59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

There were many people in Guijie Street, and dim kerosene lamps were flickering.

Each vendor spread out their wares on a piece of cloth and let customers choose. Several customers and vendors also secretly negotiated the price with their fingers, without talking at all, either nodding or shaking their heads.

Occasionally someone would speak, but their voice would be very low.

The whole street was a little quiet, and with the dim kerosene lamplight and human figures, it really felt a bit eerie, like a ghost market.

"Is that a pillar?"

Noticing a figure in front of him, he felt like an idiot.

This is normal!

There were many participants in the ghost market in Beijing, and it grew larger and larger. At its peak, the authorities took heavy measures. In one night in October 61, nearly 10 people were arrested and 7 were sentenced to heavy penalties.

"How much is pork per pound?"

Hearing the sound in front, Chen Feng immediately hurried over.

Then I saw a vendor selling wild boar meat.

He stopped and stood aside without saying anything.

According to the ghost market rules his grandfather told him, if someone is interested in a certain item, even if you want it very much, you cannot make a move, snatch it from others directly, or increase the price to buy it.

The buyer quickly picked out a pound of hind leg meat, paid for it without bargaining, and then carried the meat to the stall next door.

Chen Feng followed and quietly promoted his own things.

"Uncle, wild boar meat may have parasites. Eating too much is not good. Wild boar meat smells bad, with a strong fishy and foul smell. Moreover, the meat is hard and woody, and tastes like chewing wax. How about you buy a duck?"

The other party was speechless.

Young man, if you do business like this, you will definitely be beaten to death by your neighbors!

"You want to sell your ducks?"

Chen Feng nodded. The middle-aged man had tickets, and quite a few of them.

More importantly, the other party doesn’t bargain!

The middle-aged man held a kerosene lamp and shone it into the fish barrel.

"Did you catch him with medicine?"

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "Uncle, you are wrong. You should not ask where things come from."

When buying and selling at the ghost market, we don’t ask about the source of the goods. Once you buy, there will be no returns or exchanges.

The middle-aged man reached out and checked the wild duck. He found that although the duck did not quack, unlike the wild ducks caught by the old hunter, its eyes were still very lively and did not look like the kind that had been drugged.

Chen Feng took out three wild duck eggs from his pocket and showed them under the other person's kerosene lamp. Then he put the eggs in the other person's hand and took out three, three, and three more.

"Don't worry, they weren't caught with drugs. Look, they've laid eggs."

The middle-aged man's eyes widened instantly.

Old hunters in the country can catch wild ducks with medicine, but it is not easy to pick up so many duck eggs.

Because everyone is picking it up!

"How about 5 yuan?"

"Row!"

Chen Feng did not raise the price. The two-kilogram mallard duck was more than doubled in price in the ghost market, so he had already made a profit.

It is now 59 and it has just begun. It will not be until 61 that the prices of materials will soar.

The duck doesn't quack, so people suspect it's sick, which is also the reason why the price can't be raised high.

This is his problem.

His breath of life seemed to have a special deterrent effect on animals.

After calling the duck and the eggs over, the middle-aged man gave him the money and couldn't help asking, "Why aren't your ducks quacking?"

Chen Feng threatened him, "Before I came, I pierced their throats."

The middle-aged man shuddered and left quickly in fear.

Only after they walked away did they say "pervert".

Chen Feng smiled secretly, put the money away, found a deserted place, took out ten duck eggs again, and together with the remaining eight, continued to look for wealthy customers.

He came here tonight more to familiarize himself with the situation here, collect information and intelligence, and see the legendary ghost market.

There is everything on Guijie Street, from various bills to industrial commodities, etc. There are also many stalls run by old people, which display all kinds of real and fake antiques.

The counterfeiting industry in Sijiu City has a long history, and there are many masters in Liulichang, who have passed it down from generation to generation.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, there was a wave of counterfeiting of cultural relics. The most serious counterfeiting was in the fields of bronzes of the Three Dynasties and calligraphy and painting. Many bronzes nowadays are fake cultural relics made during the Tang and Song dynasties.

Interestingly, the fake cultural relics from the Tang and Song dynasties that killed people in the past have become treasures today.

"Mallard, are you selling it?"

After walking about ten meters, someone passed by with a lantern, noticed the ducks in the fish bucket, and asked about it.

"Three yuan."

Chen Feng shook his head, picked up the wild duck, exposed the duck eggs underneath, then put it down, opened his right hand, and stretched out his thumb and little finger.

"6 yuan, you are too black."

The other party was somewhat reluctant.

Chen Feng whispered: "This is not a drugged duck, it is a captured wild duck, and the eggs were laid by it itself."

The other party was immediately interested.

"Really, you didn't lie to me?"

Chen Feng wondered, "Auntie, you're not going to keep it, are you? Do you have any food at home?"

The other party got stuck directly.

Food is also precious.

According to regulations, infants receive 3 kilograms of food rations per month, children 6 kilograms, young children 8 kilograms, and adults 21 kilograms.

You must also have an urban hukou, which is not required for rural hukou.

Flour accounts for one-fifth, rice accounts for one-tenth, and the rest is cornmeal, dried sweet potatoes, bran, etc., which is simply not enough to eat.

Although the current price of two kilograms of food coupons in the city of Beijing is not as horrific as the 61 yuan in 3, it is still very expensive.

It is more cost-effective to buy one directly than to raise ducks with food.

"5 dollars."

"to make!"

"···"

The aunt was a little defensive.

Chen Feng agreed immediately, making her feel at a loss.

However, the old lady did not regret it and still paid the money to exchange it with him.

"Do you want tickets? Sesame paste tickets."

Chen Feng's eyes lit up.

Sesame paste is extremely scarce. This year, each household is only supplied with one or two ounces (50 grams) during the Spring Festival, May Day, and National Day, and there is no guarantee of supply. People have to bring their own containers and purchase it with the "Nine-Nine City Residents' Non-staple Food Purchase Certificate."

"I have sweet potatoes, do you want some?"

He didn't want to pay either.

The aunt thought she had met her worthy opponent and her general was a good player, and after thinking for a while she shook her head.

Her family has no shortage of sweet potatoes, but lacks meat.

Chen Feng immediately left and continued to wander around.

As a result, he met a vendor selling pork, although he only had a piece of pig stomach.

Chen Feng arrived late and had to queue.

In the first half of the year, everyone with a registered permanent residence in the city received three meat coupons per month (1 to 3 taels, depending on the amount of meat provided). At the most, the Chen family only received 20 taels of meat per month.

How much is two pounds of meat? Probably enough for a meal.

That’s it, you can’t buy it.

The Chen family can get a good meal thanks to Chen Jianguo’s connections.

Chen Jianguo has many friends in Dongcheng District. When the supply and marketing cooperative has meat, he will receive the news immediately and then - rush to buy pork!

In the second half of the year, three cards became two, a decrease of one third.

When it was his turn, Chen Feng drew a line at the lean meat and made a three-yuan gesture.

The market price of pork has increased. As the third-grade meat, the price of lean meat is about 5 cents.

Even if the price of Guijie triples, you can still buy two kilograms for three yuan.

Unexpectedly, the other party shook his head and pointed to his stomach.

"Meat for food?"

Chen Feng was ecstatic, he wished it would happen this way.

The other party had earned enough money, but he was short of money. Fortunately, he had no shortage of food.

He pretended to take something out of the dark fish barrel, but actually took out seven large sweet potatoes from the space.

The vendor nodded and cut the meat with the kitchen knife.

About half a pound of lean meat, no fat at all.

Chen Feng nodded.

Anyway, he had so many sweet potatoes that he couldn’t finish them all.