Yuan Guomin reported the total weight with a satisfied expression: "Excluding the skin, the total weight is 1,054 kilograms. Let's go. I will issue an invoice and stamp it for you. You go to the finance department to get the money."
Li Long read it. Looking at Li Jianguo, Li Jianguo shook his head, pursed his lips, and gestured for him to follow, and Li Long followed Yuan Guomin to the office area.
"Comrade Xiao Li, do you still have these melon seeds at your elder brother's house?" Yuan Guomin entered the office, sat down, took out the receipt from the drawer, and asked while writing.
"There are still some, but less than a ton." Li Long thought about leaving some seeds for the villagers, and after removing the dead seeds, he could have more than 800 kilograms but less than 900 kilograms. look.
“Are they all of this quality? If so, then I suggest you come over and sell them to us. Let me tell you, there is no one else but us who can give you such a high price so directly. Others." Yuan Guomin praised Haikou.
Li Long smiled and said:
"Okay, wait until I get back to discuss it with my brother."
In fact, if we bring in the seed company, we may be able to negotiate a higher price, but Seed companies usually don't ask for so much goods. After all, melon seeds are not food and the planting area is limited.
If you discuss it with your eldest brother, he will probably agree directly to sell it here.
After all, the price offered here is high (exceeding my brother’s expectations), and the money is given happily.
Although this price is not what Li Long expected, it is actually OK. Besides, the eldest brother and his family are almost busy with the melon harvesting from planting to harvesting. He is not involved in much, so naturally the eldest brother is the main one.
"Okay, you are welcome to come again." Yuan Guomin smiled.
This Li Long is more shrewd, and that Li Jianguo is not far-sighted enough. He thinks that he can probably eat the next few melon seeds.
For this seed roasting factory, at least there is no need to worry about the goods this month.
Li Long took the ticket to the finance department and signed to receive the money.
One kilogram is two yuan and eighty cents, one thousand and fifty four kilograms, a total of two thousand nine hundred and fifty one and two cents.
Almost three thousand yuan.
Li Long took the odd amount of money and walked directly out of the office and came to the tractor.
"Brother, here it is, a total of more than two thousand nine hundred." Li Long handed the ticket to his elder brother Li Jianguo.
"You can take it?" Li Jianguo said with a smile.
"Then how can I hold it?" Li Long stuffed the money into his elder brother's hand. "Chief Yuan asked if he wanted to sell the remaining ones to him. He said, if the remaining ones are still of this quality, , then pay this price.”
“Hey, if you really want this price, I will definitely send it to you,” Li Jianguo said with a smile, but he felt something, looked around, and then whispered:
“Xiaolong, did I agree just now? "Too fast?"
"A bit, actually I want to negotiate a price of three yuan." Li Long smiled, "But the difference is not big. This is ten acres of land." More than 5,000 yuan, almost 6,000 yuan, it’s really just a tractor-trailer I have money for the machine, but there is still more.”
“Two thousand and nine thousand in total, I won’t say it’s too much. You bought the seeds and found the experts. It’s also your idea how to harvest the melons in the end. They also hired people to crush the seeds.
Your sister-in-law and I are the main ones doing the work, so I’ll give you half of the two thousand ninety-nine dollars, and the rest will be given to you in this proportion as well. How about that? ”
“Not good. Li Long smiled, "I just came up with an idea and bought the seeds." Anyone can do the job of hiring people, but I have never done any work such as sowing, thinning, watering, spraying, and weeding. If I took half the money, it would be too easy to make money. "
"That's not what I said. "Li Jianguo wanted to speak, but Li Long waved his hand and said:
"Brother, let's talk after we go out. If you say this in this roasting seed factory, others will not listen and think that we are fighting over money. ”
Li Jianguo also laughed, collected the money first, and stopped talking.
Li Long took the crank handle and started the tractor. He sat on it and turned around to see Li Jianguo seated, then put the tractor into gear and drove out of the roasted seeds and nuts factory.
Driving out of the roasted seeds and nuts factory, Li Long stopped at a relatively spacious roadside. The tractor did not turn off. He turned to Li Jianguo and said:
"Brother, I should take this money. , but it shouldn’t be so much. Ten acres of land can be sold for 5,500 to 600 yuan. I get 1,000 yuan, which is my information fee, and the rest is. It’s your hard-earned money.
