sinovels Chapter 1415: The Self-familiar and the Fur Merchant
Chapter 1415: The Self-familiar and the Fur Merchant
Chapter 1415: The Self-familiar and the Fur Merchant
Boss Zhao is a decent man, although most of the time, his respectability is embellished by circumstances.
Even though he was a terrible shooter, he could still shoot his prey to death with a fully automatic rifle.
As for other aspects, it will be easier.
Because he has money.
But there is one thing: if it gets out, Boss Zhao will never have anything to do with respect again.
And that incident seemed to have become Boss Zhao's nightmare.
As the saying goes: Too much concern leads to confusion.
Ever since returning from Yong'antun, Zhao Weipeng had nightmares for several nights, and every time he kept repeating the same sentence. How could this not make Liang Xuemei, his bedmate, worried?
But whenever Liang Xuemei asked, Zhao Weipeng would interrupt her. The more Zhao Weipeng interrupted, the more worried Liang Xuemei became.
There happened to be guests coming to Yong'an today, so Liang Xuemei couldn't help but ask.
When she asked this, Zhao Weipeng's face changed instantly. When Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, and Jie Chen all looked up, they all looked at Liang Xuemei blankly, and almost said in unison: "Nothing happened!"
Who dares to talk about that?
Even though there were so many people in the Zhao family, no one dared to mention it. Even Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang, the brother and sister, were so treacherous, they didn't dare to mention the second Zhao's slaughter of cattle.
Liang Xuemei blinked twice. The three guys said they were fine, but they acted as if they had rehearsed it. It would be strange if nothing happened.
"Okay, okay." Seeing that Liang Xuemei was still asking questions, Zhao Weipeng waved his fat hand and said, "Let the child go to sleep quickly."
After hearing what Zhao Weipeng said, Liang Xuemei smiled at Zhao Jun and the other two, then said a few words like "have a good rest", and then left the room with Zhao Weipeng.
After seeing the couple off, Xie Chen climbed onto the kang, crossed his legs, and said to Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu in a low voice, "Next time we go hunting in the mountains, we must be careful."
"Yeah!" Li Baoyu nodded in agreement, and echoed: "One misstep can lead to eternal regret!"
Zhao Jun curled his lips and waved his hand to ask the two to go to bed.
The three brothers slept well that night and did not wake up until almost six o'clock.
When Zhao Jun and the other two packed up their bedding and came out of the house, Zhao Weipeng was whispering in Liang Xuemei's ear.
"Today's meal must be good!" Zhao Weipeng criticized Liang Xuemei, saying, "Look at you, you only prepared those two dishes yesterday."
Liang Xuemei, who was rolling out noodles and cutting wrappers to make wontons, looked up at Zhao Weipeng in surprise and said, "The dishes on the table yesterday were not enough?"
"When I was at Zhao Jun's house, the meals were so rich." Zhao Weipeng said so. Liang Xuemei took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I will cook twenty dishes for you today."
"Don't mess around." Zhao Weipeng added, "As for the shrimps, just stir them in the pan. As for the prawns, wouldn't it be better if you braised them in oil? And as for the crabs, cut them in half, coat them with paste, put a little oil and fry them for a while, then..."
"What do you think I am?" Liang Xuemei glared at Zhao Weipeng unhappily and said, "You are my restaurant, right?"
Liang Xuemei prepared a table of seafood yesterday, but most of them were steamed and boiled. It was not that she was not attentive, but she was alone and could not handle it at all.
Zhao Weipeng was stunned by Liang Xuemei's retort. At this time, Mr. Zhao came out from the inner room, raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Weipeng, saying: "You only know how to order people around! You asked Xiaomei to do it, why don't you do it? Aren't you a cook?"
"What kind of cook is he?" The old lady of the Zhao family came out and added, "He raised pigs when he was in the army."
Zhao Weipeng: "..."
"Look at you getting fatter day by day!" Old Master Zhao glared at Zhao Weipeng and said, "You cook for lunch and dinner. Cook twenty dishes!"
"Let's make braised prawns." Mrs. Zhao said, "My grandson loves it."
