In the evening, Qian Shulan went out for a special trip, and when she came back she brought a cart full of fine grains.
This time it was mostly rice, with a few being flour and cornmeal.
After the exchange, Jiang Yuying paid Qian Shulan the difference, but Qian Shulan only took half.
"I bought a lot of food this time. Can you ask your colleagues if they want any fine grains?"
Jiang Yuying nodded in agreement, but hesitated a little, "Godmother, are you dealing in grain?"
Qian Shulan waved her hands, looking terrified. "What are you thinking? We can't even afford food in the countryside right now. I only know this one person who deals in food, and he only sells fine grains. If I don't change the fine grains into coarse grains, how can I support my family in the future?"
Jiang Yuying thought so too. Her godmother shouldn't be so bold.
After finishing their meal, the three of them fell asleep.
The Jiang family’s place is not big, with only two rooms. Zhengguo and Qian Shulan slept in one room.
Qian Shulan felt very touched when she saw Zhengguo carefully placing the notebook next to his pillow.
She thought she should reward Zhengguo, after all, he was admitted to a technical secondary school. She glanced at the clothes Zhengguo was wearing, which had several patches on them.
Last year, there were very few cloth coupons distributed, so the family had to draw lots. Zhengguo was unlucky and didn't get a chance. The clothes he was wearing were made the year before last, and from wearing them every day, they had several patches on them.
Later, the clothes Xiang Hongjun sent her were all for adults, not children, so she never bought new clothes for her children.
Qian Shulan thought she should make him some new clothes.
I also need a little donkey. School is about to start, and I can’t dress too poorly, otherwise my classmates will laugh at me.
Early the next morning, Qian Shulan got up early to cook.
She went to the black market specially. It was just that she hadn't been there for a year. The black market was much more depressed than before. There used to be a few people selling eggs, but now there are none at all.
Come to think of it, everyone eats grain and runs a chicken factory, so there won't be any private individuals coming to sell eggs.
Qian Shulan took out a sack of food from the space to sell. What Aunt Wu said yesterday reminded Qian Shulan.
At her age, she may not be able to wait until the country develops commercial housing. It is better to make more money now and buy a few houses for her grandmother in the big city in the future. Even if her grandmother is not very capable in the future, she can still be a landlady and have no worries about food and drink for the rest of her life. By the way, Zhengguo is so cute, you can also leave him a house.
As for the others, we still have to wait and see. If they have good luck, give it to them, but if they don't, forget it.
As soon as she brought the bag of grain over, many people gathered around her. When they saw that it was fine grain, they all rushed to grab it.
Now the grain store only distributes coarse grains, and they haven't eaten fine grains for a long time. They are not those country people, their throats are so rough that they either have stomachaches or vomit acid after a few days. They are so exhausted that they are almost dead.
Some people came to see it every day in the past two months, but they couldn't buy fine grains. Even when they heard Qian Shulan said the price was twice as high as the supply and marketing cooperative, they still rushed to buy it.
Qian Shulan didn't have a scale, but luckily there was an old lady who lived nearby and lent her her scale.
Qian Shulan specially gave her two kilograms of corn flour as a thank you gift, which made the old lady smile with joy.
Soon, the bag of grain was sold out. Qian Shulan returned the scale to the old lady, stuffed the money into her bag (actually a space), and left with the bamboo basket.
When she returned home, her bamboo basket was already filled with various vegetables, all of which she had taken from the space.
Qian Shulan specially cooked a plate of mushrooms and green vegetables, fried leeks and eggs, fried shredded pork with celery and a bowl of egg drop soup. The staple food was white rice.
Jiang Yuying took a look at the dishes on the table and was surprised. "Godmother, where did you buy it from? Why can't I buy it?"
Qian Shulan picked up a dish for her with chopsticks and said, "Maybe it was a coincidence. I saw someone selling duck eggs today. It's a pity that I couldn't buy it because I was buying this dish."
Jiang Yuying smiled and comforted her, "It's good to have eggs."
Zhengguo felt so happy eating such delicious food.
It’s so good to live in the city. Not only can I eat rice, but I can also eat meat.
After the three of them finished their meal, Jiang Yuying went to work.
Qian Shulan took Zhengguo and pulled a cart of grain to trade.
The three places are quite close to each other, and the owners of the three houses are Wang Shouyi, Wang Shouli and Wang Zhengguo respectively.
Before coming to the county town, Qian Shulan had already brought all the household registration books and grain and oil books from her family, and also asked Wang Shouquan to write her a letter of introduction.
After finishing the three houses, it was almost time for lunch.
Qian Shulan took Zhengguo back to Jiang's house, reheated the food from the morning, and after eating, waited until the sun was not too strong before going out.