Brother, don’t you want to buy a tractor? I think the remaining money should be enough to buy one.”
“That won’t work, you take one thousand dollars. "Less." Li Jianguo disagreed, "Without your idea, I wouldn't even think of planting melons.
If you hadn't gone to Wucheng to find seeds, I wouldn't have anything to plant even if I wanted to. If you hadn't found Professor Wu and knew what kind of medicine should be used for each disease, I would have been blind.
Your sister-in-law and I worked hard. It was all physical work and anyone could do it. Not everyone can have your idea..."
"Hey, brother, we should make a distinction, but we can't tell it so clearly. "Li Long smiled, "If we really want to divide, do I have to start from living in this house and calculate the food I eat, the house I live in, and the clothes I wear..."
"Go. ! Aren't you causing trouble..." Li Jianguo made Li Long angry, "You..."
"Brother, okay, that's it. Firstly, I am not short of money, and secondly, this is a trial planting, so you are taking the risk. We have sold the melon seeds now, so naturally everything is good.
What if the melon seeds can't be sold? I slapped my butt and left. Isn’t the pressure all on you? "
Li Long insisted: "So I will take one thousand yuan, and you keep the rest. It just so happens that I can go look at tractors today. In two days, the remaining ones will be dried and sold, so that I can really buy a tractor.
Next year I will go to Kuitun to order a harvester. With two harvesters, we can harvest tens of thousands of acres of wheat in the entire township. "
When Li Long said this, Li Jianguo was also a little excited. Li Long earned the money of a tractor this year just by cutting wheat with a harvester. He knew this, and he would be lying if he said he was not envious. If he had a tractor and could do this, it would be much faster to make money.
But when things came to a head, Li Jianguo hesitated a little. He thought for a while and said:
"No. 76 can still be used. If you buy a tractor, it will be idle."
"How can it be idle? Give the horse and cart directly to Uncle Liang. In the past few years, Liang Uncle has helped us a lot. Life is getting better here now, but Uncle Liang’s side has not improved much yet. In fact, we can let them plant some melons there. " Li Long had already thought about it:
"They are looking for a piece of land to grow a kind of melon. We have the seeds and technology here, and there is a market. How to manage it. You can go over and tell them from time to time, and teach them how to do it when the harvest is harvested. Once the seeds are sold, won’t the money come in?”
“Hehe, that’s the truth.” Li Jianguo nodded, feeling a little moved.
Indeed, my father-in-law often helped me in the past few years, otherwise it would be difficult for this family to survive. I have lived a good life here in the past two years, and I often send things there, but when it comes to helping the Liang family become rich, Li Long is the only one who can do it.
After all, it is not suitable to weave a lifting handle or a large broom, or even a reed handle.
The more Li Jianguo thought about it, the more he thought this was a good idea. He smiled and said:
"Xiaolong, you are so thoughtful. I will discuss it with your sister-in-law when we get back, and we can see that this can be done!"
The two brothers didn't talk anymore about the money sharing. Li Jianguo counted the money on the tractor, and after counting a thousand, they separated.
Since Li Long said he wanted one thousand, let’s divide one thousand. Anyway, although the two brothers have separated, to be honest, in the first two years, I and my wife did not regard him as a younger brother, but raised him as a son.
And in the past two years, Li Long has been very diligent in picking things up at home, and he can't even count the back and forth.
It is only right to live a good life together.
The tractor drove to the old street and saw that his father Li Qingxia's fish had not yet been sold out. Li Long stored the tractor in the parking lot and then went over to help and shout.
Li Jianguo was still a little hesitant to let go, but Li Long didn't care. His voice was very loud and soon attracted some more people.
He also saw Zhang Qiang selling large brooms.
Zhang Qiang heard Li Long's voice and shrank his body directly into the pile of brooms. There were twenty or thirty brooms on his stall. From time to time, people came over to ask for prices. It seemed that there was no shortage of buyers.
But if we sell more than 2,000 brooms like this, it will probably take a year to sell them all.
Of course, it would be pretty good to sell it within one year, and he could make a lot of money. It just depends on whether he can withstand the hard work.
After all, it’s not close to Shicheng in one day—he doesn’t have a tractor.
