Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

"Section Chief, are you going to be promoted to director?" Li Long suddenly asked.

"No, no, no, don't be so loud!" Li Xiangqian hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "The appointment notice hasn't been issued yet..."

"Is it confirmed then?" Li Long was also surprised. Although he didn't particularly care about Director Wei's departure, he couldn't say whether the newcomer could support him as much as Director Wei did.

If Li Xiangqian becomes the director, that would be great. It doesn't matter who the head of the purchasing department is, at least with Li Xiangqian there, the jobs he gets every year are guaranteed.

"That's about right." Li Xiangqian smiled with a hint of pride. "Not to mention Director Qian's relationship, I've been in the supply and marketing cooperative for more than ten years, starting out as a member of the grain procurement team. I can say that I have contributed to the development of the supply and marketing cooperative from scratch to what it is today."

Li Long has heard a lot about this. No matter what, Li Xiangqian is indeed capable and is also an old employee of the supply and marketing cooperative. The cooperative should have no objection to his promotion to director.

"What about the young cadres you mentioned..." Li Long asked again.

"I put it in the prefecture. People must think that the prefecture is better than the county. The conditions are there, which is normal." Li Xiangqian did not think about going to the prefecture. His home is here, and it would be troublesome to go there. As for the future, we will talk about it later.

"Then I congratulate you in advance." Li Long smiled and said, "Wait a while and I'll give you a whole whip?"

"No, no." Li Xiangqian waved his hand, "That thing is just an aid. I'm in good health. By the way, what are you doing here?"

"I really have something to do." Li Long brought up the business. "The purchasing station has been closed down, and Lao Chen and his friends have left. Today I saw quite a few people preparing to sell things at the purchasing station, so I thought about renting the yard, collecting things myself, and reselling them to make a profit."

"Speculation?" Li Xiangqian joked, "Aren't you afraid of being caught?"

Li Long once reported Gu Ermao to the Anti-Vote Office, and it was Li Xiangqian who called to get him out. This time, joking was also to expose Li Long's wounds, which was of course harmless.

"That's definitely not the case." Li Long said with a righteous look on his face, "I'm helping the people solve their problems! The guy I met today was from Beiwucha Shawo Island. If I hadn't helped him collect the skins of water rats, he wouldn't be able to go home today, and he wouldn't even have money to stay in a hotel.

Now many people don’t have much spare money, and they sell these by-products when they need money urgently. If the purchasing station is closed, they don’t know where to sell the products. What should they do when they need money urgently? I am here to solve this problem…”

"Hey, that's a pretty noble thing to say." Li Xiangqian smiled, "License, right? Yours is a bit troublesome. You buy a lot of things. I can't give you a license for a scrap collection station, right?"

In fact, it is also very difficult to get a license for a scrap collection station in later generations, but Li Long doesn't want this, and he doesn't want to be a waste king.

He didn't know much about this aspect, so he just wanted Li Xiangqian to give some advice.

"Then let's get an agricultural and sideline products business license." Li Xiangqian thought for a moment and said, "Most of the things you collect are considered agricultural and sideline products anyway. Leather, medicinal herbs, etc. can also be included in this category."

Li Long thought that it was indeed true. It was just a name anyway. When he applied for a license, he could just expand the business scope.

"You can actually register this under our supply and marketing cooperative," Li Xiangqian said, "our supply and marketing cooperative can register an agricultural and sideline products purchasing station, but forget it... It's fine to register it under our cooperative when I'm here, but if the director changes, it's hard to say whether your purchasing station will belong to the public or you."

Li Long nodded. He had thought about this question. The army may change but the soldiers may not stay here forever. Neither Director Qian nor Li Xiangqian can stay here forever. Changing the leadership may mean new policies, so it is better for this purchasing station to be in his own hands.

"How about this, I'll call the Industrial and Commercial Bureau later, and you can go there tomorrow to handle it." Li Xiangqian said, "This is not a big deal. The country is now encouraging private businesses to open stores, and your business is within the scope of encouragement."

Li Long felt relieved after hearing Li Xiangqian's words.

The next day he went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to apply for a business license. When he came back, he tore up the original notice at the gate of the courtyard.

There were two people at the door looking at the notice. They saw Li Long coming over and tearing up the notice. They were wondering why, but unexpectedly, Li Long put up a new piece of paper.

"Young man, what do you mean?" someone asked.

"The purchasing station will reopen in the spring, so this notice is invalid." Li Long replied. After posting the notice, he opened the iron gate of the yard and prepared to clear the snow inside.

