When they heard that Xu Xiangyang was going out, everyone understood that he was going to help.
Liu Hai himself was particularly excited. He immediately stood up and said, "Xiangyang, if you need my help, just say so. I may not have any other skills, but I do have some strength."
Finally, we can see some meat! I'd even let him catch a pig right now.
Xu Xiangyang smiled and said, "No need for now, just stay home and wait patiently."
He can handle this kind of thing. It's just pork, right? Let alone a few dozen kilograms, even a few hundred kilograms is nothing to him!
Watching Xu Xiangyang push the cart out, Liu Hai couldn't help but sigh, "Your Xiangyang is really capable. My family had to pull strings and wait for half a month to buy a pound of meat."
He was actually very familiar with using connections to buy things, and he had done it quite often before.
The children at home are waiting for their meals; how could he possibly not care?
Xu Guangtian, standing to the side, smiled smugly. "Xiangyang is just an ordinary person, just like us. But he has many friends, which we can't compare to. He's young and knows how to talk."
He didn't get carried away with his success, and instead blamed everything on his friends.
In fact, Xu Guangtian himself thought so too. After all, Xu Xiangyang often went out to eat and drink with his friends and colleagues, and over time he naturally heard about it a lot.
Even Xiao Qian is the same; although he may not be good at sweet talk, he has quite a few friends.
Xu Xiangyang is even more outstanding; he's well-liked at work, eloquent, and adept at handling situations.
Now, when Xu Guangtian goes out, people always praise him, which makes him feel good.
Praising his son is tantamount to praising himself.
No problem!
Although Liu Hai thought Xu Guangtian was being modest, he knew that Xu Xiangyang's ability was a fact!
It seems that his choice to keep the Xu family in check back in his hometown and not cause them any trouble was the right one!
Xu Xiangyang always helps him, isn't it because he did things for him?
Whether we can stay in touch in the future depends on what I do.
After Xu Xiangyang went out, he found a place and threw four pieces of pork into the car. Of course, these were completely frozen.
It's not that he's stingy and doesn't give fresh meat, but people will definitely be suspicious if he comes out to take fresh meat back at this time.
After all, who slaughters a pig on the first day of the Lunar New Year? Even if they do, they have to do it before New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, he has become much stronger now, so pulling the cart is no problem at all.
If only Qian Wenqing were here, he could pull the cart and make the best use of his abilities.
Qian Wenqing: In the end, it was all for naught.
When he got home, his arms were sore. He had been careless and hadn't expected that pushing the car in the snow would be so difficult.
I should have had Liu Hai come along; it would have been better to have him wait at a distance.
Let's not go that far; pushing it back is too tiring.
Hearing the sound of the courtyard gate opening, Xu Guangtian followed Liu Hai out.
The two men saw that the car was covered with a large sack, which must be full of meat underneath.
Xu Xiangyang took a breath and said, "Uncle Liu, the meat is all here. You and my dad weigh it, and you can give him whatever you want. I'm going inside to rest for a bit."
It's so cold! It's over twenty degrees below zero outside. My chest hurts from breathing so hard.
Liu Hai nodded quickly, "Come inside quickly, it'll be warm!"
Oh dear, the things have all been returned, this is nothing.
The cart was bent under the weight, so there must be a lot of meat in there!
Xu Guangtian went to the warehouse and brought out the scale. Ever since Xu Xiangyang confessed to running a black market, he had kept a large scale at home so he could use it regularly.
The two men lifted the sack and saw the meat from two pigs. Liu Hai's eyes widened immediately.
He thought it would only weigh a little over 100 pounds, but he didn't expect it to actually be this much. What he had just guessed was actually quite shocking.
Xu Guangtian was already used to it; his family had brought back a pig all winter, so what was so surprising?
"Captain, lend a hand." He urged them to hurry up and weigh the items, since it was so cold outside.
Liu Hai snapped out of his daze and quickly went to help weigh the items.
Xu Xiangyang went inside to warm himself by the stove, and also teased his two younger brothers.
"Xiangyang, is the captain any good?" Wang Xiumin asked anxiously.
She had been enjoying this good year too much. What if Liu Hai betrayed them because of this little bit of meat?
It's not worth it.
Xu Xiangyang understood her concerns and said, "Mother, don't let Liu Hai's seemingly innocent appearance fool you. He's actually quite easy to control. Unless he gets a higher position, he might not care about offending me. But think about it, is there any chance he'll get promoted?"
As long as he holds onto this job or gets a better one, Liu Hai will keep trying to curry favor with him.
Let alone now that we're in the city, even if we were working in the commune, we'd still have to show them some respect.
Wang Zhongshan had been silent until he heard Xiangyang's words, then he couldn't help but nod. "Xiangyang is right. As long as Liu Hai and his son are not as good as Xiangyang, they won't dare to say anything more."
That's how people are. You can't say Liu Hai is opportunistic; he's just trying to survive.
Xu Xiangyang was only letting him off the hook because of his help, so wasn't that just a pure transaction?
Wang Xiumin felt relieved after hearing what her father said.
As long as nothing goes wrong, it's fine. The outside world is so chaotic right now. My son has finally saved up some money, and he'll be getting married in a couple of years.
Not long after, the two people who had been weighing themselves outside returned, and first stomped their feet to warm up.
"It's so cold today." Xu Guangtian clicked his tongue, his hands had almost frozen off after he weighed himself.
After pausing for a moment, Liu Hai turned to Xu Xiangyang and said, "Xiangyang, I didn't bring much money with me when I went out. Could you send it over in a couple of days? I'll pay you twenty yuan first."
He hadn't expected Xu Xiangyang to be able to get him over 300 jin of meat, but this time he managed to bring back two pigs.
It's a bit of a shame that it didn't go into the water, but as long as there's meat, it's fine. This is much better than going into the water.
Xu Xiangyang smiled and nodded, "Uncle Liu, don't worry, take the things back, and bring the money over whenever you have time."
He has plenty of money and trusts Liu Hai.
Liu Hai felt a surge of warmth in his heart upon hearing this. Putting everything else aside, the fact that they trusted him for several hundred yuan was truly touching.
"By the way, how much is it per pound? I didn't ask earlier," he asked hesitantly.
I'm afraid Xu Xiangyang will raise the price on the spot. The scale has already been weighed, so I can't just refuse it.
Considering that meat costs 1.2 yuan per pound on the black market, wouldn't this be the same price?
It definitely won't be low.
Seeing his nervous look, Xu Xiangyang said, "Uncle Liu, do you know how much pork costs per pound on the black market?"
"Yes, yes, it's one dollar and two cents," Liu Hai said helplessly.
The other day he bought a pound of meat for 1.2 yuan, which was too expensive. The butcher shop only charged 0.7 yuan per pound. The price difference was too great.
But they want meat tickets, and I don't have any. There are no task pigs in the team, and they haven't been given meat tickets by their superiors. We're already being lenient by not handing in extra items, and they still want meat tickets?
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