After leaving Lou Bancheng's house, Li Le found a deserted alley and went in. When he came out again, the two boxes were gone.
But Li Le did not go home directly, but went to the ghost market. At this time, this is the black market, and in later generations, this is Guijie.
"Buy or sell?" Li Le just arrived at the ghost market. Before he could enter, a man with a tight package came over and asked.
"purchase."
"Come in!"
It seems that the black market here has been controlled by others. You must know that the black market is extremely profitable! It's normal for someone to control it.
When you come to the black market, if you are buying something, you don't need to pay, you can go in directly, but if you are selling something, you need to pay a thousand yuan.
That’s one cent of the second set of RMB. Don’t think that one thousand yuan is not much.
A thousand per person is not much, but what if it is a thousand people! Not to mention more than a thousand people.
Calculated based on one thousand people, that would be one million per night, while a junior worker only earns a salary of more than three hundred thousand a month.
Calculated this way, this night's income is equivalent to the monthly income of three junior workers.
In one month, there is an income of 30 million, and only a dozen people in the black market can do it.
You can imagine how much money the person behind the scenes can make in a month.
It's a little better now, but in a few years, when more items require tickets, more people will come to the black market.
At that time, I could make more money, and making millions in one night was nothing.
The ghost market is very big and the streets are very long. There are people selling things on both sides. Li Le took a look and found that basically everything sold was food.
In addition to grain, there are also some food stamps, large and small yellow croakers, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
Of course, the most abundant food was grain, and most of it was fine grain. Li Le was speechless.
Because something is obviously wrong. Now that food is rationed, how can there be so much refined food?
Needless to say, the origin of these grains is unknown. They probably came from grain stores or factory warehouses.
"How much does this white noodles cost?" Li Le walked to a stall, squatted down and looked at the white noodles and asked.
There were two cloth bags at this stall, each of which was filled with white flour. Needless to say, this bag weighed just fifty kilograms.
"No tickets, 3,500 pounds."
To be honest, the price is not high. The white noodles are not Fuqiang noodles, but Bawu noodles.
The price of 85 powder is 1,420. The reason why people charge 3,500 is because they don’t need tickets.
A pound of local flour stamps, commonly known as food stamps, costs two thousand yuan.
To say that I asked for more, I only asked for an extra eighty yuan. I guess I wanted to round up the whole number.
Originally, Li Le wanted to leave the stall directly, but after thinking about it, he couldn't just leave without saying a word! This is obviously problematic.
"Cheaper."
"It's not cheap, you should look elsewhere!"
This is what Li Le wanted. He nodded and said, "Okay then! I'll take a look."
After speaking, Li Le stood up and continued shopping. He mainly came to see the situation, and had no intention of buying or selling.
Besides, rationing has just been implemented not long ago, so food is not particularly tight yet.
In addition, there are still people who can get food from grain stores and factories, so there is no need to be nervous.
After a period of time, or in other words, after the end of the year, this loophole will be filled.
By that time, food will be really tight. It is estimated that it will be basically impossible to get food from grain stores or factories.
Of course, a large number of people will be punished and even lose their lives. Such a large amount of food is enough for some people to lose their lives.
After walking around for almost an hour and figuring out the situation in the black market, Li Le left.
At this time, it happened to be one o'clock in the morning.
When he got home, Li Le took a shower first. He must have been sweating after running so far!
After taking a shower, I returned to the house and immediately felt much more comfortable because there was an electric fan in the bedroom!
Although this thing cannot be compared with air conditioning, it is still very comfortable in this era.
At least it won't make people feel unbearably hot.
The ceiling fan was just above the bed. Seeing that Zhao Yanran and the two sisters were asleep, Li Le shook his head and lay down between the two of them.
The bed in Li Le's house is very big, or rather a kang. It is very big and wide. It will not be crowded even if it sleeps five or six people, not to mention three people.
A night of silence.
Li Le woke up early in the morning and opened his eyes to see that the two sisters Zhao Yanran were no longer there.
The fan is still on, but the setting is no longer that high. The two sisters must have adjusted it after they got up.
Also, it's not as hot in the morning as it is in the evening.
By the time Li Le put on his clothes and came out, Ma Feng and the others were already washing up in front of the pool.
"Brother."