He was also embarrassed to meet Li Long. After all, he and Li Long had not settled the matter, they had not made any money, they had lost their lives, and they almost lost their home.
He actually sees it clearly now. If he doesn't have the skills of his elder brother, he shouldn't take risks. If the eldest brother encounters this matter, he will never collect the things first and then go to Li Long. That is a threat. If he wants to make this money, he must first discuss with Li Long and take over part of the work, saving Li Long trouble and making money himself.
I had too much appetite and underestimated Li Long's ability and determination, so I failed.
Of course, even if the matter is analyzed clearly, Zhang Qiang does not understand that he will still fail next time he encounters such a thing - it is determined by his character.
Li Long and Li Jianguo helped Li Qingxia shout here. Li Qingxia’s remaining 20 or 30 kilograms of fish were sold out in about 40 minutes.
"Hey, today is really good! These more than 70 kilograms of fish were sold for 102 yuan and 50 cents." Li Qingxia was happy, "If you can do this every day, you can earn a household of 10,000 yuan in three months."< br>
Of course, this is just a thought. Firstly, it is impossible to catch so many fish every day these days. Secondly, he knows that because he has not been here for a long time, people visiting the market are very motivated to buy fish. high.
If you really come here every day, even if you bring so many fish, you may not be able to sell them at today’s price.
After closing the stall, I put the things on the tractor and asked the man who collected the signs in the parking lot to look at them. The three of them walked to Chen Xingbang's stall together.
Li Long's eyes were sharp. When he was still forty or fifty meters away from Chen Xingbang's stall, he saw a sign erected next to the stall:
"Shicheng Food Factory Raw Meat Sales Point"
Huh?
Li Long looked carefully again and determined that the sign was erected in front of Chen Xingbang's stall. Neither of them were selling meat, so it should have nothing to do with them.
Has my brother-in-law been recruited by a food factory?
Li Long was happy. He didn't expect that his brother-in-law could create a clear sky here.
My brother-in-law in the previous life was eventually recruited, but it was not in Shicheng, but in another city. Of course, in Li Long's opinion, that city was not as good as Shicheng.
If Chen Xingbang really entered the Shicheng Food Factory, even if he was an ordinary employee, that would be very good.
The three people arrived at the stall together. Chen Xingbang smiled when he saw them. He cut the meat for others first, greeted the guests, collected the money and sent them away, and then said with a smile:
< br>"Dad is here? Brother, Xiaolong, why are you here?"
"Selling fish and beating melon seeds," Li Jianguo said, "What's wrong with your brand?"
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"Hey, just as I was talking," Chen Xingbang said with a proud look on his face, "I set up a stall here to kill pigs. Two days ago, four days ago, an old man came over to buy meat. He wanted two kilograms of ribs and two kilograms of pork belly. I This knife cuts..."
Chen Xingbang gestured and saw that the action was very solid:
"Two kilograms of pork ribs are one hundred grams more, and two kilograms of pork belly are just right. The old man praised me for my good knife skills and good portion. .
That afternoon, people from the food factory came to me and said that their food factory was planning to set up a meat stall here and asked me if I would be their temporary worker.
They said that every day. They sent me half a pig and a sheep from the food factory. They gave me the wholesale price and I sold them at the market price. I kept the extra money. I thought it was good. At least I could save a lot of money from looking for sheep and pigs. time..."
As he was talking, someone came to buy meat. He asked the person clearly what they wanted, then pointed at the meat on the case, and after the person was sure, he cut the meat with his knife.
After sending the customer away, he continued:
"The food factory said that if I really do a good job, I might be able to become a regular employee in the future."< br>
"Hey, that's a good thing!" Li Qingxia nodded first, "If you work in a food factory officially in the future, you will eat commercial grain, and you will be a city person!"
In Li Qingxia's view, Shicheng But Bima County is much better. It’s great that Chen Xingbang can stay in Shicheng.
"I plan to ask for leave from the food factory in a few days and go back to my hometown to pick up Xiaoxia and the children."
"Go back to my hometown? Then come over then and I will go back with you." Li Qingxia suddenly said He answered, "I still have to go and see the yard in my hometown."
"Okay, I'll buy the ticket then." Chen Xingbang made money and spoke very proudly.
