Chapter 14 Going to the Black Market Again
After hearing what Shen Ruoqing said, all the aunts were shocked. They didn't expect that the city was so difficult now. For a while, there was a lot of discussion, and no one cared about what was in Shen Ruoqing's bamboo basket.
After arriving at the county town smoothly, Shen Ruoqing wanted to have another bowl of the plain noodles that tasted so good last time. However, he had no food coupons. Last time he went to the black market to sell food, he had exchanged all his food for money and didn't need any coupons. So he gave up and bought a few big meat buns from the system mall and went to his fourth brother Shen Xiangbei's house to eat.
"Fourth brother, open the door!"
This time it was Su Jieru who opened the door.
"Fourth sister-in-law, this is something my mother asked me to bring you. I won't go in. I have something else to do!"
Shen Ruoqing stuffed the fat rabbit into Su Jieru's arms and turned to leave. She didn't want Su Jieru to misunderstand that she wanted to eat here for free.
"Hey, Ruoqing——"
By the time Su Jieru reacted, Shen Ruoqing had already disappeared.
"Wife, who is it?"
"Your little sister, she just sent a fat rabbit and left!"
Shen Xiangbei weighed the rabbit. It was quite heavy, probably about 5 or 6 kilograms. "Little sister, you're leaving after giving me a rabbit? You're not staying for dinner?"
"Yes, she ran very fast, as if she was afraid that I would call her." Su Jieru felt a little embarrassed. It must be because of her behavior last time that made Shen Ruoqing feel embarrassed to stay!
"Jie Ru, you always say that there are blood-sucking grasshoppers over there, but now they've sent us some meat. Just think about how hard it is to eat meat in this year. My mom still cares about us."
"Come, come, come. I don't know how many things your mother has taken from our house. Now she just gave us a rabbit. Isn't it because you contributed so much money and grain last time? And because of the five kilograms of flour you contributed last time?" Although Su Jieru was happy to have meat, she felt more distressed about the five kilograms of flour.
"Wife, let me tell you, actually I didn't spend that much on flour last time. I only spent this amount." Shen Xiangbei made a five gesture to his wife mysteriously.
"Then it's one dollar per pound? So cheap? I also saw that the white flour meets the standards of rich flour. It's so cheap, why don't you buy more? You are only thinking about your own mother!" Su Jieru hit Shen Xiangbei twice.
"Oh, wife, isn't there only five pounds? I told you, this thing is in short supply. What's more, my younger sister is following me, I can't secretly hide two pounds of flour for myself." Yes, Shen Xiangbei did want to keep two or three pounds for himself, but wasn't Shen Ruoqing there at the time, and when he got home, Old Lady Ji was still waiting there, and he didn't buy any other bags.
"It's okay. I'll go there again today to see if there's any cheap white flour left. If there is, I'll buy some for you, the child, and our mom and dad to supplement our nutrition."
Shen Xiangbei still has some money, which is the ten yuan left from buying flour last time. In addition to Su Jieru, the daughter, Su's parents also have a son, Su Jieru's younger brother Su Qiang, and now they all live with Su's parents. Su's parents are both working, and now Su's mother has retired and given her job to Su Jieru, and also found a temporary job for Shen Xiangbei. With many workers in the family, the Su family lives quite well.
After delivering the rabbit, Shen Ruoqing went to the public toilet in many twists and turns, and bought the black coat and black mask again in the public toilet. He also bought a hat, covered all his hair, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, and smeared some dust on his face. Then he was done.
In fact, there are character masks in the system mall that can change a person's appearance, but she only has a few hundred yuan for them. The cheapest human skin mask costs 500 yuan, and Shen Ruoqing still has to save some money to buy space.
Shen Ruoqing found the entrance to the black market with ease, paid two cents as usual, and went in.
Just like last time, as soon as Shen Ruoqing sat down, someone came up and asked, "Comrade, what are you selling?"
"We have fine grains, white flour, rice and everything. What do you want?" Shen Ruoqing spoke in a hoarse voice like last time.
"Everything? Do you have soybeans?"
Shen Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, then said: "Yes, how much do you want?"
Anyway, she can buy it in the system mall! But soybeans should be considered coarse grains, I don’t know how much they cost.
"Really? Do you really have soybeans?" the man asked in surprise. He was just asking casually, but he didn't expect it to be true. He even asked how much he wanted. Does this mean he has a lot?
"How much do you have? I want them all. By the way, how much do you sell it for per pound?"
Shen Ruoqing thought about it and bought ten kilograms of soybeans from the system mall. Soybeans are cheaper than white flour. In the system mall, they are five cents a kilogram. These ten kilograms of soybeans only cost Shen Ruoqing fifty cents.
Using the bamboo basket as cover, Shen Ruoqing took out ten kilograms of soybeans.
"These are the new beans this year, comrade. How much are they? I want them all."
Shen Ruoqing was in deep thought. She didn’t know the price of soybeans.
"Give it to me as you see fit."
The other party also pondered for a moment. He wanted to offer a low price, but anyone who could produce ten kilograms of soybeans in this year should not be underestimated. After thinking for a long time, the man said, "This soybean is a special product. The supply and marketing cooperatives don't sell it. The price on the black market has been driven up to five to six yuan. Comrade, I won't frame you. Your soybeans are of good quality and they are new this year. I'll give you six yuan."
What, the price of soybeans is so high!
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Shen Ruoqing's eyes widened. Isn't soybean a coarse grain? How did it become a special supply product? In fact, in the 1960s, when everyone was hungry and lacked nutrition, soybeans had high-quality protein and other nutrients, which could be said to be a very good nutrient. When many sallow and thin people fell ill, the doctor prescribed soybeans as medicine. Soybeans can also be used to extract oil. Therefore, soybeans were a hard currency that was harder than rice and flour.
The man thought Shen Ruoqing was dissatisfied with the price and said, "I know soybeans are hard to come by, but I really didn't lie to you. In the mall, soybeans only cost a few cents per pound, but the price on the black market has increased by more than ten times."
"I'll sell it to you for five dollars a pound, but I also need industrial coupons and food coupons."
"I still have a few industrial coupons, but I don't have any food coupons anymore. Can I just exchange them for industrial coupons?"
"Can."
In this way, Shen Ruoqing received fifty yuan and four industrial coupons.
After buying the soybeans, the man saw that the rice and flour were good, so he bought some rice and flour and left.
Before the man left, Shen Ruoqing asked what was the best-selling product at the moment.
Now, apart from staple food, soybeans and peanuts are the most popular! Pork, oil and other things are also hard currency!
The prices of those coarse grains are too low. Shen Ruoqing doesn’t sell them. He sells some fine grains and soybeans and peanuts. These are valuable!
"Comrade, it's you again. Do you still have the white flour from last time?"
Although Shen Ruoqing wore a hat today, he was still wearing the same black coat as last time. This black coat was not cheap. When he looked closer, he saw dark patterns on it. Shen Xiangbei recognized it immediately. The most important thing was that Shen Ruoqing was the only one wearing a black mask in the entire black market.
(End of this chapter)