Chapter 74 Black Market

This time when he visited the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Fang Xiang returned with great satisfaction.

After lunch, we continued our pursuit and went to the Red Star Machinery Factory.

Like the steel rolling mill, the machinery plant received the notice early on.

He didn't do anything weird, but readily agreed to cooperate.

After finishing these tasks, Fang Xiang rode his bicycle and turned to Jiaodaokou Police Station.

"Victory, let's go and have a drink."

After finding Wei Shengli in the duty room, Fang Xiang happily patted the sleepy Wei Shengli.

"Brother Fang, you're here. Wait for me a little longer. It's still early to get off work."

Wei Shengli raised his head, his eyes were sleepy and he had two dark circles under his eyes.

"What's wrong? Are you staying up all night like a giant panda?"

Fang Xiang looked at the dark circles under Wei Shengli's eyes and immediately burst into laughter.

"Oh, it's almost the New Year, and many people are going crazy because of poverty.

So there are more and more cases of lost items in the jurisdiction recently.

I have been working overtime recently and I am really too busy. "

Wei Shengli rubbed his face, picked up the large teacup beside him and drank it all in one gulp.

"What are you drinking? Why does it smell so good?"

Fang Xiang watched Wei Shengli pick up the thermos and pour water into the teacup.

Immediately, a refreshing fragrance filled the entire duty room.

"Tea. I brought some from home. If you like, I'll give you some."

Wei Shengli took out an iron box from the cabinet and opened it, revealing it was filled with fragrant tea leaves.

"What kind of tea is this? Is it expensive?"

Fang Xiang didn't know much about tea. At most, he would drink some Pu'er tea from his leader during small meetings.

More often than not, I am just a slave who buys coffee at my own expense.

"Zhang Yiyuan's Gao Sui, everyone in Beijing loves to drink this, have you never tried it?"

Wei Shengli held the teacup in his hands, warming them while asking curiously.

"I've never drunk this stuff before. I always drank plain water before."

Fang Xiang felt a little embarrassed and could only do it perfunctorily.

"Then take it and drink it. I have more at home."

Wei Shengli threw the iron box directly to Fang Xiang.

"Forget it, forget it. I don't like drinking this right now. I just asked."

Fang wanted to return the tea to Wei Shengli, but his mind started to go in circles.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. No matter what, we should go to pay New Year's greetings.

It would be embarrassing to go to someone's house empty-handed.

If I buy something else, I don’t know if it will be suitable. But today I was reminded that buying tea will ensure that it is foolproof.

However, there were only a few tea tickets in his space, so even if he bought them, he couldn't buy much.

"By the way, can you get me some tea tickets? I need them for gifts during the New Year."

Anyway, there is no need to bother two people with one thing, so Fang has no psychological burden at all when he wants to catch Wei Shengli and take advantage of him.

"How much do you want? If it's less, I'll go home and get you some. If it's more, you'll have to go to the black market."

When Wei Shengli heard this, he scratched his head.

"Black market? Where is it? I'll go check it out. It's still early for you to get off work."

When Fang Xiang heard it, he immediately became interested.

"There's one near the old imperial city wall of Chaoyang Gate. I'll introduce someone to you. You can go find him."

Wei Shengli took out a piece of paper, wrote the address and a name for Fang Xiang, and wrote the word "Wei" below.

"Okay, then you sleep a little longer. I'll go for a walk and come see you later."

Fang wanted to put the note away, say hello and leave.

After riding the bike for a while, we arrived at the city wall of Chaoyangmen.

Sure enough, there was a street running from north to south next to the city wall, and there were more than a thousand people squatting there, most of them wearing melon-shaped hats.

There are strips of cloth spread on the ground in front of people, and they sell all kinds of things.

Fang wanted to push his bicycle, looking around as he walked.

But after looking at it for a long time, I felt that it was similar to the stalls in front of trust stores.

Most of them are worn-out clothes, shoes, hats and so on.

I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. It was just like a flea market.

He looked around and noticed that several people were staring at him with unfriendly eyes.

Fang Xiang thought about it and thought that he should be checking the place.

I just found the person closest to me and ran towards him.

"Where is Mr. Chu? I want to buy something from him."

