Chapter 244 Important Transaction
The antique trust store is jointly operated by the Foreign Trade Bureau and the museum, and it is the only one in the entire imperial capital, right in Liulichang.
After receiving antiques with research value, they will be entered into the museum. Antiques without research value will be exchanged for foreign exchange by the Foreign Trade Bureau.
Antique trust shops will be busy over the next year or two, and of course, so will trust shops.
Holding four pieces of antique porcelain, Li Jiayi came out of the trust store and glanced at his pocket watch. It was still early.
Li Jiayi was planning to go to the Pigeon Market. There are a lot of people in the Pigeon Market now, because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and they all want to get some good things for the New Year.
No, Li Jiayi is here and he is going to sell some pork.
In this way, not only can many families have meat to eat during the New Year, but he can also make some money.
Yes, Li Jiayi is short of money now because he has to prepare for the next period of time.
After arriving at Pigeon City, find a random place to stop the sled and untie Asheng and the others from the sled.
Li Jia opened the box and shouted: "Don't miss it when passing by, fresh wild boar meat."
"Wild boar meat?"
Many people were stunned for a moment, but they responded quickly. Come here and run this way quickly.
“How do you sell wild boar meat?” someone asked.
"Three yuan and five pounds, all of which are three-layered meat. You can take a look." Li Jiayi raised a piece of wild boar meat for everyone to see.
"Are you sure this is wild boar meat? Why does it look fatter than domestic pork!"
"I'm sure it's wild boar meat, because the little comrade selling the meat is familiar to many people in Pigeon City. "
"That's right. "
The people who said these things are basically the people who have bought his pork.
“Then I want five pounds.”
"Sorry, the supply is limited today. Each person can only buy two kilograms at a time. If you want to buy more, you have to queue up again."
Li Jiayi knew that it was impossible to queue up again because there were too many people. There are so many. I’ll wait in line after buying them in front. I don’t know how long the queue will be.
The reason why he did this was just to sell to more people, but in fact he still sold that many.
"Then I want two pounds."
"Okay!"
Taking the seven yuan handed over by the other party, Li Jia handed over a handful of two kilograms of meat.
Yes, the price of pork in Pigeon Market is now three yuan and a half per catty. It is not that Li Jiayi deliberately raised the price.
But even so, there is still a price but no market. In other words, if it were not for good luck, you would not be able to buy meat at all.
And the wild boar meat sold by others is real wild boar meat. Not only does it have less fat, but it also tastes bad.
The wild boars he sells are all chopped and very large. Apart from having two tusks, the boars are basically the same as domestic pigs.
Let's put it this way, Li Jiayi sold this pork for four yuan a pound and people were rushing to buy it.
At least his pork is much better than the wild boar sold by others.
“I want two pounds too.”
“And me.”
“Don’t crowd, please line up and come one by one. Please don’t worry. So the limited supply is just to make it available to everyone.”
"Yes, yes, let's line up and don't crowd, otherwise it will be even slower."
"That's right, everyone is queuing up."
"Here, please take your two kilograms of meat. ."
"Go slowly."
"Give you money."
"Okay."
Li Jiayi is so busy! It would be nice if someone could help, but he knew that this was impossible.
For now, apart from his family, there is no one he can completely trust.
The eldest sister is quite suitable, but his secret cannot be known to anyone, which is a bit difficult.
Except for half an hour during lunch, Li Jiayi stayed in Pigeon City.
Even though there was no one around at noon, he didn't leave.
It was not until 4:30 in the evening, when it was getting dark, that he drove the sleigh home.
In one day today, Li Jiayi sold more than 10,000 kilograms of pork for nearly 50,000 yuan.
After dinner the next morning, Li Jiayi came to Wu Ye’s house this time.
I’m sure Li Jiayi and Master Wu are happy.
"Xiao Li! The house has been found. I will take you there in a moment."
"Oh! Where is it?"
"Not far from here, in an alley, the location Don’t worry, it’s very hidden.”
"That's good."
"By the way, there are three houses in that alley. One of them is occupied and the other two are vacant. I chose the middle one. The set is empty.”
"Okay."
For him, it doesn't matter how many houses there are, he just needs a place to put his things.
As long as it's relatively hidden, it's winter and there's basically no one around at night.
It is also more convenient for Mr. Wu and others to transport food home.
"Master Wu, in this case, let's go over and take a look now!"
"Why don't you take a rest."
"No, I have other things to do later."
"Okay, I'll take you there right now."
Master Wu led the way, and soon the two of them arrived at the place, and it was exactly what Master Wu said. It's very secluded here, not only the houses are secluded, but also the alleys.
And it's not far from Master Wu's house, about five hundred meters at most.
When Master Wu opened the door, Li Jiayi discovered that it turned out to be a two-entry courtyard.
