Chapter 219 New Identity, New Opportunity
This morning, Meng Zhiqiang finally saw Li Long’s fish-selling style, and also understood why he could make so much money.
Li Long did not go to Shicheng today, but directly sold fish at the county morning market.
At the morning market, when Meng Zhiqiang arrived, Li Long was shouting there. There was a circle of people around his stall. Li Long methodically weighed the fish and collected money while telling everyone to pay attention to their wallets and don't worry. Reach into the basin.
Meng Zhiqiang admires him very much - he sells fish. Although there are not many fish every time, everyone squeezes the fish when choosing. Some fish are crushed to death, and in the end they have to be sold at low prices or even thrown away.
But seeing Li Long talk about those people who reached out without being humble or arrogant, he felt that Li Long was very brave. Isn't he afraid that others won't buy his fish?
But seeing so many people surrounding Li Long, I felt that I was overthinking. There are so many people, one or two are gone, but there are still many others.
But Li Long didn’t bring much fish today, so he sold out in half an hour and left.
Meng Zhiqiang admired him very much. He also wanted to imitate Li Long and shout like that, but he opened his mouth several times and never shouted.
Is it embarrassing? Shame?
It seems like neither.
Is it to save your face?
A bit...
Li Long actually picked out some of the fish and put them in a basin in the big yard. After selling the fish, he went to have breakfast, and when he came back, he changed in the big yard. clothes, fish and a pack of reed leaves and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
As soon as Li Xiangqian returned to his office after the meeting, Li Long arrived.
"If you don't come now, I'll go find you... This big carp is good, but what is this small fish?"
"We call it ditch fish, but it's actually a plateau loach, which can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang." Li Long explained.
"What about this?" Li asked, looking forward at the bag.
"Look, these are reed leaves, these are horse lily leaves, used to make zongzi. I have cooked half of them, and the cooked dumplings are good, and the other half is not cooked. They can be kept for a while. I think Cook it while wrapping."
"Oh, that's right, the Dragon Boat Festival will be in less than ten days. You are really thoughtful, so I will accept the gift." Li Xiangqian laughed.
The reason why Li Long used Malian leaves was not because he couldn't afford the rope, but because he felt that the rice dumplings wrapped in the rope were very filling since he was a child. After all, Malian leaves are a natural product. They are quite tough after being cooked and are comfortable to wrap and look at.
“How many leaves?”
“This pack is one hundred dried and one hundred boiled.” Li Long said, “Reed leaves are big, two or three can be packed One rice dumpling is enough for me.”
"Yes." Li Xiangqian nodded and changed the topic:
"Xiaolong, your identity as a ranger of the forestry team has been removed. Here, take it." Li Xiangqian took out a folded sheet from the drawer. Hand over the paper.
Li Long took the piece of paper, opened it and looked at it. On it was written in official document format the words appointing Li Long as the ranger of the Seventh Forestry Team. It did not specify the specific pipe section, but it said that it required other rangers and the forestry team to Employees must cooperate with Li Long's actions.
This is pretty awesome.
“Your whip is still more effective.” Li Xiangqian said with a smile. He took another look at the ditch fish and thought about giving it a try when he went back.
"By the way, there is one more thing. Because this year we have implemented household-based production quotas in various places, and the Corps has also expanded its workforce, so the production tools are not enough. Our supply and marketing cooperative has come to purchase "Task, take a look."
Li Xiangqian took a piece of paper and it was handwritten, a bit casual. Li Long guessed that it was written down by Li Xiangqian during the meeting.
"Three thousand large broomsticks?" Li Long was startled, "So many?"
"More is more, but it's not expensive. The purchase price is three yuan and fifty cents per handful." Li Long said, "And the required time is uncertain. After the task is officially issued, it may be delivered in ten days and a half. If you want to get this task, you have to prepare in advance - can you get it?"
"No. Question!" Li Long thought for a while and said, "There are still some people in our team. There are some leftovers from last year, and this year's ones will be ready to be harvested in more than a month.
Now it's mainly about the handle, which I can prepare in time... Actually, it's a big broom. relatively fast , It’s no problem for a skilled person to do ten things a day. It’s okay for us to have thirty or forty experts in the team, three to four hundred things a day, ten days..."
"Can you really do it?" Li Xiangqian was still a little bit confused. Don't believe it.
"Don't worry, Chief, I am from the countryside after all. I even gave my niece a big broom in school some time ago. The kind that won't shed the sphinx..."
"Yes, yes, yes, The quality must be up to standard, don’t lose Ji Ji.”
“It will definitely be completed.” Li Long took over the task confidently.
Three thousand, not to mention the commission, just preparing the wooden handles in advance can make you another fortune.
After this task is completed, I will almost become a household worth 10,000 yuan.
When Li Long was about to leave, Li Xiangqian suddenly said at the door of the office:
"Xiaolong, is it easy to do this Wei Yezi?"
