60s: I have a store

Chapter 352

The person who was blocking the way took the certificate handed over by Zhou Dazhong, checked it carefully, and found that there was no problem: "Comrade, do you want to come to our village to purchase?"

Zhou Dazhong hurriedly stepped forward and handed two cigarettes to the two people in front of him. As the saying goes, cigarettes build bridges and wine paves the way.

After the two took the cigarette, they took a look and found that it was Daqianmen, which was the cigarette smoked by cadres in the old city.

Without any hesitation, he took out a match, lit the cigarette, and took a puff immediately with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Maybe it was because of the smoke, so I told him the truth: "Comrade, you may return empty-handed this time."

There was a severe drought the year before, and the village couldn't harvest enough grain. Plus, everyone ate in the canteen, so basically few people kept any "stock" at home.

Zhou Dazhong also understood, but after riding for so long, he didn't want to give up easily: "Comrade, can I go into the village to ask?"

"Okay, I don't know what your name is, comrade?"

Zhou Dazhong introduced himself: "My name is Zhou Dazhong!"

"My name is Li Ming and his name is Li Qiang." Li Ming also replied.

Li Ming took Zhou Dazhong into the village and left Li Qiang to guard the entrance of the village to see if there were any suspicious elements passing by.

It turned out that giving him cigarettes made a difference. He took Zhou Dazhong directly to the village chief's house.

All he saw was a man with a head full of white hair. He looked pale and thin, probably because he had not eaten enough for a long time. But his eyes were very sharp as he looked at Zhou Dazhong.

Zhou Dazhong suddenly felt a chill all over his body and quickly shifted his gaze, not daring to look at her again.

Li Ming said at this time: "Village head, this is the buyer from the steel plant. He came to our village this time to exchange some things with the villagers."

"Sure!" The village chief just nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

"Go and inform the villagers. If you want to exchange something, bring it here with you."

When Li Ming heard what the village chief said, he immediately did it.

Only Zhou Dazhong and the village chief were left.

Zhou Dazhong said: "Village Chief, have a cigarette!"

As he spoke, he handed over the cigarette.

The village chief was not afraid of anything and started smoking it as soon as he took it.

"Comrade, you are from the Sijiucheng Steel Plant. Why did you come so far to buy supplies?"

"Village Chief, you can just call me Dazhong. It's hard to collect supplies right now. I have no choice but to go somewhere farther away and try my luck."

Zhou Dazhong sighed. If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to come to such a far place. It would be too difficult to get the first place relying solely on the connections he had accumulated before. He could only develop some places where no one had been yet.

The village chief also knew that Zhou Dazhong was not lying and that the two had been talking all the time.

After more than ten or twenty minutes, Li Ming finally notified the villagers. Many villagers came with things, so he let Zhou Dazhong go out.

Zhou Dazhong went out and saw a lot of people coming over with a lot of things in their hands. He finally put his mind at ease, thinking that he could get a lot of things in return.

"Comrades, whatever you want to exchange, money or food coupons will do."

When the villagers heard that there were food coupons, their eyes immediately lit up, because food was hard to come by now.

Li Ming was thinking, he is worthy of being a purchasing agent of the steel plant, as he still has food coupons on him. Having food coupons means that he can buy food at a negotiated price and does not have to go to the black market to buy high-priced food.

The villagers were very excited and rushed to exchange the food coupons, fearing that they would run out of food coupons if they were late.

The village chief came out and said loudly: "Get in line!"

After hearing the words of the village chief, the villagers first quieted down and then began to line up.

Zhou Dazhong was very shocked. It seemed that the village chief was still very authoritative in the village. He could calm down the rioting villagers with just one sentence. The first person in line took out something he had prepared in advance. It was a cylindrical, gray-brown, and opaque thing. "Comrade, let me tell you, this is a good thing."

If his family wasn't in financial difficulty, he wouldn't be willing to exchange it for anything else.

Zhou Dazhong looked carefully, but seemed unable to tell what it was.

"What is this?"

"Tiger whip!" the man whispered in Zhou Dazhong's ear.

After listening to this, Zhou Dazhong realized that this was actually a tiger whip. He also knew how precious the tiger whip was. Even if he couldn't use it, he could give it as a gift to others, especially to leaders.

"How do you want to change it?"

Because he didn't quite know the price of this tiger penis.

The man thought about it.

"I want 20 yuan and 30 kilograms of food coupons."

If there wasn't such a severe food shortage, his price would definitely be a little higher. However, for such a long time, only Zhou Dazhong came to buy things, and he was afraid of scaring this person away, and he didn't know when the next person would come.

When Zhou Dazhong heard this, he thought the price was not excessive. Since he wanted to open up a new "market", he brought more money and food coupons with him, otherwise he really would not be able to eat.

"can!"

When the villager heard Zhou Dazhong agreed so readily, he knew that he wanted less, but he did not dare to raise the price, for fear of scaring Zhou Dazhong away.

Zhou Dazhong was also straightforward and handed over the money and food coupons.

Some villagers didn't know that what was being traded was so valuable.

However, some villagers who knew about the situation looked at the tiger penis with reluctance. It would be great if they could eat it.

After the transaction, the villagers took the money and food coupons and went home to share the good news with their families. With these money and food coupons, they could hold on for a while longer.

Soon it was the second villager's turn. The second villager's things were a bit ordinary, just some eggs.

The quantity was not much, not even a food coupon could be exchanged, only a few cents.

As time passed, Zhou Dazhong didn't receive anything "eye-catching".

Soon more than half of the villagers had finished exchanging. Many of them were happy because they were able to exchange things. Some got food coupons, while others could only get a few cents or one or two yuan.

But the one-month task is almost completed, because things like tiger penis are definitely not within the scope of procurement, but if we take it back and negotiate with the leader, it is easy to double or triple the price.

When it was Li Ming's turn, he directly took out the bacon that had been treasured for a long time at home. This bacon was the prey he secretly hunted in the mountains.

When the people around saw this, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They all forgot how long it had been since they had seen meat.

Zhou Dazhong was also shocked. Such a large piece of bacon must weigh at least five kilograms.

"Brother Li, what do you want to change?"

Li Ming thought for a while and said, "I want to exchange 2 yuan and 10 jin of food coupons?"

After hearing this, Zhou Dazhong did some calculations and found that 5 jin of bacon would cost about 7 yuan. 2 yuan for 10 jin of food coupons was not too much.

"can!"

Then he counted two one-dollar bills and 2 kilograms of food coupons.

After receiving it, Li Ming also showed a satisfied smile.

It is no exaggeration to say that these things can save lives.

(End of this chapter)