1949 I am from the future

()【5】Sold at a loss

It is said that Xiaoqiang went to bed early but couldn't wake up all the time.At nearly eleven o'clock, Xiaoqiang was woken up by the express delivery call. People who lost too much blood in a short period of time were really lethargic.

After receiving the courier, Cao Xiaoqiang opened all the watch boxes to confirm.As expected, the seller followed the agreement and did not leave a piece of writing paper behind. There is no trace that it can be seen that this is a Chinese product in 2010. This appearance is enough to deceive foreigners in 2010.

Looking at the watch boxes spread all over the bed, Xiaoqiang quickly tidied them up and put them all into cardboard boxes.Looking at Fiyta on his wrist, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.Xiaoqiang felt his stomach growling, so he hurried to the old routine, and first made a cup of donkey-hide gelatin blood-replenishing granules.He thought to himself: "Seeing that there is another mission, from now on, three meals a day, each time a double drink --- a whole two bags."

The body is the capital of the revolution, so Xiaoqiang continued to eat out as usual.When I went out, the old Beidu Zhajiang Noodles nearby ordered Zhajiang Noodles, plus a plate of egg scrambled cucumber and a fried belly for myself.Out-of-towners think that people in Beidu eat fried noodles like eating a bowl of beef ramen, but they are wrong. The fried noodles sold in this famous chain store in the city are really not cheap. Xiaoqiang used to come here only occasionally to reward himself. Dining here is just a bit of noodles.

After he was full of food, he went straight to the supermarket. With the experience of the previous two times, Xiaoqiang felt that it was a good idea to bring some food, otherwise, where would he go to fill his stomach if he was unfamiliar with the place?So whether it's chocolates, biscuits, drinks or even toilet paper, he spent more than 300 yuan to buy two packs.

Back at the residence, Xiaoqiang changed into the suit again, but this time he added a wool sweater inside and a long down coat on the outside, otherwise he really couldn't stand the cold in 1949.After dressing up, he tossed and stuffed four large cardboard boxes and food into his FAW Jiabao Micro Noodle.

Cao Xiaoqiang closed the door and got into the driver's cab. He drove to the gas station to fill up the gas. By the way, he bought a 20l metal spare oil drum at the gas station, filled it up and stuffed it in the car's butt.According to the old Beidu map he found, he drove towards the southern suburbs, passed the Dahongmen overpass on the Fourth Ring Road, and found an open space. At this time, the sky had already darkened, Xiaoqiang followed the guidance of the blood soul, stabbed The broken fingertips stained the car body with blood, sat in the cab and looked around for no one, and drove away in the dark night.

After a painful dizziness in my mind, the car stopped in a farmland. Fortunately, it was autumn, and the farmers had just harvested the wheat. The field was empty and the ground was relatively firm. It seemed that there had been no rain in Beiping recently, so the car was not stuck. into the farmland.Xiaoqiang turned on the headlights, shifted gears and left quietly.

As soon as I arrived at Yongdingmen Bridge, I saw road cards in front of me. At this time, there were still many hidden spies in Beiping. In order to prevent the spies from sabotaging, all major entrances and exits in Peking after nightfall had a check-in procedure. When you saw road cards, Xiaoqiang was really a little flustered.

"I didn't think carefully before. I should stop next to the wheat field overnight, and then enter the city after dawn. It won't be so eye-catching." Xiaoqiang thought.

Gathering his mind, Xiaoqiang rolled down the car window, looked at the officer on duty who came forward and said, "Comrade PLA, I am transporting goods from Tianjin to Beidu. If you are worried, you can check it."

At this time, ID cards did not exist, and the inspection of personnel mainly relied on the experience of the inspectors, but Xiaoqiang was too eye-catching. Obviously, the plainly dressed officer in front of him didn't believe it.

"We need a routine inspection, you get out of the car first."

Faced with four full boxes full of watches, the officer was completely stunned. He had never seen so many watches in his life. Under the illumination of the car lights, they were dazzling, no!It should be said to be overflowing with precious light.But how else can we say that the People's Liberation Army is a people's army and a well-disciplined army?Looking at so many expensive "imported" watches, the simple soldier's eyes were not muddled except for surprise and admiration.If it were the Kuomintang army in the old society, Xiaoqiang would have to be plucked by geese, and it would not be uncommon for him to kill people and steal goods ruthlessly.

