Liu Gang was also very happy when he heard this. "It's fine if you can change it. Tell me quickly, what are your requirements? As long as it can be done, uncle will agree to it."
"It's not a big deal, just two things. First, Uncle Liu, can you help me get a pistol? And some bullets."
Liu Gang frowned, "What do you need a gun for? Are you planning to rob people? Did you steal all the food?"
Li Xu replied angrily, "Who can I rob with my body? Besides, have you heard of any robbery in the county?"
Unexpectedly, Liu Gang touched his chin and thought for a moment, then said with certainty, "I heard about it."
"Ah?" Li Xu was also stunned. "Really? When did you hear about it? I have never done anything like that."
Liu Gang immediately laughed. "Alright, I was just teasing you. I know you wouldn't do such a thing. But the robbery is indeed true. Yesterday, someone was robbed on the road while going to the countryside."
Li Xu was stunned. "Uncle Liu, how did you know? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"It hasn't spread yet. Not long after you left last night, someone came to my house looking for my eldest brother, and I was listening nearby.
The man who was robbed was from their factory. He had originally planned to go to the countryside to see if he could exchange fine grains for coarse grains from his relatives there, but he was robbed on the way. Fortunately, the robbers only stole his belongings and spared his life.
Li Xu's eyes widened. "Is there no one in the county looking for this robber? Besides, the grain had just been distributed, so why is there a robbery?"
Liu Gang scoffed. "It's pitch dark, and the victim hasn't even seen the robber's face, so how can he find him? Besides, no one knows how long this disaster will last. If we just happened to run into this, how can we not rob him?"
It was obvious that Liu Gang was already accustomed to this kind of robbery.
After a while, Liu Gang interrupted Li Xu's thoughts and said, "Okay, don't worry. Just be more careful when you go out next time. The public security in our county is still pretty good. By the way, you haven't told me what you want the gun for yet."
"I need a gun for self-defense."
Liu Gang: ...
"Are you telling the truth?"
Li Xu nodded. "Of course it's true. I'm afraid something like this will happen in the future, so I want a gun for self-defense. Now that you mention it, I think it's even more necessary."
Liu Gang was also speechless, "You kid. Okay, I'll get it for you tomorrow."
Li Xu looked at him suspiciously, "Uncle Liu, can you bring it tomorrow?"
"It's not a big deal. I have several at home."
Li Xu: ...
Liu Gang then asked, "Didn't you just mention two things? What about the other one?"
"Oh yeah, the second reason is that I don't want others to know that the food comes from me."
Li Xu didn't want to be too high-profile. What if more people knew about it and someone had bad intentions?
Liu Gang thought about it and understood. "Okay, I'll tell my family when I get back. Don't worry, I can guarantee that no outsider will hear about this from our family. And all future transactions will be handled by the two of us."
Li Xu nodded. He believed that Liu Gang's family would not be fools. As long as they still wanted to get food from him, they would naturally not tell others.
Liu Gang then asked, "Last time, our transaction included work quotas and watch tickets. If we separate them now, how would you price them?"
Li Xu thought for a moment and said, "Let's set the work quota at 37 jin of fine grain, 3 jin for the watch ticket, and 3 jin for the bicycle ticket."
Liu Gang nodded. "Okay, this price is about right. It would be even better if there were coarse grains."
Li Xu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Uncle Liu, it's good enough to have fine grains now. Where can I get coarse grains for you? In addition, for every transaction, I will give you a commission of half a pound of fine grains."
This is actually Li Xu's way of subsidizing Liu Gang.
After all, this thing was done, and Li Xu saved a lot of trouble.
You know, if he just collected them one by one, how long would it take him?
When Liu Gang heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Alright, you don't have to pay the referral fee. You are doing me a great favor by accepting these things."
Li Xu chuckled, "If it's something from your home, I definitely won't give you a commission. Besides, I can't charge much."
Liu Gang glared at him unhappily. "So, according to what you're saying, I already lost money before. If I had said it was someone else's, wouldn't I have been able to make an extra pound?"
"Yes, but it's too late for you to regret it now."
Liu Gang laughed out loud, "You kid."
Li Xu knew that Liu Gang agreed.
The two of them spent the whole morning chatting.
During lunch, Li Xu finally saw someone he could show off to.
Then he rolled up his long sleeves, placed his left hand wearing the watch on the table, and coughed heavily twice.
Xiao Jianping and Su Weidong looked up at him.
Seeing that he had no intention of speaking, the two of them lowered their heads and continued eating.
Seeing this, Li Xu coughed twice again.
The two looked up again and continued to eat their lunch.
Li Xu thought, is my watch really that insignificant? But if I open my mouth and say it directly, wouldn't it be bad?
Then he coughed twice more.
This time, the two of them didn't even raise their heads.
Li Xu: ...
Li Xu felt that he was a person who cared about face, so this matter definitely could not be said directly.
Then he coughed a few more times, hoping to attract their attention.
Finally, Xiao Jianping couldn't help it, "Old Li, are you sick? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
Su Weidong burst out laughing.
Li Xu looked at them helplessly.
I wonder how much face is worth?
Then he stretched out his left hand in front of the two of them and said, "Didn't you two see such a big watch?"
After Xiao Jianping saw it clearly, he shouted excitedly, "Good for you, Old Li, you even bought a watch! Come on, take it off and let me see it."
Li Xu felt that this was the right reaction.
So he took off the watch with satisfaction and handed it over.
Well, a man's happiness is so simple...
Xiao Jianping looked at it over and over again, then returned it to Li Xu and told him the price of the watch.
Li Xu was also stunned, "How did you know?"
Su Weidong explained, "His favorite thing is watches. He used to go and look at them all the time, asking all sorts of questions. If the woman selling watches didn't know him, she would have beaten him up. There's no price he doesn't know about watches in our supply and marketing cooperative."
Xiao Jianping also said enviously, "What a pity, there is no watch ticket, otherwise I could buy one if I saved up some money."
Only then did Li Xu realize that Xiao Jianping's hobby was watches.
Seeing him like this, she comforted him, "Who knows, maybe you'll get a ticket in the future."
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