sinovels Chapter 1441 The Rich Man Is No Longer Rich
Chapter 1441 The Rich Man Is No Longer Rich
Chapter 1441 The Rich Man Is No Longer Rich
"It doesn't matter if the wild boar meat is lean. But before you mix it with the stuffing, put more oil in it. We've been eating black beet oil lately, and we have a lot of soybean oil distributed by the farm."
The family was short of money and could not buy a big fat pig for the New Year. Wang Meilan had no choice but to let her son go into the mountains to hunt so that they could get through the New Year.
These words sound a little bit sad.
At this time, two dogs barked outside the house. It was Wang Qiang's family, Jie Chen's mother and son, and the old lady who came.
Wang Qiang and Jie Chen were also dressed neatly, each carrying a semi-automatic rifle issued by the forest farm.
When everyone was present, Zhao Jun gave an order and Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, Jie Chen and Li Ruhai followed him out.
They took out the armor from the barn and began to armor the hounds.
At first, the dogs were not used to wearing armor, so they had to wear it every day to get used to it. Otherwise, when they went up the mountain, the hunting dogs would bite the armor with their teeth and kick it with their hind legs without restraint.
Once the hunting dogs get used to wearing armor, they will be fine. And when the dogs see their owners take out the armor, they will know that their owners are going to take them up the mountain, and they will be very excited.
The hound was clever, and patiently allowed the armor to be put on it. When the armor was put on and the chain was removed, the hound ran out of the door happily.
Hunting dogs are different from guard dogs. Hunting dogs that have been to the mountains and fought wild beasts have a temperament that guard dogs do not have. They are not annoying. Even if they run out of the yard and look at passers-by, hunting dogs will not bark. They will just run two laps happily and then consciously return to the vicinity of the Jiefang truck, waiting to get on the truck and set off.
The little bear has already left the confinement period, but she still has to feed the puppy Heipang. The Zhao family has a little black bear and a little lynx in their house, and there is no place to put Heipang, so the little bear can only stay in the Xie family.
In addition, the Zhao army had not been on the battlefield for a long time, so they never brought the little bear up the mountain.
Qing Lao Hu, who was in the stage of recuperation, was also left at home by Zhao Jun.
Excluding Zhao Youcai's four red dogs, Hua Niuniu was confined at home, and the remaining Wulong, Sanhua, and Sanhei, a total of eleven hunting dogs followed Zhao's army on the expedition to Little Redwood.
The number of times these eleven dogs take cars in a year far exceeds that of 99 percent of the people in Yongan Forest District.
After getting on the car, the hunting dogs skillfully found places to lie down.
Zhao Jun stood on the back of the car and took the sack from Li Baoyu. Seeing this, Hei Hu stood up and sniffed upwards.
"Go!" Zhao Jun drove Hei Hu away and put the sacks in the inner position. There were three sacks in total, each filled with half a sack of seafood.
Zhao Jun pulled over the tarpaulin to cover the three sacks, then called Qinglong. Zhao Jun pointed at the tarpaulin and told Qinglong to watch it and not let other dogs tear it apart.
Qinglong barked twice, and accepted the task. Qinglong was the most willing to take charge. In the past, he would keep an eye on Huanglong whenever he went out, and he also liked to help his master watch the prey.
Among the dog gang, it and Black Dragon are the smallest, but it is equivalent to the close companion of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Who among the other dogs dares to mess with it?
Zhao Jun got out of the trunk of the car and waved to everyone to get in.
Zhao Jun was driving the jeep in the front, with Wang Qiang sitting in the passenger seat, and Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai sitting in the back seat.
Li Baoyu drove the Jiefang car, Jie Chen sat in the passenger seat and escorted the car, and they followed behind.
The two cars drove towards Yongxing Brigade, one in front and one behind.
This journey is quite familiar.
Just after half past ten, two cars drove into Yongxing Team 1.
The jeep first stopped in front of the store, and Zhao Jun took Li Ruhai out of the car and went into the store.
Zhao Jun came to Yongxing several times in the past year, and the owner of the convenience store recognized him at a glance.
Zhao Jun took out ten yuan and bought two packs of Yingchun cigarettes, which Zhao Youcai had given to Li Wencai to buy.
When Zhao Jun left, he left Li Ruhai in the store.
