"No need, you don't need these..."
Team Leader Liu wanted to say, "Take these back with you later."
After all, life is tough for every family these days. Even those who are slightly better off can only afford to eat meat once every two or three days.
Where can one afford so many?
Team Leader Liu was worried that Fang Yan and her group would empty their savings to buy this meat.
They wanted Fang Yan to take the meat with her when she left.
Before he could finish speaking, he was drawn in by that domineering yet extremely alluring scent.
Unable to continue speaking, his eyes fell on the things Fang Yan had brought.
He immediately lost his composure upon seeing it; there was actually dried meat!
He first tried a piece of beef jerky.
I was so amazed that I couldn't come to my senses for a long time.
Then I tried a piece of pork jerky, and I savored the taste for a long time afterward.
He looked at Fang Yan with a surprised and excited expression, "Xiao Fang, what did you just say? You made all of these yourself?"
“Yes.” Fang Yan didn’t understand why he was so excited.
Captain Liu swallowed hard, looking a little nervous yet also expectant, and asked again, "Is...is this expensive?"
Um?
What does that mean?
Fang Yan was completely bewildered.
Team Leader Liu explained, "Sometimes the kids in the team go out on missions and it can last for ten days or even one or two months."
If the place you go to has normal living conditions, that's fine.
If they go to remote, harsh mountain areas, they sometimes even have to eat tree bark to survive.
Fang Yanming understood, "You want to provide this kind of dried meat for the people in the team who are going out?"
"Yes, if the price is right, I plan to apply for a fund specifically for buying jerky for the children who are given tasks."
He truly is the patriarch who holds the column and his comrades who have risked their lives for him in his heart. That's why he thought of him and his comrades-in-arms when he took his first bite.
Fang Yan greatly admired Captain Liu's feelings for his comrades and truthfully said, "Captain Liu, beef is hard to buy. This time, we waited for several days before we happened to find someone selling it, so we can't guarantee the supply of beef jerky."
Moreover, beef is expensive, so the team's budget is probably in jeopardy.
"If you have a way to contact the pig farm directly, you can provide the pork and I will provide the labor. I will not charge you for the labor."
Fang Yan was just a simple woman who wanted to live her life well, without any grand ambitions.
But she has always admired these tough men who defend their country.
She loves money and works very hard to earn it.
But there are some kinds of money she can choose not to earn.
Captain Liu was surprised by Fang Yan's high level of awareness and support for the military. He sighed with satisfaction, "Ji Zhou is so lucky to have found a wife like you. He must have accumulated a lot of good fortune over the past few generations."
If there is any commendation ceremony for military spouses in the future, he will definitely recommend Fang Yan's case.
"The pork processing plant's order volume is too large, and the quantity we need cannot meet the pork processing plant's requirements."
Going to the pork factory to buy pork wholesale is naturally much cheaper, but they don't sell it retail. Although the column has some "reserve meat", the quantity is actually not that much.
Team Leader Liu looked at Fang Yan and said, "Just calculate a price for me based on your costs. The corps will pay for the pork."
Fang Yan's hostages must only be the few that Zhang Jizhou gives her each month. They're not even enough for their own use, so how could they have any left over for them?
Like Grandpa Wei, his old friends, and men like Captain Liu.
Although they don't usually interfere in family matters, they know that meat ration coupons are in short supply.
So when they wanted Fang Yan to help make pork jerky, they would first solve the problem of meat coupons for her.
Fang Yan was grateful for their thoughtfulness and didn't hide anything. She immediately listed out the cost price of the pork jerky.
"The price of pork, as well as the prices of various seasonings, fluctuate with market changes. Here are the recent market prices, please take a look."
Fang Yan quickly listed out all the necessary ingredients and seasonings for the pork jerky and handed them to Captain Liu.
The national economy had not yet embarked on a period of rapid development, and units like the column were not actually wealthy.
Fang Yan kept her word and gave the pork jerky to the column without making a single penny.
She was very conscientious, but Captain Liu never intended to let her work for nothing. With a stroke of his pen, he added a labor fee to the cost price, giving her one yuan per kilogram.
Although he wasn't familiar with the kitchen, he still had to watch over the rice cooker for a long time, adjusting the heat.
(Before electric rice cookers became widespread, many families relied on cooking rice in ordinary pots, which required considerable skill and experience.)
The process of making pork jerky is quite complicated.
"No need to give so much, just give half."
Fang Yan wanted to save the column some money.
Judging from her business acumen, one yuan for wages certainly wasn't much.
After all, if she didn't have a kitchen space, there would be a lot more work for her to do to make just one pound of pork jerky.
However, since the column wasn't wealthy, she figured she might as well earn less.
Team Leader Liu disagreed, saying, "Don't take advantage of me because I don't know anything. Even if you're paid only one yuan, you won't earn much."
Furthermore, the column wouldn't order too much pork jerky each month; usually, twenty to thirty or fifty catties was enough.
The column is different from Zhang Jizhou's elite squad. They have far fewer opportunities to go into the deep mountains and wilderness, so they don't need to prepare too many "reserve troops".
As a patriotic and good citizen, Fang Yan expressed her desire to support the military, but Captain Liu firmly refused to agree, so she did not insist any further.
If what Captain Liu said is true, and the column only needs 20 to 30 kilograms a month, that's indeed not much.
There's no need to argue for half a day over such a small amount of money.
“Okay, then I’ll listen to Captain Liu,” Fang Yan said readily.
Team Leader Liu immediately summoned several of the team's leaders.
"Try it, how does this pork jerky taste?"
Several leaders were puzzled, but they still tried the pork jerky as instructed.
Then, the atmosphere of what was initially a fairly serious meeting suddenly changed...
The group of roughnecks, before they had even swallowed the pork jerky in their mouths, all opened their eyes wide and asked Captain Liu in unison, "Where did this jerky come from? Why is it so delicious?"
They had just swallowed the pork jerky in their mouths when they started scrambling to grab the rest of the pork jerky from the table.
But Captain Liu quickly put it away and then revealed his plan, "What do you guys think about each member of the team ordering a few dozen kilograms of this pork jerky, so that the team members assigned to the mission can take it with them?"
Everyone is very clear about the situation when the team members go on missions.
Although this decision would make the already struggling brigade even worse off, the leaders nodded in unison almost without hesitation, "Excellent! Very good!"
The children are out working hard, so their parents must do their best to ensure their livelihood.
What's more, the taste of this pork jerky is absolutely amazing!
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