After the three cars drove away, Lu Zhiye flashed into the space, took out the rice and braised pork prepared by Wen Sihe, and ate them with relish.
With enough food in my stomach, I no longer felt particularly cold.
He had some experience in car repair in his previous life, and after spending some effort to fix it.
Lu Zhiye drove to the village where his father-in-law lived.
He was not afraid of meeting Wang Da and his friends, because Wang Da would definitely purchase the things nearby.
The village where my father-in-law was sent down was quite a distance away.
It’s just strange that the Northwest is vast and sparsely populated, many places are covered with snow, and the villagers don’t leave the village.
The ice and snow on the road that Lu Zhiye was walking on had already been compacted.
Judging from the wheel marks, they should be those of an ox cart. How could someone go out in such a snowy and icy place?
Lu Zhiye felt a little nervous as it took him nearly two days to reach the village.
The children at the entrance of the village were playing snowball fights. When they saw a large truck approaching from a distance, they excitedly ran to the village chief's house and shouted, "Someone is coming!"
The villagers were delighted and quickly called a young man who could speak Chinese to go out with them.
As soon as Lu Zhiye arrived at the village and stopped his car, the village chief surrounded him.
"Hello, young man!"
The awkward Chinese accent and the old face make people feel good about him.
Lu Zhiye wrapped himself tightly in clothes and a hat, and nodded to the village chief with a smile.
The village chief greeted Lu Zhiye as they walked towards the brigade headquarters. He seemed to be hesitant to speak along the way, which made Lu Zhiye slightly startled.
Lu Zhiye looked at the young man beside him and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, village chief."
The two of them talked for a while, and then the young man turned his head to look at Lu Zhiye.
"Many cattle and sheep in our village froze to death and were piled up in the backyard.
The village chief means that if the price is right, you can add a little to the price and take the beef and mutton away together."
The young man translated very accurately, and the village chief beside him nodded repeatedly.
Lu Zhiye shook his head: "This can't be sold at a high price, and it's useless for me to buy it."
"He didn't die of illness, he froze to death. It was just too cold!"
The young man gestured anxiously.
"No one wants to buy frozen cattle and sheep that have not been bled."
Lu Zhiye was straightforward, but in fact what he said was half true and half false. Beef and mutton that have not been bled are definitely not as good as those that have been freshly slaughtered.
But this is meat, and even though the price is a little cheaper, there are still many people scrambling to get it.
When the village chief saw that Lu Zhiye was unwilling to accept it, he sighed with a sad face.
Leading Lu Zhiye to their cowshed.
As soon as Lu Zhiye walked into the yard, he saw the cattle and sheep piled high, with their four legs facing the sky and frozen stiff.
Look at the number, it’s quite a lot, at least one or two hundred. This is a big loss for the entire village.
Lu Zhiye was thinking in his mind that if the price asked by the village chief was right, he would take all the cattle and sheep, and then sell them to Harbin at a low price, and make a lot of money.
Lu Zhiye walked into the cowshed and selected ten medium-fat cows, each weighing about 800 kilograms.
He selected another hundred sheep weighing about 70 pounds each before giving up.
The village chief changed his sad expression and smiled brightly.
"Here, here are so many you want, can you take them away?"
The quantity that Lu Zhiye wanted was almost the same as the quantity that Wang Da and his team wanted when they drove three cars.
It certainly can't fit in one car.
Lu Zhiye took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the village chief: "Village chief, do you think I dare to run into the village by myself?
Our cars are being repaired a hundred miles away. It's freezing cold, and you know that cars are prone to breakdowns.
I'll pull it over twice and I think it will be fixed soon."
The village chief quickly reached out to take the cigarette and smiled kindly: "Yes, yes, that's right!"
"Erdan, go to the village and call for help to kill the sheep."
"well!"
A young man rushed out of the house and ran away. The village chief rubbed his hands embarrassedly.
He pointed to the frozen dead cattle and sheep piled outside and indicated a number: "Sanmao, take them all away..."
He expressed his meaning with difficulty, and Lu Zhiye shook his head: "Two cents. I won't lower the price to you. I will only sell it for three cents outside."
Freshly killed ones are only fifty cents a pound. The village chief is bullying a young man like me who doesn't understand.
The village chief felt very distressed, but if he didn't sell at this price, he wouldn't be able to sell the frozen cattle and sheep.
How much food could they have in their village? Many cattle and sheep had also frozen to death at his relatives' home.
The herders have had a very difficult time this year. The heavy snow and rapid drop in temperature over the past few days have caused serious damage to many villages.
When Lu Zhiye and his team were slaughtering cattle and sheep, he first pulled a cart of dead cattle and sheep away.
Most of the cattle and sheep that froze to death were calves and lambs.
There were only one or two big ones, but even so, Lu Zhiye spent nearly two thousand yuan to collect all the frozen dead cattle and sheep.
After the car drove over a hill, Lu Zhiye put the entire car into the space and specially cleared out a small static warehouse to put the cattle and sheep in.
Although these meats are not as valuable as fresh beef and mutton, they can be sold at 50 cents per pound without any problem.
The profit is half as much as the resale, so it is worth the trip.
Lu Zhiye came back at night, pulling another cart of slaughtered sheep away.
But this time he didn't run too far. He walked about ten miles before putting the car into the space.
He wrapped his military coat tightly and hurried towards the village at a rapid pace.
He took another path that went straight through the village to the cowshed.
He took out the things Wen Sihe had prepared from the space and carried them on his shoulders.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, I knocked on the door twice.
Almost as soon as he knocked for the first time, the door opened.
Judging from the look on my father-in-law's face, he must have secretly gone to see him in the afternoon and knew he was coming.
I was waiting in the house, and sure enough, as soon as I entered the door, my mother-in-law came over with a pot of hot water.
"Xiao Lu, come quickly and have a cup of hot water to warm yourself up."
Lu Zhiye put the big package on the ground and held the ceramic cup in his palm to warm it.
In fact, he was wearing thick clothes and didn't feel that cold, but he had to impress his mother-in-law.
I have to let my father-in-law know how hard it is for me! I don't want him to be angry with me all the time!
Meng Yuqing felt so distressed when she saw Lu Zhiye shivering from the cold that she quickly brought the brazier over to warm him up.
"Dad, Mom." Lu Zhiye climbed up the pole, calling out "Dad and Mom" so fluently.
Meng Yuqing was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. Wen Wangqiu snorted coldly, which was considered as a response to Lu Zhiye's call of "Dad".
Lu Zhiye opened the cloth bag and said with a smile: "This is what He He brought for you.
She missed you very much and was afraid that your legs and feet would be frozen, so she specially got you this set of wolfskin knee pads.
And these sausages and bacon, He He learned how to make them from the female educated youth at the educated youth point......"
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