Chapter 221 Return to the Black Market, Lord Long

Chapter 221 Return to the Black Market, Lord Long

Chapter 221 Return to the Black Market, Lord Long

Li Jiayi is a clean person. No matter how late he comes home, he will take a shower before going to bed.

Not only that, you also have to take a bath the next morning when you wake up. This happens every day, 365 days a year.

Silent all night.

After breakfast the next morning, the three siblings prepared to ride their bicycles to school. Li Jiayi bought the bicycle for the second sister.

When going to school, the second sister rode one by herself, while the eldest sister still took Li Jiayi with her.

As soon as I walked out of the moon gate of the east wing, I ran into Liao Kai riding his bicycle to work.

"Uncle Liao, come to my house after get off work tonight."

"Is something wrong?"

"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded and said softly, "It's about food."

When Liao Kai heard about the food, his eyes lit up and he quickly said, "I see. I'll go over when I get back from get off work this afternoon."

Food is even more scarce now. In the pigeon market, a pound of flour or rice can be sold for one yuan.

Even fine grain coupons could be sold for 80 cents per pound, and cornmeal could be sold for 50 cents per pound.

Corn flour, which used to cost five cents a pound, now sells for thirty or four cents. Even grains, which used to cost two or three cents a pound, can now be bought for less than twenty cents a pound.

It can also be seen from here how outrageous the price of food coupons is.

Yes, the main thing that is expensive is the food stamps, because the price sold at the grain stations is still the same as before.

The grain station has always recognized tickets and not people. You can buy grain with grain tickets. Without grain tickets, no matter who you are, you can't buy a grain of rice from the grain station.

"Okay then Uncle Liao, we'll go to school first."

"Go! Be safe on the road."

"understood."

"Uncle Liao, Goodbye 2"

"Okay, bye."

During the whole day, Li Jiayi's mind was not on studying, mainly because he knew everything the teacher taught him.

It happened that he was thinking about something, so he didn't listen to the class seriously. The teacher basically ignored him.

Why would a teacher care about a student who can get the first place in the grade even if he sleeps in class?

When he returned home from school in the afternoon, Li Jiayi secretly put some food into the box on the tricycle while his two sisters were in the house.

These were the food he prepared for Liao Kai. It wasn't much, just 20 kilograms of flour and 50 kilograms of cornmeal.

Moreover, they were all food from the space. Liao Kai knew very well what kind of food Li Jia's family ate, so he did not cut corners.

With so much food, plus Liao Kai's ration, it would be enough to last for two months.

It is now November and it gets dark early, so my eldest sister starts cooking as soon as she comes back.

In this way, the meal will be almost ready by the time my parents come back.

"Add one." Just as my parents arrived home, Liao Kai also followed them home.

"Uncle Liao is here?"

"Plus one, where is the food?"

"It's in the carriage. Just take it back! But don't let anyone see it."

"Don't worry! I won't let anyone see it, and I just came here to check. I'm not going to take it back now."

"That's right. There are more people in the courtyard at this time."

"Ok!"

Neither of them talked about money because there was no need.

Although they did not talk about money, Liao Kai never let Li Jiayi suffer any loss. He knew that Li Jiayi was more interested in antique calligraphy and paintings, so every Sunday when he had a day off, he would go to Liulichang to help Li Jiayi buy some.

It was a little after ten o'clock that evening. When everyone in the family was asleep, Li Jiayi put on a set of black clothes and came out of the house.

First he called Ah Sheng, put the tricycle into the space, and then went out through the back door.

When they were some distance away from home, Li Jiayi let out the tricycle, asked Ah Sheng to get on, and drove the tricycle to the black market.

It has been more than two months since the ration reduction. Even for those families who had some food stored at home, it is estimated that it has all been gone after these two months.

So Li Jiayi planned to get some good stuff from the black market. Of course, he would not touch antiques again.

Go to the black market to get good things, but don't touch antiques, so there is only gold. Yes, he is going to exchange some gold.

This thing is hard currency! And it will never depreciate.

When he reached the intersection of Ghost Street, Li Jiayi was stopped by someone and asked, "Buy or sell?"

“Buy and sell.”

"one cent."

Everyone who comes to the black market to sell things has to pay, but it’s not much, only a dime.

But don’t underestimate this dime. There are many people who come to the black market to sell things every night.

Moreover, there are definitely more than two thousand people selling things and walking around in one night.

Two thousand people, one cent per person, that’s two hundred yuan!
Although the black market employs a lot of people, the person behind the scenes can earn at least one hundred dollars a day.

One hundred a day, three thousand a month, more than thirty thousand a year.

And this is just the entrance fee. Don’t forget that this is a black market. How could the people behind the scenes not have their own stalls? There must be quite a few of them.

