Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 6 This guy is too thick-skinned!

Without thinking, Lu Jiansheng picked up the pheasants first and walked out quickly: "Then you rest, I just came here to ask about the price. I still have a lot of pheasants at home! At your price, I would rather go to the county to sell them. .”

"Hey, hey, comrade, what are you doing! I won't lie to you, the prices in the county are not much more expensive than mine, and it's fifty or sixty miles from here to the county seat! What are you trying to do by traveling so far? !”

When Wu Guofu saw Lu Jiansheng suddenly leaving after a disagreement, he was a little confused and immediately chased him out with a lame leg.

"Really? But I have a lot of wild animals at home! Isn't it better to walk more distances? Even if each one costs a penny more, it's still a lot of money together." Lu Jiansheng pretended to be honest.

When Wu Guofu heard this, he felt contempt in his heart. He traveled so far just for a penny. He really didn't have much knowledge. However, what this kid said was true, and then a look of enthusiasm appeared on his face.

Although Lu Jiansheng pretended to leave at this time, in fact, his body was motionless. Although the price of going to the county might be high, it would take more than ten hours to go back and forth on legs. It was not cost-effective at all for a pheasant.
  The reason why he did this and said there were pheasants at home was to deceive Wu Guofu. Lu Jiansheng had been wandering abroad for so many years, and Wu Guofu clearly wanted to lower the price. If Lu Jiansheng couldn't see it, then wouldn't he have lived in vain for so many years.

However, he did not expose Wu Guofu. Instead, he said that there were many pheasants in the house. In this way, nine times out of ten, he could sell them at a high price. Wu Guofu might not be tempted by the high price of a pheasant, but once there were too many, as long as there were a few If you make money, the result will be different.

Sure enough, when I saw Lu Jiansheng was leaving!
  Wu Guofu immediately blocked Lu Jiansheng's path: "Little brother, you really have some wild animals at home."

"No! Go and find out when I, Lu Jiansheng, have ever lied." Lu Jiansheng promised, patting his chest.

"Then I'll go?"

"Sixty-five cents."

Wu Guofu: "???"

"~"

Lu Jiansheng took two steps. Seeing that Wu Guofu didn't chase him this time, he knew that this was the highest price Wu Guofu could offer. Lu Jiansheng immediately smiled and said, "Okay! Seeing that you sincerely want it, I'll sell it to you."

"I'll go back and think about it."

Wu Guofu: "..."

Lu Jiansheng couldn't help but sneer in his heart, "Six cents? Who are you kidding for a one-point increase? You really think he's doing it for a penny!"

Wu Guofu glanced at Lu Jiansheng. He didn't expect that this kid would actually leave if he didn't get enough money!
  He immediately stopped Lu Jiansheng and said with a heartbeat: "Seventy-five cents, this is the highest price I can give! This is really the price in the county. If you don't sell it, I won't stop you this time."

"Seven cents! This is the highest price I can give. This is the price in the county. If you don't sell it, I won't stop you." Wu Guofu looked like a strong man who had cut off his wrist.

"Hehe! That's a good relationship. Look, I'll give you sixty-one cents per pound. I'll pay you the county price. You can take your goods to me tomorrow and sell them to you. See what you think."

Lu Jiansheng: "Then shall I leave?"

Wu Guofu looked at Lu Jiansheng's appearance and felt angry. This guy is really stupid. This time it's true. This price is already the price in the county. If it weren't for this guy, he would still have a lot of pheasants at home. He would never pay this price.

"Don't be gay, six cents and two cents"

This guy is too thick-skinned! Wu Guofu wondered if he had seen it wrong. Although this boy looked honest, why did he feel a bit "traitorous"?
  "Don't forget to bring the wild goods here tomorrow." Wu Guofu shook his head and reminded through gritted teeth.

"Ok."

Lu Jiansheng couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this. He originally planned to be satisfied if he could sell it for 70 cents per catty, but Wu Guofu was too greedy and played tricks on him. "Two catties and three liang, a total of one dollar and seventy-three cents, please keep it."

Wu Guofu took out a stack of dimes from his pocket, and with some pain, he counted a few and handed them to Lu Jiansheng.

After Lu Jiansheng took it, he did not leave. Instead, he asked Wu Guofu if there were any extra meat stamps and food stamps in the store.

You must know that these days, the world is still full of tickets. Basically, you need tickets to buy anything, such as meat stamps, food stamps, cloth stamps, oil stamps, sugar stamps, cigarette stamps, tea stamps, soap stamps, sewing machines... There are all types of tickets. .

If you want to buy things, you don't just need money, you also need stamps, such as food stamps and flour stamps, which are issued by the village according to the population of each household.

Lu Jiansheng also had food stamps at home, but he had no money before and couldn't use them out. Today he was in a hurry again and forgot to bring them.

"Yes! I don't have anything else here, but I do have some tickets."

Wu Guofu's eyes lit up.

Then he took out a stack of tickets from the cabinet in the room, and Lu Jiansheng exchanged some meat stamps and food stamps from Wu Guofu.
  Suddenly Lu Jiansheng discovered that there was another candy ticket. Looking at the candy ticket, Lu Jiansheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. In this era, buying candies also requires tickets. In just a moment, Lu Jiansheng thought of his two precious daughters, and then he took the candy ticket without hesitation. into hand.

After spending a dime to exchange the ticket from Wu Guofu, Lu Jiansheng went to the grain station. These days, rice and noodles are basically bought at the grain station. Of course, there are differences between the city and the countryside. For example, every household in the city has a grain certificate. Thirty-two kilograms for men and twenty-eight kilograms for women. If you don’t have enough food, you have to buy negotiated grain. In rural areas, you usually use money to buy grain from other villagers. Of course, if you don’t have money, you can only starve whether you are in the city or in the countryside. abdomen.

There is a wooden sign in front of the grain station with the price written on it.

One cent and a half pound of rice

Thirty-one pounds of noodles

Lu Jiansheng didn't have much money in his hand. He calculated it and then said to the saleswoman on the side: "Buy two catties of rice and one catty of noodles."

"Two pounds of rice and flour cost three cents, and one pound of flour costs ten cents. The total is forty-three cents."

After the saleswoman weighed it, she wrapped it in a beige-like wrapping paper and handed it over.

After Lu Jiansheng bought rice and noodles, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the village.

In 1983, the supply and marketing cooperatives in the countryside were equivalent to the small supermarkets of later generations.

Barely providing people with their daily needs, Lu Jiansheng soon arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative and walked in.

After taking a look, there were not many products displayed inside, and the price list was hung behind the cashier counter.

Lu Jiansheng didn't have much money. He spent 10 cents to exchange tickets from Wu Guofu and 43 cents to buy rice and noodles. He still had more than 1 yuan left.

At this moment, he felt that the money in his hand was not enough, and there were too many things he wanted to buy.

But after thinking for a moment, Lu Jiansheng finally only bought matches, sugar and candies.

Candy is the favorite of children in this era. Lu Jiansheng felt guilty when he thought that he had never been willing to buy it for the little ones when they grew up.
  There are not many types of candies in the rural supply and marketing cooperatives, only one or two, but this stuff is considered a rarity in Liuligouzi. Although you can buy seven candies for one cent, the price is definitely not cheap in this era.
  (End of this chapter)