Chapter 8: Do a Big Deal 2
A trader like this must have frequented the black market to collect supplies. Ye Qian suspected he'd be there today, and sure enough, she ran into him, but she didn't rush in. After waiting for a while, and seeing that he seemed ready to leave, she approached him and asked, "Brother, do you want some noodles or rice?" Then, Ye Qian pulled up the cloth on her backpack, revealing a corner for her brother to see.
The man's eyes lit up. "Sister, I'll take whatever you have." Ye Qian took the man to the alley behind. She had been trading here yesterday, and not many people were passing by. She took out the noodles and rice from the basket.
The elder brother paid the money and asked, "Sister, do you have any more? I will take anything and I won't give you a bad price."
She was waiting for these words, "I still have some food and meat, but I can't take so much."
When the eldest brother heard that there was meat, he was shocked. He couldn't let this girl go. "Just tell me the place and I'll come over to get it when it's convenient for you."
Ye Qian reported a location, the deserted alley she'd walked through before entering the space. She made an appointment with her brother to meet in two hours, then turned and left. Before leaving, she also reminded him to bring extra money.
The eldest brother didn't take it seriously. How could a little girl empty his pockets?
Ye Qian first returned to the alley over there and took out the supplies she had prepared in advance.
Rice, white flour, dried noodles, brown and white sugar, and some pork, chicken, duck, and fish. I looked around and saw a lot of variety, but not a lot of quantity, so I grabbed some canned meat, fish, and fruit. I saw a lot of oil in my space, so I filled a medium-sized ceramic jar with it. This jar used to pickle vegetables at home, and it would sell for quite a bit of money. I also had some milk powder and soy milk powder, but it was too late to pack them up now.
Ye Qian made preparations and put all her things in a corner after leaving the space. Not long after, Ye Qian heard footsteps. Thinking someone was coming, Ye Qian walked to the entrance of the alley, stuck her head out, and took a look. It was indeed the big brother, so she shouted, "Big brother, this way."
The eldest brother hurried over when he heard the sound. Ye Qian was afraid that someone was following her, so she waited at the entrance of the alley for a while and didn't rush to leave. After a while, after making sure there were no footsteps behind, she took the eldest brother in.
Ye Qian pointed to the supplies ahead. The eldest brother took out his flashlight and shone it where Ye Qian pointed. This light nearly frightened him. There were so many supplies, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were piled up like a small mountain. No wonder the girl asked me to bring more money. Now I think to myself, it's a good thing I brought plenty of money, otherwise I'd be crying my eyes out if I didn't have enough to pay him.
When Ye Qian and her eldest brother were counting the supplies, she also made it clear that she wanted money and other coupons, but not food coupons.
The elder brother was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, but he didn't ask. He quickly calculated the bill and handed it to Ye Qian, a total of more than 1,500 yuan. Ye Qian took the money and the ticket and turned to leave, fearing that someone would steal it if she was not careful. Seeing Ye Qian running so fast, the elder brother didn't have time to tell her to come back to him next time when she had goods. She disappeared.
"You're running really fast." The eldest brother looked at the supplies, turned around and walked out of the alley. A man came over and said to him, "We have a lot of stuff. Go get a car."
The man was dragging a cart. "You needn't tell me that? It's the middle of the night, and you need help moving just a little bit of stuff. I knew it would be a lot, so I just brought the cart." The dealer thought to himself, "I'm not sure myself, you're really smart." The two quickly moved the supplies and left the place swiftly.
At this time, Ye Qian had already hidden in the space, removed her makeup, changed her clothes, and was sitting in her tent counting money.
I made more than 1,500 yuan on this trip today. Together with the previous ones, I now have more than 3,300 yuan in cash and some tickets.
Today's order was too big, so this place can't be sold anymore for the time being. Having made up her mind, Ye Qian decided to go back tomorrow afternoon. Why not in the morning? Because she couldn't get up.
I had a midnight snack before going to bed. After all, I did some physical work today, so it was normal to be hungry. I wondered if life would be too good if I just ate and drank like this. Even though I thought so, I still ate a 6-inch pizza and drank a large cup of milk tea before going to bed.
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The next day, it was already past 1 o'clock after washing up. Ye Qian did not eat outside. She ate a bowl of eight-treasure porridge and fried dumplings in the space before coming out.
She bought some small items at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday and planned to go shopping again today. She had gone to the cooperative to buy supplies, so she had put on makeup. Today, she was going there for a serious shopping trip, so she could just go in her natural look so the salesperson wouldn't recognize her.
Ye Qian walked into the supply and marketing cooperative, approached the counter, and said, "Comrade, I'm bringing some things back to the comrades in the village. They need quite a lot. Could you please take them down for me?"
The saleswoman glanced at her and said, "What do you want?"
"3 kettles, 4 enamel pots, and 5 lunch boxes," said Ye Qian.
"These all require industrial coupons." What he meant was that if you don't have a coupon, you should leave quickly, and he rolled his eyes.
Ye Qian pulled out a handful of various coupons and asked, "How much do you want?" The saleswoman's expression changed when she saw the pile of coupons in her hand. "A kettle has 20 industrial coupons and an additional 20 yuan, an enamel pot has 5 industrial coupons and an additional 5 yuan, and a lunch box has 5 industrial coupons and an additional 8 yuan."
Then he asked, "We only have two kettles, two enamel pots, and three lunch boxes. Do you want any?"
Ye Qian nodded and said, "Yes."
Ye Qian paid for the purchase and the ticket, then put all the things she had bought into the small backpack behind her. The backpack was full of two enamel pots, three lunch boxes and a kettle. Ye Qian did not put the other kettle in the backpack, but held it in her hand.
Ye Qian was also anxious to leave and started walking towards other counters. She suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a drink called malted milk in this era. She had never tried it and wanted to try it. Ye Qian walked to the counter and said to the older sister, "Give me two bottles."
The salesperson took it out and handed it to Ye Qian directly. When she saw the malted milk that the salesperson took out, she suddenly remembered the White Rabbit Milk Candy. She asked her elder sister to weigh 2 kilograms of sugar and took out 2 bottles of canned yellow peaches.
She still had more than ten feet of cloth coupons in her hand, so she walked over to the cloth counter and said to the salesperson, "Comrade, give me three feet of black cloth, five feet of army green cloth, and three feet of white cotton cloth." Seeing her look inside for a while, the elder sister said, "This is the new style that just arrived yesterday, the material for deep red plaid."
The elder sister took out the cloth and handed it to Ye Qian to show her. Ye Qian touched it with her hand and felt that it felt good, so she said, "Okay, take 5 feet, that's all."
After buying these, I went to the cigarette and alcohol counter and bought a pack of cigarettes and two bottles of wine. There was no other way, the quantity was limited, I could only buy so much at a time, so I could only stock up little by little.
There was no place to put the things she bought later, so Ye Qian pretended to take out a cloth bag from her shoulder bag but actually took out a cloth bag from her space, and then stuffed all the things into the bag.
When I was sorting out the tickets yesterday, I found a bicycle ticket with a date at the end of this month.
If she didn't use it today, she didn't know when the next time would come. Ye Qian was worried that it would expire and be wasted, so she made up her mind and bought another bicycle.
A bicycle costs 280 yuan, plus 80 industrial coupons and 1 bicycle ticket. I have to say, it’s really expensive.
(End of this chapter)
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