After leaving Lou Bancheng’s house, Li Le found an empty alley and went in. When he came out, the two boxes were gone.

However, Li Le did not go home directly, but went to the Ghost Market. At this time, this is the black market, and in the future, this is Guijie.

“Buy or sell?” Li Le had just arrived at the ghost market, and before he could go in, a man wrapped tightly came over and asked.

“purchase.”

“go in!”

It seems that the black market has been controlled by someone. Yes, you know, the black market is very profitable! It is normal for someone to control it.

If you come to the black market to buy something, you don’t need to pay and can go in directly, but if you are selling something, you need to pay one thousand yuan.

That is one cent of the second set of RMB. Don’t think that one thousand yuan is not a lot.

One thousand is not a lot for one person, but what if it is a thousand people! What’s more, it is more than a thousand people.

Assuming there are 1,000 people, that would be one million a night, while a junior worker only earns more than 300,000 a month.

Calculated in this way, the income for one night is equivalent to the monthly income of three junior workers.

At the end of the month, the income is 30 million, and only a dozen people are needed in the black market.

You can imagine how much money the person behind this can make in a month.

It’s still okay now, but in a few years, when more items require tickets, more people will come to the black market.

At that time, people could earn more, and making millions in one night was nothing.

The ghost market is very large and the streets are very long. There are people selling things on both sides. Li Le took a look and saw that basically everything they sell is food.

In addition to grain, there were also some food coupons, large and small yellow croakers, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

Of course, the most abundant thing was grain, and most of it was fine grain. Li Le was speechless.

Because this is obviously wrong. Everything is rationed now, so where would we get so much fine grains?

Needless to say, the origin of these grains is unknown, and they may have come from grain stores or factory warehouses.

“How much is this flour?” Li Le walked to a stall, squatted down, looked at the flour and asked.

There were two cloth bags on this stall, each of which was filled with flour. Needless to say, this bag weighed exactly 50 kilograms.

“No tickets needed, 3,500 per pound.”

To be honest, the price is not high. This white flour is not Fuqiang flour, but 85 flour.

The price of 85 powder is 1,420 yuan, but the reason why people want 3,500 yuan is because they don’t need a ticket.

A pound of local flour coupons, commonly known as food coupons, cost two thousand yuan.

If you say he asked for more, it was only 80 yuan more. I guess he just wanted to make it an even number.

Li Le wanted to leave the stall, but he thought it was wrong. He couldn’t just leave without saying a word! There was something wrong.

“Cheaper.”

“It’s not cheap, look somewhere else!”

This is what Li Le wanted. He nodded and said, “Okay then! I’ll take a look.”

After saying that, Li Le stood up and continued to walk around. He came mainly to see the situation and had no intention of buying or selling.

Besides, the rationing has only been implemented for a short time, so food is not particularly scarce yet.

In addition, there are still people who can get food from grain stores and factories, so the situation will be less tense.

After a while, or after the year-end inventory, this loophole will probably be filled.

By that time, food would be in real short supply, and it would be basically impossible to get food from grain stores or factories.

Of course, a large number of people will be punished or even lose their lives. So much food is enough to cause some people to lose their lives.

After wandering around for about an hour and getting a clear understanding of the situation in the black market, Li Le left.

And at this time, it was exactly one o’clock in the morning.

After returning home, Li Le took a shower first. After running so far, he must be sweaty!
After taking a shower and returning to the house, I immediately felt much more comfortable because there was an electric fan in the bedroom!

Although this thing cannot be compared with air conditioning, it is still very comfortable to have it in this era.

At least it won’t make people feel unbearably hot.

The ceiling fan was just above the bed. Seeing that Zhao Yanran and her sister were already fast asleep, Li Le shook his head and then lay down between them.

The bed in Li Le’s house is very big. To be exact, it is a kang. It is very big and wide. Not to mention sleeping three people, even if there are five or six people sleeping on it, it won’t be crowded.

Silent all night.

Li Le woke up early in the morning. He opened his eyes and looked around. Zhao Yanran and her sister were gone.

The fan was still on, but not at such a high setting. I guess the two sisters adjusted the setting after they got up.

Yes, it is not as hot in the morning as in the evening.

When Li Le came out after putting on his clothes, Ma Feng and the others were already washing up in front of the sink.

