Chapter 500: Chapter 500: Vicious Mother-in-Law 46
After all, being someone who cares about her image, First Madam Han awkwardly pulled out ten yuan and bought ten catties of meat.
Seeing First Madam Han taking out money, Han Laosan had no choice but to do the same.
After Ma Xiangling received twenty yuan, she cut off ten catties of the remaining meat. The rest she sold to trusted neighbors, earning fifty yuan on top of the principal.
The next day, Han Conghui found a bunch of defective items at the supply and marketing cooperative’s warehouse: towels, toothbrushes, enamel basins, enamel mugs, and other household items. He took them to Qinghe Village and bought a wild boar from Yuan Chun.
This time, Han Conghui didn’t bring the pork home but secretly took it to the black market. He sold the entire wild boar at thirty percent above market price, earning a full hundred yuan.
Having tasted success once, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Han Conghui went to Qinghe Village again.
Yuan Chun frowned, glaring at him, "Han Conghui, are you reselling the meat?"
Han Conghui chuckled sheepishly, "Mother-in-law, isn’t the New Year coming soon? Meat is in short supply in the city, and every household depends on the meat distributed for the festival, which is never enough. So I thought I would help city folk enjoy better meals."
With profit to be made, Yuan Chun certainly wouldn’t foolishly refuse the opportunity.
Yuan Chun asked with interest, "Just meat won’t do. How about I add fish to the city folk’s table? Five hundred catties. Can you handle it?"
Han Conghui’s eyes brightened, "I can handle it, I can handle it. As long as Mother-in-law can get them, I’ll buy them at market price."
"Alright, come over at eleven tonight to pick them up."
After a pause, Yuan Chun added, "There are also three wild boars. In a couple of days, it’s New Year. If you want to make money, you’ve only got these two days."
Once the New Year passes, people will have bought what they need. Those who haven’t bought are families with poor conditions, unwilling to spend high prices on the black market for meat.
Han Conghui, having worked at the supply and marketing cooperative for years, had a good understanding of market conditions.
He nodded in agreement, "Mother-in-law, as long as you have stock, not only three wild boars but even ten, I can handle it."
"Alright, prepare enough money. I don’t offer credit here."
"Understood, understood. I’ll go back and ask Lingzi for money. My money is all managed by Lingzi." Han Conghui cheerfully played nice in front of his mother-in-law.
Yuan Chun acknowledged him and went to the mountain with a back basket.
At eleven o’clock in the evening, Han Conghui borrowed a delivery truck from the supply and marketing cooperative and drove to the outskirts of Qinghe Village. He, along with two brothers, headed to the Ma family.
Aside from the children, the adults of the Ma family were awake, waiting for Han Conghui’s arrival.
After Han Conghui and the two brothers arrived, they estimated the weight of three large wild boars and four sacks of carp and then paid according to market prices.
The Ma Family immediately helped Han Conghui load the fish and wild boars onto the cart and quietly transported them out of the village and onto the truck.
Yuan Chun, with a thick pile of cash, returned to the east room, happily counting the money.
Each of the three large wild boars was around four hundred catties, and the hairy pigs were priced at six cents per catty, totaling seven hundred and twenty yuan for the three boars.
Five hundred catties of fish priced at fifty cents per catty totaled two hundred and fifty yuan.
In this deal, Yuan Chun profited nearly a thousand yuan.
Feeling good today, Yuan Chun was generous, giving each of her sons and daughters-in-law who helped out ten yuan as pocket money.
Qian Hongmei, her face flushed, refused, "Mom, I don’t want it. As your daughter-in-law, it’s right for me to do some work for the family."
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