Chapter 79: Attack in the Dark Alley
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Big sister, I brought these from home. They are all very fresh. Each egg is 0.1 cent. If you order more, you can get a cheaper price."
This is the black market price in town. When it arrives in the county, it usually has to go through second-hand dealers. A conscientious seller may be two or three cents more expensive, while an unscrupulous seller may be five or six cents more expensive.
The man who just sold it for 1.4 cents was quite unscrupulous.
When Liu Caigou's wife heard this, she was a little bit unconvinced: "Really 1.1 cents each? How much do you give me a discount if I buy it?"
Xia Juanjuan blinked her eyes and smiled, "If you get more than ten, I'll give you one cent each. What do you think?"
Liu Caigou's wife was afraid that Xia Juanjuan would regret it, so she took out the money and said, "Then I want ten! This is one!"
Xia Juanjuan took the money and counted out ten eggs and gave them to her.
Liu Caimao's wife smiled happily and couldn't help asking, "My dear, what else do you have for sale? Are they all cheap?"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I'll give you one wild pheasant and one wild rabbit. The wild pheasant weighs two catties, and the wild rabbit weighs five catties. One catty is 1.4 yuan. If you want both, I'll give you 1.2 yuan, a total of 8.4 yuan."
As she spoke, she deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Sister, these two are the leftovers from this delivery. I'm giving them to you at the wholesale price. You can't buy them normally!"
Liu Caimao's wife's heart moved.
One yuan and twenty is not expensive. The price of poultry and game that require meat coupons in the supply and marketing cooperative is 80 cents per pound, and the black market is usually double that. This is only one yuan and twenty, which is 40 cents more expensive!
Liu Caimao's wife gritted her teeth and said, "Okay! I want it!"
Today is my son's birthday, so it's not too much to have a wild pheasant stew! As for the wild rabbit, I'll give it to her husband when the time comes. It can be considered as purchased, and there will be a few cents difference!
Her husband works as a purchasing agent for the canteen, and often needs to buy supplies on the black market. People in the factory turn a blind eye to this and as long as he doesn't take the opportunity to enrich himself, they won't pursue the matter.
After all, starvation is a big deal. If the food supply to the workers in the factory is not good and the workers get upset and production is affected, then the responsibility will be huge!
Liu Caigou's wife put away the things, but couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "My dear, you just said... this is the wholesale price? Do you have a way to get a large amount of supplies?"
Seeing the question, Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Sister, it's not convenient to talk here. Why don't we go somewhere farther away to talk?"
When the two of them reached a secluded place, Xia Juanjuan smiled and said:
"I have access to a lot of supplies, but I can't reveal more. Anyway, the price I can offer is definitely the lowest in the entire black market of Mo County, and the goods are absolutely fresh, and the weight is definitely enough.
Big sister, you are asking this because you are looking to buy a large amount of supplies, right? Big sister, if you are interested, I have to ask this clearly, otherwise... no matter how big the business is, I dare not do it!"
When Liu Caigou's wife heard this, she asked, "Then you have to tell me the prices of the two items first, then I can tell you..."
Xia Juanjuan blinked and said, "Well... we just got a 150-pound wild boar here recently. It's still alive. If you want it whole, it's two yuan per pound of meat, so it's three hundred yuan per head. If you want other things like eggs, duck egg whites, noodles, rice, etc., we can give you a discount of one yuan and eighty yuan per pound."
Liu Caimao's wife was even more excited.
The price of pork on the black market in the county is about 2.5 yuan per pound! Even so, you have to rely on snatching. 1.8 yuan per pound is really conscience.
Apart from anything else, the price difference alone is almost enough to buy a pound of meat from a regular supply and marketing cooperative!
The price difference is not that much. Liumao told the factory, which saved costs for the factory and the workers. Her family only made 1 cent from it, which means they can save a lot in a year!
Liu Caimao's wife said anxiously: "My dear, can you wait for me here for a while? I... this matter is too big, I have to tell my man before I can make a decision..."
Xia Juanjuan's purpose was to open up the factory canteen's purchasing channel, so of course she agreed. However, she still deliberately said in a difficult tone: "Sister, then you have to hurry up... I'm afraid it's not safe..."
Liu Caimao's wife thought Xia Juanjuan suspected that she was going to arrest the red armband speculators, so she immediately swore and cursed: "Don't worry, my lady, if I sell you out, won't I also lose myself?"
Having said that, he immediately ran away at a trot.
Not long after, she came over again, dragging a man with her. She introduced him to Xia Juanjuan, "My dear, this is my man, the canteen chef and purchasing director of the Mo County Textile Factory! As a woman, I don't know much. Please talk to my man..."
When Xia Juanjuan heard this, she knew the real boss had arrived, so she described in detail the types of supplies she could provide and the price of each item.
The price of each item is naturally a few cents or even a few cents lower than the black market price in the county, and if the quantity is large, there will be a further discount...
Liu Caigou, who originally thought that his wife was just making trouble, was tempted. After hesitating for a while, he decided to give it a try considering the huge price difference.
"Brother Liu, sister-in-law, I just came here today to explore the area and see what's going on. I didn't expect to meet two of you, such big customers, all of a sudden. I definitely can't carry so many supplies with me, right? How about this, you make a list for me first, and we'll prepare the supplies first, and then we'll pay for the goods in a week? The location... I'll tell you next time I come, what do you think?"
Liu Caigou thought about it, nodded, and said, "That's fine. I heard from my wife that you have 150 kilograms of fresh wild boars? I'll take that. In addition, I'll need 100 kilograms of white flour, 100 kilograms of sweet potato flour, 100 kilograms of corn flour, 50 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, 100 kilograms of Chinese cabbage, 100 kilograms of white radish, and 50 kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli."
Xia Juanjuan wrote down everything and then parted ways with Liu Caigou and his wife.
She did not go to the black market again, but went through the quiet alleys to meet Zhou Qiuhe and Director Zheng.
Just as I walked to the center of the alley, suddenly four men wearing black patched clothes and duckbill caps rushed out and blocked the way forward and backward!
Xia Juanjuan's heart sank. The alley was very narrow, and if the front and back roads were blocked, she would have no way to escape.
"Tsk! Third brother, is this the woman who is stealing your business? She is quite pretty! And she is quite courageous!" A man with a scar on his face asked in a frivolous tone.
As he said this, he licked his lips in an obscene manner, almost making Xia Juanjuan vomit in disgust.
The man called Lao San nodded and said, "Yes! Big Brother! It's her! She sells an egg for 1 cent. Isn't this destroying our business?!"
Xia Juanjuan recognized the third brother as the one who was selling eggs for 1.4 cents each on the black market.
The other two men who were blocking Xia Juanjuan's way laughed in an obscene manner, "Third brother, you are too slow! What's the difference of two cents? How can the boss care about it? The boss is interested in this girl right now! Right, hahahaha!"
"That's right! Big brother! After you've had your fun, can you let the brothers have some fun too?"