Zhao Weipeng knew that he couldn't win the argument with these two people, so he curled his lips and started to help Liang Xuemei make wontons.
The wonton filling is well-mixed, with leeks, shrimps and pork, and the wontons are very fresh and fragrant when cooked.
At the dinner table, the old lady of the Zhao family kept serving wontons to Zhao Jun and the other two, fearing that they would feel embarrassed for not having enough to eat.
Zhao Jun ate three bowls, which was more than fifty wontons. The old lady didn't stop until she saw that he really couldn't eat any more.
After breakfast, Liang Xuemei washed some fruit for them, including apples and pears.
The old man of the Zhao family made tea and poured it for each person in small cups.
"Uncle." Zhao Jun took a sip of the tea, then said to Zhao Weipeng, "Please help me contact the leather collector."
Zhao Weipeng glanced at the watch on his wrist and said, "Okay, I'll go to the village office and make a phone call later."
Speaking of telephones, Zhao Weipeng remembered something and said to Zhao Jun, "I heard them say the other day that there is a new type of telephone that you can hold in your hand and make calls anywhere."
"Is it still a phone?" The old man of the Zhao family asked. Zhao Weipeng said, "Why not? Why is it called a big brother?"
"Big Brother?" Li Baoyu said with a smile, "What a domineering name!"
"Yes." Zhao Weipeng said, "After the Chinese New Year, I'll see if I can get one made. Otherwise, it's too much trouble to make a phone call."
"Brother...let's buy one too?" Li Baoyu said this to Zhao Jun. When he went out and in front of outsiders, he tried not to call Zhao Jun brother.
"What should we buy?" Zhao Jun said with a smile, "How many phone calls can we make in a year?"
After talking to Li Baoyu, Zhao Jun asked Zhao Weipeng curiously, "Uncle, that thing can't be cheap, right?"
"It seems to cost tens of thousands." Zhao Weipeng's words made Li Baoyu and Jie Chen smack their lips in amazement. They thought that thing was like a TV or a refrigerator, which would cost only a thousand or eight hundred yuan at most. They didn't expect it to cost tens of thousands.
"Hey?" At this time, Zhao Weipeng remembered something and asked Zhao Jun, "Jun, are you going to buy a car? One of them needs money urgently. He bought his 212 less than half a year ago. It will be like a new one and it can be much cheaper."
"Uncle, I won't buy anything yet." Zhao Jun said, "Money is tight recently, and the money is needed to buy things at home. Now I have Xiaochen's big Jiefang and the motorcycle my brother-in-law bought for me. These are enough for going out and going in, and doing anything."
"You...if you are short of money, uncle will pay for it for you first." Zhao Weipeng said: "Buying his car can save 15,000 or 16,000 yuan compared to a new car. How suitable is it?"
Hearing what Zhao Weipeng said, the man selling the car was really in a hurry to use the money. When they heard that they could save 15,000 or 16,000 yuan, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen winked at Zhao Jun.
"Uncle, let's not buy it yet." Zhao Jun ignored the two brothers' eyes, then declined Zhao Weipeng's kindness, saying: "We are in the forest area, let's drive that car, it's really not very practical, it's just for face.
Our business is just starting out, and we need money everywhere. I think if I have the money to buy a car, I should spend it on the most important things.”
Although Zhao Youcai was in debt every day, he was right in saying one thing: the big jeep was nice, but it was not practical for Zhao Jun's family.
If you go hunting in the mountains, you won't be able to catch blind bears or cannon eggs.
If you go to the fields to farm, you can't produce manure or much grain.
But Zhao Jun knew that Zhao Weipeng meant well, and he was going to advance the money for him. But he had arranged to buy a car before when he was not doing business. Now that business was in a state of famine, Zhao Jun felt that buying a car was not worth it.
"Look at this child." The old lady of the Zhao family pointed at Zhao Jun and said to his old man, "How down-to-earth he is!"
"Yes!" The old man nodded and said, "With this child, my parents can worry less."
Just then, the sound of dogs barking came from outside the house, both in the front yard and the back yard.
The dog in the front yard belongs to Zhao Weipeng's family, and the dog in the back yard belongs to the red dog given by Liang Zhanshan.
