Rebirth of the Nine-Three Era

Yin Yuan handed the school notice from Chief Qi to his father, telling him that his retirement had been taken care of and his father would not have to go to work after the Chinese New Year.

"Great, then our whole family can live together in Jiangming." Hongmei said excitedly.

Everyone is happy, and mom doesn't have to worry about dad being alone at home without anyone to take care of him.

The next day, Dad handed the notice to Principal Li.

"I won't come to class after the Chinese New Year. If so, will it delay the school's teaching?"

Because he knows that school teachers are nothing but pitfalls. If one missing teacher is not replaced in time, teaching will be delayed.

Principal Li said with a smile: "Old teachers like Lao Yin who have been working for more than ten years have high consciousness and will still care about the school when they retire. However, you don't have to worry. If you retire, one less teacher will definitely be there in time." One more thing to add. There are many people in the village who have high school diplomas and cannot go to Guangdong to work. If you ask them to be substitute teachers, they will be willing."

Yin Benfan took all his personal belongings home.

Zhou Yafei told a few young people: "Since the whole family is going to Jiangming after the Chinese New Year, it is not good to take the chickens and ducks raised at home to Jiangming. It is not good to raise chickens and ducks in the villa over there..."

The red soldier said: "Then eat them during this period and kill one every day. The soft-shell turtle stewed with rooster that I ate that day tastes particularly sweet and delicious. They are sold there. Just buy a few more and bring them back."

Mom said: "I heard that there are people in Xiashan Township who specialize in raising turtles, and there are also people who raise snakes."

Hong Bing excitedly said to Yin Yuan: "Brother, either we drive to Xiashan Township, buy a few soft-shell turtles, and then buy a few mud snakes back. We haven't eaten snake meat stewed in chicken soup yet."

Yin Yuan said: "Just go."

Wanting and Yizhen also said they wanted to go.

Mom said: "I heard it is in Xinpi Village across the river in Xiashan Township. There is no bridge there, so you can only go there by ferry. Tingting had better not go..."

Wanting had no choice but to give up.

The red soldier said: "It's better to drive this van. The road is very dusty and muddy. Besides, the van has to be parked here in Xiashan Town. No one will look at the van. It's a good van but I'm afraid someone will scratch it."

Yin Yuan said: "It doesn't matter which car you drive."

The red soldier drove and the three of them went to Xiashan Town.

After more than half an hour, we arrived at the town ferry and parked the car on a wasteland.

Ask the locals.

"Uncle, I heard that there are people who artificially breed turtles and snakes here. Which village are they from?"

The locals told them: "You take the ferry there. There are motorcycle riders and tricycles at the pier opposite. Take their cars. They are very familiar with it. It only costs five yuan."

Yin and Yuan took the ferry to the other side.

Asked one of the tourists: "We heard that there are people raising snakes and turtles in Xinpi Village. Is this true?"

The passenger said: "It's true, I am Xinpi Village, I will take you there. Do you want to buy turtles and mud snakes? I have brought a few customers there in the past few days."

Yin Yuan asked him how much it would cost to buy the goods and then come back here.

He said it would cost 20 yuan, mainly because you were not leaving right away, and it might take half a day to buy something.

The red soldier said it was expensive, could it be less? The local guy just said it only cost five yuan in Xinpi Village. If you pay 20 yuan, you are too shady. You are bullying us because we don’t know the market, right?

The passenger said that the problem is that I have to wait for you to buy things. I don’t know how long the wait will be.

Yin Yuan said: "Forget it, there is no need to bargain with him. He can't even ride on a motorcycle for the three of us. Let's ask for the tricycle."

The red soldier went to ask the tricycle next to him.

The driver of the tricycle was a young man with an honest appearance. He said that the starting price of my tricycle was 20 yuan for a trip and 40 yuan for a round trip.

The red soldier said that we would return as soon as we bought the items, and it wouldn’t take long.

"I'll pay you five dollars more and bring us back here later."

Tricycle agreed.

The motorcycle guy who started bargaining was not happy. He said, "Ge'ao, you'd better not steal customers from Xinpi Village with us!"

The tricycle said unconvinced: "What do you call Xinpi Village? Who stipulates that you are not allowed to go to Xinpi Village to solicit customers? Who do you think you are..."

He asked Yin and Yuan to get on the tricycle.

The motorcycle guy was still saying harsh words, saying he wanted to repair the tricycle guy.

The red soldier also kindly reminded: "That motorcycle guy said that you were stealing his business, and he wanted to deal with you."

The tricycle boy said dismissively: "Am I afraid of him? To go to Xinpi Village, I have to pass through our Ge'ao Village. If I can't go to Xinpi Village, he will not pass by our Ge'ao Village in the future."

