The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 198: Another trip to the ghost market

Night, early morning.

All the residents of the courtyard have fallen into a deep sleep, and the courtyard is silent.

In the west wing of the front yard, Li Weiguo suddenly opened his eyes and woke up.

Without turning on the light, I glanced at the clock and saw that it was already one o'clock in the morning.

Without alarming anyone, Li Weiguo gently rolled over and got up, dressed in dark clothes, put on a mask and scarf, and prepared to go out.

After pushing open the door and cautiously glancing around to make sure that all the neighbors were asleep, Li Weiguo put the bicycle under the eaves into the space with a wave of his hand, and then rolled it out from the corner.

After leaving the yard, I took out my bicycle, crossed my legs, and rode towards the direction of Xihuangchenggen.

Since the Speculation Office raided the ghost market in April, Li Weiguo stopped supplying Lao Fu and hamsters to avoid the limelight. It has been almost half a year now.

After having no business for such a long time, they probably couldn't survive now, so Li Weiguo planned to go to their place to see the situation and explore the market conditions.

After leaving Nanluogu Alley, Li Weiguo galloped all the way under the faint moonlight, and soon arrived near the ghost market.

I found a deserted place to stop, put away my bike, and walked towards the ghost market.

Autumn has entered at this time, and the temperature at night is quite low, only 11 or 12 degrees Celsius, but there are many people setting up stalls.

Walking to the base of the city wall, at a glance, there are about four to five hundred gray lights, but most of them are stalls. There are not many people who actually go to the ghost market to buy things. There are only two scattered here and there. Person No. 30.

Li Weiguo thought about it and almost understood the situation.

Those who still insist on setting up stalls in this kind of weather are basically because their families are short of money and food, and they want to sell some of their wealth.

However, not many people really have the spare money and leisure time to go out to visit the ghost market at this time of year, so this has become the current situation of many stalls and few customers.

Holding a flashlight and walking across the stalls, Li Weiguo strolled slowly, looking at the items on the surrounding stalls from time to time to see if there was anything he could miss.

But not to mention, after walking around for a while, Li Weiguo found several good old objects. The things on the ghost market at this time of year were obviously better than before.

Some old people and children were having a hard time, and they were finally willing to put aside some decent financial assets.

Li Weiguo didn't hesitate. He immediately took action on what he liked, and soon harvested six treasures from several stalls.

A pair of exquisite Qing dynasty enamel snuff bottles with Western figures, a jade finger ring, two Hongwu period porcelains, and a Yuan blue and white piece, all of which are in rare good condition.

Putting things into his satchel and putting them away one by one, Li Weiguo was about to continue shopping, but a person walked in front of him.

Li Weiguo's body has been strengthened, and his vision at night is the same as during the day. He can see people clearly from a distance of more than ten meters.

The person who came was none other than Lao Fu's eldest son, but Li Weiguo didn't ask about his name. Lao Fu had been the one doing all the business.

The eldest son of the Fu family saw Li Weiguo and walked over quickly. In fact, he couldn't see clearly at night. He just saw a strong man from a distance, and his posture when walking looked like Li Weiguo, so he thought Come and check it out.

Ever since Li Weiguo broke off the deal, every time they went to the ghost market, the five Fu family members would take turns to come and stay there. They have been waiting for several months now.

The eldest son of the Fu family came closer. Although he couldn't see clearly the face behind the scarf, he was sure it was Li Weiguo. He was extremely pleasantly surprised and quickly said hello in a low voice.

"Master Li."

"Well, let's go to the old place to talk."

"Yes, you come with me."

Then, the two of them said nothing and walked directly to the second courtyard where they had done the transaction before.

After walking for four or five minutes, when they arrived at the end of the field, the boss of the Fu family quickly went up to open the door and invited Li Weiguo to enter the hospital.

After entering the courtyard, Li Weiguo glanced around and asked, "How are you doing recently? Is the business in the ghost market still good?"

The boss of the Fu family gave a bitter smile and said: "Master Li, if you don't come here for more than half a year, we won't have any business to do. We can only occasionally sell tickets to make a living. Most of the time, we are resting on our laurels.

The ghost market has been quiet in the past few months. It may be that supplies are too scarce and there are large-scale transactions of unimportant supplies, so the Speculation Office doesn't pay much attention to it and just turns a blind eye. "

Li Weiguo nodded, which was not surprising. Materials were now extremely scarce, and without Li Weiguo's supply, the Fu family could only waste the counting coupons.