"Okay big brother."
After washing, washing his face, and drying with a towel, Li Le returned the toiletries and basin back to the house.
Then they came to the main room, and at this time, Ma Feng and the four of them had already arrived.
Of course, the ceiling fan in the main room has been turned on, and the strong wind is blowing. It cannot be said that there is no heat at all, but it makes people feel very comfortable.
"Brother."
"Brother."
"Well! Everyone, sit down!" After saying this, Li Le also pulled a chair over and sat down.
After Ma Feng and the four of them sat down, Li Le asked, "Have you bought all the food in your food book?"
Because when registering their household registration, Li Le asked each of them to have a household registration.
So the same goes for the grain book. They and Li Le are not the same grain book, but each of them has one grain book.
Niu Shuanzhu scratched his head and said, "Brother, we don't eat the food in the food book, so we didn't buy it."
Li Le frowned when he heard what Niu Shuanzhu said.
Ma Feng said quickly: "It's like this, big brother. At the end of the month, we all exchange the food stamps for the next month."
If the ration in the food book is at the end of the month, it can be exchanged for food stamps for the next month.
Not available at the beginning or middle of the month, they can only be exchanged for food stamps for that month.
Gou Sheng: "Yes, brother, food stamps are very easy to sell now. Whether they are fine food stamps or coarse food stamps, they are all very easy to sell."
Li Le looked at the brothers and said: "From now on, you are not allowed to exchange for food stamps. You must buy food back every month."
Li Daila: "Ah! Brother, why?"
"Don't ask why, just do as I say. Although it is a little troublesome to sell the food, you still have to buy it back."
It's okay to exchange it for food stamps once or twice, but if it continues like this, it will inevitably make people suspicious and even attract the attention of interested people.
This is not what Li Le wants to see.
"I know, brother, we will buy the food before we come back this afternoon."
"Yeah! By the way, how did you get rid of the food stamps you exchanged for before?"
This must be asked clearly because Ma Feng and the others are not that sensitive to the current situation.
Ma Feng: "Brother, this is simple. We collect scraps and encounter too many people who are short of food, so we sell them directly." "You mean to the families who sold you scraps?"
Ma Feng scratched his head and said: "It doesn't count as selling! It just turns it into money and uses it as funds to collect scraps."
Hearing what Ma Feng said, Li Le nodded and said, "This is not bad. It doesn't matter even if others find out."
"Yes, brother, we are bartering." Li Daila nodded and said.
"Yeah! After you buy the food back, you can also exchange it for food. You just need to add the money from food stamps and the money to buy food together."
"I know, brother."
At this moment, Zhao Yanhan came in and said, "Go and serve the food quickly. It's time to eat."
"Okay sister-in-law, come right now."
Ma Feng and the others agreed and hurried to the kitchen to serve the food.
And Zhao Yanhan put a foreign porcelain basin on the table. In the foreign porcelain basin were steamed buns, and they were pure white.
When you eat behind closed doors, you don't have to worry about being seen.
If he lived in a large courtyard or some courtyard, Li Le would really not dare to eat like this.
You must know that fine grains are only 20% of the ration! For example, Li Le has a ration of forty-two kilograms a month, and only eight kilograms and four taels of fine grain.
And there are seven adults in Li Le's family! These eight pounds and four ounces of fine grains, even if all were bought as white flour, would probably be enough to steam steamed buns once.
Steaming steamed buns once is not enough to last for one day. In other words, Li Le's family's monthly supply of fine grains is enough for them to last for five days at most.
According to normal circumstances, after these five days, you can only eat whole grains.
Of course, this is talking about normal circumstances and the current status of the entire imperial capital.
But Li Le’s family doesn’t need it! He even said that he would not eat this fine grain, because although it was said to be fine grain, it only amounted to eighty-five flour and ninety-one meters.
Jiuyi rice also has another name, that is, brown rice, which is the kind in which the husk is removed and even the germ is left.
You must know that Li Lecun's rice noodles are all made from Fuqiang powder and polished rice! If you don’t eat the good ones, who will? Unless your brain is abnormal.
The steamed buns steamed with Fuqiang powder are much whiter and more delicious than the steamed buns steamed with Bawu powder.