As soon as Fang Xiang said this, the man, who looked to be in his early twenties, with a fierce look and his hands in his sleeves, was stunned.

"Who are you?!"

The man looked Fang Xiang up and down, then turned around and glanced at his companions.

Immediately, three or five men surrounded him.

"Do you know Wei Shengli from Jiaodaokou Police Station?

I am his childhood friend. I came here to buy some things and he asked me to find a man named Chu Erye.

Do you know him or not?"

Fang Xiang looked at the men who had gathered around him, all of them were strong and healthy.

But he was not afraid. No matter how many people there were, could they be more than the bullets in his gun?

"follow me."

As soon as Fang Xiang mentioned Wei Shengli's name, the vigilance in the man's eyes disappeared immediately.

I looked around and found that there were quite a few people ready to watch the fun.

He said quietly, then turned and left.

Fang wanted to push the cart and follow.

The men who had surrounded them just now also pretended to be just passing by and dispersed.

After a while, they arrived at a makeshift shack.

There were a few men sitting inside, warming themselves around a fire.

"Second Master, someone wants to buy something from you. He says he is a childhood friend of Master Wei from Jiaodaokou."

The man motioned to Fang to wait a moment, then bent down to a man smoking a pipe and whispered.

The man smoking the pipe looked to be about 40 years old, with a shaved head. It was such a cold day, but he didn't even wear a hat.

He was wearing only two pieces of clothing with two buttons undone, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the cold.

There is a scar on his face, stretching from the corner of his mouth to his ear.

Looking closely, I saw that there was only half an ear on the right.

At this moment, he was staring at Fang Xiang with a scrutinizing look.

"I'm here to buy some tickets. Do you have any?"

Fang Xiang took out the note Wei Shengli wrote to him from his pocket and handed it over.

A man next to him was very perceptive and immediately took it and handed it to Mr. Chu with both hands.

"What's your name and what ticket do you want?"

Mr. Chu took the note, glanced at it, immediately put his pipe aside, stood up, and a smile appeared on his face.

"My last name is Fang, I want some tea tickets"

Fang Xiang didn't expect that Wei Shengli would have such a great reputation.

It was just a piece of paper, but it made Mr. Chu become like a completely different person.

"Of course we have some, but I don't know how much you want, Master Fang?"

Mr. Chu stood respectfully in front of Fang Xiang and waved his hand at a follower.

The follower immediately pulled out a small wooden box from the shack, opened it, and took out a stack of banknotes.

Mr. Chu took the ticket and placed it in front of Fang Xiang.

Fang Xiang took the tickets, opened them and counted them. There were probably hundreds of them.

There are ones weighing one liang, three liang, half a jin, and one jin.

"I want the 20-jin one. Do you have any other tickets?"

Fang Xiang counted out twenty tea tickets for one pound and returned the remaining tickets.

"Yes, what kind of ticket do you want?"

Mr. Chu turned around and dragged the box he was sitting on over.

He opened it in front of Fang Xiang, and it was full of tickets.

Fang wanted to squat down and take a look. Wow, there were food, drinks and daily necessities.

There is nothing that is not here, only things that you have not thought of, even gasoline coupons are available.

"How much are these?"

Fang Xiang did not hesitate to pick up some scarce coupons for rice, meat, eggs, oil, cigarettes, alcohol, cloth, cotton, sugar, biscuits, etc.

I counted more than a hundred.

"Oh, look at what you said, what money do you need? I've given you all this as a gift."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Chu didn't want the money and pushed the ticket directly into Fang Xiang's hands with both hands.

"Don't tell me that, it's the right amount.

Do you think Wei Shengli will let you control him with just these things?"

Fang Xiang knew exactly what he meant. He just wanted him to tell Wei Shengli.

Since they have benefited from this, they will naturally ask Wei Shengli for help later.

If you say these things are valuable, it's really not easy for ordinary people to get them.

It’s not worth much, but for some people who have money but lack tickets, they don’t take it seriously.

"I dare not, I dare not. Then I will calculate it for you based on the cost price?"

Master Chu saw that Fang was not going to fall for it and spoke his thoughts directly.

Naturally, he would not play any tricks to give gifts to others, and he honestly took out an abacus.

PS: Thank you for the good comments on Renjianzhanluo. I will add another chapter.