My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 425 Two people's world
In the morning of the next day, Xu Dong didn't sleep in late, and he was rarely free. He planned to go to Panjiayuan for a stroll, and then went to Mr. Mike's house by the way.

He got in touch last night, and asked Mr. Mike to help him make some pastries, and the other party agreed very readily.

Yang Lina had nothing to do at home, so she simply came out together. The couple hadn't been together for a long time, and today is a good chance.

Because of his injuries, Xu Dong didn't drive, and the two directly took a taxi and went out.

After entering October, with the sharp drop in temperature, Panjiayuan ushered in the busiest time of the year, and the park was crowded with people.

After all, winter is far more difficult than summer, and since the end of the year is approaching, everyone is desperately hoarding various supplies.

Grain, in particular, is always the most popular and tightest commodity in the market.

"Husband, today is so lively!"

Yang Lina said happily. . .

"Of course, this is the largest second-hand goods trading market in Yanjing, and you can buy everything."

"Can I buy food?"

Xu Dong said embarrassingly: "In addition to food, every household is short of food now. Even if there is food in the family, they are not willing to sell it. It is easy to sell it, but it is difficult to buy it back."

"Are you so nervous?"

Yang Lina didn't go out very often, and she rarely had contact with the bottom-level general public, so she didn't have a clear understanding of the situation in the capital area.

"Nervous, very nervous, this winter is probably going to be tough." Xu Dong sighed.

Yang Lina nodded thoughtfully.

Next, Xu Dong took his wife to his small shop, and it was the first time for Yang Lina to come here.

"Honey, this is the shop I opened. There are relatively few people coming here recently, and a lot of dust has accumulated."

Yang Lina walked into the store. The store was empty except for a big cardboard box in the corner.

"Husband, what's in the cardboard box?"

Xu Dong explained with a smile: "It contains dried shrimp, about seventy to eighty catties."

"Why keep so many dried shrimps here?"

"If you come across good things, especially food, you can't buy them with money. You can only barter them. Dried shrimps are kept for exchange."

If she hadn't known that there were more than 5000 catties of dried shrimp in her warehouse, Yang Lina would have scolded her as "prodigal".

"How much is the monthly rent for this store?"

"In the past, I rented it from private individuals for 50,000 yuan a month, but now I rent it from the park for [-] yuan a month."

Yang Lina was shocked: "So expensive? Is your store always empty?"

"No way." Xu Dong spread his hands, "I have to go to work every day, how can I spend so much time on it."

"Then back out?"

"No, the store will be used occasionally. The shops here are very popular, and it will be difficult to rent them again." Xu Dong shook his head.

The biggest reason why he was unwilling to quit the lease was that the park was very safe, and no amount of money could buy this kind of safety.

"Then it's not a solution to be so empty?"

"Otherwise what else can we do?"

"If you don't have time, why not just hire someone to come over to look at the store, and do some small business by the way, and no matter what, you have to earn back the rent!" Yang Lina said distressedly.

Xu Dong waved his hand: "Forget it, the family is not short of money, so don't worry about it."

"50,000 yuan a month!"

Xu Dong persuaded him several times in a row, but Yang Lina was still worried about it.

Relocking the door, he tried to divert his wife's attention:

"Do you want to add some jewelry for you? The jewelry here is very complete and the price is very cheap. You can buy all kinds of jewelry."

"No need." Yang Lina shook her head, "I don't lack jewelry now, let's go shopping for more souvenirs!"

"Everyone has come to the city, where are there any souvenirs?" Xu Dong smiled wryly.

"If you can't, just buy some peanuts and melon seeds."

"Okay, let's go directly to the stall area."

……

In the street stall area, Yang Lina's enthusiasm for shopping completely exploded, and she took her husband to visit dozens of stalls in a row.

The two walked around for a while, and finally met a seller of melon seeds. Yang Lina hurried forward to ask the price:
"Boss, how do you sell melon seeds?"

"One catty for five catties of potatoes or...sweet potatoes."

The stall owner spoke very softly, and he looked sick, his complexion was not very good, his face was sallow, especially his cheeks, which were almost skinny.

Just looking at it makes me hungry.

In fact, one out of every four people in the park looks like this, and Yanjing is like this, let alone other places. This year the whole country is very difficult.

"How much is your bag in total?"

Yang Lina asked.

"It's a little more than twelve catties. If you really want to buy it, just count it as twelve catties."

When the stall owner saw Yang Lina's long hair, he knew that the other party really wanted to buy, not to pick up cheap ones, so he was willing to give up a little discount.

"we use……"

Just as Yang Lina was about to speak, Xu Dong quickly held her back. There are people coming and going here, so if you hear there is meat, it's okay, and you have to try your best to surround her.

"Sister, we want all the melon seeds, but it's not convenient to talk here, let's find a place to chat privately."

The stall owner immediately showed a vigilant look: "You can chat in private, but you can't go out of the park."

"Of course, of course." Xu Dong nodded quickly, "There is a tea shop in the park, I treat you, let's go there and sit together?"

"Alright."

The stall owner heaved a sigh of relief, and followed the two of them with his bag in hand.

In less than 5 minutes, the tea shop will arrive.

Xu Dong directly asked for a small private room.

A pot of chrysanthemum tea costs 100 yuan.

The minimum consumption in the private room is a pot of chrysanthemum tea, which is not negotiable.

When the waiter left, Yang Lina couldn't wait to ask, "Can we exchange shrimp for your melon seeds?"

When they came out in the morning, the couple didn't bring anything except their mobile phones and wallets. They couldn't go home just because of this melon seeds!
"What shrimp?"

The stall owner was full of doubts. She didn't think about meat at all. After all, meat is more scarce than ordinary food.

"It's the shrimps we eat, Antarctic krill." Xu Dong answered helpfully.

"You... mean meat?" The stall owner asked in surprise.

Yang Lina nodded: "That's right."

"Of course I am willing to exchange for meat. How do you want to exchange?" The stall owner couldn't wait.

"The shrimps in our hands are all dried shrimps. I will exchange three catties of dried shrimps for all your melon seeds. What do you think?"

Xu Dong didn't bother to do the calculations, and directly stated a psychological price, which was completely based on subjective assumptions.

The stall owner didn't answer immediately, but took out a pen and paper from his pocket and started to count.

A pound of dried shrimp is equivalent to two pounds of fresh shrimp.

She seems to have heard someone say before that one catty of meat can be exchanged for more than ten catties of coarse grains, and three catties of dried shrimp can be exchanged for at least sixty catties of coarse grains.

This business can be done, and maybe it can make a small profit.

"No problem, three catties is three catties."

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