The red soldier praised him for being smarter than those motorcycle guys, and he knew how to buy a tricycle to attract customers.

"This tricycle of yours can attract both customers and goods. It will definitely make more money than those motorcycle guys."

The tricycle guy said proudly: "My tricycle is as good as their two motorcycles. The cost is twice as expensive as theirs. I must make more than them."

He chatted with the red soldiers as he drove.

"I work at Renfeng Tungsten Mine. Now my employer has issued a notice that I will have to work in the mine again after the Chinese New Year. But even if I go to work in the mine, my tricycle will still be useful. I will drive it to the mine then. Go, you can go soliciting customers when you’re not working and make some extra money.”

Renfeng Mine is the largest tungsten mine in Yuyang, with more than 5000 employees, which is larger than Qishan Mine.

From Yuyang County to Renfeng Mine, you have to pass through Qishan Mine.

There are ten famous tungsten mines in this region, with Renfeng Tungsten Mine and Qishan Tungsten Mine being the top ones.

They all suffered the same severe cold test, and the workers could not be paid, so they had to mobilize all employees to suspend their work without pay. After they recovered, they asked the workers to return to the mines to work.

Yin Yuan said that I was a mining technician at Qishan Tungsten Mine, but I have quit my job now and am focused on working in Guangdong.

The tricycle boy said: "You are a technician, you have education and a diploma, you can find a job at any time. I am an underground worker, I have no diploma, no skills and only one strength. If I go to Guangdong, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a job. So I will stay honest." Go back to work at Renfeng Mine."

During this period they passed by Ge'ao Village.

The tricycle boy asked them: "Should we buy mud snakes first or turtles first?"

Duan Yuan said: "You are more familiar with it, so you can buy whatever you want first."

"Then let's buy soft-shell turtles first, and then turn to the Basia Group to find a snake farm."

He drove the tricycle to the head of the dam and found a place at the foot of the mountain and outside the wall.

He stopped the tricycle and said to Yin Yuan and the others: "I'm going to say hello first, otherwise there are some very powerful wolf dogs in his courtyard. If you suddenly walk in, the wolf dogs will bite people."

Yin Yuan saw a few words spray-painted on the outside of the wall: There are wolves and dogs in the courtyard, please do not trespass.

The tricycle boy shouted inside: "Boss, there are customers coming to buy turtles from you. Do you still have any supplies?"

A young female voice inside replied: "Wait a few minutes, I'll tie the dog up first, and then I'll open the door."

A few minutes later, a woman in her early twenties opened the iron door.

Yin Yuan exclaimed in admiration: "You are the boss? Sure, you are so young?"

The woman said: "My dad is the boss, and he is catching turtles in the pond."

She took Yin Yuan and others to a turtle pond.

I saw a middle-aged man in a raincoat catching turtles in the pond.

Lotus roots had been raised in the pond, and the decayed flowers and lotus leaves gave off a corrosive smell.

The middle-aged boss asked with a smile: "Boss, how big do you want it to be? More than three kilograms are old turtles that are more than two years old. I caught five today."

Yin Yuan asked him how much it cost per pound.

He replied: "Now it's 80 yuan per pound."

Hong Bing asked his brother in a low voice: "How much did it cost per pound for the two soft-shell turtles you bought from school yesterday?"

Yin Yuan said: "Principal Li sold them to me for 50 yuan per catty, which is about two catties each."

Hong Bing said: "This one is raised, and the one in the school fish pond is wild, and the taste is fresher than this one."

Yin Yuan knew that wild turtles on the market cost 180 to 200 pounds per pound. At this time, there were not many artificially cultivated turtles. This boss was considered to be very economical.

He said to the boss: "I bought all your five turtles weighing three kilograms, can you give me a little less?"

The middle-aged man glanced at him in surprise, thinking that the young man in front of him must be a big boss.

Who would be willing to spend more than 1000 yuan at a time to buy 5 old turtles and eat them back?

Ordinary people can't afford it.

Even rich bosses may not buy so much at one time.

The middle-aged man finally agreed to sell it to them for 75 yuan per pound.

The young concubine also specially found a bucket with a lid, put some water in it, and raised five large turtles on it.

The middle-aged boss asked him with interest: "Boss, which village are you from?"

"From Gutian Village."

“Where does the boss make his fortune?”

"Jiang Ming."

The middle-aged boss said happily: "I have a nephew. He took my soft-shelled turtle several times to Jiangming, and also to several cities such as Wancheng, Xiangshan, and Feishan. Only those rich Cantonese guys are willing to eat it. They Cantonese people like to make soup, and these soft-shelled turtles are the best ingredients for soup.”

