Chapter 189 Foreign-related shops, groveling
"It tastes good, I'll have another glass." He put the cup down, picked up another glass of watermelon juice and drank it.
Foreigners prefer to drink cold drinks. Even in winter, they do not drink hot water.
Juice with ice is definitely their favorite thing.
After drinking two glasses of juice, the foreigner took out a banknote and handed it over, saying: "The juice is delicious, here is the money."
After taking the money, Li Jia twitched the corner of his mouth. Unexpectedly, the foreigner was very generous and gave him a dollar directly.
You must know that it is 1959! In 1959, the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the RMB was 1:2.46.
In other words, the foreigner drank two glasses of juice and actually gave him nearly two dollars and fifty cents.
Also starting from this year, the exchange rate of the US dollar against the RMB remained unchanged for eleven years, and it remained the same until 1970.
Since 1971, the U.S. dollar has continued to decline. Until 1979, one U.S. dollar was exchanged for less than 1.5 yuan in RMB, and could only be exchanged for 1.49 cents.
Then it continued to rise. At the highest point, one U.S. dollar could be exchanged for more than eight yuan.
Of course, the foreigner gave him a dollar, probably because the price of goods in their country is like this, or it may be the money he brought over, and the minimum face value is a dollar.
But no matter what, Li Jiayi made a profit.
After the young foreigner left, Li Jia put away his beautiful knife and started shouting.
This is an embassy area, and the people living nearby are basically embassy staff and family members.
Basically, those working in the embassy or their family members can speak Chinese.
Even if the Chinese is a bit poor, I can still understand it, and at least I understand what it means.
“Don’t miss it when you are passing by, fresh iced juice.”
“Kid, how do you sell this juice?” A Yangma came over and asked.
The reason why it is said to be a foreigner is because this female foreigner is really too tall. Even among foreigners, she is definitely tall and tall.
"Fifty cents a cup."
"Give me a cup."
"Pick whatever you want." Li Jiayi said, pointing to a row of juices.
Dayangma looked at it and chose a glass of peach juice.
"Yeah! It tastes good, and it's so cold." Then he drank it in one go and put the cup down.
Li Jia took an empty cup and put it into a wooden basin. There was water in the wooden basin, which was used to clean the cups.
Although he is selling it to gringos, it must be clean, otherwise he will get sick after drinking it. How can he sell it to these gringos in the future? How to make money from them.
"Give you money."
Watching Li Jia put a cup into a wooden basin filled with water, Dayangma nodded with satisfaction.
“No change.”
"No need to look for it, any extra is your tip." After saying that, he handed a US dollar knife to Li Jiayi, turned around and left.
"Damn it, I didn't expect to be tipped by Dayangma." Li Jiayi cursed.
"Don't miss it when passing by, fresh iced juice."
"How much does a cup cost?"
Li Jiayi stretched out his hand and said, "Fifty cents a cup."
"Give me a drink."
"I'll have a drink too."
These gringos are quite interesting, and they don't even look at them when no one is buying.
Now that I see someone buying it, they all gather around.
This left Li Jiayi speechless.
It seems that these gringos are no different from Chinese people, because that’s what Chinese people are like.
Soon it was noon, and there was no one on the road. Li Jia collected the cups and drove his tricycle back to Houhai Grove.
After entering the grove, Li Jia put away the tricycle and took Asheng into the space.
Li Jiayi did not make food for himself first, but took out the beautiful knives he sold today.
Not bad, I sold forty-three dollars this morning.
Most of them are two cups for one dollar, and some are one dollar for a cup.
The reason why there are some people who pay a dollar a cup is just like the Ocean Horse, just one person.
Many people drink together, or even several people, and one of them pays.
Anyway, I made a lot of money today. Making a lot of money does not mean how much money I made, but how much money I made.
This thing can buy some things that cannot be bought with money and tickets.
It's okay now. When the Friendship Store is built, you won't be able to get in even if you have a beautiful knife, because it only accepts gringos and a very small number of leaders.
Putting away these beautiful knives, Li Jia started to make food.
He eats very simply and doesn’t like eating anything too greasy, so pork head, liver, and heart are his top choices.
Of course, more garlic sprouts and onions are needed, and chili oil is indispensable.
After eating, Li Jia took a bath and then took a nap.
When it woke up, it was already around two o'clock. It quickly got up and came outside the space.
Of course, I didn’t forget to apply mosquito repellent ointment before I came out. Not to mention, this thing is really in charge!
Since applying this thing, he has not been bitten by mosquitoes again.
This has to make Li Jiayi sigh, the medicine in this era is really in charge!
