Chapter 1772 Arrangements for Returning Home 5
Feng Qingxue pretended to be surprised. She had already pulled down her scarf to show her true face.
"My family is short of food coupons, cloth coupons and industrial coupons. Not only my family, but also our village. If I can bring some home, my father-in-law and my husband will definitely not scold me for not finding relatives. Compared with relatives who gave me a fake address, tickets and money are more economical. The child's tuition next year will be paid, and food coupons will also be provided. Maybe I can buy new clothes for the child to wear during the New Year."
Auntie Qin thought it was a good idea and said with a smile: "Yes, that's the reason. Otherwise, you will be tired and difficult to explain if you bring so much back. Maybe you will break eggs on the way. Girl, I won't cheat you. You sell bacon and sausage to me and I will pay you. One dollar and fifty cents per catty. Compared with the price in the store, I will also give you five catties of food coupons and five industrial coupons. How about that?"
At the end of the year, these things are expensive in the black market, and the price will double.
"I want it too, too, my daughter. My family's industrial coupons have to be saved to buy a sewing machine, but I can give you ten kilograms of food coupons." Aunt An said immediately. Her eldest son is a miner and her second son works in a coal factory. They are supplied with 45 kilograms of food every month. Food coupons are not money, so they can be saved. The other party has to pay for the food with food coupons.
Feng Qingxue said helplessly: "I don't have a scale."
Aunt An hurriedly said: "I have one at home, I will go get it, and take a basket to put things in."
The other two also went home to get the utensils and money for packing things. After a while, the three of them brought three or four middle-aged and elderly women, all of whom were smiling and obviously came for the New Year's goods. They lowered their voices and did not dare to make loud noises.
Feng Qingxue readily priced the bacon, sausage, dried chicken and duck according to Auntie Qin's wishes, all at 1.5 yuan per catty, not counting the coupons. Compared with fresh meat, bacon, sausage and dried chicken and duck have no moisture and are more wasted, so the price is not high at all. Eggs are 6 cents each, and they were quickly divided up by them.
Feng Qingxue received a total of 86 yuan for the two large baskets of goods, which was the result of her eliminating all the decimals. In addition, she received 37 catties of local grain coupons, 23 industrial coupons, a seven-foot cloth coupon and a catty and a half of sugar coupons.
Auntie Qin kept her promise and gave her half a bag of white sugar, and she also eliminated Auntie Qin's 1.8 yuan.
Feng Qingxue followed suit, changed into a jacket, and went to the flour mill far from the coal plant for a walk. She exchanged more than 100 yuan and a bunch of tickets from the workers' families, and finally entered the scrap collection station. She found a few good deals and exchanged old items for fine grains and preserved goods. It was up to her to decide what kind of old items could be exchanged for how much.
At this time, who didn't have some old items? Who didn't get some useful old items from the scrap collection station?
After more than ten years of learning, and with the antiques in the space for her to observe, Feng Qingxue's eyesight had long been trained. She exchanged more than ten kilograms of flour, rice, noodles and preserved meat for three or four good things that would be worth a lot in the future, and the rest were very ordinary.
The old woman with bound feet who exchanged the last bit of flour in her hand pointed to the door of Deng Nan's ex-wife's house in the distance and whispered, "There are many old things in their house. The daughter-in-law they married is Zhang Rong, the daughter-in-law of the former landlord Deng family. Everyone knows that she had hidden many of the Deng family's properties before reporting Deng Nan. And because she was a meritorious reporter, her own dowry and daily necessities were not confiscated. Many of the dowry were the betrothal gifts given to her by the Deng family. She has lived a comfortable life these years."