【5】Selling loss

By the way, Xiaoqiang went to bed early but couldn't wake up. He was so lazy that he had just stopped. It was almost eleven o'clock that Xiaoqiang was woken up by the express delivery phone number. People who lost too much blood in the short term were indeed very sleepy.

After receiving the express delivery, Cao Xiaoqiang opened all the watch boxes and confirmed it with great concern. As expected, the seller did not leave a piece of paper, and there was no trace to show that this was a Chinese product from 2010. This way, it would be enough to cheat foreigners in 2010.

Looking at the watch box that had been spread out on the bed, Xiaoqiang quickly packed it up and put it all into a cardboard box. Looking at Fei Yada on his wrist, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. Xiaoqiang felt his stomach growling, and quickly got used to it and put a cup of donkey-hide gelatin blood replenishing granules. He thought to himself: "I'm going to do a task again. Now, I'll have three meals a day, and drink it twice every time----two bags."

The body is the capital of the revolution, so Xiaoqiang continued to go to the restaurant as usual. He went out to order fried noodles with fried noodles in Laobeidu nearby, and also gave himself a plate of fried cucumbers and a portion of fried dough. People from other places thought that people in Beidu would eat fried noodles with sauce like eating bowls of beef and ramen, but it was wrong. In this famous chain store in the city, the fried noodles sold are really not cheap. Xiaoqiang used to come here to eat when he occasionally rewarded himself, and he just had only a few noodles to eat.

After the foodie was full, she went straight to the supermarket. With the experience of the first two times, Xiaoqiang thought it was a good idea to bring some food with her. Otherwise, if she was not familiar with the place, where would she fill her stomach? So whether it was chocolate, biscuits, drinks or even toilet paper, he spent more than 300 yuan to buy two large bags.

When he returned to his residence, Xiaoqiang changed into that suit, but this time he added a wool sweater inside and a down coat outside, otherwise he wouldn't be able to resist the coldness of 1949. He dressed up and stuffed four large cardboard boxes and food into his FAW Jiabao Micro Noodles.

Cao Xiaoqiang pulled the door and sat into the cab, drove to the gas station to fill up the gas, and bought a 20L backup oil barrel in iron at the gas station, and also filled the gas and stuffed it into the butt of the car. According to the map of Lao Beidu that he found, he drove to the south suburbs, and drove through the Fourth Ring Road Big Red Gate Overpass and found an open open space. It was just now that the sky was dark. Xiaoqiang followed the guidance of Blood Soul, pierced his fingertips and pointed the blood on the body of the car, sat in the cab, looked around and walked through the dark night.

After a sensation of dizziness in my mind, the car stopped in a farmland. Fortunately, it was autumn. The farmers had just harvested wheat. The ground was empty and the surface was relatively strong. It seemed that it had not rained in Peking recently, so the car did not fall into the farmland. Xiaoqiang turned on the headlights and hung up the gear to leave quietly.

As soon as I arrived at Yongdingmen Bridge, I saw a Lulu in front of me. At this time, there were still many lurking spies in Peking. In order to prevent spies from sabotaging, there were check-in procedures for major entrances and exits at Peking after night. Xiao Qiang was really panicked when he saw Lulu.

"I didn't think carefully before. I should have stopped by the wheat field for a night and then entered the city after dawn. That wasn't that eye-catching." Xiaoqiang thought.

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

At this time, the ID card did not exist. The inspection of personnel mainly depends on the experience of the personnel. However, Xiaoqiang is too eye-catching. It is obvious that the officer wearing simple clothes in front of him doesn't believe it.

"We need a routine check-up, you get out of the car first."

Faced with the full four large boxes of watches, the officer was completely stunned. He had never seen so many watches in his life. Under the lights of the headlights, it was dazzling. No! It should be said that it was full of treasures. But how could it be said that the People's Liberation Army is the people's army and a disciplined army? Looking at so many expensive "imported" watches, the simple soldier's eyes were not a trace of turbidity except surprise and admiration. If this were the Kuomintang army in the old society, Xiaoqiang would have to be plucked by the geese. It would not be surprising to kill people and rob people directly.

