Wang Manyin originally thought that the state-run hotel should be more realistic in these years. Now I know that it is no different from the future generations.

It's right to think about it, "the cook doesn't steal, and the grain doesn't harvest", this is an unspoken rule since ancient times.

"What are you doing, why are you going upstairs, just explain it to me here! The eyes of the masses are bright, and you are short of two pounds to cook......

The middle-aged officer reprimanded, Wang Dali didn't dare to make any more excuses, just nodded vigorously to admit his mistake and said that he would resolutely correct it.

Subsequently, the two of them left half a bowl of mutton and haggis and got up to leave.

Wang Dali hurriedly stopped again......

As a result, the two of them really left!

Such a scene shocked Wang Manyin. It was also from the other party's mouth that he learned that there are now clear regulations on the comprehensive gross profit margin of state-owned hotels, which cannot exceed 30%. Dishes that use cooking methods such as frying, frying, roasting, and soothing can be slightly higher, but not more than 50%. For ordinary noodles, the meat content in the noodles should not be less than four yuan......

In a word, hotels are convenient for the masses and cannot be for profit.

As I thought before, this era may not be perfect, but it also has ideals that are rare in later generations.

After eating a few dry stoves for a long time, and he didn't do much activity in the car all the way, Wang Manyin was not very hungry. After drinking a large bowl of mutton soup, he felt eight points full. I simply left the baked cake I just bought, ready to keep it for the road to eat.

It's free sheep soup that you don't drink for nothing...... The opportunity is rare, after this village, there is no such shop.

"Lamb soup free? And this kind of good thing." Hearing what Wang Manyin said, Liu Xiangyang also put down the baked cake in his hand.

The performance of the two was quite unproductive, and they added soup four times in a row. When he put down the dishes and chopsticks, Wang Manyin only felt that his stomach was swaying, as if he had drunk a stomach of water.

Looking at Liu Xiangyang again, he tilted his head when he walked, as if there was something in the sky.

He was surprised and asked, "Xiangyang, what are you doing looking at the sky?"

"I didn't dare to bow my head, I drank too much, and I wanted to cry out when I lowered my head. Let's drive later." Liu Xiangyang continued to tilt his head and answer.

"Look at your unproductive cowardice," Wang Manyin sneered, his eyes swept slightly, and suddenly whispered, "Go quickly, don't turn your head, we seem to be being targeted."

"Here?" Liu Xiangyang's face changed slightly.

Some people can't believe that someone is so bold now that they dare to do it in the most prosperous part of the county.

But there's nothing wrong with being careful...... After being robbed last time, Liu Xiangyang is now a little soldier. Fortunately, this time I have a crank in my hand, so I don't need to be too scared.

Wang Manyin felt that the person behind him was not like a robber, but more like a thief. After all, the streets are now full of people and do not have the conditions for robbery.

When the two walked to the car, the other party also came behind them and put his hand on Wang Manyin's shoulder: "Brother......

Before they could finish speaking, the two of them had already reacted quickly.

Wang Manyin grabbed the other party's wrist and suddenly turned around.

Liu Xiangyang over there also held the crank and stopped in mid-air, ready to fall at any time.

"It hurts, it hurts...... Let it go, you guys...... What kind of hits?" A dirty man screamed in a blunt tone.

After Wang Manyin looked at the other party a few times, he let go of his hand and asked a little strangely, "You are from the northern grassland, why are you following us?"

….

The man was dressed in a distinctly different style from the natives, with a dirty felt hat on his head, a long robe, and fish-headed Gutulle boots on his feet. Coupled with a dirty beard, a proper image of a northern steppe person.

Judging from the shape alone, I know that there can be no such a stylish thief.

As for why the other party can speak Chinese, Wang Manyin is not surprised.

As early as more than 100 years ago, the original east and west were one of the trade routes leading to the grassland, and Chinese was the common language of Mongolian merchants, and the grassland people who often dealt with merchants naturally understood it.

In addition, since the fifties, the grassland has been promoting Chinese language teaching. Especially close to the Loess Plateau, many people can

Communicate in Chinese.

Two years ago, the predecessor wandered around, not only went to the other side of the Yellow River to buy boxes of "red gold" cigarettes, but also went to the northern grasslands, so he is more familiar with the customs and customs of that area.

"Good man, such a big hand." The other party moved his wrist a few times, and said a little unwillingly, "If it weren't for ...... I haven't eaten, and you can't beat the eagle from the steppe."

"What's the matter with you?" Liu Xiangyang asked out loud.

"You ...... Can you give me some baked cakes to eat, I haven't eaten for two days......" The grassland man said with some embarrassment.

"Give!" Wang Manyin did not hesitate, and directly handed over all the baked cakes in his hand.

When you go out, you will encounter difficulties. If he can reach out to help, he will definitely not be stingy.

The other party took it and gobbled it up, and then drank water from the gourd.

After eating two baked cakes in a row, the man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, thank you, you are all good people, my name is Wu Enqi......

"Brother Wuenqi, how did you come to Yuandong County? Do business?" Seeing that the other party breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Manyin asked curiously.

