Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 139 The radio appears, but what to do if you can’t buy it?
Seeing the other party hesitate, Li Long turned around and was about to leave.

"If you give me another big fish, I will sell it!" The stall owner gritted his teeth. Piglets were not easy to sell. The previous stall owner who sold piglets eventually couldn't bear it and left. He felt that he could hold on a little longer.

Eight dollars is eight dollars, at least it’s not a loss - after all, this sow gave birth to eight piglets, eight dollars each, and the money from selling a big pig will be enough.

Li Long agreed straightforwardly:

"Row."

He quickly returned to his stall, where a middle-aged woman was already frowning and looking around for the stall owner. She felt that if she waited any longer and the stall owner didn't come, she would not buy anything.

Li Long explained with a smile, then skillfully weighed the fish for her. This woman also knew a lot about eating fish. She only asked for four palm-sized crucian carps, which added up to almost one kilogram. Li Long charged her 80 cents.

The stall owner who was selling piglets directly brought the basket over, then stared at Li Long's basin of big fish. Soon he pointed at the biggest fish in the basin:

"I want this!"

Li Long sighed. Another one who can’t eat.

He advised:
"My fellow villager, it's actually not easy to make silver carp delicious..."

"I want this!"

This silver carp weighs almost three kilograms and is currently the largest fish in the basin.

"Okay, then I'll take it out for you. You see, although the fish is dead, its gill cover is still red, which means it is fresh." Li Long picked at the gill cover and said to the man.

Silver carp and bighead carp will die shortly after being taken out of water, as they are not as easy to survive as crucian carp and carp.

Li Long put the two tied piglets in a sack and continued selling fish.

The sun rose and from time to time people came to buy fish, but each person bought little.

Li Long guessed that it was probably because there were more people selling things in the morning market, so there was more choice. Refrigerators were not yet popular, and there was no way to store the fish if you bought too much, so people usually bought fish for a few cents a piece, or bought them one by one.

It took more than an hour to sell out 50 kilograms of fish. Li Long thought that if he wanted to sell fish again tomorrow, it would be better to go to Shicheng.

There are still too few people with purchasing power here.

Li Long sold the last few kilograms of fish at a discount price. He sold 50 kilograms of fish for a total of more than 41 yuan.

After packing up his things and putting them in the car, he saw the other fishmonger still sitting there.

There were still some fish on the stall in front of me that had not been sold out.

Li Long got on his bike expressionlessly and headed towards the compound. He had to put his things down first, and then go to the big meat canteen to eat - and finally he hurriedly disposed of the remaining fish because he was hungry.

Seeing that it was already mid-morning, Li Long simply ate breakfast and lunch together. He ordered a bowl of fried pork noodles and an extra side dish. He also asked for a free bowl of noodle soup, paid some money and food coupons, and then started peeling garlic.

When the noodles were served, Li Long poured the noodles directly into the plate, then poured the fried meat dish on the noodles and mixed them.

When the noodles are mixed, you can enjoy eating them with mouthfuls of noodles and garlic.

After eating the noodles, Li Long felt much better. He burped, walked out of the big meat canteen, unlocked his bike, and rode to the department store.

It has become Li Long's habit to go to the department store regularly to see if there are any new things. He arrived at the department store, walked around, and indeed found new things.

Radio! A Shanghai brand two-band semiconductor portable radio, 46 ​​yuan per unit, which is powered by four No. 1 batteries.

There was also a plug-in radio, also made in Shanghai, but it was a Red Light brand and cost 92 yuan.

Li Long wanted to buy it right then - but the salesperson's words "Do you have a ticket?" left him speechless.

Where did the ticket come from?

After leaving the department store, Li Long thought about it and suddenly thought of Li Xiangqian. Should this Section Chief Li have the ticket?
Go find him!
Li Long rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative, where the gatekeeper, Uncle Li, was basking in the sun outside.

"Hey, isn't this the young man selling sheep?" Uncle Li still remembered Li Long and asked with a smile, "Are you here to see Li Xiangqian?"

"Yes, sir. I need his help."

"Okay, go in, he's in the office." Uncle Li waved his hand.

Li Long pushed the bike in, put the bike in the shed, locked it, entered the door, and found Li Xiangqian's office.

Li Xiangqian was answering the phone, so Li Long waited for a while. Only after he finished the call did he knock on the door and go in.

"Hey, Xiao Li is here." Li Xiangqian saw that it was Li Long and said with a smile, "I was just looking for you, too. Come on, come on, sit down."

Li Xiangqian asked Li Long what he wanted to do after he sat him down.

"I want to ask you to get some industrial tickets. I saw a radio in the department store and I want to buy one."

"That's easy!" Li Xiangqian opened the drawer, pulled out a stack of bills and handed them to Li Long: "Take it and use it. There's no use for me to keep it."

"Thank you, Chief Li." Li Long said, "I'll go buy it now."

"No, sit down first, I have something to tell you."

"You go." Seeing that Li Xiangqian was still serious, Li Long listened carefully.

"You asked me to do the part-time forest ranger thing. I asked around and it can be done, but it will take some time." Li Xiangqian said:

"They have just been established and can't take care of us for the time being, so I thought, first I can get you a part-time purchaser at our supply and marketing cooperative, give you a certificate, and then get you a letter of introduction, and then you should be fine to go into the mountains."

"That's fine too." Li Long is really not picky, as long as he can enter the mountains openly.

"Also, I have a job here. I want to see if you can take it. You are in the production team, so if you can take it, it will be good for both of us."

"What kind of work?" Li Long asked curiously.

"Our supply and marketing cooperative purchases a batch of porters every year. This job is available every year and needs to be done in Nanshan. In the past, this job was given to people with connections.

This year I am thinking whether you can accept it. If you can, I will give it to you, and you can also go into the mountains. If you can’t accept it, then I will give it to someone else.”

"Carrying the handle? How much does it cost? How much per person?" Li Long immediately became interested. He didn't want to do this job, but the people in the village definitely needed this kind of work.

"I don't care how much you tell your team, if I take it, I'll give you six dollars a piece - of course it's a flat price. In fact, I've been charging different grades before, a total of 300 pieces.

To put it bluntly, even if we collect them by grade, we will sell them to those units for eight yuan each, and we will not classify them by grade, as long as the names you compile meet the standards. "

"Six dollars, so expensive? Then this job can be done!" Li Long was happy, "I will call you back tonight, it is likely that I can do it."

"Don't worry, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow will do." Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "As long as it can be completed in May."

Li Long calculated that one person could recruit one to three liaisons a day. If the team had ten people in the sideline, that would be a dozen a day, and the task could be basically completed in more than twenty days. This job was easy!

"Xiao Li, we are family, let me tell you," Li Xiangqian said, "don't be a pushover, it's better to lower the price for your team, you have to take a cut yourself -

Don't be such a pushover. Even if you don't make a penny, if word gets out, people will think you took the money. Instead of wasting time explaining, it's better to just take the money. You should know that if you weren't there, this job would definitely not fall into your team."

Li Long nodded slowly.

Yes.

It’s not easy to be a good person.

(End of this chapter)