After the original purchasing station moved away, the iron gate of the yard was locked and no one cleaned the snow inside. Now that Li Long has rented the yard, he naturally has to clean it up first.

To be honest, he himself didn't expect that things would happen so quickly - he was still thinking about setting up a purchasing station the day before, and the business license was obtained the next day.

This efficiency... is really a bit high.

Of course, it wouldn't work if I changed someone else.

First of all, without his state work permit and jeep, let alone a business license, we can’t even find out who owns the yard.

Secondly, even if they find out, they won’t rent it to you.

Then there is the matter of business license. For ordinary people, they don’t know how many certificates and documents they need to apply for this.

But now with the endorsement of the supply and marketing cooperative, it is very easy to get a business license.

Watching Li Long clearing the snow, and then looking at the notice, the person who asked the question just now asked with surprise on his face:

"You mean, this purchasing station is still open? It's still accepting things? Then will it accept this?"

What he pulled out of his bag was a pair of red deer antlers.

Li Long was speechless.

I started out selling elk antlers. Now I have my own purchasing station, but before it even opens, people come to buy elk antlers. Is this destiny?

"Yes, you want to sell?" Li Long put down the wooden shovel he was using to shovel snow and asked, "Just this pair?"

"Well, I need money urgently." The man was in his thirties and spoke simply.

"I don't have a scale right now, as you can see. I'm talking about opening next spring. If you want to sell this pair of red deer antlers now, I can only give you an estimate now - which is not very accurate."

"How much per kilogram?" the man asked.

"Six dollars." Li Long looked at the antlers in his hand and said, "They are not new or old from last year. They are two years old. I can't give you a high price."

He vaguely remembered that the red deer antlers that Chen Hongjun collected last autumn were worth eight yuan each because of their newly fallen and good quality.

If you buy it yourself, you naturally have to lower the price. Besides, the quality of this red deer antler is average, so this price is acceptable.

"Okay, I weighed it when I got here, and this pair of horns weighs three and a half kilograms."

"Let me see." Li Long took the elk antler and weighed it. It seemed to be about three kilograms.

"Twenty dollars." Li Long said, "Do you want to sell it?"

"Okay." The man handed the three-branched antlers to Li Long. Li Long took out money from his pocket, counted out two big unity notes and handed them to the other party, then took the antlers and looked at them carefully, and they were okay.

The man took the money, looked at it carefully, then nodded at Li Long, turned around and left in a hurry.

The other person saw Li Long collecting the antlers and asked:
"I have an antique here, would you like to take it?"

"What antique?" Li Long asked with some surprise. He didn't expect that there were people selling this thing.

"Plum vase." The man took out a vase that looked like blue and white porcelain from his black bag and said, "You know about the Qing Dynasty, right? Emperor Kangxi, right? It's from that time, it's old, and worth a lot of money. I'm short of money now, so I want to sell it."

"How much do you want to sell it for?" Li Long asked because he saw that the bottle was quite exquisite.

"One thousand." The man raised a finger. "If I can get this bottle, I'll sell it for at least five or seven thousand. But I need it urgently..."

"Sorry, no." Li Long waved his hand, "You can ask someone else."

"Look, it's the real thing, guaranteed to be authentic!" The man handed the bottle over, "There are words and a logo on the bottom!"

"I'm sorry, I really don't want it." Li Long didn't take the bottle and took two steps back, "Please go to another place."

Even if this thing is real, he won't accept it. First, he doesn't understand it, and second, a thousand yuan can buy a lot of things now. If he puts this thing here, he will have to wait for 20 to 30 years before he can cash it out.

It only costs a few hundred dollars to buy a bunch of Hetian jade seeds, but the final cash profit will definitely be much more than that.

Seeing that Li Long was determined, the man decided not to continue to argue with him. He put the bottle in his bag and left.

He could also see that Li Long really didn't understand.

While Li Long was cleaning up the entire yard, someone came over to sell things, including Fritillaria, licorice, copper coins, and leather.

Li Long took the Fritillaria, licorice and so on. The copper coins were really rusty, so Li Long told him to pick out the useful ones, and he took them away directly.

Li Long only collected rare leathers, and as for ordinary sheepskins, Li Long asked him to take them to the leather factory to sell them.

Because Li Long didn't know the purchase price either. He bought things based on what he had sold himself, and he had to reduce the price by 20%, otherwise he wouldn't know if he could get his money back when he sold it.

