The hustle and bustle outside was still going on. The mother and daughter took a walk and went back. As soon as they got home, they both slipped into the space and got busy.
Having just picked up a lot of usable things at the scrap yard, Gong Linglong borrowed a hammer, saw, etc. from her aunt's house, and started banging away at them in the space, making some rough but durable shelves and cabinets.
Bai Shuixian was also a person who couldn't sit still. She picked all the ripe fruits and vegetables and said to her, "Linglong, I found that this space has a fresh-keeping function. After picking these fruits and vegetables, they won't lose water and go bad."
“Space has its own magic.”
Gong Linglong looked at the fresh vegetables in the basket and discussed with her: "Mom, I'm going to go out and find the black market this afternoon and sell some of these vegetables."
"Linglong, the black market is full of mixed people, and speculation and profiteering are being strictly enforced now. Why don't you not go there?" Bai Shuixian was afraid that something might happen to her.
"Mom, I have a space as a cover. If I encounter danger, I can just hide in the space."
Gong Linglong wanted to give it a try and explore the market conditions in the black market. Moreover, she had two protectors, the small artifact and the ancient bracelet space, on her body. She was not afraid of being caught at all. Even if she was caught, she had a way to escape.
Bai Shuixian thought about it and agreed: "Okay, go ahead and try it. I'll help you organize the vegetables now."
They decided to go to the black market to sell goods in the afternoon. The mother and daughter finished their lunch early. Bai Shuixian did not stay at home to rest, but insisted on staying in the space and going out with her.
It took Gong Linglong more than half an hour to find the location of the nearest black market. She dressed herself up first, wrapped her head with a headscarf, and walked to the entrance carrying two large baskets of candied oranges and vegetables and knocked on the door.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman. She was not tall, but her eyes were very sharp. Seeing that she was a stranger, she asked her, "Are you new here? Do you know the rules here?"
"Understand."
Gong Linglong deliberately lowered her voice and lied, "I came here with my relatives."
The middle-aged woman looked at the goods in her basket, said nothing, opened the door and let her in.
The black market is dimly lit, with only a few oil lamps providing illumination. The passages are narrow and damp. These were underground passages dug during the Anti-Japanese War and are now being used for underground transactions.
Gong Linglong walked along the passage and saw that there were many forks in the road, leading to all directions. She could hear the noise from afar.
"It seems that this black market is quite large."
When she came to the middle selling area with her basket, the vendors squatting on the ground selling goods almost turned their heads to look at her at the same time, each of them was very cautious and vigilant.
Gong Linglong took a casual look and saw that everyone was selling mountain products and local products, of all kinds. Some were also selling pheasants and rabbits. There were also many people coming to the black market to buy goods. Almost everyone had a basket in their hands, and there were people in front of each stall looking at the goods and negotiating prices.
She found a corner and squatted down, taking out the fresh fruits and vegetables from the basket and arranging them. Seeing a woman walking by, she offered to sell them: "Sister-in-law, fresh rock sugar oranges and vegetables, the price is cheap, would you like to take some?"
The woman stopped and looked down at her vegetables. They were very clean, without a single rotten leaf. The rock sugar oranges were all uniform in size and had fresh peels. She asked, "How much?"
"Vegetables are 2.5 cents a pound, and rock sugar oranges are 10 cents."
Nowadays, the monthly salary of regular workers in state-owned factories is only 30 or 40 yuan. In a state-owned restaurant, a plate of stir-fried vegetables costs 5 cents, and a plate of stir-fried meat costs 10 cents. The price of vegetables has not changed for many years, and is basically around 2 cents per pound.
There are not many varieties of vegetables in winter. Now that the Spring Festival has just passed, she has already inquired about the prices. The current prices are a little more expensive than usual, and two cents and a half per pound is just right.
The other party first looked at her vegetables and saw that they were very fresh. He said, "I'll buy all these vegetables. Give me a discount."
"Okay, two points and three points."
The first customer was a big one, and Gong Linglong knew how to do business, so she gave her a discount.
She had just brought in over 20 kilograms of vegetables. She borrowed a scale from her aunt's house and weighed it for her. "It's a little over 23 kilograms, so I'll give it to her for 52 cents."
"Put it in the bag for me."
The other party brought a sack, and Gong Linglong helped her put the food into the bag. She also grabbed a rock candied tangerine and gave it to her: "Sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of your business. Please have a rock candied tangerine. It's very sweet."
"You are quite good at doing business." The other party accepted it with a smile.
She had just arrived and she had already sold out all the vegetables. The stall owner next to her was very envious. Gong Linglong saw him staring at the candied oranges in the basket and generously gave one to him: "Uncle, you can have one."
"That's so embarrassing."
The man was dressed in rags, his hands were covered with thick calluses, and in front of him was a pile of soybeans, peanuts, etc., which were obviously grown at home and exchanged on the black market to supplement his family income.
Gong Linglong threw the tangerines to him and chatted with him in a low voice: "Uncle, do you come here often to sell? Is it easy to sell?"
"I only come to sell it once every ten days or half a month. I can sell it, but the price is low."
The other party accepted the candied tangerines, but did not eat them. He put them in his pocket, probably wanting to take them home to feed his children.
Seeing that his goods were neatly packed and looked good, with plump soybeans and peanuts, Gong Linglong said to him, "You can make soybean paste and Laba beans from the beans, and fry the peanuts into peanuts. These will sell better, and people can eat them straight away. You can charge half the price."
The other party listened carefully to her and thought her suggestion was really good. He smiled naively and said, "You're right. Food that can be served directly to the table will sell better and the price will be much better."
After helping him come up with an idea, their relationship became closer. Gong Linglong took the initiative to talk to him and heard a lot about the market conditions and experience of selling goods on the black market from the uncle. Later, a customer came to buy candied oranges, and she helped the uncle sell soybeans and peanuts together.
After selling all the goods, Gong Linglong left the black market and reported to her mother through voice transmission: "Mom, I've sold them all. I made less than a dollar in total, just enough to buy a pound of pork."
“You sold out so quickly, that’s great.”
Bai Shuixian was chopping peppers in the space and said to her, "Linglong, vegetables grow fast in the space. Jingchuan's unit is in the suburbs of Seoul, so it's not convenient for you to go to the city's black market to resell them frequently."
"I just thought about it. We can enclose a piece of land in the space to raise more poultry and livestock, feed them with these grains and vegetables, and then rent them out to people for slaughter in the future."
"Livestock and poultry are valuable and easy to sell. We can sell as much as we can, and we don't have to go out and take risks selling vegetables often. What do you think of this arrangement?"
"Okay." Gong Linglong agreed.
These days, supplies are scarce, livestock and poultry are particularly hard to sell, and even eggs are in short supply.
She had just taken a walk around the black market. As soon as the eggs were put on the stall, customers immediately came to grab them. No one bargained, and no matter how much they had, they were sold quickly.
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