As for the Speculation Office, he is not too worried. Life has been so difficult this year, and the Speculation Office is not a human being. Frequent raids will only make people angry and will not do them any good.

After thinking about it, Li Weiguo felt that as long as he didn't go too far, it wouldn't be a big deal to resume a little trading. After all, Lao Fu's family was in business for the elderly and the young, and they were all private transactions between acquaintances. They were much more hidden and safer than the hamsters in the pigeon market.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo didn't plan to hold Old Fu's family in arms anymore, so he said: "A batch of supplies will be coming soon. Go back and prepare. I'll wait for you here."

The boss of the Fu family was overjoyed when he heard this. After waiting for more than half a year, he finally got this sentence.

Now is the time when the famine is serious. Not only is it difficult for others, but also those who resell supplies are having a hard time.

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

If you are used to eating big fish and big meat, it is difficult for anyone to adapt to the sudden return to eating Wowotou where you have to count the days to eat.

"Okay, Mr. Li, please wait a moment. I'm going to call my father and the others over." After saying that, the boss of the Fu family couldn't wait to turn around and leave.

After the boss of the Fu family left for about ten minutes, Li Weiguo carefully scouted the surrounding area again to confirm that it was safe. Then he waved his hand and released the prepared supplies from the space.

There were not many supplies this time, just ten sacks of sweet potatoes and ten bags of corn noodles, each weighing one thousand kilograms, and two hundred kilograms of slaughtered rabbits.

Now that the supply of fresh meat has been stopped on the market, eggs are only supplied to special groups of people, so Li Weiguo is not ready to release them for trading, lest they be too eye-catching.

After putting the things away, not long after, five members of the Fu family arrived. When they arrived, the two boys from the Fu family came in carrying a camphor wood box, which seemed to be quite heavy.

After entering the hospital and putting down the box, the old man burst into tears as soon as he saw Li Weiguo.

"Master Li, forget it, you are here. If you don't come, I won't be able to hold on anymore..."

Li Weiguo chuckled and didn't take it seriously. This old boy would make a lot of money by following him. This period of time would be a bit difficult at most, but it wouldn't be a big deal if he couldn't hold on any longer.

After waving his hand to stop the old man from further suffering, Li Weiguo shined his flashlight to the side and revealed a pile of supplies in the corner.

He smiled and said: "Master Fu, these days are short of supplies and everyone is having a hard time. Let's not complain about this and start inspecting the goods directly."

Looking along the light, Old Fu immediately saw the stacked grain and rabbit meat. His eyes lit up and he nodded quickly: "Hey, eh, good."

Not caring about the nonsense anymore, the old man quickly called his son and grandson to order some goods.

Grain and rabbit meat are one hundred pounds per sack or basket, which is very good. After working together for so long, Lao Fu and his family are also proficient, and they can quickly confirm that it is correct.

After confirming the quantity and quality, the old man bowed and asked: "Master Li, I don't know how to calculate the price?"

Nowadays, food is extremely scarce, and everything that can be eaten has increased in price to varying degrees. Nowadays, a kilogram of coarse grain stamps on the black market has risen to the point where it is worth two yuan and has no market, which shows the degree of food shortage.

So it is definitely impossible to pay the previous price again, so I still have to ask.

Li Weiguo thought about it for a while and said, "Master Fu, you also know the current market conditions. Coarse grain coupons have risen to two yuan per catty, and pork has also increased to three and a half yuan per catty, and they are still marketable and priceless.

I won't give you arbitrary prices. Sweet potatoes are only 50 kilograms per dollar, stick noodles are 18 yuan, and rabbit meat is 2.5 yuan. It's up to you to decide how much to sell, okay? "

When he heard the price, the old man was overjoyed and agreed without much thought: "Hey... ok, ok... thank you, Mr. Li, for taking care of me."

Food is so scarce now. As long as the supplies are available, it is impossible to say that he will lose money. What's more, Li Weiguo has reserved a lot of profit margin for him as always, which is enough for him to earn.

The eldest and second son of the Fu family and the two boys were very happy when they heard the price they negotiated. The family could finally improve their food and increase their income at the same time.

After confirming the transaction price, Lao Fu calculated silently and got the total price.

One thousand catties of sweet potatoes, a total of fifteen hundred pieces;

One thousand catties of stick noodles cost one thousand eight hundred yuan;

Two hundred pounds of rabbit meat, five hundred yuan.

A total of three thousand eight hundred.

After confirming the price, the old man didn't waste any words. He turned around and motioned to his two grandsons and asked them to carry the camphor wood box.