When Chen Hongjun looked over, Li Long felt something was wrong. Although he is physically young, he actually has an old mentality. He is not too competitive or pushy. The most realistic idea is to make a fortune quietly.
But at the moment, Chen Hongjun didn’t know whether it was because he was bothered by this person, or because he felt that Li Long was one of his own and wanted to make him famous. Although he had seen the hint in Li Long’s eyes, Still pointing to the bag in Li Long’s hand, he asked:
“Comrade Xiao Li, you also have Fritillaria in this bag. Right?"
"Yes." Since Chen Hongjun had already said it, Li Long knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he simply admitted, "I got it in the mountains a few days ago and dried it in the past two days. "Bring it over."
"Then open your mouth and let this friend see your mother-of-pearl."
Li Long sold Fritillaria several times last year. In fact, it's not just Fritillaria. Li Long has come here to sell things several times. Every time, Chen Hongjun has seen the things he has passed. He knows Li Long's thoughts. When he brings the things to sell, they are always clean, unless they look like antlers. There's no way around it, the quality is what it is naturally, and most other things have to be cleaned up, so that at least it looks good.
He turned to the man again and said:
"This is not the first time this little brother has sold me Fritillaria. If you look at his Fritillaria, you will know that I am not the picker. You've got it."
Li Long opened the bag, and the smell of Fritillaria came out. The man vaguely guessed what Chen Hongjun was thinking and looked over.
From the time Li Long entered the room to Chen Hongjun's opening, the two people in the middle didn't say anything. He also came here temporarily, so there shouldn't be any deliberate acting for him.
So he also wanted to see what this comrade at the buying station meant by pointing someone's fritillary to him. Could it be that he had clairvoyance?
But after he saw it, his face turned ugly.
The caladiums in Li Long's bag were clean, full of grains, no mold, broken leaves, mud, etc. He didn't believe it, so he reached out and took out a handful - his shells just now. The top layer of the mother bag is also clean, but Chen Hongjun has bought it frequently. He can tell what kind of goods are underneath by reaching out and touching it.
He thought Li Long was like this too, but after taking it out, he found that the fritillary below was almost the same as the one above, and even the particles at the bottom were bigger!
The man still couldn't believe it and reached under the bag again - no matter how clean it was, there should be some debris and dirt under the bag, right?
However, when I dug all the way to the bottom of the bag, I found that all the caladiums I pulled out were whole. There were no broken pieces, no dirt, no dirt, and no gravel.
This is obviously chosen.
Isn’t this too much?
The man sighed, shook his head, and said to Li Long:
"Young man, are you too cruel? We are digging fritillaries, so we won't do this, right?"< br>
Li Long smiled:
"If you do it this way, the grade will be high and the price will be high!"
The man thought about it and realized the same reason, so he said to Chen Hongjun:< br>
"Comrade, please set a price for my goods. I'm convinced."
"Level 3, thirty-seven and five yuan." Chen Hongjun said, "We have to go through it again after accepting it. Sifting is quite troublesome.”
"Okay, at the price you said." The man nodded.
Chen Hongjun’s quotation shocked Li Long.
Last year’s level one was only at this price, right? Is this the price for level 3 this year?
The price has risen a bit fiercely!
But he didn’t say anything. After Chen Hongjun weighed the man, issued the invoice and paid the bill, and the man left, Li Long said:
"Old Chen, the price of these medicinal materials has increased so much this year?"
"Yes." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "Since the beginning of this year, pharmaceutical factories from the mainland have come to us to collect medicinal materials. Our own pharmaceutical factories in Xinjiang are also collecting them. The prices they offer are high, and the prices we pay for them are also going to be higher. Your Fritillaria are clean and of the first grade. , do you know how much a kilogram of first-grade Fritillaria costs?”
“How much? It’s forty, right?”
“Forty-five,” Chen Hongjun said with a smile. , "I heard that there are a lot of caladiums in the mountains this year. If you get more caladiums, you might be able to create half a million-yuan household in one caladium season."
Not to mention, it's really possible!
Chen Hongjun poured Li Long's dried fritillaries into a basket and weighed them. This time, Li Long got more than seven kilograms of dried fritillaries and sold them for 312 yuan. Considering that there are more than 20 kilograms of caladiums at home, that’s nearly a thousand yuan.
