Chapter 167: Old Ginseng Price, Meet the Monkey
Shen Wenli's true feelings were revealed, both reluctant and with deep concern.
Yao Weimin couldn't help but hug her into his arms, and comforted her softly in his ear: "Don't worry, this business trip won't be too long, you are fine at home, wait for me to come back." ”
"Hmm." Shen Wenli snuggled into a warm and powerful embrace, and nodded slowly and obediently.
"Alright, it's not early, let's go home and rest." Yao Weimin let go of his embrace, worried that being seen by outsiders would have a certain impact on Shen Wenli.
Shen Wenli stood on tiptoe, kissed him on the face, and quickly entered the courtyard with a blushing face.
Yao Weimin smiled knowingly, pushed the bicycle that had just been parked, turned around and walked out of the alley.
The next day was Monday, after Yao Weimin went to work, he knocked on the door and walked in the morning while Xiao Hongying was in the office.
"Weimin, what are you looking for me?" Xiao Hongying saw that it was Yao Weimin who came in, and continued to lower her head to deal with the eucalyptus work, "If you want to drink tea and pour it yourself, I'll be fine here!" ”
Yao Weimin didn't make tea, sat on the chair, and waited patiently.
Soon, Xiao Hongying put down the pen in her hand, looked up at Yao Weimin and smiled slightly, "Say, are there any difficulties at work?" ”
"Sister Hongying, everything is going well at work at the moment, I am going to tell you that I want to go on a business trip to the south." Yao Weimin said calmly.
"Oh? Is there anything that needs to be allocated recently? I don't remember that there were documents like this recently, you wait......" Xiao Hongying was stunned when she heard this, and began to rummage through the documents on the table.
"Sister Hongying, don't look for it, this is one of my personal thoughts." Yao Weimin smiled, looked at Xiao Hongying's somewhat puzzled look, and explained seriously, "That's the case, last time I went to Guangzhou on a business trip, some negotiated seasonal fruits are about to start to be transported one after another recently, and these materials were talked about by me at that time, so in order to ensure the quality, I plan to go on another trip in person, and spend a few days sampling some samples on the spot. ”
"Well, that makes sense!" Xiao Hongying showed a look of appreciation when she heard this, and couldn't help laughing, "Okay, Weimin, now you can not only successfully complete the task I assigned, but also take the initiative to help me solve my worries!" Haha......"
After laughing a few times, she looked at Yao Weimin in a consultative tone and said, "Then when are you going to leave?" You can decide this yourself, as long as it does not affect the progress of other work in your hands, you can look at this situation by yourself in the future, involving business trip expenses, I will explain to the accountant, our station business trip is still much more convenient than other units! ”
"Understood!" Yao Weimin nodded, sat on the chair and chatted with Xiao Hongying for a few more words, and walked out of the office without waiting.
When he was eating in the cafeteria at noon, he also told Su Jianjun about his business trip, and the latter showed regret when he heard this.
"I said Weimin, when I left the courtyard this morning, Brother Yuejin asked me to bring you a message, ask if you are free tonight, I want to get together with you, but you can do it well, tomorrow will be upside down again, I'm afraid I have to go to my sister-in-law to say goodbye at night, I don't have time to drink with my buddies, right?"
"This makes you say it, it sounds awkward!" Yao Weimin scolded with a smile, and then patted him on the shoulder, "You go and tell Yuejin after work, tonight, tell him, the largest mutton restaurant in Dongsi, whoever doesn't come will have a grandson!" ”
"Hey! Did I hear that right? Su Jianjun was ecstatic, and immediately hesitated, "This is not good, you will be on a business trip tomorrow, or you should go to dinner with your sister-in-law in the evening, and it will be no problem for our buddies to get together in the future!" ”
"this idleness, you go and inform Yuejin after work, I'll wait for you at the restaurant in advance!" Yao Weimin smiled and waved his hand and insisted.
He thought about taking this opportunity to learn more about the demand for wild ginseng in the courtyard from Yang Yuejin, so that he could have a good idea.
"Yes, you've always said so, then I'll obey the order and listen to the command, and I'll see you at night!" Su Jianjun nodded with a smile.
