Chapter 357 Chapter 358: Potential to be a Profligate Merchant

The next day, Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding went down the mountain before dawn, carrying venison and honey.

When the two men got home and Zhou Huaishan had just left for a while, Zhou Huaian immediately went to Zhou Yiding's house, started the tractor and rushed to the city.

Halfway through, he caught up with Zhou Huaishan, who was carrying a bamboo basket, hunched over and pedaling a bicycle.

Zhou Huaian stopped the tractor and said, "Third brother, put the things on the tractor. I'll take Ning An there."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaishan got off the bicycle and saw a wet sack covering the backpack in the cargo box. "Did you two catch any wild game?"

"We shot a water deer." Zhou Yiding climbed up and stood on the truck bed, helping him lift the bamboo basket onto the truck bed. "Third brother, are you going to Ning'an with us?"

Zhou Huaishan smiled and shook his head, "You two go, I'll go back now."

Zhou Yiding waved his hand, "Then we'll go!"

Zhou Huaian started the tractor and drove away with a "thump thump" sound.

After entering the city and arriving at the guesthouse, Zhou Yiding rubbed his eyes and jumped off the truck bed. "Almost 200 kilograms of venison, I wonder if we can sell it all?"

"If you can't sell all of it, go to the vegetable market and sell it in small quantities." Zhou Huaian pulled the tractor over to the side and just as he walked to the lobby door, he saw Huang Yongcai coming out. "Brother Huang, have you had breakfast?"

"I just ate it." Huang Yongcai smiled and said, "I heard you went up the mountain. Did you get anything good?"

Zhou Huaian nodded with a smile, "Got a water deer."

Huang Yongcai looked at him in surprise, "Water deer are good things. I heard that the big ones can weigh four or five hundred kilograms!"

Zhou Huaian took him to the front of the truck bed, and Zhou Yiding lifted the sack covering it. "The one we got is not big, and it only has about 200 kilograms of meat after it is slaughtered."

"The wild animals these past two days are all fat." Huang Yongcai asked with a smile, "How much do you plan to sell it for per pound?"

Zhou Huaian smiled and shook his head, "We haven't sold it before, so just tell us how much it is!"

They asked Zhou Daqing on the mountain, and he said that someone in the forest farm killed one last year and sold it for 2.2 yuan per pound. He didn't know what the price would be this year.

Huang Yongcai thought for a moment and said, "Someone sent me one a few months ago. I sold it for 2.6 yuan per pound."

Zhou Huaian nodded readily, "Then follow his price."

"Cut twenty kilograms for me. There's a new restaurant over there that sells all high-end goods. I'll take you there later." Huang Yongcai helped carry the eggs down and walked towards the kitchen.

Zhou Huaian and the other man lifted the bamboo basket out of the car, and carried half a venison to the kitchen, put it on the chopping board and cut it. After weighing it, it weighed twenty-three pounds.

When the staff at the guesthouse heard that there was venison for sale, they offered one pound each and two pounds each, and together they sold thirty pounds in total.

After Huang Yongcai paid the money to Zhou Huaian, he got on the tractor and drove with him to the newly opened restaurant.

On the way, Huang Yongcai told him that the restaurant was located in the south of the city and was a partnership between him and a friend who was a chef.

They also asked him to raise more chickens and ducks and grow more varieties of vegetables next year, and from now on, all the vegetables and eggs for their restaurant will be bought from him.

Zhou Huaian happily agreed, and the tractor soon arrived at the south of the city. The two saw a restaurant called "Douhua Zhuang" opened by Huang Yongcai and others. When they got there, they sold another 20 kilograms of venison.

Zhou Yiding also sold all the rabbits and pheasants he hunted to Douhuazhuang.

Before leaving, Zhou Huaian gave Huang Yongcai the venison he had prepared for him. The two went to two other guesthouses and sold more than 30 kilograms of venison.

There was still more than 90 kilograms left on a sambar deer. The two men hurried to the vegetable market. When they arrived at the entrance of the market, they parked the tractor outside the Xinhua Bookstore and went to Deshengtang with their backpacks on their backs. The clinic had just started to remove the door panels.

Zhou Huaian leaned over to take a look, then stepped forward with a smile, "Doctor Xiao Wang, you haven't left yet?"

"We'll leave early the day after tomorrow." Wang Zhen said with a smile, "What good stuff did you get in the mountains?"

"Brother Huang asked the same question at the guesthouse just now." Zhou Huaian said with a smile, "But this time we really got something good, a water deer."