Liang Xuemei went out to greet him, and came back not long after to say to Zhao Weipeng: "Hurry up, there's a phone call, they're looking for you."
Zhao Weipeng stood up after hearing this and said to Zhao Jun, "You guys sit down. I'm going to answer a phone call, and then I'll ask you about collecting the hides."
Zhao Jun responded and chatted with Li Baoyu, Jie Chen and the two elderly people of the Zhao family.
About fifteen minutes later, Zhao Weipeng came back from outside. As soon as he entered the room, he asked Zhao Jun, "Do you still have leopard skins?"
"No more, uncle." Zhao Jun said, "There are not many of them, and it's hard to prepare them."
"Tsk!" Zhao Weipeng smacked his lips, sat down on the sofa, and said to Zhao Jun, "Find a way to get two of them. Someone is willing to pay a high price for them."
At this point, Zhao Weipeng raised his hand and gestured, saying, "Sell two and you can exchange them for the 212."
Zhao Jun heard this and looked at Li Baoyu and Jie Chen, and all three of them laughed. Li Ruhai's theory of "waiting to get rich" was quite popular in the market of the boss class.
"Okay." Zhao Jun replied with a smile: "If another leopard is unearthed there, I will go and knock it down."
"Hey?" After Zhao Jun finished speaking, the old man of the Zhao family asked Zhao Weipeng, "Have you asked about the child?"
"I asked." Zhao Weipeng looked at Zhao Jun and said, "I also asked you about the bear bile."
After hearing what Zhao Weipeng said, Zhao Jun did not interrupt and waited quietly for Zhao Weipeng to continue.
"Let's go to Hebei on Sunday." Zhao Weipeng said, "We'll arrive in Anguo next Monday and go to the Bao'an Hall. They sell dried bear gallbladders and offer the highest price."
"Uncle." As soon as Zhao Weipeng finished speaking, Zhao Jun said, "We can't stay that long. Our family is still waiting for money."
"Since you've come all this way, why don't you stay at home for two days?" Zhao Weipeng said, "The boss who collects the furs will go to Beijing on Sunday and won't be back until Tuesday. What I'm thinking is that we can go there to sell the gallbladder on Monday and then find him to sell the furs on Tuesday."
"Sunday... Today is Thursday." Zhao Jun thought about it in his mind, and then said to Zhao Weipeng: "Uncle, why don't we leave today."
Zhao Jun pointed at Li Baoyu and Jie Chen and said, "Let's leave today and arrive tomorrow afternoon or evening. Then we can go find the boss the day after tomorrow. Isn't he leaving the day after tomorrow?"
"That won't do!" After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Weipeng waved his fat hands and said, "Now that we're home, we have to stay for two days before leaving! Don't worry about the money from Lao Tao. If it doesn't work, I'll find a way to remit it to him."
"That's not necessary, uncle." Zhao Jun quickly stopped him and said, "I'll give it to them after the New Year."
"Then why are you in such a hurry to leave?" Zhao Weipeng said to Zhao Jun, "Your brother hasn't come back yet. The other day I told you guys to come, he insisted on coming back to see you."
As soon as Zhao Weipeng finished speaking, he heard the sound of a dog barking outside. Zhao Weipeng looked out the window and said happily, "Oh, he's back just when I was talking about him!"
Upon hearing that her eldest grandson had returned, the old lady of the Zhao family stood up with the help of the sofa.
Soon, Liang Xuemei's surprised voice came from the outer room. But from what Liang Xuemei said, it seemed that her son had brought someone back.
Then, Liang Xuemei entered the room first and waved to Zhao Weipeng, "Come in, there are guests."
Zhao Weipeng stood up and saw a fat boy leading two people coming in from outside.
The fat boy was about the same height as Zhao Jun, but his body could hold two Zhao Juns.
From his body shape, you can tell that he is Zhao Weipeng’s son Zhao Jinhui.
There were two people following behind Zhao Jinhui, a young man and a middle-aged man. They looked very similar and it was obvious that they were father and son without any identification.