In the afternoon, Yao Weimin sorted out the work at hand, and after getting off work, he took the lead in riding a bicycle to Dongsi Hutong.
When the good dishes were ordered and the hot pot boiled, Su Jianjun arrived with Yang Yuejin.
"Weimin!" Yang Yuejin said hello after entering the door, took out two bottles of wine from his satchel, and put them on the table, "You kid won't pour it like last time tonight, haha......"
As soon as he met, he vaguely mentioned the incident of the last time in the Shimbashi Hotel.
After being separated from Yao Weimin outside the Xinqiao Hotel that night, Yang Yuejin went back to check, but found nothing.
But after only one day in between, Sun Xiang was suddenly arrested, which made him have a lot of doubts in his heart, and he had long wanted to ask Yao Weimin about it.
"I drank too much this time, a little bit up, I said Yuejin, let's not go through the old accounts, tonight I announced, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home, if you drop the chain, you won't treat me as a buddy!" Yao Weimin responded with a hearty smile.
"Yes, as you say!" Yang Yuejin saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he unscrewed the cap of the bottle and began to pour wine.
The three of them ate and drank, and after three rounds of drinking, their faces began to feel a little drunk.
Yao Weimin poured Yang Yuejin a glass of wine, and said with emotion seemingly unintentionally:
"Hey, this old saying is not false at all, it is difficult to draw the skin and bones of a tiger, and you don't know the heart of the person, just the Sun Xiang of the Xinqiao Hotel, it turns out that he is a lawbreaker, and I still want to make friends when I drank with him last time, and now I think about it a little scared!"
Yang Yuejin looked slightly stunned after hearing this, and echoed with a smile through the strength of the wine: "But isn't it, I still drink with him a lot, isn't it almost affected by him?" ”
"The body is not afraid of crooked shadows, you came out of a large courtyard, and the roots are red, who can suspect you?" Yao Weimin asked with a smile, his expression also looking very casual.
"You don't know this, that grandson went to our house before the accident!" Yang Yuejin lowered his voice and looked at Yao Weimin with an angry expression.
"Why did you get him home? Can your old man agree? Yao Weimin continued to ask.
Yang Yuejin heard a hint of panic in his eyes, but he quickly covered up the past by drinking, sighed and said:
"Wei Min, you don't know, our old man came over a few years ago, and his body has been not very good with some old problems, Sun Xiang claimed that he asked someone to buy back a wild ginseng at a high price, which is particularly effective in replenishing qi and nourishing blood, I thought that he was also kind, so I went to the family."
Yao Weimin couldn't help but move when he heard this, and asked with curiosity on his face: "Alas, wild old ginseng, it must be worth a lot of money, right?" ”
"No, if you buy it outside, at least this amount!" Su Jianjun took over the conversation and mysteriously stretched out five fingers, "Five hundred!" ”
"Don't get me wrong, Weimin, my dad gave Sun Xiang the money on the spot, and he didn't ask for his things in vain." Yang Yuejin glared at Su Jianjun and explained with a smile.
After all, Yao Weimin is not the son of the compound, he has always been vigilant, and he is a little more cautious than Su Jianjun in his speech.
In particular, he always felt that Yao Weimin might have other identities, for fear of causing trouble to his family.
"That's not cheap!" Yao Weimin said with emotion from the bottom of his heart.
Su Jianjun nodded when he heard this, but quickly shook his head, "It's a little expensive, but as long as it's true, it's still worth the price, those uncles and uncles in the courtyard didn't have the condition to take care of their bodies when they were young, and now they are more or less suffering from the problem of blood and qi loss, and the wild ginseng specializes in replenishing qi and blood, and the effect is not ordinarily good!" ”
"Yes, after my dad finished taking it, his spirit and spirit were obviously much better, and I don't know if it's a psychological effect, haha......" Yang Yuejin added with a smile.
Yao Weimin laughed along, he was happy that the popularity of wild ginseng in the compound provided him with strong self-confidence for his next business trip to the Northeast.
The three of them ate until almost eleven o'clock in the evening, and when Yao Weimin returned home, Gangzi was already waiting for him in advance.
