Chapter 7 Black Market Transactions
The next day, when Mi Xia just got up, Zhang Hongxia had already prepared breakfast. She blushed with embarrassment. She got up late, so she had to get up early tomorrow to cook with her sister-in-law.
Zhang Hongxia seemed to see what Mi Xia was thinking, and quickly said, "Little sister, don't get up early tomorrow. I can handle it myself. I always cook at this time when you are not here. Besides, you were tired all day in the mountains yesterday, so you should sleep as much as possible. Your elder brother also gets up later than usual when he is not going."
Mi Xia blushed and responded with a "yes", then went back to her room to help the little girl dress and wash.
After dinner.
"Sister-in-law, let me teach you how to make dried persimmons, and stir-fry the chestnuts while you're at it."
"Okay, when I learn it, you can spend more time with Xia Xia. Xiao Ji needs company."
Mi Xia thought about it and realized that she had not spent much time with Xia Xia, so she said, "Okay, I know you, sister-in-law."
Mi Qiu played with the children for a while and then went to school, leaving the two little girls at home.
"Xiao Huan, bring your sister to pick persimmons."
"Okay." Mi Xiaohuan agreed happily.
The aunt and sister-in-law and the two little girls worked together to pick out all the persimmons with branches.
Mi Xia then began to teach Zhang Hongxia how to make persimmon cakes. After watching her sister-in-law learn how to make it, she went to play games with the two children.
When Mi Xia was about to teach her sister-in-law how to fry chestnuts, she realized that she would definitely not be willing to fry them with sugar, so she decided to just make chestnut chicken.
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to make chestnut chicken. We'll have it for dinner. Go play with the two little girls."
"Well, our family will have a treat again." Zhang Hongxia joked.
Mi Xia smiled helplessly, watching her sister-in-law go to accompany the two little girls, then she took out a pheasant that her brother and sister-in-law had prepared last night. She chopped the chicken into pieces, washed it, put it in Huadiao wine, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce, stirred it, and marinated it for 30 minutes.
While this is going on, peel the chestnuts, wash them and set aside. Heat the pan, add oil, add the scallions and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the chicken pieces and stir-fry until the chicken is firm. Then add the chestnuts and stir-fry.
Add water and boil over high heat until all the food is cooked, then simmer in the pot for 15 minutes before eating. (All the food-making videos are from Baidu, so girls, don’t try them.)
Let’s steam the rice now so we can have lunch when big brother comes home.
The whole family's appetite was whetted by the dish, and they all ate it voraciously.
"Little sister, your cooking is so delicious. Please teach me when you are free." Zhang Hongxia said while eating.
"Sure, sister-in-law. Next time I make it, you can watch me. It will taste good if you are willing to add seasoning." Mi Xia smiled sweetly.
After dinner, "Sister-in-law, please help me take care of the little girl. I'm going to the county town."
Mi Xia planned to go to the black market, but it was inconvenient to bring the little girl with her.
These days, Zhang Hongxia has gotten used to Mi Xia's frequent going out.
Mi Xia went out to find a secluded place and put the food in the space into the white bag she had bought before.
There were no markings on the bags. Each bag weighed ten or five kilograms. They were weighed in advance in the space and put into the backpack.
In the same way, I got some flour, one pound of noodles, and added a few chickens and rabbits.
Mi Xia was almost exhausted after walking all the way to the county. She first went to the space to disguise herself, and then walked into the black market with a backpack on her back.
Mi Xia followed the example of others and squatted down. She covered the backpack with cloth in advance and uncovered a small piece. Soon someone came over and asked, "Big sister, how much are you selling these things for?"
Now people are short of fine grains everywhere. Mi Xia thought about the price she had inquired about last time and said, "Rice is 60 cents a pound with coupons, any coupons will do, 90 cents a pound without coupons, flour is 40 cents a pound without coupons, 60 cents a pound without coupons, chicken and rabbit are 10 yuan a piece, what do you want to order?"
"Why is this so expensive? Rice at the grocery store is only 10 cents a pound," the old lady said with an exaggerated expression.
Fortunately, Mi Xia heard from her grandmother that people of this generation are accustomed to bargaining no matter what the price is, to see if they can get it cheaper, even if it is just one dollar.
At this time, another person came over and asked, "How much is this rice per pound?"
