Coming to Pigeon City again, it’s a little more depressed than the last time I came.
There was no way around it. The three-year famine not only caused a decrease in grain production, but also a significant decline in other aspects.
With fewer people selling things, the number of buyers will naturally decrease.
Jia Dongsheng walked in the Pigeon Market, looking left and right. He was looking for the ticket scalpers who lived in the Pigeon Market.
Such people are not difficult to find. After all, ticket scalpers have the best business in Pigeon City.
"Sir, I really didn't ask you for more money for these food coupons. You'd get the same price at other places, and you bought less. I'm just being kind, so others might not be willing to sell it to you."
At this time, Jia Dongsheng's ears moved. He heard the sound of a ticket scalper selling food coupons. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a young man in his twenties talking to an old man.
Jia Dongsheng didn't rush over. He waited until the old man left before going to the ticket scalper.
"Brother, what tickets do you have?" Jia Dongsheng asked in a low voice.
"Sir, I have all kinds of tickets. What do you want?" The young man's eyes lit up and he looked at Jia Dongsheng expectantly.
When coming to Pigeon City, Jia Dongsheng of course made some disguise. He wore a black mask and a hat, covering himself tightly and not caring about the gazes of young people.
"Do you have milk powder coupons?"
"Yes, this one has it."
The young people didn't expect that Jia Dongsheng didn't want food coupons or meat coupons, but wanted to sell milk powder coupons. As long as the women in the family had milk, they would not buy milk powder.
Therefore, the sales of milk powder tickets are not that good.
"How many are there?"
Jia Dongsheng's question made the young man's eyes brighten, and he thought to himself, "This is a big client."
"Let me show you."
The young man naturally started to take out tickets from his pocket. Various tickets appeared in his hands and he began to look through them one by one.
Soon, the young man came out with three milk powder tickets: "Sir, there are three in total. Do you want them all?"
"It's a bit little." Jia Dongsheng didn't say much, but it made the young man even more excited.
"I don't have much with me. If you really want it, I can get you some more."
"OK."
Jia Dongsheng nodded: "Seven or eight is not too few, twenty or thirty is not too many."
"You actually want so much?"
The young man's smile grew even wider. "Sir, you can just call me Gazi. I'll go get it from other people and try to get you as many milk powder tickets as possible."
The young man wanted to leave, but Jia Dongsheng stopped him: "Don't leave so quickly, I need other tickets."
"What other tickets do you want?" asked Gazi.
"I have all the sugar tickets, coal tickets, bath tickets, wine tickets, cotton tickets, cloth tickets, woolen coat tickets, and pastry tickets."
Before Jia Dongsheng said a word, Gazi's smile became brighter. When Jia Dongsheng finished speaking, he was so happy that he was at a loss of what to do. He had been a ticket scalper for so long, but this was the first time he had met such a big customer.
"No problem, I know a lot of people who have tickets, I'll find them for you right away."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. I'll wait for you here."
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment."
Watching Ga Zi disappear in the crowd, Jia Dongsheng smiled and shook his head. This name is really interesting. Could it be that his surname is Zhang and his name is Zhang Ga?
Jia Dongsheng was not made to wait. Ticket scalpers have their own ways. Soon, Gazi came back with three people.
Jia Dongsheng looked at them and said nothing. Instead, he asked, "Gazi, how many tickets did you get?"
"Hey, that's a lot."
Gazi chuckled and took out a stack of bills: "Sir, I'll show you one by one, please look carefully."
"Yeah." Jia Dongsheng nodded and stopped talking, staring at the ticket in front of him.
Gazi asked Jia Dongsheng to look at all the tickets one by one, and then asked, "Sir, what do you think? Can I have them all?"
This sentence also made the other three people's eyes widen, looking forward to Jia Dongsheng's answer.
"No problem, I'll take them all."
He had just seen clearly that there were twelve milk powder tickets, fifteen sugar tickets, ten coal tickets, five cotton tickets, thirteen wine tickets, the most snack tickets, more than thirty in total, and the least woolen coat tickets, only three.
In addition, there are six oil tickets and more than a dozen bath tickets, which add up to more than a hundred tickets.
"Sir, don't you want a ticket for three turns and one ring?"
A man in his thirties who came with Gazi asked in a low voice.
"I have all three turns and one ring, no shortage."
Jia Dongsheng responded, then said, "Let's calculate the amount."
"Okay."
When they heard that Jia Dongsheng didn't want the three-turn-one-ring ticket, several people were a little disappointed. In Pigeon City, the most expensive ticket was still the three-turn-one-ring ticket. Although the other tickets were not cheap, they didn't make much money.
Soon, Gazi quoted a price. Jia Dongsheng thought about it, bargained a little, and finally agreed on the price.
The transaction is completed.
Before leaving, Jia Dongsheng asked, "If I want a ticket again next time, can I still find you here?"
"Sir, do you still need tickets?" Gazi, who was originally counting money, became even more excited when he heard what Jia Dongsheng said.
This is a big job. After making a deal, you can lie at home for a month without moving.
"Maybe it is still necessary." Jia Dongsheng did not give a definite answer.
But Gazi didn't care, and responded excitedly: "We change places once a week. We go to four big pigeon markets in Sijiu City once a month."
"Okay, I understand then."
Nodding, Jia Dongsheng left immediately. Gazi and the others looked at Jia Dongsheng's back and said to themselves, "Should we prepare more tickets? In case we meet this gentleman next time, we can earn more."
"But I'm afraid I won't be able to meet him."
"No way, if he needs a ticket, he'll always find one."
"Have you noticed? The tickets this gentleman bought weren't the main ones. They were all secondary."
"Then let's stock up on some. These tickets aren't as valuable as the main tickets anyway."
"Okay, that's the arrangement."
The four of them chatted about the arrangements and then went out to drink happily. Since they had made money, of course they had to eat and drink well. Otherwise, what was the point of making so much money?
After getting away from Gazi and the others, Jia Dongsheng did not continue to visit the Pigeon Market, but walked towards the nearest department store. Now that he had the tickets, of course he had to spend some money.
Only when you have bought everything and stored it in the homestay, you can take it out directly when you need it. Otherwise, in this era, it is really not an easy thing to buy things in a hurry.
It's normal that you either lack this or can't buy that.
Jia Dongsheng spent an entire afternoon running back and forth between department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives. Fortunately, the city of Beijing was very large and there were many vendors selling things. If one store didn't have what he wanted, another would probably have it. Most of the tickets he bought were exchanged for physical items and stored in the homestay space.
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