After the two entered the house to settle the day's accounts, Yao Weimin told him that he would not use it tomorrow, and he would be notified when he came back.
Gangzi knew that the second brother was going to go outside to contact the goods for sale, and he couldn't help but feel very excited, and when he left, his pace was much brisker.
The next morning, Yao Weimin, as usual, rushed to the train station with a work bag and a canvas bag in his hand.
The trip was expected to last only a week at most, so he didn't tell his parents and two younger sisters so that the family wouldn't worry about it.
Coming to the train station, Yao Weimin bought the ticket, and decided to spend more money to change it to a sleeper, the train sleeper in this era, in addition to the normal train ticket, but also to buy an additional bedding ticket, with the bedding ticket to the train to receive these supplies.
All the way south, Yao Weimin took the train for several days and finally arrived in Guangzhou.
The time of his business trip is completely self-arranged, and the station does not have any hard requirements for him, so he will have plenty of time to learn about the local fruit purchase.
Of course, before that, you have to get in touch with the monkey first, and in the future, the fruit purchase and other affairs in the south will be handed over to the monkey to take over, and if there is any need, a telegram will come, and when the monkey is done, he only needs to come and transport the goods.
It was already evening when the train arrived in Guangzhou, Yao Weimin arrived at the guest house first, rested for the night, and then went out by bus after breakfast the next morning.
When the monkey came to Guangzhou, he had already sent a telegram back, and Yao Weimin found the place where the monkey currently lives according to the address.
This is a small town not far from the city, about 20 miles away from the village where Chen Shuisheng and his son are located.
"Second brother!"
In a low bungalow, Yao Weimin saw a monkey cooking by the window, and the latter looked excited and shouted in ecstasy.
"Yes, I've learned to eat breakfast and lunch, and my life is very comfortable!" Yao Weimin joked with a smile.
"Second brother, what do you think...... Sensei hit me with cymbals, sit down! The monkey was so excited that he came here without any relatives, even if he had a few dollars in his pocket, but he didn't dare to spend it indiscriminately, so he rented such a cheap house and hid in this town all day long.
Although I have met a few local young people recently, they can only be regarded as ordinary friends, and they do not have too deep contacts.
He wiped the only stool in the room a few times, and respectfully let Yao Weimin sit down.
"How's it going? Are you comfortable coming here? ”
Yao Weimin took the cigarette roll he handed over and asked calmly.
"Second brother, follow ...... here It's too different from our Sijiu City, and I'll pull it straight after eating rice...... Pull your throat and eyes, where is our big ...... in Sijiu City Big...... Big steamed buns are fragrant! ”
Listening to Yao Weimin's accent of Sijiucheng, the monkey only felt that it was not only kind, but also very good, and sat on the edge of the bed and continued:
"I ...... I thought about sneaking outside to buy a few steamed buns to eat...... Eat, hey, and guess what? It's all ...... It's all sweet, I'm unlucky, you steam steamed buns, and you can make sugar triangles...... Just the sugar triangle, mixed with sugar and noodles, isn't this a small tree to be repaired...... Pruning - crackling! ”
Speaking of this, the monkey hurriedly added: "Second brother, don't you know, Gan ...... here There is so much sugar cane that the locals eat sugar more than ...... It's so much more convenient than ours! ”
"What else did you find?" Yao Weimin asked with a smile.
"There are more cheap things, and they are generally ...... It's just that there are more fruits, let's get bananas and pineapples in Sijiu City, which are cheap here, but I ...... I know that it was a hassle to transport on the road, and the cost was ...... It's on the train! ”
The monkey was faintly excited, "Second brother, Gangzi's performance in Sijiu City is okay, right?" If you can figure out how to get it shipped, I'll ...... I can get you a lot of cheap fruit, and you will get rich when you ship it back to your brothers, hahaha......"
"Okay, if I can figure these out, it means that I read you right, and you know how to make money in your head!" Yao Weimin glanced at him appreciatively, then snuffed out the cigarette butt and pointed to his cooking pot, "Hurry up and put out the fire, if you want to eat, take you outside to eat, and go with me to a place when you are full." ”
"Hey, I'...... I...... My pot! At this time, the monkey realized that the pot was about to smoke, so he quickly picked up a scoop of water and poured it in, and then quickly covered the pot, and said with an expectant face: "Second brother, do you want to ...... Do you want to arrange for me to do something? ”
"Have faith?" Yao Weimin stood up and asked with a smile.
