Baiyue Cave Master

Wang Yuanchao was shocked when he heard the price. The prices of industrial products in this era were really high, and the industrial price gap was really big.

Just these few things are worth more than a worker's half-month salary.

But these are things that Wang Yuanchao will need in his future life. They are basic needs. There is no way around it, he has to pay for them.

I took out 24 yuan and 5 national industrial tickets and handed them to the salesperson, saying:

"Thank you, Comrade Kong. My name is Wang Yuanchao. Here are some banknotes. Please count them."

After confirming that the money and bills were correct, Wang Yuanchao took the items and put them in a bamboo basket. Holding the wooden handle of the hoe in his hand, he smiled at the salesperson and went to queue up to buy cotton.

After waiting in line at the cotton counter for nearly an hour, Wang Yuanchao finally used his educated youth certificate to buy his five kilograms of cotton without a ticket.

He also used the national meat coupons to exchange for two bottles of Erguotou liquor.

When he walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Yuanchao used his consciousness to check the clock in his space. It was already past 11 o'clock. He looked at Mr. Liu on the ox cart in front of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Wang Yuanchao ignored it and found a place where no one was around. He put his axe, hoe and other tools into the space.

There were only five pounds of cotton, pork ribs and vegetables left in the bamboo basket.

I went to the street to find a state-owned restaurant, planning to have lunch and then go to the ox cart to take a ride back.

Walking into the state-owned restaurant, a middle-aged woman was sitting at the counter knitting with her head down.

There were two small windows in front of her: one for ordering, and another window not far away for picking up food.

Meals in state-owned restaurants are semi-buffet. You order your food at the order counter first, pay and get a receipt, and then pick up your food at the pick-up counter.

Restaurants nowadays are not like those in later generations where customers are king. It is not easy to be a waiter here.

They are either very capable or have connections. If they are nice, they will ignore the customers, and if they are serious, they will even beat and scold them.

Therefore, there is a slogan posted on the wall of the state-owned restaurant that reads: No beating or scolding of customers without reason.

Wang Yuanchao walked over and looked at the menu, then said to the middle-aged woman:

"Hello, comrade. I'd like one portion of braised pork, one portion of braised fish, and a bowl of rice."

The middle-aged woman was busy knitting and replied without even looking up:

"Red braised pork for 1.1 yuan and a 2-liang meat ticket,

Braised fish is 1.5 yuan, no ticket required.

A bowl of rice, three cents and two taels of food coupons

The total is two yuan and ninety cents plus two ounces of grain coupons and two ounces of meat coupons."

Wang Yuanchao didn't care about the middle-aged woman's attitude. In this era, the service industry is full of iron rice bowls, and everyone has this kind of attitude. If he wanted to care about it, he would not be able to cope with it at all.

After paying the bill at the window, I went to a table and waited for my meal.

Not long after, Wang Yuanchao brought the food to the table and started eating.

Well, the braised pork was extremely flavorful and soft, and the chopsticks were sunken when I picked it up gently.

Put it in your mouth and take a sip, the delicious taste explodes in your mouth. It is a bit expensive, but it is really delicious.

Chefs of this era are all taught by masters and apprentices, and those who can become chefs in restaurants really have some skills.

Wang Yuanchao was very satisfied with the meal. Both dishes were very generous in portion, unlike the restaurants in later generations which had only a few pieces of meat.

There was a large bowl of braised pork, almost half a pound of meat, and it was also red and shiny, looking shiny and attractive. I picked up a piece with chopsticks, and it trembled.

When you take a bite, you first taste the skin, then a layer of fat underneath, which is fat but not greasy, followed by a layer of lean meat that melts in your mouth.

Then the fat and lean meat alternate with distinct layers, which makes people linger on the taste.

The braised fish is also crispy, tasty and fresh. The only regret is that there is no chili in the dish. For Wang Yuanchao, who loves spicy food, it always lacks a little flavor.

After dinner, Wang Yuanchao thought that if he continued to spend money like this, with only a little over 6000 yuan in cash on him, he might not be able to survive in the countryside for 11 years.

But I don't want to be like the protagonists in the novels and work in the black market.

In this era, being caught for speculation and profiteering is a serious matter.

If you are caught just buying things on the black market, you may just have your earnings confiscated, and you will be released after paying a fine and writing a self-criticism.

But if you are caught selling things, it is different. You will usually be arrested and put in jail.

If the amount of supplies is huge, it is possible to eat the wooden warehouse directly.

Wang Yuanchao would not rely on luck. He knew that the overwhelming organizational power of this era was not exaggerated.

In the black market, when ordinary people take risks to make a living and look for food, people may turn a blind eye to it.

If it is really shipped on a large scale like in the novel, I'm afraid I won't even know what's going on until I die.

Making a little money from small-scale operations doesn't mean much to Wang Yuanchao. If he gets involved in a big deal, Wang Yuanchao probably won't even know what happened when he dies.

Wang Yuanchao didn't think that his weak arms and legs could hold on.

So Wang Yuanchao thought about it and went to the commune's medicinal materials purchasing station.

"Hello, comrade. I am an educated youth who has just arrived at the commune.

I want to plant some ginseng in the mountains of our brigade and research artificial cultivation techniques. Is there anyone at the purchasing station who sells ginseng?"

"Yes, ginseng seeds are 20 cents each. How many do you want?"

Wang Yuanchao saw this and took out two big unity notes and said:

"First, take 100 ginseng seeds and try to see if they can survive in the mountains of the team.

If I can grow it, I will buy some more later."

"Okay, here are 100 seeds. I'll wrap them in oil paper for you. Take them. I wish you success."

"Thank you for your kind words. By the way, does your purchasing station buy other medicinal herbs?"

"Purchase, this is the latest price list of our purchasing station, you can take a look."

Wang Yuanchao took the quotation and frowned. Except for the aged ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, which are relatively expensive, the other medicinal materials need to be roasted before the purchase price will be higher. Most of them are around 2-4 yuan per catty.

Fresh medicinal herbs cannot be sold at a high price, only about one-fifth of the price of roasted herbs, which is almost like giving them away for free.

After Wang Yuanchao saw the price, his idea of ​​using the space to grow medicinal herbs for money dissipated a lot.

It would be better to use the 20:1 time flow rate in space to grow ginseng. It only takes five years to harvest a batch of century-old ginseng.

Thinking of this, Wang Yuanchao handed the quotation to the salesperson.

"Thank you. I have a basic understanding of the price. I will send it here when I have the chance to collect these herbs."

"Okay, you're welcome. If you have good medicinal materials, our purchasing station will definitely give you the best price."

"Okay, that's settled then. I'm leaving first."

"Okay, walk slowly."

After leaving the purchasing station, Wang Yuanchao placed the ginseng plants in the space. After the 20:1 piece of black soil was vacant, he planned to plant the ginseng seeds in it.