It is impossible to say that this Fritillaria season can really earn half a million yuan in gross income.
"This leather... what the hell - have you made another lynx skin?" Chen Hongjun was shocked when he watched Li Long spread out the skin, "You are a bit exaggerated. Are you done?”
Li Long is also quite proud of being able to scare Lao Chen. He smiled and said:
“It was also a fluke. A friend said that he saw a few red deer in the mountains. When I went over with my gun to shoot, I found that this guy bit the red deer calf, and then let the male red deer attack it. ”
"The leather is very complete - not bad, this leather is very good! Although it is a spring leather, the fur is complete, no rips or holes, and it is well packed...Are you going to sell it?"
"Hmm "It's useless to keep it, it's more practical to sell it for money," Li Long said.
"If you really want to sell it, let me tell you that the price of this leather has increased. For example, I can give you a thousand yuan for this leather now. But I tell you, this As for the skin, if you keep it for another two years, you might be able to sell it for 1,500 yuan... Of course, you have to keep the skin well. For example, the snow leopard skin you sold last year will cost you 1,500 yuan this year. It’s more than two thousand, and it might be three thousand next year.”
“Well, I’d better sell it. I’m not good at preserving leather.”
“It’s pretty easy to save. Yes, get a sanitary ball, wrap it with toilet paper and stuff it with leather to prevent insects. Once the leather is wrapped, take it out to dry in the sun regularly. "Chen Hongjun is quite clear about this.
"This deerskin is quite complete, but it's too small. It costs about thirty yuan. Since the beginning of spring this year, the price of leather has been rising. Winter leather may be even more expensive, but this spring leather is comparable to the price of last year's winter leather. "
The fur in winter is good, but in spring many animals will shed their fur, and the quality of the fur is not that good.
Li Long waited for Chen Hongjun to issue the invoice, he signed it, and then received the money.
After receiving a thick wad of money, one thousand three hundred and forty-two yuan, Chen Hongjun looked envious:
"Comrade Xiao Li, the extra money you earned this year, It’s more than ten years’ salary for me. I want to be younger, and I will go to the mountains with you.”
"It still doesn't work." Li Long shook his head and said, "It cost me to collect this fritillary. This lynx is also very powerful. Last year, I scratched it, and there was a big gash, more than 20 centimeters long."
< br>When he was putting the money away, he took out two spinal bones from his pocket and handed them to Chen Hongjun:
“Old Chen, I heard from people in the mountains that this lynx belongs to the cat family, and is similar to leopards and old men. It's a bit like tiger. Bones soaked in wine can cure rheumatism and waist and leg pain. Now that you've got these two pieces, I'll share them with everyone."
"It also has this effect. I really don’t know. "Chen Hongjun is well-informed, but he really hasn’t been involved in medicine. Even for medicinal materials, he only knows the price and some ordinary functions. This lynx bone is a bit unprofessional.
"Well, that should be the case." Li Long said, "Okay, I'll leave first."
After leaving the buying station, Li Long originally planned to save all the money, but then he thought that he would definitely collect some caladiums next, so he only saved five hundred, and put the rest in his backpack, waiting to be taken back to the mountains.
Then he went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Li Long was not in the office. The doorman said that he was putting goods in the warehouse behind, so Li Long came over.
Watching Li Xiangqian busy in the warehouse, Li Long didn't bother him and walked over after he finished his work.
"You came just in time. The task of carrying out the task has been handed down. Just like last year, the tasks are to be handed in before the end of May. One thousand, can you do it?"
"It must be no problem." Li Long smiled, "I'm just afraid that I don't have a job. I have a job and money to make. How could it not be possible? Give me a thousand of them?"
"Well, I've fought for you all," Li Xiangqian said, "I'm happy if you can finish it. But the quality must be the same as last year, or it can only be improved but not reduced."
"This is no problem," Li Long assured, "By the way, look at this." He took out the small one. The cloth bag came, and inside were four lynx bones. "I was hunting a lynx in the mountains. I heard from the mountain people that the bones of this thing are similar to leopard bones. Although not as good as tiger bones, they can cure rheumatism and waist and leg pain when soaked in wine. I thought everyone should share one. Take this, you can make it yourself or give it to someone else. Okay."
