Chapter 40: Bartering
After dinner, Dong Shuxue was not in a hurry to go out, anyway, it was going to be dark, get a good night's sleep, and it would be the same if she went out tomorrow.
The next morning, after dinner, she went out and began to wander. I heard the old Song family mention before that there is a "black market" in the city.
It's bartering, or buying high-priced things with money, and no one cares about this kind of place.
However, Dong Shuxue had heard that this place was not allowed to exist before, but now he could trade freely.
It may be that there are no strict controls yet, so it is easy to find a place.
Just ask, most people will be willing to tell you.
The black market is located in a dilapidated compound, and there are quite a lot of people, most of whom are bartering tickets and other items that they don't use.
Dong Shuxue had prepared some things before she came, she was carrying a basket covered with a cloth, and no one could see what was inside.
"Auntie, how did you change this?" She walked up to an old lady who was holding a food stamp, and at first glance she wanted to exchange it.
The eldest lady looked at her fifties, glanced at Dong Shuxue up and down, and said, "What about your family?" Can children call the shots? Don't ask, there's nothing to change. ”
It's no wonder that people say so, Dong Shuxue is not angry, she is small, and it is normal to be despised by others.
Especially nowadays, people are focusing on food, and children come to ask how to exchange food stamps, who can pay attention?
I don't know, I thought I was here to have fun.
Dong Shuxue smiled and said, "My dad is outside, he has other things, so he sent me over to ask about the food stamps." ”
When the lady heard this, she glanced at the basket she was carrying again, and it seemed that the weight was not light, so she was relieved.
"A pound of food stamps, a pound and a half of fine-budding rice noodles." She also had no choice, she couldn't afford to eat fine grains at home, so she could only change some coarse grains to mix them up.
It's not easy to buy grain now, especially last year's harvest was not very good, so everyone is like this.
Families who only pay attention to eating enough generally take out fine grains for coarse grains, so that they can eat more.
Dong Shuxue thought about it, it was actually quite appropriate, after all, in addition to using food stamps to go out to eat, it also costs money.
A pound of food stamps added some money to it, so that it would be enough for her to eat two full meals.
"Okay, I have six catties of fine bud rice noodles here, you can see if it's okay." Dong Shuxue took out a white cloth bag, which contained bud rice noodles packed in advance.
In fact, she prepared a lot of things, but she didn't know what she could sell now, so she came over and asked, and she could change something for it.
She wasn't going to make a move on fine grain, after all, that thing was too eye-catching, and it was no problem for her little girl to take out a little coarse grain.
The eldest lady took it and took a look, the bud rice noodles were orange and orange, it was good to look at, the grinding was very fine, and it was sieved many times at a glance.
"Okay, that's good!" She smiled and took out three catties of food stamps from her pocket, of which half a catty was also available, anyway, it was enough for three catties.
Dong Shuxue glanced at the date, it was not bad, it was all within half a year.
"I'll pour it for you." The eldest lady took out her bag and shook it carefully until she couldn't shake anything anymore, and then returned the bag to others.
Now the bags are all recycled, and no one has any superfluity, Dong Shuxue still spent money to buy it, and it is impossible to give it away generously.
The eldest lady took the bag and went to someone else to weigh it, and it was enough to weigh six catties and two taels.
Everyone got what they wanted, and the eldest lady turned back to Dong Shuxue and said, "Girl, you are enough to scale, I'll go first." ”
After speaking. She ran away with the bag, for fear that Dong Shuxue would ask her to go back to the extra two taels of bud rice noodles.