Chapter 640: Jia Zhang's Nighttime Black Market
So, at around midnight, all the residents in the courtyard had fallen asleep, even Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu were snoring.
At this time, Jia Zhang rolled over on the bed strangely, her triangular eyes rolling around. After confirming that Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu had fallen asleep, she quietly put on her clothes and got out of bed.
From what I heard from the bed next door, the black market has now begun.
In addition to using the money to buy some tickets and meat, Jia Zhang also planned to exchange the grain donated by people in the courtyard today for grain coupons, and go to the grain store to buy Fuqiang flour tomorrow.
Nowadays, the quota in the old city is divided according to the number of people in the family. The quota is different for different types of work.
For example, in the current Jia family, each of them can get 30 kilograms of food coupons, Jia Dongxu can get 35 kilograms, and Qin Huairu has the least among the adults, only 5 or 6 kilograms more than Banggeng.
So at the moment, there is enough food for this month, but not enough meat!
To be more precise, the monthly quota was not enough to satisfy Jia Zhang's cravings.
Jia Zhang roughly inquired about the prices on the black market and found out that one kilogram of food coupons cost one cent, and the grain she borrowed today could be exchanged for dozens of kilograms of food coupons.
Food coupons can not only be used to buy food, but also oil!
The price of oil is much more expensive than grain, so in addition to buying some meat, Jia Zhang also plans to buy some oil.
After all, more oil makes the food more fragrant and helps to keep you from getting hungry.
After going to the kitchen to pack the food she had borrowed today, Jia Zhang sneaked out. Following the location described by the patient in the next bed, she actually found the so-called black market in the woods.
This black market was estimated to be just starting out, and no one was charging admission. Jia Zhang carried the flour and found a stall at random. She asked a man with a mustache, "Are you buying or selling things here?"
The mustache-wearing man looked at Jia Zhang for a few times, pointed at the small bundle at his feet and said, "I both collect and sell things. Auntie, what do you want to sell?"
It was obvious that this man with a mustache was not coming to the black market for the first time, and he seemed very calm.
When Jia Zhang heard that this guy was both buying and selling, she was immediately delighted.
Wow, this black market is really a good place. Anyone you find is a talented person and speaks well.
He immediately put down the bag in his hand, opened a hole and asked, "I have several dozen kilograms of food here, and I want to exchange all of it for food coupons or meat coupons."
How many kilograms?
The mustache man's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that this newcomer was actually a big customer!
So he reached into his pocket and took out a stack of food coupons, and said proudly: "I have not only food coupons and meat coupons, but also cloth coupons and industrial coupons. As long as you have money, you can buy anything from me."
Jia Zhang couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she heard this, and couldn't help but said, "Then give me ten pounds of pork belly, with more fat, and ten pounds of oil, and a chicken, no no no no, two, I want two chickens."
ha? ?
The man with the mustache was stunned and looked down at the ticket in his hand, wondering if he had not spoken clearly enough or if the fat and big-eared aunt in front of him had not heard him clearly enough.
He only has tickets here, no pork belly or chicken.
But before he could explain, the man with the mustache saw several dark shadows whizzing past him.
broken!
Something is going to happen!
The man with the mustache reacted extremely quickly. He grabbed the bag on the ground and ran away, leaving Jia Zhang stunned.
what's going on? ?
Why did this man take away his food without saying a word?
Where are the tickets?
What about pork belly?
The oil and chicken haven’t been given to me yet!
"Run! Run! The patrolmen are coming!"
"Run!"
Just as Jia Zhang was stunned, the black market suddenly became restless. Those who were reselling things and selling benches and jewelry all began to pack up their stalls and fled in just a few seconds.
When Jia Zhang came to the black market for the first time, he was like a rookie recruit and had no idea what to do.
After a few seconds of hesitation, she pointed in the direction where the mustache ran and yelled, "Hey, how dare you rob me?"
"Stop right there! You don't even know who I am, Jia Zhang. How dare you steal my food? Believe it or not, I will dig up your ancestral graves!"
"Stop!"
While yelling, Jia Zhang chased after the man with a mustache.
But it was dark now, and Jia Zhang lost the man after just a few steps. So she randomly grabbed the slowest runner, grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Don't run yet. Who is that guy with a mustache just now? I won't let him go!"
The first time she came here, she encountered a gang of thieves. How could Jia Zhang tolerate this?
But the man she caught couldn't bear it even more. He said, "Are you crazy? The patrol officers are here to catch you, why don't you just run away?"
"Get lost!"
The man didn't have time to explain and kicked Jia Zhang in the stomach.
Jia Zhang squatted on the ground in pain. Seeing the man who hit her was about to run away, she grabbed a handful of food from his bicycle.
No matter what it is, any catch is better, at least it can reduce the loss.
I originally thought that the man would stop and take the things back, but he didn't stop at all. After kicking, he rode away on his bike.
Jia Zhang was delighted and suddenly felt that stealing things on the black market was more cost-effective than exchanging them!
When there is something missing at home in the future, I will wander around the black market late at night and steal whatever I come across. Anyway, in the black market, everyone robs each other, so it is reasonable.
Thinking of this, Jia Zhang looked down happily and found that what she had just snatched was actually a pile of useless insoles.
I rely on! ! !
Why is this thing? ?
In Jia Zhang's opinion, these insoles were ugly and poor quality, the stitching was done very carelessly, and it was obvious that they were done perfunctorily. They were far inferior to the thousand-layer soles she made.
The Jia family has half a box of high-quality shoe soles like that!
"Bah, useless stuff."
Jia Zhang was about to get up cursing when she suddenly found that several flashlights were shining on her.
"Wow, I caught a fat fish!"
"Take him away, take him away. He didn't run away when he saw us. He must be a bold and reckless person. He must be severely punished!"
As they spoke, several young men holding flashlights and wearing red armbands surrounded Jia Zhang.
"What are you doing? Don't touch me so late at night!"
"Are you patrolling the black market? Someone just stole dozens of kilograms of food from me. Help me get it back!"
"That was dozens of kilograms of food. We borrowed it from someone else with great difficulty, but it was snatched away by that jerk!"
"What are you talking about? Take it away from me!"
The leader thought that Jia Zhang was pretending to be stupid and did not give her any chance to perform.