Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Director Qian of the purchasing station asked someone to call Zeng Youhuo's commune to verify the wild boar incident, and the final result was naturally that it was true.

Zeng Wangcai thought of this when he heard that Zeng Laosan was going to donate meat to the commune. Although it would be more convenient to sell the meat to other places, it would be safer to have a proper explanation for the origin of the meat.

"Director Qian, the call went through. Secretary Wang from Maihe Commune confirmed that Zeng Youhuo's family, a member of Zengzhuang, killed a wild boar yesterday." The person sent by Director Qian to make the call finally came back to confirm.

"Zeng Youhuo is my second uncle. Yesterday, my second uncle delivered meat to Maihe Commune." Zeng Wangcai revealed his identity, turned around and pointed at the Hubao brothers and said, "They are my cousins ​​Zeng Hu and Zeng Bao. They are Zeng Youhuo's sons."

"Oh, no need to explain, that's enough, the commune has proved it, haha..." Director Qian rubbed his hands and ordered his subordinates to weigh the meat, and then asked Zeng Wangcai, "Are there many wild boars in your commune? Can we kill them in the future?"

This is an era of scrambling for supply and a seller's market. Having something in hand is great.

Zeng Wangcai nodded: "A lot. We saw two when we went up the mountain that day, but we only killed one. By the way, Director Qian, does your purchasing station accept other things besides wild boars? For example, fish. I'm pretty good at catching fish. Our commune has rivers, ponds and reservoirs."

Of course he knew that the purchasing station bought fish. He knew this even if he hadn't seen Yan Bugui. The reason why he pretended not to understand and asked was, first, to pave the way for selling fish later, and second, to sell the pork at a good price, not at the purchasing station, but somewhere else.

Director Zhang, who I just heard from, said that the price of pork is no longer stable.

"Fish? Of course. Wangcai, if you kill a wild boar in the future, remember to bring it to our purchasing station. We also bring fish." Director Qian said affectionately, holding Zeng Wangcai's hand.

The pork was weighed. There were more than 50 kilograms of meat. Excluding the 10 kilograms left, Director Zhang and his colleagues from the street bought 15 kilograms, leaving a total of 31 kilograms and 2 ounces. They sold it for 25.58 yuan.

This price is surprising, the purchase price is the same as the retail price.

"Thank you, Director Qian. We'll leave first. If I have any more things, I will bring them to your purchasing station." Zeng Wangcai thanked with a smile.

Director Qian immediately realized that Zeng Wangcai understood his good intentions.

At the door, Zeng Wangcai seemed to have just spotted Yan Bugui. Seeing that he was blocking the road, he had no choice but to greet him: "Uncle, you are here to sell fish. How is your catch today?"

"Not bad, not bad!" Yan Bugui was absent-minded. His pride was shattered by the 31-jin fat pork. "It's probably 20-30 jin. I can't compare to you. You actually killed a wild boar. How many jins of wild boar are you selling for this much meat? Is there anyone in our hospital buying it?"

"A pig weighing more than 400 kilograms actually doesn't have much meat. It is shared among several families, and only about 50 kilograms are taken back," Zeng Wangcai said modestly.

He didn't ask whether anyone in the courtyard bought meat, so Yan Bugui was actually asking in vain.

Yan Bugui was choked by Zeng Wangcai's modesty. It was only about 50 kilograms, while an ordinary family could eat less than 5 kilograms of meat in a year.

Zeng Wangcai didn't want to say much to Yan Bugui, so he took Zhang Xiuzhi and his brothers and left. When they came out of the purchasing station, Zeng Wangcai took out twenty-five yuan and divided it among them, giving ten yuan to the Tiger and Leopard brothers. They had worked hard, carrying and killing the animals, and there would be more hard work ahead. Zeng Wangcai was willing to give them ten yuan, and money didn't mean much to him.

The Tiger and Leopard brothers refused to accept the money, but Zeng Hu kept shirking it: "Brother, if you give us money, it will be a slap in our faces. We are brothers. We just put in some effort. You killed the wild boar, and our family has already distributed a lot of meat. You sold the meat distributed to your family and paid for it... We can't accept it."

