Shanghai is the largest industrial city in my country.

Many domestic economic reforms started in Shanghai and then spread throughout the country.

Various foreign goods and foreign ideological trends were first imported into Shanghai and then spread throughout the country.

In early March 1988, Shencheng City adjusted the retail prices of 280 categories of commodities. Most of these commodities were small commodities or daily necessities, with price increases ranging from 20 to 30%.

This is originally a normal market control method.

Cheap things hurt farmers!

As the average social wage increases year by year, prices must of course be adjusted appropriately.

However, ordinary people don’t think so!

Seeing the prices of various commodities, especially daily necessities, rising continuously, people thought that a substantial price increase was about to begin, so large and medium-sized cities first set off a fierce rush to buy.

How crazy was the panic buying at that time?

Give an example.

The Shanghai Match Factory still had a backlog of 60 million boxes of matches in its warehouse at the end of February, and it will produce another 20 million boxes in March.

However, within three days after the price adjustment in March, 40 million boxes were sold at once, and together with the nearly 100 million boxes of matches produced in April, they were all sold out within three months!

According to media reports at the time, a resident of one household bought more than 500 boxes of matches to store at home, while others bought 200 kilograms of salt, and someone bought 10 boxes of washing powder!

Faced with this situation, the various red-headed documents issued by the government to limit the range of price increases seemed ineffective, and the range of price increases soon exceeded the provisions of the documents.

City leaders stood up and said that our city has abundant supplies, especially tobacco and alcohol, and called on citizens not to loot.

As a result, the price of tobacco and alcoholic beverages immediately increased by 30%, giving the city leaders a resounding slap in the face.

When prices are soaring, people generally believe that "saving money is worse than saving things." Money is just a piece of paper, while items are real and can keep out the cold and satisfy hunger.

The consequence of panic buying is rising prices, which is an economic law.

The price of eggs in Shanghai has soared from 1.5 yuan per catty to 2.7 yuan per catty!

After hearing the news about the increase in egg prices, Li Wenxiu couldn't believe her ears!

Did this man's words really come true?

"Wenxiu, tomorrow is Sunday and we have a day off. Let's move the eggs downstairs and set up a stall on the street to sell the eggs, right?" That night, Wang Lin said to Li Wenxiu.

"It's time to sell it! If you don't sell it, your eggs will smell bad!" Li Wenxiu chuckled, "Hey, how did you know that the price of eggs will increase?"

"Smell!" Wang Lin pointed to his nose and smiled, "Sensitivity to national policies!"

"Can we sell it tomorrow? Will other people really buy our eggs?"

"Where do we have eggs? We don't even have sex! How do you lay eggs?"

Li Wenxiu was stunned for a while before she realized what she was doing. With an ouch, she stretched out her hand to hit Wang Lin: "Okay, you're bullying me again! I won't help you sell eggs tomorrow!"

"..."

The next day is a rest day.

Before the implementation of weekend holidays in 1995, the party, government, enterprises and units had only one day off, that is, Sunday.

At this time, the rush to buy supplies in Shanghai had already started. Although it had not reached the point of madness, some people with equally sensitive senses had already begun to rush to buy supplies and hoard daily necessities.

Wang Lin and Li Wenxiu got up early in the morning. They first moved a few boxes of eggs and set up a temporary stall on the roadside.

As soon as the two laid out the eggs, someone came to ask about the price: "Comrade, how do you sell the eggs?"

"Two yuan and seven pounds!" Wang Lin replied, "It's the same price now."

"Are they fresh eggs?" the customer asked.

"Can the eggs from the state-owned farm not be fresh?" Wang Lin brought a bowl and touched an egg in front of everyone. He touched it lightly on the edge of the bowl and knocked an egg into the bowl.

The yellow yolk and the translucent egg white are more convincing than a thousand words!

More and more people are watching.

Most of the people living nearby are workers in textile factories. Some people recognized Wang Lin and Li Wenxiu and said, "Isn't this Wang Lin from the machine repair class? Why are you selling eggs?"

Wang Lin said with a smile: "Not only are we just getting married, but we are also going to have a baby soon. The expenses are huge! So it is good to start a side job to earn some money for milk powder and diapers."

"You two are really working hard!" The workers all laughed.

