◎A slap is a good thing◎
When the man came out again, he had a lock in his hand. He glanced at Jiang Che and Cheng Shao, and pointed at their bicycles: "You can't ride your bikes there, do you want to push your bikes into the yard first?"
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Jiang Che and Cheng Shao looked at each other and said, "Okay."
After they parked the car and came out, the man locked the wooden door from the outside, turned around and said, "Let's go." Then he led the way towards the back mountain.
While leading the way, he turned back to remind Jiang Che and the others, "It's quite far back here, watch the ground carefully, don't get bit by anything."
These two men have experience. Not to mention that Cheng Shao himself is a country boy and he went hunting in the mountains a lot in the past few years. Even Jiang Che, who grew up in the city, has gone to the mountains and the countryside with his second uncle to collect things in recent years.
Seeing that the two had not lost each other, the man quickened his pace a little and said, "The pig farm has a strong smell, so it's a bit far away. If you get tired, tell me."
Cheng Shao said quickly: "Not tired, not tired, it's better to arrive earlier and come back earlier."
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Actually, Jiang Che was a little tired, but Cheng Shao was right. He came down in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to ask for leave from the factory. It would be better to finish it early and go back earlier. So, he also nodded behind, indicating that he could still hold on.
"Let's go, we'll be there in about half an hour."
Half an hour later, Jiang Che, sweating profusely, finally saw the pig farm hidden behind the barren mountain.
The man first introduced the two of them to the other four owners of the pig farm, and Jiang Che also briefly explained to them the purpose of his visit.
When they learned that Jiang Che wanted such a large quantity of goods, they took the initiative to bring Jiang Che to visit their pig farm. During this process, Jiang Che also found out the daily shipment volume of the pig farm.
To be honest, Jiang Che was a little disappointed after walking around. It was called a pig farm, but there were only less than twenty pigs of all sizes in it, which was far from meeting his expectations.
Probably realizing that Jiang Che was not very satisfied, one of them who should be their eldest brother stood up and spoke.
"Brother, to be honest with you, this pig farm was built by the five of us brothers with all our wealth. All the pigs are here. Your business is very important to us. As long as you are willing to pay the deposit and don't delay, we can try to kill a pig a day. You can pick the meat first, and we will sell the rest."
These words are indeed sincere enough.
Jiang Che thought about the daily demand for his four stores, and actually one pig was enough for the time being.
After all, we can't calculate everything based on the shipment volume of one store. A store has been selling for so long and has become famous, so the business will naturally be better.
The other three stores, especially the fourth store which had just opened a few days ago, were lucky to have half the shipment volume of the first store. Although the first store needed a large quantity, Angkor was still supplying them.
It’s really not enough. The braised pork butt actually tastes pretty good.
Thinking of this, Jiang Che decided to go with their family, but there was a prerequisite, that is, they had to give him a guarantee that this pig farm could really kill at least one pig a day.
"I promise. If it's not available, I'll find a way to get it for you."
"Okay, words are not enough, let's sign the contract."
Only after signing the contract can Jiang Che feel at ease. Otherwise, they will cheat on him and he will have no chance to seek justice.
"Okay, let's sign the contract." The people at the pig farm had no objection to signing the contract. Anyway, they didn't intend to cheat anyone. They were also afraid that Jiang Che would go back on his word, so they felt more at ease after signing the contract.
With this business, they can sell at least one pig every day, and with this money, the scale of the pig farm can be expanded quickly.
Since we have to sign the contract, we definitely cannot sign it at the pig farm. There is no paper or pen here.
Finally, the five people in the pig farm got together to discuss and decided to send the second one, who was the most literate and the smartest among the five, to take them home to sign the contract.
When Jiang Che and the other two appeared in the small courtyard again, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
The second-ranked man found two pieces of paper and a pen from the house, and discussed with Jiang Che for more than half an hour before finally drafting the contract.
Jiang Che nodded with satisfaction as he took the signed contract. The price was three points lower than buying it from Angkor, which was really very cheap.
It was late at night after signing the contract. Jiang Che and Cheng Shao could not travel at night. The dark road was hard to see and unsafe. They had no choice but to stay at Zhao's house. Anyway, the brothers of the Zhao family were at the pig farm and had not returned yet, which was convenient for them.
