The black market isn't actually that shady. There are a lot of kerosene lamps hanging in the woods. It's become a bit more legitimate, but there's nothing we can do about it. There are a lot of things people need but can't buy, so they just have to exchange what they need!
Pork doesn't require a ticket now, but you need money and it has to be in stock when you go. There's a long line of people waiting inside, and by the time it's your turn, it's sold out.
If you still want something at this time, you have to go to the black market!
At this time, the black market was not as profitable as it would be later. It only cost a dime to enter, but there were still various expenses such as labor, food, drink, and toilet expenses.
Therefore, in order to generate income, people in the black market have to trade in rare goods in order to really make money.
Ye Zhiqiu took a piece of cloth from a distance, covered his face, and then found a familiar entrance. After paying a dime, he carried his things and walked in.
The people in the black market also bought things, so Ye Zhiqiu didn't plan to sell them himself. Instead, he picked up the rabbit and walked towards the first stall where they bought things.
Ye Zhiqiu put the things down and said to the muscular masked man at the stall with a smile, "Brother, I caught some rabbits in the mountains. I heard that the trade here is fair, so I brought them here to sell to you."
Perhaps it was Ye Zhiqiu's flattery that pleased the burly man. He smiled heartily and said, "Thank you for your kindness. Please open the bag and let me weigh it. I will definitely give you a good price!"
Ye Zhiqiu obediently untied the bag. He had tied the rabbits' feet with straw, so there was no need to worry about them running away.
The strong man lifted up all ten rabbits and said happily, "I haven't had such fat rabbits for a long time. You can be called a good hunter for getting so many! How about this, these rabbits are really good, and they are all alive. How about I give you three dollars and eighty cents each?"
Don't be offended by the price; we'll only sell it for $3.90 or $4.00 at most, so we're not making any extra money from you."
Ye Zhiqiu believed this, but they certainly wouldn't sell it that way. If they had connections, they could sell the meat to a public-private joint venture restaurant and then prepare the skin and sell it to the factory. They could at least make more than one yuan per rabbit.
However, Ye Zhiqiu didn't mind selling it like this. He could accept the price, so he sold it directly.
After counting the money handed over, Ye Zhiqiu found it was thirty-eight yuan, not a penny less. He was about to leave when the burly man stopped him.
"Wait a minute, little brother. I have a business deal I want to discuss with you!"
Ye Zhiqiu stopped and asked curiously, "Brother, I'm just an ordinary country boy who can only lasso rabbits and catch fish. What business do you have that I can do?"
Biao Han smiled and replied, "Still about the rabbits. Can you catch some more and send them over next time? To be honest, we've been buying too little game lately, and the boss is a little unhappy about it.
I was thinking, you caught so many rabbits this time. There will definitely be more next time. Can you send them all to us? I won't let you suffer a loss either. Next time, as long as the rabbits you send are similar to the ones you brought today, I will give you a ten-cent markup on each one. How about that?
"Well, what's the big deal? Big brother, since you said so, I'll just bring it to you when I catch another rabbit later!"
Ye Zhiqiu said this, but he had actually stopped thinking about it. Honestly, the price was acceptable here. But if they were sold in the city, the price would be at least 50 cents more, meaning ten pieces would cost five yuan.
I'm going to the city soon to work as a buyer at a brewery, so why should I waste the space with these rabbits?
After a few polite words, Ye Zhiqiu began to browse the stalls. He first bought needles and thread, which were not expensive, so he only spent 20 cents.
Then he bought two bottles of peanut oil for five yuan, which meant they were all gone. Otherwise, Ye Zhiqiu would have bought more! He knew that after oil was rationed, it would be in dire straits! If he bought it now for two and a half yuan a bottle and kept it in the space for a year, he might be able to sell it for more than ten yuan.
I spent three yuan to buy two pieces of bacon. Pork is only 80 cents now. These two pieces of bacon weigh nearly two pounds, and it's only three yuan. It's really worth it!
After a while of shopping, I bought a pound and a half of sugar, also known as brown sugar, for 1.5 yuan. It's not about whether it's expensive or not, it's about how hard it is to buy later, and you can't buy it until the Chinese New Year.
Pork and other things are actually hard to buy on the black market. Because it's hot now, no one dares to take the risk of dealing with it, as it will go bad if it can't be sold.
So Ye Zhiqiu went around and bought eight feet of cloth for one dollar and sixty cents, and a dried salted duck weighing nearly two kilograms for one dollar and eighty cents.
Then he went back to Biaohan and bought five boxes of matches, three pounds of salt, two lunch boxes, two towels, a flashlight and ten No. 1 batteries, spending a total of five yuan and fifteen cents.
Money at that time really lasted a long time. I bought a lot of things, put them in a sack and carried them on my back, and it only cost me 18.25 yuan!
If there were no natural disasters and food waste, the price of meat would really be cheap. Ye Zhiqiu knew that his rabbits could be sold at a high price because their fur was more valuable than their meat.
For example, a rabbit skin can be sold for a dollar, no matter how good it is. This is why Wang Xiaolan, even if she doesn't care about eating meat, still cares about the rabbit skin.
Because in the countryside at that time, there were really few things that could be sold for money! For example, potatoes were five cents a pound, ten pounds was only fifty cents, and a hundred pounds was only five dollars.
Ordinary vegetables cost between two and eight cents per pound, and rice cost twenty cents per pound. A person with a city hukou could buy food for a month for only a few yuan.
Of course, the price would drop after I bought with receipts, but when the rations were reduced, I had to bear the pain of buying rice at five yuan a pound on the black market just to avoid going hungry.
After buying the things, Ye Zhiqiu carried the bag and started walking home. It was already eight o'clock, and there were flashlights in the distance and ahead of him on the road.
Ye Zhiqiu carried the thing for fifteen minutes, then turned off the flashlight and put it into the space.
He hurried on his way by moonlight, not because he was stingy and wanted to save the batteries, but because the moon in this era could really light the way home!
Due to the excessive amounts of things in the atmosphere of later generations and light pollution, the moonlight can no longer illuminate the road.
Although it was a dirt road, it was very clear under the moonlight. Ye Zhiqiu walked like this for two hours.
The people I met during the period would not speak, and they did not even take off the mask on their faces. After all, at this time of the day, everyone knew what was going on and no one would be stupid enough to say hello.
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