Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine-Chapter 164 provincial capitals

Su Yuanyuan returned to see Tan Shaoting glancing at her.

The two of them had stayed on the train for three days and three nights. During this time, they just ate and drank. They discussed law, and Su Yuanyuan understood it even more deeply than Tan Shaoting.

When they got off at the provincial capital, they weren’t in a hurry to do anything, instead, they wandered around the city.

They looked at the economic conditions there to see if they could make any immediate trades. They didn’t want to invite trouble for themselves.

No doubt this was the provincial capital, there were lots of people, and life seemed okay, although people were thin, their mental state was quite good.

They inquired about the black market location and went straight there.

Actually, most of the people mixed in the black market could be partners. The two went there with this mentality.

There were really a lot of people here.

The two took a turn around, mostly food, nothing else. But it was indeed very monotonous, corn was considered a good thing.

The price here had reached thirty-five cents per pound, and there wasn’t a lot of it.

The two had a clear idea. Along the way, they had identified a few individuals. Finally, Su Yuanyuan picked a middle-aged woman.

This woman seemed straightforward. Moreover, she had much more grain than others, and there was no exclusion against her, which proved she was an influential person.

"Big sister, if we buy more corn, how much do you have?"

"How much do you want?"

"Is a hundred pounds possible?"

Chen Ximei shook her head, "I don’t have that much, even all the corn in the black market added up doesn’t make a hundred pounds."

"Big sister, I have a thousand pounds of corn, do you want it?"

Chen Ximei looked at the young girl in front of her and knew from her accent that she wasn’t a local.

"A thousand pounds. Even if it’s ten thousand pounds, I can take it."

Su Yuanyuan nodded, "Big sister, also two thousand pounds of wheat, four hundred pounds of pork, one hundred Winter Melons, and a thousand pounds of sweet potatoes."

Chen Ximei grabbed Su Yuanyuan’s sleeve, which Tan Shaoting instantly flicked away.

"Sorry, sorry, I got too excited. Little sister, let’s talk outside, it’s all negotiable."

Seeing Su Yuanyuan nod, Chen Ximei immediately shouldered her bag. Walking ahead, she kept looking back, fearing they hadn’t followed.

Chen Ximei stopped in front of a house on another street.

She directly unlocked the door, "Please come in, this is my home."

The two weren’t worried. To be honest, they had a certain perception of this woman, knowing she was a sensible person.

"Please have a seat, I’ll go boil some water for you."

"No need, big sister, let’s discuss matters first."

Chen Ximei sat down smiling, "Little sister, I’m telling you, I can take everything you mentioned, just name your price."

"Corn is twenty-five cents, better quality than what you have now. Wheat is thirty cents, pork is two and a half dollars, Winter Melon at one dollar each."

Chen Ximei thought about it, it really required a lot of money, but she could still manage it, and she’d earn five cents per pound of grain. This was even at the wholesale price; if she sold it herself, she could earn ten cents per pound at least.

"Little sister, can you lower it a bit?"

Su Yuanyuan shook her head with a smile, lower than this even she wouldn’t agree.

Chen Ximei gritted her teeth, "Alright, I’ll take it all. Little sister, you’re not fooling me, are you?"

Su Yuanyuan smiled, "Big sister, at four o’clock tonight I’ll deliver it to you. Have the money ready.

Also, I need your help, big sister. I want Jinyu, any amount is fine, but the quality must be good."

"I really don’t know, I’ll ask for you this afternoon and tell you when you come."

Su Yuanyuan just smiled, thinking how could she not know in this business? Was she afraid I wouldn’t supply?

Since everything was agreed upon, the two left.

Chen Ximei calculated. A thousand pounds of corn cost two hundred fifty dollars, two thousand pounds of wheat six hundred, a hundred Winter Melons a hundred dollars, and four hundred pounds of pork a thousand dollars. Altogether she’d need one thousand nine hundred and five dollars.

She didn’t have that much cash on hand, so she hurriedly went out to gather money.

This Chen Ximei was also a pitiful person. Her husband died of illness, leaving no children behind. She was an orphan, like her husband, but he was luckier, leaving her with this house in the city.

She was left alone for so many years, never thinking of finding another.

After all, at her age, whoever she found would likely be a widower, and she’d have to serve his whole family, which was unnecessary.

She managed alone, planning to adopt a child to care for her in old age. No need to make herself uncomfortable.

Chen Ximei hastily went out to gather money, as the four hundred pounds of pork were too expensive, but she could earn at least fifty cents per pound, so it wasn’t actually expensive.

At three in the morning, Su Yuanyuan and her companion arrived at the Chen family’s door with two vehicles.

Chen Ximei had already woken up, hearing the commotion outside, hurriedly coming out to open the door.

Seeing the full load on the vehicles, she couldn’t stop grinning with joy.

Helping push the carts into the yard, she took out scales from the handcart, and Su Yuanyuan helped shine a flashlight. In half an hour, all the numbers were sorted out.

Chen Ximei handed the money to Su Yuanyuan, who didn’t even count, just put it straight into her bag.

The three of them said nothing during the whole process; now Chen Ximei nodded, grabbing Yuanyuan’s hand, "Little sister, come to my house at noon, there’s news about Jinyu." Su Yuanyuan nodded and the two pulled the carts away.

Chen Ximei was full of energy now, moving the grain into the cellar bit by bit, but not storing it all; half of it would be picked up soon, bringing in quite a profit through quick turnover.

After sweating, she put away half of it, then hurried to boil water and freshen up, not even realizing she was hungry, just waiting for people to come.

At seven, hearing a knock on the door, she cautiously asked a question and opened it after receiving a response.

Two women came in, and seeing the burlap bags in the yard, their eyes lit up.

"Meizi, is this for real?"

"It’s all here, how could it be fake? Stop talking nonsense and quickly decide how much you want before Li Da and the others come; otherwise, you might get nothing."

"Alright, I want fifty pounds of grain each, twenty pounds of pork, and ten Winter Melons."

The three of them moved quickly; the two of them wanted the same, making thirty-two dollars safely in no time.

If everything sold out this morning, she’d definitely ask what other good things they had.

Chen Ximei was all smiles; last night she only glanced at it, but she’d just seen it up close. The quality of the grain was indeed excellent.

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