Chapter 16 Buying Cigarettes and Alcohol for Singles
Chapter 16 Buying Cigarettes and Alcohol for Singles (Please collect and recommend)
Li Kailang came to the tobacco shop and saw the salesperson chatting with other people.
"Hello, I'm here to buy some cigarettes." Li Kailang said politely.
The saleswoman was a woman in her thirties, and she was a little annoyed when the conversation was interrupted.
But when he saw Li Kailang's handsome face, slender figure, and clean clothes, he immediately calmed down and asked kindly:
"Hello, young man, what kind of cigarettes do you want?"
"Well, I want a lot of cigarettes. I wonder if I can have them." Li Kailang said first. According to what Lu Wenjiang said, he wanted at least one pack of each type of cigarette.
"It's okay. I can get it for you." The salesperson said casually. She thought Li Kailang wanted a pack of each type of cigarette.
"Okay, then I'll be frank. Give me any cigarettes you have here." Seeing that the elder sister was so confident, Li Kailang also spoke frankly.
"One pack each, eh, young man?"
"No, I want one for each." Li Kailang repeated.
"What! Young man, what do you want so many cigarettes for?" the salesperson was shocked and couldn't help but say it out loud.
The eldest sister's voice attracted the attention of the surrounding salespeople, and they all came to Li Kailang.
Li Kailang saw her so frightened and guessed that he might have forgotten something. He immediately thought of an excuse and said:
"This isn't a happy event at home, and I don't know much about cigarettes, so I just thought I'd buy some more, just in case."
"Really?" The eldest sister asked doubtfully, but when she saw Li Kailang's handsome face, she immediately calmed down and said kindly:
"Young man, there is no need to buy so many cigarettes even if there is a happy event at home. Two packs will be enough."
Others also spoke up to persuade him.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. This way, I won't have to run around next time. I'll buy three." Li Kailang said.
"Okay, three, right? What kind of cigarettes do you want?" The elder sister was relieved when she heard Li Kailang lower his requirements.
"Economy, big production, and big front door."
"Okay, 8 cents per Economic one, 3.2 per Large-scale production one, and 3 yuan per Daqianmen one, a total of 7 yuan." The elder sister calculated skillfully.
"Okay!" Li Kailang took out 7 yuan from his pocket and handed it to the elder sister.
Holding three packs of cigarettes, Li Kailang immediately left the supply and marketing cooperative and hurried to an empty alley to put the cigarettes into the space.
If it weren't for the happy event as an excuse, Li Kailang would have had a hard time getting away with it.
Fortunately, famine had not yet come, and everyone had some money in their hands, so these three packs of cigarettes were not out of the ordinary.
The reason why the eldest sister reminded Li Kailang was because of his handsome face and she didn't want him to get into trouble.
On the one hand, although there is a happy event at home, there is no need to buy so many cigarettes.
On the other hand, they were worried that Li Kailang would engage in "speculation and profiteering" and resell cigarettes.
(The term “speculation” was not introduced until the 1980s, but for ease of understanding, I will use it here.)
You don’t need a ticket to buy cigarettes now, everyone can just buy them if they want to smoke. Once a ticket is required, speculative buying and selling will naturally occur.
The three packs of cigarettes did not meet Lu Dingwen's requirements, so Li Kailang went to a few more stores and bought seven more packs of cigarettes, spending more than 20 yuan.
These cigarettes are all common cigarettes available on the market. Special-purpose cigarettes such as Great China, Dadao, Navy, and Da Chongjiu are simply not available.
However, Li Kailang did not have much pursuit for these high-end cigarettes. The cigarettes he bought were basically mid-range cigarettes with moderate prices and good taste.
After running around, it was already noon. Li Kailang hadn't eaten anything in the morning, so they had a good time together.
As for what to eat, it is of course the specialty that is famous in later generations - roast duck.
The most delicious roast duck is from Jude. At that time, Quan Moude was not like that in later generations.
