Chapter 1772 Arrangement of Returning Home 5
Feng Qingxue pretended to be surprised, but she had already pulled down her scarf, revealing her true face.
"My family is short of food coupons, cloth coupons, and industrial coupons. It's not just my family, but the whole village. If I can bring some home, my father-in-law and my husband will definitely not scold me for not finding relatives. Compared with relatives who gave me a fake address, the coupons and money are more economical. I can get the tuition for the child next year, and I also have food coupons. Maybe I can buy the child some new clothes to wear for the New Year."
Aunt Qin thought there was a way, and said with a smile: "Yes, that's the reason. Otherwise, you will be tired and embarrassed to explain yourself if you bring so much back, and you might even break eggs on the way. My daughter, I won't cheat you. You can sell me bacon and sausages, and I will pay you. It's 1.5 yuan per catty. I will compare the price with the store, and I will also give you five catties of food coupons and five industrial coupons. How about that?"
By the end of the year, these things become very expensive on the black market, and their prices often double.
"I want one too, I want one too, my daughter. My family has to save up the industrial coupons to buy a sewing machine, but I can give you ten kilograms of food coupons." Aunt An went on to say that her eldest son was a miner and her second son worked in a coal factory. They were both supplied with 45 kilograms of food every month. Food coupons were not money, so they could be saved up. The other party had to pay for the food with food coupons.
Feng Qingxue said at a loss: "I don't have a scale."
Aunt An said hurriedly, "I have some at home. I'll go get it and bring a basket to put the things in."
The other two also went home to get the containers and money. Not long after, the three of them brought three or four middle-aged and elderly women, all of them smiling and obviously coming for New Year's goods. They lowered their voices and did not dare to make loud noises.
Feng Qingxue readily priced the bacon, sausage, dried chicken and dried duck according to Aunt Qin's wishes, all at RMB 1.50 per pound, not including coupons. Compared with fresh meat, bacon, sausage and dried chicken and duck have less moisture and have a higher loss rate, so the price was not high at all. Eggs were six cents each and were soon divided up by them.
Feng Qingxue received a total of 86 yuan for the two large baskets of goods, after she had rounded off all the decimals. She also received 37 kilograms of local food coupons, 23 industrial coupons, a seven-foot cloth coupon and one and a half kilograms of sugar coupons.
Aunt Qin kept her promise and gave her half a bag of sugar, and she also wiped off the change of 1.8 yuan from Aunt Qin.
Feng Qingxue followed suit, changed into a coat, and went for a walk around the flour mill which was quite far from the coal plant. She exchanged more than 100 yuan and a bunch of tickets from the workers' families. Finally, she walked into the scrap collection station and found a few good deals. She exchanged old items for fine grains and preserved goods. It was up to her to decide what kind of old item could be exchanged for how much.
At this time, who doesn’t have some old things at home? Who doesn’t have some old things that can be used when living near a scrap collection station?
After more than ten years of study, and with antiques in the space for her to admire, Feng Qingxue's eyesight had been trained long ago. She exchanged more than ten kilograms of flour, rice, noodles and bacon for three or four valuable items that would later become valuable, and the rest were just ordinary items.
The old woman with bound feet who exchanged the last bit of flour in her hand pointed to the door of Deng Nan's ex-wife's house in the distance and whispered, "There are many old things in their house. The daughter-in-law they married is Zhang Rong, the daughter-in-law of the former landlord Deng family. Everyone knows that she had hidden many of the Deng family's properties before reporting Deng Nan. And because she was a meritorious reporter, her own dowry and daily necessities were not confiscated. Many of the dowry were the betrothal gifts given to her by the Deng family. She has lived a comfortable life these years."
(End of this chapter)