The next morning at four o'clock, the two were woken up from their beds by the Zhao brothers, and rushed to Jing City with the steaming pork that had just been slaughtered.
On the way, Cheng Shao mentioned to Jiang Che that he might go to the south next month.
Jiang Che was surprised: "Why go there?" He really didn't understand how there could be anywhere else as prosperous as the capital city of Beijing?
Then Cheng Shao talked about a friend he had just met who made a lot of money in just a few months in the south and even had a car when he came back. He also wanted to try his luck.
"Really? How could he make so much money by going to the South?" Jiang Che didn't quite believe it.
He owns three stores at the same time, but can only make more than 2,000 yuan a month, which he already thinks is a lot.
How fast can you make money to buy a car in a few months? Even picking up money is not that fast!
Anyway, even if they took out all the money his family had saved over the years, they still couldn't afford a car, even the cheapest one.
Cheng Shao actually didn't quite understand the twists and turns involved, so he thought of speaking it out and letting Jiang Che analyze it for him to see if he could go.
When asked by Jiang Che, he was really stumped. It seemed that his friend really didn't tell him how he earned the money.
Jiang Che saw that he still had something to understand, so he advised him, "Why don't you think it over carefully before making a decision? Anyway, I don't think it's very reliable. Besides, you earn a lot every month now. There's no need to take risks. If you get cheated, you still have a wife and children at home. What will you do with them?"
Jiang Che's words were like a blow to him. Yes, he still had a wife and children. How could he have been so foolish as to listen to his friend's boasting and decided to go to the south with him regardless of everything? Now thinking back, I was afraid that I was fooled by that little jerk.
The two chatted all the way and entered the city before half past five.
At the fork in the road, Jiang Che stopped the car and said, "I'll be leaving now. You must not have slept well last night. Go home and get some rest. I want to thank you for this. When you have time, come to my house for dinner with your sister-in-law."
"Brother, don't say thank you or not, just go and do your work first, I'll come find you in a couple of days."
"Okay, let's go." Jiang Che nodded at him and rode his bike towards the courtyard.
After unloading the pork from the truck at the courtyard, Jiang Che hurried back home, took a shower, explained the matter to Wei Xuan, and went back to work at the factory.
Wei Xuan slept until 6:30 in the morning, had breakfast with her daughter, and sent her to school. When she was about to go to the courtyard, she remembered that Jiang Che seemed to have come back in the morning.
What did he say? Oh, right, pork! He said he found a pig farm and signed a contract with them. He also said he had brought back today's pork and put it in the courtyard.
Oh, I was so sleepy this morning. How could I forget such a big thing?
Wei Xuan changed direction. She was originally planning to go to Siheyuan, but now she decided to go to Sidi first.
Go and pick up Lu Fangfang, otherwise it will be who knows what time it will be by the time she finishes processing all that old pork by herself.
Lu Fangfang was one of the three newly hired female employees. Because she was not very good at keeping accounts, Wei Xuan discussed with her and said that she wanted to change her job and let her go to the Siheyuan to make braised meat.
When she heard that she only had to work half a day and the salary was only fifteen yuan less than that of a store owner, she reluctantly agreed. What else could she do if she disagreed? It was her fault for not knowing how to count.
The other two, Zheng Chunjiao and the younger Zhang Daya, were smarter than her and learned things faster. She was very grateful that the boss lady didn't despise her and drive her away, but was willing to give her a chance to work.
However, because the source of braised meat has not been found yet, Wei Xuan has assigned the three of them to the newly opened store No. 4. Newcomers are inevitably unfamiliar with the work, and Wei Xuan was afraid that if she let them manage a store alone, they would be in a hurry and sell the wrong things, so she arranged them all to one store so that they can take care of each other.
Another thing is that compared with Wang Xiaomei and the other three, she is not familiar with the three new people. The money and goods in the store add up to a lot, and Wei Xuan can't watch the store all day long. The three of them can also supervise each other together.
The store definitely has the best business in the morning. When Wei Xuan arrived at the store, the other two were busy greeting customers. Only Lu Fangfang, who was probably really not good at dealing with others, could only keep replenishing goods from the back to the front.
Seeing Wei Xuan coming, she embarrassedly put down the things in her hands and called out "Boss Lady".
