After coming out of the post office, Su Mo rode to the street where comrade Lu Changzheng's house lived based on his memory.
When passing a corner with a blind spot, Su Mo glanced around to make sure there was no one nearby, then got off the bicycle, put the bike into the space, and got into the abandoned and collapsed house on the side.
Su Mo changed into work clothes inside, darkened her skin with dark foundation, thickened her eyebrows, put on a pair of old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses, and a men's wig.
Soon, Su Mo changed from a pretty little daughter-in-law to a somewhat simple and honest young male worker who looked sixteen or seventeen years old.
After observing to make sure there was no one nearby, Su Mo came out, took out the bicycle from the space, and went out the same way.
She had already observed this place when Lu Changzheng brought her here. Not only are there no homes around here, it is also a blind spot, but there is also a dilapidated house used as a bunker, and the two ends are connected.
She changed her clothes inside. As long as there was no one around the corner, no matter which direction she went out, everyone she saw would think she was coming from another direction, and there would be no suspicion.
Su Mo cycled to the street where the black market was last time. She wanted to see if it was really so troublesome every time she went there, or if it was because they were strangers.
It was the same aunt from last time who passed by and asked Su Mo with a smile: "Young man, which house are you going to? My aunt is familiar with the area and can help you with directions."
Su Mo lowered her voice and said, "The team has distributed some fruits and vegetables. I will bring them to Uncle Su."
"Oh, Uncle Su, keep walking along the left until you reach the end." The aunt said with a smile.
Su Mo rode along the left side and soon reached the end. The people inside heard a noise at the door and stuck their heads out to see. When they saw it was a man on a bicycle carrying a basket, they opened the door to let Su Mo in.
After Su Mo entered, he closed the door and asked, "Buy or sell?"
"Sell."
"Two cents," the man said.
Su Mo took out two cents and handed them over. It's really expensive. Two cents is enough to buy a pound of white noodles.
The man took the money and said, "Cover your face and follow me."
Su Mo took a towel and covered her face, then pushed the cart and left with the man.
This time there is no need to impound the car. It seems to be another way to open it.
This time it was really fast. After passing through a door, we arrived at the courtyard we had last time.
So it was because they were too unique last time that they were treated differently?
Su Mo didn't know that it was because Lu Changzheng deliberately showed his domineering attitude in order to make his wife give up the idea of coming to the black market. When others see him, they know what he does, so they naturally take precautions carefully.
“Find a spot for yourself, leave when it’s sold out, and don’t linger too long.”
Su Mo nodded, found a corner seat, and parked the car. Then, using the cover of the bamboo basket, he reached in, put the large net bag inside into the space, and replaced it with a basket of apples.
Su Mo put the bamboo basket on the ground and opened the coarse cloth, revealing a basket of red, watery and fragrant apples.
A black market man who was passing by came over after seeing it and asked: "How do you sell these apples?"
Su Mo came here mainly to explore the situation and didn't want to stay for a long time, so she quoted a price that was very cheap on the black market.
"6 cents per pound."
The man immediately said: "Here are five pounds."
This apple is in good quality, and 6 cents is not expensive at all. The supply and marketing cooperative seems to charge more than 40 cents for the average price. It happens that his partner likes apples, so buy more at one time.
"Okay." Su Mo responded, and then sadly discovered that she didn't have a scale.
"Well, I don't have a scale." Su Mo was a little embarrassed.
"You can rent them on the black market for 20 cents a time," the man said.
Su Mo immediately paid 2 cents and asked the man to get her a scale.
The man quickly brought the scale, and Su Mo quickly weighed him 5 pounds, earning 3 yuan. Because he was the first customer, Su Mo gave him an extra one.
After a while, a few more men came over to buy apples. They probably saw the apples from the man just now and thought they were good.
The black market insiders alone consumed more than twenty kilograms for Su Mo, and the remaining twenty kilograms were sold out in less than an hour.
This basket of apples sold a total of 55 kilograms, earning 33 yuan. Adding in the 25 yuan from Sister Liu, she earned 58 yuan from selling apples today, which is equivalent to more than a month's salary of others.
After Su Mo evaluated it, he felt that the black market had a good flow of people, but it was a bit troublesome to come. It was okay to come once in a while, but if it came frequently, it would be easy to be spotted. The black market boss still had a lot of control over the black market. .
It seems that it is safer to develop Sister Liu's place. Although the wholesale price is low, it is more convenient and safe.
After selling the items, Su Mo put away the bamboo basket and wandered around the black market for a while. She bought 2 kilograms of pork. When she saw pork suet for sale, she bought another 4 kilograms. She was going to go back to boil meat oil. When she saw eggs, she bought another. 2 pounds.
Pork on the black market costs 1.6 yuan per pound, and 2 pounds cost 3.2 yuan.
Pork suet cost 2 yuan per pound, and 4 pounds cost 8 yuan.
Lard suet is considered high-quality meat, and it costs 1.2 yuan per pound with a ticket at the supply and marketing cooperative. It costs 2 yuan here on the black market, which is not expensive.
Eggs were sold at the supply and marketing cooperative for 0.78 yuan per catty with tickets. Su Mo bought them at a private stall and negotiated a lower price, which was 1.1 yuan per catty. Two catties cost 2.2 yuan.
This trip only cost 13.4 yuan. More than one-third of the money I earned from selling apples on the black market was immediately spent.
Money is still useless.
After shopping, Su Mo left the black market and went back to the same place to take off her makeup and change her clothes.
After coming out to take out the bicycle, Su Mo used the shelter of the bamboo basket to exchange things on the spot.
Put the meat and eggs into the space first, and the space will keep it fresh. The meat will not go bad as long as you keep it.
After taking out the big net bag, Su Mo took another three kilograms of cotton and put it away. The cloth would be cut again when she went back.
Then he took out a dozen more apples, put them into a bamboo basket, covered them with a coarse cloth, and then rode his bicycle and left through another exit.
After returning to the brigade, Su Mo first went to the Lu family to find Li Yuee.
"Mom, I bought some apples at the supply and marketing cooperative for you to try." Su Mo took 7 apples out of the basket and carried them in a coarse cloth.
Li Yue'e took a look and said in surprise: "Where did you buy the apples? They are big, red and juicy."
This was the first time she had seen such a beautiful apple.
"As for the county supply and marketing cooperative, the quantity is not large, so I only grabbed this."
"Give two of these apples to each of the eldest brother and the second brother's family. The remaining three will be given to you, dad and me each."
"Okay." Li Yue'e didn't refuse. She went to get a bamboo basket and took the apples.
"Mom, do you know how many stitches it takes to knit the sweater Chang Zheng wears?" Su Mo asked again, lest the knitting becomes too small and Lu Changzheng becomes uncomfortable wearing it.
"You want to knit a sweater for the third child?"
"Well, I bought some wool and planned to knit him a sweater." Su Mo nodded.
"I really don't know about this, but the three brothers are all about the same figure. The third one is a little stronger. Then you can compare with his eldest brother and the second brother." Li Yue'e was ashamed. She had never knitted a sweater for the third brother.
Sure enough, it has to be his own woman to feel sorry for a man.
"Okay." Su Mo responded, and then asked: "Mom, can you make cotton-padded jackets?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"I want to learn how to make cotton-padded jackets. Mom, if it's convenient for you, can you come and teach me someday?"
"That's no problem. I'll plant the land today and I'll teach you tomorrow. By the way, do you want to plant the land at your door? Mom has vegetable seeds here."
"For planting, I have bought vegetable seeds today." Su Mo responded.
What she plants must be seeds that will be improved by future generations.
