Chapter 198 Why do foreigners want to buy everything?
Chapter 198 Why do foreigners want to buy everything?
"How is that possible? I packed all the bags and sat in the living room waiting, but no one has come back yet."
"It's normal. The sales in the morning are definitely not as good as in the afternoon. After all, there are fewer people watching movies in the morning."
"That's true. There are the most people at night, and sales are the best."
Li Jiayi drove the tricycle into the yard and went into the house carrying three oil-paper bags.
The electric fan was placed on the eight-immortals table by the little black fat man.
"Come, sit down and have a rest." The little black fat man quickly pulled over a chair and said.
"Well! How is it? Do you feel more comfortable with this thing?"
"Of course. I didn't feel the heat all morning."
"Hahaha."
"What is this?" asked the little black fat man when he saw Li Jiayi putting three oil-paper packages on the eight-immortals table.
"Lunch for the two of us."
"Ah! I was just about to tell you if I should take some time to go home for lunch at noon?"
"No need. I'll bring you lunch at noon and we can eat together."
Li Jiayi opened the oil paper bag.
When he saw that there was pig head and liver inside, the little black fat man Guo Detie's eyes lit up.
I felt like I had made a great profit, but when I thought about how Li Jiayi ate the same way at school, I thought it was normal.
"Come, let's eat!"
"it is good."
"Hey, what kind of flour are these steamed buns made of?" Guo Detie asked.
“Cornmeal!”
"Impossible. We often use cornmeal to make steamed buns at home. They are hard and taste terrible."
"That's not the right way to do it. This is indeed cornmeal. Can't you tell?"
"It smells like cornmeal, but how is that possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. These are cornmeal buns that I made myself."
The fat black man Guo Detie looked at Li Jiayi in surprise and asked, "Did you make this? How did you do it?"
"Even if I tell you, you can't do it, so I'd better not tell you."
He was right, because no one would grind cornmeal into fine flour.
I even want to beat in the corn cobs and make it into cornmeal. How can I possibly make it into fine flour?
If you want to make such delicious cornmeal buns, refined flour is a must, even if the outer shell of the corn kernels is included.
After dinner, Li Jiayi asked the fat little black boy to help him carry a small bed from the west room to the living room.
After finding something to wipe it clean, Li Jiayi lay down on it to take a nap. Since there was an electric fan blowing on it, it wasn't hot.
The little black fat man looked at Li Jiayi helplessly. He wanted to sleep, too! But the bed was too small. With his body, it was okay for him to sleep alone.
But he also knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep because someone would be coming soon.
Just as he thought, someone came back before one o'clock.
When the little black fat man heard the knock on the door, he quickly ran out and opened the door.
"fat……"
"Shh, don't talk, Jiayi is sleeping inside."
"Oh! Okay."
The two men tiptoed into the house. The fat little black boy went to change his schoolbag, and he went to fill the kettle with water.
When the little black fat boy took out two schoolbags full of peanuts and melon seeds, this guy had just filled up his water bottles.
"Fatty, here's the money."
"Yes!" The fat man took the money, counted it on the spot, and let the guy leave with the schoolbag.
Next is the busy time for the little black fat man, but many people envy him!
Not to mention sitting in the house, Li Jiayi actually got this guy an electric fan.
Although the electric fan was blowing towards Li Jiayi when they came over, they knew that the fat man would still sit there blowing the fan after they left.
But there is no point in being envious, and they are here to make money, not to enjoy themselves.
After everyone left, the little black fat boy originally planned to pack his schoolbag with peanuts and sunflower seeds, but after thinking it over, he decided not to do so.
It would be better for him to wait until Li Jiayi leaves before going in with a fan to install it, otherwise it would be too hot.
Anyway, there is plenty of time, and Li Jiayi can't stay here for long.
Li Jiayi woke up before two o'clock. Although there was an electric fan blowing, it was nothing compared to being in space.
So his sleep quality was not good, which was why he woke up so early.
"Okay Fatty, I'm leaving now."
"Ok!"
The fat man hurried out to help him open the door, and Li Jiayi drove away on his tricycle.
As soon as Li Jiayi left, the fat man came into the east room with an electric fan and started putting peanuts and melon seeds into his schoolbag.
As for Li Jiayi, he came to the embassy family quarters again and started selling fruit juice.
"Give me a glass of juice, kid."
Li Jiayi put away the money and said, "Go by yourself."
"Hey kid, can you sell me some of this ice?"
"What do you want ice for?"
"Drink! I don't want it now. I'll buy it when you want to go back."
Li Jiayi didn't understand why these foreigners liked to add ice cubes when drinking, as they were not drinking beer.
"My ice cubes are not cheap to make."
"I know. How about this? Let's see how much you have left. I'll give you the money. If you like it, you can sell it to me. If not, tell me the price."