The two sat in the main room and chatted.
Jungkook looked at his real estate license over and over again.
This property license is similar to a certificate of merit, with Chairman M's portrait in the middle.
The form is also arranged vertically, with the name of the householder, address, reason for acquisition, acquisition date and geographical location of the house.
The reason for obtaining it here is actually that political review is required, and the stamp will only be issued after ensuring that there is no problem with the identity of the purchaser.
Zhengguo's house cannot be transferred to another place for the time being. He must first get a job and his employer must issue him a certificate before the transfer can be made.
"After the autumn harvest, grandma will go to the village and ask a few people to rebuild your house. The house is uninhabitable now." Qian Shulan touched Zhengguo's hair.
Zhengguo looked at his grandmother with sparkling eyes and said crisply, "Grandma, how much did you pay for the 100 kilograms of food for me? I'll pay you."
Qian Shulan laughed out loud at his amusement. "That hundred kilograms of food is a gift from grandma. It's free. My dear grandson is really sensible. He can earn money to buy a house at such a young age."
Zhengguo blushed with shame, but he still said, "Grandma, thank you!"
Qian Shulan nodded and asked casually, "What is your next plan?"
Zhengguo was stunned for a moment, feeling as if he had been seen through. He pursed his lips and said hesitantly, "Grandma, how did you know?"
"I'm just guessing."
Zhengguo was shocked. He could guess it even if it was just a blind guess. His grandmother was really amazing. He grabbed Qian Shulan's clothes and whispered, "You must buy a wife."
Qian Shulan almost choked on her own saliva and looked at him in disbelief. She had always thought of Zhengguo as a smart kid, but she had never noticed how he was precocious. Was she seeing things? She looked him up and down, "Who are you going to marry?"
Zhengguo shook his head, "I don't know yet. Don't they always have a house first and then a wife?"
Qian Shulan was speechless. So such a young child knows how to plan ahead for himself
"How did you come up with this idea?" Qian Shulan was very puzzled. Zhengguo hadn't even started to understand the relationship between men and women yet, and he had this idea, which was too strange.
Zhengguo said as if it was a matter of course, "Look at Dad, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Fifth Uncle, they all have a wife. I will definitely have one in the future. I will save money to marry a wife, so Dad and Mom won't have to work so hard."
This last sentence almost made Qian Shulan burst into tears. This child was really thoughtful.
She rubbed Zhengguo's little face and comforted him, "Grandma will definitely help you find a virtuous and capable wife. Let's take our time, there's no rush."
Zhengguo nodded. He was not in a hurry. He still had to finish school before getting married.
In the afternoon, around three o'clock, when the sun was not so strong, Qian Shulan took Zhengguo to the department store to buy things.
Zhengguo glanced at the clothes he was wearing and made a rare request, "Grandma, can I buy some new clothes?"
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Of course!"
As he said that, he took Zhengguo to the alley opposite the department store.
Qian Shulan whispered in his ear, "There are people here who specialize in reselling various bills. If you need any, you can come and buy them with Little Donkey."
Zhengguo nodded, and swallowed nervously at the end, "Will it be dangerous?"
Qian Shulan shook her head. "No! We are just buying tickets, not selling them. Even if we are caught, we will just be criticized and educated. Nothing will happen to us."
Jungkook breathed a sigh of relief.
When she reached the alley, Qian Shulan saw the scalper with whom she had done business before.
"I want cloth coupons, do you have any?"
Huang Niu raised his eyelids and whispered, "Yes, the cloth coupons are 3.5 yuan per foot."
Qian Shulan frowned, "Why is the price so much higher? I can understand the price increase of food coupons. But why is the price of cloth coupons rising so much as well?"
Huang Niu started to cry poor, "Auntie, you don't know how hard it is to get these cloth coupons. I have to go to the cotton mill many times a day to beg them to give me three feet."
Qian Shulan twitched her lips. Why did this line sound so familiar? She was just surprised just now. "Then find all the cloth coupons in your hand and give them to me."
The scalper was delighted, as he thought she would buy less because it was too expensive, but he didn't expect she would be such a big customer.
He shook out the bills one by one from his shoes, hat, sleeves, jacket pockets, trouser pockets, and trouser legs.
Zhengguo was stunned. He was amazed at the small mechanism of the notebook before, but this person was simply amazing. He could hide things all over his body.
The scalper took out all the cloth coupons and handed them to Qian Shulan.
Qian Shulan found the sewing plane ticket while he was looking through the papers one by one, and immediately stopped him from looking down, "Give me this one too."
The scalper was stunned for a moment and pointed at the words on it in surprise, "Are you sure you want this sewing machine ticket?" He emphasized the three words "sewing machine" very much.
