Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

The middle-aged man looked at Lin Geng, a little bit unconvinced that he could do this. But after thinking about it, they also saw a bow and a bag of arrows on Lin Geng's tricycle, so he said to Lin Geng:

“My dear little brother, don’t be like a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers. It is true that there are a lot of game in this mountain. There are also a lot of wild boars, even blind bears and leopards. I have heard of tigers, but I have never seen one!

But the wild boar is not easy to deal with either. I don’t know if you have heard that there are one pig, two bears and three tigers in the mountains. Although wild boars are not as powerful as tigers, the wild boars in the mountains often come out in a litter, with big wild boars leading their little wild boars. If those big wild boars are scared or pissed off, they will become fierce and it is not something that ordinary people can deal with!

Our village once organized a hunting team with several nearby villages to go into the mountains to hunt wild boars, but that time we didn't catch many wild boars, and several people were injured. Several dogs were also killed by wild boars!

You have to know that time we went into the mountains with militiamen and they were carrying rifles, but we still couldn't kill many wild boars. After the wild boars were injured, they became too ferocious and ran around everywhere without caring about anything. If you were bitten by it, you would at least lose a layer of skin if you didn't die!

If you go into the mountains with a bow and want to hunt wild boars, you'll almost die! I suggest you go around and see if you can collect some wild rabbits and pheasants to bring back!

I think you are a real person. Every household in the village has set traps in the forest, and they have stored some game at home, which have been made into preserved meat. I can still gather some for you to complete the task!"

Lin Geng smiled brightly, shook his head at the honest village chief and said, "Of course I will buy the mountain products. Since you are here, you can't let our village suffer a loss. You must give us a good price!

But in addition to collecting mountain products, I still want to go into the mountains to try my luck! Don't underestimate my bow, it's a hard bow, it's definitely no problem to shoot a wild boar to death, and I won't hide it from you, I still have a lot of strength, this time I came here just to try my skills, if I fail, I will give up this idea in the future!

Otherwise, I will show you my skills first to see if you are qualified to enter the mountain, and then you can say what you think?"

The village chief then asked Lin Geng: "Then tell me, how are you going to buy the mountain products and what price are you going to give us?"

When asking this question, a hint of cunning appeared on the honest face of the village chief, but it was not annoying, but a kind of shrewdness that is unique to honest people.

Lin Geng then took out a piece of paper and took a look at it. On the paper was the purchase price of various materials given by the factory to their buyers, but he had modified it appropriately and lowered the price slightly.

In fact, when their buyers go to the countryside to purchase supplies, the factory gives a purchase price, but the buyers themselves can purchase at a lower price, and then transport the goods back to the factory to make a profit from the difference. In this way, the buyers can make a little more money. If the channels are wide, they can purchase enough supplies. The buyers' monthly income does not just rely on that fixed salary.

This is also an unspoken rule or a form of gray income. Otherwise, the purchaser would have to ride a tricycle or bicycle to go around the countryside every day, which would not only be tiring but also risk being robbed. Who would be willing to do this job?

It was Old Wu who secretly told him these things yesterday, telling him not to be so foolish as to take the factory's purchase price and go to the countryside to purchase supplies. Doing so would break the rules and ruin other people's jobs, or the careers of purchasing agents from other factories.

Lin Geng understood that cutting off someone's financial resources was like killing their parents. If he really went to the countryside to purchase supplies at the purchase price given by the factory, although he would definitely receive the supplies, he would definitely offend many colleagues. If the news spread, he would become the public enemy of other buyers.

This would undoubtedly cut off someone's way to make money. Not only would he offend his colleagues at the steel rolling mill, but he would also offend many buyers from other factories. Once people knew that he did not follow the rules, those people would definitely join forces to make things difficult for him. If he met someone ruthless, they might even want to kill him and join forces to kill him.

Lin is not stupid, and of course he would not do such a stupid thing, so he would go to this mountain cave instead of the nearby one. First, he can go into the mountains to hunt, and second, most buyers are unwilling to take the risk of running so far and suffering this.

So Lin Geng prepared a material purchase list and price list at home last night. After taking it out, he asked the village chief: "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer a loss! I have a purchase list here. It's a different story if there are too many things. Then tell me first, what can I buy from you, and I will give you a price! If you are not satisfied, you can just not sell it to me! Do you think this is okay?"

After listening to Lin Geng's words, Village Chief Zhao thought it was right, so he asked, "Every household in our village has trapped or hunted pheasants and rabbits, most of which are made into preserved meat, and some are caught in the past two days, some alive and some dead. How do you think these mountain products are collected?

In addition, every household in our city has picked some mushrooms, fungus, and dried wild vegetables. Do you want some for your factory?"

When Lin Geng heard this, he immediately compared the price list in his hand and said, "If the pheasant is alive, I will buy it for one dollar to one dollar and fifty cents depending on the size. If it is dead, as long as it is fresh, it will be 20 cents cheaper! As for rabbits, I will buy them for one dollar and fifty cents to two dollars each if they are alive, depending on the size. If they are dead, they will be 20 cents cheaper. If they are made into smoked and dried meat, the pheasant will also be one dollar each depending on the quality. As long as the rabbit is not too small, it will be one dollar and fifty cents each..."

After hearing Lin Geng's offer, Village Chief Zhao's eyes widened and he immediately looked furious. He clenched his fists, his face turned ashen, and veins on his forehead bulged, which scared Lin Geng.

Lin Geng hurriedly said, "Village Chief Zhao, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, I've already given you a very high price! If you're not satisfied, you can just stop doing business with me! There's no need to be so angry!"

Who knew that Village Chief Zhao would punch the tree stump that was used as a table and angrily say, "Don't be afraid, I'm not angry with you, nor do I dislike your low price!

A few days ago, when I went out of the mountains to attend a meeting in the village, I met a buyer from a factory in the village. He wanted to buy our mountain products, but the price he offered was very low. He only offered me 60 cents for a pheasant! He only offered me 70 cents for a rabbit! That’s not all, he also asked us to send the mountain products to the village outside the mountains before he would buy them! Isn’t this just trying to rip us off?

I don't know the price either. These past two days I was thinking of bringing people to collect the mountain products in the village and send them out of the mountain to him! Who knew that you would come today and that guy actually wanted to cheat us! How wicked! "

When Lin Geng heard this, he also became slightly nervous. From what Village Chief Zhao said, he had already met a purchasing agent from a factory or mine, but the price offered by the purchasing agent was much lower than his, which made Village Chief Zhao angry.

He thought that the purchasing agent from some unknown factory was really shady. In fact, his price was already 20% lower than the price given by the factory. It could be said that if he charged more, he would have made a profit. However, that guy cut the price given by the factory by more than half, which was a bit too shady.

In his opinion, these mountain people already have a hard enough life, and even if they want to make money, they cannot be too unscrupulous. The purchasing agent who saw Village Chief Zhao not only lowered the price very much, but also refused to come in person to purchase the products. He even asked others to send the mountain products out of the mountain for him. This was a bit too much!

So he touched his nose and asked, "Do you remember that person is the buyer of that factory?"

Village Chief Zhao thought for a moment and shook his head, "I can't remember clearly, it seems to be... it's... some woolen mill or cotton mill!"

When Lin Geng heard this, he thought that as long as he was not from their Red Star Steel Mill, it would be fine. It was that guy's fault for being so cruel and cutting off his retreat. He deserved it.