Wei Xuan said, "Leave this thing here and let them take care of it later. Come with me."
"Why."
The courtyard was not far from here. Seeing that Lu Fangfang was not riding a bicycle, Wei Xuan simply stopped riding and pushed the bicycle and walked over with her.
As they walked, he told her, "You don't have to come here anymore. Remember where we are going now. You can just go there directly in the morning."
"Is it the job we talked about before?" Lu Fangfang's eyes lit up. If she was unhappy about not staying in the store before, now she just wanted to leave quickly. The feeling of not being able to help at all was too uncomfortable.
Wei Xuan smiled and said, "Yes, it's not a lot of work, but you have to be meticulous. After all, it's something that will be sold to customers, so it has to be clean."
"That's no problem. I can't guarantee anything else, but I've been working on the stove for decades, so I'm sure I can satisfy you."
"That would be great."
Arriving at the courtyard, Lu Fangfang followed Wei Xuan through the door and looked around. She asked Wei Xuan enviously, "Madam boss, is this your house too?"
She had heard from Wang Xiaomei and others before that the four stores now opened by the boss lady are all owned by her own family.
If you add this courtyard house, then her family would have at least five or six houses. Oh my god, I can’t imagine, these houses alone would be worth a lot of money.
Wei Xuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "I only bought it because I needed it. It was relatively cheap when I bought it. Okay, stop looking at it for now. Come with me to the kitchen and take out the meat and wash it."
Jiang Che brought back a lot of meat, and with the meat sent by Wu Yun, there was even more.
The two of them moved the meat to the well. Wei Xuan first taught Lu Fangfang how to remove the hair from the pig's head and trotters. Fortunately, Lu Fangfang was skilled in doing these tasks. She knew how to do it as soon as Wei Xuan told her, and she didn't need to waste any time explaining.
Seeing that Lu Fangfang was working quickly, Wei Xuan washed her hands and told her to continue while she rode her bike out to buy a stove.
There are already two stoves in one store, and now all we need to do is add one more to each of the other three stores.
After transporting the stoves to the three stores and putting them away, and leaving enough coal for a week in each store, Wei Xuan returned to the courtyard.
When she came back, Lu Fangfang had already blanched all the meat in the pot and taken it out of the water. Now she was disassembling the pig head according to Wei Xuan's instructions.
Seeing that she was doing a good job, Wei Xuan did not intervene. Instead, she walked aside and started preparing the brine, and finally put the meat into the jar.
The two people worked separately and finally delivered the braised meat to the store before 10:30 in the morning.
At noon, Wei Xuan went back to the sixth floor to eat and take a nap. In the afternoon, she got up and rode her tricycle to look for a house.
Now that we have the employees, it’s time to open the fifth store.
She first went to the neighborhood office closest to the street and confirmed that there was no house she was looking for there. Then she continued to look in locations further away.
It was not until Wei Xuan found the house of her dreams in a street office three kilometers away from her home.
Originally, she came to buy a storefront, and was about to leave when she didn't see a suitable one. Just then, the auntie from the street office casually asked her if she wanted to buy a courtyard house.
Buy it, of course. We have some extra money at home now, so it would be a good deal to exchange it for a house.
She asked the aunt where the courtyard was and if she could go and see it.
"Sure, it's not far from here. I have nothing to do right now anyway. If you want to see it, I'll take the key and take you to see it."
"Okay, let's go." This is the Second Ring Road in the future. The courtyard house not far from here cannot be bought even if you have money in the future. She didn't expect to come across it.
The auntie said it wasn’t far, and it really wasn’t far. It was just a few turns and you’ll get there.
While the aunt was looking for the key to open the door, she was also introducing the origin of the house to Wei Xuan.
"The owner of this house plans to sell it and go abroad. He doesn't have many relatives in China, except for an aunt who lives abroad. He just happened to go there to live with her, so the ownership of this house is very clear and there will definitely be no disputes."
After Wei Xuan heard her introduction, she fell in love with the house almost the moment she opened the door and walked in.
This quadrangle is a standard two-courtyard structure. When you open the door, the first thing you see is the screen wall. Then walk to the left and enter the moon gate, which is the first courtyard. There are three upside-down rooms here.