"It's easy to do!" Li Long said, "How many do you want, Chief? Is it okay for me to get you three thousand and five leaves here?"
"I I want to buy it." Li Xiangxiang said in a low voice, "The Dragon Boat Festival is here, so I, the purchasing department manager, can't do anything fashionable. Our supply and marketing cooperative has glutinous rice and red dates. I'll give them to everyone, so our employees can't thank me very much. ? By the way, I have one for you.”
“How much does it cost?”
"How do you plan to sell the leaves?"
"A handful of twenty leaves, plus ten horse lotus leaves, sell for six cents..." Li Long thought for a while and said, "It can make seven or eight rice dumplings. , we are almost a family..."
"Don't be so petty. Angry. A handful." Li Xiangqian said, "I will buy 600 handfuls. When can you deliver them?" "The day after tomorrow," Li Long said, "Do you want them cooked or not? ?”
“It’s easy to cook.” Li Xiangqian said.
"Okay, I'll deliver them over in the morning the day after tomorrow. By the way, Chief, how much are the glutinous rice, red dates and raisins per kilogram?"
"What? Do you want to get some to sell too?" Li Xiangqian saw clearly. Li Long's thoughts.
"Hehe." Li Long was actually thinking of getting a batch and selling them to the team members at a low price. They mainly work with him. Half selling and half giving away, it can be regarded as a welfare.
"The purchase price is 88 cents for glutinous rice, 1 piece for red dates, and 1 piece for raisins." Li Xiangqian said, "You are considered an insider, so you can just add one or two cents to the purchase price. Of course you have to There are many, more than 50 kilograms of each kind, so it’s still cheap.”
“Okay, thank you, chief, I’m leaving!”
After completing the first transaction, Li Long left the supply and marketing cooperative with some excitement.
He went to give Zhong Guoqiang and Chen Hongjun some reed leaves and fish, which was considered an early holiday gift.
Chen Hongjun did not expect that Li Long would give this to him. He was a little surprised and very touched:
"Xiao Li, you are interested."
"Haha, it should be. ”
The next day, after Li Long sold some fish at the morning market, he went to the compound to change clothes, and then rode to Shicheng.
He went to Shicheng and found Section Chief Hu of the Logistics Section of the Bayi Sugar Factory.
Section Chief Hu Xianxu was writing something in his office. He heard from the doorman that someone was looking for him. He was a sheep seller during the Chinese New Year. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly raised his eyebrows at that young man. He asked the guard to let the person in, but he wanted to see what happened to the young man.
"Given it to me? Fish? Reed leaves?" The fish is decent, but what are the reed leaves? However, these two big carp are really beautiful. As the logistics section chief, Hu Xianxu is quite knowledgeable. There are not many such beautiful fish.
Hu Xianxu was a little confused. Li Long hurriedly explained:
"Chief Hu, it's almost the Dragon Boat Festival. I just thought that there are not many good things in our village. Wei Yezi and Ma Lian It's a rice dumpling maker. He brought one Let’s talk about our feelings. During the Chinese New Year, Section Chief Hu helped us a lot.”
“Haha, you’re welcome, you’re welcome.” After learning that Wei Yezi was used for making rice dumplings, Hu Xianxu suddenly realized, yes. , the Dragon Boat Festival is coming. He looked at the reed leaves and his eyes lit up:
"Xiao Li, you are serious. How many reed leaves are there, how many palms can they pack?"
"I'll give them to you. I brought twenty handfuls of dried ones and twenty handfuls of boiled ones. A handful of 20 pieces, a total of 800 pieces. By the way, there are also horse lotus leaves, which are perfect for making rice dumplings and have a special fragrance. We have reeds with big leaves, two or three pieces. Just hold a rice dumpling..."
"In other words, these leaves can wrap two to three hundred rice dumplings?"
"Yes." Li Long said.
"That's pretty good. But there are only reed leaves, no glutinous rice and raisins..."
"This is simple." When Li Long heard this, his eyes lit up, "Chief Hu, I am still a buyer for the county supply and marketing cooperative. There are glutinous rice, red dates and raisins over there. I should be able to get some for you cheaply..."
"Really?" Hu Xianxu didn't believe it. After all, the last time he saw Li Long, he was just a stranger. Villagers, are you now buyers?
Li Long took out the certificate - he placed it well and guaranteed that he would not make a mistake.
Looking at the piece of paper, Hu Xianxu smiled:
"Well, let's not bother the two masters. You can calculate how much the reed leaves, glutinous rice, red dates, and raisins cost."
"Reed leaves are a handful of twenty pieces, plus ten horse lilies, boiled ones cost a dime, and uncooked ones cost a dime. Eight cents..." Li Long thought the price should be unified, so he said, "Glutinous rice is $1.50, red dates are $1.60, and raisins are $1.60." Cooked. Five hundred kilograms of glutinous rice, two hundred kilograms of red dates and raisins.”