"Okay, let's talk about it tonight."
"Okay, but you'd better leave some for me. I'm going to treat my friends to drinks tonight."
"can."
Li Jiayi had a lot of ice cubes in his space, especially those frozen with mineral water. It was not impossible to sell some to this foreigner, but what he didn't understand was, didn't this foreigner have a refrigerator at home?
You know, foreign-related stores sell refrigerators!
And in a place like the one they live in, the electricity used is definitely enough to use a refrigerator.
If he lived in such a place, he would buy a refrigerator anyway, at least it would be convenient for him to use.
In fact, Li Jiayi thought that this foreigner was too rich.
Their wages are not high, definitely much higher than in China, but compared to those in developed countries, their salaries are actually very low.
Moreover, it is impossible to spend all the money earned by yourself, and part of it has to be sent back to your family.
The prices here in the imperial capital are low, but the prices where they buy things are not low.
A refrigerator costs more than a thousand dollars. To be honest, few people are willing to buy it.
"Two glasses of juice, please."
"Take it yourself." After saying that, Li Jia put the money away.
"Kid, I see few people doing business here, why are you able to do it?"
“Because I earn foreign exchange!”
"Earn foreign exchange? You mean US dollars! But others can also earn US dollars?"
Li Jiayi said as he wiped the cup: "It's not that we can't do business here, but it must be the result of our own labor."
"The fruits of my own labor? You mean I have to do it myself?"
"That's right. For example, if someone catches fish in the river, they can sell them for money. If someone goes hunting in the mountains and kills wild boars or rabbits, they can also sell them."
"So that's how it is! I thought we couldn't do business!"
"It's not that you can't do business, it's that you can't speculate, buy and sell, hoard goods, buy low and sell high."
"Okay! This is quite complicated. I don't understand it."
Not to mention that he didn't buy low and sell high. Even if he did buy low and sell high, no one would care if he sold it to foreigners.
Who would say anything about making money from foreigners?
"By the way, can you foreigners only go to foreign-related stores to buy things? Can't you buy them somewhere else?"
The foreigner shrugged and said, "Yeah, that's not allowed either."
"Where do you buy your food?"
Li Jiayi knew that foreign-related stores did not sell grain and vegetables.
The foreigner pointed in a direction and said, "There is a service center over there, which is open to our family area. We all buy things there."
Li Jia looked over there, but saw nothing. He guessed it was blocked by the building.
After wiping the cup, Li Jiayi took out a bag of peanuts, opened it, and made himself a glass of watermelon juice.
Drink and eat at the same time.
"Hey, peanuts, are you selling this?"
"Uh! You're buying this too, doesn't the service center sell peanuts?"
“Sell, but they are all raw.”
After saying that, he looked at Li Jiayi and asked, "Can I try it?"
"Sure." Li Jia pushed the oil paper bag over.
It’s just some peanuts, Li Jiayi really doesn’t care. Don’t forget, he is his customer.
"Mm! It's delicious, even better than the fried peanuts in big restaurants."
"Ugh!" Li Jiayi was speechless. This is spiced peanuts, while others are fried. They are totally different.
"Where did you buy this? Why don't I see any place selling it?"
Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "I made this myself. Of course it's not sold anywhere else."
"You made it yourself. Do you have any more? I want to buy some."
"Sure! Fifty cents a bag, as many as you want."
"Give me ten packs first, and I'll take them back and let my friends try them."
"can."
After taking the five dollars from the foreigner, Li Jiayi took out ten bags of peanuts from the box and handed them over.
"Is there anything I can put in there?"
"Yes." Li Jiayi took out a small net bag and handed it over.
He has a lot of these things. Every time he goes to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, he will have a few of them. Now there are still quite a few in the space.
And this thing doesn't cost any money. If you buy a lot at the supply and marketing cooperative, people will give it to you.
Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye it was already past six in the afternoon.
Now he doesn't need to get the peanuts and melon seeds himself, so he harvests them later.
The foreigner who bought peanuts before came over. Needless to say, he came to buy ice cubes.
Yes, it was him who wanted to buy ice cubes before.
"Are there any more ice cubes?"
"Have."
Li Jiayi opened the box, took out a piece of ice and wrapped it in oil paper.
This piece of ice is not small, it is ten centimeters wide, ten centimeters thick and about twenty centimeters long.
"So big?"
"You can smash it when you get back, otherwise it will melt quickly."
"That's right." The foreigner nodded and said, "How about I give you two dollars for this piece of ice?"
"can."
After handing over two US dollars, the foreigner quickly wrapped the ice in wax paper and walked back with it.
Needless to say, his party should have started, otherwise he wouldn't be so anxious.
Seeing that there were not many people around, Li Jiayi started to clean up.
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(End of this chapter)