Siheyuan Fortune Telling: Starting from a Buyer to Become an All-rounder

"His mother, go and make two hot dishes. Qingru, go and help your mother."

Qin Hanzhen brought Xu Dongsheng into the house, then shouted to the family who were watching them at the door. Upon hearing this, the woman at the table hurriedly stood up with the little girl, and Qin Jingru also hurriedly followed.

"Brother, what do you think this guy does? He's dressed really well and has a bicycle."

Xu Dongsheng and Qin Hanzhen entered the house. At this time, the two brothers in the yard looked at Xu Dongsheng's bicycle in the yard and felt itchy in their hearts.

"Haven't you heard that it's normal for a buyer of a steel mill in Beijing to have a bicycle? Okay, forget about it. Aren't you going to help your youngest sister at her house later?"

The eldest brother listened to what the second brother said and rolled his eyes at him, saying that he was not listening seriously and was asking questions now, and then teased him.

"Brother, what are you talking about? I just felt that it was not easy for my youngest sister to be alone, so I went to help her."

Hearing the eldest brother's teasing, the second brother suddenly became anxious and hurried to explain himself.

"Oh, you go help her. Going to help her in the middle of the night, you really know how to choose the time."

The eldest brother didn't care about the second brother's blushing face and angry neck. He just finished the rice in the bowl in two bites, then stood up and went out to the yard.

"Brother, where are you going?"

The second brother saw the eldest brother finish his meal and go out, so he hurriedly asked him about it, but he only saw the eldest brother's back, and he didn't even turn his head back.

"Where else can we go? Your brother probably has his eyes on the third sister of the Li family. The third sister of the Li family is very pretty, but her father is not easy to deal with."

The second son didn't get a reply from the eldest son, but their mother came out of the kitchen and said something to the second son. When she heard that the eldest son also had a girl he liked, the second son was not so shy anymore. He said, "I'm going out," and ran away.

Looking at her two sons who have gone out, the woman doesn't know whether to be happy or sad. Nowadays, children have grown up and are about to start a family. However, although Old Qin is the branch secretary, his family cannot afford the bride price.

"Comrade Xu, to be honest, our production team did not have a very good harvest this year. After paying the public grain, every household basically did not have any private grain left. The rest was stored in the commune canteen.

Now in the commune cafeteria, as long as you work, you can eat, everyone is equal. My family can have a meal in the evening because there are two people in the family who have to help with the work at night. "

Secretary Qin and Xu Dongsheng came into the house. Secretary Qin immediately lit up his pipe and then told Xu Dongsheng that their village might not be able to provide any food.

"Well, Secretary Qin, I had already made some guesses when I came here, and I don't ask for much. As for the price, I will definitely not let anyone down. Whatever the market price is, I will charge the same price here, except that I don't have any tickets."

Xu Dongsheng nodded, indicating that he was aware of the current situation. He did not ask for a big gain, as long as he could get the job done, it would be fine.

"Comrade Xu can understand that we are the best. Our commune has almost delivered all the grain. However, there are several families in our commune that raise a few pigs. Some families have already harvested a top-quality fat pig weighing 185 kilograms.

As for raising pigs, the rules have been the same since 1953. We buy half and keep half, and the remaining half belongs to us. Although we all eat in the canteen now, we still follow the original rules when we raise pigs ourselves. The pigs naturally belong to the farmers. I estimate that if I step forward, someone may be willing to buy them. After all, since we eat in the canteen, it is still a different matter whether we can eat the remaining half of the pigs.

So, if I sell the live pigs to Comrade Xu, I wonder how much Comrade Xu can give me for it?"

After hearing Xu Dongsheng say that they didn't require much grain, Secretary Qin seemed to suddenly remember something and told Xu Dongsheng that someone in their production team was raising pigs.

"Secretary Qin, are you telling the truth? Secretary Qin, if it is true, I will give you the highest price for live pigs, 40 cents per pound, what do you think?"

When Xu Dongsheng heard that there were pigs for sale, he was immediately surprised. There were sheep in Bajia Village, and people raised them in the mountains, but these pigs were actually raised at home?

"Four cents?"

When Secretary Qin heard Xu Dongsheng say 40 cents, he immediately stopped smoking and stared at Xu Dongsheng, wanting to see if what Xu Dongsheng said was true or not.

Low-quality pork is only a little over 50 cents a pound now. If you deduct the offal and other things from the price of a live pig at 40 cents a pound, I'm afraid it's going to be a loss, right?

"Secretary Qin, this is our first cooperation, but you have to trust us Beijingers. We stick to our words. Once we say something, we can't take it back even if nine horses pull us back. You can rest assured about this. Also, if you have pigs you want to sell in the future, I can buy them, and the price will be the same as the market price."