After finding out that Xiaoqiang was going to Delong Commercial Company on Qianmen Street to deliver the goods, the officer ordered the soldiers to remove the wooden shelves on the road card to clear the way.

It was already seven o'clock at night, and most of the various shops on Qianmen Street were closed.Xiaoqiang saw that there was still light in a shop named Xianghe Noodle Restaurant at the intersection, and there were voices coming from inside. The door panels were stacked upright at the entrance of the shop, and it seemed that it should still be in business.Xiaoqiang parked the car on the side of the road and locked it, pushed aside the thick padded door curtain and walked in.

"Sir, you're here, please come inside, what would you like to eat?" The waiter in homemade green clothes held an oily rag in his hand, and greeted him swiftly.

Xiaoqiang walked to the counter at the entrance of the store, stared at the small wooden signs on the wall neatly written with the names of the dishes neatly written with a brush, it seemed that this noodle shop was famous for chicken, chicken soup, chicken liver, Chicken intestines, chicken feet, and chicken gizzards are all on the brand.

"Bring me a white-cut chicken, cut two chicken gizzards and two chicken livers, and warm Erguotou."

"Okay~~~, sit here and wait a bit." The waiter greeted Xiaoqiang politely and after sitting down, he turned his head and yelled at the chef, "One white-cut chicken, two chicken livers and two chicken gizzards~~~!"

"Okay~~" The kitchen responded.

The place in the store is not small, the black lacquered counter is polished and placed at the door, and there are several black wine jars made of rough pottery, with the word "earth burning" written on it, with rough rough-edged paper on it.

There are six wooden square tables with wide spacing in the center of the lobby, and four benches are placed beside each table. There are two vermilion lacquer pillars on the left and right sides of the main wall of the entrance, on which are hung a pair of half-bamboo couplets, which read: "Three cups of light wine for the guests, and a feast of rough food for the family." There is an altar table in the middle, on which lies a wooden Maitreya Buddha with open breasts and belly.A corner door on the left leads directly to the back hall kitchen.

On a square table in the store, three people in long robes who looked like intellectuals were eating and chatting.

"Professor Zhang, you are really willing to spend three hundred and five to buy a watch for your son." One of the young men said.

"Where is it? My son will graduate from college next year. I haven't bought him anything decent in the past few years. I have to buy a big one at a time and buy him a watch. I hope it can remind him to cherish time."

The man went on to say: "Professor Zhang, you said that this Aurad watch is made in the United States. I used to think that the best watches were made in Switzerland. Now I have learned a lot. I didn't expect that the United States can make such a good watch." The watches of this brand are really comparable to European products.”

Cao Xiaoqiang felt as if he had overturned the five-flavored bottle in his heart after hearing this conversation. "His grandma's, I sold it for [-], and the old boy sold it for [-] in a blink of an eye. This is too bullying, treat me as a sb."

The gray-haired man named Professor Zhang took a sip of wine, and then said: "Assistant Shen, you have seen that the workmanship of this watch is too exquisite. It seems that the mechanical processing level of Americans has surpassed that of Europeans." The price of three hundred and five is really not expensive. In the past, such a good thing could not be bought without five hundred. I wanted to buy another one to wear myself and give this old one to my second child, but Chen The boss said that he only bought 40 yuan watches in total, so he notified a few big watch collectors in the Forty-Nine City and some big families who are used to fashionable foreign goods to come and see them on the same day, and those big collectors brought those weekdays to play together. The watch collectors came over to have a look, good guy, they didn’t make any counter-offers, and bought them one by one. Those big families didn’t even bat an eye. I heard that it’s just the Jiruichang Silk and Satin Shop on Qianmen Street. Boss Ma, he bought three yuan alone.

If I hadn't happened to be here today to buy a watch, I would have missed it.You must know that there are still some big households who have not had time to come. After tomorrow, even if they come, they will be sold out.You must know that this watch is not sold by Hengdeli Watch Store, and Delonghang is the only one.Boss Chen and I are old acquaintances, he told me all this himself, there is no falsehood. "After finishing speaking, Professor Zhang took a sip of wine with a look of pride on his face.

