Chapter 73 For Friends
Li Long was sitting on the carriage thinking about things, letting the big red horse No. 76 walk along the road to the county town.
The sharp sound of the whistle in front of him brought him back to his senses. Only then did he realize that he was already on the Wuyi Highway, and the county seat was less than one kilometer away.
A Dongfeng truck came from the other side. After the driver honked the horn, he slowed down as he passed the carriage. The snow particles that were raised fell down, but Li Long was not affected much.
He had been thinking about how to help Harry Mu Yushanjiang and the others solve their difficulties, but he still had no clue.
After the car passed, Li Long jumped out of the carriage, moved his almost frozen feet, and led the carriage towards the county.
While passing by the black market, Li Long was surprised to find that the area that had been trampled by people had expanded a lot, and some garbage had not been collected. He found damaged and damaged ones. Potato and fish scales.
Obviously, he has not been here during this time, but the business here is still booming, and the number of people selling things and the variety of things have even expanded a lot.
Li Long was even thinking, could he catch the fish and sell them here instead of going to Shicheng?
Can even the sheep of Harimu and Yushanjiang be sold here?
But just think about it. There are not many people in the entire county who can afford mutton, and most of them will not come to the black market, which cannot solve the big problem at all.
If you really want to help them solve the problem, you still have to go to Shicheng.
Li Long led the horse to the acquisition station.
What surprised him was that he remembered that Chen Hongjun was not on duty today, but Chen Hongjun was at the counter, and there was a woman sitting next to him.
"Comrade Xiao Li, are you here?" Chen Hongjun saw Li Long coming in and greeted him with a smile:
"I haven't seen you for a few days. What good things have you brought this time?"
"Hello, Comrade Chen." Li Long shook hands with him and said, "I brought a roe deer deer today. , I don’t know if you can take its skin. If you want to take it, I will peel it and bring it to you after I go back. If you don’t take it, I will keep it for my own use.”
“Are you talking about roe deer?” The woman next to Chen Hongjun rushed to ask, with curiosity in her tone:
“Do you really have one? This thing is not easy to handle! "
"Yes, it's on my carriage now," Li Long said, worried about what was outside, "Would you like to take a look?"
"Let's go and have a look." Chen Hongjun was also a little curious. At the purchasing station, he could see antlers and antlers, as well as a lot of Chinese medicinal materials, but he had never seen a complete deer-like animal like a roe deer.
After leaving the purchasing station, they saw that there was a deer-like animal carcass on Li Long's carriage.
This is the male roe deer, with short three-pronged horns on its head. Chen Hongjun stepped forward, took hold of the horn and twisted it. What surprised Li Long was that he actually twisted one of the horns. down.
"Sure enough." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "I have heard of this. The antlers of male roe deer have similar functions to deer antlers. They fall off every winter and grow velvet in the next spring. I will try it. I tried, but I didn’t expect it to be unscrewed.”
“How about you take this corner?” Li Long stepped forward and unscrewed the other corner, holding it in his hand.
"Take it, but it's not as expensive as antlers. One kilogram..." Chen Hongjun looked at the horns in his hand and said, "The horns are fresh. I'll give you two and a half yuan for one kilogram."
"Okay. "Of course Li Long didn't disagree.
"If you can peel off the whole skin, then we will take it." The female comrade said hurriedly, "We will still be on duty tomorrow. If you can deliver it, then I will give you ten dollars for the whole skin." ...Fifteen yuan.”
Fifteen yuan is not a low price, and Li Long nodded.
After entering the purchasing station, Chen Hongjun weighed the two horns. They totaled two kilograms and eight, and then paid Li Long seven yuan.
"Comrade Xiao Li, where did the sheep in your car come from? I think the meat is quite fresh." Chen Hongjun asked after registering and putting away the roe deer horns.
"My friend in the mountains gave it to me. What, Comrade Chen, do you want mutton?"
"Well, it's the Chinese New Year soon, so I want to trim it." "Then I'll cut it for you. A leg of lamb or some mutton?”
“I want a leg of lamb, by the way.”
"The market price is one yuan per kilogram."
"That's quite cheap." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "It's already one yuan and two in the butcher shop now."
"Bring it to me A leg," the lesbian said immediately when she heard it was so cheap.
Li Long didn't care about the price difference of two cents. He took out the knife he brought with him and went out to cut the meat.
Chen Hongjun came out with the lesbian and he said:
"I want these hind legs, cut them from here."
"Then I want the front legs, cut them off from that sheep." The lesbian asked for more details, "It would be best to bring some ribs."< br>
The leg cut off by Chen Hongjun weighed three kilograms and two, and the lesbian's leg weighed four kilograms and three because it contained some ribs.
After receiving seven yuan and fifty cents, Li Longxin said that meat is really cheap at this time.
"Comrade Chen, do you know where a large amount of mutton has been purchased recently?" He felt that since the Chinese New Year is approaching and both Chen Hongjun and the female comrade want to order some meat, there must be market demand.
"A large amount?" Chen Hongjun thought for a while and said, "The ones in the county that can collect a large amount are either supply and marketing cooperatives or factories. In fact, I think it is better for you to go to Shicheng. There are not so many twists and turns in the corps units. During the New Year, we will give Workers must need some sheep to receive benefits. As for which factory can collect them in large quantities, I don’t know.”
“Where else. "There are some factories." The lesbian was looking for something to pack her mutton. After hearing this, she added: "There are agricultural machinery factories, woolen mills, and sugar factories. My next-door neighbor's second brother is in the Shicheng Bayi Woolen Mill. They say they give out a lot of things during the New Year."
Li Long understood, thanked the two people, and went out to drive the carriage to the big meat restaurant.
The other party asked for fish last time, and I don’t know if they will ask for mutton this time.
What made Li Long a little disappointed was that the other party said that they had a fixed supply of meat and mutton, so they didn't need it.
Li Long bought two steamed buns and ate them while walking to the supply and marketing cooperative. When he arrived in front of the sales department of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long finished the remaining half of the buns in two mouthfuls, wiped his mouth with oil, tied the carriage to the tree at the door, and walked in.
Two salesmen were chatting. When Li Long came in and ignored him, Li Long took the initiative and asked:
"Excuse me, where is the purchasing department of your supply and marketing cooperative?"
"Purchasing Department? What do you want to do?" a salesperson asked.
“I want to sell a batch of sheep and ask if you can accept them here.”
"Sheep? Do you have your letter of introduction?" the man asked.
“A letter of introduction?” Li Long was a little surprised, and then shook his head, “No, I collected the sheep from the herdsmen in the mountains.”
“Who dares to collect sheep without a letter of introduction? Are you a sheep?" The salesperson sneered, "Who knows where your sheep came from? What should I do if something goes wrong?"
Li Long was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to have such an idea.
But think about it, this can be considered a characteristic of the times.
What a pity.
(End of this chapter)