Xu Dongsheng solemnly assured Secretary Qin.

"Okay, Comrade Xu, I believe you. We'll go look at the live pigs later. If you're worried about the difficulty of traveling during the day, I can tie you up in the car overnight."

The price is 40 cents per pound. Their family raises some pigs, and they already weigh 140 pounds. The 185 pounds have to be handed over, but the other 140 pounds stay at home. These 140 pounds are worth more than 50 yuan, which is enough for the bride prices of their two sons, and even the dowry for their daughter is almost enough.

That's right, this pig belongs to none other than Secretary Qin. It's just that the pig is raised at his old couple's home. Now the marriage of their two children is imminent, otherwise Secretary Qin would not have taken action so early.

Originally, their village often made purchases, but the price they paid was 0.20 per pound, which was a huge difference, so they kept it.

Originally, Secretary Qin was just testing Xu Dongsheng, but he didn't expect Xu Dongsheng to directly offer such a high price. Pigs are not easy to raise these days, and they only weigh about 100 kilograms a year. Moreover, the price of selling live pigs is not high, and he dare not kill them and sell them.

Therefore, the live pigs had to be handed over to the public. The ones left for the family were used to treat the team to a meal, and the rest were made into bacon, which was enough for a year. With dozens of kilograms of pork a year, on average a family would only have two taels of meat a day.

So when he heard the price Xu Dongsheng mentioned, Secretary Qin stood up immediately, fearing that Xu Dongsheng would go back on his word.

"Then Secretary Qin, thank you very much for this. However, this matter should be dealt with as soon as possible. Let's set off now. The sooner I go back, the more at ease I will be."

I was planning to visit a few more villages before returning, but I never expected to run into a pig seller on the way. Although it would be an honor to bring a live pig back, if I brought it back in broad daylight, I would definitely be questioned here and there, so it would be better to take it away at night.

"Okay, I'll listen to Comrade Xu. But just this dinner?"

Secretary Qin shook the pipe in his hand, and then prepared to take Xu Dongsheng out.

"Secretary Qin, good things are worth waiting for. We will always have a next time after this."

Originally, Xu Dongsheng didn't care about a meal, so he just followed Qin Hanzhen and prepared to go out.

"Okay, no problem, then wait until next time, next time."

Seeing this, Secretary Qin also hurriedly told Xu Dongsheng that he would treat him well next time. Then the two hurried out of the room, and then Xu Dongsheng pushed his bicycle and followed Secretary Qin, heading deep into the village. Qin Hanzhen, the second brother, and Qin Jingru saw Xu Dongsheng and Secretary Qin leave, and they didn't understand what was going on.

But they knew that this meal was saved. The standard of the meal prepared for the people in the city could not be low, so they were relieved when Xu Dongsheng left. It was not that they were stingy, but that there was no surplus food at home.

"Uncle Qin, I'm sorry to bother you with this. I didn't bring anything good when I left. This is the corn wine I brought back when I left the city. It tastes good. Uncle Qin, please keep it for your evening refreshment."

When Xu Dongsheng came out of the village, a 146-pound black pig was tied to his bicycle, wrapped in a sack and its mouth was tied, so that he couldn't make any sound.

On the way, Xu Dongsheng also learned that the pig was raised by Secretary Qin's family and that they sold it because of the two grown-up sons. Xu Dongsheng expressed his understanding and gave an extra RMB 1.60 to Qin Hanzhen, making a total of RMB 60 for him.

Qin Hanzhen thanked Xu Dongsheng and told him that he would invite him to the wedding when the eldest and second sons got married. He also promised Xu Dongsheng that if anyone in the village would make a move, he would write to Xu Dongsheng and Xu Dongsheng would come to the village to collect the money directly.

Xu Dongsheng did not let Qin Hanzhen down. He took out a jar of wine and handed it to Qin Hanzhen. Although it was not worth much, it required money and tickets to buy this stuff in the city, and it required grain to brew it in the countryside. Therefore, wine was a very good thing, and it was perfect to give it to Qin Hanzhen as a thank you.

"Okay, I'll take the wine. Please drive slowly. It will probably be almost dawn by the time you get to the city from here."

Although the road was not easy to walk at night, it was a great achievement to bring back a pig weighing more than 100 kilograms. And Xu Dongsheng was not going to take it back directly. If he did, he would lose money. After all, it was only 40 cents per kilogram.

When he takes it back, the factory will give him 50 cents at most, 60 cents at most, but that's only a small amount? There's not even a 1,000-jin grain quota.

Therefore, he planned to raise the black pig in the hemispherical space for two days, that is, for another half a year. With sufficient food, Xu Dongsheng estimated that the total amount could more than double. He planned to continue to the next village.