Zhao Jinhui first introduced Zhao Weipeng to the two men, and then introduced the two men to Zhao Weipeng, saying, "Dad, this is my classmate Wen Ming, and that is my uncle Wen."
As a junior, Zhao Jinhui could not mention the names of his elders, but his classmate's father and son introduced themselves as Wen Hongchang.
Then, Zhao Weipeng briefly introduced the two elderly people in the family to the Wen father and son.
Next, it’s time to introduce the three members of Zhao Jun.
But at this moment, Zhao Jinhui took the initiative to step forward, stretched out his hands to grab Zhao Jun's hands, shook them and said: "You are Brother Zhao Jun, right?"
"Ah..." Zhao Jun was caught off guard by Zhao Jinhui's familiarity. Before Zhao Jun could say anything, Zhao Jinhui had already let go of his hand and said to Li Baoyu: "You must be Li Baoyu, right?"
"Ah!" Li Baoyu shook hands with Zhao Jinhui in bewilderment, and then heard Zhao Jinhui say: "We are the same age, but my birthday should be older than yours, I was born on the 16th day of the first lunar month."
"Ah..." Li Baoyu didn't know what to say. At this time, Zhao Jinhui let go of Li Baoyu's hand, turned to Xie Chen and said, "You are Xie Chen, right?"
Xie Chen held Zhao Jinhui's hand and asked, "How did you know?"
"I heard it from my dad." Zhao Jinhui said with a smile, "Li Baoyu is tall and Zhao Jun has thick eyebrows and big eyes. I recognized them both. The only one left is you, definitely Jie Chen."
After hearing what Zhao Jinhui said, Zhao Jun and others laughed, but Jie Chen blinked his eyes, feeling that something was wrong.
"Brother Zhao Jun!" After Zhao Jinhui released Jie Chen's hand, he gently supported Zhao Jun's arm with one hand and reached out to Wen Hongchang with the other hand, saying, "My father said that you came here to sell leather, so I brought him here specially for you."
"Hey!" Zhao Jun hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with the Wen family father and son, while Zhao Jinhui introduced them, saying, "Uncle Wen does business in Xiji, and his business is quite big."
Zhao Jun and Wen Hongchang exchanged a few polite words. Zhao Jun did not expect that Zhao Weipeng's son could be so friendly.
At this time, Zhao Weipeng asked everyone to sit down, and the old man of the Zhao family happily demonstrated his tea-making skills.
After a few pleasantries, Zhao Jun asked Li Baoyu and Jie Chen to go out and bring back three leather rolls.
One has gray skin, one has large skin, and the other has yellow leaves.
Looking at the three leather rolls placed in front of him, Wen Hongchang smiled and said to Zhao Jun: "I can tell from the technique that this came from Changbai Mountain."
Zhao Jun smiled faintly, and Wen Hongchang picked up the gray leather roll, unfolded it and spread it on his legs, stroked it against the fur, and then handed it to his son Wen Ming, and pointed out: "Look at its fur, it's much better than our northern squirrel."
"Northern squirrel?" Li Baoyu muttered quietly. Wen Hongchang looked at Li Baoyu and nodded with a smile, saying, "Squirrels from the Yanshan Mountains, but the quality of their fur cannot be compared with yours, so we can't export them."
"Are our Yanshan squirrels different from theirs?" Zhao Weipeng didn't go to the mountains, so he didn't know much about these things.
"They are different." Wen Hongchang laughed and said, "It's really strange. Wild boars, roe deer, leopards, golden eagles, etc. are the same in Yanshan and Changbai Mountains, but the squirrels are different."
"Golden Leopard?" Zhao Weipeng got some information from Wen Hongchang's words and asked immediately, "Are there any golden leopards in Yanshan?"
"Yes." Wen Hongchang said, "There are no tigers, but there are leopards and lynxes."
Wen Hongchang paused for a moment, then added: "Lynx skin is quite valuable, leopard skin is slightly less valuable."
Hearing this, Zhao Weipeng looked at Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun smiled faintly. This situation was not surprising. If Wen Hongchang knew Li Ruhai, he would have sold the leopard skin at a sky-high price.
(End of this chapter)