Chapter 157: A Bountiful Harvest (4) (1/2)

These people were all in the same business as Chen Jin, but on a smaller scale. In these matters, most people did business with those they were familiar with. Mo Beihan knew that these people had various connections, so he brought Gu Qingyao over to them.

The first was a middle-aged man with a square face. He looked especially simple and honest, and did not look like someone in this business at all.

Mo Beihan went over and spoke a few words to him. The two men quickly agreed to trade and they moved to a quieter spot.

“We want cash, not coupons. Antiques will also do.” Mo Beihan made his request.

The other man nodded. “Sure. The best will be fine grain, eggs and meat. I need meat.”

Anyone who had a bit of money wanted meat for the new year, so this was the rarest.

Gu Qingyao said, “I have ten kilograms of rice, five kilograms of flour, and twenty eggs. I don’t have meat, but I have some dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage. The wrappers are made of fine white flour. Families who find it inconvenient to cook meat can take the dumplings.”

The man was taken aback!

Dumplings?

But upon second thought, it was true that many could not cook meat, or did not dare to do so!

The aroma of cooking meat was too strong, and people around them could smell it. But if the dumplings were already wrapped, it was a different matter. They would be ready to eat after boiling. If they did not need to wrap the dumplings themselves, it would save them trouble and it was less easily detected.

This was the first time he heard of this novel item for sale. The man smiled and said, “I’ll take some. How many do you have?”

“I have about ten kilograms of frozen ones.”

The man thought for a moment and said, “In that case, I’ll take them all. I’ll use the price for fine grain and give you one hundred and fifty dollars. Is that all right?”

The items weighed about thirty kilograms in total. Fine grain cost five dollars a kilogram. Although the dumplings contained meat, they did not contain much. Also, the weight of the flour was measured differently after it had been mixed with water and made into dumpling skins, especially when the dumplings had been frozen.