As soon as it got dark that day, Ping An, who was exhausted, washed up and went to bed early, while Zhang Guoqing took Zhou Jiao and the couple started to go out.
When they arrived not far from the He family, they saw He Laoer waiting for them at the intersection. Upon seeing the couple, the middle-aged man, who was almost forty years old, was overjoyed.
"Uncle, why don't you wait for us at home? There are so many mosquitoes outside."
"I'm thick-skinned and fine. How about we go over there now?"
Zhang Guoqing nodded and motioned him to lead the way.
"There's too much stuff this time, so we two brothers dare not let our guard down. For safety reasons, we dare not let a third person get involved. My eldest brother is guarding that place right now."
Zhang Guoqing wished this were the case.
"Little brother, this time we have quite a lot of goods. Is that okay?"
Zhang Guoqing knew that he was worried about not having enough money, so he smiled and asked, "About how much?"
"Over 40,000. It wasn't a lot, but they were all valuables. We also found a lot of old mountain ginseng, plus deer tendons and antlers, which cost us almost 20,000. Toad oil and Hericium erinaceus weren't very expensive, so we spent over 10,000. The rest were a few scattered rare finds. We've pretty much collected everything within this area of several hundred miles, and there's nothing left."
"Uncle, thank you for your hard work."
He Lao Er smiled and shook his head. "We're still making money, no need to be so polite. This time, they wanted a lot, and my eldest brother undercut several people by quite a bit. He said we don't need to go by the purchase station's price, but rather by the actual purchase price we two brothers paid. He has the order in hand."
Zhang Guoqing raised his eyebrows in surprise. Is there such a good thing?
Before he could say anything, the other party continued, "My brother said he'll retire after this. Consider it a celebration! The wool comes from the sheep, after all. A few people have oppressed the mountain people, so he'll take it as justice and won't have anything to do with them anymore."
Zhang Guoqing laughed heartily upon hearing this. "Uncle He is right to quit. At least not for the next few years. I'll look for opportunities later. There's no end to making money in this world, but as long as you have the green mountains, you won't run out of firewood."
"Little brother, you think my brother is right, right? Actually, we two brothers can't take leave every day anymore. If my uncle wasn't the team leader, I don't think he would be able to control it.
When the children grow up, they need to find wives. Outsiders who don't know about this might think we brothers are not serious about our work, and respectable families are unwilling to let their daughters marry into their families. Sigh... there's nothing we can do. Nowadays, even if we have money, we dare not attract attention. We can only settle down for the time being. We made money for our children, and now it's for them too. It's all the same..."
Amidst He Laoer's sighs, the three of them arrived at a yard on the side of the road. He Laoer said it was his brother-in-law's yard who worked in the county town. It was empty now and he had borrowed it for half a month.
Zhang Guoqing didn't need to ask much before he learned that his brother-in-law worked at the police station and nodded in understanding.
The other party was just being modest. With such a network of connections, there's no daughter-in-law he can't marry. It's likely that the He family has high expectations for their future daughter-in-law.
He Laoer knocked on the gate and called out "Big Brother". Because the yard was close to the road and on the periphery, he didn't have to worry about attracting attention by being so loud.
Boss He opened the door, led them in, and pointed to a pile of goods on the kang in the west room. "Little brother, you two should check the things first. There are a few things that I think are not expensive, so I want them directly. You can take a look first. If you don't want them, it's okay. We can sell them off."
Zhang Guoqing knew that they were planning to retire, and they said this to avoid making things difficult for him. He would never let a guy who caught the other party's eye suffer any setback.
He smiled and shook his head. "No need. Since you found it for us, we'll take it no matter what it is."
Boss He patted him on the shoulder happily and said, "Young man, you're really straightforward! Okay, take a look first and pick out all the bad ones for me."
Zhang Guoqing, upon hearing this, assumed they had already checked the situation. He trusted the two brothers, considering their character. Therefore, he didn't go up. Once Zhou Jiao gave him a quick check and nodded, he realized he hadn't made a mistake.
"Uncles, please calculate how much I should give you. I will settle the bill early, and you can rest early."
Hearing this, Boss He pulled Zhang Guoqing over to the table and took out a piece of paper. This was exactly the form Zhou Jiao had given them.
Zhang Guoqing took it and looked at it. It was densely covered with the purchase price of each product. Many of the prices were different, but no matter which one, it was much cheaper than the purchasing station.
"Little brother, since you're straightforward, I won't say much. The price is still calculated according to the instructions above. You can just give me 10% of the profit when the time comes."
Zhang Guoqing quickly said, "Uncle, this is embarrassing. Logically, the profit should be yours."
"Haha...don't refuse. Let's just make it this way. We should deal with it as soon as possible. You should also have someone take you away as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble."
Zhang Guoqing thought for a moment and nodded. "Then I'd like to thank both uncles first. Jiaojiao, come over here and do the math. You don't have to do every single calculation, just take the middle number."
Zhou Jiao nodded in understanding. For example, if there were five transactions for Hash Toad Oil, each at a different price, she would simply take the middle price.
What was a loss? She had no intention of arguing. She couldn't be ruthless if the other person was kind and righteous. Besides, the money was ill-gotten gains to begin with, so she should leave a little wiggle room for the other person and end the situation on a good note.
With Zhou Jiao's golden brain, it didn't take her long to quote a number: 45,356 yuan. Compared with the amount listed by the other party at the bottom of the list: 44,950 yuan, it was 400 yuan more.
He had previously given a deposit of 5,000 yuan, and this time Zhang Guoqing gave him 40,000 yuan in cash, and counted out 350 yuan in cash and handed it to Boss He.
Boss He rolled his eyes at him. "Alright. I calculated it's less than 45,000, so I'll shamelessly accept 45,000. Next, do you think we two brothers should help you move out?"
Zhang Guoqing smiled and shook his head, handed the change to Zhou Jiao, and said with a smile: "No need, someone will drive over later and ask them to move it. The two uncles take the money and go back first, it's not safe to go back later."
He Boss stood up and nodded, saying, "Alright. I'm really worried about leaving so much money with me, and some of them need to be delivered tonight. So, the two of us brothers will go back first. If anything happens, you can report us. Most people wouldn't dare to ignore us brothers."
Zhang Guoqing saw them out of the yard and stood there looking at the dark night, paying attention to the movements around him. After a long while, when he saw nothing unusual, he waved to Zhou Jiao, signaling her to park the cart in the yard.
The couple went into the inner room and waited for Zhou Jiao to pack up all the goods. Zhang Guoqing stood there for a long time, and only after he was sure that there was no problem did he leave the room, open the gate, and let Zhou Jiao come out.
The rumbling sound of the car sped along the road towards the provincial capital. After passing a few intersections, Zhou Jiao turned around again and took a detour back to the direction of Lin Quan's family.
In the middle of the night, the couple pretended to be mysterious for a long time and finally arrived safely near Lin Quan's yard.
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