In 1959, what's wrong with me pedaling a tricycle?

"Fine vegetables" refers to vegetables with high water content, that are particularly delicate, easily perishable, difficult to preserve, and prone to loss during transportation.

Common vegetables are seasonal vegetables that everyone is willing to eat and can afford.

Nowadays, the only fresh vegetables available are garlic sprouts, garlic chives, leek sprouts, and bean sprouts.

In two months, cave-grown vegetables will be available on the market. Any off-season vegetable like cave-grown vegetables is considered a delicacy.

Gaobeidian Village has greenhouses, though not many, and they all need to be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative in the commune. But Wang Xingguo now has an excuse to pass off his own vegetables as goods from the cave.

After midnight, the lanterns outside were taken down and blown out. After entertaining the last guests, everyone closed the door and began to tally the accounts.

Of all the goods supplied by the clan, 20% is deducted as operating costs for the venue, and the remaining 80% goes to the clan.

This is the rule. If Wang Xingguo, the leader, doesn't make money, why should he hire so many clansmen and worry about helping to sell these goods?

Wang Changshun said excitedly, "Xingguo, based on what we sell tonight, our clan will receive 1,063 yuan. I calculated that if we sold this batch of goods to the purchasing agent, we would only earn less than 650 yuan. This is equivalent to earning more than double!"

Wang Xingguo talked too much tonight, and his voice is a little hoarse.

"Master Twenty-One, this is just the beginning. If you include the 20% that the venue takes, it's actually more than doubled."

Wang Yongchang exclaimed happily, "It's all thanks to the intelligence of our team! Xingguo made the right decision to open this business!"

That's right, Wang Yongchang and Wang Xingguo are descendants of two sons of their ancestor. If we have to categorize them by relationship, they can be considered cousins.

If it weren't for this relationship, given Wang Yongchang's volatile temper and tendency to resort to violence, Wang Xingguo would have had no way to control him.

Wang Changshun laughed and said, "Haha, this pig was a real bargain! It sold for 480 yuan, but we only paid 122.7 yuan for it!"

Wang Xingguo said with a smile, "Twenty-first Master, you can see now that the farm is making more money. When you go back, you need to increase the purchase of pigs that are not part of the plan. Tonight, I'll take your share of the money that belongs to the clan back with you so that you can purchase live pigs for later use."

Wang Changshun waved his hand and said, "No rush, no rush. It's not appropriate to settle accounts now. After all, we can't settle accounts every day we work. We'll settle accounts at the end of the month. You don't need to worry about the funds for the clan's pig purchase. Our Wang family still has some savings."

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "Alright, there are a few things to do in our clan next: collect money to buy pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, and all kinds of eggs! I will go with some people to deliver the grain tomorrow afternoon. You should arrange the people accordingly. As soon as I go in, I will notify you and you will have to go and transfer the grain back immediately."

Wang Changshun nodded happily. They would rush back early tomorrow morning, while Wang Xingguo would go in the afternoon because he had to go to collect the pig feed that Jin Sanye and Er Gouzi were exchanging for the pigs the next morning.

Tonight, Jin Sanye and Er Gouzi's twelve pigs all came out through the main gate, their purpose being to send a signal to others that live pigs could be bought here!

It's not about selling now, but about letting our wealthy customers tonight know that our farm has the channels and capabilities to source live pigs.

In this way, when the meat can be stored in winter, people will naturally come to them to buy pigs.

In reality, although supplies began to become scarce at the end of this year and food and meat prices rose, they were far from reaching the outrageous levels of next year.

If we start laying the foundation now, by next year, naturally more people will come to them to buy pork. At that time, it would be a shame not to rip them off handsomely.

Tonight, pork is priced at an average of 5.2 yuan per jin (500g), which is 1 yuan higher than the price a while ago.

A while ago, the black market price for fatty pork was 4.5 yuan per jin (500g), while the price for leaner pork was 4 yuan per jin, with an average price of about 4.2 yuan per jin.

Why did it suddenly increase by one dollar not long after?

That's because after National Day, pork reserves are being stockpiled for the Spring Festival for all the people to buy. So after the pigs are slaughtered, most of them are sent to cold storage, and not much pork is available for the market.

It can be said that the supply was temporarily cut off!

This is different from the supply disruption next July, when there will be a complete supply shortage with no pork available on the market. But now, pork is not being released at all; the quantity has simply been reduced. Once sufficient reserves are in place to supply the entire city for the Lunar New Year, normal supply will resume.

Moreover, meat coupons have time limits and can only be used to purchase meat within the current month. If you really can't buy pork, you can buy poultry instead, which means you can use poultry to consume the meat coupons.

The accounts were settled. In fact, Wang Xingguo made a lot of money tonight. Most of the goods were traded for fish and eels, and the live fish and eels he sold also belonged to him!

Therefore, his earnings tonight will be at least 1,300.

He also brought back tobacco and alcohol from the fish trade. He didn't sell these goods for money because he knew the prices would be higher next year, so he was only selling the goods he had brought back.

Now he just needs to wait for things to get on track here, then he won't need to stay here all day. He can continue to ride his tricycle to haul fish to exchange for other things, and save them to sell next year or the year after. That would be a very profitable business.

Everyone was busy all night, mainly because there were so many people, so everyone was tired. I went to the kitchen to get some hot water to soak my feet, and then we all went to sleep.

The conditions here are definitely not as good as at home. There is a room in the backyard with six beds, divided into two bunk beds. They are not iron frame beds, but wooden frame beds that we bought.

Because of the addition of Wang Changshun and a few others, some beds were squeezed together, with two people sharing one bed, and they just made do for one night.

Wang Xingguo didn't need to make do. His room had a double bed and three large steel safes, but these weren't combination locks; they were the kind you could open with a key.

This room was not only his bedroom, but also a place to keep his money and valuables.

Although Wang Xingguo only stores things in his spatial storage, he still has to do the work on the surface.

After a good night's sleep, Wang Xingguo got up and washed the next day. Everyone ate breakfast together, and then Twenty-One and the others drove away in their oxcart and donkey cart.

Wang Xingguo also set off to find one of Er Gouzi and Jin Sanye.

They all stored the grain in one courtyard, so Wang Xingguo only needed to find one of them and ask him to arrange for someone to take him to the courtyard.

Everyone knows the rules. As soon as Wang Xingguo arrives at the location, the guards will leave, giving Wang Xingguo's people time and space to move the grain away.

When we got to Er Gouzi's side, he was yawning.

Er Gouzi runs a ghost market that opens at 2 AM, mainly selling all sorts of things, and even collecting all sorts of shady items for the people behind it. So Er Gouzi sleeps during the day and gets busy at night, a true night owl.