1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

"Okay! It's the same routine again. I guess I'll just have to wait!"

Li Weiguo returned to the invincible storage space and took a look at the processed cornmeal and white rice.

There is an additional selection bar on the icon above. When you click it, the weight and packaging contents will be displayed.

Li Weiguo tried it and set it to a 20-jin cornmeal sack to consume 2 experience points, while changing it to a cloth bag would consume 5 experience points.

He now understands that experience points are used as currency in the system. It seems that he will have to grow some sweet potatoes in the future. Is it too late for him to regret now?

He had packed five 20-jin bags of cornmeal and five 20-jin bags of flour in advance, all in sacks, so that small amounts of food would be easier to sell on the black market.

[Ding! Packing five bags of cornmeal consumes 10 experience points, and packing five bags of white flour consumes 10 experience points. There are still some experience points left! ]

After turning off the system, Li Weiguo deliberately pulled up his trousers and sat back down next to his second uncle.

"Uncle, let's split up when we go to the black market! Change back soon so we can go home sooner!"

Li Dahe was silent for a moment before agreeing, "Okay! But you have to be careful. Your grandma has prepared some towels for both of us. We should cover ourselves tightly and it's best not to let anyone see our faces."

The reason why Li Dahe agreed was because it was difficult to exchange wild rabbits, pheasants and fish. No one was able to eat enough these days, and no one would exchange grain for meat unless something serious happened at home.

It would be easier to buy food with money than to exchange it for food. Acting separately can indeed save time, so he agreed.

Li Weiguo proposed this simply because he wanted to take advantage of the black market.

Since his second uncle is not around, he has the opportunity to buy or sell.

"Almost done, let's go in!"

The uncle and nephew wrapped their heads with the cloth prepared by Grandma Li, leaving only two black eyes exposed.

Judging from Second Uncle’s skillful techniques, he must have been to this black market many times.

The black market sounds mysterious, but it is actually just a simple trading market.

Business is not allowed these days. If you want to get something that cannot be obtained through regular channels, you have to go to the black market to buy it, because no one can guarantee that they will not be short of something.

Ordinary people don’t have tickets for high-end items like radios, sewing machines, and bicycles. If they really need them, they have to buy them on the black market.

Therefore, the attitude of the higher-ups towards the black market is almost to turn a blind eye.

There is never a shortage of leaders in the black market who have formal jobs and wear Mao suits and carry pens.

As the uncle and nephew approached, someone rushed out from the darkness.

The man was also wrapped tightly. He stared at the sack Li Dahe was carrying and asked, "Buy or sell?"

"Sell!"

"Two cents per person, go in and find your own place."

"okay!"

After the second uncle paid four cents, the man didn't even look at the uncle and nephew and returned to the darkness.

You have to pay two cents to sell things, but you don’t have to pay to buy things. This is the rule of the black market.

The black market was crowded but surprisingly quiet. Few people spoke, and even those who did communicate did so in very low voices.

The lanterns hanging on the trees could only illuminate a single figure, making the entire black market even more mysterious.

There are only three lanterns in the black market. Only the ones for imports are red lanterns, and the one in the middle and the last one are ordinary lanterns.

People who go to the black market don't want to be seen clearly by others, so there are few people setting up stalls under the lanterns.

Uncle Li Weiguo and his nephew entered without causing any waves.

"Uncle, you stay here, I'll go over there, give me the two fish and we'll exchange them separately."

"Okay! Be safe!"

Li Dahe took out two fish from the sack and handed them to Li Weiguo. He found a place, took out the pheasants and rabbits, and squatted beside them waiting for someone to come forward and ask the price.

Li Weiguo carried two fish and walked along the way. There were signs in front of many stalls asking for the purchase of grain.

In addition, the sellers’ stalls are also diverse, selling iron pots, stoves, watches, porcelain, and so on. There is really a wide variety of items.

As for how it came about, no one will delve into it.

Li Weiguo walked to a stall that said "sell tickets" and stopped.

The person opposite was of medium height and was also covered tightly. When he saw Li Weiguo coming, his small eyes rolled around and he began to look him up and down.

The man was wearing a big piece of clothes, with his arms folded and his head tilted to look at people, and he kept tapping his feet, just like a second-rate person.

"What kind of tickets do you want? I have all kinds of tickets here!"

"Do you have meat coupons? How much is one pound?" Li Weiguo asked tentatively.

The other party said calmly: "One yuan per pound, how much do you want?"

"So expensive? What kind of pork ticket costs one yuan per pound?"

His family had never bought meat, but they knew that pork tickets at one yuan per pound were very expensive.

"If you like it, buy it or not."

The other party's words were very offensive. Nowadays, people who can get tickets have strong backing, no wonder they are so arrogant.

"Little brother, don't you see what era this is? A person only has two taels of meat coupons per month, and one pound of meat needs to be saved for half a year. Do you still think it's expensive?"

Seeing is believing, Li Weiguo swallowed secretly.

"I'm sorry, this is my first time here and I have no experience!"

The other party laughed and said, "No wonder, you should buy something else and get the meat coupons! Nowadays, even if you have meat coupons, you can't buy meat without connections."

“I can’t buy meat even if I have a ticket?”

"Of course. The meat processing plant doesn't release meat now. The supply and marketing cooperative only has half a pig a day. It has already been reserved by those with connections. So even if you have a ticket, you can't buy meat."

"It's really eye-opening. What about the food?"

"So you really don't understand, little brother!"

The other party's tone was filled with disdain, but he still answered: "The water in the grain is even deeper. Take rice and flour for example. It sells for about three yuan here, and corn flour is also one yuan and fifty cents per pound..."

"Even so, there are still so many people coming to the black market to buy food!"

After listening to the ticket scalper's words, Li Weiguo secretly calculated in his mind, he had so much food stored in his space, how much money would it cost if he sold it!

He got excited just thinking about it, because this way he would be a rich man!

Thinking of this, the corners of my mouth curled up unconsciously.

According to the price quoted by the ticket scalper, he now has 2000 kilograms of wheat in his space, which is 9000 yuan. Add on the kilograms of wheat he will receive tomorrow morning, and the wheat alone will make him a millionaire.

Add to that corn, potatoes, pumpkins and other things, and he got rich... This time he really got rich.

“Do you have a drink ticket?”

"Of course there must be! There is no ticket on this black market that Zhao Daqiang can't get. I have all the bicycle tickets!"

Then Zhao Daqiang opened his clothes. Wow! No wonder he was wearing such big clothes, it turned out that there were pockets of all sizes inside.

He really is a ticket scalper. Just the clothes he wears look professional.