Li Long didn't do any "private affairs" in the supply and marketing cooperative, so I'm sorry. Although there were people in the office next door who came to watch the fun and clamored to see what was in the sack, he still left the supply and marketing cooperative with Yu Sufu. Before leaving, I joked that I would treat everyone to watermelon for two days.
Although everyone has a salary at this time, the family burden is usually relatively heavy, so it is relatively rare to treat everyone to a meal. Li Long's words directly calmed everyone's enthusiasm, and someone whispered:
“I don’t know if I can get a melon from an office?”
“Don’t worry, Xiaolong is not so stingy.” Li Xiangqian heard this and said with a smile. He was sure that Li Long was not a stingy person. How could he not even get a share of an office?
Li Long took Yu Sufu to the small courtyard, opened the door, and said to Yu Sufu as he walked in:
"Come, let's take a look in the yard. The house is still being cleaned up, so it's not convenient."
Yu Sufu looked at the yard and wondered in his heart, is Li Long going to move? Is this place no longer available?
The reason why he dared to come here was because the man who called the supply and marketing cooperative found Li Long directly, proving that what Li Long said before was true and that he was indeed an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Otherwise, Yu Sufu would not dare to come.
These days, public servants naturally have a trust bonus. If they can be proven to be public servants, ordinary people will really trust them.
"Come and take a look. I collected these from Adasi who dug jade by the river. I didn't take the bad ones. They must be very good."
Yu Sufu also Without seeing anyone else, he poured the jade seeds in the sack on the ground for Li Long to see.
Li Long didn’t look directly. He went down to the vegetable field first, picked two tomatoes, wiped them and handed one to Yu Sufu and said:
“Try it first, stay. I’ll treat you to dinner later.”
“Okay, okay.” Li Long’s promise made Yu Sufu very happy, “Adaxi, you look good!”
Li Long smiled and squatted down to look at the seeds while eating tomatoes.
Most of these seed materials look good, and some are really beautiful.
The largest one is also larger than the last one, slightly smaller than Li Long's fist. The green skin and white jade seed material, from Li Long's perspective, can reach the level of mutton fat.
He picked it up, looked at it, and asked:
"How to sell this piece?"
"Twenty." Yu Sufu said while eating tomatoes, "The price is definitely not high. This piece weighs 200 grams. It is a first-class product. The price I gave is very low."
"But the jade factory won't accept it. Your material is too small." Li Long sighed, "Ten yuan. What do you think this can do?"
"Carve a handle." Sufu naturally didn't understand anything.
"But why doesn't the jade factory carve it?" Li Long asked.
Yu Sufu stopped talking.
Of course, it is because now that the market is open, more people are digging for jade, and more jade materials are produced. Jade factories accept large pieces and carve large products, so they naturally look down on these small materials.
To put it bluntly, why would he bring such materials here and sell them to Li Long? Because the public or private businessmen who bought it by the Yulong Kashgar River cost a few yuan per kilogram of such small materials, or even a few cents a piece!
"Ten yuan, okay." Yu Sufu knew that Li Long was considered an expert, so the price couldn't be fudged.
Okay, it was good at the beginning, Li Long smiled, and then he didn’t just discuss the price one by one. He calculated the ones that seemed to be of similar quality together, and Yu Sufu didn’t care about it that much. To be honest, the price charged by Li Long here is nearly ten times higher than the price charged by those coming from the east coast.
So it is already very profitable.
Li Long finally spent 210 yuan and bought more than 50 seeds.
Li Long didn't want the remaining dozen, so Yu Sufu didn't take them back and gave them to Li Long.
He is already very satisfied. These materials are no longer wanted by the jade factory. In previous years, they would have been either thrown away, carried back, or broken into pieces and sold to local acquaintances at a low price—not even a third of the price to Li Long.
Although I don’t know why Li Long wants these bargains, it’s a good thing as long as he can sell them.
Yu Sufu finally gave the sack to Li Long.
Li Long collected the seed material in a sack, put it in the house and locked it, and then took Yu Sufu to the free market.
"What are you doing here?" Yu Sufu asked with some confusion.
"Buy watermelon. Didn't I tell my colleagues when I came out just now that I would treat them to watermelon." Li Long found a watermelon seller. This stall owner pulled the watermelon by a horse-drawn carriage. Li Long asked:
"Is it the melon from Pingyuan Forest Farm?"
"Yes." The stall owner said hurriedly and asked:
"Want to buy melons?"
"If it's sweet, buy a sack." Li Long said.
"Guaranteed to be sweet!" Upon hearing that Li Long bought so much, the stall owner directly picked up a watermelon, smashed it open with his fist, broke it open, and handed it to Li Long and Yu Sufu in two pieces.
