Xidan Market is larger than a typical market, with stalls lined up one after another and shouts echoing throughout.
Su Jianguo walked familiarly to the vegetable section, pretending to be a customer buying vegetables, but secretly observing the prices and sales volume.
"Comrade, how much are these chives?"
He pointed to a bunch of slightly wilted chives and asked.
"Fifteen cents a pound, I can give you a discount if you buy in bulk."
The stall owner, a middle-aged woman, enthusiastically introduced the stall to Su Jianguo.
"So expensive? Isn't it only a dime in the summer?"
"Oh dear, you didn't know?"
The female stall owner lowered her voice.
"There's been so much rain these past few days, the vegetables in the fields are all rotting at the roots. I heard the prices will rise again next spring!"
Su Jianguo nodded and jotted down this important information in his notebook.
In his past life memories, there was indeed a period of vegetable shortages and soaring prices in the early 1980s.
This is a great opportunity for his greenhouse vegetables.
After leaving Xidan, Su Jianguo went to the Chaoyangmen and Chongwenmen vegetable markets, and returned home in the evening.
In the courtyard, Wang Xiulan was picking green beans. When she saw him return, she quickly got up and went to the kitchen to pour water.
"Honey, are you tired? Have some water first."
Su Jianguo took the enamel mug, gulped down more than half of it, and then let out a long sigh of relief.
"I visited several markets today and have a pretty good grasp of the market situation."
Just as he was about to explain in detail, he suddenly noticed that the curtain of the west wing moved slightly, and the figure of his youngest daughter, Su Yuzhen, flashed by.
This girl has been avoiding him lately, why is she like this today...?
"Dad, you're back?"
Just then, Su Yuzhen unexpectedly came out on her own, holding a palm-leaf fan in her hand.
"It's so hot, let me fan you."
Su Jianguo was stunned, and even Wang Xiulan stopped what she was doing in surprise.
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