The old man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Look at those people in the village who are about my age. Who doesn't work? As long as I am alive, I will work as long as I can. If I really lie down, I might end up in a coffin."
"Don't talk nonsense, Jiuer is only this young. When he is two or three years old, I will still be waiting for you to help me take care of him!"
When Zhou Huaian heard the old man say this, he knew that it was useless to say anything. He remembered that last time he heard Wang Zhen say that drinking Ganoderma lucidum wine can nourish the liver and kidneys, improve the essence and blood, and is also good for people with poor sleep and indigestion.
I decided to go to the warehouse later to get some Ganoderma lucidum and bring Ning An to Wang Zhen, asking him to help make a jar of Ganoderma lucidum wine for the three old people to drink.
The old man was delighted after hearing this, "Okay, how many more children do you plan to have?"
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "If we have two more children, it will be too hard for Chunyan to hide in the house, so let's have another one! Whether it's a boy or a girl, a pair is good enough."
"It's good to be a pair. The two kids will have someone to discuss things with in the future. Uncles and brothers can get along well. If they have a good relationship, it's fine. But if they don't have a good relationship, they are worse than outsiders!"
Zhou Huaian thought so too. He and Zhou Huaixing from the eldest family were really not as good as outsiders. Huaigang and Huaizhong from the third family had only interacted more with each other in the past two years.
On the contrary, his relationship with Yiding, who lives in the next room, is even better than his relationship with his three brothers.
Father Zhou came out carrying a bamboo basket and said, "Youngest, we have sold more than a hundred baskets of the lowest-quality goods today. Do you want to come and pick up the third-quality goods later, or should we go to Baicaoping and bring the goods back first?"
"I'll go to Baicaoping to pick up the goods first, and give the money to my second brother. The third one will wait for Yiding to pick up Xuejiao, and then take it to Ning'an."
"That's about the same time."
When they arrived at the drying room, they saw Zhou's mother and Zhou Dashu put the lid on the bamboo basket, then threaded thin bamboo strips into it, twisted them a few times, and inserted them into the gap to secure it.
Zhou Dashu has a bad back and cannot lift things, so he can only help with light work such as loading goods, lighting the stove, and sending the bamboo flats to the drying room.
Before we had even filled the truck bed, Xu Laosan arrived and asked, "Youngest brother, did Yiding's wife give birth to a son or a daughter?"
"Son!" Zhou Huaian said with a smile, "Yiding drove your tractor away and said he would give you a red card and set off fireworks after he brought Xuejiao back."
Xu Lao San rolled his eyes at him and said, "What kind of bullshit is he talking about? Doesn't he treat me as his own?"
Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "If I didn't treat you as my own, I would have taken Xuejiao to the hospital on a cart last night."
After hearing this, the old man said, "Old Third, Yiding is right. You are on the road every day, so you should pay attention to some things."
"Then listen to the old man." Xu Laosan carried a basket of truffles and walked out.
It was only half past six when Zhou Huaian drove the four-wheeler to Ning'an. Wang Zhen had already opened the back door and was waiting. Two men who helped unload the goods were also waiting outside.
Wang Zhen saw him jump off the tractor and asked, "Why are you driving the four-wheeler today?"
"Yiding has been promoted. He had a son weighing 15.2 jin last night. He even boasted to me that his son is 2 jin heavier than Jiuer." Zhou Huaian opened the carriage board and began to unload the goods.
Wang Zhen also stepped forward and carried a basket. "Then let Dongmei go buy some food for the confinement period and let him take it back when he comes."
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, then went to the cab and took out a net bag. "I brought some Ganoderma lucidum. Can you help me make some Ganoderma lucidum wine?"
"Okay!" Wang Zhen took the net bag, and the two went to the backyard together, talking while weighing.
"Brother-in-law, did you know that Fangtian's purchasing point has been withdrawn?"
"Got it!" Zhou Huaian piled the bamboo baskets on the scale and said gloatingly, "I didn't expect to withdraw after only 21 days."
"Boss Feng came to sit with me for a while yesterday and said that they had fallen out with the Fang family, and the people at several purchasing points had been replaced."
"Their drying room is the Fang family's house. Where can they dry the food if they fall out?"
"According to him, they bought the yard from Dr. Fang when they arrived. It was not rented."
"That's more like it." Zhou Huaian looked at him curiously, "Why did they break up?"
"He said it was because the grade didn't meet the standard, and the accounts didn't match."
"The most taboo thing in doing business is that the quality of the goods does not meet the standards and the accounts are not right. They have both."
"Yes!" Wang Zhen was very happy when he thought of Boss Feng's envious expression. "He also said that I was lucky to find such a good partner like you."
Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "Boss Feng is definitely not as good as you."
Wang Zhen laughed, "Brother-in-law, it seems like we are flattering each other now!"
"It's not like that, it's exactly like that!" Yang Dongmei came over with a tray, "Brother-in-law, I made wontons, you should have some too."
Zhou Huaian wiped his sweat and said, "I just had a bowl of noodles before I went out, so I'm still full."
"Eat more!" Wang Zhen picked up the bowl and handed it to him. "It took more than an hour to get here, and you did so much work, you must have digested it long ago."