Entering the second courtyard through the hanging flower gate, there are three main rooms facing you, with an ear room on each side, and three wing rooms on the east and west sides as well.
Among them, Wei Xuan’s favorite is the patio and the corridor of this house, which look very ancient.
If I buy this house, clean it up and move in, it will definitely be comfortable.
Thinking of this, Wei Xuan turned around and asked the aunt: "Did the owner of this house say how much it is sold for?"
The aunt stretched out her hand and made the number four.
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"Forty-two thousand."
So expensive? The courtyard house Wei Xuan bought before was only over 1,000 yuan. Although the location is not as good and not as big as this one, it can't be that much more expensive.
Seeing that Wei Xuan thought it was too expensive, the auntie was afraid of scaring her away, so she quickly added: "The price can definitely be negotiated. If you really like it, I can help you bargain."
Wei Xuan really liked it, and even after leaving the house she looked back several times reluctantly.
After a while, she made up her mind and said to the aunt, "Then please ask for me. I'll come back tomorrow afternoon."
"It's no trouble, no trouble." The aunt agreed with a smile. If the deal was done, Wang Xin had agreed to give her a hundred yuan as a reward.
So not only did she not find it troublesome at all, she also happily sent Wei Xuan away and did not even wait until tomorrow. She turned around and went to Wang Xin to negotiate the price.
Wei Xuan was calculating her family's savings, wondering if buying this house would affect her plans to open a store in the future.
She has always been the one keeping the family's money, so she knows best how much money there is in the family. Excluding this month's money, as of last month, the family's savings was exactly 56,000 yuan.
I don't know how much the house auntie can bargain for her in the end, but even if we calculate it as 42,000, there will still be 14,000 left.
There is no problem in opening a store with this 14,000 yuan, but it would be a bit difficult to renovate this courtyard house.
But it doesn’t matter. Their store is open and they make money every day. Now that they have added braised food, they make even more money every month.
So after thinking for a long time, she concluded that this courtyard house could be bought.
She walked and thought all the way until she reached the store door, when she realized that she had not ridden a bike, but had just pushed the bike to walk such a long distance.
Shaking her head, Wei Xuan laughed and walked into the store and asked Wang Xiaomei: "How is business today?"
"It's pretty good. The extra half jar of braised pork we had today has just been sold out. The bills from the four stores yesterday are all in the cabinet."
"Okay." Wei Xuan walked to the counter, sat down, opened the cabinet, took out the account book and began to look at it carefully.
The business of the four stores has been steadily increasing, which is a good sign, as it shows that the stores’ reputation has spread.
As long as she keeps up the momentum, Wei Xuan believes that she will soon be able to catch up with the other three old stores.
It was already late after looking through the account book, so Wei Xuan counted the turnover and took it to the post office to deposit it, then went to the school gate to pick up her daughter from school.
As soon as she parked the car, Wei Xuan heard someone calling her.
I looked up and saw that this was Fang Jing.
"Why are you here?"
Fang Jing pointed to the school and said, "I just transferred my son to another school today."
Wei Xuan understood that this person came to pick up the child just like her.
"What grade is your child in?"
Fang Jing smiled and said, "They are both in the first grade, just like your Yuanyuan. Maybe they are classmates."
So young? Wei Xuan had always thought that Fang Jing's child was at least in junior high school. After all, the couple looked much older than her and Jiang Che. She didn't expect the child to be almost the same age as Yuan Yuan.
However, this was someone else's private matter, so Wei Xuan didn't ask too much. Just when she was about to say something else to change the subject, Fang Jing took the initiative to speak.
"You must be curious about why my child is only this big?"
What else could Wei Xuan say? She could only deny it awkwardly: "No, actually. I was just a little surprised when I heard it, but when I think about it carefully, it's nothing. As for children, no one stipulates when or at what age you must give birth."
Fang Jing laughed and said frankly, "I like what you said. Actually, there is no special reason. It's just that I have difficulty conceiving. I was with my husband Hong for thirteen years before we had a child. During this period, I don't know how many medicines I took and how much suffering I went through. Now when I think about it, I don't know how I got through those days."
Wei Xuan comforted her: "This is probably because good things come with time."
"Puchi, I found that you are really good at talking. It seems that I need to chat with you more in the future."
