Li Sha scoffed, "I'm not interested in eating. I'm on a diet right now. Besides, this is my exclusive information, why should I treat Erlv to a meal?"
"Sasa, Erlv is your boyfriend."
"Bullshit! Erlv and I are just ordinary friends. I haven't agreed to date him yet. He's just wishful thinking and spreading rumors everywhere that I'm his girlfriend."
"Sasha, shall I treat you to dinner alone?"
Ma Yunfei thought to himself: It wouldn't be a big deal to treat Li Sha to a meal at Baixing Restaurant.
Li Sha said, "Brother Ma, the department store recently got a set of cosmetics. I heard it's imported from Japan. This set costs more than thirty yuan. How about this, you can exchange this set of cosmetics for my information."
A set of cosmetics cost more than thirty yuan. In 1990, that was quite a price.
Fortunately, Ma Yunfei was reborn from thirty years in the future. In 2020, it was common for a set of cosmetics to cost several thousand yuan.
Ma Yunfei asked, "Sasha, do you really know where the people who buy yams are?"
"Brother Ma, I'm not a liar. I'll tell you right away as soon as you buy me this set of cosmetics."
"Okay, let's go, I'll take you to buy it."
Li Sha excitedly took Ma Yunfei's arm and said, "If you want to buy it, hurry up and go. I heard that the department store only received one set. It would be such a pity if someone else bought it."
"Sasha, you can rest assured, no one in Qinglong Town can afford it."
The two went to the department store and saw that the cosmetics set was still lying quietly in the counter.
Li Sha quickly told the sales clerk, "I'll buy this set of cosmetics."
She turned to Ma Yunfei and said, "Hurry up and pay up, what are you hesitating for?"
Ma Yunfei took out a fifty-yuan bill and handed it to the sales clerk.
Just as the sales clerk was giving him change, Ma Yunfei noticed a man suspiciously peering into the department store from the glass mirror at the counter. He quickly turned around to see who it was, but the man had vanished.
The man sneaking around peeking into the store looks like Erlv.
Am I seeing things?
Holding the cosmetics, Li Sha said happily, "Brother Ma, let me tell you, there are two outsiders living in Xujiazhuang. They rented a courtyard and it looks like they're going to stay in Xujiazhuang to buy yams."
"Ah! These two guys actually live in Xu Family Village. Why don't they live in Qinglong Town?"
Li Sha told Ma Yunfei.
“Brother Ma, yesterday afternoon, two strange men came to my house to get haircuts.”
Li Sha recounted how she struck up a conversation with the two men.
Two unfamiliar men walked into the barbershop and asked, "How much does a haircut cost here?"
Seeing that the two men had gray hair, Li Sha's father, Old Master Li, asked, "Gentlemen, what kind of haircut would you like? Would you like an oil treatment?"
One man replied, "We just need a buzz cut, no need for hair treatment."
"Five cents a person."
There were two chairs in the barbershop, and two men sat down.
Grandpa Li said, "Sasha, stop watching TV and get to work."
Li Sha pouted and stood up, walked behind the barber's chair, and asked, "Sir, what kind of hairstyle would you like?"
"Miss, a short haircut will do. It'll be cool and easy to wash."
As Li Sha cut his hair, she asked, "Sir, you're not from this town, are you?"
"We are from out of town."
"Sir, are you here to visit relatives and friends?"
"No, we're in business."
Li Sha pressed for details, asking, "Sir, what kind of business do you run?"
"Hehe... I heard that your Qinglong Town is rich in yams and the price is cheap. I came here to see for myself and it's true. We've come to buy yams."
"Sir, are you staying at an inn in town?"
“Originally, we wanted to stay at a hotel in town, but when we asked, a room cost 20 yuan, and if we wanted to store yams in the yard behind the hotel, we would have to pay 30 yuan a day. We did the math and it wasn’t worth it.”
"Sir, you're not going to sleep in the open, are you?"
"Hehe... We rented a house in Xujiazhuang nearby, with a big yard, for only fifty yuan a month. See how cost-effective that is?"
Li Sha suddenly remembered that Ma Yunfei was also buying yams, so she became more cautious and asked, "Sir, how much do you buy yams per kilogram?"
“We inquired around and found out that there’s a yam sales point in your town that buys yams for 40 cents a pound. Our price is 5 cents higher than the sales point, and we pay in cash.”
Upon hearing this, Li Sha realized that this was competing with Ma Yunfei for business.
Li Sha had a very good impression of Ma Yunfei. Last time, when Erlv wasn't around, she sat on Ma Yunfei's lap and got intimate with him for a while.
Li Sha felt that the feeling was wonderful.
"Sir, you must have harvested quite a few yams, right?"
"Haha... I didn't expect that when we visited the nearby villages, the yam growers heard that we were offering high prices, and they all eagerly sent us yams. In just one week, we've already harvested 80,000 jin (40,000 kg)."
Li Sha was startled. It seemed that these two businessmen were quite powerful. If things continued like this, Ma Yunfei's yam distribution station would never be able to receive any yams.
As soon as the two strangers left, Li Sha rushed to the yam sales station, where she happened to run into Ma Yunfei on the way.
After listening to Li Sha's account, Ma Yunfei sighed and said, "These two businessmen are amazing. Xujiazhuang is only two miles away from Qinglong Town. The rent is cheap, there is storage space, and the transportation is very convenient."
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