Chapter 1354: Preparing to Leave Beijing 9
Coming across someone who knows their stuff naturally allows one to raise their price.
Therefore, Jin Lao Qi was straightforward, taking out the items he had prepared, including porcelain, jewels, calligraphy, paintings, and decorative pieces, "If it wasn’t from the imperial palace, then it was from the nobility’s households. During the war era, I avoided numerous lootings to preserve these. Now that I am old, who knows how much longer I’ll live? What use are these things to me if I keep them at hand?"
At this point, he laughed in self-derision, "The items I’m offering are more numerous and valuable than those from Qiao San. I don’t want a penny from you; I only want food, at least three hundred catties of fine grains!"
"We don’t have that much on hand right now," Lu Jiang chimed in; they had only brought a little over one hundred catties of fine grains.
"That’s okay, you can take the items first, and as for the grains, you can deliver them to me tomorrow, or send them whenever you have them; I’m not in a hurry." Jin Lao Qi was especially carefree, "The monthly grain ration is hardly enough for me, and it’s mostly coarse grains. It’s not like I see fine grains every New Year’s festival, and even when I do, I can’t grab any. Just give me some to fill my stomach for now."
Lu Jiang nodded in agreement, "We have your address, so we can send you a monthly share in the future. Right now, it’s really difficult to come up with that much at once, but we can give you one hundred twenty catties of grain along with some cured meat, sausages, and peanut oil for now."
"Great!" As soon as Jin Lao Qi heard mention of cured meat, sausages, and peanut oil, he agreed without hesitation.
The trade was completed, and each party collected their goods.