These cattle in Maotai Miao Village are all raised by the villagers themselves. There is usually no chance to transport them to the city for sale, and the local Miao people in Maotai have no money, so the price has not gone up.
However, raising cattle does not cost much. Cows are docile animals. You can take them to the mountains to eat wild grass, and then take them home when they are full.
For beef like this, if you don't have food coupons, it would be no big deal if the price in Lin'an tripled.
As a qualified speculator, he certainly would not miss this good opportunity to make money.
Chen Xia distributed cigarettes to the Miao people around him, then quietly pulled the butcher Ka Nongbala into a corner.
"Uncle, let me discuss something with you. How many cows do you have? I'll take them all, but you have to help me slaughter them."
This time it was Kanongba's turn to almost spit out his salt soda.
He had lived for over fifty years and had never encountered such a big buyer.
Maotai Distillery consumes a lot of beef every year, but they have their own breeding farm and never come to the Miao village to buy cattle, so they have always been running a small business. Did they get a big order today?
"Outsider, are you kidding me?"
Chen Xia patted the camera hanging on his chest and said with a smile, "Look at what this is? Do you think I need to joke with you?"
The butcher swallowed and said, "I, I have five cows. If you want, I can sell them all to you."
"How many pounds does your cow weigh? How many pounds of meat can it usually produce?"
"Here we are, according to the rules, a cow weighing about 700 kilograms can be slaughtered, and can yield about 350 kilograms of meat. If you want, you can give me 200 yuan for one cow. If you want me to help you slaughter it and give me the hide, that will be my wages. What do you think?"
Chen Xia thought about it, and he didn't know the specific local prices. Anyway, even if the butcher made money, it was his luck to meet a noble man like him.
"Okay, I'll give you the price and the hide, no problem. But I have two requests. 1. Do the job cleanly for me, and don't let any of the weight or small amounts be shortchanged. 2. Please help me contact other butchers, I need to buy more cattle."
"Okay, little brother, you are a straightforward person. We Miao people will never do anything to let our friends down. I will definitely satisfy you."
When they heard that a stranger had come to buy all of the cows from the butcher Ka Nongba, all the Miao people in the village came out to watch the fun.
In the threshing ground in front of the village, five cows were lined up in a row, and the Miao people came forward to help, making it more lively than the Chinese New Year.
Chen Xia sat on the side and chatted with the young wives in the village. From time to time, he would take out some fruit candies and give them to the children, which drew cheers from the Miao people.
In less than half a day, the cattle farmers in the nearby Miao village learned about it and also drove their own cattle here to sell.
Chen Xia thought that 200 yuan for a cow was too cheap.
But for these Miao people, it is good enough if they can sell a cow for 200 yuan. This is a win-win deal and both parties are satisfied.
On that day, Chen Xia bought a total of 30 cows, which produced more than 5,000 kilograms of meat and 5,000 kilograms of cow bones.
The Miao people really did what they said. They sorted the beef clearly and even helped Chen Xia wash the offal cleanly.
It continued until night, when a bonfire was lit in the open space.
Originally, they were helping the butcher Kanongba, but Chen Xia didn't want to let the Miao people suffer a loss, so he pretended to go out for a while, and when he came back, he gave each Miao person who helped a pack of "Changsheng" cigarettes.
80 cents a piece, best given as a gift.
The Miao people who received the cigarettes were very grateful and asked their wives to collect them and hide them at home.
The Miao people are so poor that they are basically still living in the most primitive state of life. There are electric lights in the town, but there are no electric lights in the Miao villages outside the town.
In the end, Chen Xia gave the butcher 6,000 yuan in front of everyone, and how to divide the money was their business.
Kanongba was so excited that his hands were shaking and he couldn't count the money. The eyes of the Miao people around him were all green.
Chen Xia spent another "local sky-high price" of 2 yuan per car and hired 10 donkey carts to deliver all the beef to the roadside outside the town.
A huge plastic sheet was spread on the ground, and all the beef was piled there, waiting for the truck to transport it.
Where were the cars on the road at this hour? Not a single person in sight, let alone streetlights.
After the Miao people walked away, Chen Xia waited for another half an hour, and when he was sure that there was no one around, he waved his hand and hid all the beef in the space hospital.
The fresh beef was covered in blood, but fortunately there were no bacteria in the space, so it wouldn't spoil.
If it were a real hospital, once the beef rotted and became smelly, it would be a disaster and the doctors would have to tear it down and rebuild it.
After the incident, Chen Xia whistled and staggered towards the town. Halfway there, he felt the urge to urinate, so he walked off the road and went to a big tree to urinate.
Suddenly, Chen Xia vaguely saw three people searching for something along the road with a sneaky look on their faces.
Chen Xia quickly climbed a tree and searched the roadside in the middle of the night with three sharp knives. He knew that they were definitely targeting him.
After all, their wealth was exposed, attracting the attention of those with ulterior motives. It was inevitable that there were a few bad elements among the Miao people.
"Aqi, why don't you see that stranger?"
"Yeah, Uncle Jiang clearly said they left the people and the beef by the roadside, so how come they're gone?"
"Forget it, forget it. I guess it's just a car. I'll just wait and load it up and run. What a pity. That stranger must have quite a bit of money."
A few people walked away slowly while talking.
It was already late when Chen Xia returned to the guesthouse. He took a shower and went to bed.
I got up again in the middle of my sleep, checked that the doors and windows were not broken, and then lay down again.
After lying down for a while, I felt unsafe, so I went back into the space hospital. Now I could sleep peacefully.
Today is the sixth day since he left the company. Chen Xia decided to try his luck. What if he could find a broker? He could buy Moutai earlier and return to Yuezhou sooner.
Xu Rui's third uncle had only met him once, so he might not be willing to help.
The Moutai Factory Guesthouse is next to the Moutai Distillery. As soon as Chen Xia walked out in the morning, he ran into Xu Yuan, who was coming out of the factory with a drawing board on her back and two young men.
"Chen Xia! It's really you!"
Xu Yuan’s voice is still so nice.
"You're in Moutai? Why don't you come and play with us?"
Chen Xia smiled bitterly: "That's because I have to be able to get in. The gate of the Moutai Distillery won't let me in. By the way, what are you going there for?"
"I'm going to the nearby Miao village to sketch, and these two comrades are my guides. Do you have anything to do today? Why don't you accompany me to sketch? My brother and my future sister-in-law dumped me and are going to live alone."
"Oh, I'm willing to be with a beautiful girl for a lifetime, not just one day. Haha, let's go."
Xu Yuan also smiled happily.
The two borrowed a bicycle and Chen Xia took her to the Miao village.
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