“Big Brother.” ×4
“Yeah!” Li Le nodded and said, “Wash up first and we’ll talk later.”

“Okay big brother.”

After washing his face and drying himself with a towel, Li Le took the toiletries and washbasin back into the house.

Then they came to the main room, and at this time, Ma Feng and the other four had already arrived.

Of course, the ceiling fan in the main room has been turned on, and the warm breeze blowing over makes people feel very comfortable. It’s not to say that there is no heat at all, but it makes people feel very comfortable.

“Big brother.”

“Big brother.”

“Well! Sit down everyone!” Li Le said and pulled over a chair and sat down.

After Ma Feng and the other four sat down, Li Le asked, “Have you bought all the food on your food list?”

Because when they registered their household registration, Li Le gave each of them a household registration.

So the same goes for the food grain book. They and Li Le do not have the same food grain book, but each person has his or her own food grain book.

Niu Shuanzhu scratched his head and said, “Brother, we don’t eat the food on the food list, so we didn’t buy it.”

Hearing what Niu Shuanzhu said, Li Le frowned.

Ma Feng quickly said, “It’s like this, big brother. We exchange our food coupons for next month’s food coupons at the end of the month.”

The ration stated in the grain book can be exchanged for grain coupons for the next month at the end of the month.

It is not available at the beginning or middle of the month and can only be exchanged for food coupons for that month.

Gousheng: “Yes, big brother, food coupons are very easy to sell now, whether it is fine food coupons or coarse food coupons, they are very easy to sell.”

Li Le looked at his brothers and said, “From now on, you are not allowed to exchange food coupons. You must buy food every month.”

Li Daila: “Ah! Brother, why?”

“Don’t ask why. Just do as I say. Even though it’s a little more troublesome to sell the food, we still have to buy it back.”

It’s okay to exchange it for food coupons once or twice, but if it keeps happening, it will inevitably arouse suspicion and even attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

This is not what Li Le wants to see.

“Got it, big brother. Let’s buy the food before we come back this afternoon.”

“Yes! By the way, how did you sell the food coupons you exchanged for before?”

This must be clarified, because Ma Feng and others are not that sensitive to the current situation.

Ma Feng: “Brother, this is easy. We collected waste and encountered too many people who were short of food, so we sold them directly.” “You mean we sold them to the families who sold the waste to you?”

Ma Feng scratched his head and said, “It’s not really a sale! It’s just converted into money and used as funds for collecting scrap.”

Hearing what Ma Feng said, Li Le nodded and said, “That’s good. It doesn’t matter even if others know about it.”

“Yes, brother. This is a barter.” Li Daila nodded.

“Yes! After you buy the food, you can also exchange it for food. You just need to add the money of the food coupons and the money of buying the food together.”

“I know bro.”

At this time, Zhao Yanhan came in and said, “Go and serve the food. It’s time to eat.”

“Okay sister-in-law, I’ll be right there.”

Ma Feng and the others agreed and quickly ran to the kitchen to serve the food.

Zhao Yanhan put a porcelain bowl on the table. In the bowl were steamed buns made of pure white flour.

If you eat behind closed doors, you don’t have to worry about being seen.

If he lived in a slum or a courtyard house, Li Le would not dare to eat like this.

You have to know that fine grains only account for 20% of the ration! For example, Li Le has a ration of 42 catties per month, but only 8 catties and 4 ounces of fine grains.

And Li Le’s family has seven adults! Even if all the 8.4 jin of fine grains were bought as white flour, it would probably only be enough to make one steamed bun.

And the steamed buns produced once are not enough for a day’s consumption, which means that the fine grains that Li Le’s family eats every month are only enough for them to eat for five days at most.

Normally, after these five days, you can only eat coarse grains.

Of course, this is under normal circumstances, which is also the current situation of the entire imperial capital.

But Li Le’s family doesn’t need it! He even refuses to eat this fine grain, because even though it’s called fine grain, it’s only 85% flour and 91% rice.

Jiuyi rice has another name, which is brown rice, which is the kind with the husk removed and the germ still attached.

You have to know that Li Lecun’s rice and flour are all strong flour and refined rice! Who would eat bad food if they don’t eat good food? Unless you are mentally ill.

The steamed buns made with Fuqiang flour are much whiter and more delicious than those made with Bawu flour.

