504: He knows who he is
Zhou Ziheng didn't say anything stubborn. He glanced at the animal skin in the wild man's arms and asked:
"I can't sleep at night because of the cold. What's your solution?"
Zhou Ziheng's words immediately touched the heart of the savage!
The Savage immediately offered his advice enthusiastically:
"A roe deer skin mattress! Roe deer skin mattresses are warm and moisture-proof!"
Zhou Ziheng deliberately said:
"How can you sell roe deer hide mattresses in the wild mountains?"
"Oh, what a coincidence, Director, look what I have in my hand?"
Only then did Zhou Ziheng go to look at the roe deer skin in the savage's hand openly. He could see that the roe deer skin was still very fresh and had not been completely dried.
I guess the savage came down the mountain yesterday carrying a load on his back, and the roe deer skin was in the load in front of him.
I couldn’t go down the mountain to sell the roe deer skin yesterday, so I went to find Zhou Ziheng today.
I came here yesterday to sell roasted rabbit.
I’m here to sell roe deer skins today.
If Zhou Ziheng bought it, the savage would probably carry the skinned roe deer over to sell to him tomorrow.
Zhou Ziheng pretended not to understand and asked:
"Is this roe deer skin?"
"Authentic roe deer skin! I just peeled it off, and it's still drying at my place! Two roe deer skins can be put together to make a mattress. It's warm and moisture-proof when spread on the bed. It's just like sleeping with a roe deer hugging you. You won't feel cold at all. If you don't believe me, ask your bearded captain. He bought his roe deer skin mattress from me! Come, Captain, feel the fur. Roe deer slaughtered in winter have thick fur and are warm! And look at my skinning skills. There's not a single tear. The whole skin is incredibly smooth!"
As he spoke, the savage shook out two roe deer skins and let Zhou Ziheng check them.
Zhou Ziheng took a quick look and found that indeed, the fur of roe deer slaughtered in winter was thicker and most suitable for making fur coats or roe deer skin mattresses.
Zhou Ziheng took off his gloves and reached out to touch the robe leather:
"Hmm, not bad—did you peel this skin?"
"Uh," the Savage hesitated and told the truth, "My brother picked it up."
"Your brother, the one who lived in the cabin with you?"
"Well, Chief, they've all told you, right? My brother isn't entirely normal, but he's an absolutely top-notch hunter. He can even hunt wolves. It's a pity you came at the wrong time. If it were a coincidence, I could sell you a wolf skin. But it doesn't matter. Next time I have a wolf skin, I'll definitely keep it for you!"
After touching the roe deer skin, Zhou Ziheng put on his gloves again.
The Savage asked:
"How about it, Director, do you want it? If you want it, I can give you a discount."
Zhou Ziheng didn't say yes, nor did he say no. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he raised his head to look at the savage's eyes again and changed the subject:
"Judging from your accent, you're from Dongyang Province, right?"
The Savage was at the critical moment of his business, and he didn't think much about Zhou Ziheng's question and nodded immediately:
"Yes, the director can actually tell that I'm from Dongyang Province?"
The savage had no doubts about Zhou Ziheng's question. He knew that there were many people from Dongyang Province here, and there were also farmers and workers from Dongyang Province on the farm. It was not surprising to hear the Dongyang accent.
Zhou Ziheng said:
"My girlfriend is from Dongyang Province, so I can recognize your accent."
The Savage looked very surprised:
"Oh, so the director is our brother-in-law from Dongyang Province. It seems we are still family!"
Zhou Ziheng continued to measure the savage's height and features, and then asked:
"Did you come here from your hometown alone?"
Seeing that Zhou Ziheng had gone off topic and didn't mention whether he wanted to buy the roe deer skin, the savage got a little anxious and deliberately handed the roe deer skin to Zhou Ziheng and said:
"Manager, what do you think of my roe deer skin mattress?"
"The roe deer skin mattress is very good - so, did you come from home alone?"
"No, I'm not here alone. Manager, since you like this roe deer skin, I'll sell it to you at a discount. Thirty yuan, two for you. How about that? If I get this stuff down the mountain, it will definitely be worth more than thirty yuan!"
"Thirty yuan isn't expensive at all—you didn't come alone, so where are your family members?"
"My family, my family, we've lost each other—Manager, you really know your stuff. These two roe deer are so fat and strong, their fur is so smooth. You can't pick out one this fat among ten roe deer!"
Zhou Ziheng stopped arguing with the savage about the roe deer skin and continued to stare at the savage's eyebrows and asked:
"You were separated from your family. Why were you separated?"
"Well, let's not talk about it—Master, look—"
Zhou Ziheng didn't wait for the savage to brag about his roe deer skin and asked immediately:
"Where did you get separated?"
"At Mishan Railway Station—"
The Savage picked up his roe deer skin and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Zhou Ziheng's question:
"When did you get separated?"
The savage finally came back to his senses from his enthusiasm for selling roe deer skins. Why did the manager keep asking him these questions? Why didn't he care about roe deer skins at all?
Could it be that——
Did you not want to buy his roe deer skin, so you deliberately changed the subject?
It seems that this person is not easy to fool. I thought that this person was stupid and had a lot of money. It seems that the money of rich people is not that easy to make!
The Savage gently reminded:
"Manager, let's talk about roe deer skin now—"
"You don't have to mention roe deer skin anymore. I know this roe deer skin is good. Just answer my question and I will definitely buy your roe deer skin."
The Savage immediately became serious:
"Master, ask! Just ask! I know everything except my great-grandfather's name!"
Zhou Ziheng looked into the savage's eyes and asked:
"When were you separated from your family?"
"Probably in the spring, our family got off the train at Mishan Railway Station and got separated."
"Who's in your family?"
"My father, my mother, my brother and my sister!" The savage answered very straightforwardly, without even a second's hesitation.
"Are you coming here from your hometown to seek refuge with your relatives?"
"Well, my dad found a husband for my sister, and her in-laws said they'd like to arrange jobs for us on the farm here. It's that Wufen Farm, you know?"
Zhou Ziheng nodded calmly:
"Yeah, five-point field, I've heard of it."
"My sister's in-laws said they would arrange a job for us in Wufenchang, so our whole family came over."
Zhou Ziheng pondered for a moment and couldn't help but sarcastically said:
"Your sister's in-laws seem quite powerful. They actually arranged a job for you on the farm?"
"That's right, my sister's father-in-law is the company statistician. He's a cadre, very powerful!"
Zhou Ziheng curled the corners of his mouth with a half-smile. Okay, Zhou Ziheng knew who this person was.
He finally understood where this damn familiarity with the savages came from.
Zhou Ziheng was about to reach out to take the roe deer skin from the "savage", but the savage suddenly gritted his teeth and said:
"What a pity! That damn girl was so unlucky. She ran away as soon as she got off the train, leaving our family separated and even losing her job!"
Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng suddenly retracted the hand he had just extended.
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