Chapter 11 Pigeon Market Trading
At half past four the next morning, Xiao Yuan got up and returned the room and drove straight to the pigeon market outside Dongzhimen.
At a great distance, he turned off the lights, turned off the engine and skidd, the license plate had been removed, and he was afraid of alarming others.
Park the car next to a dilapidated house, it is estimated that no one will dare to steal it, and it may not be able to steal it, and now there is no such thing anywhere else except the army, and there are not many people who will drive.
Holding a hemp bag in one hand, and a bag on his back, inside are tools, find a place to put it, he has changed his clothes, put on makeup, ordinary gray clothes, and a peaked cap.
After cleaning up, I turned on the flashlight and shone the sack, which immediately attracted people to come over, looking at the food, and no one was stupid.
One bag is fine noodles, that is, notoginseng flour, and the other bag is very fine cornmeal, all of which are packed in fifty pounds of flour bags, otherwise the sack will leak.
He doesn't ask if the price goes up or not, or according to the price the day before yesterday, of course it won't be cheap, and he's not stupid, doesn't that attract the attention of others?
Five pieces of fine noodles and seven cents of cornmeal, each of which is three bags and 150 pounds. Immediately surrounded a group of people to come up, everyone knows the market, there is no need to talk about it at all, you don't buy a lot of people waiting for it.
The first one is a big customer, who directly asked for a bag of fine noodles and a bag of corn flour, Xiao Yuancai doesn't care whether he eats it himself or sells it, he weighs it and collects money!
In fact, there is also a fair saying in the pigeon market, but people charge a fee, two cents at a time, and it is this clever money that is earned.
The speed is very fast, no one wants to wait, not to mention that the price will rise at any time, the key is that there is no such a large amount, and the family is hungry and can't wait.
In total, it only took half an hour, and all of them were sold, leaving only two sacks, three noodle bags, and one in the back, and the customer who directly bought fifty catties of cornmeal.
After harvesting 330 yuan, Xiao Yuan saw that it was still early, took the bags and tools and walked around, and really found good things for him.
A rice seller, it is estimated that he doesn't know how to grow grain, a total of 15 catties, a piece of 21 catties, needless to say, all of them were bought, how fragrant it is to eat rice!
There is also an old man who sells rabbits, a female rabbit of about six catties, with a litter of nine rabbits, all domesticated by gray hares, and bought them all for sixteen yuan.
There is also an old lady who sells chickens, one male and one female two chickens, thin is not good, at most three catties of gross weight, ten yuan, no one buys it, the price is really high, Xiao Yuan doesn't care, and pays directly to buy it.
Wandering around, there are also selling jade, vases, calligraphy and paintings, he was also bored, and really asked about the white jade bracelet, which was very beautiful, and asked for 35 yuan.
After studying it, he didn't understand it very well, looking at it probably Hetian Yu, he couldn't buy it and suffered a loss, he couldn't buy it, he couldn't be fooled, forget it, take it.
Forget about the vase, he doesn't understand it at all, if you want this thing, it's better to go to the cultural relics store, and the free appraisal is still true.
The calligraphy and painting looked at it, there was no work of Daqian Bohu, only one he heard of, it was Mr. Qigong's words, four big characters in the picturesque country, 18 yuan, this can be.
Spent dozens of yuan, Xiao Yuan saw that the sky was about to dawn, got up and left, he was already very satisfied with today's harvest, he didn't even look at the gold jewelry, now the gold is two yuan a gram, there is no need to collect it here.
During this period, gold was not in circulation for many years, don't think that two dollars is cheap, you must know that the current money, and the price difference between the future generations is at least 200 times, you will know whether it is cheap or expensive.
Drive a tricycle, first go to find a place to have breakfast, from here back to the hometown of about 130 kilometers distance, this road conditions, this road conditions, it is estimated that it will take two or three hours.
Ran to the Dongdan canteen, this is a state-run breakfast restaurant, already open, there are pork buns for sale, pork and celery filling, four big buns, a bowl of egg soup.
The same package of twenty buns, the price is definitely not cheap, how rare pork is! Food stamps, meat stamps, money, just as much as you want.
After eating and drinking, in the envious eyes of others, I drove to the northeast, passed by a place to refuel, the fuel tank was filled, and I bought an oil barrel, filled it with gasoline, and was prepared, but it is difficult to have gasoline in the mountains.
After Huaibei Town, I entered the mountainous area, fortunately, the road is still good, and the empty motorcycle three-wheeler does not require so much.
