Chapter 21: Not Bad Money
I lost my job, and I still have to eat!
Xu Xiangyang sat up with a carp, should eat and drink, and walked up in the cafeteria.
Thinking that there were still a few days before the Chinese New Year, he was going to sell things in the city for two days.
I didn't have time to go to the black market last time, and this time my job is gone, and I have time.
The dining area in the cafeteria was still full of food, and it was steaming hot.
The meals here are automatically replenished, which is pretty good, at least you don't have to cook!
Xu Xiangyang knows how to cook, but it's too troublesome, and he usually eats in the canteen when he is busy with work, and rarely cooks by himself.
I beat some meat dishes and put four taels of rice.
Since doing physical work, his food has increased dramatically, and he obviously feels that his body is strong, and he should be training his muscles.
A good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, Xu Xiangyang got up and packed up and went to the port to prepare things.
Nowadays, there is a shortage of materials, and it is very easy to sell anything out.
He checked the container and found some frozen pork, all of which were two catties.
Pork belly is the best to sell, so he takes all of this meat.
I went to find a basket with a few pieces of meat and a few pounds of eggs, and covered it with a thick cloth.
Although he didn't prepare much, as long as others didn't know what was inside, he would take it out the same.
Out of the space, the cold wind outside blows in your face.
Xu Xiangyang shivered coldly and tightened the padded jacket on his body.
Fortunately, he was wearing thermal underwear, otherwise he would have frozen into a popsicle.
When he came to the black market that he had inquired about before, Xu Xiangyang did not sell the things immediately with his back, but prepared to see the situation first.
I don't know what price is in the market, so what if it's cheap?
After some turning, Xu Xiangyang knew the approximate price.
Pork is a pound for a dollar, not a meat ticket. White noodles are five cents a pound, and you don't want a ticket.
There are all sorts of other things, anyway, you don't need a ticket on the black market, and you get some extra money for a ticket.
Usually, pork in the grocery store is seven cents a pound, but you need a meat ticket, and you don't need a ticket here to be more expensive.
This is understandable, after all, the supply of monthly tickets is limited, and if you don't make money, who is still buying and selling here?
Xu Xiangyang saw an uncle wandering around for a long time, and he kept looking at things and frowned.
He leaned over, gently touched the uncle with his arm, and whispered, "Master, I have something here, let's take a look at the side?"
The uncle glanced at him, and although he didn't have much hope, he still went with him.
Xu Xiangyang saw that no one around him was paying attention to them, so he put the back basket on the ground, and then opened the lid on it.
Inside are a few pieces of frozen pork belly and a few small red Fuji apples.
He put away the eggs when he was on the road, after all, it was more than 20 degrees below zero in winter, and if he was left outside for a long time, he would definitely freeze, and if he froze, he would be blind.
"Yo, such good meat!" When the uncle saw this good-looking meat, he couldn't help but exclaim.
The meat he saw just now was frozen for a long time, and the appearance had been dried.
Meat is meat, but it's definitely not as delicious as this.
Xu Xiangyang knew that his family conditions were good when he looked at his clothes, and he disliked things that were not in good shape just now, so he must be the master who is not bad for money.
"Gentleman, are we okay with this meat?" he said with a smile.
The uncle nodded in agreement, just this quality, it's not okay to open your eyes and talk nonsense.
He squinted his eyes and asked, "It's good, how much?"
Good things have to have a price, who doesn't know?
Xu Xiangyang laughed and replied in a low voice: "One piece of three, no tickets." ”
He has seen everyone else's, and the pork for one dollar is not in good condition, either dried or bloody.
Anyway, he didn't find it, so it doesn't matter if it's so expensive.
The uncle hesitated for a moment, and finally asked for two catties, and good meat is usually not touched except in the grocery store.
This time, I met him, and I had to buy two catties.
Xu Xiangyang used the old name in the cafeteria to weigh him, and he had weighed it before he came, so there was no problem.
The people on the side had already heard the uncle just say "such good meat", so they all gathered over.
When the uncle finished buying, the others followed suit. It was two catties and one that persuaded many people to quit.
After all, Xu Xiangyang is the first time to do this business in this era, and he has no experience.
I bought ten catties of meat, but it was only five servings, and some people also said that he would cut it and come back tomorrow to buy meat.
Xu Xiangyang nodded with a smile and agreed, it is not particularly rigorous now, and after the New Year, these businesses will have to be careful.
Returning to the old place and entering the space, he counted today's harvest.
Five dollars and five cents, there are a lot of bits and pieces in it.
No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, plus the previous salary and the honey sold, meat and the like, there is also a small deposit of more than 20 yuan.
Don't look at these twenty years in the future life, you can't even drink a spicy hot meal, but now it's enough for a family of five to eat for a month.
Of course, you have to have a ticket. If you eat something on the black market, it is estimated that you will not survive at the end of the month and the money will be spent.
After collecting the money, Xu Xiangyang rested after eating.
As for the other things, he hasn't thought about it yet, and now that his job is gone, he has to go back decently.
In fact, Xu Xiangyang wanted to lie and deceive Xu Guangtian, but his job was still there.
But grandpa can't be deceived over there, he introduced the job, and if he is opened here, there will definitely be news from his side.
As for how long I don't know, I will definitely know anyway, so the idea of lying will definitely not work.
After getting ready, he went straight to sleep. I'll have to go to the black market again tomorrow, or I won't have much excuse to come here often.
Early the next morning, Xu Xiangyang got up and had breakfast, carried some meat and frozen fish on his back, and went directly to the black market.
At this time, it was just dawn, and it was still very cold outside.
Yesterday he bought a pound of meat, and this time he separated several pieces of a pound.
After noon, Xu Xiangyang went back with the money.
This time he tossed two or three times, so he sold a lot of things.
And he noticed that there were people staring at him, but there were so many people here that no one would do anything.
People in this year are not good at stubble, he carefully avoided people and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
There were a lot of people inside, and he quickly changed into a padded jacket and went out with a new hat.
I didn't notice him at all when I was watching him at the door before, and there were people here, who would notice that he had changed his clothes?
Xu Xiangyang returned to his old place, and he didn't plan to go again this time.
He was alone, and if something really happened, it would be hard to beat four hands with two fists.
To be on the safe side, he decided to go home tomorrow and not stay here any longer.
Going home early can also reassure those two people.