Qian Shulan nodded and said, "OK."
The scalpers were overjoyed and said, "30 yuan per ticket"
He has had this ticket for more than a year, but he still hasn't sold it.
Thirty yuan a ticket is too expensive. Some people want this ticket and want to bargain because it is too expensive, but he insists on the price and won't budge. The main reason is that this ticket is too hard to get.
Qian Shulan took it and took a look at it. She found that the ticket was actually stamped in the provincial capital. "Did you have to go to the provincial capital to buy this ticket?"
Huang Niu looked up at her and said, "Of course! There are no sewing machines for sale in the county town. Where can you buy one if you don't go to the provincial capital?"
Qian Shulan was not surprised by this, of course. She knew that there were almost no valuables in the department store in this county town. She was more surprised by this person. "Do you have relatives or friends in the provincial capital?"
Nowadays, because the household registration management system is very strict, except for very special types of work, ordinary people who want to go to other places must have a letter of introduction. The letter of introduction states the destination. Within three days of arriving at the destination, they must register temporary accommodation information with the street where they are located. Otherwise, it is a violation of the law and they will be sent to jail.
The scalper smiled and said, "My cousin married in the provincial capital, and I often go to her house to see her." He also sold some tickets at the same time.
He didn't say the last sentence, but Qian Shulan could guess it to some extent.
Qian Shulan wanted to get some antiques. On the one hand, it was for spiritual power, and on the other hand, it was for future appreciation. But she couldn't run away for no reason, so she could only develop downlines. She became a top supplier.
Anyway, this scalper was also reselling bills, and had a base in the provincial capital. She could recruit him as her subordinate without worrying that he would expose himself.
Qian Shulan didn't want Zhengguo to know too much, so she said to Zhengguo, "Go and help grandma keep watch."
Zhengguo nodded immediately, tiptoed to the entrance of the alley and kept an eye on people outside.
After making sure he wouldn't hear her, Qian Shulan whispered, "Since you have a connection, I'd like to ask you for a favor. If you can help me get it done, I'll definitely get some benefits from you."
The scalper did not hesitate. People in this line of work are very courageous. "Auntie, you go ahead."
"I want some old stuff, can you help me get it? I want big yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, jade pendant, jadeite, etc."
The scalper was shocked that this man actually wanted these things.
No one dared to wear these things, even old silver bracelets, for fear of being accused of being capitalist. How could she dare to wear these things
"I don't want it myself. I know someone who has fine grain, but he needs to exchange it for old things." She sighed heavily, "You city people have dozens of kilograms of food every month, but we old farmers in the countryside don't have any food at all and are starving to death. Who cares if it's dangerous or not? It's good enough to fill our stomachs."
Huang Niu thought about it, but still didn't agree. "Aunt, this is a bit too big. Let me think about it."
Qian Shulan didn't rush him, "Okay! Take your time to think about it, I'm not in a hurry!"
After Qian Shulan counted the cloth coupons, she calculated the price with him.
The total amount was fifty-five feet of cloth coupons, plus the sewing machine ticket, which came to forty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents.
After paying, the scalper unexpectedly stopped Qian Shulan who was about to turn around and leave, "Auntie, how can I contact you?"
Qian Shulan was stunned, then she reacted and said with a smile, "You figured it out so quickly?"
Huang Niu nodded, "I thought about it, and you do have a point. In the past two months, food coupons have become increasingly difficult to obtain. And old items are always easier to obtain than dealing with bills!" He paused, scratching his hair in annoyance, "It's just that it's not easy for me to take it back! I have to check it when I take the bus. The risk is too great, you see..."
Qian Shulan thought so too. The fastest way to get from the provincial capital to Liuguan County is by car, and the car must be inspected. She thought for a while and said, "How about this, you save it for me first, and I will go to the provincial capital to get the things back in a month. The risk will be on my side, and you will not be in any danger. Do you think it's okay?"
Hearing this, the scalper was overjoyed and agreed on the spot, "Sure! I'm definitely willing to do it if there's no risk!" He paused and asked tentatively, "What's your price?"
"It's 50% more than what the bank offered. Jade ornaments and the like are extra."
The scalper was very surprised. So much? The bank charged one dollar for each silver dollar, and she charged one dollar and fifty cents. She made a profit of fifty cents. This was much more profitable than dealing in bills.
"Okay, auntie, just wait, I will definitely help you find the best one."
Qian Shulan nodded.
She stuffed the cloth coupons in her hand into her bag and turned away.
Zhengguo looked back at the scalper and saw that he was smiling so brightly. He secretly thought that this ticket should be easy to sell, right
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