Chapter 50

“Okay, I’ll go back first, I’m new here, be careful yourself.”

Zhang Hongyan was kind, after all, Tang Wan was such a beautiful woman, she was afraid she would be bullied.

“Thank you, sister-in-law.”

Tang Wan waved goodbye to Zhang Hongyan, the basket in her hand was full of things, it was a bit heavy.

She walked along the deserted street, went to the back of the public toilet where there was no one, and quietly entered the space.

It was still inconvenient to carry the basket, so she simply found a back basket in the space, it seemed to be scavenged from someone’s house.

She went to the mall and picked out soap, detergent, toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, etc., she tried to choose things that were similar to this era.

Then she removed the packaging, and picked out thirty eggs, five jin of fine grain, brown sugar, etc., and put them aside to take out when she went back.

Finally, Tang Wan quickly cleaned up the remaining wild boar, there were a thousand jin of wild boar meat, and a lot of pig offal.

She would braise the pig offal when she went back tonight.

Thinking about this, Tang Wan also checked the “garbage” she intended to clean up, the pots and pans she had scavenged, and those people’s clothes, shoes, etc…

She piled everything together, Tang Wan thought for a moment, and went to the mall to get some cosmetics.

She turned herself into a middle-aged woman, then put on her mother’s clothes, made sure there was no one outside, then carried an empty back basket and a pot.

She didn’t know where the black market was, she could only try her luck.

After leaving the alley, Tang Wan walked along, silently remembering the location in her heart, she couldn’t ignore the places she would come to often.

As she was walking, an old lady suddenly waved to Tang Wan, “Girl.”

Tang Wan: ???

Although she was confused, she still walked towards her, “Auntie.”

“Girl, are you selling this pot?”

The old lady lowered her voice, it turned out she liked this pot, Tang Wan secretly observed the old lady for a few seconds.

She was wearing a blue cloth shirt and black cloth shoes, she looked simple, but her aura was not like a rural old lady who would curse in the streets.

“Auntie, my son is getting married, this pot was something I finally got to give to my son and daughter-in-law.”

Tang Wan lowered her voice, making her voice sound hoarse, but her heart was secretly delighted.

It was like someone was sending a pillow when she was drowsy.

The old lady looked disappointed, Tang Wan sighed lightly, “Unfortunately, my in-laws are unreasonable, and they insist on having a bicycle.

We don’t have enough money and tickets, if Auntie likes it, I’ll sell this pot and borrow some money to buy a bicycle.”

“Really?”

The old lady was overjoyed, she was just trying her luck, after all, iron pots were hard to buy, and you needed industrial coupons.

“Girl, it’s rare to see you, come to my house for a drink of water.”

She pulled Tang Wan, deliberately speaking loudly, she was afraid that someone would see them secretly trading.

“Okay, my mother said that Auntie hasn’t been back to see her for a long time, she asked me to stay with you and chat.”

Tang Wan immediately understood, she was also bold, she actually went to the alley next door with the old lady.

On the way, she secretly put her hand into the back basket and put some supplies in.

“Girl, come in and talk.”

The old lady took out a key and opened a courtyard door, it was a mud brick house, Tang Wan cautiously looked around.

Making sure there was no danger, she followed her in.

As if she could see Tang Wan’s thoughts, the old lady took the initiative to close the courtyard door and lowered her voice to ask her.

“Girl, I also want to buy a pot for my son and daughter-in-law who are splitting off, but I don’t have any industrial coupons.”

She rubbed her hands, a little embarrassed, even if she had coupons, she would have to queue up to buy an iron pot.

“I understand.”

Tang Wan nodded, she vaguely heard a coughing sound from inside the house. If she wasn’t mistaken,

There should be an elderly person in the house.

“I’m in a hurry to exchange for a bicycle, this pot doesn’t need tickets, fifteen yuan for you.”

The Great Leap Forward had ended ten years ago, but iron pots were still scarce.

Every household used their iron pots, patching them up, especially in rural brigades, they had no chance to get industrial coupons.

Therefore, the price of iron pots on the black market was also high, a few yuan iron pot was raised to ten or twenty yuan.

“Okay!”

The old lady agreed with a gritted teeth, it was expensive, but it didn’t need tickets, just getting tickets alone would cost several yuan.

“Auntie is a straightforward person.”

She was too straightforward, Tang Wan felt a little embarrassed, she handed over the iron pot, “accidentally” revealing a corner of the back basket.

The old lady’s sharp eyes caught sight of the meat in the back basket, and her eyes lit up immediately.

“Girl, are you selling this meat?”

“Auntie, I was going to take it back to hold a feast.”

Tang Wan pretended to hesitate, they were all old foxes, the old lady wasn’t stupid, she immediately realized that Tang Wan’s excuses were all lies.

She took these things out to sell.

“Give me half a jin.”

The old lady’s eyes were gleaming, Tang Wan didn’t pretend with her anymore, she opened the back basket.

Revealing the high-quality pork belly inside, as well as eggs and fine grain, the old lady’s eyes were about to pop out.

“Girl, my grandson is only three years old, he’s been craving for food lately, can you sell me some eggs?”

It was hard to buy eggs in the city.

“I see that Auntie has good fortune, and since you don’t have enough money to buy a bicycle, I’ll give you some.”

Tang Wan said with a helpless expression, “This is the best part of the pork, it’s nine mao four per jin.”

In this era, pork was divided into three grades, and the prices were also divided into seven mao eight, eight mao seven, and nine mao four.

“I don’t have enough money at home, do you want some old things?”

The old lady listened, her face was full of heartache, but the black market price was more than that, she thought of her dowry.

“If it’s good, it’s okay for my daughter-in-law.”

Tang Wan was delighted in her heart, but she didn’t show it, she pointed to the things in the back basket and said:

“Eggs are eight fen each, fine grain is eight mao, brown sugar is seven mao.”

Fine grain and brown sugar also required grain tickets and brown sugar tickets, which were very difficult to buy for the old lady who lived in the city.

She gritted her teeth and said, “Girl, wait for me, I’ll go get the money and things.”

“Okay.”

Tang Wan was in a great mood, this good start was very good, she waited for a while.

The old lady handed her fifteen yuan, “This is the money for the iron pot.”

After speaking, she reluctantly handed Tang Wan a cloth bag, Tang Wan took it and carefully opened it, inside was a dragon and phoenix gold bracelet.

The craftsmanship wasn’t rough, Tang Wan weighed it, it was about twenty or thirty grams, it seemed she was right, this old lady had a lot of wealth.

“Girl, you can’t take this out casually now, consider it as Auntie taking advantage of you, you can give me whatever you want.”

These things were considered four olds in this era, if you took them out, you might attract trouble.

So the old lady gritted her teeth, it was better to take them out and exchange them for some food for her grandson, and it would also prevent people from coveting them.

“I’ll take it back and secretly give it to my daughter-in-law, and keep it as a family heirloom in the future.”

Tang Wan was overjoyed, this thing was worthless now, but after the reform and opening up, it would be worth a lot of money.

She weighed it in her hand, took out five jin of wild boar meat, ten jin of fine grain, five jin of coarse grain, twenty eggs, and half a jin of brown sugar.

The old lady also had a grandson at home, so Tang Wan also grabbed a handful of mixed candy for her.