National Tide 1980

The specific manifestation of price loosening is inflation.

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

After only a short period of stability, the prices of these eight non-staple foods began to go out of control and began to rise one after another.

Over the past year, there have even been price increases for related products, and a large number of bargain-priced goods have flooded the market.

For example, the national price for real beer is 18 cents for a large bowl.

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

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

"Isn't it 18 cents? Why did it become 2 cents? Besides, you didn't give me a full bowl!"

The waiter didn't care.

And just because the workload has increased and I am not in a good mood, of course my words come out sideways.

"It's not out of stock yet! If you want to drink it, drink it. If you don't drink it, you'll be knocked down! Anyway, if you don't drink it, someone else will."

"Hey, you are so arrogant, why are you still being unreasonable?"

"You have to be reasonable, right? Let me tell you, everyone else throws ice cubes into the beer, do you know that? I'm sorry for you if I don't do this. You drink pure beer. You are quite old? How can you take advantage of it? Are you being nice?"

So the two started to quarrel and had a lot of fun.

This is true for beer, but it is even more serious for daily necessities such as vegetables.

Especially since this thing is divided into different grades. It always depends on what you wait for and what price it sells for.

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

Naturally, disputes are more likely to arise, as well as stores raising prices without authorization.

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

As for the common people, they developed the habit of carrying newspapers when going shopping.

Only by comparing them in this way can you know whether the store has increased prices indiscriminately.

Unfortunately, this method is purely theoretical and often cannot solve practical problems.

For example, Ning Weimin's neighbor Aunt Mi, who sells vegetables in a non-staple food shop on Meishi Street, has the deepest experience of this.

For example, one day, according to the price in the newspaper, the price of cabbage should be two cents per catty, which was reduced by five cents.

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

As a result, because the price of the vegetables was five cents more, customers frequently raised objections and argued with Aunt Mi that day.

However, this grocery store is different from a restaurant. It stands guard in front of the house and sees many acquaintances.

Aunt Mi couldn't do anything when she was wronged, so she could only explain her with kind words.

"Dear neighbors, it's hard to catch up with the vegetable shop. There are so many kinds of vegetables at the same price every day, how can I adjust it? Besides, the leader asked me to sell at this price, so there is nothing I can do. Everyone understands. , the overcharged money belongs to the state, and it does not go into my pocket..."

In this way, after selling vegetables for a day, I was also anxious for a day.

Aunt Mi's lips were almost worn out.

Just like that, I almost couldn't hold it back several times and almost choked.

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

But that was how it was back then, and it really didn't matter.

To put it bluntly, in addition to everyone's low income, the key is that the money back then could really be broken into an eight-petal flower with one penny.

For example, if a child buys candy bars, the economic calculation can be calculated in less than half a cent.

It was also during this period that a customer in Beijing published an article in the "Beijing Evening News" specifically giving advice on the store's candy counter.

The article pointed out that a pound of fruit candies costs one yuan and ten cents, and the quantity should be around one hundred and fourteen yuan.

So inferring from this, it is more reasonable to give at least eleven pieces of candy for one cent.

But some stores charge a dime, and the salesperson grabs seven or eight yuan and gives it to the child. This is wrong.

Children should not be deceived, and they should not deceive young customers.

Of course, this matter will not be so high-level.

Because the store is not run by a salesperson, so what are they trying to do?

It can only be said to save trouble!

But this also proves that people back then were so sensitive to prices.

Therefore, starting in 1980, the word "price" began to gradually become the most popular word in society.

Since then, over a considerable period of time, in various investigations.

Concern about the "price" of a product is almost always ranked first or second.

This kind of sensitivity and enthusiasm is just like the issue of housing prices that people face today.

It was also from this time that price inspections became popular, and the Price Bureau became a very famous bureau.

Price inspection offices and supervision stations in various places have also become the most majestic and powerful departments.

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

The whole society is somewhat insecure.

Most people feel both confused and panicked in their hearts.

Because almost everyone has problems around them that are urgent to solve but are difficult to solve at the moment.

Either for work, or for life, or for family, or for children, or for national affairs, or for daily necessities...

Especially because of the unknown of "crossing the river by feeling for stones" and the direction in which the future of the country and itself will change, it makes people feel as uneasy as stepping on a pile of cotton.

But let alone, in such a social environment, Ning Weimin is getting better and better.

This is of course due to his special attributes as a time traveler.

You should know that for him, who is familiar with the historical trend, there are no worries about the problems that are currently troubling most people.

Yes, things are going up in price.

And all non-staple food items 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 continuously rising day by day.

But in the future, it will happen every day.

What hasn't Ning Weimin seen before?

You are ruthless with garlic, you are playful with beans, you are an army with ginger, Emperor Gaozong with sugar...

Which one is not as fierce as the current rise?

Even the meal and wine he had during time travel and the plate of braised pork on the table cost over a hundred dollars, so he shouldn't just eat it.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't care at all how much the cabbage has grown or how much the meat has cost.

This is all a trivial matter, and the people will adapt to it sooner or later.

What's more, on the other hand, what does Ning Weimin do for a living?

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

Of course, the more relaxed the system and the more flexible the price, the more beneficial it is to him.

What he really couldn't adapt to was the tight-knit social environment when he first crossed over, with no holes to be found.

To be honest, if he hadn't been lucky enough to have an old man Kang around at that time, he could have pointed him to the eastern suburbs garbage dump to make a living.

Not to mention that he has no way to catch the monkey tickets that are passing by.

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

But now the social environment is completely different.

Once prices loosen up, it feels like everything is easier to do.

Take breakfast for example. When he first came back, if there were no food stamps, people would really not sell them.

It’s not the dead nature of people, it’s the dead nature of the system.

If the store doesn't accept food stamps, it can't be credited, and it can't buy food and oil.

Now it's much more flexible, and it's a bit like a market economy.

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

In addition, although more and more educated youths are returning to the city, buses are getting harder and harder to squeeze.

But this is also a good thing for Ning Weimin.

We must know that it is difficult for educated youth to find jobs when they return to the city, which will inevitably bring additional financial expenses to many families.

Over time, coupled with changes in commodity prices, many families cannot bear it and have to send their valuables to trust stores.

Second-hand all-steel men's watches have always been popular items in trust stores.

Originally, Ning Weimin wanted to buy a newer one, but it was not easy. It could only be found in larger trust stores.

Especially for all-steel watches like the Huhai brand, Jingcheng brand, and Shuangling brand, you have to try your luck.

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

You can even see imported watches such as Longines, Omega, Rolex, Plum Blossom, Cima, Rome, Big Inge, Bailangduo... and so on.

There are also foreign exchange coupons, which are a universal solution for supply channels.

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

Therefore, the supply of goods available to Ning Weimin on the market is becoming more and more abundant.

He is not only enough to meet the needs of those blind people.

He has even figured out a way to continue to fool the blind people.

That is to continue to upgrade consumption.

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

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

Human desire is a bottomless pit.

As long as these blind people have copper and money, they can eat with "infinite poverty".

What he is really worried about now is that the industrial vouchers must not be canceled too early.

That will directly affect his earnings.