Wearing the shopping mall through the 70s

Chapter 7 Black Market
"Okay, I'll take it then." Mrs. Ji said politely, "The family is about to run out of food. I want to ask you to borrow some food this time. I will pay it back."

"Borrowing food? My family has no food left. Mom, you don't know. Food is in short supply in the city right now. The monthly food supply was sold out all at once. My family is also tightening their belts, so where is the food left? I I still want to buy some more food!”

"Then let your sister stay here for two days."

"Mom! I'm not going to lie to you. If you want food now, you can only go there to buy it! But you also know the price there, but it's several times higher. How can I afford it here?"

Mrs. Ji stared at Shen Xiangbei, as if to confirm whether he was lying.In fact, everyone knows that Shen Xiangbei should be telling the truth.

Shen Ruoqing thought for a while and asked, "Fourth brother, what's the price of food there?"

"When I went there a few days ago, the price of rice had already risen to [-] yuan per catty, and it must have gone up again now. Coarse grains also sold for [-] cents per catty. Mom, I'm not going to lie to you, I really don't have any extra food at home. I lent it to you."

Shen Ruoqing knew that he was telling the truth, but he didn't expect that the price of rice had risen to two yuan per catty. This made Shen Ruoqing a little eager to make a move. The rice in the system was only sold for ten cents per catty, which was a price difference of twenty times!There's something going on!But where is this black market?
Mrs. Ji thought about it, the food distribution was in August, and there is still more than a month left. It will definitely not be possible without food, and I am afraid that I will really have to go to the black market to buy some.

"Then, Fourth Brother, please help me buy fifty kilograms of grain and some white flour for your little sister." Mrs. Ji pushed out a stack of money, totaling 24.67 yuan.

"Mom, this is not enough..." Shen Xiangbei looked confused. How could this money be enough to buy 50 kilograms of grain, let alone white flour?
"I only have so much money, you can buy it as you see fit." It was obvious that he wanted Shen Xiangbei to put in more money.

"Mom, are you taking us for granted?" Su Jieru couldn't bear it anymore and started to get angry: "You said you usually come to our house every now and then to enjoy the autumn breeze, but now you want us to use this little money to fix it for you. 50 kilograms of grain and white flour are not enough, and our family's life is not easy. Don't forget, I didn't marry into your family, but your family Shen Xiangbei married into my family!"

"Jieru, how can you talk to mom like this?" Shen Xiangbei pulled Su Jieru. If these words spread, will their family's reputation be lost?

"Where did I say something wrong? Didn't your mother come to visit you every now and then to say "Autumn Breeze"? Yes, our family's life is better than your brother from the country, but we can't come to say "Autumn Breeze" like this. We can't survive our little life. ?”

"Jieru, calm down first. What did I tell you before?" Shen Xiangbei pulled Su Jieru into the back room.

"Mom, are we embarrassing Fourth Brother too much?" Shen Ruoqing was a little embarrassed. It felt uncomfortable to come to the door and be pointed at and scolded by Qiu Feng.

"Wait, your fourth brother will help."

Sure enough, when Shen Xiangbei came out, Su Jieru was no longer shouting.

"Mom, you know that things are not easy for everyone these days. Jieru was scolded by her boss at work two days ago and is in a bad mood. Don't mind."

"Then go buy food quickly. I'll sit here and wait for you." Mrs. Ji didn't care about Su Jieru's previous words. If she was thin-skinned, she would not be able to survive long ago.

"Fourth brother, can I go with you?"

"That's dangerous. My dear, why are you following me? You just stay here with my old lady."

"Fourth brother can go, why can't I go? Mom, I want to see Changyan."

"Little sister, there's really nothing to see. Just wait for me at home." Shen Xiangbei also advised.

"Fourth Brother, just let me go. I can still help you carry food. Mom, just let me go. As long as Fourth Brother is here, I won't have any problems."

After grinding for a long time, Mrs. Ji finally relaxed after Shen Ruoqing's repeated assurances.Shen Xiangbei took Shen Ruoqing and set off.After twists and turns, we turned into a small alley.

"Little sister, you can't go in anymore. Just wait here for me. If someone with a red cloth on your arm comes, run home quickly." Shen Xiangbei warned, no matter what Shen Ruoqing said this time, I won’t take her with me anymore.But Shen Ruoqing just wanted to find the location of the black market, so Shen Xiangbei wouldn't take her with him.

Shen Xiangbei walked to the entrance of the alley in front, exchanged the code with the person at the entrance of the alley, and went in.

Shen Ruoqing thought about it and realized that he couldn't just come here in vain. He went far away to change his hairstyle, put some ash on his face, and bought another one from the system mall for nine yuan and ninety-nine yuan. A black coat wrapped up my whole body. I felt it was not safe, so I spent another penny to buy a mask.I took another large bamboo basket, also bought from the system mall, costing fifty cents each.Go to the black market.

Following Shen Xiangbei's instructions, the gatekeeper stretched out a hand.

"What are you doing standing there? Aren't you selling something? Pay the stall fee, [-] cents. No money? I'll give it to you later when you sell everything."

It turned out that you had to pay money to sell things, so Shen Ruoqing gave him two cents and walked in quickly.

Shen Ruoqing observed for a while and found that most people in the black market set up stalls everywhere and covered all the things. Someone came up to ask before showing the things to others.

Shen Ruoqing followed suit and laid out the things.The bamboo basket was covered with a layer of cloth, just waiting for people to come to inquire.

After a while, someone came forward: "Comrade, what are you selling?"

"Rice, white noodles, and dried noodles, it depends on what you want." Shen Ruoqing deliberately spoke in a rough voice.

"What? Show me." Shen Ruoqing took the cloth away and revealed what was inside.

"Why is this rice so white? Is this Fuqiang rice noodles? And these noodles look good. How did you sell them at this price?"

"Rice costs two yuan per catty, white flour costs two and a half yuan per catty, and dried noodles cost two and a half yuan per catty." Shen Ruoqing reported the price in a low voice.

"Your price is a bit expensive. I want ten kilograms of rice, two kilograms of dried noodles, and one kilogram of white noodles. You can make it cheaper for me."

"It's 27.5 yuan in total. I'll give you 27, so I'll give you a discount of [-] cents. As you can see, I have good products here. It's normal for the price to be a little higher."

In fact, the price is not expensive, because the quality is so good, but it is only [-] cents cheaper. The people who came were very happy, and they quickly paid and left. Many people came one after another and sold everything in the bamboo baskets. Guang, Shen Ruoqing added goods twice in the middle, but stopped. After all, it is just a bamboo basket. It is not good to sell too many things, as others will see the problem.

Shen Ruoqing sold a total of 60 kilograms of rice, 45 kilograms of white noodles, and 30 kilograms of dried noodles, earning a total of 306 yuan. After excluding costs, he made a total of 291 yuan.

When he was about to leave, he saw his fourth brother coming to his stall.

Shen Ruoqing panicked for a moment, then comforted himself that Shen Xiangbei might not recognize him.

"Comrade, do you have any white noodles?"

Shen Ruoqing was about to open her mouth and say no, but then she thought about it and secretly put 5 kilograms of white noodles into the bamboo basket.

(End of this chapter)