Although Quan Mou De was expensive at that time, at least it tasted good and the quantity was sufficient.
A roast duck costs 7 yuan. Although Li Kailang only has 33 yuan a month, his parents leave him to yuan, plus there is a system for daily sign-in, so money is not a problem.
After spending more than ten yuan on food in the store, Li Kailang packed five roast ducks and put them into the space ring. The roast ducks would not rot in the space ring, and they would remain the same as they were when they were put in.
After eating, Li Kailang planned to buy some fruits, fruit tree seeds, peanuts, melon seeds, etc., and most importantly, wine.
The fruit of the apple tree contains seeds, which can germinate and grow into new apple seedlings under suitable environmental conditions.
Planting saplings saves time, but Li Kailang cannot get saplings at the moment and can only plant seeds.
The previous fruit and vegetable seeds were all from melons, loofahs, etc., which Li Kailang himself didn’t like to eat very much.
I went to the supply and marketing cooperative again, and after a round of walking around I found the place where seeds were sold.
The situation at the supply and marketing cooperative was similar to that at the previous vegetable market. The variety of seeds was very limited, with only apple seeds. Li Kailang had no choice but to buy some apple seeds.
Afterwards, we came to the liquor sales point.
There are abundant liquors here, including Wuliangye, Jiannanchun, Maotai, Xifeng Liquor, and Fenjiu.
You need wine tickets to buy wine. Li Kailang has various tickets given for signing in to the system, including wine, but not much, only ten wine tickets.
"No need to divide them, just two bottles of each." Li Kailang thought to himself. However, he did not exchange them all, only Maotai and Fenjiu.
Just these four bottles of wine cost Li Kailang more than ten yuan. If he wanted to exchange them all, it would cost at least twenty-five or twenty-six yuan.
You have to know that nowadays workers’ wages are only 20 or 30 yuan, and this is a person’s monthly salary.
Secondly, ten bottles of wine were not easy to get, so Li Kailang went to several supply and marketing cooperatives and bought them all.
Putting the wine into the space ring did not speed up the passage of time.
Although the wine that has been aged for a long time can reach the quality of old wine, Li Kailang would rather drink the wine that has been aged for a normal period of time.
This was also the courage that the space ring gave him. After all, whether to speed up time was up to his own thoughts, so why not follow his own ideas.
Although Li Kailang didn't drink much, he didn't intend to give the wine away.
When the time comes to give away wine, just go buy it again.
"Huh, it's finally done!" Li Kailang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
There was nothing to do now and he didn't want to go back.
There were a lot of shit going on in the courtyard, and Li Kailang didn't want to get involved at all.
Yi Zhonghai already showed signs of favoring the Jia family. He didn't feel comfortable staying in the courtyard and might as well leave.
Speaking of playing, there was actually nothing fun to do at this time. Li Kailang was an adult and it was not easy for him to stay with children.
While thinking about it, I suddenly remembered Yan Bugui fishing. If I have nothing to do, I can go fishing too.
"This is fun," Li Kailang said, and immediately turned around and went back to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there were any fishing rods for sale.
However, after walking around, I couldn't find anyone selling them. After asking the salesperson, I found out that the supply and marketing cooperative didn't sell fishing rods.
These fishing rods were basically made by themselves. Unlike the high-end fishing rods we have now, at that time, rich people used the "three-section rod" and "four-section rod" made of bamboo on the market, but the price was not low.
For a family with an income of only thirty or forty yuan a month, that is just hopeless!
After all, people at that time lived a simple life. They would do what they could by themselves, and would only think of asking others to do it or buying it if they couldn’t.
With nothing to do, Li Kailang wandered around in boredom and unknowingly arrived at the park.
There are many people visiting here, including families, couples, and everyone in pairs, except Li Kailang, who is single.
"Damn, I was single before and I'm still single now. It's so damn unlucky." Li Kailang left cursing.
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