Of course, Sixth Grandpa's tofu-making skills were impeccable. Director Jin thought it was good, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he asked about their chickens, ducks, and geese: "How many chickens and ducks do you have in your village? When can the fish be caught in the pond?"
He Wan showed her two canine teeth and laughed: "We have more than 50 each, and there are also a lot of fish, but they have to wait until autumn to leave the nest. Of course, if Director Jin considers the tofu in our village, when these chickens, ducks and fish are produced, we will consider giving them to the vegetable station in advance. In addition, there is a pear orchard in our village, and there are also a lot of persimmons."
As He Wan spoke, she took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and distributed them to several people in the office.
Director Jin looked at her and thought she was a little girl, but she had a good grasp of the ways of the world.
I thought to myself, the kids in the city have really seen the world.
"We have been supplying vegetables to two villages at our vegetable station. One is the Dazhai Village next to you. There is also another one in our town."
He Wan hurriedly said, "Director Jin, although the vegetable station has tofu shops that supply it, I don't think these two shops can meet the needs of the surrounding villages. I just checked, it's only a little after nine o'clock, and the ten plates of tofu on the chopping board are already empty. It can be seen that tofu is selling well at this time."
A staff member nearby interrupted, "The main reason is that there are not many vegetables now. When vegetables are available next month, tofu will be hard to sell."
"What about winter? In winter, tofu is a production and sales product."
Director Jin was not interested in her tofu, but in the chickens, ducks and geese she mentioned: "He Zhiqing, our stationmaster is not here today. How about I discuss it with him and give you a reply tomorrow when he comes back?"
"Okay, okay, when can I come again?"
"The day after tomorrow."
"Okay." He Wan thought that the people at the vegetable station were difficult to talk to, but it turned out that they were very polite.
Before leaving, he took out five bags of brown sugar from his backpack.
Just one pack per person.
After He Wan left, several colleagues in the office looked at each other while holding brown sugar. One of them smiled and said to Director Jin, "Director Jin, I think the tofu from Dalizhuang is good."
Director Jin laughed and said, "Why? They were bribed with just a bag of brown sugar?"
The man smiled and weighed the bag of brown sugar and said, "This young educated youth is really good at handling things."
Having said that, a vegetable station in their town doesn't really need too much tofu.
He Wan had guessed this when she came out of the vegetable stand, so she took a taxi to the county while it was still early.
When I arrived in the county, I ran straight to the nearest farmers' market without even a breath of air.
He Wan ran from morning to afternoon.
Finally, he returned to Dalizhuang in a hurry, without even going back to the educated youth point, and went straight to find the team leader.
"Captain, I'm back."
"Xiao He Zhiqing, is there anything wrong?"
He Wan then remembered that the team leader didn't know about her going to the vegetable station.
He hurriedly said, "Captain, I have negotiated two tofu deals today."
The captain's originally calm eyes lit up after hearing her words: "Xiao He, educated youth, you are too fast? Is the commune willing to take our tofu?"
He Wan shook her head: "The vegetable station at the commune hasn't responded yet, but their director seems to have set his sights on our chickens, ducks, and fish. He asked me to go over the day after tomorrow."
"What, he knows we have chickens, ducks and fish here?"
"I mentioned it in passing."
The captain smiled, leaning on his thighs and said, "Okay, okay, we've made the right decision to raise chickens this time. So what do you mean by...a deal?"
"It's from the county. Two farmers' markets asked us to order 400 kilograms of tofu."
"How much? Four hundred pounds."
"Yes, 200 kilograms per family, captain, they want it tomorrow. Can Sixth Grandpa do it? In addition, I am negotiating in the name of the village as a whole. Tomorrow, the captain and the accountant will probably have to go there with the village's official seal. They want to sign a contract with us."
"Okay, okay." The team leader smiled widely and could no longer sit still. He stood up and said, "I'll go find the secretary. Xiaohe, the educated youth, go tell the scorekeeper that you'll get full marks today."
"Got it, Captain."