"Sister Wang, when you get back, ask around. If anyone wants rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth, water, meat, and eggs, I'll prepare them together next time.
And if you have any special needs for women's perfume, hair oil, or anything else, please let me know in advance."
After hearing this, Wang Hong and his wife's eyes lit up. Could this girl be a fairy?
"Yes, I want all of them. Sister, these are in short supply. You can't buy them even if you have money," Wang Hong thought for a moment and asked, "Sister, can you get some milk powder?"
Su Li raised her eyebrows and looked at her. Wang Hong smiled awkwardly, "My relative's child was just born. His mother had no milk, so he had to feed himself with a mixture of malted milk and rice soup, but he was still very thin. The doctor said that the best he could have was milk powder. Alas! The supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have such a precious thing in stock. I'm just asking, asking."
If it was something else, Su Li would consider it, but Su Li could not turn a blind eye to the child's affairs. After all, no matter what happened, the child could not suffer.
"Sister Wang, this is not possible, but there is a solution. In this way, we can return here in half a month. By the way, only you and Big Brother can come here. I don't want anyone else to know about this place."
"That's for sure. Don't worry. I'll have the head of the household send the things you want to give to you tomorrow."
"Hey, this is the spare key, and this is my home address. I'm leaving now. It's best to take these things away before dark."
"I know, don't worry, sister."
After Su Li finished explaining everything, she took the money and prepared to go to the post office to deposit it. Together with the remaining money she had, she now had 42 yuan in her hand.
When he arrived at the post office, Su Li mailed the manuscript and opened a savings account, depositing 40 yuan, leaving only 12 yuan in his hand.
Looking at a big unity and two one-yuan bills in her hand, Su Li felt that she should speed up the pace of making money. Having money in hand would make her less anxious. She would probably be able to do business in two years, and by then she would have to have enough capital.
The various crops in the space were in bloom again, and the grains were harvested, processed and stored in the warehouse.
Su Li found a secluded place, entered the space, went into the grocery store, found a Malatang shop, made herself a bowl of Malatang, opened a bottle of soda, and after eating and drinking, she went to a beauty store, put on old-age makeup, sprayed her hair gray with hair dye, and took out a green headscarf to wrap around her head.
He put on his backpack, covered himself with a cloth, and went to the black market.
The black market is different from the supply and marketing cooperatives. You only need money, no tickets, and the prices are slightly higher than those in the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Many people go to the black market for speculation. Food, rice, meat, eggs, and even bicycles and watches that are hard to find can be bought on the black market.
However, black market transactions are not allowed. If discovered, the situation will be very serious. Therefore, people who trade on the black market are particularly cautious. Supplies are in short supply, and many people will still take risks in order to survive.
The cave is well connected and it is easy to escape. No wonder they chose this place as their black market. Just as Su Li was about to go in with a backpack on his back, he was stopped by someone.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
The man was dark and short, but he was an old man with exceptionally bright eyes.
Su Li took out fifty cents and gave it to the old man. "Brother, I have some surplus food at home and I want to exchange it for some money. Can you be flexible?"
Although the black market is not allowed, it can exist. And for such a place to exist, it must be organized and protected by someone, otherwise the people who trade here will not feel at ease. Money can make the world go round anywhere.
The old man looked at the fifty cents given by Su Li, glanced at it twice and put it in.
Su Li chose a corner to stand with a backpack on her back. This place was very close to the door of a cave dwelling. If anything went wrong, she could run away at any time.
People were coming and going in the cave, and while Su Li was waiting, she took out 30 kilograms of flour, 20 kilograms of rice, 30 eggs and 10 kilograms of brown sugar from the space.
After a while, a thin middle-aged man in work clothes came over. Such people usually have jobs. Su Li lowered his voice and asked, "Comrade, comrade, this way."
The man glanced at Su Li, looked around, and walked over. "Auntie, is there anything you need?"