"Hey, that's really good." Li Xiangqian became excited when he heard that it was a male or female skin."
"The skin is sold, male." Li Long said. "Well, I'll take those bones." Li nodded forward, "The purchase price I'll give you is eight yuan. It's gone up higher this year. You can decide how to allocate it yourself."
"Okay, I get it." Li Long was extremely happy. The price had risen by more than half. He wanted to give more to the people who worked in the village. Even if he did it all by himself, he still couldn't do it. You can make a lot of money.
After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long went to the big meat canteen and gave Zhong Guoqiang two bones. Then he returned to the compound, drove his tractor to the food company and bought a lot of high-quality grain and wine. Go to the team - after getting tractors, bicycles were only used occasionally in the county, just like those who bought cars in later generations, they also drove even when they went out from home to buy things in pharmacies outside the community.
Too lazy to walk those few steps.
The churning sound of the tractor echoed in the team, and they soon arrived at Li's house.
At lunch time, the Li family was very lively. Li Qingxia and his wife, Li Jianguo and his wife, Chen Lirong and her two girls all had lunch here.
Li Long was just in time for the meal. When Liang Yuemei and Chen Lirong heard the sound of the tractor, they both got up. One served Li Long rice and the other went to get him a small bench.
There were many people, so the Li family ate outside. For lunch, they had fried rice noodles and fried meat and vegetables. The two children, Li Xueping and Li Xueqin, had their mouths full of vegetable juice. In more than two months, they have grown a lot and are obviously taller and fatter than when they arrived.
While eating in the yard, Li Long parked the tractor outside the yard and came to the yard with the handle and the bag containing the bones.
"Come on, come on," Liang Yuemei took out the noodles - when cooking at home, the cook usually pulls out all the noodles and puts them in a basin to pass through water. This way the noodles won't stick together. If you like hot noodles, just dip it in the soup. If you like cold noodles, put it directly on the plate.
Liang Yuemei served Li Long a large plate of noodles, and Chen Lirong put him on the table. Li Long waved his hand hurriedly:
"Second sister-in-law, I'll just mix the vegetables and eat on the side."
"Serve it on the table, there is no need to eat it on the side." Du Chunfang still felt sorry for her youngest son and said while eating. She has a small appetite, and the noodles in her bowl are less than one-fifth of Li Long's, and she eats them slowly - Liang Yuemei gave her wide noodles, which are easier to digest.
Li Long mixed the vegetables into the noodles, poured some vinegar, and ate the peeled garlic on the table.
"Uncle, I peel this garlic!" Li Xueqin sat next to Li Long, watching him take a bite of garlic, and suddenly whispered.
Li Long was stunned for a moment, then smiled and praised:
"Okay, okay, peeled it off cleanly."
"Uncle, I peeled it off too!" Li Xueping praised Li Long after hearing it. After seeing my sister, he immediately raised his hand: "Me too Peel it off!”
“It’s great that you can help the family! You two are great!”
The two little girls heard Li Long’s praise. They all smiled happily, their eyes narrowed like crescent moons.
Du Chunfang looked on and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything and just curled his lips.
"Can you stay for two days when you come back this time?" Li Qingxia asked.
“I can’t stay any longer,” Li Long waved his hand, “I came back this time for two things. One is that I shot a lynx in the mountains. The mountain people said that soaking the bones in wine can cure rheumatism and waist and leg pain. , I took the bones back and bought the wine Come on, let’s have a drink. Sister-in-law, let’s take some money from Uncle Liang. He knows Chinese medicine and should know what to do.” It was good, which made her very happy.
“The second thing is to identify the people who are responsible for the job. We have already survived. There are more people this year than last year, a thousand, and they are more expensive than last year. I plan to give them a job. Four yuan, it will be completed by the end of May. If there are still ten people, we have to book people. It is best to go to the mountain in the next two days.”
"Four yuan each?" When Li Jianguo heard that the price was high, he couldn't help but get excited, "Can you really give me four yuan? Then you still have money to earn wood?"
"Yes, you can still make a lot of money." Li Long smiled.
"Then...I'll go too." Li Jianguo glanced at Liang Yuemei. Liang Yuemei immediately understood her husband's eyes and nodded. Li Jianguo immediately made a decision, "I'll also make up the money. Others will have the money." is to earn , my family also makes money."
