Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

"Why did you buy so many chickens and ducks? We have foxes at home. Aren't you afraid that they will kill the chickens and ducks?"

Li Jianguo paid the freight and waited for the oxcart driver to leave before he took Zhang Xiuhua into the house. "I heard from the higher-ups that they will soon implement a dual-track pricing system."

Zhang Xiuhua was confused. Was the dual-track pricing system going to be implemented this month? Then she understood. "Then we have to buy something quickly to prevent prices from rising."

"Yes!" Li Jianguo urged her, "Do you have any tickets at home? I'll go change them now!"

Zhang Xiuhua went back to the house and looked around. There were only salt coupons and cloth coupons. There were not many cloth coupons, not even enough to make a jacket.

Such a small thing is not worth going all the way to the county town.

Zhang Xiuhua asked him, "Where did you get so many tickets to buy chickens and ducks?"

"I came out of the train station and saw people sneaking around in the alley, so I went to buy some."

Zhang Xiuhua's eyes lit up. Is the black market resurrected again?!

She asked Li Jianguo to build a smaller chicken coop to put the chickens and ducks in to protect them from being harmed by foxes.

Li Jianguo nodded.

The next day, when Zhang Xiuhua was still lying in bed half asleep, she heard excited shouts outside.

She put on her clothes and got out of bed. Many villagers passed by her house. Aunt Wang was very anxious, but she couldn't leave because she had to take over Tielihua's job of feeding the chickens.

Zhang Xiuhua walked over and asked Aunt Wang Er, "What's going on? What happened?"

Seeing that she knew nothing, Aunt Wang hurriedly told her what happened.

It turned out that the newspaper published a document today, saying that the central government has implemented a dual-track pricing system. The prices of many commodities have risen by 20%. Everyone rushed to buy goods.

"Are you going?" Aunt Wang asked Zhang Xiuhua.

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head, she didn't have many tickets, so it would be useless to go.

Aunt Wang asked her to help feed the chickens, go home to get the ticket, and then hurriedly went out with everyone to buy things.

Zhang Xiuhua felt strange. Did they have so many votes?

Three hours later, the villagers came back and they didn't buy much, just various seasonings and cloth.

Except for a small increase in grain prices, everything else has increased to varying degrees, especially cloth, which has increased by 20%.

In addition, the prices of all kinds of vegetables, fruits, and canned goods sold by the supply and marketing cooperatives have all increased by 20%.

Zhang Xiuhua should be happy, after all, she still has a lot of Gala fruit in her orchard and cabbage in her fields. But as prices rise, money is also depreciating.

Zhang Xiuhua's concerns are not groundless.

Because Jidong called her and told her that the price of a Siheyuan had gone up. The original price of a Siheyuan was 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, but now it has doubled to more than 60,000 yuan.

He had bought four houses for Ergou before, but because he was busy with school, he had no time to look at houses. When he went to look again recently, the price had doubled. He asked her if she still wanted to buy.

"Buy it!" Zhang Xiuhua still had 30,000 yuan on hand. "Help me pick out a small one. I have another 30,000 yuan here. I'll transfer it to you tomorrow."

Jidong agreed.

After hanging up the phone, someone knocked on the door.

Xu Chunying came over happily to tell her the good news, "The higher-ups have clearly stated that selling vegetables does not count as profiteering."

She held a newspaper in her hand. The Central Government’s No. 1 document clearly stated that farmers were encouraged to invest in and establish various enterprises, and the state would protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors. At the same time, the dual-track system for the prices of means of production was formally implemented, and a number of “speculation and profiteering” cases were rehabilitated, including the “Eight Kings” ().

It not only published the dual-track pricing system, but also listed in detail the scope of speculation.

Setting up stalls to do business is not considered speculation, and neither is farmers selling vegetables in the city. In short, buying low and selling high are not considered speculation, but the crime of speculation has not been abolished, because smuggling goods, counterfeiting various tickets, reselling food coupons, train tickets, ship tickets, etc. are all considered speculation and will still be convicted.

"I plan to go to the city to sell vegetables tomorrow." Xu Chunying said excitedly.

Zhang Xiuhua was a little worried. "But before, you went to sell vegetables with the village chief's daughter-in-law. If you go again now, will you compete with her?"

Xu Chunying was just about to mention this to her, "You have a lot of cabbages on your land. It's better to sell them to me than to others."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded and agreed, "Okay! If I sell it to you, I won't have to worry about it. But you can't just rely on cabbage. All the eggs from our production team are supplied to the supply and marketing cooperative. We won't sell them to individuals."

Because they signed a contract with the supply and marketing cooperative. If they breached the contract, the supply and marketing cooperative might not want their eggs and chickens next time. For the sake of stability, the village would not give up the ready-made supply and marketing cooperative.

Xu Chunying sighed, "Take your time. We haven't delivered food for such a long time, and we have to start all over again."

With competitors, Xu Chunying worked harder than before.

She went back to her old stall. The shop had reopened, but the old customers didn't know about it and there weren't many people around. However, when the boss saw her delivering vegetables, he asked about the price and thought her prices were too high.

"Can you make it cheaper? Others are offering a lower price than you."

Xu Chunying was stunned. "My price is the same as the supply and marketing cooperative. There is a dual-track pricing system now. Many things have increased in price. I am not the only one who has raised the price for you."

"Why are other people's products cheaper than yours?" the boss asked. Xu Chunying couldn't answer. Of course, she also wanted to make money, so she couldn't help him transport goods for free.

But she quoted the price of cabbage, and the boss agreed, "Please bring a truckload here first."

When Xu Chunying returned to the village, she did not rush home, but consulted with Zhang Xiuhua, "Sun Xiaofeng quoted a very low price. She is not making any money, but she is trying to steal my business."

Sun Xiaofeng is the name of the village chief's daughter-in-law.

Zhang Xiuhua disagrees. "She has her parents-in-law to help her, but you are all alone. She specializes in delivering goods, but you have to deliver goods and sell them at the same time! You will definitely not receive as many vegetables as she does. I think you should avoid her advantages and specialize in a few things instead."

Xu Chunying was puzzled, "Which ones?"

"Gala fruit, cabbage and pork!" Zhang Xiuhua counted on her fingers. "In our village, we all grow vegetables in private plots. There are many varieties, but not enough. But I have grown cabbage for a whole day, enough for you to sell. Gala fruit is even more popular. And pork, your family has so many pigs. If you kill one every two weeks, can you make it to the end of the year?"

Xu Chunying's eyes lit up, "Why didn't I think of this good idea?"

"She has many varieties, so you can focus on one category. Next year, you can plant a bunch of radishes." Zhang Xiuhua thought for a moment, "Oh, and Xiangxiang's black fungus, you can negotiate the price with them."

Xiangxiang's greenhouse does not grow any vegetables, but only fungus, which can be picked in early spring and autumn.

Xu Chunying waited for her to finish speaking, then ran away, unable to wait even for a moment.

Zhang Xiuhua twitched her lips. She was so impatient! You can’t eat hot tofu if you are impatient! She was suddenly stunned. Yes, you can still make tofu!