The mosquito repellents that future generations spend tens or hundreds of dollars to buy do not care about anything at all. There is not much difference between using them and using them.
Not long after Li Jiayi came out of the space, people started coming over one after another.
"Liu Weidong, you can do it! You are the first one back today."
"It's not bad! You just have to show off your face when selling this thing."
" Hahaha, you're right."
He helped him fill the bag again, and Li Jia collected the previous money. "Li Jiayi, I'll leave first."
"Okay, try to be the first one back at night."
"No problem."
Just as Liu Weidong left, the little black fat guy Guo Detie also came back , this kid is very close.
But even so, he was a little later than Liu Weidong.
"Li Jiayi, who am I today?"
"You performed well today and you are the second one to come back."
"No, there is someone else who came back before me." !”
“Well! It’s Liu Weidong, do you know what Liu Weidong said?”
“What did he say?”
"Liu Weidong said that the reason for selling this thing is to lose face."
"Uh! Okay."
After the last one left, Li Jiayi packed up and ran to the embassy area again. Next, start selling juice.
On this hot day, it is absolutely comfortable to have a glass of iced juice.
Forget about others, even Li Jiayi comes for a drink from time to time.
Because he didn't know when Little Black Fatty and the others would come back, Li Jiayi didn't sell here for long.
He packed up and left after five o'clock, and at this time, the sun was still high!
Although there is more time to sell, the money sold is more than in the morning, but not much more.
When I returned to Houhai, I counted eight dollars more than in the morning.
Forty-three plus fifty-one, the total is ninety-four dollars, which is enough to buy an electric fan.
But this is not enough. Since there is this way, how could he end like this?
A week passed in the blink of an eye. During this week, Li Jiayi went to sell juice every day.
Business is getting better day by day. Including the sales on the first day, he now has one thousand and fifty-seven dollars in his hand.
These U.S. knives are basically worth one or two U.S. dollars.
There are very few five-dollar and ten-dollar knives, and none of the larger denominations.
Of course, he didn't forget to transport a few ice cubes home every night. It was so hot during the day, so he at least wanted his family to have a good sleep!
That morning, after sending Little Black Fatty and the others away, Li Jiayi stopped selling juice.
As for whether it will be sold in the future, I don’t know yet.
After packing up, Li Jia drove his tricycle to the department store. It was the only place he knew where he could use a beautiful knife.
Of course, he also knew this from the gringo.
When he arrived at the department store, Li Jia parked the tricycle, locked it, and headed straight to the third floor.
Yes, the external counter is on the third floor.
This is also the first time Li Jiayi has been to the third floor of a department store.
As soon as he walked out of the stairs, Li Jiayi was stopped by someone.
"Child, this is not the place you came from, leave quickly."
"Uh!"
Li Jiayi is so angry! Grandma, you are really not a fucking thing. You kowtow to the foreigners and you are condescending to the Chinese.
Li Jiayi ignored him and took out a beautiful knife from his schoolbag.
Although these beautiful knives do not have a high face value, they look like a lot because they do not have a high face value!
I slapped my hand with a knife a few times, then looked at the staff member and asked, "Can I come in now?"
"Okay, okay, please come in."
"Hmph."
Li Jiayi did not give him a good look. If this happens in future generations, he will have to slap him twice.
But it’s not possible in this era. You have to know that what people eat is public food and what they serve is an iron rice bowl.
No matter how angry he was, he could only endure it. Didn’t you see the slogans posted everywhere?
Do not assault customers without reason.
What a busy irony! It means that if it is not without reason, you can beat me.
So I can’t afford to offend you!
After entering, Li Jiayi found that the things here are really dazzling! No wonder some people use their privileges to come here to buy things.
Because there are many things here that are not available in China.
Yes, many things here are imported, such as washing machines, refrigerators, televisions, etc.
Li Jiayi even saw the air conditioner.
In fact, there were also washing machines in China at this time. Little Swan washing machines started production in 1958, that is, last year.
It's just that it can't be compared with foreign washing machines, so the sales are not very good.
In fact, it was mainly because of the high price that not many people could afford it. It was not until seven or eight years later that Little Swan gradually became known to people.
The electrical appliances sold here are not produced domestically, but are imported from abroad.
I guess if it were made in China, foreigners wouldn’t buy it.
Li Jia took a look and saw that there was indeed a fan. As for the air conditioner, Li Jia didn't even dare to think about it.
The first reason is that because of the high price, he simply does not have that many beautiful knives.
The second thing is that it is useless to buy it. At this time, civilian electricity cannot power air conditioners at all.
"Hello, how much does this fan cost?" Li Jiayi asked, pointing to a floor fan.
“This is one hundred and sixty dollars.”
(End of this chapter)