Hearing that they were planning to come and pick them up, Wang Fulin quickly shook his head and said to them with a serious expression:
"No need, we have the tools when we get back. Hurry up and go back. Remember to drink some hot water to warm yourself up. Catching a cold in this weather is no joke, understand?"
"Alright, Captain, you should go ahead. We'll take good care of ourselves. Don't worry about us, this is an important matter!"
They readily agreed, but no one but themselves knew what they truly thought.
When the tractor finally sputtered away into the distance, none of the team members went home. Instead, they found a sheltered spot nearby and sat together in a group of a dozen or so people.
The slightly older middle-aged man wrapped a cigarette in his pipe, lit it, and took a deep drag.
"Ergouzi, the brigade leader said that this year's money will all go into our own hands. Aren't you happy?"
Wang Ergou squatted to the side, his arms wrapped around his body, his chapped face full of smiles.
"Of course I'm happy, Uncle Zhu! Look at what you're saying, aren't you happy too? Who among us won't be happy later?"
Sun Tiezhu paused, then took the pipe out of his mouth.
"Haha, that's right, none of us are unhappy. We never thought we'd be able to make money through a side hustle!"
At this point, the others also started talking amongst themselves.
"Of course! Even if we only charge 5 cents a pound for bean sprouts, our team sells over 200 pounds, which is more than 10 yuan a pound!"
Although we don't get much, it's still some income; we don't usually get this much.
"Yes, I used to think that these educated youths were all mediocre, but it turns out that young Zhu and Si were able to come up with such ideas for us at such a young age."
"I think Comrade Zhao from the cowshed is quite good. He must have been some big shot before. I heard he went to talk business with the factory leaders and wasn't nervous at all. I couldn't do that..."
While they were talking about it, they were actually feeling both excited and nervous.
Wang Fulin and his group were in a similar situation. It was one thing to have the contract negotiated before, but now that it was time to deliver the goods, it was another matter entirely.
What if something goes wrong and the contract becomes invalid? Or what if the people they send out don't like the bean sprouts they send out?
So none of them were at ease until the goods were actually delivered, including Wang Weiguo, who drove the tractor.
After entering the city, they went straight to their largest business unit—the cotton mill.
The tractor had just arrived at the gate, but was stopped before it even reached the guard post.
"Hey! What are you doing? Why did you drive your tractor right in front of our factory? It's in the way. Move it to the side, you can't park it here."
Everyone on the bus felt a chill run down their spine. What was going on?
Zhao Cheng reacted quickly, immediately jumping out of the car and going forward to negotiate with the gatekeeper.
"Brother, we're here to deliver goods to your factory. About ten days ago, we signed a contract to deliver a batch of bean sprouts to your factory every ten days. Do you remember?"
If not, could you please call Director Li from your logistics department? He's the one who signed the contract with us.
"You mean bean sprouts? You're here to deliver bean sprouts?"
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