Now when they see Lao Zheng, it's like seeing an ancestor; they smile so hard their teeth show.
After Old Zheng confirmed the future supply situation with a few words, and then went to take a look around the greenhouse, he felt relieved. Only then did he suggest going to see Jian Dan.
The connection was easily made, and Liu Weimin naturally already knew about it. Without saying a word, he turned around and saw Cheng Rui and his brother, and immediately waved them over.
"Xiao Rui, Xiao An, come here. This uncle is looking for your sister. Please take him to your house."
The two children looked wary. Their sister didn't have much of a social life; most of it was confined to the village. They had never met any outsiders who would come knocking on their door.
"What are you thinking? This is your uncle's comrade-in-arms, introduced to you by your uncle."
"Um?"
Cheng Rui immediately put on a smiling face and quickened his pace.
"Uncle, did you come to see my sister because you need something?"
I'll take you there.
Are you really my uncle's comrade-in-arms?
Cheng An followed behind, helplessly listening to his brother's roundabout attempts to find out more about the other person. In the end, he was almost tricked into revealing everything. When he opened the door, he saw Cheng Rui, who was still talking enthusiastically, Lao Zheng, who seemed very interested, and Cheng An, who looked utterly hopeless.
Upon learning of Lao Zheng's request, she hesitated briefly, but she hadn't intended to clear out the inventory in her space.
She has no shortage of money or possessions, so exchanging money doesn't really motivate her much.
Seeing that she remained unmoved, Old Zheng became anxious.
Before coming here, he had visited several suppliers in and around the county, and contacted meat processing plants and slaughterhouses. They made it very clear that even without the snow, they couldn't provide that much. Their main customers were in the county, and two or three pigs a day was about right. They couldn't meet the large-scale demand like theirs.
But Lao Zheng wouldn't have it. He had no choice a few years ago, but now that life is a little better and people can eat meat, it's not fair to make them eat vegetarian food.
Besides, after so many years, many miners' bodies have been worn out, and quite a few have collapsed recently. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a hurry.
"Xiao Jian, before we came here, I asked around in the county town and even the provincial capital's slaughterhouses, and there's absolutely no hope for them."
"I'm not asking for anything else now. Could you please ask around for me? I'm not picky, I don't care what it is, rice, flour, cornmeal, sorghum rice, anything is fine. The people on the surface will do too. As soon as the snow stops, the workers will have to go down the mine. At the very least, those who go down the mine need to be fed."
Seeing how miserable he was, almost crying, Jian Dan also thought of Xiao Wu and the others in the village, and then thought of Cheng Jin and the others who were now in some unknown village, and Cheng Chao who had gone to the border. She figured that they were probably not much better off than this.
Sure enough, you always remember your own people.
Thinking about it this way, I was somewhat moved.
"I haven't gone out these past few days, so I'm not too sure about the situation outside. How about I go and ask?"
"Yes, yes, ask, ask,"
Old Zheng is now pinning all his hopes on her. He didn't even leave her any food, just packed some vegetables and hurriedly pulled Jian Dan away, afraid that the two children would stop them again.
Jian Dan could roughly understand his feelings; mainly, she was also concerned about Cheng Jin and the others, and was thinking of stopping by to ask Lin Zhengde.
"You two stay home and watch the house. I'll be back as soon as possible. Don't worry, I'll definitely bring you good news."
Now that Xiao Wu and the others from the village were all there, she wasn't worried about their safety and followed the car directly into the county town.
When they got to the street, she got out of the car when they were about to turn towards the mining area. After all, she had the excuse of "wanting to ask." Old Zheng was in a hurry and didn't ask too many questions. More importantly, he didn't dare to, for fear of annoying her with his questions.
Old Zheng and his group went out in the morning, took a roundabout route, and stumbled their way to Liujiatun. By the time they finished loading the vegetables, it was already afternoon and dark.
Perhaps it's related to the snow, but there aren't many people out and about, and even those few seem to be in a hurry.
Even state-run restaurants and supply and marketing cooperatives were very deserted.
After filling their stomachs, they began to wander around the neighborhood.
After all, it's a county town with a large population, and there are quite a few traces of activity on the streets. Even at the place where the last transaction took place, there were a few scattered footprints.
After circling around a few times, finding the location still secluded and unlikely to be noticed, he simply pulled the car out from the point where he was about to enter the city, drove there ostentatiously, and then drove back. After several rounds of this, he drove around haphazardly a few more times before quietly parking the car and heading towards the mining area.
It was already completely dark. Jian Dan was skilled and daring, while Lao Zheng had something on his mind. He didn't dare to leave after the day shift workers went home, fearing that Jian Dan might not be able to find him if he came back at night. So he simply squeezed into the guardhouse with the gatekeeper, chatting intermittently while glancing outside from time to time.
The gatekeeper was also a veteran, who was injured and discharged from the army, losing an arm and an eye. After retiring due to illness, he was assigned to this mining area. The factory respected him as a hero, and since he was all alone and had no other ties, they arranged this job for him that didn't require much physical exertion. He always did his best and treated the factory as his home.
He saw the factory workers as almost like children, and he cared about them a lot.
"Little Zheng, you brought back another truckload of vegetables today? That's great!"
You wouldn't believe it, those old buddies, when I told them our factory canteen still has fresh vegetables this season, they didn't believe me at all, haha, they thought I was lying to them.
"Oh, Uncle Lao Wu, don't say that. If the snow were any heavier, we might not be able to bring the vegetables back."
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