Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

Brother Hai narrowed his eyes, looked at Song Shuangshuang for a while, and then said, "Sister, you are not honest. You sell it for three yuan a pound on the black market, and you give me two yuan and eighty? I don't make any profit."

Song Shuangshuang asked him with a smile what price he was going to offer.

Who would have thought that this guy had mastered the essence of bargaining and cut the price in half!

"One dollar and a half!"

Song Shuangshuang's smile froze on her face immediately. If this man was not the boss of the black market, she would have wanted to cut a big piece of fat meat from that half pig and throw it in his face.

He may not be good-looking, but he has beautiful thoughts!

Song Youlin also looked unhappy. Did this man think that they were stupid? One dollar and fifty cents? Why didn't he say one dollar and twenty cents per pound? How much does it cost at a butcher's shop? They even need meat coupons.

Song Shuangshuang directly pulled off the cloth covering the basket, covered the pork with it, and said to Brother Hai with a cold face, "You are not a kind person. How can you cut it in half? Brother Hai, if you are like this, let's not cooperate with each other. At worst, my brother and I can go door to door and sell it to every household." What a joke!

She really regretted not tying the machete to her waist. How dare this man chop her in half?

"Hahaha! Don't be angry, it's just a joke. Two dollars and thirty cents, so what? You have to give me some profit. I have so many brothers under me." Brother Hai saw that the brother and sister were angry, and explained quickly.

"...It's not funny at all." Song Shuangshuang said with a forced smile.

Seeing that the brother and sister refused to give in, Brother Hai was also thinking about how much he should sell the pork for to make a profit. The brothers under him really depended on him for support, otherwise they would have to rely on the entry fee, which was not enough to fill their teeth.

The two sides were deadlocked for a while, but considering that they would have to collect food from the siblings later, Brother Hai relaxed the offer and said 2.5 yuan per catty, no higher. The main reason was that this half pig was not enough, and if he gave more, he really wouldn't be able to make any money.

The brother and sister exchanged glances.

If Brother Hai hadn't cut the price in half right away, she would have agreed.

"Brother Hai, it's not that I'm stingy. Let's assume this half pig weighs 100 kilograms. I'll sell it for 300 yuan, but I'll only sell it to you for 250. I'm not scolding you, that's the number, don't get me wrong.

If it was our pig, it would be fine, we would make some money anyway. But I bought this pig for 2.3 yuan per pound, and we can't make any money at this price. It's better to sell it ourselves. You see, at least we can make 30 yuan per trip, because we have several people to support at home, otherwise we wouldn't take the risk to do this."

Song Shuangshuang's words were so pitiful that she almost believed them. Song Youlin also twitched his lips.

Hai Ge was in a state of confusion. If the siblings hadn't talked to him about grain cooperation, he would have believed them! So he also started to cry poor.

"Sister, I have more than a dozen brothers to support, and they are also a big family. Let me earn some money, so I'll charge you 2.6 yuan per pound, okay? I'll charge you a little less for the afternoon food, how about that!"

Since he said so, Song Shuangshuang decided to stop while she was ahead. After all, they were in someone else's territory. She pretended to be heartbroken and agreed.

"Okay, brother. It's only 2.6 yuan per pound. I'll make you my brother. You have to take care of us next time we come to the black market."

Hehe, she still made money!

"Okay! I'll protect you in the black market from now on, but there's one thing you have to do. You have to give me all the pork and not sell it on the black market, otherwise I won't make any money. The same goes for food."

Song Shuangshuang hadn't originally planned to sell these things on the black market, but she agreed following Brother Hai's advice.

"That's for sure. Sister, I'm not a errand boy."

Song Youlin was just watching from the side, unable to get a word in. Seeing that his sister was about to become sworn brothers with Brother Hai, he finally got in a little while to say something.

"It's getting late. My sister and I have to go back to prepare food. Let's settle the money for the basket of pork we got this morning."

Brother Hai asked people to wait for a while, walked to the door and said a secret signal, and soon two strong men came with a scale and weighed the basket and the meat together. Then they took the meat out and weighed the two baskets separately.

After weighing myself, I told Brother Hai the number, which was a total of ninety kilograms.

Seeing Brother Hai was about to go into the house to get the money, Song Youlin called him and said, "Brother Hai, we want tickets. Food tickets or meat tickets are fine. Bicycle tickets would be the best."

Brother Hai was puzzled, "You all have ways to get food, so why do you need food coupons and meat coupons?" The meat is so good, why do we still have to go to the grain station butcher shop to buy it?

Song Youlin explained that they wanted to eat at a state-owned restaurant and did not have tickets. As for the bicycle tickets, they were for the convenience of delivering goods in the future.

Brother Hai stared at them for a while before saying that he only had food coupons and meat coupons, and if they wanted bicycle tickets they would have to wait.

"It's okay, Brother Hai, we are not in a hurry, this is a good opportunity to save some money."

Brother Hai: “…”Okay, these two siblings have different ideas.

After a while, Brother Hai came back with a stack of bills and money. "The meat should be worth 234 yuan. After taking out the money for the bills, there is still yuan left. You can count it."

After collecting the money and telling Brother Hai the time and place for the meeting in the afternoon, the brother and sister took the basket and left.

The younger brother holding the meat asked Brother Hai how much the meat cost. "Brother Hai, this meat is good. We should sell it for three dollars!" He even wanted to keep two kilograms for himself to eat at home!

Brother Hai glanced at the younger brother who was speaking and said, "Three dollars and three cents!"

He made nothing from selling it for three yuan! They were starving!

Here, Song Shuangshuang and Song Youlin went into the alley with their warm money and tickets. They didn't forget what Jiang Jingcheng told them before, that they would walk around in the alley for a few times every time they wanted to get out, and they felt dizzy after walking around for a while, but there was nothing they could do, it was for safety.

The two of them went straight to the state-owned restaurant after coming out of the alley.

Because Brother Hai took some time to exchange the tickets for them, when they arrived at the state-owned restaurant, it was already open and there was a line at the door.

Because Tan Anjing and He Feiyang didn't know when the siblings would come back, they didn't go to queue up. They were afraid that they would be scolded by the waiter if they didn't get in, so they waited opposite the state-owned restaurant.

When they saw the siblings, their first reaction was not to go over to them, but to run to the entrance of the state-owned restaurant to line up. They had not eaten in the morning and were really hungry from waiting.

"If you don't come, I will go find you."

The four of them stood at the end of the line, pacing back and forth due to the cold. The brother and sister explained that they were delayed by something.

Fortunately, they didn’t have to wait long before it was their turn.

With the ticket in hand, Song Shuangshuang did not order dishes by counting the ticket as she did in the previous times. She directly ordered a plate of dumplings, two meat dishes and three bowls of rice.

Tan Anjing was a little surprised and gently pulled Song Shuangshuang's sleeve. "Shuangshuang, we don't have many tickets left. We have to save some for later."

Song Shuangshuang told her it was okay, she didn't have the money, and just handed over the ticket.

After two months of getting along, the tacit understanding between the few people has also increased a lot. Seeing Song Shuangshuang directly pay for the ticket, He Feiyang knew that the ticket was exchanged in the morning, so he didn't ask any more questions.

As soon as the food was served, we started eating.