Today’s breakfast is much better than yesterday’s. The millet porridge remains the same, but today there are white flour buns, eggs, and two fried dishes.

And there is also a meat dish. Although it is morning, no one has stipulated that we cannot eat meat in the morning!
After dinner, everyone started filling their kettles with boiled water. This was the hot water boiled last night and was placed in a porcelain basin covered with a white cloth.

Li Le’s family has to boil at least three large porcelain basins of water every day, otherwise there is not enough to drink.

Moreover, when Li Le bought the kettle, he bought the largest one, the one that could hold two liters of water at a time.

After filling up the water, we set off.

Because they had never lacked oil and water, as long as they ate enough in the morning, they would not feel hungry before noon, so no one brought eggs, not even Niu Shuanzhu, who was the biggest eater.

After Ma Feng and the others left, Li Le was also ready to leave.

But before leaving, he said to Zhao Yanran: “Give me the food book at home, and I will buy the food back later.”

“Okay Le brother, I’ll get it for you.”

After saying that, Zhao Yanran returned to the inner room and quickly took out the grain book.

“Brother Le, this is for you.”

“Ok!”

Li Le took the food ration book and took a look at it. His monthly ration was 42 kilograms, while the two sisters Er and Zhao Yanran only had 36 kilograms each.

He didn’t care. Not to mention he gave back the thirty-six kilograms. Even if he didn’t have any, he wouldn’t care.

He could still be short of this little food.

After leaving home, Li Le started walking around the streets.

His shouts were also heard along the way.

However, the harvest was not ideal. It was almost eleven o’clock, and they had only collected waste worth tens of thousands of yuan.

After thinking about it, Li Le decided to go to the scrap yard to sell it, and then went straight to Uncle Guan’s house.

I haven’t been here for a while, but I still have to take a look anyway.

On the way, Li Le bought pork head and some cold dishes.

Pork now requires a ticket, but pig heads do not, and the price is a little higher.

This doesn’t matter to Li Le. As long as it can be bought with money, it’s no problem for him.

When they arrived at Uncle Guan’s house, the door was open. Li Le locked the tricycle and went straight in.

Uncle Guan was sitting in the main room, or to be exact, lying down.

Yes, Uncle Guan has a recliner, and it’s an old item. It’s hot now, so he seldom goes out.

He was half lying on a recliner, fanning himself, facing the door, so Uncle Guan saw him as soon as Li Le came in.

“coming?”

“Here it comes!” Li Le picked up the things he bought.

“Drink?”

“Drink some!”

“Hahaha!” Both of them laughed.

Then Uncle Guan got up from the recliner, moved the recliner halfway, and then moved the eight-immortals table over and placed it under the fan.

At this time, Li Le put down the pork head and cold dishes he had bought, pulled over a chair and sat down.

Uncle Guan came into the room and took out two bottles of Lotus White and placed them on the table.

“Sure! It’s quite rich.” Uncle Guan said as he looked at the things Li Le bought.

The cold dishes that Li Le bought were basically some offal, because they were the only ones that didn’t require a ticket.

As for other things, Li Le really couldn’t do anything because he didn’t have a ticket!

But the offal is also good, because it is braised and then served cold, the taste is still very good.

While Uncle Guan was getting the wine glass, Li Le quickly opened the bottle of wine.

The wine glass was placed on the table. Li Le quickly took it, filled it up, and placed it in front of Uncle Guan.

“Uncle Guan, eat something first.”

“Yeah! Drinking on an empty stomach is not good.” Uncle Guan agreed.

Then the two of them ate some of the liver, lungs, heart, and finally the pig’s head.

After eating half of what Li Le brought, the two began to drink.

Of course, we ate and drank at the same time, but we had almost finished eating, so the next step was basically drinking.

After finishing two bottles of wine, no one suggested drinking more, because it was enough and drinking too much was not good.

However, there was still about one third of the things Li Le brought left, enough for Uncle Guan to have another meal in the evening.

After chatting with Uncle Guan for a while, Li Le left because Uncle Guan was going to take a lunch break.

Similarly, Uncle Guan also expressed his gratitude to Li Le.

Because of Li Le, he stockpiled several meals of food for himself, enough for him to eat for ten years.

Of course, the food can’t be stored for that long, but he can exchange it for food coupons! (End of this chapter)