Chu Tian really didn't want to listen to Wang Long's various preparations. Anyway, southern fruits were very popular in Xinjiang. Not to mention that the normal selling price of one pound was only a few cents, even if it was a few dimes or even a dollar per pound, he would still make a profit by taking it back!

Wang Long knew Chu Tian didn't want to listen to his nonsense when he heard it, so he chuckled and said, "Then I'll just say it straight?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Go ahead!"

Wang Long glanced at his brothers and saw that they were all looking at him expectantly, so he said, "Brother Chu, how about we sell it to you for nine cents per pound?"

Chu Tian looked at him in disbelief, "How much?"

Wang Long thought Chu Tian thought it was too expensive, so he scratched his head embarrassedly. "Nine cents per catty, our team doesn't have many fruit trees. If you want more, we have to buy from other teams. We can't run for free, right? At least let us earn two or three cents per catty..."

As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller. Chu Tian saw Wang Long looking at him nervously, and after a moment of silence, he smiled.

"How about this? I'll give you 1.2 cents per pound, and you put all the fruit you harvest into bamboo baskets for me?"

When he went to the black market yesterday, he came across someone selling those bamboo baskets. The prices were different for different sizes. The big one was five cents, and the small one was two or three cents. He was actually losing money by giving them more than three cents per pound, but when he thought about the hard work of the various teams running to collect and transport the baskets, he thought about letting them earn a little more!

Anyway, he only gets 1.2 cents off a pound, so he can sell it at least ten times the price when he gets home...

Wang Long and his brothers were shocked when they heard this. After a while, they reacted and nodded repeatedly, promising to buy the freshest fruits.

In the next few days, Chu Tian got up early to go to the dilapidated temple to collect fruits, but Chu Min and Zuo Zhuang never came back, which made him, who was not worried at first, start to worry.

"Bang bang..."

Chu Tian jumped up from the bed, opened the door and saw Chu Min with a mouthful of white teeth standing at the door with an excited look on his face.

"Brother, why did you take so long to come back? Where's Zuo Zhuang? He hasn't come back yet? Did you know that we have to return early the day after tomorrow?"

Chu Min pushed Chu Tian into the house and locked the door before speaking, "I know, I know, don't worry, Zuo Zhuang is back too, but he's exhausted and went back to sleep."

Chu Tian sat back on the bed and watched Chu Min change his clothes while he enthusiastically talked about his and Zuo Zhuang's experiences in the past few days.

"Xiaotian, you don't know that the deeper they live in the mountains, the poorer they get. Many of the elderly among them have never seen what a ten-yuan note looks like. Moreover, the dry goods they have there are really cheap. I spent all the ten thousand yuan I borrowed from you and the more than one thousand yuan I had on me..."

"Alas, it's a pity that it's the wrong season now, otherwise, I could harvest more..."

Chu Tian blinked, "Where are the goods you received?"

Chu Min buttoned his shirt, turned to look at Chu Tian, ​​and said with a grin, "I spent one dollar to rent a yard in the suburbs. I've been pulling all the stuff there these past two days. I'll take you there tomorrow. Please help me contact the people on the railway to pull it."

He paused, thought for a moment, and then said, "Oh, by the way, I'm out of money. I guess I'll need you to cover the shipping fee for tomorrow. I'll pay you back part of it when I get paid. The rest will have to wait until I sell all the goods."

Chu Tian said "Oh" and said indifferently, "It's okay, there's no rush."

"But, I really want to ask, why did you bring Zuo Zhuang with you when you collected such a large amount of supplies?"

Chu Minwen smiled when he heard that. "Are you worried about that guy? Well, don't worry! I've been on a few trips with him, and he's always been more aggressive than me. But this time, I guess he couldn't transport it back, so he only took the smoked fish, bacon, and so on..."

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows. "Okay, I understand. But I have to go out tomorrow morning. When I come back, we'll go to the yard you rented."

Early the next morning, Chu Tian went to the dilapidated temple outside the city for the last time and received another three thousand kilograms of tangerines from Wang Long.

Watching Wang Long count the money, Chu Tian smiled and said, "We're going back tomorrow. I guess we won't see each other again until the end of this year or the beginning of next year."

Wang Long's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Really?"

Chu Tian nodded. "Of course, I will still buy dry goods and the like when the time comes. You can prepare in advance. Even if I can't come, I will find a train freight to see if I can ship it back!"

Wang Long nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, with Brother Chu's words, I will definitely make preparations early."

After Wang Long left, Chu Tian put the oranges into the space, turned around and walked out of the dilapidated temple, returned to the guesthouse, and went to the yard he rented with Chu Min.

Looking inside the courtyard and the neatly stacked sacks, Chu Tian opened his mouth in surprise and looked at Chu Min in disbelief, "Second brother, how much did you collect for more than ten thousand?"

Chu Min thought for a moment and said, "There are probably over 6,000 kilograms of dried goods, about 1,000 kilograms of brown sugar, about 2,000 kilograms of smoked fish, and some other things. In total, there are about 11,000 kilograms of stuff."

"How did you transport all these things?"

"Isn't that easy? Isn't it just a matter of money? I paid one dollar each and hired twelve people to bring it down for me!"

“····”

Chu Tianxin thought, okay, Chu Min is really capable and really has the talent to do business.

After knowing the location, Chu Min borrowed another 500 yuan from Chu Tian and left. He wanted to go to the black market to see if there was anything good he could take with him. Chu Tian stayed behind on the pretext of waiting for people from the railway to pick up the goods. Half an hour after Chu Min left, Chu Tian put the goods neatly into the space and locked the door before leaving.

The next day, they returned early in the morning with two trucks of supplies they had exchanged in Sichuan Province.

"I don't know what's going on with our house..."

Chu Min held the steering wheel and chatted with Chu Tian, ​​who was squinting his eyes to rest.

Without even opening his eyes, Chu Tian answered, "It's been over a month. I guess the first floor of my house should be almost finished, right?"

Chu Min nodded slightly, "I think so. Once your first floor is finished, I should start construction on the first floor of my house..."

They had agreed that Chu Tian and Chu Min’s houses would be built in turns. After Chu Tian’s first floor was built, Chu Min’s would be built. After Chu Min’s first floor was built, Chu Tian’s second floor would be built. They would take turns building it like this...

At this time, the first floor of Chu Tian's house had been built and the cement slabs had been laid. Seeing the master craftsmen sitting down to rest, Wang Qiang asked two apprentices to go to Chu Min's yard to dig the foundation first.

"You two should start digging within the line I drew yesterday. Don't dig too far, remember?"

“I remember…”

"Well, go ahead!"