Chapter 33 Today is Perfect
Next, Li Long sold five more fish in front of the big meat canteen. One of the fish was a little small, and the other party didn't want the small fish, so he charged the other party 80 cents.
I got six dollars and eighty cents.
Li Long thought this was not bad, but a man in a Zhongshan suit came out of the big meat canteen and spoke in a friendly manner:
"Brother, I say, brother, we have no objection to you selling things here, but this thing is not in compliance with the policy at the moment. Can you go somewhere else?"
Since the other party was trying to persuade him in a kind way, Li Long didn't want to confront him, so he smiled and said:
"Okay, big brother, let's go right away."
Two people pulled the sled eastward.
"Brother Long, where are we going next?" Tao Daqiang asked, looking at the bag that still had one third of fish in it.
"Let's go to the staff quarters." Li Long said with a smile, "Let's go to the staff quarters of the Grain Bureau first." He remembered that at that time, the Grain Bureau and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative were both considered wealthy units. He didn't dare to go to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative for fear of being reported, but he could still go to the Grain Bureau.
The Grain Bureau is located in the east of the county town. There are three buildings in the yard, and the entrance is on the roadside. When Li Long and his friends came, the big iron gate was open. Li Long pulled the sled in. Someone stuck his head out of the window of the house at the gate and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"Looking for my uncle to send something." Li Long responded, and the man shrank back again.
It's too cold outside.
After entering the yard, Li Long pulled the sled and started looking for someone. When someone came down from upstairs, he immediately went over to ask.
In a short while, five or six fish were sold.
But he didn't take all the money. Two fish were exchanged for a few kilograms of cornmeal and two kilograms of flour.
Li Long thought this was a good idea, and started asking people he met:
"I have fresh fish to sell, I can trade it for rice or flour!"
When they heard that rice and flour could be exchanged, some people started asking:
"How did you change it?"
"My big fish are all two kilograms, so I can exchange them for two kilograms of rice. Of course, three kilograms of noodles will also be fine. If that doesn't work, six kilograms of cornmeal will also be fine."
It was not easy to get meat at that time, so some people brought rice and flour to exchange, basically corn flour, and there were also some people who exchanged rice and flour, but it was still not much.
But not long after, a man in his fifties came out from the gatehouse, pointed at Li Long and the others and shouted:
"Get out now! If you don't, I'll call someone to arrest you!"
Li Long said hurriedly:
"Hey uncle, uncle, I'll leave right away - come here, I'll get you a fish, thank you!" Li Long signaled Tao Daqiang to quickly calculate the rice and flour, and he took out a silver carp weighing about one kilogram from the urea bag and handed it to him.
The other party hesitated for a moment before taking it, but still said:
"Hurry up and leave. It's almost time to get off work. If the boss comes, you will be in trouble. I will be in trouble too!"
Li Long smiled and said:
"Let's go now. Let's go now."
After exchanging all the rice and flour, Li Long and Tao Daqiang pulled the heavier sled out of the gate.
There were still a few silver carps and some small crucian carps left, but no one wanted them. The silver carps had thin bones and were difficult to eat, and the crucian carps were too small and had little meat, so they were rejected.
"Brother Long, what should we do with the remaining fish?" Tao Daqiang asked, looking at the rice and flour on the sled.
I feel like I have never seen so much rice and flour.
Although the production team also grew rice, the amount of rice and flour distributed was not much.
Tao Daqiang was a little excited.
"Sell, keep selling." Li Long looked at the sky and said, "Find a place to sell all the fish, and then we'll go back."
"No one should want these fish, right?" Tao Daqiang saw with his own eyes these fish being pushed here and there, all of them being rejected.
"Don't worry, someone will want it." Li Long smiled, pointed at the figure in the distance and said, "Believe it or not, if I shout right now that this fish is ten cents a piece, they will definitely come to grab it."
Tao Daqiang looked at the people who were following him and asked curiously:
"Why are they following?"
"They're trying to get a bargain. They thought that if we couldn't sell them and ended up throwing the fish away, they would definitely come and pick them up." Li Long had encountered similar things in his previous life and knew these people's thoughts too well.
"Then where do we go to sell the fish?" Tao Daqiang finally set his sights on the fish.
"Come with me." Li Long said as he walked, "There used to be a big family in our county. Let's go there and ask."
The county town is an ancient city. It was first established as a county during the Qianlong period. It has been hundreds of years since then, so it is not uncommon for there to be a few wealthy families.
Although the wealth of the rich families had changed after some special years, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, so Li Long pulled the sled to the northeast of the city.
An old-style courtyard with a closed solid wooden gate.
Seeing that the door was closed, Tao Daqiang looked at Li Long.
"If you want to make money, don't be afraid of trouble." Li Long smiled and walked forward to knock on the door.
After a few claps, someone inside shouted:
"What's the matter? Stop knocking, I'm coming!"
"I'm selling fish, wild fish. Would you like to buy some, old man? If not, then don't open the door." Li Long spoke very politely.
"Let me take a look." The man who spoke was in his sixties. He opened the wooden door and looked at the sled.
"Silver carp, small crucian carp, what do you see?" Li Long took out all the fish from the urea bag.
"Not bad, not bad, this fish is good, it looks fresh, and it will be good for making soup!" The old man nodded, "How much is it?"
"Silver carp is 80 cents each, and crucian carp are piled up. This pile must weigh two or three kilograms. Will you give me one yuan?"
There were only five or six silver carps left, and not many crucian carps, so Li Long didn't want to run away. His face was numb from the cold, and he was worried that if he stayed any longer, he would get frostbite.
"Okay, the price is good, and the silver carp is also good, with fine meat and delicious."
"You're such a foodie!" Li Long gave a thumbs up. "Shall I take it in for you?"
"Okay." The old man went into the house to get the money, and Li Long carried the fish in.
The total amount was six dollars, and the old man rounded it up to an even amount.
"We have delicious food today." said the old man happily.
Li Long took the opportunity to take a look at the yard. Although it was old, the beams and structures were remarkable.
The broken ship still has three layers of nails. Although they will be scraped off layer by layer in some special years, there is always a way to deal with it.
This one is not simple.
The fish were all sold out, so Li Long and Tao Daqiang pulled the sled back. As they walked, Li Long said to Tao Daqiang:
"Da Qiang, when you go back, take a piece of meat, some rice, flour, and cornmeal, and I'll give you another ten dollars. That's it for today."
Tao Daqiang had put in a lot of effort, so Li Long would definitely not let him work for nothing. But if they wanted to split the work equally, Li Long was not a fool.
He was given things and money, which was already very good of him.
"No, no, no, Brother Long, I still say the same thing, leave the money with you, I have rice, noodles and meat, that's enough." When Tao Daqiang heard that Li Long wanted to give him money, he waved his hand and refused, "I took too much, my dad won't let me come."
Well, Li Long knew that this was normal.
When passing by the grain and oil store, Li Long spent another fifty cents to buy a bucket, filled it with five kilograms of vegetable oil, and then rushed home.
(End of this chapter)
