At eight o'clock in the morning, Jianshu opened his eyes.
She has been getting up early every day these past two days, and her biological clock has changed. You know, in her previous life, she loved sleeping in and couldn't get up at all.
I couldn't fall asleep after waking up, so I just got up, washed up and had breakfast.
I took out the flour, mixed the dough, kneaded it, let it rest, rolled it out, and cut it. After the noodles were ready, I took out the sauerkraut fish and meatballs left over from yesterday.
The fish soup is sour and spicy, which is appetizing and tastes very good.
After eating, Jianshu put on his backpack and prepared to go out.
Today she planned to familiarize herself with the surroundings, find a black market, and sell some things for money.
There are so many things stored in the space from the previous life. How can one person eat them all? Of course, it is most cost-effective to exchange them for money.
However, in order to avoid being recognized, Jianshu used liquid foundation to paint her face, neck, hands, etc. a sallow color, making her look like she was malnourished, and also put some spots on her face.
He found a set of patched clothes, wrapped a square scarf on his head, leaving only his eyes exposed, and went out.
Jianshu didn't know where the black market was, so he went to a nearby textile factory's residential area.
The workers in the textile factory have high wages, and most of the houses in the family quarters are for couples with working spouses, and their living conditions are good.
I put 20 jin of rice, 20 jin of flour, 10 jin of fat meat, 5 jin of eggs, and 2 jin of brown sugar into the backpack.
Once it was put in, Jianshu was bent, it was an unbearable weight.
I saw a yard with its door open and an old man inside was cleaning the yard.
Jian Shu walked over and said, "Auntie, do you have any water at home? I'm a little thirsty. Can you give me a glass of water?"
People nowadays are very welcoming. When someone comes to ask for water, the old lady will quickly say, "Yes, yes, come in quickly and I'll pour you some water."
Then he poured a large glass of water and handed it to Jianshu.
Jianshu took the water and drank it quickly, pretending to be very thirsty.
When the old lady saw this, she said, "Drink slowly, be careful not to choke. I'll pour you more after you finish."
After finishing the water, Jian Shu handed the cup to the old lady. He pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Then please give me another cup. I'm really thirsty."
Auntie: "Okay, I'll go get you another one."
After saying that, he went into the house to pour some water.
Taking advantage of this time, Jianshu looked around. There were three main rooms and two side rooms. The yard was about 30 square meters, but it was very clean.
There are no patches on the clothes hanging in the yard, so it seems that the family is well off. I just wonder if there is anyone else in the house.
After the old lady came out, Jianshu took the water and asked casually, "Auntie, are you alone at home?"
The public security is good now, so the old lady didn't care: "My husband, son and daughter-in-law have all gone to work, and it's just me and my grandson at home. He just fell asleep, so I have time to clean up."
Hearing that there was no one else at the aunt's house, Jian Shu said directly: "Auntie, I have some rice and flour here, do you need it?"
When she heard that there was rice and flour, the old lady's eyes lit up. She looked around and closed the gate.
"My daughter, how much rice and flour do you have? Let me see." The old lady asked in a low voice.
Jian Shu placed the backpack on the ground, removed the covering, and said, "I have 20 kilograms of rice and flour, 10 kilograms of pork, 5 kilograms of eggs, and 2 kilograms of brown sugar. You can see, they are all top-quality rice and flour."
The old lady looked at the goods and nodded, saying, "It's really good. How much are you charging?"
Jianshu: "Auntie, the ordinary rice at the grain and oil store is 12 cents per pound, and you need a grain coupon. This is all top-quality fine rice, no coupons required, I'll give you 30 cents per pound;
White flour costs 28 cents per pound; eggs cost 1.3 yuan per pound;
Ordinary pork in the grocery store is 78 cents per pound plus meat coupons, but this is all top-quality fat meat, 1.7 yuan per pound; brown sugar is 2 yuan per pound.
The old lady calculated in her mind that although it was more expensive than the grain and oil store, it didn’t require a ticket, so it was cheaper than the black market.
Thinking that there was not much fine grain left at home, the adults didn’t eat any and saved it for the children.
I was planning to buy more. After all, there are three workers in the family and the children are still young, so the expenses are not much.
Buy some more fatty meat so that the family can have some meat. Meat is not easy to sell. We haven’t eaten meat for half a month and there is no fat in our stomachs.
He looked up and said, "I want five catties of rice, ten catties of flour, one catty of eggs, and two catties of fat."
I thought I could use the eggs to make egg custard for my grandson. He is the only precious baby in the family, so I have to take good care of him.
Jianshu did the math: "Five catties of rice is one yuan and fifty cents, ten catties of flour is two yuan and eighty cents, one catty of eggs is one yuan and thirty cents, and two catties of fatty pork is three yuan and forty cents. That adds up to nine yuan. Auntie, you can do the math."
The old lady counted it and found that there was no problem. She said, "That's right, it's nine dollars. Wait, I'll go in and give you the money, and then bring out the bag to put it in."
After saying that, he turned and went into the house.
After the old lady came out, the two of them handed over the money and the goods.
Jianshu looked at the remaining things. She didn't want to carry so many things to sell from house to house. She thought the old lady was a nice person and was efficient.
So he said to the old lady, "Auntie, I still have quite a bit of sugar left. It's troublesome to carry it back and forth. Do you have any reliable acquaintances who need help? Could you introduce me to a few people? I'll give you half a pound of brown sugar so that you don't have to work for nothing."
Brown sugar is a rare commodity nowadays. If you can have brown sugar during the confinement period, you will have a very good life.
The old lady thought this was a feasible thing to do. Nowadays, every household needs fine grains and meat. All she needed to do was find a few reliable people with good mouths, so she agreed.
After a while, the old lady came back with a few old men and women and said to Jianshu, "These are all reliable people. They won't make noises outside for no reason. You can rest assured."
Jianshu opened the thing and showed it to them. A group of people immediately gathered around and said in a flurry of voices:
"I need five kilograms of rice and two kilograms of fat. My family hasn't eaten meat in half a month."
"Give me five pounds of white flour and one pound of brown sugar. My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a big fat grandson. I need to nourish her well. I can't let my grandson starve."
"I want two kilograms of rice and five kilograms of flour..."
"I want two pounds of eggs..."
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Fortunately, everyone was very vigilant and didn't speak loudly. After a while, all the things in Jianshu's backpack were sold out.
After the uncles and aunts left, Jianshu handed the remaining half pound of brown sugar to the aunt and said goodbye.
Before leaving, the old lady asked him to come to her if he had any more goods, and Jianshu agreed.
But she won't come here again. Today, there aren't many people around. Most people are at work, and the family is full of elderly people. Otherwise, she wouldn't sell it because it could easily cause trouble.
Besides, if you go to one place too many times, you will become too conspicuous. Today, I don’t know where the black market is, but fortunately, I just found out the location of the nearby black market from them.
Jianshu feels that it will be safer to go to the black market again in the future, after all, people who go there will not report it casually.
If someone really comes to catch her, she can hide in the space.
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