Chapter 145 Selling Pine Nuts
Sheng Xiping glanced at the wall over there, where it said the purchase price of pine nuts was 35 cents.
One good thing about this time of year is that prices are very stable; no matter what it is, prices don't just go up arbitrarily.
After each price adjustment, there will generally be no further fluctuations for eight to ten years.
If this were twenty or thirty years from now, let's just talk about pine nuts.
In years of bumper harvests, the price of pine nuts drops drastically.
If there's a shortage of pine nuts in a particular year, the price skyrockets.
That won't happen right now. Even though the pine nut harvest is small this year, the price at the purchasing station is still 35 cents. It's like that, take it or leave it.
"Okay, let's carry the rest over and weigh them together."
Sheng Xiping gave Pan Fusheng a wink, signaling him to stay and keep watch.
The rest of the men went out and carried the remaining sacks over in trips.
All the pine nuts were carried to the purchasing station, where the staff began weighing and recording them.
Each sack had its own markings, so there was no fear of getting them mixed up.
So after weighing each item, the other party used an abacus to calculate the amount, issued a receipt, and paid Sheng Xiping and his group.
Back then, harvesting pine cones was a partnership, with each family splitting the harvested cones equally and then processing them at home.
Logically, the differences between the various companies should not be significant.
Don't forget to keep some for your own family to eat during the New Year, and some to give to relatives.
Just like the Sheng family, many of them have dispersed.
So Sheng Xiping only brought a little over 400 jin this time, selling it for 35 cents a jin, which brought in nearly 150 yuan.
For example, Chen Weiguo kept less for himself, so he sold it for ten yuan more than Sheng Xiping. This is all normal.
After selling all the pine nuts and getting the money, everyone was quite happy.
In less than half a month, I earned 140 or 150 yuan, which is equivalent to several months' salary. Who wouldn't be happy?
"Let's go to town, I have some things to take care of."
Sheng Xiping pocketed the money, grabbed a few of his buddies, and they all left the purchasing station together.
"Huh? That's not right, Brother Xiping."
"Didn't we also bring a bear's gall and a lynx pelt? Why didn't you take them out and sell them together?"
It wasn't until everyone had left the purchasing station that Zhang Zhijun remembered and quickly reminded Sheng Xiping.
"Jun, did you see the price list on the wall of this purchasing station just now?"
"Did you see that sign that says they buy bear bile and lynx pelts?" Sheng Xiping shook his head and laughed.
"This place is just a small recycling station. They buy cheap things, but they can't buy anything too valuable."
This place is actually quite remote; it only benefits a little from being near the Senkaku Railway Station.
People coming down from the various forest farms in the valley, carrying heavy mountain goods, are too lazy to go anywhere else, so they sell them at this purchasing station.
Sheng Xiping had been here twice, and he had looked at the purchase price list on the wall several times. It only listed ordinary mountain products, medicinal herbs, scrap copper, scrap iron and the like.
Items like bear bile, deer antler, and old ginseng cannot be sold here; they must be purchased from the purchasing department of Songjianghe Medicinal Materials Company.
As for the hides of various animals, they had to be purchased at the Songjianghe Supply and Marketing Cooperative's purchasing station.
The main reason is that these items are too expensive and vary in quality, requiring highly experienced experts to identify and price them.
Sen Tie's purchasing station is too small and doesn't have the right people, so it can only buy things at low prices.
Once Sheng Xiping said that, the others understood.
What else is there to say? Let's hurry to the street and sell the bear bile and lynx pelts. They can go back with the internal combustion engine this afternoon.
Sheng Xiping and his companions set off from Maekawa at 7:30 in the morning, and arrived at Moritetsu Station at almost 10:00. They were delayed for a while at the purchasing station.
By the time they arrived at the central tower, it was almost eleven o'clock.
Sheng Xiping said, "Let's find a restaurant and get something to eat. We can't go hungry."
The central tower is actually the central location of the Forestry Bureau. Around it are the bureau's third floor, the Forestry Bureau's shops, and naturally, the Forestry Bureau's restaurants.
Everyone had just sold all the pine nuts and had money in their pockets, so they weren't worried about the cost of this meal.
So we went into a restaurant run by the Forestry Bureau, ordered four dishes, four ounces of rice and two steamed buns for each person.
People these days can really eat a lot, especially people like Sheng Xiping, who are in their early twenties and always work hard, so they have a big appetite.
Sheng Xiping ate quickly. After finishing his meal, he asked Wang Jianshe and the others to wait at the entrance of the Forestry Bureau store.
"Secretary Wang asked me to bring a pair of black bear gallbladders to Secretary Zhao in the bureau. I'll go to Secretary Zhao's house first, and then we'll go sell black bear gallbladders together."
It wouldn't be appropriate for the five of them to go to Secretary Zhao's house together; people who didn't know better would wonder what was going on.
So Sheng Xiping told the others to wait nearby, while he headed north towards the central tower.
Secretary Zhao's house is a rather inconspicuous bungalow located halfway down the road from the north side of the Central Tower towards Hongqi Street.
With the address given by Wang Jiachuan, Sheng Xiping inquired around and finally found the Zhao family's house in the alley.
"Is Secretary Zhao home?" Sheng Xiping called out from the doorway into the courtyard.
It was lunchtime when the people inside heard the commotion and a rather tall young man came out.
Are you looking for my dad?
The other person glanced at Sheng Xiping, who looked unfamiliar, and probably hadn't seen him before, so they tentatively asked.
"Oh, I'm from Qianchuan Forest Farm. Our forest farm secretary, Wang Jiachuan, asked me to bring some things to Secretary Zhao."
Sheng Xiping recognized the man in front of him; he was Zhao Guangning, the eldest son of Secretary Zhao, who drove a jeep at the bureau.
In his past life, Sheng Xiping knew Zhao Guangning and they even did business together. He was a good person.
People from the Zhao family often came to visit, and Zhao Guangning was probably used to it, so he nodded.
"Come in, you've come at the right time. My dad just got home and sat down to eat."
As he spoke, he ushered Sheng Xiping into the house.
The Zhao family's house also has two and a half rooms in a public housing unit, which looks quite old.
The house was quite low; people of Sheng Xiping's and Zhao Guangning's height almost touched the ceiling.
"Dad, a comrade from Qianchuan Forestry Farm came to see you. He said that Uncle Wang asked him to deliver something to you."
Zhao Guangning went inside first and told his father.
"Oh, is this someone sent by Kagawa? Come in and have a seat."
"Have you eaten yet? Come sit down and eat something with us. Honey, go get a bowl and chopsticks."
The Zhao family was having dinner when Zhao Yongsheng saw Sheng Xiping come in. Regardless of whether he knew him or not, he quickly smiled and invited Sheng Xiping to sit down and eat.
"Secretary Zhao, I just ate at our bureau's restaurant."
Sheng Xiping quickly declined, saying that it was his first time visiting and he shouldn't just come to eat right away.
Logically, it shouldn't be done to visit someone during their mealtime, but Sheng Xiping had no other choice.
Wang Jiachuan had instructed him not to go to Zhao Yongsheng's workplace, but rather to go to his home. That would only be possible during lunch or evening when Zhao Yongsheng was at home.
Sheng Xiping and the others will be returning to the forest farm this afternoon. If they don't come at noon, when else can they come?
Everyone's eating at this time, so Zhao Yongsheng must be home.
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