After asking, what Xiaoqiang was going to be delivered by Delong Trading Company on Qianmen Street, the officer ordered the soldiers to move the wooden shelves on the road card and let the road open to let go.

It was already seven o'clock at night, and most of the shops on Qianmen Street were closed. Xiaoqiang saw that there was still light in a shop called Xianghe Noodle Restaurant at the intersection, and there was a sound from inside. The door panel was stacked vertically at the door of the store. It seemed that it was still open. Xiaoqiang parked the car on the side of the road and locked it, pushed open the thick cotton door curtain and walked in.

"Sir, you are here. Please come inside, please. What should you eat?" The shop's second shop wearing a green cloth was holding a greasy rag in his hand and greeted him quickly.

Xiaoqiang walked to the counter at the store entrance and stared at the small wooden signs with neatly hanging horizontally on the wall with neatly written dishes with the names of the dishes neatly written on them. It seemed that this noodle shop was famous for chickens, including chicken soup, chicken liver, chicken intestines, chicken feet, and chicken gizzards. They were all on the brand.

"Give me a white chicken, cut two chicken gizzards and two chicken livers, warm two liang of pot heads."

"Okay~~~, sit here and wait." The guy greeted Xiaoqiang diligently and then sat down, turned to shout to the chef, "A white cut chicken, two chicken livers, two chicken gizzards~~~!"

"Okay~~" the kitchen responded.

The store is quite small, and the black painted counter is greasy and placed at the door. Next to it are a few black jars of coarse pottery, with rough rough paper pasted on it, with the word "silver burnt".

There are six wooden square tables in the center of the lobby, with four benches placed beside each table. There are two vermilion pillars on the left and right of the front wall of the door. There are couplets hanging on it, which read "Three cups of light wine to greet guests, and a coarse meal to celebrate the good parents". There is an altar in the middle, and there is a wooden Maitreya Buddha with a happy breast and belly lying on it. A corner door on the left leads directly to the back hall kitchen.

On a square table in the store, three people wearing long robes and looking intellectuals were eating and chatting.

"Professor Zhang, you are really willing to spend 350 yuan to buy a watch for your son," said one of the young men.

"Where is it? My son graduated from college next year. I haven't bought him any decent things in the past few years, so I had to give it to a big one at a time and buy a watch for him, hoping to remind him to know how to clear the time."

The man then said, "Professor Zhang, you said that this Orad watch is American. I used to think that the best watches are Swiss. Now I have gained some knowledge. I didn't expect that the United States can also make such a good watch, which really compares European goods."

After hearing this conversation, Cao Xiaoqiang felt like he had a blow to the five flavor bottle. "His grandma's, I'm eighty-year-old, and the old guy's move is 35-year-old. This is too bullying. Do you think I'm SB?"

The gray-haired man, who was called Professor Zhang, drank a sip of wine and said, "Assistant Teacher Chen, you see, the workmanship of this watch is so exquisite. It seems that the level of mechanical finishing in the Americans is already higher than that of Europe. The price of 350 is really not expensive. In the past, such good things cannot be obtained without 500 yuan. I originally wanted to buy another one myself and give this old one to my second child, but Boss Chen said that he only entered the watch for 40 yuan. On the same day, he notified several big collectors who play watches and some big buyers who are used to fashionable foreign goods to see. The big collectors brought those friends who usually play watch collections together to see. The good guys didn't even bargain, so they bought one by one. The big buyers didn't blink. I heard that just Boss Ma of Jiruichang Silk and Satin Village on Qianmen Street bought three yuan by himself.

