My courtyard shelter

Early the next morning, Xu Dong didn't sleep in. It was rare that he had free time. He planned to go to Panjiayuan for a stroll, and also went to Mr. Mike's house by the way.

He contacted him last night and asked Mr. Mike to help him get some pastries, and the other party agreed very readily.

Yang Lina had nothing to do at home, so she simply followed her out. The couple hadn't spent time together for a long time, so today was a good opportunity.

Because he was injured, Xu Dong did not drive, so the two took a taxi and went out.

After entering October, as the temperature dropped sharply, Panjiayuan ushered in the busiest time of the year, and the park was full of people.

After all, winter is far more difficult than summer, and it’s almost the end of the year, so everyone is desperately hoarding all kinds of supplies.

Food, in particular, is always the most popular and in-demand commodity on the market.

"Husband, it's so lively today!"

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Yang Lina said happily. .

"Of course, this is the largest second-hand goods trading market in Yanjing. You can buy everything."

"Can I buy food?"

Xu Dong said awkwardly: "In addition to food, every household is now short of food. Even if there is food in the family, they are not willing to sell it. It is easy to sell, but it is difficult to buy it back."

"Are you so nervous?"

Yang Lina usually doesn't go out much and has little contact with the lowest level of the public, so she doesn't have a clear understanding of the situation in the capital area.

"Nervous, very nervous. This winter will probably be difficult this year." Xu Dong sighed.

Yang Lina nodded thoughtfully.

Next, Xu Dong brought his wife to his small shop, and it was Yang Lina's first time here.

"Honey, this is the store I opened. Not many people have come here recently, and it has accumulated a lot of dust."

Yang Lina walked into the store. The store was empty except for a large cardboard box in the corner.

"Honey, what's in the carton?"

Xu Dong smiled and explained: "It contains dried shrimps, about seventy or eighty pounds."

“Why are you keeping so many dried shrimps here?”

"If you come across good things, especially food, you can't buy them with money, so you can only barter them. The dried shrimps are reserved for exchange."

If she hadn't known that there were more than 5,000 kilograms of dried shrimps in her warehouse, Yang Lina would definitely have called her "a prodigal."

"How much is the monthly rent for this store?"

"I used to rent with a private person for 45,000 yuan a month, but now I rent with a park for 50,000 yuan a month."

Yang Lina was shocked: "It's so expensive? Is your store always empty like this?"

"No way." Xu Dong spread his hands, "I have to go to work every day, how can I spend so much time on this."

"Then quit?"

"No, the store will be used occasionally. The shops here are very popular. It will be difficult to rent them again." Xu Dong shook his head.

The biggest reason why he was unwilling to cancel the lease was that the park was very safe. No amount of money could buy this kind of safety.

"Then it's not an option to leave it empty like this, isn't it?"

"What else can we do?"

"If you don't have time, just hire someone to come and look at the store and do some small business. No matter what, you have to earn back the rent!" Yang Lina said distressedly.

Xu Dong waved his hand: "Forget it, the family is not short of money, so don't bother."

"It's fifty thousand yuan a month!"

Xu Dong tried to persuade her several times, but Yang Lina was still worried about it.

Locking the door again, he tried to divert his wife's attention:

"Would you like to buy some jewelry for you? The jewelry here is very complete and the price is very cheap. You can buy all kinds of jewelry."

"No need." Yang Lina shook her head, "I'm not short of jewelry now, let's buy more local products!"

"People have come to the city, where are the local specialties?" Xu Dong said with a wry smile.

"If not, just buy some peanuts and melon seeds or something."

"Okay, let's go directly to the stall area."

…

In the street stall area, Yang Lina's shopping enthusiasm completely exploded, and she took her husband to visit dozens of stalls.

The two of them walked around for a while and finally met a melon seed seller. Yang Lina quickly stepped forward to ask the price:

"Boss, how do you sell melon seeds?"

"One pound for five pounds of potatoes or... sweet potatoes."

The stall owner spoke in a very soft voice. He looked sickly and his complexion was not very good. He was sallow and sallow, especially his cheeks, which were almost skin and bones.

It looked like he was hungry.

In fact, one out of every four people in the park looks like this. This is true in Yanjing, let alone other places. This year is very difficult for the whole country.

"How many pounds does your bag weigh in total?"

Yang Lina asked.

"It's a little over twelve pounds. If you sincerely want to buy it, just count it as twelve pounds."

As soon as the stall owner saw Yang Lina's long hair, he knew that the other party really wanted to buy it and was not here to pick up a bargain, so he was willing to give up a little discount.

"we use……"

Just as Yang Lina was about to speak, Xu Dong quickly stopped her. People were coming and going here, and if they heard that there was meat, it would be fine, and they had to surround her with all their strength.

"Sister, we want all the melon seeds, but it's not convenient to talk here, so why don't we find a place to chat in private."

The stall owner immediately showed a vigilant look: "You can chat in private, but you can't leave the park."

"Of course, of course." Xu Dong nodded quickly, "There is a tea shop in the park. I'll treat you. Let's go there and sit together?"

"Okay."

The stall owner breathed a sigh of relief and followed the two people with the bag.

In less than five minutes, the tea shop arrived.

Xu Dong asked for a small private room directly.

A pot of chrysanthemum tea costs 100 yuan.

The minimum consumption in the private room is a pot of chrysanthemum tea, which is not negotiable.

After the waiter left, Yang Lina couldn't wait to ask: "Can we exchange shrimp for your melon seeds?"

When the couple came out in the morning, they didn't bring anything except their mobile phones and wallets. They couldn't go back home for these melon seeds!

"What shrimp?"

The stall owner was full of doubts. She didn't think about meat at all. After all, meat is more scarce than ordinary food.

"It's shrimp for eating, Antarctic krill." Xu Dong helped to answer.

"You... are talking about meat?" The stall owner was surprised.

Yang Lina nodded: "That's right."

"Of course I'm willing to exchange for meat. How do you want to exchange?" The owner couldn't wait to exchange.

"The shrimps here are dried shrimps. We will exchange three catties of dried shrimps for all your melon seeds. What do you think?"

Xu Dong was too lazy to calculate and directly said a psychological price, which was completely based on subjective assumptions.

The stall owner did not answer immediately, but took out a pen and paper from his pocket and started to calculate.

One catty of dried shrimps is equivalent to two catties of fresh shrimps.

She seemed to have heard someone say that one catty of meat can be exchanged for about ten catties of coarse grains, and three catties of dried shrimps can be exchanged for at least more than sixty catties of coarse grains.

This business can be done, and it may even make a small profit.

"No problem, three catties is three catties."

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