"Okay, I won't be polite." Zhou Huaian ate a few and nodded with a smile, "It tastes good. Dongmei's food is getting more and more delicious now!"
Wang Zhen looked up at him and said, "Don't you see that I've gained weight?"
Zhou Huaian took a look and felt that he looked better than before. "It seems that you have gained a little weight. It was mainly because you were too thin before, so it was hard to tell."
After hearing this, Wang Zhen looked at Yang Dongmei and said, "Xiaomei, even your brother-in-law can't see it. It seems you still need to work harder!"
Yang Dongmei glared at him and said, "It's good like this. It won't look good if you're too fat!" Why didn't I notice that his mouth is quite oily before?
Zhou Huaian looked at the two of them and felt like a 100-watt light bulb. After thinking for a while, he said, "How is the opening of my new acquisition point, do you know?"
"We collected 10,000 kilograms on the first day, and more than 20,000 kilograms on the second day." Wang Zhen put down his chopsticks. "My brother said that people there actually started collecting truffles last month, but the price was very cheap, and the first-class goods were only charged 10 cents per kilogram."
"My god, first-class goods are only 10 cents per pound, this is too cruel!" Zhou Huaian thought of the purchasing point at the flower market. The volume every few days is several thousand pounds more than usual. "Those middlemen are buying the goods there, and then taking them to the flower market to sell to our purchasing point there."
Wang Zhen nodded, "Yes, my brother said that just as he rented the house, three middlemen came to him and told him their purchase price, asking my brother to buy at the same price as them."
"How come those middlemen are so well-informed? Could it be that the brigade that Big Brother is looking for is where those middlemen live?"
"Those three middlemen are the sons of the brigade secretary."
"No wonder he came as soon as he arrived." Zhou Huaian sighed and shook his head, "To have such a brigade secretary, the people in that team must have done something wrong."
Yang Dongmei: "My elder brother said that the brigade looked very poor, with mud-walled houses everywhere, some of which were similar to the duck shacks in the village, and the villagers were dressed in rags, looking pitiful.
At that time, I saw that the family of the brigade secretary was not much better than other villagers, and I thought that the family of the brigade secretary should be good people, so I thought about renting a house from him. But I didn’t expect that he would come to me just after I rented the house. ”
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian sighed, "After all this time, they are still pretending. I think even if Big Brother agrees to buy the goods at their price, he won't be able to stay there for long. He might even be robbed by them."
Wang Zhen: "So my eldest brother didn't even ask for rent at that time, and he quickly moved to another village to set up a stall. The day before yesterday, when I went there with my brother Weimin, he put up the sign. Those middlemen came to cause trouble for him, but were later beaten away by the villagers who were selling goods."
People are so realistic. As long as there is real money benefit, they will help to avoid trouble.
"Fortunately, big brother reacted quickly." Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "Tell big brother to let Weimin be careful. Although there are local villagers to help, it will be troublesome if we offend the local tyrants."
"I found a gun for him to carry. I called them and told them to find someone to investigate. It would be best if they could get rid of the brigade leaders who were responsible for those people."
"It's good to release them. It's better to check what evil things those bastards have done. It's better to arrest them." Zhou Huaian said while looking at him with a smile, "But asking your father to deal with a few village bullies is a bit like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken!"
"It seems to be a bit like that!" Wang Zhen glanced at him with a smile, "How about you take over, Mr. Zhou!"
"Doctor Xiao Wang," Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded at him a few times, "I find that you are becoming more and more slutty! I am worried that my mother-in-law will say that I have led you astray in the future."
Yang Dongmei laughed after hearing this, "Hehe! That's absolutely true. Wang Zhen used to be such a mature person, but he was led astray by you, brother-in-law."
"I can't win the argument with you, so I'd better run away first." Zhou Huaian stood up and said to Wang Zhen and the others.
"I'll give you the money!" Wang Zhen hurried into the house, took out a bag, counted out six bundles of Datong, and gave them to him. "Six thousand yuan, count it."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian nodded and put the money in his pocket. "I'm leaving now. Brother Huang will come to get the bamboo basket from you later. Yiding will deliver another batch of goods at noon."
After they came here to deliver the goods in the morning, they put all the things for Huang Yongcai's restaurant here.
"Okay!" Wang Zhen and Yang Dongmei sent him outside, and when he started the tractor, they waved, "Drive slowly on the road."
"I understand."
When Zhou Huaian drove a tractor to Baicaoping after leaving the city, Zhou Huaijun told him that Xu Laosan had already gone to Bailing Mountain.
As soon as the goods were loaded, Zhang Dajun came over with a backpack, "Uncle, when my old man went up the mountain, he asked me to bring you these Gastrodia elata and Codonopsis pilosula."
"Okay, I'll take it down and sell it and then give the money to your husband." Zhou Huaian took the back clip and patted Zhang Dajun, who had grown taller and fatter after the operation, and said, "Why didn't you go up the mountain to help today?"
Zhang Dajun smiled shyly, "My mom and husband asked me to go every other day. I know they are worried that I will get too tired from the illness."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "So what do you think?"
Zhang Dajun thought for a moment and said, "As long as you don't run too fast, there won't be any discomfort." (End of this chapter)
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