Rebirth 83: Hundreds of billions of net worth, starting from setting up a stall

As evening approached, Wangfujing was crowded with people.

Li Cunxi rode around for a while and found a dealer selling foreign exchange coupons in a foreign-related hotel called Longjun.

The two sneaked into an alley and exchanged the foreign exchange coupons for RMB. Later, he bought five sugar stamps at a price of 8 cents per catty.

Carrying the exchanged RMB, Li Cunxi went straight to the Beijing Department Store.

Throughout the era of planned economy, Jingcheng Department Store was the only retail enterprise that enjoyed global purchasing rights.

In other words, it can not only purchase goods from major domestic cities such as Magic City and Yangchengdu.

We can even connect with overseas companies to import some novel goods.

Because of this policy, the variety of merchandise in Beijing Department Store is the best in the country.

Li Cunxi followed the crowd into the department store.

It was dark outside, but the lights inside the building were as bright as day.

In the spacious space, various products are displayed on wooden counters.

There is a salesperson at each counter who does not greet customers. He only replies coldly when customers ask questions.

Li Cunxi is not surprised by this. These days, salespersons eat public food and receive dead wages. Not to mention being more indifferent to you, even scolding you and beating you will not affect their salary.

He came to the appliance section.

The 80s sounds very far away, and the impression of home appliances is limited to radios, sewing machines, televisions, and other items.

In fact, in this era, although rice cookers, refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners cannot be produced independently, you can buy foreign parts, assemble them domestically, and sell them in department stores, but few families can afford them.

Li Cunxi shopped around and finally found the juicer he wanted.

The structure of the juicer in the 80s was no different from that of today. The motor at the bottom was connected to the blade, and the plastic shell was cheap.

But something like this, which was worth 21 yuan with free shipping in the 19st century, now costs 9 yuan and requires four industrial coupons.

Can't afford it, nor is it worth buying.

This is Li Cunxi's most intuitive idea.

If you can't afford new ones, you can only find second-hand ones.

In the current era, there is a special store called a state-owned entrusted store, which is similar to Xianyu in the 21st century and is a platform that specializes in helping people sell second-hand items.

Many people do not have industrial coupons and want to buy bicycles, so they have to go to a commission shop, because bicycles are also in short supply in commission shops. They may be bought by others within an hour after they are brought in.

Returning to Yanjia Hutong from Wangfujing, there are quite a few commission shops, but only a few of them are still open at such a late hour.

Li Cunxi went shopping one by one, but there were no juicers for sale, and some shop assistants even didn't even know what a juicer was.

Squeak.

He came to a state-owned commissioned store closest to his home, and the clerk happened to be carrying a piano into the store. Maybe he was working overtime for this reason and kept the door open.

"Master, please ask, do we have a juicer here?"

"Juicer? Just wait a moment while we get this big thing settled."

The chef in the store is quite polite.

Generally, the employees of state-owned consignment stores are the same people who collected second-hand goods in the past, and their edges have long been smoothed by life.

Li Cunxi smiled and waited outside the door.

Soon.

An old master waved to him.

Li Cunxi raised his eyebrows, it seemed like there was something going on?

He hurriedly walked in.

The old chef took him to the side of the counter and pointed to a metal object that resembled the head of a meat grinder: "This is a hand-operated juicer imported from the Soviet Union."

Li Cunxi squatted down and shook it twice. It was quite smooth. He looked inside through the light and found that it was quite clean inside and there was no rust on the outside.

"This juicer was packaged with other items and taken back. I usually oil and maintain it, but there are no buyers for this thing. If you want to take it, it's only twenty. Don't be too expensive. Buy a meat grinder. Head, it’s much more expensive than this.”

The old master smiled and promoted the product.

"Okay, I want it."

Li Cunxi pointed out two pieces of big unity, handed them to the master, and then asked: "Do you have any cups here?"

"Yes, all the porcelain sold for export in Jingdezhen comes in complete sets."

The old master said, pointing to a container on one side where various porcelains were stacked.

Li Cunxi shook his head and said: "Haha, this is too expensive, I just want some bargains."

"That's also true."

The old master pulled out another basket of porcelain from the container and introduced it softly: "A ten-centimeter white enamel cup has some flaws. The supply and marketing cooperative usually sells it for 8 cents each. We pay 8 cents for each."

Li Cunxi picked up an enamel cup with a anniversary stamp of a certain factory on it.

"3 cents each, I want a few more, do you think so?"

"It depends on how many you want."

"40 pieces, please find me a woven bag to put them in."

Li Cunxi took out another 12 yuan, and spent all the RMB he got in exchange.

"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you."

The old master took the money, found a sack, and threw the cups in pairs. The enamel material was not afraid of falling anyway.

Jingle Bell.

Li Cunxi rode his bicycle and turned into the alley. It was already dark.

There was a slim woman in the middle of the alley, holding a chubby little girl in her arms and looking around.

Seeing this scene, Li Cunxi felt warm in his heart.

Wife and children are on the hot bed, life is like this, what more can a husband ask for?

Squeak.

He stopped the car and said with a smile: "Beauty, who are you waiting for?"

It was too dark.

Bai Xiaoyan vaguely saw a cyclist, but didn't think about her husband. But when she heard the familiar voice, a smile instantly bloomed on her face, and she said angrily: "I didn't tell you to rest for two more days, why did you do it in the blink of an eye?" No one is seen, Duoduo has been talking about daddy all afternoon and almost wants to die."

"Then do you want to?"

Li Cunxi got out of the car and pushed him towards the yard.

"I don't want to."

Bai Xiaoyan followed her husband with a smile.

"Dad, Dad, I have something for you."

The little girl said cooingly in her mother's arms.

"That's great. My baby also knows that he feels sorry for his father. Come and give him a kiss."

Li Cunxi stopped the car, hugged his daughter, and kissed her plump cheeks, making the little girl giggle.

The little girl spread out her fleshy right hand, and there was a big white toffee in the palm of her hand: "Daddy gave it to you, it's delicious."

Bai Xiaoyan said with a smile: "Today the eldest brother and his family are here. The eldest sister-in-law gave Duoduo two candies. Duoduo ate one and she smiled so sweetly. I asked her to eat both. The little girl refused and insisted. Swallowing, he said he wanted to give it to dad."

Li Cunxi felt sour in his heart.

With such a good daughter by his side, why did he go to Yangcheng in anger in his previous life, causing his daughter to end her short life.

Think of this.

He really wanted to slap himself.

"Dad, don't you want to eat?"

Li Duoduo looked at Li Cunxi eagerly, her eyes full of expectation.

Li Cunxi smiled and said: "Eat, dad likes sweets, but dad can't eat even one candy, so how about we each take half."

Li Duoduo nodded quickly, as if thinking of the delicious taste of toffee, saliva overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Li Cunxi returned the daughter to his wife, peeled off the candy wrapper, broke off a third of it, and handed the rest to his daughter.

Li Duoduo chewed toffee and shook her head happily.

Li Cunxi looked at his daughter's happy face, and felt a sense of satisfaction that he had never felt before.

He touched Li Duoduo's head and promised: "Dad will buy you a lot of candies in two days."

Li Duoduo nodded quickly.

Bai Xiaoyan pinched her daughter's face and said helplessly: "Her grandma is about to feed our daughter into a piglet. You are not allowed to buy sweet things anymore."

"It's okay to eat a little once in a while."

Li Cunxi didn't take it seriously.

"Just pamper her. I left some food for you in the house. Eat it quickly. If it's too late, your parents will say nasty things again."

Bai Xiaoyan pulled her husband towards the house.