"First, I need to go back and mobilize more people to gather more potatoes."
"Secondly, the potato harvest is nearing its end, and each household doesn't have many potatoes left. They're planning to stock up for themselves to eat during the Lunar New Year, so if we want to buy from them, we'll have to offer a higher price!"
"Thirdly, as you know, I'm a country bumpkin with little money. Although I've done business with you twice, I've only earned hard-earned money. Even if I could buy more potatoes, I don't have that much capital."
Upon hearing this, Li Guangsheng frowned slightly.
If what Wang Qian said is true, acquiring more potatoes would indeed be quite troublesome.
After a quick assessment, he finally seemed to have made up his mind and said, "How about this, if you can get me more than 5,000 catties of potatoes tomorrow, I can give you an extra two cents on the price, making it 27 cents per catty. What do you think?"
"As for the capital..."
He looked Wang Qian up and down and continued, "I think you're a pretty honest young man. As a token of my sincerity, I can give you a deposit of five hundred yuan in advance. I'll deduct it from that when you bring the potatoes tomorrow."
Aren't you afraid I'll run off with the money?
Wang Qian smiled and asked in return.
"This is a long-term business. If you want to make more money, you shouldn't do this."
After a pause, Li Guangsheng added, "Moreover, I will definitely write a receipt for the deposit I give you, and then put your fingerprint on it. If you really dare to take the money and not do the job, you will definitely be sued."
"As expected of the big boss, he's very thoughtful."
Wang Qian nodded and stopped refusing. "Then hurry up and write the receipt so I can go back and buy potatoes for you."
Once the two reached an agreement, Li Guangsheng immediately wrote a receipt, which they both signed and sealed.
Li Guangsheng then took out 500 yuan as a deposit and gave it to Wang Qian.
"You'd better get me more than 5,000 catties of potatoes tomorrow, otherwise I can't give you 27 cents."
Before leaving, Li Guangsheng added this sentence.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely find a way to get it for you."
Wang Qian hurriedly made a guarantee.
Purchasing more than 5,000 jin of potatoes is no problem at all.
Next, all he needs to do is solve the transportation problem.
Wang Dalin's tractor could be taken back by the other party at any time.
If Liu Erzhuang were to rely solely on his tractor, it would take at least three trips to haul 5,000 jin of potatoes.
A trip to the county town and back takes more than three hours.
Adding the time spent loading and unloading, it would take at least a dozen hours to make three round trips.
Therefore, finding a large truck became the top priority.
According to my memories from my previous life, large trucks have already started hauling goods in the county town.
It's just that rural areas are isolated from information and transportation is inconvenient, so people subconsciously regard tractors as the only means of transportation.
Not long after, Liu Erzhuang returned.
"Oh no, all the potatoes are sold out?"
Looking at the empty carriage, Liu Erzhuang was full of surprise.
"Brother Liu, I bought these wholesale. I just ran into a big boss who bought them all for me!"
After giving that perfunctory reply, Wang Qian immediately changed the subject, "Brother Liu, there's nothing else to do. Why don't you go back first? I have something to do, so I won't go with you!"
As he spoke, he took out forty yuan and handed it to Liu Erzhuang, saying, "This is the shipping fee I promised you yesterday."
"How could I possibly accept this?"
Liu Erzhuang did not reach out to take it immediately.
"Brother Liu, I'll have to treat you to meals in the future. If you don't accept this money, how can I ever invite you again?"
As he spoke, Wang Qian forcibly stuffed the money into Liu Erzhuang's hand.
"In that case, I'll accept it!"
Liu Erzhuang stopped insisting, put the money away, and immediately drove his tractor back to the village.
"Let's go check out the freight station!"
After watching Liu Erzhuang leave, Wang Qian also drove away in Wang Dalin's tractor.
Half an hour later, he parked the tractor at the entrance of the freight company.
Before entering the freight company, he took the basket of morel mushrooms with him.
In this era, before cameras were installed on the roadside, there were plenty of petty thieves.
If someone who knows its value sees it and he happens to be away, they will definitely take it.
Beep beep beep!
He had just arrived at the entrance of the freight company when a loudspeaker blared behind him.
Looking back, Wang Qian couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.
Jetta!
This kind of car is indeed considered a luxury car in this era.
Looking into the car again, Wang Qian was somewhat taken aback.
Sitting in the driver's seat was a slightly overweight middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses, slicked-back hair, and a fair complexion.
At first glance, it gives people a sense of uprightness and authority, and an imposing presence.
Of course, what really surprised Wang Qian was not the middle-aged man's demeanor, but his face. He felt like he had seen it somewhere before; it looked somewhat familiar.
Beep beep!
The sound of the horn came again, interrupting his reminiscence.
Without thinking twice, Wang Qian had no choice but to step aside and make way.
However, when the car pulled up beside him, it stopped again.
Immediately afterward, the car window rolled down, and a middle-aged man poked half his head out, looking at the bamboo basket Wang Qian was carrying. "Young man, is that morel mushrooms in your basket?"
"Yes!" Wang Qian nodded subconsciously.
"Are you selling it?" the middle-aged man asked again.
"You want to buy it?" Wang Qian asked back.
At the same time, he was also a little excited.
Finally, someone who knows its value has come to me!
He spent five yuan to buy this basket of morel mushrooms from Yang Laowu yesterday, originally intending to bring them into the county town to try his luck.
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