Now is the off-season for farming, and there is not much work in the production team. There are people playing cards, reading cards, and playing chess in the store. Let Li Ruhai stay here and let him promote the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce.
As for whether Li Ruhai could break the deadlock, Zhao Jun had never considered this question. Compared with Zhang Yuanmin's sometimes-effective tricks, Li Ruhai's mouth was his real strength.
When Zhao Jun came out of the store, he saw the Jiefang truck following him. He waved to Li Baoyu who was driving. Then Zhao Jun got in the jeep and drove to the brigade headquarters.
The car stopped in front of the brigade headquarters and everyone got out. Zhang Yuanmin, who was sitting in the back seat, took off the flour bag containing the money.
When Zhao Jun led his men into the brigade headquarters, he saw his old acquaintances Tao Dabao and Tao Fei.
In addition to these two people, there are also accountant You Zhijie and cashier Sun Shaoxing.
After greeting each other, Zhao Jun took the money out of his cloth bag and placed it in stacks on the table.
Accountants and cashiers are much more skilled in their work than Li Tongyun, who checks money quickly.
While the accountant and cashier were checking the money, Tao Dabao chatted with Zhao Jun and asked, "Zhao Jun, how was your trip?"
"Not bad." Zhao Jun smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the door, saying, "Uncle Tao, when I come back from this trip, I'll bring you and Uncle Tao some seafood. I'll send them home before I leave."
"You have to eat at home at noon." Tao Dabao heard the hidden meaning in Zhao Jun's words and immediately stood up and said, "Your second aunt has prepared dinner at home, and the old man is still talking about you."
"Yeah." Tao Fei immediately added, "Brother Jun, you came all the way here, you have to stay for two days at least."
"I can't stay here anymore, Xiaofei." Zhao Jun said to the uncle and nephew, "Uncle Tao, I came back this time mainly to give you money. After giving you the money, I have to go to Little Redwood right away."
"Little Redwood?" Tao Dabao frowned and asked, "What are you doing there?"
Zhao Jun told Tao Dabao about the killing of the leopard in the Little Redwood Forest Farm. After listening, Tao Dabao said to Zhao Jun, "You don't have to stay, but you can leave after lunch, okay?"
"Okay." Zhao Jun thought about it, nodded heavily, and said with a smile: "Then let's finish our meal before leaving."
"Oh, that's right." Tao Dabao said with a smile, "Wait for me at my house later. I have something to ask you."
What Tao Dabao said means that some things are not suitable to be said in the brigade headquarters.
Zhao Jun nodded in agreement, and after the accountant and cashier finished checking the money, they followed Tao Fei out of the brigade headquarters.
"Hey, Brother Jun!" Tao Fei came out of the house and saw the jeep driven by Zhao Jun. He asked Zhao Jun in surprise, "Whose car is this?"
"My, haha." Zhao Jun responded with a smile. Tao Fei was even more surprised and asked, "Brother Jun, how much did you make this time?"
"That has nothing to do with it, Xiaofei." Zhao Jun said, "This is what I got in exchange for bear gall and bear skin."
This is just like running up the mountain and occupying shacks to occupy territory. Even if you make money, you can't tell anyone about it.
"Ah..." Tao Fei circled the jeep twice, then looked up and asked Zhao Jun, "Brother Jun, can you let me drive it for a while?"
Their production team had vehicles, including the Great Liberation and Red East tractors, and more than one.
But the production team was pragmatic and would not buy a big jeep even if they had money.
Men like cars. Tao Fei drove Liberation Army cars and tractors in the brigade. When he saw his friend's jeep, he not only wanted to drive it, but also felt itchy in his heart.
"Then you drive." Zhao Jun waved his hand at Jie Chen and said, "Xiao Chen, you accompany Xiao Fei."
Tao Fei and Jie Chen drove away, and Zhao Jun took the opportunity to take a cigarette and go to the guesthouse behind the brigade headquarters to see Li Wencai.
Old Li was very happy to see Zhao Jun coming. After a brief greeting, Zhao Jun heard a car horn outside and stood up to say goodbye to Li Wencai.
Li Wencai wanted to invite Zhao Jun and his friends to dinner, but Zhao Jun declined. After leaving the guesthouse, the two cars went to Yu Xuewen's home.
When he called yesterday, Yu Xuewen said he was not at home. But Zhao Jun still brought some things for Yu Xuewen, a sack filled with half-caught fish and crabs, and gave it to Yu Xuewen's wife.
