Lin Manman quickly entered the production team and went straight to the team leader's house.
Aunt Wang saw Lin Manman coming back exhausted and hurriedly pulled her onto the kang and said:
"Lin Zhiqing, take off your shoes and get on the kang to warm up. You must be exhausted from the journey. Why don't you see your two cousins?"
Lin Manman was thinking about her two brothers who were suffering from the cold. She did not get on the kang, but sat beside it and asked:
"Where's the captain? I have something to discuss with him, why isn't he home?"
Aunt Wang pointed outside and said:
"You haven't gone home yet, have you? Your house is putting up the beams today, and your uncle is watching over it!"
"What's the hurry? I'll go get him for you right now!"
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she rushed out to find the team leader!
Not long after, Aunt Wang brought the team leader back!
The captain walked into the room and saw Lin Manman. He brushed off the dirt on his body and asked:
"Lin Zhiqing, what's the hurry? Your aunt called me back in a hurry, and I was shocked!"
Lin Manman smiled mysteriously and said:
"Uncle Captain, I have something great to tell you, but I don't know if you dare to do it!"
When the captain heard that it was good news, he immediately became interested and asked:
"Lin Zhiqing, stop keeping us in suspense. Tell us what's going on!"
Lin Manman did not reply, but asked indirectly:
"Uncle Captain, why does our team only have one cow? With this kind of rice, it would be much easier if we had a few more cows plowing the fields!"
The captain explained:
"Everyone knows this. In our Lalin Commune, each of the production teams has a lot of paddy fields, and each team leader doesn't want to have two more oxen!"
"But how could the commune have so many cows? Only the Dongmen Production Team had that mean Li Laonian who went early to pick cows and took away an extra one. He's still showing it off to me now!"
Lin Manman asked again:
"What about the sheep? I saw that our team raised a few pigs, but why didn't we raise any sheep?"
"This mutton is the most nutritious when stewed in winter. I think our team should raise some sheep!"
The captain waved his hand and said:
"If we go further east, there are many people raising sheep in the inner province, but not here. Where can we get so many sheep?"
"If I raise two or three of them, they won't produce much meat, and my family won't be able to share much, so I simply don't raise them!"
Lin Manman nodded and said:
"What the captain said makes sense. What if there are a lot of sheep? If there are 50 sheep, should our team raise them?"
Hearing this, the captain could no longer sit still. He said in surprise:
"50? Where did you get them? Did you hear any new news about the commune when you came back?"
"I have to hurry to the commune and get there before Li Laonian, or else this old guy will get there first!"
"There are 50 sheep in 8 production teams. I went there first, so I have to pick at least 7. I will cheat a little and risk my reputation to bring back at least 10!"
Lin Manman stopped the captain who was about to leave and said:
"Uncle Captain, don't worry. This is not news from the commune. You don't have to distribute the 50 to other production teams!"
"I can bring back 50 sheep, just to ask the captain if he would agree to raise them!"
"Of course, we need money to buy sheep, but not now. We can pay whenever we make money. The price is low, 50 sheep, 40 cents a pound, that's a concession for us!"
Speaking of this, Lin Manman wanted to cry. She went to Yantan County with great effort and bargained hard, but she only bought 4 jin of corn for about 1.2 yuan per jin.
As a result, when Lin Guoping and Gu Yanting went to the Zhangjiagou production team, they actually bought cattle and sheep at 40 cents per pound, and they all came with a "gift". How could they go about justifying this?
After Lin Manman finished speaking, the captain was not happy. Instead, he looked at Lin Manman as if she was a lunatic.
Aunt Wang touched Lin Manman's forehead with concern and said:
"It's not hot. The child doesn't have a fever. Why is he talking nonsense?"
"What fool would sell us sheep for 40 cents a pound? And he can even issue an IOU and pay it back whenever he wants?"
"Do you know how much mutton costs per pound in winter? If you have a ticket, the price is 80 cents. If you don't have a ticket, you have to try your luck to get 2 yuan!"
Lin Manman did not explain and continued to say to the captain:
"Uncle Captain, we not only have 50 sheep, but also 4 adult cows. The price is the same as sheep. Does our team want to raise them?"
Seeing that Lin Manman's number was accurate and he seemed confident, the captain asked expectantly:
"Lin Zhiqing, are you telling the truth? Are you kidding your uncle?"
Lin Manman nodded and said:
"How can I joke about this? I can definitely get these, but they won't come for free. There are always other conditions..."
When the team leader heard about other conditions, he felt relieved. He said that he couldn't buy cows and sheep at this price!
However, he was willing to accept other conditions, mainly because the temptation was too great. The captain could not wait to say:
"Lin Zhiqing, tell me what other conditions you have. If they are available in our team, just mention them and I will say no. If they are not available in our team, just tell me. Even if you have to go to the director of the commune and ask for them, I will get them for you. We can't let this great opportunity slip away!"
Lin Manman had already whetted people’s appetite, so she didn’t beat around the bush and said directly:
"No need to go through so much trouble, and I don't need anything else. I just need to arrange for my two cousins to raise these cattle and sheep!"
"Don't worry, Captain. My two cousins are not the kind of people who play tricks on others. Hey, you can see that the price is too much to say that it's half-sold and half-given away. It's almost the same as giving it away for free!"
"These are all compensations from my two cousins. They were injured while protecting cattle and sheep. Although their bones were not broken, they suffered a lot. My second cousin's leg has not healed yet!"
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