Chapter 190: Log Trading, Earning 5,000 Yuan
"What about the payment for the goods? All our money is tied up in cotton, and we can't take out 5,000 yuan right away." Luo Cheng said in embarrassment.
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "If you want to pay for the goods, you can pay me a deposit of 2,000 first, and then pay me the balance after the logs are sold and you get the payment."
Luo Cheng looked at Xia Juanjuan with admiration again. That was 3,000 yuan in payment for the goods. Did they trust them so much?
After a moment's silence, Luo Cheng said, "Wait a moment, I will discuss this with my brothers."
After a while, Luo Cheng came back and nodded, "Okay! Let's do it! How about you deliver the goods in three days?"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Okay."
This was settled. Three days later, Xia Juanjuan took out fifty logs from the space at the agreed place and waited for Luo Cheng to come and collect them.
She can move things in the space at will, no matter how heavy they are, but once she creates the space, they will return to the same weight and volume as real things.
Therefore, after looking at the neatly stacked logs on the base, Luo Cheng concluded in his heart that Xia Juanjuan must have other helpers behind the scenes.
However, he and Xia Juanjuan had agreed not to ask about the source of these materials, so he did not ask.
Xia Juanjuan put away the 2,000 yuan deposit.
Luo Cheng smiled and said, "A week later, we will be at the same teahouse and I will give you the remaining three thousand."
Xia Juanjuan nodded, said nothing more, and left.
After two transactions, she had more than 11,000 yuan in her hands.
Households with an annual income of 10,000 yuan in the early 1970s were much rarer than those in the 1980s and 1990s.
But Xia Juanjuan was not that excited.
After all, with such a large amount of money now, there is actually nowhere to spend it.
There is not much value in buying a house in the county town, one house is enough. You still have to go to Beijing and buy a courtyard house to maintain and increase its value.
However, as a country woman, she had no legitimate reason to write a letter of introduction to go to Beijing.
Last time Li Zhan was injured, someone from the army came to take her over, so it was easy to write a letter of introduction. But now, although Li Zhan is a member of the military region of Beijing, she doesn't often stay in Beijing, so it doesn't make sense for her to visit relatives.
I can only wait for the opportunity.
A few days later, when they met Secretary Zhao again, Secretary Zhao smiled and said to Xia Juanjuan,
The plan to have the commune cut down trees in the mountains was cancelled. They said that the neighboring forest farm had transferred a batch of logs from somewhere else to meet the emergency needs. If there are no problems, they should be able to hold on until the logs from the north are connected. The textile mills also seem to have harvested a lot of cotton through various channels, which is enough for the time being. Anyway, both mills have resumed production now. During the spring ploughing season, we can just plant according to the proportion of previous years.
Xia Juanjuan knew that the attack in Luocheng should go smoothly.
Luo Cheng's ability to get things done is really good. When restrictions are lifted in the future, we can cooperate again if there is an opportunity.
However, she had no plans to do transactions like these two in the near future. The risk was too great. She had enough food and clothing, and she had six children to take care of at home. If she was caught, what would they do?
When Luo Cheng paid the 3,000 yuan to Xia Juanjuan, he also tentatively asked Xia Juanjuan if she had any intention of cooperating again.
He always felt that the connections behind Xia Juanjuan were not simple, and that the things she could get were definitely more than the 1,000 kilograms of cotton and 50 logs this time. If they could cooperate for a long time, the money would come much faster!
Xia Juanjuan rejected him directly: "No. Let's talk about it later... when there are other legal opportunities. You should also be careful. If you get caught, it's no joke."
Seeing Xia Juanjuan showing concern for her, Luo Cheng's repressed thoughts started to stir again, and he asked unwillingly, "Are you...really married? And you have three kids?"
Xia Juanjuan understood his thoughts immediately and said seriously, "Really. The child is more than three months old."
What else can Luocheng say except sigh?
However, he still gave Xia Juanjuan an address so that she could contact him by telegram if she still had business to do.
Xia Juanjuan accepted it, but did not give him her address information.
Luo Cheng opened his mouth but didn't ask for anything.
This matter has passed.
Xia Juanjuan has been running around for these two transactions recently. Now that she is finally free, she tries not to go out and stays at home to take care of Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao. In addition, she prepares three meals a day, reviews Chinese medicine books, plants medicinal herbs in the space, and learns how to prepare them.
She has now become much more proficient in the four diagnostic methods of the disease, and can now correctly diagnose simple colds, fevers, stomachaches and other illnesses. Even Yang Qiushi praised her for her rapid progress.
Time soon came to the beginning of February in the lunar calendar. After the Spring Festival, the commune held a spring ploughing mobilization meeting as usual, and the spring ploughing of that year began.
Last year there was good news about private plots, and this year there is also good news, which is that every household is allowed to raise chickens, ducks, and piglets.
In the past, these were all raised by the commune, with dedicated people feeding pigs, chickens, ducks, collecting eggs, etc., in exchange for work points.
Now every household is encouraged to raise pigs, of course nominally they are still raised by the commune collectively, and after they are raised, two-thirds of them will belong to the commune and must be paid, with work points calculated based on quantity and quality. The remaining one-third will belong to each household.
Naturally, everyone praised this policy.
In the past, when people were not allowed to raise eggs at home, all eggs had to be distributed by the commune, and there were definitely not enough, so we had to buy them with money or exchange them for food.
Now, if I am allowed to raise chickens myself, three hens can lay three eggs every day, so I can keep one. How great!
After everyone left, Xia Juanjuan went to look for Secretary Zhao.
She wanted to dig a small pond on the wasteland near the river to grow lotus roots and raise fish.
"Secretary Zhao, this is not a chicken, duck, goose or pig, can it be raised? My family paid for the fish fry and lotus roots, and when the harvest comes, we will share it with everyone. I just think that the water in our river is clear and in good condition, and it is a pity to waste it."
Secretary Zhao nodded and said with a smile, "You are really smart. Why didn't I think of this before? Let me ask the higher-ups for permission first. Once I get the approval, I will find a few strong men to go and work on the lotus pond. We will also buy the fish fry and lotus roots from the commune...Your home is nearby, so you can take care of it more in the future."
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Secretary Zhao, even if I had a sudden idea, it may not succeed. If I do it according to the commune's business now, I am afraid that everyone's expectations will be too high. If there is a poor harvest in the future, everyone will probably blame me. So, Secretary Zhao, as long as you agree, I can do the lotus pond planting and fish breeding in my family, without wasting the commune's time. It's just that digging the lotus roots is more difficult, so I am afraid I need everyone's help."