Zhao Jun came to visit Yu's house. Yu Xuewen's wife also recognized him. Seeing Zhao Jun coming with gifts, Yu Xuewen's wife politely wanted to invite Zhao Jun to have lunch at home.
Zhao Jun didn't even bother Li Wencai, so he would definitely not eat at Yu's house. After politely declining the invitation of Yu Xuewen's wife to stay for dinner, Zhao Jun went out and left in a car.
The group left Yu's house and went to the store to pick up Li Ruhai. When they arrived at Tao's house, they were warmly welcomed by the Tao family.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw steam filling the outer room. Tao Xiaobao said that yesterday Li Yunxiang heard that Zhao Jun was coming today, so she killed the goose early in the morning.
Hearing what Tao Xiaobao said, Zhao Jun remembered the first time he visited the Tao family. Li Yunxiang killed the only goose in the house to entertain him and Li Baoyu.
Tao Fulin pulled Zhao Jun into the house, sat on the kang and chatted for a while, and Tao Dabao and his family also came.
Tao Dabao and his wife came with dishes. He and Jiang Lan each held a small helmet with a plate on top. It was too cold outside, so this would prevent the heat from the dishes from escaping.
After the couple entered the house, Tao Dabao set the table. They brought braised pork and fried river fish.
Tao Erbao's family prepared peanuts and canned luncheon meat. The goose stewed in an iron pot would take a while, but once the four dishes were served, they could start drinking.
The men sat around the table, and the men of the Tao family, led by Tao Fulin, invited Wang Qiang and others to drink.
After the opening drink, Tao Dabao asked Zhao Jun, "Zhao Jun, did you drive that 212 outside?"
"Yeah," Zhao Jun responded, and then Tao Dabao asked, "Did you buy it?"
"I bought it, Uncle Tao." Zhao Jun said so. Tao Dabao then asked: "How do you make so much money from leather?"
"No, haha..." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Uncle Tao, my car has some problems. It was cheap when I bought it, only 15,000 yuan."
"Ah? So cheap?" Tao Dabao was very surprised when he heard it.
Zhao Jun didn't say much about the car, but continued, "Another reason is that we go hunting in the mountains, and we make a lot of money from selling our bear gallbladders and bear skins, so we bought this car."
"Ah..." Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Tao Dabao nodded and asked Zhao Jun, "Zhao Jun, how much money can you make if you sell a yellow leaf in Hebei?"
This matter is also a trade secret, but Zhao Jun feels that there is nothing to hide, especially since Tao Dabao and Zhao Weipeng know each other. If he really wants to know, it is just a matter of making a phone call.
So Zhao Jun said to Tao Dabao, "We collect yellow leaves at home. The male ones are 38 yuan, and the female ones are 28 yuan. The day we arrived in Changshan, the price of yellow leaves had just risen. The female ones were sold for 32 yuan, and we made 4 yuan per piece. The male ones were sold for 41 yuan, and we made 3 yuan per piece."
"Ah..." No one knew what Tao Dabao was planning. After hearing what Zhao Jun said, he squinted his eyes and said, "So, is the road easy to travel on this trip?"
"The road is fine." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "It's just that there are robberies."
Zhao Jun had never told his family about the encounter with robbers. Hearing what he said, Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, and Li Ruhai all looked at him in surprise.
Zhao Jun told Tao Dabao about the encounter with robbers on the road. After listening to it, Tao Dabao couldn't help but feel suspicious.
After Yu Xuewen received the call yesterday, he went to find Tao Dabao and asked him to receive Zhao Jun and ask him about the profit of his business.
If the profit is sufficient, their team will organize a few people to collect the skins and bear gallbladders in the team, and then transport them to Hebei to sell.
Tao Dabao still agreed with the profits that Zhao Jun mentioned just now, but when Zhao Jun said that there would be robberies on the road, Tao Dabao began to back down.
In terms of weapons and equipment, the Zhao army has guns, and the Yongxing Battalion even has cannons.
But those robbers along the way are not without roots. Just as Zhao Jun said, those robbers all came from the villages on both sides of the road.
In this era, not only are the people tough, but the people in each village are also united. If there is a fight, I dare not say there are too many people, dozens or hundreds of people are no problem.
