Lu Yuan agreed without hesitation. Pork cost six or seven mao per jin, and the price of one piece was indeed quite fair.
"Okay, I'll bring you the two pigs in a bit."
Liao Yongchang asked in surprise, "Two wild boars were brought into the city?"
"Yes, I just happened to drive to the city to deliver supplies today, so I brought them with me. They're tied up in the woods right now, guarded by our team. They'll be delivered soon."
"Okay, I'll let the cafeteria purchasing staff know right away."
After Liao Yongchang went to find someone to say hello, he took Lu Yuan to find spare parts. Lu Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and selected quite a few spare parts, at least dozens of them.
With these, he could build a fourth tractor.
Seeing this, Liao Yongchang's eyelids twitched, but when Lu Yuan asked about the price, he generously said that it would be a reward for him and Wen Moxue.
Lu Yuan readily agreed.
After leaving the machinery factory, the young couple went straight to the transportation brigade, drove their truck around a nearby grove of trees before finally arriving at the machinery factory.
By this time, two large wild boars had been loaded onto the vehicle; they looked as if they had just died, their body temperature still warm.
Liao Yongchang waited at the factory gate right on time, and as soon as he saw Lu Yuan's truck, he waved excitedly at him.
Under the sunlight, Lu Yuan was momentarily blinded by the gleaming forehead.
The car stopped, and Lu Yuan leaned out. "Deputy Factory Director Liao, should we unload the wild boar here or take it to the canteen?"
"Let's go to the cafeteria."
As he spoke, he climbed onto the back of the truck. When he saw the two huge wild boars, he grinned from ear to ear. Now the factory could have a good meat feast.
Lu Yuan restarted the car and drove to the entrance of the canteen, where several burly male employees were already waiting.
Liao Yongchang waved his hand from the car and laughed heartily, "Tonight everyone can have a good meal to their heart's content."
Several male employees hurriedly climbed onto the truck, opened the cargo bed, and quickly unloaded the two large wild boars, then weighed them.
They didn't even let Lu Yuan lend a hand, and Lu Yuan was happy to just watch quietly from the side.
"A total of 1126 jin (568 catties)." The canteen purchasing staff member said loudly while taking notes in a notebook.
"Round it off and let's say 1100 jin," Lu Yuan said.
Everyone was stunned, not expecting him to be so generous. 26 jin was just 26 yuan, and he just wiped it off like that.
If the other party is generous, they cannot be stingy either.
The purchasing staff also gave out more coupons; there weren't many meat coupons, but they could get a few more industrial coupons.
The couple took the money and left the machinery factory, heading to the supply and marketing cooperative for a large-scale purchase.
The car stopped in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, and the two got out and went inside.
The supply and marketing cooperative in the county town was significantly larger than that in the commune, and it was a two-story building.
It was around one or two o'clock in the afternoon, and there were very few people buying things. The sales staff at the supply and marketing cooperative were quite relaxed, and those at adjacent counters were even knitting and chatting together.
As soon as you enter, you see several eye-catching words posted above the sales counter directly opposite: "Do not beat customers without cause!"
"The implication is that it is permissible to beat up customers as long as there is a reason."
Lu Yuan whispered something in his wife's ear, and Wen Moxue covered her mouth and chuckled.
Humans are visual creatures, and everyone loves to look at a handsome man and a beautiful woman. Since they weren't busy at the moment, the sales staff were more patient and treated the two of them well, answering their questions about prices patiently.
The two were also generous, buying directly after asking the price, unlike many customers who just keep asking the price and hesitate for a long time before buying, making the customers behind them anxious and wasting their time. As a result, the sales staff's attitude is naturally not very good.
The two bought a lot of items, including thermos flasks, enamel mugs, enamel basins, towels, soap, clam oil, face cream, pillowcases, rubber shoes, canvas shoes, sandals, kerosene lamps, candles, matches, and almost everything they would normally need.
I had quite a few industrial tickets. I saw some iron pots, so I bought two large iron pots and four small pots, two kettles, and two coal stoves.
I even bought several bottles of shampoo.
The sales clerks' eyes changed when they saw them buying so many things. Lu Yuan quickly explained that he was buying them for his colleagues and acquaintances.
He even showed everyone his work ID, and seeing that he was a staff member of the agricultural machinery station, and seeing that there was indeed a truck parked outside, they all believed him.
The sales clerks became even more enthusiastic; these days, anyone who can drive a truck and a tractor is no ordinary person.
Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue counted the coupons in their hands. They planned to spend all the coupons except for the food coupons.
They bought quite a lot of fabric. They bought a bolt each of floral cotton and white cotton, as well as a lot of khaki and wool fabric, spending all their fabric coupons.
Floral print fabric can be used for shirts and dresses, or for bed sheets, duvet covers, tablecloths and curtains, while white fabric can be used not only for undershirts but also for white shirts, so these two types of fabric are bought more often.
Khaki fabric is essential for making trousers, while wool is great for winter clothes.
After buying the cloth, they spent all their sugar and non-staple food coupons and bought four or five catties of White Rabbit milk candy, two boxes of biscuits, two catties of glutinous rice strips, two catties of peach shortbread, four cans of malted milk powder, etc.
In the end, all that was left were grain coupons and some large item coupons, such as radio coupons, watch coupons, sewing machine coupons, and plane tickets.
After buying these items, I had very little money left.
Although neither of them lacked watches, they still spent the money on the tickets. There were two tickets in total, one for the man and one for the woman, both Shanghai brand watches, which were the most popular watch brand at the time.
There were so many things that Lu Yuan had to make several trips to load everything onto the car. After Wen Moxue got in, he put many of the things that he didn't need for the time being into his spatial storage.
The sewing machine, coal stove, and small iron pot were placed in the back of the vehicle, while the radio, some groceries, and daily necessities were placed in the front.
After tidying everything up, Lu Yuan drove to the train station.
Just in time for the train to arrive at the station.
When Lu Yuan was at the supply and marketing cooperative, he found a piece of cardboard and wrote on it that the educated youth from Changhe Brigade, Liuhe Brigade and Qingshan Brigade of Hongxing Commune would be picking up people at the station. He then held up the cardboard and stood in a conspicuous position at the exit. He could have gone to the platform to pick people up, but he was too lazy to go in.
Wen Moxue didn't come along; she rested in the car. After all, she was pregnant, and Lu Yuan didn't feel comfortable letting her come along. It wouldn't be good if people rushed out and she got jostled.
He also saw several other brigades from the Red Star Commune holding up signs to welcome people at the station, but they weren't at the exit; they were on the roadside, with oxcarts parked there. People didn't dare leave the oxcarts unattended and go to the exit.
Soon passengers started coming out of the station, and then it became a chaotic scene of people jostling each other with their bags and luggage.
Lu Yuan stood on tiptoe, holding the sign high, and shouted at the top of his lungs, as if afraid people wouldn't see it.
"Red Star Commune, educated youth are being welcomed at the station."
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