Although it is not far from the grassland in a straight line, it is also hundreds of miles away.

"I was deceived by someone, and I came to ask for ......" mentioned his experience, and the prairie man was full of anger.

Last winter, a man named Li Shoucai from Yuandong County went to Wuenqi's ranch to buy sheep.

At that time, the other party bought ten sheep, and later felt that the sheep were cheap, and offered to buy ten more, but he didn't have so much money with him. So I want to bring the sheep back and send the money to the grassland......

As a result, Wu Enqi waited for a few months, but he never saw Li Shoucai send money, and then he felt that something was wrong. That's why this grassland man left his hometown and took a transport truck to Yuandong County to find someone.

"Brother Wuenqi, the other party only said a name, and you agreed?" When Liu Xiangyang heard this, his face was full of incredulity.

I didn't know each other, I didn't know the specific address of the other party, and I dared to give ten sheep on credit...... He didn't know whether to laugh at the other party's innocence or stupidity.

"He said that his family lived in a fort in Yuandong County, and he was also a well-known person in the local area. Just mention the name and know it...... I thought it was easy to find, how did I know that Yuandong County was so big!"

When Wang Manyin heard this, he suddenly realized: the so-called fort means a village on the Loess Plateau. The grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and there may be twenty or thirty households in a fort, which is indeed easy to find.

Feelings: This eldest brother regards Yuandong County as his own fort...... So got out of the car dumbfounded. After searching for four or five days in a daze, all the money and tickets on my body were spent, and I didn't even have the money to return to the road, and now I can only go hungry and live on the streets.

….

"Are you going to continue looking...... Wang Manyin asked, and then analyzed the other party.

There are more than a dozen communes in Yuandong County, and there are hundreds of villages, large and small. I only know the name of one person, so I look for it in a vague way, and I can't find anyone at all in a month.

What's more, the name Li Shoucai sounds too popular, and I don't know if what the other party is talking about is a real name and a fake name.

"What should I do?" Wu Enqi was completely stunned.

Before he came to ask for money, he didn't think about the problem of fake names.

"How much does the other party owe you?" Liu Xiangyang asked again.

"Sixty-three dollars,"

As for the amount of money owed, Wu Enqi remembered it very well.

"How much...... Didn't you say that the other party didn't pay for ten sheep on credit? Why is it only sixty-three, six yuan for a sheep? Did you miscalculate?"

Hearing this, Liu Xiangyang exclaimed again.

Wu Enqi shook his head again and again and denied: "No, no, ordinary sheep are six yuan, the big one is ten yuan, and the small one is five yuan......

"Brother Wang, are grassland sheep really so cheap?" Liu Xiangyang felt even more incredible and felt that there was some kind of misunderstanding in the price.

He once went to the black market in the commune of Shibijie, where a chicken was more than two pieces small, and three pieces were large. According to this algorithm, two chickens are worth a sheep.

A sheep weighs at least twenty or thirty pounds, which is far better than eating local chickens

Much more cost-effective.

"Well, the price of sheep on the grassland is indeed very cheap now, there are regulations. There are few sheep in our original West County, and the price is higher. According to the meat production rate, if the first-class net meat is more than 26 catties, it will be six cents per catty. The price of second-class net meat is even lower, and a sheep here in the original West County is only a dozen yuan."

The predecessor traveled south and north, and he was very familiar with the roads here.

In fact, the price of mutton sold at the county food station is not high, seven cents a catty, of course, you need a meat ticket. If it's on the black market, the price is definitely going up.

It is precisely because of the difference in prices between the two places that so many people take risks to go back and forth.

In addition, the behavior of Unqi on credit will feel extremely ridiculous and inconceivable in the future generations. But in this day and age, it's actually quite normal.

For example, many of the people who sell goods on the Loess Plateau are also on credit, and the two sides do not know each other. For example, chickens on credit, knives on credit, pots on credit...... Everyone agrees verbally, and usually comes to collect the accounts after the autumn or before the year.

What's more, those who have been in the door for two or three years can also ask for money back.

If you happen to encounter the owner who is not at home, you can also ask the village people to agree on another time, and then they will generally wait at home early.

This kind of verbal agreement seems to be very weak, but it can continue to work because of people's integrity.

Like the credit of Wang Manyin's consignment point before, after selling the soil keel, people paid it back early.

It is only after a few decades that there are too many "smart" people in society that this ancient trading model will quickly decline and eventually become a contract.

Send the Buddha to the west and help people to the end.

Since he had met him, Wang Manyin simply decided to help again: "It's not a problem for you to look for it like this, why don't we take you to the Yuandong County Freight Station and return to the grassland as soon as possible." I'll come back to find ...... later."

Wu Enqi hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

In fact, he has regretted it in his heart for a few days, but no one persuaded him, so he got into the horns.

In this way, the two drove each other to the freight station in a walk-behind tractor, and really found a vehicle that was about to transport goods north.

Wang Manyin stuffed a box of cigarettes for the driver, and after explaining the situation, the other party readily agreed.

Mountain farmer