National Tide 1980.

Chapter 16 Price

The specific manifestation of price loosening is inflation.

In fact, since the end of 1979, Beijing has raised the prices of eight kinds of non-staple foods such as pork, mutton, beef, poultry, fresh eggs, vegetables and aquatic products.

After only a short period of stability, the prices of these eight kinds of non-staple foods began to lose their grip and began to rise one after another.

Over the past year, there has even been a rise in the price of related products and a large number of bargaining commodities flooding the market.

Such as bulk beer, the national price is [-] cents for a large bowl.

However, due to the shortage of goods, some places in the capital raised two cents and sold a large bowl for two cents.

Of course, the customers were not happy. Ning Weimin's neighbor, Master Luo, was more than that.

"Isn't it [-] cents? How did it become [-] cents? Besides, you didn't give a full bowl!"

The waiter didn't care.

And just because the workload has increased, the words will of course come out sideways.

"It's still not in stock! You can drink it if you want, and you won't drink it if you don't! Anyway, if you don't drink it, someone will drink it."

"Hey, you kid is so arrogant, are you still unreasonable?"

"You have to be reasonable, don't you? Tell you, everyone else throws ice cubes into loose beer, do you know that? I'm worthy of you for not doing this. You drink pure beer. You are quite old? How can you take advantage of it? Are you good?"

So the two quarreled and had a lot of fun.

This is still the case with beer, and the daily necessities like vegetables are even more serious.

In particular, this thing is still graded, what has always been waited for, and what price is it sold for.

Think about it, so many kinds of dishes have to be sold together every day, which is a rather complicated price system.

Naturally, disputes are more likely to arise, as well as the problem of the store raising prices without authorization.

Therefore, in order to prevent similar situations, the government's temporary response method is to let newspapers publish the price adjustment notice issued by the government every day.

As for the common people, they developed the habit of taking newspapers to buy vegetables.

Only by looking at it in this way can we know whether the store is raising prices indiscriminately.

Unfortunately, this approach is purely theoretical and often fails to solve practical problems.

Like Ning Weimin's neighbor, Aunt Mi, who sells vegetables in a non-staple food store on Meishi Street, she has the deepest understanding of this.

For example, one day, according to the price in the newspaper, the small cabbage should be two cents a pound, and it should be reduced by five cents.

But the non-staple food store still sells it at the price of the previous day, which is two cents per pound.

As a result, because the price of the vegetables increased by [-] cents, customers frequently raised their opinions and argued with Aunt Mi.

But this non-staple food shop is different from a restaurant, guarding the door of the house, and seeing many of them are acquaintances.

Aunt Mi couldn't even slap her face when she was wronged, so she could only explain it in kind words.

"Neighbors, you can't keep up with the vegetable shop. There are so many kinds of vegetables, and the price is one per day. How can I adjust it? Besides, the leader asked me to sell at this price, so I can't help it. Everyone understands and understands. , the overcharged money belongs to the state, not into my pocket..."

In this way, it took a day to sell vegetables, but also a day of urgency.

Aunt Mi's mouth was almost broken.

That's it, I almost couldn't hold it back several times, and I choked up in the air.

It is very likely that today's people will see this and say, five cents more or five cents less, isn't it half a cent?As for what?

But that was the case back then, really.

To put it bluntly, in addition to everyone's low income, the key is the money of the year. It is really possible to break a penny into eight petals.

Take a child buying candy bars as an example, the economic account can be calculated more than half a cent.

It was also during this period that a customer in Beijing published an article in the "Beijing Evening News", expressing his opinion on the candy counter of the store.

The article pointed out that a catty of fruit candy is one yuan and one cent, and the amount should be around 110 four yuan.

So based on this inference, it is more reasonable to give at least 11 yuan of sugar for a dime.

But some stores charge a dime, and the salesperson grabs seven or eight yuan for the child, which is wrong.

It should be childlike and not deceived, let alone deceive small customers.

This matter, of course, is not so high-level on the line.

Because the store is not run by a salesperson, what are they looking for?

It can only be said that it is to save trouble!

But this also proves that people in those days were so sensitive to prices.

Therefore, since 1980, the word "price" has gradually become the hottest word in the society.

Since then, for quite a long time, in various investigations.

Concerns about the "price" of a commodity almost always come first or second.