“You don’t need to buy it, I have money myself!” Li Qingxia was also very stubborn, “Today I sold a hundred yuan, and I gave Xiaolong fifty yuan, and I made fifty miles myself in the morning!”
"What do I want? Dad, take it yourself." Li Long smiled, "Do you really want to go back? What are you going to do back home? There's nothing wrong."
"My hometown, I have to go back and have a look." Li Qingxia said, "The ancestors' graves are there, and I heard that we are going to build a family tree. Even if all our branches come here, those who should be included in the genealogy still have to be included. No one is here, so that's terrible No. ”
Well, the old man takes this matter very seriously, and it’s normal for him to go back.
At this time, someone came over to buy meat again. Li Long and the others said hello and started walking around the market.
There were many things for sale in the market, and what surprised Li Long was that there were also some selling rare crops such as peanuts and sweet potatoes.
There is not a lot of land that has been cultivated right now, so there are fewer crops with low yields. Moreover, growing grains is still the mainstream at the moment. Only when every household eats fine grains every day will these crops be gradually spread.
The ones now should have been grown in private plots or vegetable plots, and they don't look like much.
But Li Long doesn't mind buying some, firstly to taste something new, and secondly, to save some seeds so that he can plant some next year.
There are no seed barriers at this time, and second-generation seeds can still be planted. Rural people basically save their own seeds when growing vegetables and melons, and they also know how to pick big and beautiful ones to keep for good planting next year.
Li Long bought some of various kinds, but he couldn't pack them, so he bought another basket two stalls away.
Li Jianguo feels that he should not buy a basket:
"Why should I buy a basket? Your sister-in-law knows how to make this basket, and it costs $1.50 each - what a steal! Isn't there a bag in the car? It would be nice to use a bag to hold it."
Although I earned a lot of money, But the habit of frugality is still engraved in my bones Li Long didn't take it seriously and said with a smile:
"My sister-in-law can weave it, so I won't put this basket with you. I'll use it in the big yard. I need to dry things."
Li Qingxia just laughed. He and Li Jianguo had no idea about sweet potatoes, but they could try peanuts, which were delicious when fried. Li Long bought five or six kilograms in shells. He planned to keep three kilograms for himself, one kilogram of which would be used as seeds.
After visiting the market, I didn’t deliberately avoid Zhang Qiang’s place. I just ignored it when I passed by. There were also people buying big brooms from Zhang Qiang’s place, and they didn’t care about Li Long and the others.
After walking for a long time, Li Long still listened to the other side: "Two yuan and eighty dollars is already very cheap. It can't be lowered... Okay, okay, two yuan and eighty yuan, pay for it!"
A broom Selling it for 2.8 yuan is really hard-earned money. Oh, if you think about it this way, unless you cut the pole yourself, you will still lose money.
No need to worry about it.
After visiting the market, the three people drove the tractor to the city for a meal of noodles, and then drove back to the county with a bang. When passing by Gu Boyuan's agricultural supplies store, Li Long stopped for a moment, and Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo went down to chat with him for a few words.
Gu Boyuan felt very comfortable in this store. Li Long found that it was cleaner than Gu's yard, with fewer things and neatly arranged. There are a few books on the counter. It seems that he uses this to pass the time in his free time.
A radio was placed in the corner of the counter, playing the news.
"Hey, you still have a comfortable life." Li Jianguo said with a smile.
"That's because you don't want to come. If you want to come, wouldn't it be easy for Xiaolong to find a store like this for you?" Gu Boyuan exposed Li Jianguo's idea in one sentence.
"Hey, my life is to be a farmer." Li Jianguo didn't refute, "I only know how to farm a piece of land and can't do anything else."
"That's right. You don’t want to do it. By the way, what are you doing?”
"Selling melon seeds."
"How about it? Is the price okay?"
"Hey, one kilogram is two yuan and eight dollars, and one acre of land yields two hundred kilograms. Do the math... ..." Li Jianguo only becomes elated when he is with Gu Boyuan, and of course he also means to show off. "Plant ten acres of land and harvest a tractor!"
"That's really good!" Gu Boyuan was also greatly surprised, "Then we will still farm next year? If we make money like this, the people in the team will know that we won't do it next year. Will there be less planting?”
Li Jianguo nodded, that’s the truth. (End of chapter)