Zeng Bao doesn't want it either.

Zeng Wangcai stuffed the money in his pocket and said, "Take it. You won't be leaving tomorrow. Big brother needs your help with something. Let's go shopping in Wangfujing the day after tomorrow and buy some things for Jinhuan and the others, as well as grandma. The money isn't for you two."

The two brothers actually lived a miserable life. They had no money for a long time. They didn't drink, and they smoked when they had money and didn't smoke when they didn't. They gave all the money they earned to their family, and gave everything they got after work to their mother.

Zeng Wangcai continued, "Let's make a lot of money in the future. You will find out tomorrow when you follow me. I will need you to help Xiuzhi at home in the future."

Having said that, the two brothers accepted the huge sum of money. Instead of dividing the five dollars between you and me, they gave all to the older brother Zeng Hu, who was planning what to buy the day after tomorrow.

When they returned to the courtyard, the dumplings had already been wrapped. There was the meat that Zeng Wangcai had sent back, and with so many people added, Zeng Youqian cut two pounds of meat and prepared the meat filling again, intending to have enough for the whole family.

The news that the Zeng family ate dumplings today even though it was not New Year's Day spread throughout the courtyard. However, Zeng You kept a low profile and did not say that the meat was from a wild boar shot by his son.

Don't do anything that will make others jealous, just eat your food in silence.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you are finally back. I was starving." Zeng Xiaoqiang and Zeng Laifu looked at each other anxiously, as they couldn't eat dumplings without everyone together.

Zhang Xiuzhi felt uneasy when being called "sister-in-law". She couldn't stand it with her personality. The atmosphere in the Zeng family was too good.

Chen Yumei came over and said a few words to Zhang Xiuzhi, then immediately went to make dumplings. She and Zeng Youqian did not even ask her son how much he earned from selling the pork.

Zeng Wangcai took the initiative to explain the sales proceeds, took out ten yuan and gave it to his mother, saying that it was to supplement the household expenses.

Chen Yumei, who was preparing to make dumplings, held the money in her hand and suddenly wiped away her tears.

"Why are you crying? Go make dumplings."

Chen Yumei glared at Zeng Youqian and said, "I'm happy! I just feel that my son has grown up suddenly and can earn money to support the family. Don't worry, Wangcai, I won't use this money. I'll save it for you to marry a wife."

While speaking, she even glanced at Zhang Xiuzhi, which made Zhang Xiuzhi very embarrassed.

Zeng Wangcai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, that's not the case. You can use it and eat and drink as you like. You don't need to worry about me getting a wife. Your son is capable of making money."

"Just keep bragging. You're so lucky to have killed a wild boar. Its tail is sticking up in the air. If it weren't for Little Tiger and Little Leopard helping you, you would have had no chance of killing a wild boar." Chen Yumei said this, but she felt as if she had eaten honey in her heart.

The Zeng family didn’t talk about eating dumplings, but instead talked about Yan Bugui returning from the purchasing station.

Because the fish he caught were of different species and sizes, on average they were bought by the purchasing station at 41 cents per pound. Exactly 24 pounds of fish were sold for 9.84 yuan. This was the first time Yan Bugui earned so much from fishing.

He had something on his mind, so he didn't sell all the fish. He kept two small carps weighing about one pound in his hand.

When they got home, the third aunt immediately told Yan Bugui that the Zeng family ate dumplings regardless of festivals.

"What's the big deal about eating dumplings? I couldn't finish all the meat at home, so I went to the purchasing station today and sold it for more than 25 yuan."

"What? He couldn't finish all the meat, so he sold it to the purchasing station?"

"Are you stupid? Zeng Wangcai went to the countryside and was lucky enough to kill a wild boar. Wow, it weighed more than 400 kilograms. It's hard to buy meat at the food station now, but he can't finish the meat. It's really annoying to compare yourself with others."

Yan Bugui and the third aunt were not happy at all when they reaped a huge sum of ten yuan from fishing for the first time.

Yan Bugui asked the three aunts to cook and went to the central courtyard with the fish in his hand. He had something on his mind and wanted to talk to Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.