Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 25 Black Market

The next day, Wen Qing got up early and tidied the bed. She placed the bed against the wall outside the kitchen, weighed the bench down and placed it under the eaves, put the mattress and quilt on the bench, and went out for a run.

She boxed for a while by the river, stretched her body, and then slowly came back.

Su Mei and Wen Dayong had already gone to work. Grandpa Wen said to her, "Wen Qing, breakfast is on the table, please eat." After that, he picked up the basket and went out.

Grandma Wen was cleaning, and Wen Qing said, "Grandma, you take a rest, I'll do the cleaning."

Grandma Wen: "Okay, second sister, it's rare for you to come home." She put down the broom and instructed: "Sweep the floor, mop the house, and put things in order. Your sister is still sleeping, don't wake her up." After that, she took the bag of wool and went to chat with her old sisters.

Wen Qing cleaned the kitchen and the two rooms. Grandpa Wen came back with some vegetables, including a piece of tofu, a handful of green vegetables, and a basket of sweet potatoes.

Wen Qing picked some vegetables, started a fire, and boiled some water. At this time, Wen Yu got up and said, "Sister, do you have breakfast?"

Wen Qing pointed to the table in the room. Wen Yu saw the porridge and pickles on the table and immediately became unhappy. "I want to eat eggs."

Wen Qing ignored her, and Grandpa Wen said, "Why are you eating eggs when you get up so late?"

Wen Yu said angrily: "I don't want to eat anymore." Then he slammed the door and walked out.

Wen Qing saw that it was almost time, so she asked Grandpa Wen where the rice was at home, scooped a bowl of rice, two bowls of corn crumbs, and steamed two cups of rice.

At 11:, Su Mei came back and saw the rice in the pot. She frowned and started cooking. She made white oil tofu and stir-fried vegetables, and started eating when Wen Dayong came home.

In the afternoon, Wen Qing told Su Mei that she was going to see her classmates and went out alone.

She wanted to sell some grain, and then find a place to buy spare parts for generators and farm tools. The space and land were large, but only one-tenth of it was being used now. She wanted to make good use of the land in the space, but she couldn't handle it with just her hands.

Wen Qing walked to a deserted place, entered the space, made up as a young, dark and thin man, carried a backpack, walked around the area for a few times, found the black market, and paid the entrance fee.

She mainly sells rice and wheat. The Spring Festival is approaching, and in order to let the people have a good year, the government has temporarily relaxed its supervision of the market and adopted a tacit attitude towards the existence of the black market. Therefore, many people come to the black market.

The 100 kilograms of rice and 50 kilograms of wheat in her backpack were sold out in a short while. She collected the backpack and walked out of the black market. Just as she turned into an alley, a voice called her, "The one carrying the backpack in front, wait a moment."

She looked back and saw a young man in an old military uniform catching up with her. She asked, "What's the matter?"

The young man asked, "Do you still have the food you sold today?"

Wen Qing asked warily: "What do you mean?"

The young man took out a pack of cigarettes and offered one to Wen Qing, "Brother, if you still have food, I want to buy some."

Wen Qing waved her hand and refused to take the cigarette. She said, "I just collected some food in the countryside. It wasn't much."

Seeing that Wen Qing did not refuse, the man said, "My last name is Hou, and everyone calls me Monkey. I just returned from the countryside and now I don't have a job, so I have to quietly do some small business."

Wen Qing saw that he was being frank, that his hands were covered with thick calluses, and that the cloth shoes on his feet were dirty and torn, so she asked, "How much do you want?"

The monkey asked, "I want 1000 catties of millet. How much is one catty?"

People in central Hubei eat more rice, and rice is also the most popular product. "Millet is 2 cents per pound."

The monkey said, "Brother, can you make it cheaper? There is a loss when milling millet into rice. 2 cents is too expensive."

The two finally agreed on 10.8 cents per pound. He then sold it at 35 cents per pound, and after deducting the processing fee, he could make 80 or 90 yuan.