Li Long tasted it and found it was indeed quite sweet.
Yu Sufu was eating watermelon, and the juice stained his beard directly, but he didn't care.
"It's really sweet."
"Weigh it, weigh it..." Li Long did the math. He remembered that there seemed to be five offices in the supply and marketing cooperative, so he said, "Weigh sixteen watermelons. By the way. "How much is a kilogram?"
"Two cents."
The price is really touching.
Li Long looked around and saw four or five stalls selling watermelons. Now is the season, no wonder.
One hundred and eighteen kilograms, two yuan and thirty-six cents.
“Can it be sent to the supply and marketing cooperative?” Li Long asked.
"Okay, okay, no problem." Big customers still have conveniences.
The carriage delivered the watermelons directly to the supply and marketing cooperative, and Li Longrang unloaded them into Li Xiangqian's office.
“Hey, this watermelon came quickly.” Li Xiangqian said with a smile. Li Long bought a sack directly and complied with his words, which really gave him face.
"Chief of the Unit, if you are burdened, you will share one point with everyone, and the rest can be put in your office." Li Long said, "I will take Yu Sufu to eat."
"Go ahead, go ahead." Li Long waved his hand forward. , "You don't have to worry about it."
The supply and marketing cooperative also distributes watermelons, but this is different from Li Long's treat. Li Xiangqian knew that Li Long also knew that if some tasks were given directly to Li Long, someone would definitely have something to say.
Li Long blocked the mouths of those people by improving the quality of the handles and brooms. But there should be other aspects, and there should be.
This watermelon is pretty good.
"Okay, okay, come and get the watermelons from each office!" Li Xiangqian said loudly, "Xiao Wang and Xiao Cao, take two watermelons to the director and secretary!"
Halal canteen.
Li Long treated Yu Sufu to a meal of fried pork noodles. Li Long didn't expect that this guy could add six noodles to one meal!
“I’m full, I’m full!” Yu Sufu wiped his mouth and drank the noodle soup and said, “I’m full, I don’t need to eat tomorrow.” Li Long could only say that he admired this man who looked at The belly is not visible when you are pregnant. I didn’t expect it to be so edible.
He took Yu Sufu to the Nang shop and bought five Nang for him to take with him.
“This naan is not as good as the big naan we have in Kuqa.” Although Yu Sufu picked on the faults, he still took the naan without hesitation. Li Long smiled, this is normal. After all, Kuqa’s big naan is really famous.
He took Yu Sufu to the bus and bought the ticket, and Li Long stopped caring about it.
He rode back to the small yard, loaded the half sack of seed material into the car, and took it to the big yard.
Gu Xiaoxia knew that Li Long had something to do today, so she cooked and ate, and now she has gone to work again.
Li Long placed the seed material in the corner of the wing and locked the door.
This thing is so inconspicuous now that even if a thief came to see it, he would not think it was a valuable thing.
Li Long made soup and rice for dinner, which included potatoes. Making soup and rice showed off his skill even more.
When Gu Xiaoxia came back, Li Long took out some of the seed material and showed it to her.
"These stones are so beautiful!" Gu Xiaoxia didn't know much about jade, but she could feel the difference between jade and stone when she touched it. "It feels very comfortable to touch."
"Well, isn't it very moist? This is what mutton-fat jade feels like. Mutton-fat is mutton oil."
"It does look like it, but it's so small, what can it do?" Gu Xiaoxia asked.
"Punch small holes to make a bracelet. Carve large ones such as handles, jade Guanyin, etc." Li Long said based on his memory, "But let's leave it for now. This thing is not worth much.”
Gu Xiaoxia is not very interested in this for the time being. After all, she is not this age, and there is no such atmosphere now.
After clearing away the dishes, Li Long said:
"Shall we go shopping?"
"Shopping?" Gu Xiaoxia looked outside. It was already dark, and there were no street lights outside. Is there anything to go shopping?
"Let's take a stroll and treat it as a snack." Li Long stood up, took Gu Xiaoxia's hand and walked out, "You sit in the office every day, and when you come back, you also sit and read. You are always like this. Activities are not allowed."
As soon as Li Long took her hand, Gu Xiaoxia's face turned red and she followed him involuntarily.
After leaving the door, Li Long let go of his hand, locked the door, and then took Gu Xiaoxia's hand again to walk east - there was a road to the east, but there were fewer people, and it was close to the urban-rural fringe.
Gu Xiaoxia struggled for a while and whispered:
“It’s not good for people to see...”
