Chapter 195 Captain Xiong's Actions
Xiongjia Village.
"Captain, why should we give Comrade Chen a share of the prey? He followed us into the mountains but didn't help us at all. All the prey was caught by our own people."
A man from Xiongjia Village looked at the captain of his village in confusion and asked.
"Your family wore new clothes this year and bought a lot of salt, right?"
Captain Bear looked at the person who asked the question and said.
"But."
The man had just said "but" when Captain Xiong interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
"I know what you want to say and what you are thinking. You just want to say that these are the prey you hunted in the mountains, and the money from the sale of the prey belongs to you, right?"
Captain Bear looked at everyone and said.
Everyone nodded.
"But have you ever thought about this? Are we the only village that knows how to hunt? Are we the only village that is a hunter village? They only get 15 yuan a month for their hard work, but you can earn 25 yuan for just one job.
After a long time, won’t people have any other thoughts in their minds? If he goes to another village, what will happen to our prey? Can you sell it, or you? ”
Captain Xiong pointed at everyone while speaking, and those who were pointed at took a step back unconsciously. If the meat could be sold, it would have been sold long ago. If they carried the meat to visit relatives, they would be questioned for a long time by patrol officers from other brigades, and they would have to go to the relatives' homes in person to confirm.
Forget about saying that it can be sold. If you go to the county town and say you are visiting relatives but don't see any relatives all day, you can only go to the red armband office and tell the truth about what you were doing. If you hide it, it will be a lot of trouble.
"What if he goes to another hunter village and they are willing to give him more benefits and he doesn't come back in the future? Can you still live like this?"
Captain Bear looked at everyone and said.
Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Captain Xiong shook his head helplessly. In fact, Captain Xiong didn't want to give a share to Chen Yan, but without Chen Yan as a middleman, the prey from his village would have no market at all.
"We take him into the mountains every two months and give him a share. With this relationship, are we still worried that he won't take our prey?"
Captain Xiong then spoke out what was in his heart.
Just as everyone finished their meeting, there was a knock on the door in the yard.
"It may be Comrade Chen coming over. Don't mention this matter again. Go and open the door."
Captain Bear pressed his hand and said.
Within two minutes, Chen Yan walked into the courtyard. At this time, seven or eight people in the room were looking at Chen Yan with smiles, which formed a sharp contrast with the unhappy looks on their faces when they parted. The day before yesterday morning, everyone looked at him with a bitter and resentful look on their faces, and gave him 50 kilograms of meat with reluctance. How come they changed their faces in just one day?
Chen Yan was not afraid of these people showing him their true colors, but he was afraid that these people would stop cooperating with him. He was charged 1 cent for each pound of meat, so 100 pounds would be 10 yuan.
I can pay off the money I owe Brother Zhao Yi by going there a few times.
"Comrade Chen, have you eaten yet? If not, we will make it for you right away."
Everyone said attentively.
"We've eaten, let's get down to business. Whose name should we call first? This time we can call two families. I'll pay when I get back."
Chen Yan smiled.
Originally he planned to send 50 kilograms at a time, but Zhao Yi asked him to send as much as he could. The ingredients for the banquet he received had to be prepared immediately. Two families were holding full-month banquets at the same time, and the dishes were the same, one family had five tables, and the other had fifteen tables.
The last family that Zhao Yi contacted was a family that had given him a last-minute notification yesterday. Originally, Zhao Yi wanted to refuse, but Chen Yan suddenly came over carrying dozens of kilograms of meat.
Zhaojia Village at this time.
Zhao Laowu, Huang Li, Liu Qi and Liu Qi's wife came to Xiahe Village together.
Xiahe Village is different from Wangou Village. There are two rivers converging here. The villagers often fish secretly for their own food. Li Dequan knows about it but is too lazy to ask.
Now that Liu Qi and Zhao Laowu have letters of introduction as purchasing agents for Zhao Yi's restaurant, they don't have to be secretive. It is equivalent to cooperating with the team. As for whether they hand over the money they earn to the village or not, it has nothing to do with Zhao Yi. After all, Zhao Yi doesn't know and can't control it.
"Comrade Liu, Comrade Zhao, it's too early for you."
The captain of Xiahe Village looked at the newcomers with a smile. Before daybreak, four people came over carrying buckets of water.
Zhao Laowu had no choice. The originally agreed number of fish was fifteen, but now they were suddenly asked to increase it to forty. It was Li Chao who brought it up when he came to their house last night.
If they only needed fifteen, they could just come and buy five fish today, but with so many they had to come earlier.
They can also earn ten cents per pound of fish, but it's not as cost-effective as carrying meat.
noon.
The few of them then rushed to Zhao Yi's restaurant.
Each of the four people picked ten fish.
At this time, Zhao Yi was discussing with Manager Peng about temporarily using the venue on this side of the street for a day. If two families were to hold banquets at the same time, there would definitely not be enough seats on his side, and he couldn't let the other family wait for a while, so he had to come here to borrow the venue.
Although it is true that Zhao Yi paid for the construction, it belongs to everyone after it is built, and temporary use must be discussed.
This is also a courtesy.
The neighbors didn't care whether Zhao Yi used the place or not, since no one would use it tomorrow anyway.
After chatting with Manager Peng for a few words, Zhao Yi walked back to the department store.
At this time, Zhang Jing was calculating the wages for Zhao Laowu and his group.
"Brother Yi."
Seeing Zhao Yi coming back, several people greeted him with a smile.
"I'm also quite embarrassed. We suddenly received an order last night, which means we will set up 15 tables here tomorrow."
Zhao Yi smiled.
"That's impossible. We can earn more if we get more orders."
Several people laughed.
"You haven't eaten yet, let's eat together."
Zhao Yi greeted.
Zhao Yi had never seen the person who came to book the banquet. He didn't know who brought him to dinner yesterday. After the meal, he found that he didn't need meat tickets. The various dishes tasted pretty good, so he discussed booking the banquet with Chen Fen.
Chen Fen couldn't make up her mind, so she asked Zhao Yi to come over to discuss it.
Upon hearing about the fifteenth table, Zhao Yi agreed and rode his bicycle to the commune where he had just asked Li Chao to pass by and bring a message to Zhao Laowu.
I had just finished entertaining Zhao Laowu and his group and sent them off.
My eldest uncle and second uncle rushed over.
"Xiaoyi, Xiaojing."
When they walked to the repair shop, they saw Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing cleaning the table.
"Uncle, uncle, you've come just in time. It's time for dinner now."
Zhang Jing and Zhao Yi greeted each other.
"I have eaten. I ate in Baoguo. I was delayed yesterday and didn't come here. As soon as I arrived in the region today, your sister-in-law said that you needed to hire someone, so I followed your uncle here to ask what was going on."
Second uncle Li Dalin looked at Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing and said.
"Uncle, you see, restaurant business is like this. It's a bit too busy to handle. I thought my cousins are idle at home, so why don't they come and help my second brother and his family? They can earn more than ten yuan a month."
Zhang Jing explained with a smile.
Only a few people like Li Mingzhu knew that the restaurant was opened by Zhao Yi. The name on the individual business license was Zhang Xiang's. Zhao Yi was a worker and could not get this license, although most people who came to book banquets came to Zhao Yi.
It was because Zhang Xiang was busy in the kitchen and had no time to receive them. Thinking that the two families were relatives, Zhao Yi helped to take care of most matters.
This would not be considered as neglecting her uncle's family, after all, the restaurant initially hired Chen Fen's mother's family.
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