Chapter 586: VIP Treatment
Early the next morning, the first thing Han Li did when he got up today was not to exercise, but to climb trees and catch birds, fortunately, he had the mental power to investigate, and his skills were quite good, these things were not too big a deal for him.
Han Li didn't stop until he caught a dozen or so birds in one go, and after controlling it, let them land aside first, and when it was dark enough to see the road, they went out to monitor the abnormal situation in the town and the surrounding area.
The next thing was to practice boxing, practice, washing, and eating, but today Han Li lay down after letting the bird out after breakfast, and he didn't want to go out and continue to wander around.
One was that it was too early and she couldn't see anyone in the town, and the other Diana had said yesterday that the farmers' market would be open today, but it wouldn't be until after nine o'clock, so Han Li could lie down and read a book before going out.
While Han Li was lying on the bed reading a book, Diana and a few friends had already completed the deployment and packing of the finished materials last night, and sent all the finished materials to Diana Farm.
Those livestock slaughterhouses that were picked out to be sold and all the chickens, pigs, cows, and sheep that were waiting to be slaughtered were driven to the livestock slaughterhouse, after the slaughter was completed here, the best part of the meat, as well as the bones and internal organs that Han Li had specially mentioned, would be simply processed and frozen with ice cubes to wait for trading, as for the fur was not within the scope of their trade this time, Diana and the others could find someone to tann it, and they could use it for their own use or sell it.
The slightly worse meat would be sent to the sausage processing factory by the people from the farm, and after it came out here, it would be the sausage with the thickness and length of a child's arm, and finally it would be sent to Diana's farm, because this place was the closest to the place where Han Li had set the trade.
Speaking of which, I have to mention that these factories, Lao Maozi in the end of World War II, because of the needs of economic development, encouraged the rural economy to be active first, and organized and developed various cooperative organizations in remote rural areas.
For example: cooperative store, cooperative restaurant, cooperative receiving and purchasing station, cooperative bakery, cooperative sausage processing factory, cooperative candy factory, cooperative livestock slaughterhouse, cooperative flour processing factory. Wait a minute.
This kind of consumer cooperatives have brought a lot of convenience to consumers because they have reduced many intermediate links in the sales process, and all the products are relatively low in price and of relatively good quality, and they have really enlivened the rural economy in the initial period.
But later Lao Maozi saw that although such cooperatives stimulated the rural economy, relying only on that little processing fee would not help much in the long run, and they also had to bear all kinds of free support for kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools in some remote areas.
So various policies began to be promoted, and various state-owned enterprises were proliferated, and in the end, although these cooperatives were not abolished, they basically existed in name only.
However, in a remote area like Zakalsky, the road to the state-run processing plant is too long, and there are mud and puddles everywhere in the summer, and the low temperature and goose feather snow that can freeze people to death in the winter, and every time I go out, I am fighting for my own life.
Therefore, in these places, the processing factories that are useful to everyone are united by these nearby farms to make use of them, and they usually process some flour and meat sausages for themselves. Wait a minute.
There's nothing you can do about it, you can't just watch the local people starve to death, so they're all turning a blind eye to it.
Later, the farmers' market was born, and no one was disgusted with their family's good life, which made the people in the neighborhood even more reluctant to give up these processing plants, and they not only maintained and maintained them together, but also kept secrets that only the locals had.
Therefore, the livestock slaughterhouse and meat sausage processing factory that Diana and her materials were sent to were all from their farms, and the most important thing was that the extra income they received was distributed with the people on the farms, and there was no need to worry about the leakage of news in the common interests.
Especially after the "old Bo" who likes to kiss put forward the slogan "the stability of the cadre team overrides everything", many upper management personnel have changed, and some even privately control many farmers' markets.
Most of the time these people's eyes are on the "little white birch store", and they are more concerned about what new goods from abroad have been added there today, and whether they can buy their share in their hands. Wait a minute.
(The Little Birch Shop is similar to the Friendship Store in my country, but during this period, Lao Maozi's economic and military strength was very strong, and there were more and more abundant materials in it, and the old Maozi high-ranking officials in the Little Birch Shop had greater and more privileges here.)
Until 88 years, Lao Maozi's domestic situation was already very bad, the then president Lao Ge ordered the closure of the last small white birch shop in Moscow, and later some people even said that the small white birch shop was the bane of Lao Maozi's collapse. )
After Diana and the others did all this, the group went to the "black bathhouse" in the town to take a bath, and finally slept in Diana's house.
Black bathhouse: It is actually a kind of bathhouse, this kind of bathhouse provides guests with steam baths in this era, which may be related to living in cold areas, and most of the people here prefer to take steam baths, so the black bathhouse is very popular in the local area.
