Chu Tian nodded slowly. He was thinking whether to buy it or not. This smoked fish was definitely worthless locally. He wondered if he could sell it back in Xinjiang. Would people in Xinjiang like it?
Seeing Chu Tian didn't say anything, the Sheniu man thought for a moment and said, "Every household in our brigade grows sugarcane. Every year, we make sugarcane from the leftover sugarcane..."
Chu Tian looked at the Sheniu man in surprise, "Your team has a lot of things?"
The Sheniu man smiled bitterly, "There's little flat land in our brigade, and even less land suitable for growing crops, so we can only make some meager food in some corners..."
Chu Tian stared at him thoughtfully for a moment, and after a while he slowly spoke, "How about this? How about we change our business model?"
Several people looked at each other, and the Sheniu man asked doubtfully, "How do we do it?"
Chu Tian approached the three of them and whispered, "I buy smoked fish and your sugar, but the quantity from your brigade is too small. You can go to the brigade you are familiar with to buy it. As I said before, I will buy as much as you can."
"But I only give you two days. The day after tomorrow morning, we have to trade in this dilapidated temple!"
"How about it?"
The three of them were shocked, then surprised, and then delighted. The Sheniu man asked excitedly, "Really?"
Chu Tian nodded, "Of course, I never lie!"
After a pause, he continued, "You two should discuss it!"
After he finished speaking, Chu Tian turned around and walked towards their piled-up goods, opened a few sacks at random, and looked at the day lily, wood ear, and other dried vegetables inside. He was really more and more satisfied. Such good quality, even if he took them back to Xinjiang and did not sell them for the time being, he could keep them until after the reform and opening up, and open a dry goods store in the north and south. At that time, the price could be easily increased several times.
They didn't make Chu Tian wait long and soon reached an agreement.
The Sheniu man asked, "Brother, what's the price? How much do you plan to charge per pound?"
Chu Tian was happy and kindly reminded, "Do I set the price? You are the seller, shouldn't you guys discuss it and then I decide if the price is right?"
The Sheniu man reacted and laughed embarrassedly, "Sorry, I was too excited..."
After a pause, he cautiously probed, "We're thinking about smoked fish at 30 cents a pound, and brown sugar we usually sell on the black market for 50 cents a pound... What do you think?"
Chu Tian thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, this price is fine."
"By the way, I'm buying it from you at this price. As for how much you're buying it from other people, whether it's the original price or lower than the original price, you don't need to tell me, because it has nothing to do with me. Do you understand this?"
Several people nodded repeatedly, "Understood, understood."
Chu Tian nodded and looked at the time. Seeing that it was already five o'clock and the sky was about to get light outside, he hurriedly urged, "Then why don't you guys go back quickly? Our companions will be here soon."
A few people nodded and were about to leave. Chu Tian thought for a moment and reminded them, "Don't forget, it's the morning after tomorrow. This is the only time. I will only accept it that time. If you miss it, there will be no chance."
Sheniu man, "I remember it."
After seeing them off, Chu Tian stood outside the dilapidated temple, watching them pulling the carts and talking and laughing as they walked towards the distance. When their figures became smaller and smaller, Chu Tian returned to the dilapidated temple, quickly put the goods back into the space, rode his bicycle and headed towards the city.
I returned to the guesthouse, returned the key to Brother Wang, ate something quick, and went out again.
During the day, Chu Tian ran around again and collected a lot of antiques such as ornaments and jewelry from the house of the person he had an appointment with yesterday. He didn't continue shopping because he got up too early in the morning and was very sleepy.
When Chu Min returned to the guesthouse from outside, Chu Tian had already woken up. He saw that Chu Min had a tightly covered backpack on his shoulders and a big bag in his hands. He hurried forward to help Chu Min with the backpack on his back. Feeling the weight of the sack, Chu Tian asked in surprise.
"Brother, what did you buy? Why is it so heavy?"
Chu Min smiled and put the bag in his hand on the table, turned around and closed the door, looking at Chu Tian with a mysterious expression.
"Guess what it is?"
Chu Tian blinked and asked curiously, "It's so heavy, it can't be gold?"
Chu Min waved his hand. "Where am I going to collect gold? It's the liquor we don't have in Xinjiang. Can you guess what kind of liquor it is?"
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"Moutai? Wuliangye?"
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"Could it be Luzhou Laojiao?"
"But that's not right. If I can afford Moutai, I'll definitely buy Moutai. If not, Wuliangye is also good..."
After listening to what Chu Tian said, Chu Min no longer felt like showing off. He silently lifted the sack covering the frame and motioned Chu Tian to look at it himself.
"Five bottles of Moutai, six bottles of Wuliangye, and some sausages and bacon."
Chu Tian looked at Chu Min in surprise, "Second brother, can you receive sausages and bacon?"
Chu Min waved his hand, "I just happened to receive some, not much, only less than thirty pounds..."
"I spent a lot of money on it, so I thought I could bring some Sichuan-style bacon and sausage back home for my family to try."
Chu Tian blinked, "High price?"
Chu Min picked up a sausage and said with a smile, "Five yuan per pound, don't you think it's a high price?"
"Five yuan per pound? That's really not cheap..."
Chu Tian thought it was really not cheap, considering that pork on the black market was only a little over one yuan per pound...
Chu Min smiled and said indifferently, "It's not cheap, but the fried bacon and sausage with garlic sprouts we had at the restaurant last night was delicious, wasn't it? If it's delicious, it's not expensive!"
"It's a rare opportunity anyway. I might not be able to eat it in the future, so it's okay if it's a little expensive!"
Chu Tian nodded, "Yeah, I haven't come across it yet. If I did, I would buy it."
After a pause, Chu Tian pointed at the wine in the basket and asked, "How much did you pay for this wine?"
"Moutai is 11 yuan a bottle, and Wuliangye is 6 yuan a bottle."
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Chu Tianxin thought, okay, what I bought is indeed much cheaper than what Chu Min bought.
Chu Min looked around and asked curiously, "Where are the things you collected? Didn't you say you were going to collect supplies this morning?"
Chu Tian thought for a moment and said tentatively, "I collected a large amount, and it's unrealistic to carry it with me. So I found a reliable person and paid him to bring it back to Urumqi for me the day after tomorrow. I will pick it up when I return."
Chu Min was puzzled, "Who is it?"
"What exactly does someone who works at a train station do? Second brother, even if you are my biological brother, I won't tell you in detail."
Chu Tian looked at Chu Min with a serious expression. In fact, he had been hesitating in his heart whether to help Chu Min bring supplies. If he didn't, Chu Min would only be able to carry these. It would be impossible to make a lot of money. At most, he could make a few dozen dollars by reselling them.
But the opportunity was rare, he didn't want to miss it, nor did he want his brothers to miss it...
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