushrooms? Mainly ginseng, it is the most nutritious to use in making chicken soup! Oh, and it would be best if you could get two old hens!"

The man almost drooled as he spoke.

Of course, these are available in Xia Juanjuan's space, but she couldn't say it too easily, so she nodded and said, "Well... mushrooms and fungus are okay, they are more common in the mountains. Wild ginseng is rare, and the price is not cheap."

The man nodded and said, "Don't worry, you can name your price and I won't bargain, okay?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Okay. Then let's meet here again in five days."

She didn't dare come to the black market too often, just once every few days was enough.

After making an agreement with the man, Xia Juanjuan left the black market carrying the empty bamboo basket and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

Song Xiu Yue was not there, only the director was there.

When the director saw Xia Juanjuan coming in, he smiled and said, "You're here?"

Xia Juanjuan handed the receipts for the enamel basin and thermos to the director and said with a smile, "Director, please write off the bill for me."

The director was very surprised that Xia Juanjuan got the ticket so quickly.

But I didn't ask much.

In this era of poverty, it is not easy for anyone to survive. Don't get to the bottom of it. It's just kindness.

Xia Juanjuan said, "Director, please give me two more bags of milk powder," and then she put two milk powder tickets and three yuan on the counter.

The director was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Xia Juanjuan's waist. This doesn't look like she just gave birth...

Xia Juanjuan knew at a glance that the director had misunderstood, and blushed a little, saying with a smile: "I didn't buy it, I brought it for someone else."

Then he asked, "Why don't you see the salesperson from yesterday?"

The director said, "Song Xiuyue? She was complained by many customers, and her superiors suspended her for three days and deducted one month's salary to let her reflect on herself."

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan didn't say much and just took the milk powder back.

The punishment was not severe, but if Song Xiu Yue didn't bother her again, she would just ignore her.

It was noon when I got home, and Li Jie had already built the stove. He used yellow clay to make earth bricks, which were then shaped and hardened by fire before being piled up. After being piled up, he burned it again to make it harder.

It is now available.

Xia Juanjuan was very satisfied. She handed two packets of milk powder to Li Jie and said, "Third brother, thank you for your busy work this morning. These two packets of milk powder are a thank you gift. Give them to your little one."

Li Jie's third son is only a few months old and has not been completely weaned yet. However, Zhou Qiuhe has stopped producing milk because of insufficient nutrition. Therefore, she can only give the child some rice soup to fill his stomach every day.

Xia Juanjuan listened to the child crying for a long time last night because he woke up from hunger in the middle of the night.

Li Jie was stunned and looked up at Xia Juanjuan in disbelief.

Last night, Zhou Qiuhe asked him to work half a day less to build a stove for the fourth son's wife. He was still muttering that he would lose five work points because of the delay.

Five work points are about 7.5 cents, which can be exchanged for about half a pound of sweet potato noodles.

But these two bags of milk powder were sold at the supply and marketing cooperative for three yuan! He could not even get a fraction of that with his five work points for half a day!

Not to mention, milk powder tickets are also rare and usually require extra work points to exchange for!

Every time he went to the supply and marketing cooperative in town, he would wander around for a long time, ask the salesperson to take out the items and look at them for a long time, but still be reluctant to put them back!

But now, he just built a wall for Xia Juanjuan and gave him two bags as a thank you gift!

"This... Fourth sister-in-law, this is too valuable! I... I can't accept it!"

"Keep it." Xia Juanjuan pushed the milk powder back.

"I heard that Third Sister-in-law has no milk anymore, and the kid is crying pitifully because he is hungry. Consider this milk powder as for the kid. When he grows up, he can just say thank you to me. Third Brother, as a father, you have no right to refuse it on his behalf."

When Li Jie heard Xia Juanjuan say this, he naturally knew that Xia Juanjuan was giving him a stage, and his nose felt sore.

He was still suspicious of his fourth brother's wife in the morning, but now it seems that he was just judging others by his own petty mind.

My fourth brother really married a good wife!