Ye Zhiqiu brought the fish up very smoothly. It was a catfish weighing nearly three and a half pounds. It was much bigger than the one he ate yesterday!
The old man looked at the big catfish with a look of longing in his eyes. He had never caught such a big catfish before.
His eyes rolled around, and he couldn't help but ask, "Young man, I think your fish is pretty good. Do you want to sell it? If you can, I'll buy it at the black market price, so you don't have to go to the black market."
Ye Zhiqiu's idea moved. He really didn't need such a fish. Since he said he wanted to buy it at the black market price, it would be okay for him to sell it to him.
He immediately said with a smile, "Well, it doesn't matter who I sell it to. Old man, you helped me get the fish out. Since you want it, I'll sell it to you! This fish is at least three and a half pounds, no more, no less, so I'll calculate it as three and a half pounds!"
Seeing that Ye Zhiqiu was so knowledgeable and tactful, the old man smiled, put the fish into the bucket, and began to calculate the account for Ye Zhiqiu.
"On the black market, fish like carp and grass carp are 55 cents per pound, which is 15 cents more expensive than buying them at the market. This large catfish is rare and more juicy, so I think I can sell it for 70 cents per pound.
"According to the three and a half pounds you mentioned, that's two dollars and forty-five cents. That five cents isn't bad, so I'll give it to you at two dollars and fifty cents. Is that a price you can accept?"
Ye Zhiqiu had no objection to this and agreed immediately. After the deal was done, the two of them felt like they had forgotten their past grudges. Ye Zhiqiu simply went fishing nearby and chatted with the old man.
"Old man, do you know what the price of rat snakes and rabbit meat is on the black market right now? To be honest, I came here this time because I caught some wild rabbits in the mountains. They weighed over four pounds each, and the rat snakes weighed at least three pounds, so I thought I'd sell them for some money."
The wild rabbits here don't grow very big, at most they weigh a little over five kilograms, so a little over four kilograms is considered quite large.
"Have you skinned this rabbit? Generally speaking, if it's still alive and skinned, it weighs more than four pounds and can be sold for three dollars and fifty cents per pound. If you skin and remove the internal organs, it can only be calculated at seventy cents per pound.
Rape snakes are rarely sold, and I don't know the exact price, but it's at least two yuan per pound. But I suggest you sell the snake meat to the buyers. Many buyers from factories in the city can offer high prices for snake meat.
Ye Zhiqiu was a little surprised, because pork is only 80 cents a pound now! There are no meat tickets yet. It's still a time when there is no need for tickets.
But it's really hard for people in the countryside to make money! If Ye Zhiqiu hadn't come into this world, the Ye family would only be able to spend money to buy meat during festivals.
Ye Zhiqiu thought about the things in his space. He didn't want to sell the chickens and ducks right now because he wanted to grow and expand. You have to know that time in his space is not accelerated; it's the same as time in the outside world. There's also no accelerated growth or magical spring water that can cure all diseases.
The drought began this summer and ended after the summer harvest of 1963. In other words, the difficult period was not three years, but five.
However, supplies were still plentiful at this time, but there was no way for individuals to obtain them. Nowadays, it was all about business-to-business transactions, with no room for private transactions.
If that was the case, then he really had nothing to sell. Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Grandpa, do you know the price of geese? I want to buy a pair of geese, but I don't know if I can get my hare in exchange."
"Big geese are expensive, at least six or seven yuan each, depending on the weight. But why would you buy a big goose? They're not allowed to be raised privately anymore, so there's no point in buying them!"
Ye Zhiqiu thought for a moment and quickly explained, "Master, do you know the Baijia girl? Someone in our village wants to marry a Baijia girl. The girl asked for a pair of geese as a betrothal gift from her village, so that's why I asked."
The old man thought about it, then suddenly realized and asked, "She's the girl who grew up eating at a hundred families' houses, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and smiled, "That's right, that's the girl. Their village doesn't have geese and ducks, but we have ducks, and we can apply for them by submitting a report. But we have to work hard to get geese, so I'm thinking about whether I can get a big goose on the black market."
The old man nodded and said seriously, "Then don't even think about it. There are no pairs of geese on the black market. If you buy them carelessly, if the geese are paired, they won't lay eggs or hatch goslings."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded with a headache. He knew about geese. They were truly monogamous. If they didn't have a partner, they would choose to live out their lives alone and would not reproduce with other members of the opposite sex.
The old man and the young man chatted while fishing for a long time. Ye Zhiqiu didn't catch any fish, and the old man didn't catch any fish either.
The two of them packed up their fishing rods and went their separate ways. When no one was around, Ye Zhiqiu put the simple fishing rod into the space and then took out a lunch box from the space.
Then I went straight to the commune canteen, waited in line for a long time and got three steamed buns made of two-grain flour and a big spoonful of fried potato slices with chili peppers.
At this time, there will be another situation, that is, people will find out where a pig will be slaughtered today, and then run to eat a meat meal.
After all, meat is truly hard to come by, so it's fair to say that city dwellers are the happiest! Right now, meat doesn't require meat coupons; anyone with money can buy it. Starting next year, when various supplies become scarce, coupons will be implemented, and gradually, everything will require coupons.
In the end, even the groceries we buy have to be rationed. How can we deal with this?
After Ye Zhiqiu finished eating, he rolled his eyes and simply ran to get another meal! This way, he could put it in the space and he wouldn't have to run to get food at night.
He is not the only one who thinks this way. Some people will take a portion home and have it as a midnight snack even if they are full.
But you might not be hungry, so you leave it for the next day, and when it goes bad, you throw it away to feed the pigs and dogs! As a result, you will have to pay for the wasted food by going hungry later!
Ye Zhiqiu found a place, put the lunch box into the space, lay down under the shade of a tree and fell asleep. He slept until five o'clock in the afternoon.
He took the lunch box out of the space and started eating. Then Ye Zhiqiu started packing the things in the space. He was going to sell them on the black market and buy some good stuff to take back.
Actually, there wasn't much in it, just ten rabbits, divided between two sacks. At half past six, Ye Zhiqiu carried the two sacks on a stick and started walking towards the woods near the black market.
The reason for going there in advance is that there will be many black market thugs stalking us in the dark places outside.
He didn't dare to release it after he got to the destination. If he was seen by the people who were following him, it would be a headache.
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