My courtyard shelter

As soon as Xu Dong left the warehouse, he met Uncle Chen, who was walking towards him with three women and a pile of woven bags in his hand. read

"Uncle Chen!"

"Officer Xu, are you...something wrong?"

Xu Dong nodded.

Chen Bo gave a few instructions to the three people behind him, then sent them into the warehouse, and then took Xu Dong back to the office.

"Tell me, what else do you want to do?"

Xu Dong stuffed the other party with a cigarette again, lit one himself, and then said straight to the point: "I also want to buy some more fresh fish."

"Oh, do you have food?"

Uncle Chen expressed his doubts. How much food could the other party carry with him when he came all the way from Yanjing? And they are still public officials, which is not consistent with their usual style.

Xu Dong shook his head: "No."

"Then you're talking nonsense. You can't buy fresh fish with money. Even if you are willing to pay ten times the price, at least it won't work here."

Ten times the price is definitely an exaggeration, and neither party will take it seriously. Even if Xu Dong is short of meat, he cannot be taken advantage of.

Seriously speaking, it's not that Uncle Chen doesn't want to make money.

But these fresh fish were purchased by him with grain. If what he sold back was money, then he would not be able to continue his business in the future.

That is to say, the so-called "funding" chain is broken!

Maybe the high price can indeed buy back some grain, but there are too many uncertainties, and he doesn't want to take any risks. It is most reliable to exchange things for things, at least the harvest will be guaranteed during droughts and floods.

"Don't refuse in a hurry. Although I don't have food in my hand, I have other things." Xu Dong explained.

"what?"

"Sugar."

"White sugar?" Uncle Chen suddenly became interested. This is a good thing. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and white sugar is also in urgent need, so he quickly asked:

"How much sugar do you have?"

"No more, no less, a total of thirty kilograms. In addition, I also have some tobacco and alcohol. If you need it, I can handle it all for you."

Uncle Chen asked calmly: "How do you want to change?"

"I should be the one asking this, right?" Xu Dong said with a faint smile.

"I don't know how to surf the Internet. I wonder what the price of sugar is now?"

Xu Dong took out his mobile phone, opened the online shopping app, and searched for the word "white sugar". There were many transaction messages on it, and the price was basically maintained at around 3,000 yuan per catty.

With the advent of the Spring Festival, especially in the past month, sugar prices have risen sharply, with quotes almost doubling.

Uncle Chen glanced at the mobile phone page, then frowned and said, "The price is exaggerated."

"Uncle Chen, a pound of salted fish costs you 2,400 yuan. My pound of sugar is no worse than yours. Sugar is a scarce commodity now."

"Let's exchange at a one-to-one ratio, what do you think?"

"Is it a big yellow croaker or a small yellow croaker?" Xu Dong asked.

He had heard from Uncle Chen before that, in general, the price of large yellow croaker was about twice as expensive as that of small yellow croaker.

The reason is that large yellow croaker has a higher fat content.

"Of course it's small yellow croaker, one pound of large yellow croaker is worth two pounds."

Xu Dong shook his head: "It's not that good. This is the hometown of authentic yellow croaker. As the saying goes, rare things are valuable. The price of yellow croaker alone is definitely not as good as that of sugar.

Moreover, a pound of fish can only last a few meals, and even one meal is not enough. On the contrary, white sugar is durable, and it can last for half a year if you save it. "

"Then how do you want to change?"

"No one of us takes advantage. I don't want small yellow croakers. I'll exchange thirty pounds of sugar for you thirty pounds of large yellow croakers. What do you think?" Xu Dong counter-offered.

Uncle Chen shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, I'll lose money if I trade it like this. I might as well keep it and trade it for food!"

"Uncle Chen, I'm not lying to you. I can only stay with you until noon at most. Even if you want to change after noon, you won't have a chance." Xu Dong deliberately put pressure on you.

"What did you say?"

Uncle Chen ate a pound. Originally, he just wanted to lower the price, but he didn't expect that he would lose the rice. Now the pressure was all on his side, which caught people off guard.

"It's already past ten o'clock now, Uncle Chen. Time is really running out."

"I'm going to make a call, please wait for me." Uncle Chen suddenly lost his sense of proportion.

"No problem, it's best to hurry up."

After Uncle Chen left, Xu Dong took the opportunity to call Section Chief Li and prepared to report on his work.

As soon as the call was connected, Section Chief Li's impatient voice came: "Xiao Xu, how are things going?"

"There shouldn't be any big problems with the company. Lao Wang and the others are watching. They will finish loading the truck soon." Xu Dong replied.

"That's good. How about your side, how are we doing?"

"There is bad news and good news." Xu Dong deliberately let it slip.

"Then let me tell you the good news first."

Xu Dong lowered his voice: "The good news is that I have bought 850 kilograms of dried yellow croaker, which should be enough for everyone to share."

"Great, I know you won't let me down, Xiao Xu. How much did it cost in total?"

Section Chief Li was overjoyed. The company had only obtained 1,200 kilograms, and this was dried fish. One kilogram was almost equivalent to two kilograms of fresh fish.

Make a fortune!

"2,400 yuan per catty, a total of 2 million." Xu Dong answered truthfully.

"The price is okay, not too expensive." Section Chief Li said unexpectedly.

Xu Dong quickly reminded: "The bad news hasn't been revealed yet?"

"Then why don't you tell me quickly?"

"Yes, the bad news is that this batch of goods is stinky salted fish, which is made from dead fish. Whether it is taste or nutritional value, it is definitely not as good as fresh fish."

"Dead fish?" Section Chief Li repeated.

Xu Dong added: "Yes, it is dead fish. You can see signs of decay on the fish. No matter how much money you spend, fresh fish here is not good. You can only buy these defective products."

"What a pity." Section Chief Li said regretfully.

"Uncle Li, you don't have to be too disappointed. Although stinky salted fish sounds bad, it does not affect the consumption. It can be eaten after being cooked."

"What you said makes sense. I remember that there seems to be a famous dish called 'stinky mandarin fish'. Stinky mandarin fish can be eaten, so there is no reason why stinky yellow croaker cannot be eaten." Section Chief Li comforted himself.

Xu Dong admired Section Chief Li's Ah Q spirit. He could even say that the dead were alive. It was too difficult for the other party.

"Uncle Li, you are so right."

Section Chief Li smiled bitterly: "Don't flatter me, it's just stinky salted fish, at least there are more than 800 kilograms! When the time comes, give some to Lao Feng and his family, and the rest will be divided equally among the three of us, enough to eat for a whole year."

"Uh..."

"Don't uh, fart quickly."

"It's like this, Lao Wang and his family also want to buy some salted fish, I promised them before, after all, without their cooperation, the fish can't be bought." Xu Dong hurriedly explained.

"How much do they want?" Section Chief Li asked with a frown.

"I haven't had time to ask, but I guess they don't want much, it shouldn't be more than 100 kilograms."

After all, the price is there.

"Let's put this aside for now, and tell me when you have the exact number later."

"Okay!"

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