"You go? Brother, what do you do in the field?"
"Your sister-in-law can also help. Busy.”
"Isn't there still me?" Li Qingxia was a little dissatisfied. His eldest son didn't even mention him, which made him very embarrassed.
"What can you do? All you do is catch fish all day long." Du Chunfang revealed his old secrets without mercy, "You haven't done anything since spring came."
< br>"Should we water the water later? Can my sister-in-law water it?"
"Hey, Xiaolong, are you looking down on me?" "I did." Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "I have done watering work in the team before, which earned more points. I have done watering at night, but I really can't call Wenyu over."
"What's the use? I can do the work, too." Chen Lirong interjected. Although she didn't have any momentum, her determination could be heard.
"Brother, if that's the case, then go ahead. I can make a few hundred dollars if I do a lot of work in a month." Now that Li Jianguo had decided, Li Long said nothing more.
"Do you have enough people? If not, call Tietou's father. He is also an expert." Li Jianguo said, "He has also done the job of knitting a handful of things. He can't do four or five in a day. Question."
"That's okay. "One more person and one less person is nothing to Li Long, the eldest brother mentioned it. Then go and say, "Brother, when you tell Brother Lu, you must make it clear that the quality of our work must be improved. If the quality is not up to standard, then we have to send it back and reorganize it. I can work here for two years." Life depends on good quality."
"Don't worry, I will definitely tell him." Li Jianguo smiled.
"Don't just tell him, you should also pay attention to yourself, don't wait until the time comes when everyone else's fabrication is good, but your fabrication is not good, it will be embarrassing on your face, and don't wait for Xiaolong to tell you." Liang Yuemei posted. The words, "We will not lose that person in our family!"
"Hey, what are you talking about? Can I be careless about this? This must not only be about making money, but also the work for Xiaolong, can it be bad? Don't worry, even if you take it slow, I will definitely take care of it. "It's done."
Li Long knew that this was a way for his elder brother and sister-in-law to reassure him, but it was obvious that my mother didn't hear it. At this time, she was a little unhappy when her elder brother-in-law said something about her elder brother. .
My father heard it. Li Qingxia patted Du Chunfang gently, and Li Long knew that he didn't need to think too much. His father would definitely explain to his mother later.
My life is really simple, and only in this way can I live a long life.
The matter was settled like this. After dinner, the tractor drove into the yard, the old wine was taken down, and the bones were spread out on the table. The Li family looked at it strangely. Li Long held two spinal bones and a leg bone and said:
"I'll take this to the captain and tell him that I won't share the money with the team this year, but I have to make it clear first. I'll give the bones to Uncle Luo and Xiaoxia Her father will give a share.”
"It should be."
"Then you might as well wait until our family has brewed the wine and take the wine over directly." Li Jianguo said, "Anyway, you got so much wine back, you might as well brew it before sending it away. .”
< br>"I'm thinking of waiting for my sister-in-law to tell Uncle Liang whether he has any recipes and whether he wants to add ingredients." Li Long thought of the method he had thought of before and said, "In that case, old Uncle Luo and Gu Don’t worry about it for now. I’ll take the captain’s bones first.”
Li Long rode Li Jianguo’s bicycle to support Xu Chengjun’s family, told the editor about the boy’s survival, and then put the bones away. Said on the table:
"Captain, these are the bones of a lynx. They are the same as those of a leopard. The bones soaked in wine can cure rheumatism and waist and leg pain in the elderly. Please put them away and don't tell others that I have them here."
"Okay." Xu Chengjun also just finished his meal. In fact, when he heard the sound of the tractor at noon, he guessed that Li Long was back, and he also guessed that this guy deserved to come down.
"You survived. In fact, in the past few days since you didn't come back, they also discussed that Lao Huang would do the cooking, and everyone would hand in a heavy task and pay Lao Huang two cents. Each person brings ten kilograms of corn flour and two kilograms One kilogram of white flour and rice will be gathered together when the time comes. As for the rest, you can just ask Yundong."
Since they have already discussed this matter, Li Long will also take care of it. I feel much more relaxed.
People in your own team can worry less. (End of chapter)