At ten o'clock, he finally arrived at Laogou Township, where he went to his hometown Xiaojiagou, and there were six or seven miles of road, but they were all dirt mountain roads, and the road conditions were very bad, and the speed was only about twenty or thirty.
Finally, I saw a small mountain village, with no more than twenty families in total and eighty or ninety people.
Xiao Yuan changed into a leather jacket and an old military uniform, and put three sacks of sweet potatoes, three sacks of potatoes, three hundred catties of cornmeal, 150 catties of white flour, and four big fish in the trunk of the car. There were also some gifts, covered with canvas, and drove towards the uncle's house as I remembered.
A mud-walled courtyard with a gate made of sticks and planks, half-open, with three halls, two in the east, and two in the west, all of which are thatched houses with earthen walls, which is considered good in the village.
Xiao Yuan got out of the car and pushed the door open, and a middle-aged woman came out of the hall, it was his eldest aunt Li Dani, who was looking at him in surprise.
"Auntie, I'm Xiaoyuan! You don't recognize me anymore? Xiao Yuan stepped forward to say hello.
"Xiaoyuan, it's Xiaoyuan who is back, mother, come out and see, Xiaoyuan is back!" Li Dani ignored her nephew's greeting, and turned her head excitedly to call her mother-in-law into the house.
Xiao Yuan smiled helplessly, his predecessor also sent money back several times a year, a total of sixty or seventy yuan, after all, he had been in the Northern Dynasty for a long time, and there was no way to send money, and he had sent it more than a year ago.
An old lady came out of the house, her hair was already half white, she was very hunchbacked, wearing a black cotton jacket with several patches, it was his grandmother Yang Wumei.
"Xiaoyuan is back, my precious grandson, I miss my grandmother, I won't see you if you don't come back!" The old lady was thin and weak, but fortunately she had no problem moving and did not need crutches.
"Grandma, it's me back, how are you doing? I have also just changed jobs, and I will come back to see your old man as soon as I arrange my job. Xiao Yuan stepped forward to help the old man.
"My Xiaoyuan is back, grandma's good grandson, it's back, let grandma take a good look at you!" The old lady grabbed her grandson's hand and didn't let go.
At this time, two women came out of the next room, with four children, one of whom was still in her arms.
"Mother, grandma, is Xiaoyuan back?" Bai Yuying, the sister-in-law in the lobby, asked, she has been married for more than ten years, and she has seen Xiao Yuan in 49 years, when he visited his home for the first time.
"Sister-in-law, it's me back. This is the second sister-in-law, I'm Xiaoyuan, let's meet for the first time. Xiao Yuan greeted next to him.
"It turned out that the little brother-in-law came back, and when I got married, I heard that there was a younger brother who was an officer in the army, and this was the first time we met, so I went inside and drank tea, and it was cold outside." The second sister-in-law is still a smart person, holding a child in her arms.
"Grandma, I'll drive the car into the yard first, and then talk to your old man." Xiao Yuan talked to his grandmother, there was no way, the old lady grabbed it and didn't let go, he could only discuss.
"Okay, my eldest grandson has driven a car, it's really competitive!" The old lady let go of her hand and wiped her tears with her sleeve.
Xiao Yuan drove the tricycle into the yard, turned off the engine and got out of the car, opened the canvas behind it, and started to take things from inside.
A teenage boy came over to take a look and ran out quickly, probably the son of the lobby brother.
Two catties of brown sugar, two catties of milk candy, two bottles of malt milk essence, two packs of milk powder, a cigarette, two bottles of Xifeng wine, a blue cloth, and two of their old military uniforms, this is for the uncle's family, grandma is here, and the gift is double.
As for the uncle's house, they are all in the carriage, and there are only half of the gifts, after all, the family has been separated, and the gifts cannot be placed here.
Two big fish, a big carp with 20 catties and a silver carp with more than 10 catties, were thrown directly to the ground.
Two sacks of sweet potatoes, two sacks of potatoes, 200 catties of cornmeal, 100 catties of white flour, put a large slice, and put the two sisters-in-law and children who came over, their eyes were about to fall to the ground.
"Xiaoyuan, this... It's all our family? Magnolia's mouth trembled.
"Yes, this is my gift to grandma and uncle, auntie, uncle and aunt are still in the car, help move into the house." Xiao Yuan made it clear that this was a gift to his elders, and as for his cousin and sister-in-law, he had no obligation to be filial.