Wang Zhen laughed and said, "Oh! It's really a good thing!" Then he asked, "Have you taken out the deer penis and deer tendons?"

Zhou Huaian nodded, "We took it out. We also took out two beehives this time and got more than ten kilograms of honey."

"This time we have a good harvest. Bring the things to the backyard and I will open the door for you."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian picked up the backpack, "Ding Ding Cat, put the venison out, I'll bring it in and come back."

Zhou Yiding nodded, thought about it and asked again, "How much do we sell it for per kilogram?"

Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Two dollars and seven, eight dollars, three dollars a pound, whatever you want!"

Zhou Yiding was dumbfounded, "Then how much should I shout?"

"You bid more first, and if they ask you for less, you can bargain slowly with a dime or five cents less!"

"No wonder people call them dishonest businessmen. They are really dishonest businessmen."

"Harla, do you think it's three dollars a pound, or two dollars and seventy dollars a pound?"

Zhou Yiding pointed at him and said, "You cunning fellow! How come I didn't see before that you have the potential to be a cunning businessman?"

Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes at him and said, "Go to hell! If you weren't a traitor, you'd be at home guarding a few acres of land."

The two men took out the wooden board and placed it on the bamboo basket, then took out the venison and arranged it. Zhou Huaian thought about it and took out the deerskin and placed it aside.

Zhou Yiding pulled the bloody leather with disdain, "What's the point of putting this thing out there?"

Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "If someone doesn't believe it, you can show him the deer skin to prove that what you are selling is deer meat."

Zhou Yiding gave him a thumbs up after seeing it and said, "He's a good businessman."

"That's right, don't you see who I am!" Zhou Huaian proudly picked up the backpack and carried it to the backyard, handing a piece of venison to Wang Zhen, "Chunyan braised a piece last night, it tasted pretty good."

Wang Zhen took it with a smile, "We are lucky. We will eat whatever game you hunt."

"It will be delicious if everyone eats it!" Zhou Huaian said as he took the deer tendons out of the basket. "It's my first time to cut deer tendons, and I didn't cut them well."

Wang Zhen took a look and said, "Others' cuts are not much better than yours."

Zhou Huaian took out the deer penis wrapped in vegetable leaves again, and said with a wicked smile: "There is also this thing, which is very nutritious!"

Wang Zhen smiled and nodded, "Although this thing is good, you can't just eat it randomly. For young men like us with strong blood and vitality, eating this is not good."

"That's it!" Zhou Huaian took out the jar, "Honey and beeswax. I've been busy for a few days and the harvest is here."

"It's already pretty good." Wang Zhen took a look, "Where's the deerskin?"

Zhou Huaian looked at him in surprise, "You guys want leather too?"

Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Deer hide can be used to make deer glue. Didn't you bring it with you?"

"I brought it. I put it on the butcher's stall. If anyone doesn't believe it, show it to him."

“It’s the same if we wait until the meat is sold out before bringing it in.”

Wang Zhen carried the meat in and put it away, then took out a jar. After peeling the meat, Zhou Huaian poured honey into the jar. After weighing it, it weighed 13.6 jin.

The Fritillaria cirrhosa was sold for 65 yuan, the deer tendons and penis were sold for 120 yuan, the honey was sold for 92.48 yuan, and the beeswax was sold for 1.5 yuan. Wang Zhen rounded it up to a total of 280 yuan.

Wang Zhen smiled and asked, "When are we going to move into the new house?"

Zhou Huaian calculated the date and said, "Maybe we will move at the beginning of next month. Come to my house and take a look then."

Wang Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I may not be able to go at the end of the year due to busy business, but I will definitely go in the spring."

"Yes." Zhou Huaian put the money away and said, "Doctor Xiao Wang, please help me keep an eye out for old yards for sale. If it's suitable, Yiding and I would like to buy it."

Wang Zhen nodded readily, "Okay, I'll keep an eye out for you."

"Thanks, I'll go out and take a look first."

Wang Zhen nodded and began to dry the herbs.

Zhou Huaian packed up his things and went to the street. "How is it? Is it open?"

Zhou Yiding took out a big unity note and looked at him smugly, "A guy wearing glasses didn't even bargain and bought a ten-dollar note."

"Not bad!" Zhou Huaian brought the rice basket over and sat down against the wall, "I'll take a nap. Call me when you're done selling!

"Okay, you can sleep well while I watch over you."

(End of this chapter)