My Courtyard Refuge

: Pig Head

Yang Lina was not a stubborn person in the first place, but after being persuaded by her husband, she was quickly persuaded.

“You wait here, and let the waiter pack the pastries by the way. I’ll go back to the car to get the cigarettes, and I’ll be right back.” Xu Dong confessed.

In order to keep a low profile, the couple came out with bare hands, leaving cigarettes and milk in the car.

There are security patrols in the parking lot, so you don’t have to worry about being stolen.

Yang Lina nodded and reminded: “Husband, you should also pay attention to yourself, don’t be targeted by thieves.”

“I see.”

After speaking, he squeezed out of the crowd and left in a hurry.

In less than five minutes, Xu Dong trotted back with a plastic bag in his hand.

When a person reaches middle age, his physical fitness declines rapidly, and he no longer has the energy of his youth, and he is out of breath even when he runs.

Yang Lina quickly took out a tissue, wiped the sweat off her husband’s forehead, and babbled at the same time:

“Why are you running in such a hurry, we are not in a hurry.”

“It’s okay, sweating once in a while is good for your body, are the pastries packed yet?”

Yang Lina pointed at the counter, “It’s all packed, 50 puffs, and some other pastries.”

Xu Dong nodded in satisfaction, then handed the bag in his hand to the waiter:

“The cigarette is in the bag, you can check it.”

The waiter took the bag with a smile, then took out the whole stick of cigarettes in front of Xu Dong, and began to verify the authenticity.

Xu Dong’s cigarettes are purchased through regular channels, and it is basically impossible for fake cigarettes to appear.

“No problem, we’ll take the cigarettes.” The waiter’s smile was a little more sincere.

“It’s okay, wife, let’s go!”

Xu Dong stepped forward to pick up the packing box, a box full of cream puffs, it looked like a lot, but it only weighed three catties.

On the surface, Xu Dong made a profit from this order. After all, no matter how good a cigarette is, it cannot be eaten as a meal.

But in the long run, it is definitely a loss.

Tobacco cultivation is much more difficult than wheat, and there are policy restrictions.

In Xu Dong’s previous life, the share of tobacco planting planned by the state would become smaller and smaller, and it would be so small that it could be ignored in a few years.

After all, people are running out of food, so there is no way to think about the needs of smokers.

In the future, the price of cigarettes will only become more and more expensive, and will eventually replace jewelry bags and become synonymous with luxury.Where there is a demand, there is a market. There is never a shortage of rich people in this world.

“Come again next time, our store has discounts for old customers.”

“It’s easy to say.”

Amidst the smiling faces of the shop assistants, the two of Xu Dong left the pastry shop, and the crowd of onlookers gave them envious looks.

After walking more than ten meters, Yang Lina couldn’t wait to take out a puff and stuffed it into her husband’s mouth:

“Husband, is it delicious?”

“It’s delicious, try it too.” Xu Dong also fed his wife a puff.

“Sweet…”

Yang Lina ate five puffs in a row before she stopped talking. It wasn’t because she was greedy, but she hadn’t eaten for a long time, and she missed it.

…

After continuing to shop for more than half an hour, Xu Dong and his wife finally found a butcher shop. All other meat was sold out, and there was only one big pig’s head left in the refrigerator.

Xu Dong stepped forward and took the initiative to chat with the owner.

“Boss, how do you sell this pig’s head?”

The owner of the shop was very polite, “If you buy it with money, it costs 6,000 yuan a piece. You can also exchange it for something. As long as it is a good thing, the price is negotiable.”

“Your pig’s head weighs fifteen catties at most, and six thousand yuan is too expensive. Can you counter the price?” Xu Dong shook his head.

This price is outrageous, a catty of meat costs about 400 yuan, and the current drought has only lasted for half a year, and it is still early before the real famine.

“I’m sorry, the price is the same, you can buy it or not.” The owner said leisurely. Anyway, as long as it is meat, there is no need to worry about selling it.

“If you exchange things, how do you exchange them?”

Although Xu Dong is not short of money, he doesn’t want to be taken advantage of, he can only see if he can exchange it with other things.

The owner smiled and took out a printed catalog from under the counter and handed it to Xu Dong.

“All the above items can be exchanged, and the prices are all marked. If there are other items, you can also tell them.”

Xu Dong took the form and glanced at it. It was basically the same as the one at the pawn shop, except that the price of gold was a bit higher, 1,000 yuan per gram, rounded up.

In recent months, along with the overall rise in prices, the price of gold has naturally risen, almost more than tripled.

“Isn’t the price of gold low here?”

“Small business, no deception!” The shopkeeper put on a friendly gesture of making money.

Xu Dong tried to ask, “Do you want milk here?”

“What milk?”

The owner is interested, milk is also a good thing, even more popular than pork, after all, no one has a child.

“Deluxe’s ​​pure milk, the kind in a box.” Xu Dong replied.

“Is the quality okay?”

“Don’t worry, the shelf life is still two or three months away!” Xu Dong assured.

The shopkeeper thought for a while, stood up and asked, “How do you want to change it?”

“How about I exchange a box for your pig’s head?” Xu Dong tentatively asked.

The shopkeeper quickly shook his head and shouted, “Impossible, your asking price is too harsh.”

“Or, should you bid here?”

“How about ten boxes? One box of milk costs at most five or six hundred yuan, and ten boxes is just about six thousand yuan.” The owner of the shop was the lion.

Before Xu Dong could answer, Yang Lina shook her head crazily and said, “Boss, we can deliver up to three boxes, and we don’t have one more box.”

“Three boxes are a little short, should I add more?”

“It’s really gone, there are only three boxes of milk left in our house.” Yang Lina bit down the amount in one bite.

The owner hesitated for a moment.

According to the price before the drought, he was undoubtedly the one who suffered the disadvantage, but right now milk is obviously more scarce than meat, so it is fair to switch.

“Boss, whether it works or not, why don’t you give me a word?” Yang Lina urged, this is also a trick to bargain.

Seeing that Xu Dong and his wife were about to leave, the shop owner immediately pulled Xu Dong back, and said anxiously: “Don’t go, I didn’t say no!”

“Boss, you agreed to change?” Xu Dong confirmed.

Although the shop owner was a little bit unwilling, he still bit the bullet and nodded: “This time I have suffered a small loss, so let’s change it like this!”

“The boss is grand!” Xu Dong gave a thumbs up.

“Well, have you brought milk over here? When shall we change it?” the shopkeeper asked directly.

Yang Lina replied with a smile: “I brought it, you wait for us for ten minutes, we will go get it now.”

“it is good!”

Ten minutes later, the couple came back with three boxes of Deluxe, followed by four or five people who asked for the price, and one of them even set the price to 5,000 yuan.

“I’ve said it all, our milk is used to exchange for meat, not for sale.” Yang Lina said impatiently.

“Okay, six thousand, it’s really the last offer.”

“Don’t sell it, don’t sell it, you’d better go, we’re here.”