Especially in the Northeast, many veterans have experienced the founding of the country and the North Korean war. In 93, the armed fights could still be fought with infantry and artillery, let alone now?
Therefore, if you use knives or guns and injure people on someone else's territory, it will not be easy to leave.
Fortunately, it was Zhao Jun who scared off the robbers that day, otherwise it would have been difficult for them to escape.
The production team and the Zhao family Chamber of Commerce are different. If something goes wrong with the people sent out to do business, Tao Dabao and Yu Xuewen will have worked in vain for half their lives.
"Come, come, his uncle." At this time, Tao Fulin picked up the wine glass and invited Wang Qiang to drink. Tao Dabao, who had come to his senses, quickly raised his glass and drank a sip with him.
When Tao Dabao put down his cup, he heard Zhao Jun say to him, "Uncle Tao, when we were at the brigade headquarters, didn't you say you would ask me if you had anything to ask me after you got home? Is that it?"
"Yeah." Tao Dabao told Zhao Jun about how he and Yu Xuewen wanted to organize people to go to Hebei to do business.
After saying that, Tao Dabao shook his head and said, "As you said, if there are highway robberies, then that won't work."
Tao Dabao did the math in his mind. The gasoline for their production team's sports car had to be paid for by the production team. After deducting the cost of gasoline, food and lodging for a round trip, it was not worth it to take the risk.
"Uncle Tao." After hearing what Tao Dabao said, Zhao Jun quickly said, "If your team doesn't want to organize people to go, you can sell me the bear gall and bear skin."
If Yongxing Brigade organized its own business trip, Zhao Jun really couldn't bring it up. But since Yongxing Brigade didn't plan to do that, Zhao Jun had to make money.
Tao Dabao was startled, and then he heard Zhao Jun continue: "Uncle Tao, the price we charge is the same as the big store down the mountain, we won't let you suffer a loss."
"That's fine, then..." Tao Dabao was about to speak when he heard a noise coming from the outer room, as if someone was coming.
Then, Li Yunxiang said, "Third brother, have you eaten yet? Come into the house. Xiaobao and the others are eating."
As soon as Li Yunxiang finished speaking, a middle-aged man walked in from outside. As soon as he entered the house, he nodded to Li Ruhai who was sitting opposite him, and then greeted Tao Fulin and his son.
Tao Fulin and Tao Xiaobao invited him to sit down and eat, but he refused.
I just heard the man say, "Xiaobao, I heard someone came to your house to collect hides. What's the matter? Are you only collecting big hides and bear gallbladders? Not yellow leaves?"
Hearing what he said, the father and son of the Tao family all looked at Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun stood up and said to the man, "Master, how many do you have at home? Bring them here and I will collect them for you."
Zhao Jun originally didn't want to collect yellow leaves and gray skin, but this happened, and the man came to his door, and Li Yunxiang called him "Third Brother" and Tao Fei called him "Third Uncle". Zhao Jun thought that this man must be related to Li Yunxiang, and for Li Yunxiang's sake, he didn't let this man make this trip in vain.
"I have twenty at home." When the man heard that Zhao Jun was willing to buy them, he hurriedly asked, "What's your price?"
"38 for males and 28 for females." As soon as Zhao Jun said this, the man turned around and said, "Wait, I'll go home and get it for you."
"Hey? Master!" Zhao Jun hurriedly called him and reminded him, "Don't worry, I'll be back in a couple of days, and you can just give it to me then."
Zhao Jun couldn't stay in Yongxing Brigade for long today, so he planned to leave first and let Tao Fulin help him make arrangements. When he came back from Little Redwood, he would establish a foothold in this brigade and collect the big skins and bear gallbladders.
"That's fine, I'll go back first." The man said so, and Zhao Jun reminded him again: "Master, we normally don't accept yellow leaves or gray skins, but today is the right time, so I agree to accept your yellow leaves.
What happens after that? You must not tell anyone, or I won’t be able to keep yours.”
"Hey, Zhao Jun?" After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Tao Dabao gently pulled his arm and asked, "Why don't you collect the yellow leaves and gray skin? Our team only has these two things. If you can collect them all, they won't have to run down the mountain by themselves."
Zhao Jun heard this and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Tao, we don't have any money!"
There is one more chapter, it will be quite late, brothers go to bed first, and get up tomorrow morning to read it
(End of this chapter)