"It won't be difficult to sell this amount of pork and mutton. I'm familiar with the leaders of several large factories. Meat has always been a scarce commodity. But with six or seven hundred people in the village, I'm afraid this amount of supplies won't be enough to survive the winter, right?"
Qin Laoshuan and the accountant fell silent after hearing this.
The accountant sighed and said, "It's really tough when you calculate it."
The pigs in the production team basically weighed more than 300 kilograms. If they were raised particularly well, they could grow to 500 kilograms. Even if each pig weighed 500 kilograms, ten of them would only weigh 5,000 kilograms, or more than 4,000 yuan at most. Moreover, most pigs were not that big.
Mutton and beef are even worse. Currently, their prices are not even as high as pork, which is about 50 cents per pound.
By this calculation, how much can two cows and a few sheep be sold for?
Qin Laoshuan said: "No matter whether it is enough or not, let's prepare first, and then we will take it one step at a time. We can't let a living person die from holding his urine."
At this point, Qin Huai said curiously, "By the way, last year the commune almost took down our warehouse for storing supplies. How are we going to store them this year? I mentioned that some production teams raise pigs in the mountains, but the mountains here are bare, there's no place to hide anything. It's not easy to keep all the food safe with so many people and so many mouths."
The accountant and Qin Laoshuan both laughed. Qin Laoshuan tapped his pipe on the ground, stood up and said, "Since you asked, I'll take you to see it. I guarantee that the things hidden in the village will not be taken away."
Hearing this, Qin Huai also became curious and followed the two of them to the village cowshed. Seeing Qin Huai's doubts, the accountant walked into the cowshed and reached out to lift a wooden board. Qin Laoshuan said, "If you don't mind the smell, come down with me and take a look."
As he said this, he saw the accountant walking down. Before Qin Huai came up, he found a dark hole with a ladder on it. He walked down tentatively and saw a very spacious basement below, which was as big as two football fields and about four meters high.
But it is very deep, about ten meters from the ground.
Qin Huai said curiously, "This... doesn't seem to be newly excavated. It's a huge undertaking. I've been in the village for so many years, and I've never heard of this place."
The accountant said, "You're only a little old, so it's not surprising you don't know this. This was dug when the village was hiding from the Japanese. The exit wasn't originally here, but Lao Shuan blocked the original hole and moved it to a barn filled with cow and horse dung to keep out the officials with the stench."
Qin Huai gave them a thumbs-up and said, "This place is amazing! Even the grain-searching team wouldn't have thought there would be a place like this. It's so big, you can hide anything you want without worrying about it getting stolen."
Qin Laoshuan laughed and said, "We can't be too careless. Last year, the grain-searching team wanted to dig up the whole village. We still can't let too many people know about this person's whereabouts."
"I feel relieved knowing that the food is hidden in such a place." Although the stench can still be smelled in the cave, this stench has become the best cover. In years of famine, survival is the most important thing, and nothing else matters.
Several people came up, and Qin Laoshuan asked the old breeder, Qin Siye, "Hasn't the commune people come to count our livestock recently?"
Fourth Master Qin had a head full of white hair. He was an old partner of Qin Huai's grandfather, Old Man Qin. Last year, he sold his coffin to Old Man Qin in exchange for some food. The older generation had been through a lot together and their friendship was based on life and death. "Don't worry, those officials always find it smelly and just look at it from a distance. They never want to come in."
The accountant said, "Fourth Master, you still have to be more careful."
"This is the lifeblood of our Qin Family Village. Even if I risk my life, I won't let anything happen to this cave."
Qin Huai said, "Fourth Grandfather, my grandfather has been talking about you all day in the city. When will you come to the city to have a drink with him? He also asked me to get two new coffins for you two brothers."
Fourth Master Qin said, "You're so thoughtful. I exchanged the coffin for food back then. How could I trouble you again? Now there's something so serious going on. Otherwise, I would have gone to the city to see him long ago."
"Don't worry about it, Fourth Grandpa. This is my grandfather's order. I have to obey him."
But Mr. Qin Si said firmly: "Don't worry, I can still move. It's not difficult to earn enough money to buy a coffin in two years."
Qin Laoshuan said, "Qin Huai, don't say anything. Fourth Uncle is a man who values face and never takes advantage of others. You don't have to worry about the coffins. If there are not enough, the village will take care of it."
He may not speak well, but when it comes to key issues and his actions, no one has ever criticized him.
Qin Huai originally thought meat was a scarce commodity and could be sold immediately by simply making a call. However, when it came to actually organizing it, it was not as easy as during the Chinese New Year. Yu Shuwei from the textile factory said, "We definitely want meat, but the factory has no money right now."
"Such a big textile factory, but it doesn't have so little money?" Qin Huai was very confused. He had a good relationship with Yu Shuwei and knew that if he asked, he would not refuse.
"Big factories have their own difficulties. The factory's financial control is very strict, and there is no separate slush fund. However..." At this point, his eyes suddenly rolled and he said, "It's not that there is no solution. It depends on whether you dare to do it."
"What method?"
"The factory has a batch of processed cloth. This batch of goods was originally supplied to a provincial trading company, but the company's leadership recently had problems, and no one wants the cloth. It's been left in the warehouse and the leadership asked us to find a way to dispose of it ourselves. If you want it, I can give it to you at a low price."
"How's the quality of the cloth? Is it okay?"
"Of course, no problem. This is official business-to-business goods. Come with me to the warehouse and you'll see for yourself."
This batch of goods was indeed fine, all thick cloth that people liked nowadays. Qin Huai looked at it and immediately made the decision and said, "Okay, then we will exchange goods for goods. How much meat do you want?"
Yu Shuwei smiled and said, "I'm afraid of having too much meat. I'll take as much as you have. I don't usually eat beef."
As they walked out of the warehouse, they ran into Fang Heng and hurried forward to greet him. Fang Heng said happily, "I heard you were back. I was just about to look for you. Why are you here?"
When Qin Huai explained the situation, Fang Heng said to Shu Wei, "Old Yu, since Qin Huai wants it, why don't we give him half the price and use the difference from the factory's losses?"
"Since you, Mr. Fang, are willing, what else is there to say? Just do as you say."
Qin Huai was overjoyed and said, "That's great."
Fang Heng said, "Come home early after you've done your homework. Your mother has been talking about you every day since she met you."
"Yeah." Fang Heng patted Qin Huai's shoulder and gave him a few more instructions before leaving reluctantly.
Although the meat had not been delivered yet, Qin Huai picked up this batch of cloth directly. Qin Xiaoyun and Xiaomi's eyes lit up when they saw it, because there were many fabrics suitable for girls. The two girls were like mice falling into a rice jar, and they couldn't let go of them.
Qin Huai waved his hand and said, "Pick as many as you like."
Old Man Qin said, "Don't spoil them. These are all public property. How can you take them without permission?"
Qin Huai said, "I know what's going on."
After he finished speaking, he drove away again. After receiving the goods, he would deliver the meat to the textile factory early.
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