Mi Xia took a look at the man in front of her, who was dressed neatly and about her age. He looked like a rich man.
She calmly repeated the price, and the man said generously, "I want all you have."
Mi Xia smiled brightly, this was a big customer, she quickly told him the things in the basket and their prices.
The transaction was completed after the money was exchanged. The aunt in front was filled with remorse, and all the bargained items were bought up.
There was no way out. My daughter-in-law was in confinement at home, so I looked at Mi Xia with hope and said, "Big sister, do you have any more? I won't bargain this time. Whatever you say is what it is."
Mi Xia saw that the old lady really wanted to buy it, so she thought for a while before saying to her, "Wait for me here for a while, my nephew is somewhere else and I'll go get some more."
The old lady had no choice but to agree. Mi Xia went out to find a deserted place and took out some more. As soon as she returned to the entrance of the black market, she was blocked by someone.
She looked up and found that it was the man who had taken all her things, and she felt relieved.
"Do you have anything else to say? Was the account just calculated wrong?" She had no choice but to ask as the man blocked her way.
"Do you have more of these things?" The man saw Mi Xia looking at him warily, so he got straight to the point and said, "If you have any, I want them all, as many as you can get."
"You are so arrogant. I'm just afraid you don't have enough money." It seems that this person is quite capable. He wants everything right away. But it's better this way. He doesn't have to sell them one by one, which is troublesome and requires him to go out every day.
Then he said, "Do you want these? Noodles and milk powder?"
When the man heard this, he opened his eyes wide and looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief. If there were milk powder and noodles, he would be able to get a lot of bonuses this month.
The man said excitedly, "Of course I want it, just like rice and flour, I'll take as much as you have."
Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhang Xiaoyu, you can just call me Xiaoyu. ”
"Hello Zhang Xiaoyu, milk powder is 8 yuan a bag, noodles are 40 cents a pound, rice is 60 cents a pound, flour is 26 cents a pound, and chickens and rabbits are 6 yuan each. In addition, I need various tickets. Anything is fine. What do you think?"
"Okay, at the price you mentioned, I'll go get the money now, and we'll do the transaction in the woods over there in an hour. Don't worry, there's usually no one there." Zhang Xiaoyu said excitedly.
After Zhang Xiaoyu left, Mi Xia went to the black market to sell the old lady what she wanted.
I turned around and went to the grocery store to buy some bags of rice and flour, and went to the agreed place to change the packaging and pack them in the space.
This time I took out more than 100 kilograms of rice, flour and noodles, as well as all the wild rabbits and pheasants I had hunted in the mountains last time, and 50 packets of milk powder.
It seemed like the time was almost right to move all the things to the woods. Not long after they were done, Zhang Xiaoyu came with his men: "You're amazing. You managed to get so many things." Zhang Xiaoyu said as he walked, with a smile on his face.
"Okay, you check the goods first. Here are more than 100 kilograms of rice, flour and noodles, 98 pheasants and rabbits, and 50 bags of milk powder." Mi Xia stood aside and let Zhang Xiaoyu's people check the goods.
Mi Xia is not afraid of Zhang Xiaoyu's scheming, as long as she is not exposed, she has her own space, and if something goes wrong, she can just change her look next time.
She is now in disguise, so she is not afraid even if she meets Zhang Xiaoyu face to face in the future, because Zhang Xiaoyu will not be able to recognize her.
Zhang Xiaoyu asked his two younger brothers to check the quantity. Zhang Xiaoyu looked at the quality and nodded with satisfaction. He thought that the quality could be sold at a slightly higher price, and he was very happy.
The total amount was more than 1,300 yuan. He didn't expect Mi Xia could get so many things in just one hour, and he didn't have that much capital.
So he asked, "If you don't have enough money, can you please use antique calligraphy and paintings?"
Mi Xia was very happy when she heard this. Aren't antique calligraphy and paintings very cheap nowadays?
Seeing that Mi Xia agreed, Zhang Xiaoyu told his younger brother to go back and get it.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Xiaoyu's younger brother brought two small boxes and a bunch of tickets. Mi Xia didn't even open the boxes, but just held them in her arms, and put the money and tickets handed over by Zhang Xiaoyu into the backpack, which was actually already in the space.
Zhang Xiaoyu told Mi Xia where to find him next time, and Mi Xia also made up a fake name for him. After writing down the address, Mi Xia went out.
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