Li Wenxiu lowered her head shyly and rolled her eyes at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin chuckled and said: "Come and see, everyone, how fresh these eggs are! These are real good eggs from state-owned farms! They are exactly the same quality as eggs from the countryside! If you want to buy something, hurry up and buy it, the number of eggs is limited!

It’s available while supplies last! If you’re quick, you’ll get it, but if you’re slow, it’s not available!”

With his shout, many onlookers came.

"Give me two pounds." Someone said.

"Okay, two pounds, five yuan and forty cents. Wife, I'll come and weigh you. You're responsible for collecting the money."

Li Wenxiu hummed and took the money from the customer.

"I'll buy five pounds!" someone shouted again.

"Bring me three pounds of eggs!"

Li Wenxiu was busy collecting money and looking for change.

She works quickly, carefully, and in an organized manner. Everyone collects money first, then delivers the goods, and after finishing the customer, she receives the next customer.

The money passed through her hands, and there was no mistake in it.

Wang Lin looked at her and thought to himself, what a good wife she is and a good helper in business!

"Sold out? Are there any more goods?" The customer who came from behind became anxious when he saw that the box was empty, "Are there any eggs?"

"There's more, there's more!" Wang Lin hurriedly went home and carried the eggs downstairs.

More and more people are rushing to buy eggs.

It turns out that the eggs in several nearby stores have long been sold out!

Citizens usually buy eggs in small quantities, but now because of the panic buying trend, people are buying eggs in quantities of several kilograms, and some people even buy more than ten kilograms or dozens of kilograms!

I’m afraid that egg prices will double again!

Li Wenxiu first used his pocket to collect money, but found that there was too much change to fit in his pocket, so he took a cardboard box as a cash box and put it under his nose, which was convenient and fast.

The hot sales scene attracted more customers to rush to buy.

Wang Lin and Li Wenxiu sold out all the 1,600 kilograms of eggs they had hoarded in just one day!

The two of them were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink water, let alone go home to make lunch. They only bought a few steamed buns and fried dough sticks from Uncle Chen to satisfy their hunger.

Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen couldn't help but look at each other when they saw Wang Lin and his wife selling eggs so popularly!

"Good fellow, can you rush to buy these eggs?" Aunt Chen shook her head in confusion.

"Isn't that right! Look how popular Wang Lin and the others are selling?"

"How much money does he make in a day?"

"How do I know?"

"No, old man, we need to prepare some eggs at home! Now the price of eggs is one per day! Maybe the price will go up!"

"Then let's buy a few kilograms from Wang Lin!"

Wang Lin's eggs were in short supply. After they were sold, the eggs were snapped up as soon as they were moved downstairs!

"The last half of the box is left!" Wang Lin said to Li Wenxiu, "Don't sell it, keep it for yourself! The prices of all vegetables are rising now. If you buy other vegetables, you might as well eat your own eggs!"

Li Wenxiu said: "Yes, who would have thought that in just a short time, the price of eggs would have doubled!"

Wang Lin purchased this batch of eggs at a price of 1.3 yuan per catty.

The current selling price is 2.7 yuan. For every catty of eggs, Wang Lin makes a net profit of 1.4 yuan!

At night, the two of them dragged their tired bodies and sat cross-legged on the bed.

Li Wenxiu poured a box of money on the bed and started sorting it out one cent, two cents, one cent, and two cents.

"Wang Lin, after excluding capital, I made 2,200 yuan!" Li Wenxiu counted it three times and shouted in surprise, "It only took one day! This amount of money is equivalent to two years of my salary!"

This money is so easy to make, right? It’s a pity that you can’t make it like this every day! Otherwise, you can make a fortune!”

"Are you so excited? Didn't you just earn more than 2,000 yuan? You will definitely earn more in the future!" Wang Lin chuckled, "How about it? I am your husband, right? You won't suffer any disadvantages by marrying me.

of!"

"Don't be fooled after making some money! You lost more than two thousand dollars playing cards!"

"You don't want to mention anything! I have changed my mind, changed my mind, and become a new person! Even the government has given the prodigal son a chance to turn back. Doesn't it mean that you can't accept my changes?"

"Okay, keep your money! It's best to deposit it in the bank, and deposit it regularly! Otherwise, one day your hands will itch, and you will use it to play cards and lose?"

"No, I can still use this money if I keep it."

"What else do you want to do? Continue selling eggs?"
To be continued...