Seeing that Qin Xiaoyun was very good at business, Qin Huai watched for a while and sold five bars of soap. The price of soap was twice as expensive as laundry soap, and he made ten yuan in one go. Qin Huai immediately took the money and walked towards the meat stall.
Qin Xiaoyun probably wanted to say something, but when she saw Qin Huai's hurried back, she smiled again.
Qin Xiaomi drooled and said to her sister, "Sister, how much meat do you think my brother will buy?"
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll enjoy it."
Meat and grain were the most in-demand commodities. When he arrived, there was only a piece of lean meat left. Qin Huai had never thought that he would be so greedy. When he had no money, he couldn't take his eyes off the meat and prayed that it would not be sold out.
Fortunately, he has money now and still has meat.
The people who were butchering and selling the meat should be nearby farmers, not from the slaughterhouse in the city. Qin Huai said, "I'll take all the remaining ones, no matter how many there are." He said this with such confidence that he was not as proud as he was this time when he bought a car and a house in his previous life.
The butcher said, "This weighs more than three pounds."
Seeing that he nodded in agreement, the butcher weighed it and it was three pounds and two ounces.
The price is five cents cheaper than the market price, sixty-five cents, but still thirty cents more expensive than the affordable meat supplied with tickets. In that era, thirty cents could buy a sweet potato that could feed the whole family for a day, which may be the reason why it can still be bought in Qinhuai.
After spending two dollars and eight cents, when he brought the meat back, Qin Xiaoyun was busy with his business. Qin Xiaomi flatteringly took it and said, "Brother, I'll put it away."
Qin Huai handed the meat to her. She didn't mind the greasiness. She picked it up and looked at it for several times before carefully putting it into the basket.
Qin Xiaoyun sold two more bars of soap, opened them and looked at them, and said, "It's too thin, not good."
Qin Xiaomi said, "As long as there's meat to eat, it doesn't matter whether it's fat or lean."
Qin Huai looked at the soap. He brought fifty yuan in total. He sold a few more while buying meat. Qin Xiaomi said, "I sold eleven yuan. I have thirty-nine yuan left. Brother, this is the money from the sales."
Qin Huai said, "Take it first and put it away when you get back."
After hearing this, Qin Xiaoyun felt that her brother valued her and was very happy.
As time goes by, more and more people come to the market, including housewives, people from government agencies, and workers in work clothes. Most of the people who come here are the main consumers of soap.
Although the soap in the department store was two yuan, you needed a soap ticket, which was rare and not cheap, costing fifty cents each. When the housewives saw the soap that was several cents cheaper than the one in the department store, they were unable to move their legs.
The soap was sold out very quickly, and by daybreak, only ten pieces were left.
Qin Huai's pockets were already full of money. This heavy harvest was the support for his family to survive the winter.
He looked at the sky and said to Qin Xiaoyun, "Don't stay here anymore. Take the money and go get some buns. Find a quiet place to wait for me."
Qin Xiaoyun wanted to wait for her brother to leave together, but Qin Huai said, "No, at daybreak, people might come to arrest speculators. I can run fast, so you two should leave quickly."
Then they left.
Qin Huai said again, "Girl, take your sister to buy some buns."
"I understand, brother." The little girl agreed crisply and ran out of the market. She was lucky today; no one came to catch her. The pork seller next door had sold offal and was packing up to leave. Qin Huai hurriedly packed up his stall and walked over to him, saying, "Big brother, I have a question for you."
The pork seller said, "We've sold out all the meat. There's no more."
"Brother, I want to ask you, which village are you from? Are there any pigs in your village?"
The middle-aged man showed a vigilant look when he heard this and said, "What do you want to do? Check the household registration?"
"Brother, you misunderstood. Your pigs should be raised by the production team. Private pig farming is not allowed now. Since you dare to slaughter one for money, there must be more in the village. I want to buy two pigs."
The middle-aged man sneered and said, "You are so arrogant! Do you know how much two pigs cost? With your foreign pancreas, you can't afford it."
Qin Huai didn't mind the other party's attitude. If it were him, he might be more cautious.
"Brother, you misunderstood. The pigs were bought for a factory. They have thousands of employees, so any pig is always enough. Don't worry, I can give you 70 cents on the meat. It's more expensive than selling it yourself, so you don't have to worry."
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "You? Don't lie to me." He looked Qin Huai up and down suspiciously.
"I'm not so bored as to lie to you. Besides, I sell things myself. I wear this dress on purpose." He acted as if he didn't care, and the middle-aged man seemed to believe him when he saw his expression.
"Okay, but we don't want money. We want food in exchange. The money I earned from selling meat today still needs to be used to buy food. If this goes on, the village will suffer."
Qin Huai said, "Okay, what do you want? Corn, sweet potatoes, and soybeans? Wheat is definitely not an option, and the factory doesn't have it either."
"Sweet potatoes are fine. They can last a few more days."
"good."
He agreed immediately, and then asked the middle-aged man where his village was. The middle-aged man said, "I'm in Nanshili Village, south of the city. Just prepare some food and come find me in our village. My name is Zeng Changming."
"My name is Qin Huai, and I work at the chemical factory."
Zeng Changming said, "You'd better wait a while. You just sold a pig. It will take a while."
"Okay, then I'll come find you around New Year's Day. Is that okay with you?"
"OK."
Qin Huai estimated the time. He had already delivered the goods around New Year's Day, so he would have time by then.
While he was thinking about this, a few more women came over to buy soap. Only four pieces were left. The sun was already high in the sky. Worried about Qin Xiaoyun and the others, he decided not to sell anymore and put away the basket and walked out.
I have been to the flea market several times and some of the people look familiar to me, but I never say hello. When we meet by chance in such places, everyone is very cautious and doesn't want others to know their background.
Someone called him from behind: "Soap seller, why are you leaving? Didn't you see you haven't sold out yet?"
When Qin Huai turned around, he saw an older woman who was very picky when it came to shopping. She had just looked for a long time without buying anything, so she stopped and said, "Sister, do you want more?"
The woman said, "You're talking nonsense! Why would I ask you to do anything if I don't want to buy? I just haggled with you for a long time and you refused to sell. I wanted to wait until you couldn't sell it and got anxious, then I'd come back to you. But who knew you'd just left?"
Qin Huai said, "Sister, all my soaps are shipped from Haicheng. If I can't sell them today, I can just come back tomorrow and continue selling them. How can I lose money if I sell more at the price you mentioned?"
The elder sister said, "Okay, I see you are a stubborn person. You don't want to bargain, right? Fine, I want two dollars."
Qin Huai took it out and gave it to her. She handed over four yuan and complained, "It's too expensive to spend."
"Sister, even though money is hard to spend, sometimes you can't buy anything even if you have money."
When my elder sister was buying it, two men on bicycles came over and said, "This soap is good. How much is it?"
Men are much more straightforward when buying things than women. They will directly say: "Okay, there are two dollars left, right? Give them both to us."
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