The two agreed to deliver the goods in the woods by the river at night, and at that time, one would pay and the other would receive the goods.

After the two broke up, Wen Qing turned around the alley, entered the space, changed her makeup, turned into a middle-aged woman and returned to the black market, following Monkey from a distance.

He said a few words to a man guarding a grain stall, "Xiao Qiang, go to Dongdong's house and borrow their cart. I need it."

After Xiaoqiang left, he continued to sell grain, but he was selling sorghum rice and not many people bought it.

Wen Qing watched from a distance for an hour. The monkey was selling food all the time. When Xiaoqiang came back, he said to him, "Brother, I left the cart at home."

Wen Qing left and went home when she saw that he didn't move.

After Wen Qing finished her dinner and waited for everyone to fall asleep, she left the yard and quickly walked to the agreed grove by the lake.

It was only 12 o'clock. She flashed into the space in the woods, quickly put on makeup, turned into a dark and thin man again, and climbed up the tree.

It was almost 1 o'clock when I heard footsteps on the roadside and a voice whispered, "Brother, brother, I am a monkey."

Wen Qing climbed down the tree and put 1000 kilograms of rice under the tree, saying, "I'm here."

Monkey came over and saw five large bags on the ground. Wen Qing pointed at the bags and said, "This is it."

The monkey opened the bag and took a look. He grabbed a few handfuls of rice and saw that they were all full grains. He was very satisfied and smiled brightly. He counted out 180 yuan and gave it to Wen Qing.

Wen Qing asked: "Can you carry it by yourself?"

The monkey said, "There is a cart."

Walked out of the woods and brought the cockroach in.

Seeing that he was well prepared, Wen Qing didn't say anything else.

When the monkey saw her leaving, he asked, "Brother, do you have any more food?"

Wen Qing asked in surprise: "You want more?"

The monkey said, "Yes."

Wen Qing thought for a moment and said, "There are still 1000 kilograms of millet, but it will arrive the day after tomorrow."

The monkey's eyes lit up. He thought that it would be a good time to sell the current batch of rice and have money to purchase more.

The two agreed to deliver the goods at this time the day after tomorrow evening.

It was almost four o'clock when Wen Qing got home. She lay down quietly and slept until Su Mei got up to make breakfast.

She began to look for machine parts in the city under the pretext of going out to visit classmates, and now she wants all kinds of parts.

The trip was not in vain. After a few days, I found a lot of good things in the steel plant, shipyard, steel rope factory, and repair shop. I was able to assemble a rice grinder and a rice transplanter, and I also secretly bought 500 liters of vegetable oil in the factory.

The next night, she went to the woods by the big lake again and traded 1000 kilograms of rice with the monkey.

Monkey sold 1000 kilograms of grain in two days. He was very excited. Wen Qing reminded him, "You should be careful when selling so much rice. You might as well go to other markets to avoid being targeted."

The monkey then realized that he had been a little careless and broke out in a cold sweat.

Even if you are not targeted by the government, if you are targeted by the thugs on the street, your life will not be easy.

He decided to continue selling sorghum rice in this market for the time being, and as for the rice he is selling now, he will say that he is selling it for others.

He planned to distribute the rice he traded this time to nearby counties and sell it. Although it was more troublesome, it was safer.

The monkey thanked Wen Qing and pulled the cart away with Xiao Qiang.

闻晴又去别的黑市出了2000斤稻米、1000斤玉米、80只兔子,还去附近黄市出了150壶葡萄酒、50斤各种菌子、100斤橡子。

I sold most of the things in my space and made 1750 yuan.

She went to the department store and the black market and bought twelve pieces of cotton cloth, five quilts, 30 kilograms of wool, 20 kilograms of rapeseed oil, some salt, toothpaste, and toothbrushes. Thinking that she would have to cook in the mountains, she went to the black market and bought two iron pots and one aluminum pot, spending more than three hundred yuan.

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