Chapter 37 Going to the Black Market Again

Although Xia Juanjuan had some second-hand bicycles of this era in her space, a Phoenix brand bicycle of this era would cost 150 yuan! Other brands would cost 70 or 80 yuan, and they were big items, so she couldn't just take them out of her space and use them for no reason.

Otherwise, if someone had a bicycle, it would be big news, and people in all directions would want to know which supply and marketing cooperative bought the bicycle and how much it cost.

Therefore, you still have to take a ticket to the supply and marketing cooperative - even the supply and marketing cooperative in the county to buy it, and leave a record to avoid being exposed.

Of course, she was now ostensibly living on Lizhan's allowance, so she had to endure for another two or three months until she received the allowance sent by Lizhan.

As for the bicycles in my space, they are all Phoenix brand. Although they are second-hand, if I don’t charge a bicycle ticket on the black market, I’m afraid I can sell them for the price of a new bicycle or even higher!

However, for such a large item, I am afraid there will be few buyers in the town or even the county, so there is no rush.

The coal stove was the same, getting colder day by day, and was more urgent than the bicycle. She also had one in her space, but like the bicycle, she couldn't use it directly, so she could only sell it on the black market, and then get a ticket to buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Thinking all this in her mind, Xia Juanjuan walked to a secluded path. Seeing that there was no one around, she secretly took out her bicycle from the storage space and rode for a while.

When she arrived in town, she did not go to the supply and marketing cooperative immediately, but went directly to the black market.

On the way, she had already used makeup to draw wrinkles on her face, and even wrapped her head with a green scarf, covering her mouth, before entering the black market in the dark alley.

This time, she took out the wild mushrooms, black fungus, wolfberry, etc. that she had promised to the customer last time. These had been stored in the space, so they were still as fresh as when they were just picked.

There was also a three-pound old hen, two wild pheasants, fifty eggs, and fifty duck eggs.

She was reluctant to take out the old ginseng that Snow Wolf had found that day, so she took out two ginsengs that she had grown in her own space, both of which were three-year-old.

After waiting for a while, the customer from last time showed up as expected. He walked straight up to her, looked at her with a smile, and whispered teasingly, "Well... the wrinkles are well drawn today, quite realistic."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

She thought her makeup skills were pretty good, and she looked like a middle-aged woman in her 40s or 50s, so she should be pretty credible. How come this man could see through her trick at a glance?

Moreover, this person seemed somewhat nonchalant, cynical and self-acquainted, and Xia Juanjuan began to feel a sense of crisis.

"I... I don't know what you are talking about. Last time you asked for the mountain products, I picked some, do you still want them?" She said in her best hoarse voice.

The man blinked his eyes and did not expose him. He just smiled, showing his eight neatly arranged white teeth, which was very sunny: "Yes. Of course! I want as many as you can get! And there are also old hens, right?"

Xia Juanjuan nodded and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she lifted the cloth on the bamboo basket and showed him what was inside.

"There are two kilograms of wild mushrooms, one kilogram of black fungus, and half a kilogram of wolfberries. They are all picked from the mountains and are very fresh! They are all 60 cents per kilogram.

My family secretly raised an old hen, which was very fat and could lay eggs. One was five yuan. There were also two wild pheasants, each weighing seven or eight taels, and each was one yuan.

There are still 50 eggs and 50 duck eggs each. If you want all of them like last time, the price is the same as last time, which is 8.5 yuan in total.

Add all of this up..." Xia Juanjuan quickly calculated in her head, and then said, "The total is 17.6 yuan. I'll give you 17 yuan!"

The man listened to Xia Juanjuan's calculations with interest. When she finished, he asked with a smile, "Why is there no one to participate?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "How can you find wild ginseng so easily? But my father is a doctor, and I have learned a lot, so I secretly planted some ginseng in the mountains. I have two three-year-old ones, each weighing two taels. Do you want some? If you want, one is five yuan, two are ten yuan, and a total of twenty-seven yuan!"

The man thought about it. Although it was not wild, ginseng was a tonic medicine after all. He didn't mind the money, so he nodded and said, "Okay! Then I'll pay for it all! Here, thirty yuan in total. I'll keep the extra three yuan with you first, as a down payment for my next purchase."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned. In this day and age when even a dime is valuable enough to make people fight, three yuan is paid in advance? This customer seems to be really rich.

She didn't refuse, so she put it away and said with a smile, "Okay. One more thing. Although wild mushrooms and fungus can be collected in the mountains, the quantity is not enough. I also grow some at home, so the quantity can be larger. Do you want some?"

There was a hint of amusement in the man's eyes, but he didn't say much. He said, "Okay. If you can get it, I want it. I want as much as you can get. The more the better!"

When he said this, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but look up at him.

Who is this man?

Both times he bought things for ten or thirty yuan. Even if he was storing food for the winter, he bought so much that a small family wouldn't be able to finish it all in a winter. Moreover, he could get any ticket.

The only possibility that can be thought of is that this man is a middleman who bought her and then sold her in the city or even a larger city to make a profit from the difference. But this would definitely require a letter of introduction that can be used throughout the country - at least between counties and cities, which is not easy to get.

Either this man has a mine at home, has a large family background, or is it collective purchasing?

The man seemed to see through her suspicion, blinked, and smiled, "Don't worry. I'm not a bad guy. I'm just a chef in the factory. I need more supplies to cook for a hundred people."

Xia Juanjuan didn't believe all of these words.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't report her and doesn't ask her about the source of her supplies, he's a good client.

Maybe, after they get to know each other better, she can ask him to help her get a pass so that she can sell supplies in the city!

She smiled and said, "I don't doubt you either. By the way, did you get the bicycle ticket I asked about last time? And the coal stove ticket, if you have it, it doesn't matter if the price is a little higher."

The man scratched his head and said, "Not this time. Wait until next time, and I'll get you both tickets. By the way, my name is Yan Haotian, what's your name?"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, then made up a fake name: "My name is Dong Juan."

The man looked at her, smiled, and without saying anything, he packed all the things away in the bamboo basket he had brought.

What Xia Juanjuan didn't know was that after Yan Haotian left the black market and turned around, he turned into an alley and found a military jeep waiting for him.

He got on the car, and the person sitting in front of him said to the driver: "Drive back to Kyoto."