Li Long smiled and said:
“It’s dark, who can watch? ? Besides, we are all engaged, and it’s fair and square."
"That’s not okay..." Gu Xiaoxia was still shy, and she always felt that she had to pay attention to the impact.
"Let's go, there will be no one if you go further." Li Long pulled him and walked a few steps quickly. Seeing that she couldn't get away, Gu Xiaoxia stopped struggling. She also felt the excitement of breaking a taboo.
Nowadays, the defense between men and women is still very high. Even if they are talking about a partner or have some intimate behavior, they have to avoid people. Although it is getting late now, it is not completely dark yet. If someone comes over and sees two people holding hands, the impact will definitely not be good.
The road to the east is not very good, there are potholes, and after walking for a while, you will reach a gravel road. At this time, there is no light pollution, and there are no mobile phones that affect your vision. The two of them got used to the darkness after walking for a while. Basically, the situation on the ground could be seen clearly. The two people walked side by side, and their pace slowed down.
"You are in the work unit, no one is giving you a hard time, right?"
"No. Recently, because the primary school in the village has to be removed, a large number of teachers have to be dealt with, and there are still many in those brigade primary schools. It’s a lot of work to deal with these things, everyone is very busy.”
Gu Xiaoxia gradually got used to having her hand held by Li Long, and she said in a slightly brisk tone:
"Furthermore, I was transferred here by Deputy Director Wang. Deputy Director Wang often goes to our office to look for me. Everyone For her sake, she won’t embarrass me.”
Li Longdian. Nodding, she said: "Well, ability is still the most important thing. If you are so good, the leader will not turn a blind eye."
Being praised by Li Long, Gu Xiaoxia felt sweeter than being praised by Deputy Director Wang. Still happy, she subconsciously held Li Long's hand and walked forward unsteadily.
“It’s hard for you to stay in the mountains, isn’t it?” Gu Xiaoxia asked about Li Long’s life in the mountains, “I stayed there for a long time and felt pretty good. But it’s so remote there, I shouldn’t be able to do anything. Convenient? ”
"Actually, it's quite good." Li Long saw that there was a pit in front of him, and took Gu Xiaoxia's hand to move a little to the side. Gu Xiaoxia thought that Li Long was deliberately approaching her. She was a little shy, but did not refuse, and the two of them got closer to each other. Li Long continued:
"I have brought enough things. It is actually more comfortable there than here. Although it is sunny during the day, it is very comfortable in the woods and the air is very good. It is very cool at night, not You can't cover yourself with a quilt. Of course, it's even colder in winter..."
"Then you want to go there in winter?" Gu Xiaoxia subconsciously tried hard, "It's so cold..."
" I go there occasionally for hunting. Just like now, I won’t stay there all the time, but I will go there occasionally. "Li Long said with a smile, "Winter is suitable for hunting. It's also free."
Gu Xiaoxia didn't say anything.
The two people were walking forward when a man turned around forty or fifty meters ahead and walked towards them, still coughing.
Hearing the movement, Gu Xiaoxia subconsciously let go of Li Long's hand and took two steps away. She was worried that Li Long would misunderstand and turned her head to look at it.
Li Long was looking at him with a smile. Gu Xiaoxia blushed, then lowered her head.
Li Long turned to look at the person who came. He found that she was an old lady in her 60s or 70s, with a hunched back and a basket in her hand. She didn't know if she was taking out the trash or doing something else.
The old man kept coughing. When he passed two people, he raised his head and glanced at them respectively, and then continued walking forward.
Li Long thought of something and pulled Gu Xiaoxia aside.
Gu Xiaoxia didn't understand a little, but she followed Li Long and stayed away from this place.
"Let's go back in another direction." Li Long whispered, "The old man just now may have tuberculosis."
"What?" Gu Xiaoxia was shocked when she heard this, "Really "
"That's what I heard from the coughing sound," Li Long said in a low voice, "It's better to be careful."
Gu Xiaoxia knew a little about tuberculosis and knew that the disease was contagious, so she immediately followed Li Long in another direction and left quickly.
The county seat is an old city, and the main city owner has not changed much even after more than 20 years. He only built a new city south of Wuyi Highway.
One advantage of the old city is that it is built in a relatively flat area. The roads are usually horizontal and vertical, and you can walk back to the big courtyard after a few detours.
The two of them entered the yard hand in hand and washed themselves.
The relationship has taken another level.
When Li Long got up the next day, Gu Xiaoxia had already prepared breakfast. The two people understand each other more and more, and their hearts seem to be closer.
After breakfast, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, while Li Long went to the bus station.
He plans to go to Wucheng. (End of this chapter)