When he came here, Ye Zhiqiu saw a rare sight. It was a dark-skinned man who was holding two otters in a cage.
Ye Zhiqiu warned: "Comrade, your otter has bitten the cage! It will be difficult to catch it if it escapes!"
The man who was chatting with someone quickly turned his attention back and poked the otter biting the cage with a small stick.
"Thank you, comrade! These little guys might have bitten something! Eh? Comrade, are you a buyer? Do you want to buy these two things?"
Ye Zhiqiu was very surprised. Otter fur was being bought and sold at a very high price! Why didn't this man just skin it and sell it?
So he asked, "Comrade, you otter, why don't you take it to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell it? I remember they bought this stuff, and the price was very high!"
The man quickly explained, "Comrade, the skins of these two can only be sold for thirty yuan each. This is because it's summer now, and the otter's fur isn't top quality."
But if I have time to raise it until winter, its fur will be of excellent quality and the price will at least double, or at least sell for sixty or seventy pieces. I'm thinking of selling it to someone else to raise, it's better than selling it as an ordinary skin!"
Honestly, this thing is not easy to raise. I'm glad this guy can say that because it's a carnivore! Even if you use fish to raise it, after a few months, how much money will be spent on buying fish?
Ye Zhiqiu said with a half-smile, "My fellow villager, you are being dishonest! Everyone knows that otter fur can be sold at a high price in winter, but who has the money to keep one alive for several months?
Even if we calculate the price of two fish per kilogram, it would cost more than 20 yuan a month. It would take at least three months to raise them, which would cost 60 or 70 yuan! The skins of these two fish could be sold for 140 or 150 yuan.
Do you think it's worth it to work so hard for several months and risk them running away and dying, just to earn a few dollars?"
The man's face was already dark, so he didn't seem to mind being exposed. He smiled and asked, "Well, that's the deal, but what if someone wants to give it a try? Besides, I have a male and a female, and they only cost me 80 yuan for a pair. That's really not expensive!"
Ye Zhiqiu originally wanted to leave, but when he heard that it was a male and a female, he stopped.
Speaking of this thing, due to various problems, it disappeared in Beijing for decades and everyone thought it was extinct.
But later they were discovered one after another, and with the improvement of water sources, these guys appeared again from the Miyun Reservoir.
The purchase price of fur like this is definitely thirty yuan per piece, and eighty yuan for a pair is really not expensive!
"Okay, I'll take this pair of otters. The price of their skins is right there! I'll just consider it as spending twenty yuan for these twenty pounds of meat!"
Hearing Ye Zhiqiu buy it, the man was very happy. He just wanted to get a few more yuan. Two skins of this thing could be sold for sixty yuan. He didn't know the exact price of the meat. But being able to sell it for twenty yuan made him feel very satisfied.
Ye Zhiqiu reached into his bag, took out a hundred yuan from the space, counted out eighty yuan, and handed it to him.
"You have to give me this cage. Even though it's useless, at least it can serve as a temporary support!"
After confirming the amount of money was correct, the man said happily, "Okay, it's just a cage, that's no big deal!"
The man helped put the cage into the pack basket and then happily went to share the money. It turned out that he and others had caught these two otters together. Seeing that there were four people to share the money, it was no wonder that he asked for 80 yuan.
In fact, Ye Zhiqiu knew that he would not lose anything. Not to mention that he was going to raise these two little guys, even if he skinned them and sold their meat, he would not lose anything!
Because otters are a rare commodity, if you find the right customer, you can sell them for a few dollars per pound!
I rode my bike away from here, heading towards the brewery. When there was no one around, I put the otter into the space pond and released it.
The two little guys were still frightened and dived directly as soon as they went out. They were probably used to diving to avoid predators.
Ye Zhiqiu got a bag and put the rat snake in it. He also caught two silver carp weighing four or five pounds, put everything in the pannier, and continued on his bike.
He slipped his ID card into his chest pocket and entered the factory smoothly. He rode his bicycle directly to the logistics department, knocked on the window, and asked someone to come out to process the storage.
Seeing the rat snake, the colleague in charge of warehousing felt a little nervous. He asked, "Xiao Ye, we never told you that we want to take in snakes!"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly explained, "Well, Director Chen assigned me to collect this. It's three yuan a pound. Just weigh it and put it into the warehouse. We're going to use it to entertain the leaders from the south tomorrow. They're the ones we begged to buy production equipment from!"
After hearing Ye Zhiqiu's explanation, he finally bit the bullet and weighed the snake. He found a net weight of 3.6 jin (approximately 10.80 yuan), and the two fish weighed 9.4 jin (approximately 10.80 yuan), which was 4.23 yuan.
The turtle was for Section Chief Liu, so it couldn't be weighed and put into storage. Ye Zhiqiu took the two lists and put them away. He parked his bicycle, picked up the turtle, and walked towards Liu Wenjie's office.
After knocking on the door and getting a response, he walked in with a playful smile.
"Section Chief, I didn't get a big one this time, but I still bought a soft-shelled turtle for two dollars and brought it back to you."
"Hey, it's you, Xiao Ye! I've been shopping there many times but never bought this thing!" Liu Wenjie took it happily, put it away, handed Ye Zhiqiu two dollars, and gave him some cigarettes.
Ye Zhiqiu struck a match to light the cigarette, then sat down and smoked with him.
Liu Wenjie asked curiously, "Xiao Ye, did you get back the snakes that Director Chen arranged to purchase this time? I was afraid you didn't get any, so I sent Huang Dajiang out to help with the purchase."
"Hey, Chief, don't worry. I've already bought a rat snake. It's a massive 3.6 jin! Old Huang's also gone out to buy one. If he does, will the factory refuse to buy his snake?"
Liu Wenjie smiled and said, "No, I'll buy some and make some snake soup for you one day. That will help digest it, won't it?"
After hearing this, Ye Zhiqiu felt relieved. After chatting for a while and confirming that Ye Zhiqiu would not go out to purchase anything today, he did not write a release note for him.
After Ye Zhiqiu left the office, he went to the finance department to settle the money and then went to Chen Yimin's office.
"Leader, I'm here to report my work to you!"
Chen Yimin smiled and said, "Oh? That must be good news, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu gave a thumbs-up and said, "Look, a leader is a leader! With just one glance, his sharp eyes can see through everything!"
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