Here, Xiaoqiang poured a mouthful of Erguotou, and he was still a little unbalanced. In less than three days, all the 40 yuan watches were sold out.This thousand-year-old city really lived up to the name of the imperial capital, and its spending power was strong enough.However, compared with Chen Weifang, I only made a small profit, and I was really panicked. I also blamed myself for not having done business, and not knowing the market beforehand. The dignified monopoly upstream supplier was slaughtered by a downstream retailer.

In 1949, there were more than 6000 shops of various kinds in Beiping, most of which were concentrated in three major commercial districts, namely Qianmen-Dashilan commercial district, Wangfujing commercial district and Xidan commercial district.Xiaoqiang made up his mind that he would go to a few more stores tomorrow and try to sell the goods he brought this time at a high price.

Xiaoqiang thought about it, so he went to Wangfujing. At that time, it was different from Qianmen——Dashilan and Xidan, two large commercial districts. "Three major characteristics, there are car shops represented by Taoyuan and Meihua, and watch and optical shops represented by Hengdeli and Daming.Xiaoqiang thought of this, so he made up his mind.

"Boss, give me a bowl of chicken noodle soup." Xiaoqiang yelled. After losing blood, he felt very hungry. With chicken gizzards and liver and a white chopped chicken, Xiaoqiang still didn't feel full.Suddenly, Xiaoqiang thought of a serious problem - he didn't bring any money with him!To be exact, I did not bring the money of this era.Now, Cao Xiaoqiang was a little dazed, why can't he eat the overlord's meal?With my small physique, no matter what I don't have the capital, I can't afford to lose that man.

It seems that I can only discuss it with this boss. This person has a round face, and the small eyes on it are smiling. Maybe he is easy to talk to.

Xiaoqiang got up and went to the counter, and said to the shopkeeper with a smile: "Boss, it's a coincidence. I just arrived in Beiping from Tianjin, but I didn't check my wallet when I went out. I didn't know if it was empty. You see, otherwise, I will give you money." Bet the watch on you, and I'll get the money in exchange for it tomorrow.

Saying that, Xiaoqiang took off the Fiyta from his wrist and handed it over.The shopkeeper of the Xianghe noodle shop took the watch, his eyes lit up, but his face showed a look of embarrassment, "Sir, your foreign watch is too expensive, and you are betting it on the small shop. If there is a mistake, the small shop can't afford it."

"It's okay, it's okay." Xiaoqiang waved his hands again and again, "If you think this watch is too expensive, I will exchange it for you with a cheaper one. To tell you the truth, I am in the watch business and I am here to deliver goods in Beijing this time. , you come with me to get a piece."

Saying that, Xiaoqiang walked out of the store, got into Weimian, and randomly took out a box of watches from the cardboard box that had been opened during the road inspection just now.

"Look, it's brand new, but it's not as expensive as the one in my hand. Even if you lose it, I won't compensate you. Let's open the door for business, and we will never regret it." So he forced the watch box into it. In the hands of the shopkeeper.Back in the store, he ate a big bowl of hot noodles with clear yellow chicken oil floating in it. While eating, he said, "It's so delicious! It's really a pure old-age hen soup."

At the same time, the buddy laughed, "The guest officer is really good at joking, the old hens in the world, which ones are not domesticated? Hehe, but our peaceful old hens are all carefully picked out one by one, the fat, oh!~~cook It can float half an inch out of a pot." Xiao Qiangxin said, "People these days have never seen the farmed chickens of later generations, let alone the mutant chickens used by KFC, isn't my complaints just nonsense?"

The shopkeeper scolded the waiter and pretended to be angry: "You are the only one who is poor, go away."

Turning his head to Xiaoqiang, he said with a smile: "But what he said is true. Sir, you want to eat chicken and drink chicken soup in the future. You are right to come to my Xianghe noodle restaurant. It is an absolutely authentic three-year-old hen."

"Hehe, good!" Xiaoqiang responded.