Today's breakfast is much better than yesterday. The millet porridge will not change, but today there are white flour steamed buns, eggs, and two fried vegetables.
And there is also a meat dish. Although it is said to be morning, no one stipulates that you cannot eat meat in the morning!
After finishing the meal, everyone began to pour cold boiled water into their own kettles. This was the hot water boiled last night. It was filled in a porcelain basin and covered with a white cloth.
Li Le's family has to boil at least three porcelain basins of water a day, otherwise there won't be enough to drink.
Moreover, when Li Le bought a kettle, he bought the largest one that could hold two liters of water at a time.
After loading the water, everyone set off.
Because there is no shortage of oil and water, as long as you eat enough in the morning, you won't feel hungry until noon, so no one brings eggs, even the most edible beef buns.
After Ma Feng and the others left, Li Le was also ready to leave.
But before leaving, he said to Zhao Yanran: "Give me the grain book at home, and I will buy the grain back later."
"Okay Brother Le, I'll get it for you."
After speaking, Zhao Yanran returned to the inner room and quickly took out the food book.
"Brother Le, here you go."
"Um!"
Li Le took the grain book and looked at it. His monthly ration was forty-two kilograms, while the two sisters, Er and Zhao Yanran, only had thirty-six kilograms each.
He didn't care. Needless to say, he returned thirty-six pounds. Even if he didn't, it didn't matter to him.
He can still lack this little food.
After coming out of home, Li Le started walking around the streets.
His shouts were also left along the way.
However, the harvest was not ideal. It was almost eleven o'clock, and only about 100,000 yuan worth of scraps had been collected.
After thinking about it, Li Le went to the scrap station to sell it, and then went straight to Uncle Guan's house.
It’s been a while since I’ve been here, so I decided to take a look anyway.
On the way, Li Le bought pork head meat and some cold dishes.
Pork now requires a ticket, but pork head meat does not, but the price is higher.
This doesn't matter to Li Le, as long as money can buy things, it doesn't matter to him.
When he arrived at the door of Uncle Guan's house, the door was open. Li Le locked the tricycle and went in directly.
Uncle Guan is sitting in the main room, or to be precise, he should be lying down.
Yes, Uncle Guan has a recliner, and it’s an old thing. It’s hot now, so he rarely goes out.
He was half lying on the recliner, blowing on the fan, which happened to be facing the main door, so as soon as Li Le came in, Uncle Guan saw him.
"Coming?"
"Here it comes!" Li Le picked up the things he bought.
"Drink?"
"Drink some!"
"Hahaha!" Both of them laughed.
Then Uncle Guan got up from the recliner, moved the recliner halfway, then moved the Eight Immortals table over and placed it under the fan.
At this time, Li Le also put down the pork head meat and cold vegetables he bought, pulled up a chair and sat down.
Uncle Guan entered the room and took out two bottles of lotus white and placed them on the table.
"Okay! It's quite rich." Uncle Guan said looking at the things Li Le bought.
The cold dishes that Li Le bought were basically junk food, because they were the only ones that didn't require tickets.
As for other things, Li Le is really powerless because he doesn’t have a ticket!
But the water is not bad, because they are all marinated and then mixed with cold water, and the taste is still very good.
When Uncle Guan went to get the wine glass, Li Le quickly opened the wine.
The wine glass was placed on the table, and Li Le quickly brought it over, filled it, and placed it in front of Uncle Guan.
"Uncle Guan, eat some cushion first."
"Yeah! It's not good to drink on an empty stomach." Uncle Guan agreed.
Then the two of them ate some first, liver, lungs, heart, and finally the pork head.
After eating half of what Li Le brought over, the two of them started drinking.
Of course, I was eating and drinking at the same time, but I had almost eaten, and the next step was basically drinking.
After finishing two bottles of wine, no one mentioned continuing to drink, because it was enough, and drinking too much was not good.
However, there is still about a third of what Li Le brought over, enough for Uncle Guan to have another meal at night.
After chatting with Uncle Guan for a while, Li Le left because Uncle Guan was going to take a lunch break.
Similarly, Uncle Guan also expressed his gratitude to Li Le.
Because of Li Le, he stocked up several meals for himself to eat alone, enough to last him ten years.
Of course, the food won’t last that long, but he can exchange it for food stamps! (End of chapter)