Fortunately, there were not many people coming to sell things in the winter. After clearing the snow in the yard, Li Long collected less than a sack of things.

It was quite rewarding.

The warehouses and offices of the purchasing station are now empty and need to be cleaned. But there is no rush now. Li Long locked the big iron door and returned to the yard with the bag.

Gu Xiaoxia was a little surprised to hear that Li Long had collected a lot of things today. What was even more surprising was that things went so smoothly.

"It seems like you really should set up this purchasing station. It's going so smoothly, and you've collected the goods now. Maybe you'll be able to sell a large batch of goods the next time Jia Tianlong comes over."

"It's possible." Li Long smiled, "But I don't want to be on duty. I'll go over and take a look when I'm free. When I'm busy, I'll lock the place up. Let's not make it so complicated - otherwise we'll be too busy."

"That's up to you." Gu Xiaoxia smiled, "You're your own boss, so when to open and when not to open is up to you."

She is now very envious of Li Long. On the one hand, he earns more than a hundred times her salary throughout the year. On the other hand, he has more freedom and can work when he wants to and not work when he doesn't want to.

But this cannot be copied. There are so many people in the country, but few are like Li Long.

Li Long took the vest back from the Dazhong Clothing Store. It was indeed finely made. The gloves were also good. When Li Long gave them to Gu Xiaoxia, she was quite surprised.

The leather gloves are made of velvet on the outside and the fur on the inside is cut short. Li Long's hands are too big to wear them, but Gu Xiaoxia fits them perfectly and is very comfortable.

"I just felt that my previous pair of gloves was a bit inconvenient, but this pair is really good." Gu Xiaoxia was even a little surprised, "It's really good!"

Li Long was happy, not bad, not bad, the effect is good.

This weekend is the day when Li Jianguo will slaughter pigs. Li Long told Sister Yang in advance and asked her and Han Fang to go.

Han Fang definitely wanted to go, and she also wanted to play with Li Juan. Sister Yang wanted to not cause trouble for the Li family, but Gu Xiaoxia refused and said that she must go to have some fun.

"Sister Yang, you won't be asked to cook today. We'll just go there and eat." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "Mingming's father will be driving. We'll go there comfortably and come back comfortably. We'll bring back some pig-killing dishes and heat them up tonight and tomorrow morning."

Sister Yang couldn't resist and agreed.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Li Long started the car. He was driving, Han Fang was sitting on the passenger seat, Gu Xiaoxia was on the left, Sister Yang was on the right, and Mingming and Haohao were in the middle.

The jeep drove out of the yard. Han Fang got out to lock the door, then got back in. The car sped all the way to Team 4.

Li Jianguo had already informed people a few days ago. Wang Caimi was involved in the pig slaughtering, and Xie Yundong also came to slaughter pigs this year.

As for the young men who pressed the pigs, there were many good laborers, including Tao Dayong, Tao Daqiang, the three Liang brothers, Xu Haijun, Jia Weidong and so on.

Niu Dajun also came early. Those who arrived first either gathered together in the yard to smoke, or followed Li Jianguo to make preparations - the board for holding the pigs, the pile of grass for scraping the hair, the stove for boiling water in the yard, etc. all needed to be prepared.

Tao Daqiang was busy running around, and so was his brother, as if they were working for their own family. After planting the melons, Tao Dayong seemed like a different person.

Of course, after making money, his wife Ma Chunhong became less talkative, and Tao Dayong's status in the family also changed.

Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang were in the front yard today. In the past, the stove in the front yard was heated once or twice a day to warm the house, but today the fire was lit early and the charcoal had been refilled twice before Li Long arrived.

Li Long drove the jeep to the front yard and needed to settle the children in the house before doing anything else.

After getting off the car, Han Fang ran to play with Li Juan. Sister Yang and Gu Xiaoxia carried the child to the bed in the west room in the front yard, and then slowly took the child out to help her adapt to the environment.

Niu Dajun found Li Long at this time, and with him was Jia Weidong - Jia Weidong also caught a lot of rabbits and had more than a dozen rabbit skins at home.

"I'll go to the leather factory in a few days to ask." Li Long said, "I'll take over the purchasing station. I'll open it later. If you have water rat skins or something like that, you can send them over."

"What? You opened a purchasing station?" Niu Dajun was very surprised when he heard the news.

Li Long opened a purchasing station, so...are all the difficulties in the village small problems for him? (End of this chapter)