The atmosphere when Pan and Lin's parents met for the first time was very good, but the Lin family did not stay for dinner.
If more than ten people stayed to eat, the Pan family would be bankrupt, although his family was no different from bankruptcy now.
Lin Sanqi had food, but Pan Zhengquan still wanted to be ashamed of using his future son-in-law's food to entertain the Lin family, and he couldn't do such a shameless thing.
"Stay! Stay!"
"Walk slowly, walk slowly!"
The Pan family sent the guests all the way to the alley entrance, which was considered a very polite gesture.
For ordinary guests, the host will deliver it to their doorstep.
The more serious guests are sent to the entrance of the courtyard to say goodbye, they are considered VIPs.
The Pan family took them all the way to the entrance of the hutong, almost to Dongsi Shitiao Street, which showed the unparalleled importance of the Pan family.
Young people like Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye didn't think anything of it, they just followed the crowd and chatted.
Only old people like Dean Shen and Lin Sophora know what this means. Therefore, both parties were extremely polite, and both the host and the guests were honored.
For a courtesy visit, it usually just takes an hour to sit down. It is good for both parties to have a first impression. For details on how to get engaged and get married later, the matchmaker needs to go to the families of both parties to communicate.
After the matchmaker has colluded and negotiated about the bride price and dowry, when the two families sit down again, it is the countdown to the wedding.
Walking on the road, Dean Shen saw Lin Sanqi with a silly smile on his face, and slapped him on the head:
"Bad boy, I think Pan Ye is a good girl. She is an honest girl. If a female college student is willing to follow you, a primary school student, you are reaching a high level. You can't do anything to regret her in the future."
Lin Sanqi quickly assured:
"Uncle Shen, don't worry. I promise Mao ZX that I will never do anything to regret Pan Ye in this world."
(Well, in another world, eh, it doesn’t break the oath anyway.)
Jin Caifeng also followed the lesson and said:
"Also, I heard that Xiaoye is going to the Changping branch for internship with you. No one is looking after you in the branch. You'd better be honest and don't do anything scandalous, otherwise I won't screw you. Ears!”
Although Lin Sophora is a Buddhist, she is also quite traditional on this issue:
"Yeah, it's normal for young people to kiss me together, but you have to do it in a way that's passionate and polite. This is not only respect for the girl, but also respect for yourself. Don't be scolded by others for our uneducated Lin family. .”
Wang Huiqin burst out laughing:
"Hey, you two are still worried about the second daughter-in-law? Haha, your granddaughter is already so old."
There is a reason why Father Lin and Mother Lin are so afraid of having sex before marriage.
One is conservative in thinking. In the eyes of the older generation, any woman who has sex before marriage is a lewd person and is definitely not a good match for an IKEA home. (It doesn’t matter if you’re a man)
The second son, Lin Duzhong and Pei Xuehua, learned a painful lesson.
When Pei Xuehua graduated from nursing school and worked in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, she fell in love for the first time and fell in love with Lin Duzhong.
Father Lin and Mother Lin didn't like Pei Xuehua at first. The main reason was that the Pei family's parents were well-known poor families in Caishikou. They had a bad reputation in that area, and they loved taking advantage and quarreling.
And what I found out later was that Pei's father was still a minor official during the Guo Party period, and his status was not good.
Unfortunately, Lin Duzhong liked her so much that she went into the woods and got pregnant without knowing it, forcing Lin's father and mother to hold their noses and admit the marriage.
Pregnancy out of wedlock has become gossip news at the dinner table of the staff of the traditional Chinese medicine hospital. The Lin family has been ridiculed for a long time.
After the marriage, it was just as the elder couple had predicted. The younger couple wanted to take advantage of everything, and they even clamored to separate the family the same day they found their younger son.
Once again, the Lin family became a joke.
So now that the younger son has a fixed partner, and he has to take that partner to the mountains and countryside, both Dean Shen and Lin Sophora are very worried that the two of them will get into the woods again because of their passion.
There are more groves in the Changping countryside and are more convenient.
If she gets pregnant out of wedlock again, the Lin family's reputation will be completely ruined.
Of course Lin Sanqi was not convinced. He was not the first brother. Not to mention that he and Pan Ye had already been recognized by both parents and were almost engaged.
In the South, there is no difference between getting engaged and getting married. Men and women can directly address each other as husband and wife in public, and no outsiders will say anything if they sleep together.
Besides, from the perspective of young people, even if you are in love, how do you know whether the two parties are in harmony or not in harmony if you haven't tried it before?
If you find problems before marriage, you can stop the loss in time. If you find that you are not compatible after marriage, divorce will be very painful, so of course you have to have a "trial marriage."
Especially Pan Ye, well, for A, then I have to raise the child in advance, otherwise I will starve the child in the future...
If Dean Shen and Doctor Lin knew that he had such dirty thoughts, the two old men would have to beat up this new society hooligan in the street. The shipping warehouse is not far from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, just over 20 minutes' walk.
Along the way, Dean Shen pulled Lin Sanqi to his side and asked softly:
"The first batch of wild ginseng has been shipped by railway. Are you good at food? I see that you haven't gone out to do business at all in the past few days!"