Su Li didn't say anything, but lifted a corner of the cloth covering the backpack. The man's eyes lit up, "Auntie, these are all your stuff! How much are you? I want them all." The family was running out of food, and there were many people waiting to eat. They had money but no tickets.
He didn't expect that he would be so lucky. It felt like a dream. The old lady had been here for a while. He originally wanted to ask her something, but he thought that an old country lady might only have some dried vegetables and coarse grains.
If he couldn't buy fine grains, he would come over. He didn't expect that this lady actually had such things. This way, he could get through the month.
Su Li mentioned the price, and the man readily paid. Su Li got the deal.
Twenty dollars and fifty cents.
After changing to another place, Su Li took out the same amount of things and waited for a while before making another order. It was a middle-aged woman who insisted on giving her fifty cents in change.
Su Li looked at the newly-earned forty yuan and fifty cents in her hand, and felt a pang of sadness in her heart. Even when she was working part-time to support herself during her studies, she had never worked so hard for forty yuan.
It's not easy to come to the county town by yourself, and it's not a good idea to always do small things like this. It's better to do something big.
After making up his mind, Su Li took out two Shanghai brand watches, a pound of flour and a pound of rice, two apples, four oranges and two hairy crabs from the space.
Su Li ordered a box of Hongmei brand cigarettes from Pinxixi, walked to the entrance of the cave and found the short old man.
The old man looked around vigilantly. When there was no one at the door, Su Li took out a cigarette and said, "Brother."
Her face was filled with smiles, making the wrinkles on Su Li's face look like chrysanthemums blooming on it.
Suddenly, an old lady with eyes so big that you can't see smiled at him. The old man was so scared that his hand holding the cigarette trembled, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He laughed dryly, "Big sister, what's the matter?"
Su Li coughed twice awkwardly at the old man's expression, and handed the backpack to the old man for a look. "Brother, can you introduce me to the big brother of this black market? I have some good stuff here."
The old man's squinting eyes lit up, "Do you have a lot of stuff?" If there were only a few things in the backpack, he certainly didn't want to make a trip.
"Um!"
Su Li nodded, picked up the backpack, and gave the remaining pack of cigarettes in her hand to the old man. The old man looked at her and put the cigarettes away as if they were treasures.
He called someone to help him watch the cave door, then stood up slowly, "Follow me."
Su Li hurried to follow.
After many twists and turns, and who knows how many places they had gone around, they finally arrived at a small courtyard. The old man stopped at the gate of the courtyard, looked around vigilantly, barked his dog a few times, and then knocked on the door three times.
Su Li was speechless for a while.
The old man's face turned red when Su Li looked at him.
Soon the courtyard gate opened, and a beautiful woman in a light red dress opened the door. Su Li couldn't help but take a few more glances. It was the first time she saw such a fashionable woman in this era, although to Su Li she still looked quite rustic.
The beauty saw Su Li behind the old man and her expression remained unchanged, "Follow me."
Su Li knew that he was talking to her. It seemed that this beauty and the old man were not doing this kind of thing for the first time. After a while of walking around, they came to a room. There were two young men guarding the door. Inside, a man in his thirties was pacing back and forth with a cigarette in his hand. "Sixth Master, there is a business call."
The beautiful woman who brought Su Li here walked up to Sixth Master and said coquettishly.
Mr. Liu stopped and sat on the chair in the room. He casually placed his hand holding the cigarette on the armrest and looked up at Su Li at the door.
The two people stared at each other in the air. After a few rounds, Master Liu said, "The little girl is quite brave."
The old man and the beautiful woman were startled after hearing what Sixth Master said. Could this ugly old woman actually be a little girl?
Sixth Master is a tall and thin man with clear eyes. He is not too calculating and is an upright person.
In the past, Su Li had dealt with many big guys, so he had some vision for people.
"I don't have the courage to disturb Master Liu. I dress up for safety. Master Liu, please don't mind."
Master Liu laughed as he listened to Su Li's frank words, "I heard you have a lot of things to trade."
"yes."
After Su Li finished speaking, she walked in and sat next to Master Liu without any hesitation.
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