Aunt Lan led Li Xiangdong to the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative, to a bright office, and pushed the door open and went in without even knocking.
"Old Yu, someone's looking for you!"
A chubby, middle-aged man with thinning hair and black-rimmed glasses looked up. "Xiao Lan, what brings you here? And who is this?"
Aunt Lan pushed Li Xiangdong forward, "This is Lao Yu, the head of the supply and marketing cooperative, and he's my husband. Lao Yu, this young man wants to supply fish to our supply and marketing cooperative."
Well, we've found a true god!
This seemingly ordinary fishmonger is actually the wife of the head of the supply and marketing cooperative!
I never expected my luck to be so incredible; I actually ran into the president's wife right away.
The few candies I just gave out weren't enough!
"Hello, Chief Yu! I am Li Xiangdong from Lijiapo Brigade, Wudahe Commune."
Aunt Lan had already told Li Xiangdong his purpose for coming. After introducing himself, he lit a cigarette for President Yu, said nothing, and waited quietly to the side.
After half a cigarette was finished, President Yu still hadn't said anything, and Aunt Lan became anxious.
"Old Yu, stop dawdling! Just give me a straight answer! I'm stuck with these two skinny fish all day, and nobody even buys them!"
President Yu wasn't in a hurry. "Oh, if no one buys fish, isn't that easier for you?"
Well, this couple is like this: one is quick and decisive, the other is slow and unhurried.
"Easy my foot! Everyone who wants to buy fish comes to my counter and complains. I can't stand this nonsense! You're too embarrassed to compete with the seafood company for supplies, but now they have people coming to their door to supply them. What are you hesitating for!"
Aunt Lan launched into a long, scathing lecture.
"Alright, alright, I didn't say it was impossible!" President Yu said slowly and deliberately.
Li Xiangdong was overjoyed, but then he heard Director Yu say, "It's just that our supply and marketing cooperative doesn't buy goods from individuals. If your brigade needs supplies, we'll buy them. We're a state-owned unit, and we've never purchased goods from individuals before, because we can't record private purchases! You understand, right?"
It seems that the rules of the supply and marketing cooperative are quite different from those of Uncle Yan's pharmaceutical factory, but that doesn't matter.
Li Xiangdong readily agreed, "No problem, I understand! We'll definitely deliver the goods to you in the name of the brigade. How about I deliver them tomorrow?"
"Okay, you can send 100 jin tomorrow! The purchasing standards will be the same as the seafood company's! But let me make this clear beforehand, if the quality isn't good, we won't accept it!"
"Don't worry, if it's not good, I won't take a single penny!"
"Okay, after you inspect the goods tomorrow, get my signature, and then you can take the receipt to the accountant to collect your payment!"
"Okay, thank you!"
Li Xiangdong was surprised that the deal went so smoothly and quickly thanked President Yu.
President Yu didn't take it seriously, waved his hand, and said to Aunt Lan, "Is that enough? Hurry up and go, Grandma! I need to study the spirit of the document."
"That's more like it!"
Aunt Lan led Li Xiangdong out of the office with satisfaction.
"Aunt Lan, I really don't know how to thank you! I won't say thank you, just watch how I behave in the future."
Li Xiangdong looked at Aunt Lan as if he had seen a god of wealth.
"Just send over more good fish!" Aunt Lan waved her hand.
Li Xiangdong ran to the candy counter, bought two bags of White Rabbit milk candy, threw them on the counter for Aunt Lan, and ran away.
When it comes to human relationships, words alone are not enough.
Having wasted a lot of time, Li Xiangdong carried the bucket and hurried back to Uncle Yan's house.
Running around all day, it's really exhausting to walk all by myself. Uncle Liu has bicycle tickets in his ration coupons, so I have to get one when the supply and marketing cooperative has them!
"Ding ding ding"
Li Xiangdong knocked on the door.
"The door's unlocked, come in quickly!"
As Huang Guimei spoke, she walked into the yard and took the bucket of water from Li Xiangdong.
"What are you carrying? Did you carry all that all the way here? It's so heavy, it must be tiring!"
"I brought over the fish I carried this morning to help you recover."
Li Xiangdong helped fill the bucket with water before walking into the house with Huang Guimei.
"You brat, didn't you say you'd come over early to help me take care of your Uncle Liu? Look at the time!" Factory Director Yan pointed at the clock and said to Li Xiangdong, "It's already three o'clock. If you don't come soon, I'll have to go to Lijiapo and drag you out!"
"Oh dear, you have no idea how busy I've been this morning!" Li Xiangdong helped Factory Director Yan sit down again and then greeted Liu Donglai.
Li Xiangdong quickly recounted what had happened in the past two days. Uncle Yan and the others sighed and praised Li Xiangdong, saying that it was a good thing to act bravely and righteously, but one should only do good deeds if one can protect oneself. Otherwise, what would happen if one ended up getting hurt?
In short, you need to use your brain when doing things.
Huang Guimei looked Li Xiangdong up and down and was relieved to see that he was not seriously injured.
Liu Donglai was very interested in Director Chen; such a cadre should be valued.
"Uncle Liu, what time is your train?"
"At six o'clock in the evening, after dinner, I won't be able to stay for long before I have to go to the train station."
Liu Donglai had already packed his luggage, but there wasn't much to pack. The most important things were two Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms and a human-shaped He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum).
Li Xiangdong unfolded a small white cloth bag, inside which were dried scallops that had not yet been dried.
"Uncle Liu, since you've come all this way to Huichuan, we don't have any local specialties to give you. These are dried scallops taken from the river clams we caught, but they're not dried yet. You can take them with you and either dry them or bake them when you get home. They're great for making porridge or soup later."
Liu Donglai was somewhat surprised that Li Xiangdong would bring him something. He took it, carefully put it away, and said, "Thank you, Xiangdong!"
"You're welcome, Uncle Liu. I'd like to ask you something else." Li Xiangdong scratched his head.
"You said that since Uncle Liu took your seafood, he would definitely tell you everything he knew."
Perhaps because he had obtained something that satisfied him, Liu Donglai felt much more relaxed.
"I'd like to ask you, are there any places in Yanjing City that buy Chinese herbal medicines?"
"Your little medicine isn't even enough to supply my small pharmaceutical factory, yet you want to sell it all the way to Yanjing City?"
Uncle Yan handed Li Xiangdong a glass of cool boiled water; the poor guy was covered in sweat from the heat.
"Uncle, there are definitely not many wild medicinal herbs, but I plan to set up a Chinese herbal medicine planting base in the village. If we plant a lot, we will definitely have to open up sales channels in advance."
"You've got quite the ambition!"
“If we resell wild ones, or grow some ourselves, my uncle’s pharmaceutical factory will definitely be able to consume them, and my family can also make a small fortune. But, one person being fat isn’t enough; the whole village having fat is what’s going to break the bed!”
"What I want now is for everyone in the village to be able to eat meat to their heart's content, drink soup from large bowls, and become wealthy!"
"Good! You're quite ambitious for such a young age!" Liu Donglai praised. "When I get back to Yanjing, I'll ask around for you!"
The group then discussed in detail the planting varieties and soil requirements, and Li Xiangdong felt that he had benefited greatly from the discussion.
Indeed, a single conversation with you is worth more than ten years of study!
Li Xiangdong is even more confident about the Chinese herbal medicine planting business!
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