Yang Lina was not a stubborn person to begin with, but she was quickly convinced by her husband's persuasion.
"You wait here and ask the waiter to pack the pastries. I'll go back to the car to get the cigarettes and I'll be back soon," Xu Dong explained.
In order to keep a low profile, the couple came out bare-handed and left their cigarettes and milk in the car.
There are security guards patrolling the parking lot, so you don't have to worry about it being stolen.
Yang Lina nodded and reminded: "Husband, you should also be careful and don't get caught by thieves."
"I see."
After saying that, he squeezed out of the crowd and left in a hurry.
In less than five minutes, Xu Dong jogged back carrying a plastic bag.
When people reach middle age, their physical fitness declines rapidly. They no longer have the energy and vitality they had when they were young. Even when they run, they are out of breath.
Yang Lina quickly took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from her husband's forehead, while still mumbling:
"Why are you running in such a hurry? We are not in a hurry."
"It's okay. Sweating occasionally is good for the body. Have the pastries been packaged?"
Yang Lina pointed to the counter, "It's all packed, 50 puffs, and some other pastries."
Xu Dong nodded with satisfaction and then handed the bag in his hand to the waiter:
"The cigarette is in the bag, you can check it."
The waiter smiled and took the bag, then took out the entire carton of cigarettes in front of Xu Dong and began to verify the authenticity.
Xudong's cigarettes are all purchased through formal channels, and it is basically impossible to find fake cigarettes.
"No problem, we collect the cigarettes." The waiter's smile was more sincere.
"It's no problem, wife, let's go!"
Xu Dong stepped forward and picked up the packing box. The cakes worth 2,500 yuan looked like a lot, but they only weighed five kilograms.
On the surface, Xu Dong made a profit from this order. After all, no matter how good the cigarettes are, they cannot be used as food.
But in the long run, it is definitely a loss.
Tobacco cultivation is much more difficult than wheat, and there are also policy restrictions.
In Xu Dong's previous life, the share of tobacco cultivation planned by the state was getting smaller and smaller year by year, and in a few years it would be so small that it could be ignored.
After all, people are running out of food, so how can they think about the needs of smokers?
In the future, the price of cigarettes will only become more and more expensive, and they will eventually replace jewelry and luxury bags and become synonymous with luxury goods.
Where there is demand, there is a market. There is never a shortage of rich people in this world.
"Welcome to come again next time. Our store has discounts for regular customers."
"must."
Amid the smiling faces of the clerks, Xu Dong and the two left the pastry shop, and the onlookers gave them envious looks.
After walking for more than ten meters, Yang Lina couldn't wait to take out a puff and stuffed it into Xu Dong's mouth:
"Hubby, is it delicious?"
"It's delicious, you should try it too." Xu Dong also fed his wife a puff.
"So sweet..."
Yang Lina ate five puffs in a row before she stopped talking. It wasn't that she was greedy, it was just that she hadn't eaten for a long time and she missed it.
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After continuing to shop for more than half an hour, the couple finally found a shop that sold meat. However, all other meats had been sold out long ago, and now there was only a big pig head left in the refrigerator.
Xu Dong stepped forward and took the initiative to chat with the shop owner.
"Boss, how do you sell this pig head?"
The shop owner was very polite, "If you want to buy it with money, the price is 6,000 yuan. You can also exchange it for something. As long as it is good, the price is negotiable."
"Your pig's head weighs fifteen pounds, and six thousand yuan is too expensive. Can you make a counter-offer?" Xu Dong shook his head.
The price is too outrageous. A pound of meat costs almost 400 yuan. The drought has only lasted for more than half a year, and it is still early for a real famine to occur.
"I'm sorry, the price is just like this. You can buy it or not." The shop owner said leisurely. Anyway, as long as it's meat, there's no need to worry about selling it.
"If I exchange it with something, how can I exchange it?"
Although Xu Dong is not short of money, he doesn't want to be taken advantage of and wants to see if he can exchange it for other things.
The shopkeeper smiled and pulled out a printed catalog from under the counter and handed it to Xu Dong.
"All the items above can be exchanged, and the prices are all marked. If there are other items, you can also tell me."
Xu Dong took the form and glanced at it. It was basically the same as the one at the pawn shop, except that the gold price was a bit high, 1,000 yuan per gram, which was rounded up.
In recent months, with the overall rise in commodity prices, the price of gold has naturally risen, almost more than tripling.
“Isn’t the price of gold here low?”
"It's a small business, no bully!" The shopkeeper put on a friendly and profitable attitude.
Xu Dong tried to ask: "Do you want milk here?"
"What milk?"
The shop owner became interested. Milk is also a good thing, even more popular than pork. After all, who doesn't have children?
"Deluxe pure milk, the kind that comes in a box." Xu Dong replied.
"Is the quality okay?"
"Don't worry, the shelf life is still two or three months away!" Xu Dong assured.
The shopkeeper thought for a while, stood up and asked, "How do you want to change it?"
"How about I exchange a box for your pig heads?" Xu Dong asked tentatively.
The shopkeeper shook his head quickly and shouted: "Impossible, your asking price is too harsh."
"How about you make the bid?"
"How about ten boxes? A box of milk only costs five or six hundred yuan at most. Ten boxes is almost six thousand yuan." The shop owner said loudly.
Without waiting for Xu Dong's answer, Yang Lina shook her head crazily and said: "Boss, we can only deliver three boxes at most, and we won't have one more box."
"The three boxes are a little short. Can we add more?"
"It's really gone. We only have three boxes of milk left at home." Yang Lina chewed up the quantity in one bite.
The shop owner immediately hesitated.
If you go by the price before the drought, you will undoubtedly be the loser, but now milk is obviously more scarce than meat, so it is fair to exchange it.
"Boss, whether it's okay or not, can you give me a message?" Yang Lina urged, this is also a little bargaining technique.
Seeing that Xu Dong and his wife were about to leave, the shop owner immediately stepped forward and grabbed Xu Dong, saying hurriedly: "Don't leave, I didn't say I won't change!"
"Boss, did you agree to change?" Xu Dong confirmed.
Although the shop owner was a little reluctant, he still nodded bravely: "This time I will suffer a small loss, so let's change it like this!"
"The boss is awesome!" Xu Dong gave a thumbs up.
"Okay, have you brought milk? When will we change it?" the shop owner asked directly.
Yang Lina smiled and replied: "I brought it, you wait for us for ten minutes, we will get it now."
"good!"
Ten minutes later, the couple came back with three boxes of Deluxe, followed by four or five people who asked about the price. One of them even quoted the price as high as 4,000 yuan.
"As I said, our milk is used in exchange for meat, not sold." Yang Lina said impatiently.
"Okay, five thousand for three boxes, this is really the final offer."
"No, no, you'd better leave. We're at the right place."
Yang Lina felt distressed about her previous experience of selling meat. She had already made up her mind that she would listen to her husband more in the future.
My husband said he wouldn’t sell it, even if he killed me.