Chapter 29: Transaction
At this time, the workers in the big factories have all gone off work, but it is not difficult to find out the situation of the big factories.
Because now all the workers in the factory live in staff quarters, and basically they all live in the same yard.
After Song Wei had an idea in mind, he took Heidan to find an aunt who was sitting at the door eating melon seeds.
She grabbed a handful of walnuts from her pocket, only three, but they were huge.
"Sister, I want to ask you something." Song Wei deliberately lowered her voice.
The auntie smiled immediately when she saw the three walnuts placed in front of her.
"Sister, what's the matter? I know a lot about this county, let alone other things in this area."
Song Wei: What you said makes me want to talk to you more.
"It's like this, my mother-in-law is sick and needs a lot of money. My uncle's family works in a textile factory, but it's my first time here with my children. We walked here from this morning until now to get to the county town. Our place is too far away.
We finally came to this county town, but it's too big to find the textile factory. Sister, do you know where the family compound of the textile factory is? My mother-in-law is still waiting for money to go back for medical treatment.
Song Wei performed in a very anxious and sad manner.
Heidan: ??? He has a completely stupid expression on his face
When Song Wei came, she covered her head with a scarf and deliberately changed her voice to sound like a middle-aged woman. As her hands and face were black, the aunt did not investigate further.
Just by looking at Heidan and her clothes, you can tell that she is from the countryside.
Song Wei: Fortunately, since we were going to the mountains, we were all wearing old, gray clothes.
"Poor thing, I actually know this textile factory's staff quarters!"
Song Wei grabbed the aunt's hand with gratitude: "Thank you so much, sister. Otherwise, my child and I don't know how long we will have to look for it in this county town. Sister, there are not many people as kind-hearted as you now. I feel friendly when I see you. Sister, what is the director of this textile factory like? I came from the countryside and only heard that he was very impressive..."
The aunt was already dizzy after Song Wei's flattery. When she asked some more questions casually, the aunt not only told her the news she knew about the textile factory, but also about several other factories.
When they said goodbye, the two of them were already treating each other like very enthusiastic sisters.
Heidan next to him looked confused the whole time.
"Let's go to the steel mill."
Heidan's face was full of question marks.
Song Wei rubbed his head. Her hands were a little greasy now, and Heidan's hair was also greasy and messy. No one should dislike anyone.
When they arrived at the steel plant’s staff quarters, Song Wei first hid Heidan and told him not to run around.
"I'll be back soon, please don't run around."
Heidan nodded vigorously, his big eyes looking very serious: "Yes, I'm very good."
He also grinned, showing his small teeth.
After letting down his guard, Heidan became obedient, soft and capable, and Song Wei liked him more and more.
This greasy hair needs to be washed and cut, and my head is like it's overgrown with weeds.
After explaining everything to Heidan, Song Wei walked straight towards the old man who was the gatekeeper of the staff quarters.
"Who are you?"
The old man looked her over.
Song Wei used the same trick again, took out the walnuts, and spoke to the old man stealthily.
"Uncle, do you want to eat pork?"
She has found out everything. Don't underestimate this security guard. He is related to the deputy director of the steel plant.
Who doesn’t want to eat pork these days? Just hearing the word pork makes me crave for it.
The old man quickly looked around and quickly let Song Wei in.
The two men spoke in low voices, like spies.
"What pork? Did you bring it?"
Song Wei: "No, my brother shot two big wild boars. I heard that your factory hasn't had meat for a long time, so I came to ask. If the steel factory doesn't want it, then I'll go find the textile factory."
"want!"
The security guard even raised his voice a bit.
Then he lowered his voice again: "Wait a minute, I'm going to find the deputy director of our steel plant. Don't go, don't go..."
The old man was afraid that Song Wei would go to the textile factory, so he reminded her several times and ran to the staff quarters as nimbly as possible.
Meat, that's pork!
Pork is a scarce resource these days. Even for large factories, it is not easy to purchase enough to provide workers with benefits and add some meat.
Steel mills have indeed been worried about this recently.
Large factories like steel mills have to distribute some benefits during the holidays. Although workers don't have to eat meat every month, they have to be given some meat every few months.
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Otherwise they would make trouble, which would be bad for the reputation of the factory leaders.
But pork is not so easy to get. There is no pig farm in their county. If they want a whole head of pork, they have to find a way to contact pig farms in other places, or wait until the team delivers the pigs.
Even their factory may not be able to apply for it.
So it is really difficult to feed the workers some meat.
The kind that money can't buy.
The deputy director of the steel plant was having dinner at home, but when he heard the news from the security guard, he stopped eating, dropped his bowl and chopsticks, and ran out immediately.
They were so fast that they were afraid that Song Wei would run away, so Song Wei didn't have to wait long before seeing the security guard bringing a panting middle-aged man.
"Where's the meat? Where's the pork?"
Song Wei didn't waste time talking to him: "Two big wild boars, one weighing more than 300 kilograms and the other more than 400 kilograms, and two small ones weighing about 80 kilograms in total, can you eat them all?"
The deputy director's eyes flashed with surprise: "Yes! This is not enough for all the employees in our steel plant to eat."
Song Wei: That’s easy.
"Let me make this clear first. The wild boars were caught today and are very fresh. The two little ones are even alive. Although they are wild boars, the price cannot be too low. 60 cents with a ticket and 90 cents without a ticket. Is this price acceptable to you?"
The deputy factory director nodded without hesitation: "Okay!"
The current price of a whole head of pork fluctuates around 70 cents. Wild boars are cheaper because of their fishy smell, but meat itself is not cheap, let alone several hundred kilograms of whole pork. Even if Song Wei's price is a little higher, there will still be people scrambling to buy it.
Seeing that the deputy factory director agreed readily, Song Wei was in a good mood.
"The meat is in the valley outside the county town. Do you have a cart?"
Of course there must be one, the deputy factory director even called his own son.
Together with the old security guard, they left with Song Wei.
After walking for a distance, they were all surprised to see Song Wei pulling a child out from a corner.
Song Wei: "My family's situation is special, so it's not easy to leave the child at home, so I brought him here with me."
The three of them were very tactful and didn't ask any more questions.
These kinds of things are all done secretly. They just focus on the transaction and asking too many questions is not a good thing.
Fortunately, there were not many people on the street now. After Song Wei took them to the place where the wild boars were hidden, the three of them were stunned by the light of the flashlight.
"Wow, this wild boar is really fat! It's bigger than the pigs in the pig farm. It's the biggest pig I've ever seen. It must weigh at least 300 to 400 kilograms."
The deputy director of the steel plant was so happy that he showed his big teeth, and his smile was extremely bright.