My courtyard shelter

Yang Lina was not a stubborn person to begin with, but she was quickly convinced by her husband's persuasion. ReadМ

"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 right away." Xu Dong explained.

In order to keep a low profile, the couple came out bare-handed, leaving their cigarettes and milk in the car.

There are security guards patrolling the parking lot, so you don’t have to worry about 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. They can't even run without breathing heavily.

Yang Lina quickly took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from her husband's forehead, while still nagging:

"Why are you running in such a hurry? We are not in a hurry."

"It's okay. Sweating occasionally is good for the body. Are the pastries packed?"

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 took the bag with a smile, 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 for fake cigarettes to appear.

"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 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 and Dong 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:

"Honey, 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 meat shop. 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 started chatting with the shop owner.

"Boss, how do you sell this pig head?"

The shop owner was very polite, "If you want to spend money to buy it, 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 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 shopkeeper said leisurely. Anyway, as long as it is meat, there is 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 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.

"Everything above can be exchanged, and the prices are all marked. If there are other things, you can tell them and listen."

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 tripling.

"Isn't the gold price low here?"

"It's a small business, no matter how young or old you are!" 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 shop owner 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 shop owner 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 is only five or six hundred yuan at most, and ten boxes are just about six thousand yuan." The owner was the one who asked for a huge price.

Without waiting for Xu Dong to answer, Yang Lina shook her head frantically and said, "Boss, we can only sell three boxes at most, not one more."

"Three boxes are a little less, can you add a little more?"

"It's really gone, we only have three boxes of milk left." Yang Lina bit the number.

The owner hesitated immediately.

If it was based on the price before the drought, he would undoubtedly be the one who suffered a loss, but milk is obviously more scarce than meat now, so this exchange is fair.

"Boss, no matter if it works or not, you should give me a word?" Yang Lina urged, which is also a small bargaining skill.

When the owner saw Xu Dong and his wife were about to leave, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed Xu Dong, and hurriedly said, "Don't go, I didn't say I won't exchange!"

"Boss, do you agree to exchange?" Xu Dong confirmed.

Although the shop owner was somewhat unwilling, he still nodded his head and said, "I'll take a small loss this time, so let's exchange it like this!"

"Boss is generous!" Xu Dong gave a thumbs up.

"Okay, have you brought the milk? When will we exchange it?" the shop owner asked directly.

Yang Lina smiled and replied, "I brought it. Wait for us for ten minutes, and we'll go get it now."

"Okay!"

Ten minutes later, the couple came back with three boxes of Telunsu, followed by four or five people asking for the price, one of whom even offered a price of four thousand yuan.

"I've said it before, our milk is for meat, we won't sell it." Yang Lina said impatiently.

"Okay, three boxes for five thousand, this is really the final offer."

"No, no, you guys should leave, we're here."

The previous experience of selling meat made Yang Lina feel distressed for a long time, and she had already made up her mind in her heart that she would listen to her husband more in the future.

If her husband said no, she would never sell it.