If outsiders can't confirm whether the bathhouse in front of you is a black bathhouse, then you just need to see if the house has a chimney, and if there is no chimney, it is a black bathhouse, and after you go in, you see that some of the walls in the house are blackened with smoke, then this must be a black bathhouse that provides steam baths.
Han Li had had enough of the smell of horse urine in the room after he went back yesterday, so he rode his horse towards the town today.
The most important thing was that Han Li had studied the map for a long time last night, and now he was already familiar with the surrounding farms, roads, railways, and border lines.
Even if the horse was stolen from the town this time, or if he had to abandon it due to special circumstances, Han Li could go to a farm or borrow a horse to return home with the help of the markings on the map.
Han Li's first stop when he entered the town today was the state-run store, and after entering, he had wrapped all the golden yogurt here, and told the waiter that he needed more of this yogurt tomorrow.
Although it is a state-run store, they sell more things and they have more bonuses, and at the end of the year, they may even be rated as excellent employees, so the waiter quickly said that he would call the manufacturer immediately and ask them to send more yogurt when they deliver today.
Han Li came out of the state-run store and rode to the farmer's market that Diana had mentioned.
There are sisters-in-law who sell vegetables, aunts who buy vegetables, uncles who sell meat, young couples who are dressed brightly and still bargaining, aunts who sell bread, little girls who sell wild fruits, and the sound of selling goods and bargaining makes the atmosphere in the market very lively.
However, it may be due to the season, there are very few varieties of materials in the market, and Han Li was a little disappointed and wanted to leave after leading the horse around.
As he walked out of the farmer's market, he suddenly saw Diana waving at him in front of him.
"Friend, I knew that you would definitely come here today, so I made a special trip to wait, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late, it looks like you have already walked around the market."
"Good morning, Miss Diana, I was a little disappointed when I looked at it."
"That's right, yesterday I ran to the middle of the night to help you contact the person in charge of other farms, most of their supplies have gathered to me, it's normal that there aren't many things in the market today."
"I see, that's really hard Miss Diana."
"What's so hard about making money, we didn't tell me your name after talking for a long time yesterday, I can't keep calling you friends, right?"
"Name? Excuse me, but you could call me stressed. ”
"Alexander? What a good name, I have a few friends at home today, do you want to introduce you to me? ”
"This?"
"A few of them have been helping to deploy supplies yesterday, and they are our partners in this transaction."
In this way, Han Li followed Diana to her house again, and what he didn't expect was that there were five other people in the house.
It's just that their enthusiasm seems to be a little excessive, and they all surround Han Li after seeing them.
Finally, at Diana's urging, several people began to prepare lunch.
When it was time to eat, Han Li didn't expect that he would also enjoy the treatment of a guest of honor, when the table was already on the table with hot sauce, onions, herrats, horseradish coleslaw, bacon and pea soup, barbecue, and grilled sea bass.
At this moment, Diana had already changed into her national costume, holding a plate with a beautiful embroidered scarf in her hands, and a large round bread was placed in the center, and a salt jar containing salt was placed in front of Han Li on the bread.
This etiquette Han Li had seen on the Internet in his previous life, and they believed that offering leba and salt to guests was the highest courtesy and treatment, a symbol of friendliness, respect, and hospitality.
Because in their perception that "bread is the stick of life", no bread means that the family has nothing to eat, or the attitude that the other party is not welcome to come to the house.
Salt is also considered the most precious thing by them for many historical reasons, even though salt is now common, but this habit is still preserved.
However, they changed this statement to salt represents cleansing and warding off evil spirits, which can bring wealth and drive away all dirty things, and if the evil spirits dare not eat salt, it indicates that the other party has ill will towards them.
In the past, the act of sprinkling salt on the ground was an affront to the head of the household, and it was a sign of contempt and provocation.
Even if the salt is no longer valuable, being sprinkled with salt in the eyes of Lao Maozi is still considered an insult, and this behavior is likely to cause a fight.
We all say "iron" buddies when we have good relations with our country, but Lao Maozi's description of iron buddies here is "we ate a pound of salt together".
Han Li thought about these rules in his heart for a moment, all he had to do now was to kiss the bread, break off a small piece, sprinkle some salt, taste it to show his sincere gratitude, and then beckon everyone to enjoy it together.
However, when everyone started to eat, Han Li saw the heartiness of Lao Maozi's side, there was no juice on the table, only wine.
Moreover, several of them not only drank it themselves with wine glasses, but also kept persuading Han Li to drink it, and when they listened to them complain about the inaction of the upper echelons, of course, they couldn't help but talk about this transaction.
The fireplace in the room was burning very hot and warm, and Han Li seemed to have become a "pressure" force.
(End of chapter)