The price Li Long gave was cheaper than the price in the department store. Section Chief Hu knew that, so he asked for a lot.
Of course there are many sugar factory employees, and one or two kilograms of glutinous rice, half a kilogram of red dates, and half a kilogram of raisins are enough. The logistics side must have some reserves to deal with unexpected needs.
After Li Long left, Section Chief Hu thought for a while, this Xiao Li is awesome. He said he was here to deliver things, but in fact he was here to explore the way. If this order is completed, he can also make a lot of money. Bar?
Li Long naturally made a lot of money. A thousand handfuls of reed leaves cost one hundred yuan. He purchased them for one-third a handful, and if he resold them and cooked them, he would earn seventy yuan. Glutinous rice earns 2 cents per kilogram, and red dates and raisins earn 50 cents per kilogram, which is more than three hundred yuan!
Li Xiangqian can still make dozens of dollars there, and what he has discussed in the past two days is equivalent to selling fish for ten days!
Li Long went home happily.
Qin Jiajie borrowed money from the Li family. This seemed to light a fuse, and immediately two more families came to borrow money from the Li family.
Li Long used the same caliber and exchanged reed leaves.
These people were so happy that they immediately took people to Weihu to play with Weiye.
Someone came over and asked Li Long whether he would accept the reed leaves directly sold to Li Long.
"Take it, the same price as them, a handful of reed leaves, twenty cents, plus ten pieces of horse lotus, it's three cents, and if you don't add the lotus, it's two cents." Li Long said clearly.
He has set up a large pot in the yard and is boiling reed leaves.
There was originally a stove in the Li family courtyard, but it was obviously not enough now. They temporarily built another stove to cook pig food and reed leaves.
Just use different pots.
This time, the whole family went into battle. The whole family tied the boiled reed leaves together and put the broken leaves aside. Li Long was responsible for cutting the reed leaves at the front. Cut off the end, otherwise the leaves will be easily broken when wrapping.
The two sides totaled 1,500 handfuls of leaves, and the Li family finished it in two days. People in the village even sent leaves.
On the fourth day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Long stopped the acquisition.
"No, this is the last batch today." Li Long said to everyone who sent leaves, including the dolls.
The story of the Li family's collection of reed leaves spread throughout the village. The children would pick up a few handfuls of leaves and exchange them for a few cents or ten cents, and then go to the sales department to exchange for candies.
Li Long made a rough estimate and found that in addition to the reed leaves to be sent to the supply and marketing cooperatives and sugar factories, there were about a thousand handfuls of extra leaves.
Nearly half of them were sent by the Qin Jiajie family. On his IOU, Li Long waived forty-one dollars.
The money borrowed from the other two families was small, so Wei Yezi sent it late to avoid losing money.
"Then what will you do with the remaining reed leaves after you give them away?" Li Jianguo was a little worried.
"I will sell the rest when I sell fish." Li Long said, "I will send the reed leaves to the supply and marketing cooperative and the sugar factory today, and then put down the net in the afternoon. When I sell fish tomorrow, I will Selling reed leaves”
“How about cooking them?”
"It's still cooking. It's easy to sell after cooking."
"Okay."
"Brother, I have to use that carriage."
"You can still use it. "Say?" Li Jianguo smiled, "Come on, do you want some help?"
"No, I'll just take Daqiang with me."
"Remember that if you ask Daqiang to run errands, you have to give money."
"That's for sure."
Li Long and Tao Daqiang hitched a carriage and pulled Wei Yezi to the supply and marketing cooperative early, and brought them to the supply and marketing cooperative early. After unloading the 500 handfuls of reed leaves needed by the supply and marketing cooperative, he took the note approved by Li Xiangqian, went to the finance department to pay the money, had it stamped, and then went to the warehouse to fetch glutinous rice, red dates and raisins.
Li Long saw the warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative for the first time, and it really opened his eyes.
Barrels of cooking oil, bundles of cotton cloth, boxes of wine...
Red dates and raisins are packed in sacks, and glutinous rice is packed in cloth bags. The custodian then counts the bags one by one for Li Long, while Li Long and Tao Daqiang load the bags into the car one by one.
After loading the things, Li Long and Tao Daqiang came out. Tao Daqiang suddenly said:
"Brother Long, you said it would be great if all the things in this warehouse belonged to us. Then How many years will it take..."
Well, Li Long felt that the brother he brought up really had no choice but to follow him.
There are so many things that I just want to eat. This vision, this horizon, and this pattern need to be broadened!
He led the carriage to the big yard, unloaded a bag of glutinous rice, some red dates and raisins, loaded it with a shovel, and then the two of them happily drove the carriage to Shicheng.
(End of this chapter)