"Guohua, Chunya, Xiaoyu, you guys keep an eye on the restaurant. I'm going to get some food for the restaurant."
Before setting off, Li Junsheng gave the children some final words of advice.
Li Guohua thought for a moment. Since the store was short of food and there was no need for him to deliver any meals, he simply came over to Li Junsheng and said, "Dad, let me go with you. If we really get the food, I can carry it, but you probably won't be able to carry it."
After all, my dad is fifty years old, and his health is definitely not as good as it was when he was younger.
Li Junsheng knew his son was filial, so he simply let him come along.
"If this really works out, I'll entrust the task of exchanging grain and oil at food factories and workshops to you from now on. You can come with me!"
Li Guohua nodded, pushed over his old bicycle used for delivering food, wiped it clean, and let Li Junsheng sit on the back.
The two immediately set off for a food processing plant six kilometers away. Li Guohua pedaled for quite a while before finally bringing Li Junsheng to the entrance of the processing plant!
Upon arriving at the factory, Li Junsheng specifically requested to see the director in charge of grain procurement.
The security guard assumed he was some kind of leader and let him into the factory.
Another point is that food processing plants mainly produce eggs and bread, so there's little fear of theft and few people covet them, making them less strictly regulated than machinery factories.
The director in charge of purchasing grains and oils at the food processing plant is surnamed Yan. Although he is also a chubby man, he is much more polite than Fatty Liu!
Upon meeting him, Li Junsheng immediately stated the purpose of his visit.
"Director Yan, here's what happened. We run a restaurant in the city, and recently we've been targeted by our competitors. The nearby grain stores are refusing to sell us grain and oil."
"We'd like to use these grain coupons to exchange for some grain at a negotiated price with your food processing plant. I don't know if you're interested. If possible, we can exchange ten jin of grain coupons for eight jin of grain..."
The two pounds of grain that were shortchanged went to the food processing plant for profit.
Director Yan immediately became interested upon hearing this, never expecting such a good thing to exist!
Just to be on the safe side, he first asked Li Junsheng, "Boss Li, do you have that many grain coupons?"
"Director Yan, there's no need to worry about that. We let our guests use food coupons to pay for their meals, so there won't be any shortage of food coupons."
Li Junsheng was telling Director Yan that the grain coupons he had came from legitimate channels.
If I were to buy food coupons from the black market myself, I doubt Director Yan would dare to cooperate with me!
"That's great! I'm not the kind of heartless person who would just stand by and watch you all go down a dead end."
Director Yan slapped his thigh and immediately reached a cooperation agreement with Li Junsheng!
Li Junsheng's ten jin of grain coupons and oil coupons can be exchanged for eight jin of flour or eight jin of cooking oil from the food processing plant.
Li Junsheng gave the grain coupons he had to Director Yan in exchange for forty jin of flour and twenty jin of cooking oil.
Li Guohua carried flour on his back, while Li Junsheng carried two jin of oil in each hand. The father and son were overjoyed.
"Dad, we finally got some grain and oil. I think Director Yan is quite willing to trade with us like this."
Li Guohua spoke with a face full of excitement.
Li Junsheng laughed and said, "How could I not be happy? After all, Director Yan is making a profit in this. Let's go back to the shop and tell Xiaoyu and the others the good news. But we need to keep a low profile and try to let as few people as possible know where this grain and oil came from, otherwise it will be easy for someone to cause trouble."
At this point, Li Guohua's expression became more serious. "I don't know which bastard is causing trouble for us, but don't worry, Dad, I will definitely not reveal how the grain and oil were obtained."
Li Junsheng and Li Guohua secretly brought a small amount of grain and oil back to the shop. Li Chunya, Li Xiaoyu, and Tang Liang were indeed very happy to see that he had brought grain and oil!
"Dad, is it really possible to exchange grain coupons for grain and oil? If it is, I'm going to put up a sign in the store and launch this activity."
Li Xiaoyu couldn't wait, and Li Junsheng smiled and nodded to her, "Okay, go ahead and launch it. Remember to write the activity clearly, and don't keep using food coupons to offset meal expenses. Once you've collected enough food coupons, cancel the activity."
"Let's bring this promotion back up when the store's food coupons are almost used up!"
Li Junsheng couldn't just accept grain coupons without paying money. After thinking it over, he decided to launch this activity at regular intervals.
"We only have flour and cooking oil here. Your second brother and I will go to the workshop in the county to buy some rice. If we go now, we can still catch the last bus back tonight."
"Spring Sprouts and Light Rain, remember to keep this a secret. Don't tell anyone about the processing plant and workshop where we exchange grain, or I'm afraid someone with bad intentions might cause trouble!"
The third and fourth brothers, along with Tang Liang, all understood the gravity of the situation and assured Li Junsheng that they would not utter a single unnecessary word to anyone.
Li Junsheng naturally trusted his children, and he and Li Guohua went to the workshops in the county town to exchange rice.
After Li Junsheng left, Li Xiaoyu went up to A Ping and chatted with her.
"Sister Ping, look how amazing my dad is! It seems like there's no problem he can't solve! Anyone who marries my dad is truly blessed. It's a pity my mom doesn't know how to cherish it."
A-Ping remained silent, offering no response.
Li Xiaoyu confided in her without fear that she would tell others the same things.
After all, Ah Ping had always been very quiet. Apart from repeating "welcome" and "thank you for your patronage" like a broken record every day, she basically didn't say anything else!
Li Junsheng and Li Guohua also went smoothly when they went to the pastry workshop in the county to buy rice.
Li Junsheng said that as long as no one is deliberately making things difficult for him, giving him some benefits will solve the problem.
So that fat Liu is probably deliberately making things difficult for me!
On the way back, Li Junsheng kept thinking about who could make Fatty Liu give such an order targeting his restaurant.
It's impossible for Chen Zhiyuan and Chen Dazhu; they don't have that much power.
Needless to say, Ma Yulian and her eldest brother were also imprisoned by Ma Yulian herself, even her only brother with connections.
Could it be that Tiger from Hong Kong?
It's hard to say. Let's check if there are any clues on Fatty Liu.
Li Junsheng and Li Guohua took the last bus back to the city. Each of them carried a large bag of rice and half a bag of millet for each other.
This amount of rice, cooked into rice, and millet, made into porridge, should be enough to last for several days!
Walking all the way back to the store really exhausted Li Junsheng and Li Guohua.
Aping stood at the door to greet guests. When she saw Li Junsheng return, she immediately went to take the heavy load of rice from his back.
Li Junsheng dodged her and said, "It's too heavy, you can't move it, I can do it myself."
As they were talking, Li Chunya, Tang Liang, and the other two ran over and took the rice off Li Junsheng and Li Guohua's backs, carrying it into the store together.
Aping paused for a moment, then followed and crowded around, seeing if there was anything she could do to help!
"Dad, you're amazing! You managed to get all this rice and millet back. It'll last us for several days."
Li Xiaoyu is, after all, a young girl in her early twenties, and she's so happy she could jump for joy!
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