And it was uninhabited, which surprised Li Jiayi. You must know that housing in the imperial capital is very tight.
Many families are crowded into one room, but there is actually a two-door courtyard with no one living there.
I heard from Mr. Wu before that only one of the three courtyards in this alley is occupied by people.
In other words, this is not the only place where there is no one in the courtyard. At least there is another place where there is no one.
"Xiao Li, are you satisfied with this place?"
"Master Wu, I am very satisfied with the place, but I don't know how much it will cost to rent this place?"
"No money."
"No money?"
Mr. Wu nodded and said: "Yes, no money is required. The owner of this house is also the one who wants to exchange food for you. He knows that you are looking for a house to store food, so he provided this place."
"Master Wu, wouldn't it be wrong not to give money?"
"What's wrong? You're renting a house because of us. We should rent the house."
"This..."
"Okay, it doesn't cost much. Let’s not worry about this.”
Hearing what Mr. Wu said, Li Jia thought for a moment and thought that no one, whether it was him or Mr. Wu, cared about this little money.
It would be a bit pretentious to care about it any more.
"Okay! That's it."
"That's right."
Next, Mr. Wu took Li Jiayi to look around in the yard. Then he handed Li Jiayi a key and left.
After Master Wu left, Li Jiayi didn't stay long, locked the door and left.
It was still early, so Li Jiayi drove his sleigh to the pigeon market outside Deshengmen.
Yesterday he took out pork at Jianguomen, and today he is going to Deshengmen.
Li Jiayi stayed here the whole day, and did not return to the city until dark.
But he did not go home, but went to the second-in courtyard house that Mr. Wu helped him find.
After arriving here, Li Jiayi took out the things from the space according to the list provided to him by Master Wu.
This is the first time a transaction has been conducted here. Li Jiayi knew that it might not be over for a while.
So I took out some food from the space, braised pork, beef brisket stewed with tomatoes, tofu mixed with green onions, and the staple food was of course rice.
After dinner, Li Jiayi made an enamel jar of tea, sat in the living room and drank it.
It wasn't until after seven o'clock that Mr. Wu came over. At this time, about two hours had passed since dark.
There was probably no one on the street, otherwise Mr. Wu wouldn't have come here at this time.
"Is this ready?" Master Wu asked, looking at the grain and meat placed in the living room.
"Yes, I prepared it according to the list you gave me."
Li Jia handed the list to Master Wu and said: "Everything is here, you can sort it out. This time I'll provide the bag. I need you to bring it over in advance next time."
"Yes!"
"By the way, Mr. Wu, I'll leave the big and small yellow croakers with you first. I'll pick them up from your house later."
Originally, Li Jiayi planned to leave after completing the transaction, but after thinking about it, it was completely unnecessary. Master Wu can just collect it for him, and he will still have to take orders from Master Wu in the future.
"Xiao Li, leave this to me, don't worry, you can just pick it up directly from my house tomorrow."
"Yeah!"
Don't look at Mr. Wu This is a personal transaction, but Li Jiayi attaches great importance to it, because most of his antiques in the future may be obtained from here.
Let’s put it this way! Even if he lost the customer Long Ye in the black market, he would not lose the customer Wu Ye.
After explaining some things to Master Wu again, Li Jiayi left.
When he got home, everyone in his family had already rested.
At this point, he didn’t go to the sauna anymore. He had to do it all over again. He might as well take a shower in the space later!
Go upstairs and enter the room, then lock the door and Li Jiayi enters the space.
In the next few days, Li Jiayi has been selling pork at the pigeon market.
Of course, a lot of gifts were given to the Shichahai Police Station and Seju, as well as the woolen mill.
Seeing that the Chinese New Year is less than half a month away, Li Jiayi is planning to go to his grandma’s house, and this trip may be the last trip before the year.
I guess the next time I go there will be after the Chinese New Year. I will go there at this time to deliver some New Year’s goods to my grandma’s house and my uncle’s house.
Getting up early in the morning, after breakfast, and after his parents went to work, Li Jiayi also prepared the sled.
He didn't prepare a big sled on the way, so he prepared a small sled.
The small sled is light and can run fast. You can even pull Asheng and the others with the gray wolf dog on the road.
Because it was too cold, even if he was wearing a goose down jacket and leather jacket, he would still feel cold when running, so he did not ask his eldest and second sisters to follow him.
There was a light snowfall two days ago and the road was slippery, otherwise he would have driven a tricycle.
In that case, it is absolutely no problem to bring the eldest sister and the second sister. Don’t forget that Li Jiayi also has a closed car with glass.
It's a pity that it snows a lot in winter in this era, so this thing is basically useless.
A tricycle can only be used if it can be driven! If you can't drive a tricycle, why use it?
"Sister, I'm leaving. If I don't come back at night, I will be staying at grandma's house."
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(End of this chapter)