This kind of sensitivity and enthusiasm is like people facing the housing price problem today.

It was also from this time that the price inspection began to prevail, and the price bureau became a very famous bureau.

The price inspection offices and supervision stations in various places have also become the most majestic and real power departments.

To be honest, this historical period is actually a very special time period.

The whole society, up and down, is somewhat insecure.

Most people feel both erratic and panic in their hearts.

Because almost everyone has problems that urgently need to be solved, but are temporarily difficult to solve.

Either for work, or for life, or for family, or for children, or for national events, or for firewood, rice, oil and salt...

Especially out of the unknown of "crossing the river by feeling the stones" and not knowing what direction the country and their own future will change, it makes people feel as uneasy as stepping on a pile of cotton.

But let's not say, it is in such a social environment that Ning Weimin, this kid, is more and more like a duck to water.

This is of course due to his special attributes as a transmigration person.

You must know that these issues that are troubling most people at present, but for him who is familiar with the trend of history, he has absolutely no worries of "seeing the flowers in the mist".

Yes, things are going up in price.

And all non-staple foods are rising.

This is the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China that people feel that the cost of living is higher than a day on a sustained basis.

But this is in the future, and that is what happens every day.

What did he Ning Weimin have seen before?

Garlic you are cruel, beans you play, Jiang you army, Tang Gaozong...

Which one is not as fierce as the current rally?

Even the wine and meal he drank at Time Travel, and a plate of braised pork on the table, cost over a hundred, so shouldn't you eat as you please.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't care how much this little cabbage rises at the moment, and how much more expensive the meat is.

It's all a small fight, and the common people will get used to it sooner or later.

Besides, on the other hand, what does Ning Weimin rely on for food?

As a person from the future who is determined to get rich by speculation.

Of course, the more relaxed the system and the more flexible the price, the better for him.

What he really couldn't get used to was the social environment where he had just crossed over and couldn't find any gaps.

To be honest, if it weren't for the luck that there was an old man Kang by his side at that time, he could instruct him to go to the eastern suburbs garbage dump to seek a living.

Not to mention that he had no way of grabbing the monkey ticket that passed by.

Just where to get firewood, rice, oil and salt every day and how to fill his stomach is enough for him to worry about.

But now the social environment is completely different.

As soon as the price is loosened, I feel like I can do anything.

Take breakfast as an example. When he just came back, if he didn't have food stamps, they would not sell it.

It's not the death of people, it's the death of the system.

Stores that do not accept food stamps cannot enter the account, nor can they enter the grain and oil.

Now it is much more flexible, a bit like a market economy.

The money can be used for food stamps. If you don't have enough, you can buy it as long as you are willing to add some money.

In addition, despite more and more educated youth returning to the city, the buses are getting less crowded.

But this is also a good thing for Ning Weimin.

You must know that when the educated youth return to the city, it will be difficult to find a job for the time being, which will inevitably bring additional economic expenses to many families.

Over time, coupled with changes in prices, many families could not stand it and had to send their valuables to trust stores.

Like second-hand all-steel men's watches have always been a popular item in trust stores.

Originally, Ning Weimin wanted to buy a newer one, but it was not easy. Only a larger trust store could see it.

Especially for a class of all-steel watches like Huhai, Jingcheng, and Shuangling, you have to take chances.

But now at any trust store on the street, there are at least six or seven all-steel watches suitable for refurbishment for him to choose from.

You can even see imported watches such as Longines, Omega, Rolex, Plum Blossom, West Horse, Rome, Great England, Bailangduo... and so on.

There are also foreign exchange vouchers, which are a universal solution to supply sources.

As long as you are willing to spend money to exchange it, you can buy anything rare from the Friendship Store.

Therefore, the supply of goods for Ning Weimin to choose in the market is becoming more and more abundant.

Not only is he enough to meet the needs of those blind streamers.

Even he has figured out how to continue to fool the blind streamers.

That is to continue to upgrade consumption.

After buying domestic watches, he can fool them into buying foreign watches.

After the foreign watch, you can buy a chatterbox, and after the chatterbox, you can buy a bicycle, a tricycle, and even a TV...

Human desire is a bottomless pit.

As long as these idiots have copper and money, then they can eat "infinitely scarce".

What he is really worried about now is that industrial coupons must not be cancelled too early.

That would directly affect his earnings.

(End of this chapter)