"By the way, Brother Yitong, I heard the black market released a batch of scarce items to attract customers. How come I didn't see any of them after looking around?"
"They've all sold out." Hu Yitong shook his head. "Except for a cheap radio on reopening day, these days they only have candy, cloth, and enamelware. The quantities are so small that you can't even get them."
Li Xu opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief, "That's it?"
"That's it."
After receiving a positive answer, Li Xu couldn't help but curse, "Mm, you're wasting my time. If I had known it was this kind of thing, I wouldn't have come."
These things are in short supply, but not that scarce.
Take radios and enamelware for example. As long as you have industrial coupons and money, you can go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy as many as you want.
It just so happened that the Li family had both of these things, especially industrial coupons, which they had so many that they had no place to use them.
There is no other way. There are too many people working in the Li family. They can receive a lot of coupons every month, and they don’t need to buy big items. Over time, they naturally save a lot.
Let’s talk about sugar and cloth.
These two things are no longer as scarce as they were in previous years.
Last year, people's cloth and sugar rations increased, and for the Li family, they had enough even if they didn't buy any.
Therefore, these things released on the black market are basically useless to Li Xu.
Hearing the disgust in his words, Hu Yitong didn't know what to say.
Do you know what parity means?
This means you can save money on purchasing tickets.
Even if you don't need it yourself, you can make money by reselling it. This is a business that is sure to make money.
Just as he was lost in thought, Li Xu spoke again, "Brother Yitong, I'm going back. Do you want to come with me, or wait a little longer?"
Since there is nothing good here, it’s a waste of time to stay here. I might as well go home and sleep.
"I'll walk around for a while, you go first, be careful on the road."
Li Xu responded, then turned and left.
When I got home, took off my clothes and got into bed, I heard a voice next to my ear, "Did you buy anything?"
Li Xu shuddered with fear, and when he came to his senses, he whispered, "I didn't buy anything. Did I wake you up?"
"It's not you, it's Lao Xiao, who just coaxed him into submission."
Ever since having a child, Li Xu has experienced what it means to be exhausted.
He cries at any time at night and is very difficult to comfort.
By the time I coaxed her into falling asleep, I was no longer sleepy.
So even if he didn't go to the black market, he should be awake now.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Let's just hold on a little longer, and everything will be fine after a while."
Du Hong placed her hand on his chest and groaned, "That's easy to say, but have you forgotten that we're going to have a daughter?"
Li Xu fell silent for a moment. This was true. When the youngest son stopped crying at night, he would take over with the next child. He would have to continue this for two years.
After a while, he suddenly turned over and pressed on Du Hong, grinning, "Since you can't sleep, let's take this opportunity to work hard and try to give birth to our daughter as soon as possible, so that we can be free sooner."
"Be gentle, don't wake the child."
"Know."
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the next day.
Not long after dinner, Hu Yitong came to the door.
Hu Guilan looked at him in surprise and asked, "Yitong, why are you here at this time?"
"Xiao Xu has something to discuss with me."
"Sister-in-law, I called Brother Yitong here." Li Xu said with a smile, "Third brother, make a cup of tea for your Brother Yitong."
Hu Yitong waved his hands repeatedly, "No need to make tea, just plain water will do."
Li Chen naturally wouldn't listen to him and still made him a cup of tea.
Li Xu then got to the point, "Brother Yitong, you have to be careful when selling food. You can't sell too much at a time. Can you do that?"
"I can do it." Hu Yitong answered without thinking.
Sun Xiu and the others were stunned. "What grain are you selling?"
Li Xu explained, "Last night I went to the black market and happened to run into Brother Yitong there. He told me he was thinking of ways to make money, and I had an idea. I could sell the grain to him at a discount to the market price, and he would make the difference. That way, we could both make money."
Originally, he wanted Hu Yitong to sell grain for him and then give him a commission.
But then I thought, this isn't a good idea.
Since we can’t sell much grain to begin with, what commission would be appropriate for him?
Moreover, the price of grain is not fixed, so if Hu Yitong has any ulterior motives, he won't be able to detect it.
To avoid future trouble, it is better to sell the grain to him. How much he can earn depends entirely on his own ability.
Hearing his words, Li Ping hesitated. "Selling grain isn't very profitable to begin with, and now we have to split it between two people, and take on the risk. Isn't it not worth it?"
He said this for Li Xu's sake.
Although no one knows Li Xu's way of reselling so far, everyone knows that his way is very safe and profitable.
There is absolutely no need to do the current grain selling business which is unprofitable and risky.
So Li Ping thought that Li Xu did this to help the Hu family.
Even though he is the son-in-law of the Hu family, he doesn't want Li Xu to be in danger.
He said this to make Li Xu give up this idea.
Hu Yitong understood what he meant and quickly said, "Brother-in-law, I've told my family that if anything happens, I'll take the blame alone. It has nothing to do with Xiaoxu."
Although the Hu family can borrow money to get by, the borrowed money can only be used for basic living and there is no need to think about other aspects.
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