Chapter 56: A Strange Thrift Market
Under the scorching sun, the heat on the highway was steaming, and from a distance it looked like it was splashed with water, and the surrounding scenery seemed unreal.
At noon, there were few vehicles and pedestrians on the road, except for a dilapidated agricultural truck slowly driving in the middle of the road.
This kind of broken car has no air conditioning, even if the windows are open, it is a rolling heat wave blowing in, and sitting in the car with the heat of the engine under the butt is simply more refreshing than a sauna.
Erzhuzi touched the sweat on his forehead, and asked in a muffled voice, "Are you right to inquire about the hemp pole, why haven't you arrived yet?" ”
Ma Pole chewed something with a bulging mouth, and said indistinctly, "When I was selling steamed buns, I asked clearly, and people said that you can see it by walking along this road!" ”
Erzhuzi said in a lost voice, "If you go again, I'm afraid you won't go to Luonan, the provincial capital!" ”
It was too hot at noon, and in a hurry, Zhang Xuebing asked Ma Pole to buy a few vegetarian buns, and everyone ate while walking in the car.
Zhang Xuebing suspected that he had been deceived, and was about to get out of the car again to ask someone.
Suddenly, a huge billboard fell into view - welcome to Luoning Cheap Trading Mall!
Next to the billboard is a path that runs into the middle of the farmland.
They walked along the path for another half hour, and just when they were all doubting their lives, they finally saw a large area of asbestos tile houses nestled in the middle of the farmland.
I'm finally here! This trading market is actually built in the northern suburbs, how many people can come to sell things?
Looking at the empty parking lot outside, Zhang Xuebing was even more disappointed, but he had already come, and if he didn't go in to take a look, it would be a waste of fuel and time.
Leaving Erzhu to continue to watch the car, Zhang Xuebing walked into the empty gate with a hemp pole.
"Ho, ho!"
Originally, I thought that the inside of this market was as empty as the outside, and there was not even a single living person, but after entering the hall, I was greeted by rows of trading areas and all kinds of old goods.
Countless vehicles of all kinds were lined up like armies waiting to be reviewed, old electrical appliances were piled up like garbage, and other things were piled up like mountains.
Zhang Xuebing was stunned for a long time, there are so many goods here, but there are not many people, there are only seven or eight staff members in charge of looking at the goods, and there are no customers who come to buy things.
It is said to be a trading market, but it looks more like a thrift warehouse!
The two of them became scarecrows in the cornfield, stupefied at the door, not knowing how to advance or retreat.
"Hey, who are you two looking for?" A man in his fifties in a tunic came over and asked loudly.
It's really strange here, the guests don't ask what people buy, but ask who they are looking for, it seems how long no one has come!
"Uncle, we want to go shopping, can we buy something?"
Zhang Xuebing couldn't figure out the doorway, and asked tentatively.
The old man seemed to be a little behind his ears, walked a few steps closer, held his ear and asked loudly, "What are you talking about, who are you looking for?" ”
"Let's buy something!" Zhang Xuebing shouted at the top of his voice.
The old man was shocked, and all the labor on his head fell to the ground, rubbing his ears and complaining, "Be quiet, I'm not deaf, you guys are looking for wheat things, he didn't go to work today!" ”
Isn't that deaf? Zhang Xuebing was frightened into a cold sweat.
"Uncle Wang, go ahead, leave it to me here!"
At this time, a kind-looking elder sister in her thirties came over, sent the old man away, and smiled apologetically at Zhang Xuebing.
"Don't mind, he's old and his ears are not good!"
Finally seeing a normal person, Zhang Xuebing breathed a sigh of relief, "Where are the refrigerators, we want to see!" ”
"Look at the refrigerator, I'll take you there!"
The eldest sister was very polite to lead the way in front and led them through the maze of goods.
"Here, and over there, all kinds of fridge freezers!"
At this moment, Zhang Xuebing fell into a sea of refrigerators, and there were all kinds of refrigerators stacked in a radius of several hundred square meters.
There are medical freezers, household refrigerators, large refrigerators, and even drawer refrigerators that look like they are in a morgue, and Zhang Xuebing is dazzled.
At this time, the eldest sister's voice sounded, "Just look at it, just talk to me!" ”
These refrigerators don't look too old, but I don't know if they can still be used, and the price is not indicated on them, what is even more strange is that many of them are foreign brands that I have never seen, so that Zhang Xuebing has no bottom in his heart, is it foreign garbage?
The eldest sister seemed to see Zhang Xuebing's question, and explained with a mysterious smile.
"All these things in our market come from the north......"
With the eldest sister's explanation, Zhang Xuebing finally figured out the way of this market.
It turned out that these goods were all from the screw country in the north.
It is now less than half a year before the screw solution in December, which is their most turbulent time.
Serious imbalances in industrial production and uneven distribution have caused the original grain-producing countries to face a huge food shortage crisis.
They are forced to have no choice but to use the various military and heavy industrial products accumulated over the decades to exchange food and civilian products for neighboring countries in order to survive.
Most of the things in this warehouse are exchanged for food from there.
The memories of the previous life flowed through Zhang Xuebing's heart, and he suddenly realized that this was the biggest opportunity to come to this world for the first time, and if he made good use of it, he would have to go a lot less.
Now there are the most things in the country, and they are not intended to be agricultural products, and these things, sent there, can return a large number of scarce heavy industrial products that cannot be produced in the country.
And these things can be exchanged for a lot of banknotes in China, and even have some unexpected effects.
At that time, countless people became international masters and made a lot of money, and they seized this opportunity.
The thoughts in Zhang Xuebing's mind turned like lightning, and he quickly planned several plans.
Time was pressing, and now there were less than six months until that day, and there were so many things that needed to be done, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and even goosebumps all over his body.
"Don't look a little old, in fact, they are all new, and you can use them when you turn on the electricity......"
The eldest sister's voice interrupted Zhang Xuebing's thoughts, and now he was too excited, he had to go back to calm down, plan and then act.
"And how do you sell all this?" Zhang Xuebing took a deep breath and asked steadily.
"Electrical appliances, five dollars a kilogram!" The eldest sister seemed to be selling cabbage, and said indifferently.
"Poof......" Zhang Xuebing almost spurted blood, if these things are put into the Electric City, which one cannot be sold for thousands of yuan, here it is like selling vegetables!
But after thinking about it, it also makes sense, although these things are scarce products, but now the domestic consumption capacity is still not good, and it is a very small number of people who can afford to use refrigerators and color TVs.
So these can only be used as scrap wholesale!