If I were not so coincidental today, I would have missed it. You must know that some big players didn’t have time to come. Even after tomorrow, they would have sold out even if they came. You should know that this watch is not sold at the Hendry Watch Store. Delonghang is the only one. Boss Chen and I are old acquaintances, and this is all told by him in person, and there will be no fakes." After saying that, Professor Zhang had a lustful face and sipped wine.

Xiaoqiang had a hard time filling Erguotou. He was still a little unbalanced. In less than three days, all the forty watches were sold out. This thousand-year-old ancient city really lived up to the name of the imperial capital, and its consumption ability was strong. However, compared with Chen Weifang, he only made small profits and was really a loss. He blamed himself for not doing business and did not know the market clearly. However, the upstream supplier of monopoly was slaughtered by a downstream retailer.

At this time in 1949, there were more than 26,000 shops in various types in Peking, the most important 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, then go to Wangfujing. At that time, there were two large commercial blocks, Qianmen-Dashalan and Xidan. The commercial block of Wangfujing is very close to the embassy area, so it highlights the three major characteristics of shops and goods, including the car shops represented by Taoyuan and Meihua, and the watch and glasses shop represented by Hendry and Daming. Xiaoqiang thought of this and made up his mind.

"Boss, give me a bowl of chicken noodle soup." Xiaoqiang shouted. The person who lost blood felt very hungry. The chicken gizzard chicken liver plus a white chopped chicken to Du. Xiaoqiang still felt that he was not full. At this moment, Xiaoqiang suddenly thought of a serious problem - he didn't bring money on him! To be precise, he didn't bring money from this era. Now, Cao Xiaoqiang was a little confused. He couldn't eat a tycoon meal, right? With his small physique, he didn't have that capital anyway, and he couldn't afford to lose that person.

It seems that I can only discuss it with this boss. This man has a round face and a small eye on him who is smiling. Maybe he is a good talkative person.

Xiaoqiang got up and went to the counter, smiled at the shopkeeper and said, "Boss, it seems like it's a coincidence. I just arrived in Beijing from Tianjin, but I didn't check my wallet when I left the door. I didn't know if it was empty. You see, why don't I bet on your watch and I'll withdraw the money to exchange it tomorrow.

As he said that, Xiaoqiang took off Fei Yada on his wrist and handed it over. The shopkeeper of the Xianghe Noodle Restaurant took the watch, his eyes lit up, but his face showed a hint of embarrassment, "Sir, your foreign watch is too expensive, you are betting in the small shop. If there is a mistake, the small shop can't afford it."

"It's okay, it's okay." Xiaoqiang waved his hand repeatedly, "If you think this watch is too expensive, I'll give you a cheap one. I'll tell you that I'm in the watch business. This time I come to Beijing to deliver goods, you can pick up one with me."

As he said that, Xiaoqiang walked out of the store, got into the Weibei, and took out a box of watches from the carton that had been opened during the road inspection just now.

"Look, it's brand new, but it's not as expensive as I'm in my hand. Even if you lose it, I won't ask you to pay for it. Let's open the business and say a word about letters, and never regret it." So he stuffed the watch box into the shopkeeper's hand. He went back to the store to eat his big bowl of hot noodles with clear yellow and clear chicken oil that had just been served, and said while eating, "It's so delicious! It's really pure home-supported hen soup."

The guy was amused, "The guest officer is really good at joking. Isn't that old hen in the world raised by the old hens? Haha, but our peaceful old hens are all carefully picked out one by one, and the fat, wow!~~ It can float half an inch after a pot of boiling." Xiao Qiang said intently, "People in the past have never seen the breeding chickens in later generations, let alone the mutant chickens used by KFC. Isn't my complaint just nonsense?"

The shopkeeper scolded the guy and pretended to be angry: "You are poor-mouthed, go there."

He turned his head and smiled at Xiaoqiang, "But what he said is true. Sir, you want to eat chicken and drink chicken soup in the future. It's right to come to my Xianghe Noodle Restaurant. It's an absolutely authentic three-year-old reed hen."
Chapter completed!