This is the bulk of the income.

After paying ten cents, Li Jiayi rode his tricycle inside.

Yes, while riding, the engine made too much noise, so when he was still some distance away from Ghost Street, Li Jiayi turned off the engine.

After turning off the engine, I could only ride it. Fortunately, he hadn't taken out the things yet.

He found an empty space, parked the tricycle, took out the lantern, lit it, and hung it in front. In the black market, every stall had a lantern, but the light was dimmed.

He was no exception, of course. Although it was dark, he could still see clearly.

Then he took out another sign, which read: Pork for large and small yellow croaker, white flour for large and small yellow croaker.

After doing all this, he just sat there and waited for people to come.

You have to know that these two things are the most sought-after things right now, so he is not afraid that no one will come.

In less than a minute, someone came over, saw the words on the board, and asked, "How do you exchange the pork and flour?"

"One small yellow croaker can be exchanged for 90 kilograms of flour, or 25 kilograms of pork."

"What if I change both?"

"Fifty catties of flour and eleven catties of pork."

"Okay, I'll change." After saying that, he took out a small yellow croaker and handed it over.

Li Jiayi took it and looked at it. It was indeed a small yellow croaker, so he put it away, then took out fifty kilograms of flour and eleven kilograms of pork and handed it over.

"Thank you." The man took the flour and pork and walked out of the black market.

As if he was afraid of being robbed. In fact, this kind of thing has happened before, after all, this is a black market.

It may not happen in the black market, but I can't guarantee it outside the black market.

"I'll change like him." A person next to him came over and said.

"okay."

Li Jiayi accepts all offers! He only wants big and small yellow croakers.

By about two o'clock in the morning, Li Jiayi had exchanged more than seventy small yellow croakers.

It’s normal that we didn’t get a single yellow croaker. Even if someone wanted to exchange it, they couldn’t take back so much food!
Even a small yellow croaker is a hassle to exchange for white flour, 90 kilograms! It’s OK if the distance is short, but if it’s far, there’s no way to get it back.

Feeling that it was almost time, Li Jiayi put away the wooden board, turned off the lantern and prepared to leave.

At this time, a man came over and said to him, "Wait a moment, little brother."

Although Li Jiayi had his face covered, one could still tell his age from his height and voice.

"What's the matter?"

"Our Lord Long wants to see you."

"See me? I don't know your Lord Long."

"You'll be acquainted soon, please."

"All right!"

Li Jiayi left Ah Sheng to watch the tricycle and followed the middle-aged man to a house at the back.

The reason why he dared to go was because there were four big gray dogs in the space. If the situation really became desperate, he would release the four big gray dogs.

But if that were the case, they would have to be silenced. After all, releasing four big dogs out of nowhere must be a problem!
Soon the two men came to the house, the middle-aged man knocked on the door, and soon the door opened.

"Little brother please."

"please."

This is a courtyard house with three main rooms and two side rooms on the east and west sides.

The living room of the main house was now brightly lit, and there were five or six people in it, including a middle-aged man sitting in the middle.

This should be the Lord Long that middle-aged people refer to!

Li Jiayi originally thought that the man called Long Ye should have a face full of flesh, but he didn't expect that he looked like a scholar.

"Please take a seat, little brother." As soon as Li Jiayi entered the room, Mr. Long, who was sitting in the middle, said.

"I wonder what Mr. Long wants me to come here for?" Li Jiayi asked straight to the point.

"I called you here because I want to make a deal with you."

"trade?"

"Yes, I wonder if you have enough meat and food, little brother?"

"A little bit!" Li Jia nodded.

Although he heard Li Jiayi say that there was a little bit, Mr. Long didn't think it was really the case.

"Little brother, I want you to sell all the meat and flour to me, what do you think?"

"Oh! What are you going to offer?"

If someone helps you sell, it doesn’t matter if you earn less, after all, you don’t have to show up in public.

It also transfers the risk. After all, this is a black market, not a pigeon market, and it is illegal here.

"It will be at the price you traded today, but there is a certain rule. You can't trade here anymore."

"you sure?"

"Of course!"

Li Jiayi looked at Long Ye in confusion. According to the price he traded at today, how could this Long Ye make any money?

But he soon understood what was going on. Not allowing him to trade meant they wanted to monopolize the market.

As long as the quantity is large, this Mr. Long will definitely make a lot of money, probably more than any other business he is doing now.

At this time, money is not valuable, and yellow croakers of all sizes are not valuable either. The most valuable things are grain and meat.

"Are you planning to keep buying pork and flour from me at this price?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Of course not. Prices can follow market prices. You and I both know that under the current situation, the prices of pork and flour will continue to rise."

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(End of this chapter)