Chapter 27: Cigarette tickets are divided into A and B, plus 1 crying
Chapter 27: Cigarette tickets are divided into A and B, plus one crying
"Okay, I want both of these two kilograms of candy tickets."
"Ah! You want them all?" The middle-aged man was obviously a little unconvinced.
There is no way, because Li Jiayi is too young! He cannot let others believe him.
"Yes, I want them all." After saying that, Li Jiayi took out two dollars from his schoolbag and handed them over.
No matter how much you say, it is not as convincing as money. Now that the money is in front of them, middle-aged people have no choice but to believe it.
After paying the money, I took the candy ticket and put it directly into my schoolbag, which was actually already put into the space.
In fact, there is only one kind of sugar ticket, called a sugar purchase ticket, with the quantity written on it. The maximum quantity is five jin, and the minimum is one liang.
As for what kind of candy you buy with the candy coupons, that depends on the individual. Needless to say, those who are rich will definitely buy White Rabbit Milk Candy.
Those who have no money will buy some hard fruit candies if they need them, such as for a wedding.
Of course, if you really can’t bear to buy sugar cubes, you can also use it to buy some white sugar or brown sugar.
"Don't you want this food coupon?" asked the middle-aged man.
"I'm sorry, I don't want local food coupons. If you have national food coupons, I'll take as many as you have."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "I don't have national food coupons."
In fact, it was not that Li Jiayi did not want the local food coupons, but because the local food coupons had an expiration date.
It must be used up within the same month, otherwise it will be invalid. He doesn't eat out much, so why does he need so many local food coupons?
He could buy some food for his family, but does he need food?
So the local food coupons are of little use to him, just having some in hand is enough.
Besides, the national food coupons are not much more expensive than the local food coupons, only five cents more expensive per pound.
Next, Li Jiayi continued to buy tickets in the pigeon market. His purpose was very clear: national grain tickets, sugar tickets, and also wine tickets, especially good wine tickets.
Unfortunately, after walking around, I didn’t meet anyone who wanted to trade wine tickets.
Yes, the person who can get the good wine ticket must be of extraordinary status. How could a person of such status come to Pigeon City?
So all he bought were sugar coupons and national grain coupons.
"Don't miss it if you pass by. Wild boar meat is 80 cents a pound."
While counting the tickets in the space with his mind, he was shouting to sell meat.
Comrade, give me a pound."
"I want two pounds."
"Okay, one by one."
Li Jiayi collected money and took the meat while talking.
At the same time, the tickets in the space were also counted. There were a total of 13 kilograms of sugar tickets and 57 kilograms of national grain tickets.
To be honest, this is already a lot, especially the sugar coupons, which are an extremely scarce commodity!
It can even be said to be a strategic material.
Yes, you read that right, sugar can be used as a strategic material.
Feeling that he had sold a lot, Li Jiayi hurriedly picked up the basket and moved to another place.
The pigeon city is big enough, so it would be good to move to a few more places, and avoid people's suspicion.
It’s just that his efficiency in selling pork is a little low. If he didn’t have to move back and forth so often, he could at least sell twice as much.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jiayi left the Pigeon Market carrying a basket.
Normally, there is still some time before dark, so he can continue selling.
But he was going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things. The pigeon market could be early or late, but the supply and marketing cooperative would not!
People go to get off work and leave work on time. They cannot open the door a minute earlier or close it a minute later.
After all, you get the same amount of money whether you sell more or less.
This is just like the communal dining system in the countryside. If you work more, you eat that much, and if you work less, you still eat that much.
In this situation, who would be willing to work harder?
After finding a deserted place to put the basket away, Li Jiayi ran to the nearby supply and marketing cooperative.
If he went back to the supply and marketing cooperative where his family lived, the staff would have gone home after get off work. "Comrade, I want to buy some candy." Li Jiayi said to the salesperson after arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative.
"What kind of candy?"
Li Jiayi pointed to the cans on the shelf and said, "I want to buy White Rabbit Milk Candy."
Yes, White Rabbit Milk Candy is packed in a jar and looks very high-end.
The salesperson glanced at Li Jiayi and said, "They are sold by the can. Here are some loose ones."
"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment and asked, "How much is that can?"
"Five pounds."
"How much?" Li Jiayi asked.
"A five-jin can of sugar costs eighteen yuan."
"Eighteen? Shouldn't five pounds be seventeen and a half dollars?"
Three dollars and fifty cents per pound, and five pounds is exactly seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
And although it is said to be in bulk, in fact the whole can is opened and sold individually.
"It's three dollars and a half per pound in bulk, and it's eighteen dollars with the can. To tell you the truth, this can costs fifty cents."
"Is that so? Then give me ten kilograms."
"Ten...ten kilograms?" The salesperson looked at Li Jiayi in surprise.
This is White Rabbit Milk Candy! Not to mention whether there is a ticket for ten kilograms of candy, the money alone is thirty-six yuan!
What does thirty-six yuan mean? According to the six categories of areas in the imperial capital, the salary of a first-level forger, milling worker, and fitter is thirty-three yuan.
The salary for an eighth-level cook is only 35.5 yuan, which is equivalent to buying ten kilograms of sugar, which is 50 cents more than the monthly salary of an eighth-level cook.
No wonder the daily production of White Rabbit Milk Candy is only 800 kilograms in this era, but it has never been sold out.
I really don’t want to sell this!
Not to mention ordinary working class people, even some leaders probably wouldn't be willing to buy it.
After all, the salary amount is there!
"Yes, ten pounds."
In order to avoid wasting time arguing with the salesperson, Li Jiayi quickly took out ten kilograms of sugar coupons and four big black tens.
"Okay, I'll get it from you right away."
When the salesperson saw the money and tickets on the counter, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees.
Needless to say, she treated Li Jiayi like the child of some leaders.
Yes, except for the children of leaders, who among the ordinary families can come up with so much money and candy coupons at once?
Soon the salesperson came over with two cans of White Rabbit candy, put them in front of Li Jiayi and said, "I'll give you the change first."
"Don't look for it yet. I'll buy two more packs of cigarettes."
In the next few days, he planned to go to his grandfather's house to give him some money. Since he was going there, how could he go empty-handed?
So he planned to bring two packs of cigarettes for his grandfather, of course, Daqianmen.
This is not to say that Li Jiayi can't afford better ones, but in his grandfather's eyes, all Daqianmen cigarettes are good.
If he dares to buy Zhonghua or Greater China, I would be furious.
"Okay, what kind of cigarettes do you want?"
"Daqianmen!"
The salesman quickly brought over two large front-door cigarettes and said, "Two Grade B cigarette tickets, seven dollars."
"What do you mean? Why do you need a ticket?" Li Jiayi asked the salesperson in surprise.
"Starting from August 1st, you will need a cigarette ticket to buy both grade A and B cigarettes."
Li Jiayi scratched his head, completely speechless, because it had only been less than a week since August 1st.
That is to say, if he bought it a week ago, he wouldn't need a ticket.
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