After saying that, he didn't care whether Chen Ermei believed him or not. Anyway, they were already on the road, and he wasn't afraid that she would get off halfway.
Before returning to Xujia Village, Xu Weimin and his group took a detour into a small alley. On the way there, Xu Jingui specifically instructed Chen Ermei, "Remember the way."
Chen Ermei asked, puzzled, "Where are we going? Why do I need to remember the way?"
"Just write it down, why ask so many questions!"
Chen Ermei shrank back, not daring to utter another sound. She simply memorized the route silently.
Upon arriving at the destination, Xu Weimin told them to wait there. He got off his bicycle and knocked on the door of one of the houses.
A moment later, a burly man with a scar on his face came out. Chen Ermei glanced at him and immediately lowered her head in fright.
Xu Weimin greeted him, saying, "Brother Scar, you guys go over there later. Let's go over and get the goods ready now."
Then he pointed to Chen Ermei and said, "That's my daughter-in-law. She might come over to pick up some things in the future. I'll trouble you to get to know her then."
Scarface nodded indifferently: "Anyone can come, the most important thing is not to reveal my information."
"If something happens to me, you won't be able to escape it either. I won't say anything more, everything as usual, I'll bring my brothers over later."
"Try to get as much as possible. When your parents delivered the goods last month, they were worried about this and that, which caused a lot of people to complain."
Knowing that they were not satisfied with last month's transaction, Xu Weimin had Xu Jingui bring Chen Ermei along this time.
Grandpa and Grandma Xu are quite old, and it was their first time dealing with people from the black market, so it's understandable that they were a little flustered.
Xu Weimin handed a pack of cigarettes to Scarface: "Scarface, you're a magnanimous man. Last month was a special case, there definitely won't be a next time."
"After all, the more you earn, the more I earn. I'm not going to cut off my own source of income."
"Okay, just keep that in mind."
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Although Huang Qinqin had heard Xu Junhui mention that Xujia Village had a large bamboo forest, she didn't really have a concept of it. She thought it was just the size of a mountain.
But when she actually stood in front of the bamboo forest in Xujia Village, she was truly awestruck. The endless bamboo groves wove together a vast sea of bamboo.
Rather than saying that Xujia Village has a large bamboo forest, it would be more accurate to say that Xujia Village is surrounded by bamboo forests.
Huang Qinqin's first thought upon seeing these bamboo groves was: Xujia Village must have no shortage of bamboo shoots to eat.
When Xu Weiguo passed by the commune, he had already called the brigade secretary over. On the way to Xujia Village, he briefly explained the purpose of his visit that day.
The brigade secretary was incredibly excited, but he felt it wasn't appropriate to show it, so he pinched his thigh hard.
Then, feigning composure, he said, "Good, it's rare that you've been away from the village for so many years and still care about us."
When they met the village chief of Xujia Village, the brigade secretary was incredibly quick, running up to the village chief and bringing him over.
After the group sat down in the village committee office, Xu Weiguo got straight to the point.
"Village chief, it's like this, we came here today to ask you if you want to take the orders from these two factories."
"Oil presses and food factories need to purchase a batch of bamboo tube cups every month, but there are certain requirements for the bamboo tube cups. They need to be carved with words and bamboo."
"See if the village can do it. If they can, the purchase price will be five cents each."
The village chief's eyes grew brighter as he listened, and when he heard that a bamboo cup could be sold for five cents, his squinty eyes instantly turned into grape-like eyes!
He exclaimed in surprise, "Five cents?! I can do it! Of course I can do it!"
Seeing that the village chief hadn't even looked at the draft they brought, Huang Qinqin had no choice but to remind him, "Village chief, you should take a look at the draft first."
"The two factories had already agreed on where to purchase the goods, but Dad kept the village in mind and worked hard to communicate for a long time before he got this opportunity."
"We assured the factory that we would guarantee the quality and quantity, and that's why they were willing to switch their procurement to Xujiacun."
After hearing this, the village chief immediately burst into tears, his eyes brimming with tears as he took Xu Weiguo's hand and said, "I knew you were a good kid!"
"On behalf of the entire village, I thank you! Don't worry, we will definitely guarantee the quality!"
Then he picked up the draft and started reading it, and the brigade secretary also came over to read it with him.
After reading it, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that the factory's requirements might be too high. But when he saw the sample, it turned out to be just an ordinary bamboo cup.
All they needed to do was carve words and bamboo patterns on it. This was a piece of cake for them.
"No problem, we can make these cups! Look, if we engrave words and patterns on this base, isn't it exactly what the sample design requires?"
The village chief took the bamboo cup off the table. Many families in their village actually have this kind of bamboo cup because bamboo is the most abundant crop in the village.
Therefore, bamboo products are particularly popular in Xujia Village, and most people are very good at making bamboo products.
Huang Qinqin took the bamboo cup, examined it carefully, and replied clearly to the village chief: "Yes, that's it. Then you can add words and patterns."
"However, the design must be attractive. If many people in the village know how to make bamboo cups, I suggest you make the cups first. Then let people who are good at engraving words and designs continue to process them."
"Of course, these are just my personal opinions. As long as the final product delivered to the factory is without problems, then any arrangement is fine."
The village chief and the brigade secretary listened attentively and both stated, "Of course, we will definitely guarantee the quality."
"I just don't know the quantity and delivery time?"
Huang Qinqin took out the purchase approval slips from the two factories and said, "For now, the food factory needs five thousand units, and the oil pressing factory needs two thousand. These are the purchase approval slips."
"The timeframe might be a bit tight. It's okay if we don't deliver all the goods at once, but at least half of the quantity needs to be delivered within a week, is that alright?"
The village chief silently calculated in his mind that if they had to make 7,000 in a week, they would have to make 1,000 a day. But if they could pay half upfront, they could make 500 a day.
Actually, making a thousand bamboo cups a day is no problem at all. The difficulty lies in the engraving of words and patterns.
However, considering the price of five cents each, the village chief gritted his teeth and agreed: "No problem! We guarantee that we can deliver at least half of the finished products within a week."
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