The excitement outside was still going on. The mother and daughter went back after shopping around. As soon as they got home, they all went into the space to get busy.
Having just picked up a lot of usable things at the scrap station, Gong Linglong borrowed a hammer, saw, etc. from her aunt's house, and kept banging on the space to make some rough but durable shelves and cabinets.
Bai Narcissus is also a restless person. She picked all the ripe fruits and vegetables and said to her: "Linglong, I found that the space has a preservation function. These vegetables and fruits will not lose water and spoil after being picked. ”
"Space has its own magic."
Gong Linglong looked at the fresh vegetables in the basket and discussed with her: "Mom, I will go out to find the black market in the afternoon and sell some of these vegetables."
"Linglong, there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the black market, and speculation is now strictly enforced. Why don't you go there?" Bai Narcissus was afraid that something would happen to her.
"Mom, I have space as a cover. I just hide in the space when I encounter danger."
Gong Linglong wanted to give it a try and find out what was going on in the black market, not to mention that she had the two protective gods of the small artifact and the ancient bracelet space with her. She was not afraid of being caught at all. Even if she was caught, she could still escape.
Bai Narcissus thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, you go and try it. I will help you trim the vegetables now."
They decided to go to the black market to sell goods in the afternoon. The mother and daughter finished their meal early at noon. Bai Narcissus did not stay at home to rest, but insisted on staying in the space and going out with her.
It took Gong Linglong more than half an hour to find the nearest black market location. She dressed up first, wrapped her head in a scarf, and walked to the entrance with two large baskets of rock sugar tangerines and vegetables and knocked on the door.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman, not tall but with sharp eyes. Seeing that she was a stranger, he asked her: "New here? Do you understand the rules here?"
"Understand."
Gong Linglong deliberately lowered his voice and lied: "I came with relatives."
The middle-aged woman looked at the goods in her basket, opened the door and let her in without saying anything.
The interior of the black market is dimly lit, with only a few oil lamps illuminating it, and the passages are narrow and damp. These were underground passages dug during the Anti-Japanese War, and are now used for underground transactions.
Gong Linglong walked along the passage and saw that there were many forks in the road, extending in all directions, and the noise inside could be heard from a distance.
"It seems that this black market is quite large."
When she came to the middle selling area with her basket, the vendors who were squatting on the ground almost looked sideways at her at the same time, all of them very cautious and vigilant.
Gong Linglong took a casual look and saw that everyone was selling local products of all kinds. There were also some selling pheasants and hares. There were also many people coming to the black market to buy goods. Almost everyone had a basket. There are people in front of each stall looking at the goods and negotiating prices.
She randomly found a corner and squatted down, taking out the fresh vegetables and fruits in the basket and placing them. She saw a woman walking by and actively selling: "Sister-in-law, fresh rock sugar oranges and vegetables are cheap, do you want to take some with you?" ?”
The woman stopped and looked down at her dishes. She saw that they were very clean, with not a single rotten leaf, and that the rock sugar tangerines were evenly sized and had fresh skin. She asked, "What's the price?"
"Vegetables cost two and a half pounds, rock sugar tangerines cost ten cents."
Nowadays, the monthly salary of formal workers in state-owned factories is only thirty or forty yuan. Stir-frying vegetables in state-owned restaurants costs five cents, and frying meat and vegetables costs ten cents. The price of vegetables has not changed for many years, and is basically about two cents per pound.
There are not many varieties of vegetables in winter. Now that the Spring Festival has just passed, she has already inquired about the price. The current price is a little more expensive than usual, and two cents and a half per pound is just right.
The other party first took a look at her vegetables. Seeing that they were very fresh, she said, "I bought all these vegetables. You can make them cheaper."
"Okay, two and three."
The first customer was a big customer. Gong Linglong also knew how to do business and gave her a price.
She had just brought more than 20 kilograms of vegetables. She borrowed a scale from her aunt's house to weigh and calculate: "It's a little over 23 kilograms, so I think it's fifty-two cents."
"Put it in the bag for me."
The other party brought a sack. Gong Linglong helped her put it into the bag and grabbed a rock sugar orange and gave it to her: "Sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of the business. Please have a rock sugar orange. It's very sweet."
"You're quite good at doing business." The other party accepted it with a smile.
She had sold out all the vegetables just after she arrived. The stall owner next to her was very envious. Gong Linglong saw him staring at the rock sugar oranges in the basket and generously gave him one: "Uncle, please eat."
"How embarrassing."
The man's clothes were rather shabby, his hands were thickly calloused, and he had a pile of soybeans and peanuts in front of him. He obviously grew them at home and exchanged them on the black market for subsidies to support his family.
Gong Linglong threw the tangerines to him and chatted with him in a low voice: "Uncle, do you come here often to sell them? Is it good to sell them?"
"I only come here to sell once every ten days and a half. I can sell it, but the price is low."
The other party accepted the rock sugar tangerine, but did not eat it. He put it in his pocket, probably because he wanted to take it home for his children to eat.
Gong Linglong saw that his goods were neatly packed and looked good. The soybeans and peanuts were all plump. She said to him, "You can make soybean paste and laba beans from the beans, and fry the peanuts into peanuts to sell." , these are easier to sell, they can eat them directly after buying them, and it won’t be a problem to charge half the price.”
The other party listened to her carefully and thought her suggestion was really good. He smiled honestly and said, "You are right. The ones that can be served directly to the table are more popular and the price is much better."
She gave him an idea and the relationship became closer immediately. Gong Linglong took the initiative to chat with him. She heard a lot about the prices and experiences of selling goods on the black market from her uncle. Later, a customer came to buy rock sugar mandarin oranges. She helped him. The uncle sold the soybeans and peanuts together.
After selling these goods, Gong Linglong left the black market and reported to his mother via voice transmission: "Mom, they are all sold out. The total profit is less than one yuan, which is just enough to buy a pound of pork."
"It's great that you sold out so quickly."
Bai Narcissus was chopping peppers in the space and said to her: "Linglong, vegetables grow quickly in space. Jingchuan's army is in the suburbs of Seoul. It's inconvenient for you to often go to the black market in the city to resell."
"I just thought about it. Let's raise more poultry and livestock in a piece of land in the space, feed them with these grains and vegetables, and then give them to people for slaughter in the future."
"The prices of livestock and poultry are high, and they are easy to sell. You can sell whatever you have, and you don't have to go out and take risks to sell vegetables. What do you think of this arrangement?"
"Okay." Gong Linglong agreed.
Materials are scarce these days, livestock and poultry are particularly easy to sell, and even eggs are in short supply.
She had just walked around the black market. As soon as the eggs were put on the stall, customers would immediately come to grab them. No one would bargain, and no matter how much the goods were, they could be sold quickly.