"Second brother, hello!" The monkey responded loudly, with a determined look on his face.
"Lock the door, follow me!"
"Gotcha!"
……
There were no buses in the town, and Yao Weimin couldn't take the bicycle out of the space in front of the monkey, and as soon as he hesitated, the monkey spoke.
"Second brother, are you going...... A bit far from where to go? You wait...... I'll get two cars back later! ”
Yao Weimin was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't expect that not long after the monkey came, he had already begun to have contacts here!
After a short time, the monkey rode a bicycle and drove one in the other, and returned to Yao Weimin.
"Hey...... I have nothing to do when I am free...... I met a few local buddies, and the car was borrowed from them. ”
Seeing Yao Weimin's curiosity, the monkey explained with a smile.
"It's okay to make friends, but remember to be more mindful." Yao Weimin finished his instructions and took over a bicycle.
He didn't take the monkey directly to find Chen Shuisheng, but watched the monkey eat a bowl of noodles in a restaurant in the town, and then started on the road.
By the time I arrived at Chen Shuisheng's house, it was almost twelve o'clock.
Yao Weimin thought that since the fruit purchase task in the south was to be handed over to the monkeys, there was no need to hide from the monkeys that he had come here to buy before.
When he had planned to let the monkeys come to the south, he thought that the monkeys would know the local price of bananas and other fruits, but it would hardly affect him.
Because the monkeys themselves know that the real cost is mostly in transportation.
Otherwise, so many people in Sijiu City would always know that fruits in the south are cheap, but why didn't they think about it?
The main reason is that there is no way to transport it back, one is that there is no courage to do this, and the other is that the transportation department does not have this channel.
The cost price of the banana that Yao Weimin gave to Hua Li before was one dollar, and it was very clear at the time that the purchase price was only about one dime, and the other more than nine cents were all used for transportation.
He is using his own space to transport goods, eliminating the need for an important part of train transportation in the middle.
Chen Shuisheng never expected to see Yao Weimin again in such a short period of time.
"Boss Zhang! Hahaha...... Ladies and gentlemen, please come in! Chen Shuisheng's face was full of ecstasy, and he was a little overwhelmed with excitement, and hurriedly took Yao Weimin's bicycle, and invited with a warm smile.
In his eyes, Yao Weimin was already similar to the God of Wealth, and now that the God of Wealth came to the door again, he suddenly saw the banknotes flying in front of him.
The monkey listened to Yao Weimin's explanation to him on the way, and his face did not change at this time, standing silently beside Yao Weimin, calmly looking at the situation in the courtyard.
"Boss Zhang, this gentleman is ......" Chen Shuisheng parked the bicycle, noticed the monkey, and asked with a cautious smile on his face.
"Just call him Boss Hou in the future." Yao Weimin introduced with a smile.
"Got it, haha...... Boss Hou, please too! Chen Shuisheng was overjoyed, this time the two bosses came together, it is estimated that it must be a big deal, right?!
"Boss Zhang is here?!" Chen Jinwang emerged from the back room at this time, with a sleepy-eyed look, his hair was like a chicken coop, and when he heard the movement of the conversation in the yard, he faintly heard it familiar, so he wanted to come out to see what was going on.
"Jin Wang, are you also at home?" Yao Weimin said hello.
"Boss Zhang, you haven't eaten yet, have you? You drink tea in the house for a while, I will kill the chicken and drink immediately, and this time I have to entertain the next boss if I say anything! Chen Jinwang was even more excited than his father, and enthusiastically pulled Yao Weimin into the house and beckoned his father Chen Shuisheng to make tea, while he went to the yard to catch chickens.
"Boss Zhang, Boss Hou, what are you two going to buy this time? Hey hey ......"
Chen Shuisheng brewed the tea, respectfully and politely put it in front of Yao Weimin and the two, and asked with an expectant face.