Wei Xuan smiled and was about to say something when she caught sight of her daughter. She no longer cared to continue chatting with Fang Jing.
He pointed over there and asked Fang Jing to look: "The baby is out."
Fang Jing also saw her son at this time, and the two of them went to pick up the child. Wei Xuan asked Fang Jing: "How are you going back?" She didn't see Fang Jing's bicycle.
"You guys go first, I'll take him back."
Jiang Che was about to get off work, and she had to go home to cook, so Wei Xuan didn't bother to be polite with her.
"Okay, we'll go first. Yuanyuan, say goodbye to Aunt Fang and brother."
"Goodbye, auntie. Goodbye, brother."
"Goodbye Yuanyuan."
After carrying her daughter into the truck bed, Wei Xuan waved to Fang Jing before riding away.
After arriving home, I put a few biscuits on a plate for my daughter to eat first to fill her stomach, and then I went to the kitchen to start cooking dinner.
When Jiang Che came home from get off work, he saw the door opposite was half open and there was a little boy in the room. He entered the room and asked Wei Xuan whose child the boy was.
Wei Xuan passed by him carrying dishes and asked, "Whose family could it be if not the one across the street?"
Jiang Che:......
It could be a relative's.
Wei Xuan repeated to Jiang Che what Fang Jing had said to her.
"So next time you meet Brother Hong, don't mention this."
"I know. I'm not stupid."
"By the way," Wei Xuan put down her bowl and chopsticks and said to Jiang Che, "I have something I want to tell you."
"What's up?"
Wei Xuan was about to speak when someone knocked on the door from outside.
"Wait a moment," Jiang Che stood up and walked over to open the door.
"Brother Hong?"
"Xiao Jiang, you haven't eaten yet, right? I got a bottle of good wine, do you want to come to my house and have a drink?"
"Now?" Jiang Che looked back at the dishes on his table. Today, his wife cooked his favorite braised pork, but he hadn't tasted it yet. So he hesitated for two seconds and said to Hong Zhen, "How about you bring some wine to my house, Brother Hong?"
"Okay," Hong Zhen was really not polite at all: "Then wait for a while, I'll go back and get the wine." After saying that, he turned around and ran away, as if he was afraid that he would go back on his word. His movements were so agile that he didn't look like a fat man at all.
Jiang Che:......
He had reason to suspect that Hong Zhen was deliberately trying to cheat him out of the braised pork.
But the words were out, and Jiang Che was not a stingy person. He even asked Wei Xuan if she had any kimchi left at home, and if so, he would serve them a plate of it to go with the wine.
"Yes, I made a new jar yesterday at noon. I'll come get it."
When Hong Zhen came with the wine, Wei Xuan just came out of the kitchen carrying kimchi.
"Sister-in-law, excuse me."
"Don't bother me, just drink slowly, it's okay at this late hour anyway."
Hong Zhen walked to the table and sat down. He glanced at the dishes on the table and said with a smile: "I have long wanted to come here to try my sister-in-law's cooking. I tried the tofu balls you sent to our home last time. They were really delicious." As he said that, he gave a thumbs up.
"It's really amazing. So when I got a bottle of good wine today, the first thing I thought of was Xiao Jiang."
"Hey, Brother Hong, it's just a matter of an extra pair of chopsticks. Why do you have to give it up with a bottle of good wine?" Jiang Che knew he was not mistaken. When he mentioned that they would eat at his house, the man's eyes lit up, as if he was waiting for him to say this.
Although Hong Zhen was thick-skinned, he still had some dignity. He raised the wine in his hand and said, "It's embarrassing to come to your house empty-handed."
Then he opened the wine and poured a glass for himself and Jiang Che: "Good wine goes well with good food, just right, come on, let's clink glasses."
As soon as the wine entered his mouth, Jiang Che could tell that it was indeed good wine. Hong Zhen did not lie to him.
Jiang Che swallowed the wine in his mouth, picked up a piece of braised pork and ate it, then said: "I saw you were so happy just now, brother Hong, is there something good going on?"
"Did you figure it out?" Hong Zhen put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "It is indeed a great thing. I made a big deal today and earned this much money."
Jiang Che looked at him and stretched out his left hand in front of him and waved it twice.
"Five hundred? Or five thousand?"
It can’t be 50,000 after all!
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