Dean Shen's pronunciation is particularly strong on the word "running business".
Only then did Lin Sanqi finish her compliments and solemnly promised:
"Uncle Shen, don't worry. I will go on business tomorrow, but I can't leave empty-handed. I have to bring ginseng, right?"
Dean Shen thought about it. Now that food is more precious than gold, we can't let Lin Sanqi go to waste with nothing, right?
"Okay, let me tell you, you need whatever food you have now, don't pick and choose. And you can bring back as much as you can get. If you don't have enough money or ginseng, just tell me and I will find a way."
Lin Sanqi's eyes rolled again and again before she made up her mind.
He has grain, but he can't sell it too cheaply. He must let everyone know that it is not easy for Lin Sanqi to get grain. Otherwise, he won't become the captain of the grain transportation brigade, so how can he have time to do it himself? A “side job”?
"Uncle Shen, you also know that rice on the black market now costs almost 4 yuan per catty, and good flour costs 5 yuan per catty. Although what I got is coarse grains, based on the ratio of one to four, it costs almost 1 Yuan per pound, can you accept this price?”
Dean Shen was shocked: "Is it so expensive? Can it be cheaper? After all, we need a lot."
Lin Sanqi rolled her eyes:
"It's because we want a lot of food, so it's more difficult for others to raise food, and the price is higher. If it's 100 or 200 pounds, I can get it for free."
Dean Shen began to make calculations in his mind:
If one yuan per pound of coarse grain is calculated, 200,000 yuan of wild ginseng would need to be exchanged for 100 tons of grain.
100 tons of grain is definitely not a small amount. Even if it is transported by large trucks, it will take dozens of trucks, and the discharge will be huge. How much connections and energy are needed to collect so much grain.
Dean Shen sighed:
"Okay, Uncle Shen knows that it's not easy for you to get food, but if the price can be low, keep it low, and if you can have more food, buy more. I don't care about others. Anyway, our traditional Chinese medicine hospital has more than 400 employees and thousands of family members. None of them can go hungry. Die.”
Lin Sanqi looked up at Dean Shen's gray hair. He estimated that he had been under greater pressure in the past few years, so he also thought to himself:
"I can't control all the employees of the hospital, but I promise that your godfather and his family will not let you go hungry..."
The next day, Lin Sanqi arrived at the railway freight station in Fengtai. Section Chief Kong Shuihu had been waiting for him.
Lin Sanqi drove a big truck here specially, and just jumped out "Uncle Kong!"
Kong Shuihu looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he whispered:
"The ginseng is all in the warehouse. I have already checked it out. In fact, there are 56 wild ginsengs that are over 100 years old. There are also ginseng from other years. There are more than 400 ginseng in total, but they are all over 50 years old and are worth about 100,000. Yuan.
This is the first batch. Our purchasing team has now set off from Fusong to Tonghua Ji'an and other places, and is preparing to travel throughout the Changbai Mountain area to continue purchasing. The wild ginseng you want is of a relatively old age, so it may take a lot of time. ”
Lin Sanqi was trembling when he heard it. So many wild ginsengs, if sold in 2023, would start at a few hundred million.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi couldn't wait:
"Uncle Kong, open the warehouse door quickly, I want to inspect the goods."
Kong Shuihu chuckled: "Don't worry, Zhou Mingzhe from the Pharmacy Department helped you pass these ginseng last night."
As soon as the door opened, there was a large pile of wooden boxes placed in the center of the warehouse, and the unique fragrance of ginseng hit our face.
Lin Sanqi roared, rushed over quickly, and opened a wooden box. It was a century-old Northeastern wild ginseng that is rare in later generations.
"Okay, okay, so many ginseng can be exchanged for at least 50 tons of grain."
Any fool can do the math. There are nearly 500 ginseng sticks in front of us now. If done correctly, they can be sold for at least nearly 700 to 800 million yuan.
Let alone 50 tons of sweet potato and potato stick noodles, even 50 tons of rice flour, how much is it worth? If it breaks through, it will be 20,000 to 300,000 yuan.
This is almost the rhythm of zero-yuan purchases.
What antique stamps do you collect?
If you collect antiques and stamps from 1960, it will be very difficult to sell them and cash them out in 2023. The antique circle is so small that you, an ordinary person, simply cannot fit in.
You can take it to auction, but they will charge you in advance what appraisal fees, storage fees, catalog fees, admission fees, exhibition fees, marketing and promotion fees, security deposits, exit fees, contract penalties, etc.
Maybe your antiques haven't been auctioned yet, but you paid hundreds of thousands or millions first, and that's what the auction house makes.
Besides, do you think that tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars can be fetched on antiques and antiques, just because they are prosperous antiques?
Maybe they are just laundering // money, and they are playing a double act, just like a scam stock trading group. You are the only fool in the whole group, and the rest are just shills.
Finally, someone tells you that your antique was rejected at auction, but the handling fees, appraisal fees, etc. are non-refundable. What can you do?
So being an antique dealer is not as profitable as being a dealer of precious medicinal materials. (End of chapter)