Yin Yuan handed him the money and praised him: "Boss, you have a good mind and know how to bring the turtles to Guangdong cities for sale. In the future, your nephew will bring the goods to Jiangming and ask him to call me. I will buy them at that time." Eat your turtle."

It sells for 180 to 200 in the market, but it's only 80 here, so it's a good deal.

He handed him his business card.

The middle-aged man took Yin Yuan's business card and had an idea in his mind.

"Boss Yin, I have an idea. You have a company and a factory in Jiangming, and your business is so big, I can trust you. My nephew brought the turtles over, and he also negotiated a good price with the local aquatic product dealer boss, and wholesaled it to them. It’s very troublesome for him to travel to several cities by himself. What I mean is that you contact the local aquatic products dealer and tell me how much goods you need, and I will ship it to you through a long-distance freight truck. I will give you a wholesale price here, and you will follow up there. You can also make money by negotiating the purchase price of aquatic products.”

Hong Bing nodded and said, "Brother, this business can be done. But how can we pay you for the goods?"

The owner of the turtle farm said: "Everyone pays attention to integrity in doing business. You call me and tell me the required weight. Then I will put the goods on the long-distance shuttle bus. I am familiar with the drivers and owners. You give the payment to the driver." Just bring it back for me."

He gave the three red soldiers their business cards.

The boss's name is Xiao Jianguo, and his daughter's name is Xiao Kehui, who are responsible for the sales of turtle farms.

Yin Yuan said: "Boss Xiao is a man with business acumen. When we arrive in Jiangming, we will go to the market. With this turtle, we should not have to worry about sales. If I need it, I will contact you."

Xiao Jianguo found two soft-shell turtles weighing about two pounds each from the bucket and said he would give them to them.

"It doesn't matter if it works or not, let's make friends."

When Yin Yuan and others left, his father and his daughter specially walked to the entrance of the hospital.

The tricycle boy took them to the snake farm under the dam.

The snake farm is also built at the foot of a mountain, but there are no walls, so you can come and go at will.

The entrance is a man-made rockery, with two rows of low houses behind it.

When Feng Yizhen came here, she was very nervous. When there was a slight noise in the grass next to her, she was so frightened that she clutched Yin Hongbing's hand tightly, and her palms were sweaty.

The red soldier said to her: "What is there to be afraid of? Do you think the snakes in the snake house will escape? Absolutely not. If they can escape, how much money will the boss make?"

The tricycle boy told them: "The short man holding a bag of snake feed is the boss. His name is Song Dehua. I helped him haul snake feed before."

He waved to Boss Song and said, "Boss Song, these bosses want to buy your Water Snake."

Song Dehua came over holding the feed and said: "Hello bosses, are you going to buy some for food? How many are you going to buy? Do you want a big one or a small one?"

Yin Yuan asked him: "How much does the big one weigh? How much does the small one weigh?"

Song Dehua said: "The biggest one I have here weighs more than ten kilograms, and there are also ones weighing seven or eight kilograms. The most common one weighs three kilograms."

Yin Yuan said: "It's better to have five snakes weighing more than three kilograms, right? The snake meat is too big and not so delicious."

Because he had eaten snake meat several times at Wanting's house.

Song Dehua said in surprise: "It seems that the boss often eats snake meat. Which village are you from?"

"We are from Gutian Village, but we opened a company and factory in Jiangming. I went to my wife's house several times to make snake soup, so I bought a few snakes to make soup for my wife."

Song Dehua listened and nodded and said: "No wonder, most of the snakes I raise are sold to Guangdong cities. Just like the old man from Batou, they are all shipped to Guangdong cities on long-distance buses and sold to local aquatic products merchants. .”

He said that only a handful of cadres and some wealthy bosses come here to buy snakes like you.

During the Chinese New Year period, many people go to Guangdong to work and earn money to buy some snakes and make soup back home.

Yin Yuan asked him how much it cost per catty. He knew that water snakes like Jiang Ming also cost 120 yuan per catty.

Song Dehua said that the wholesale price here is 50 yuan per pound, and there are discounts for large quantities.

Yin Yuan thought that he had just agreed to sell turtles to Xiao Jianguo, so Song Dehua's water snakes could do the same.

He handed one of his business cards to Song Dehua, told him about Lao Xiao's suggestion of raising turtles just now, and asked him if the Water Snake could do the same thing?

Song Dehua said: "It's absolutely possible. Lao Xiao and I are very good friends. His nephew has helped me with sales several times, and we also cooperate very well."

He also took out his business card and gave it to Yin Yuan and others.