Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Dong Zhichao and Ye Lanlan arrived earlier than Bai Xiuming.

When they arrived at the purchasing station, they saw bicycles and tractors driving into the backyard one after another. It was bustling and much more lively than the last time they came.

There were actually fewer people queuing in the front yard - of course, some people were queuing up by the wall to make way for people going to the back yard, making the yard appear more spacious.

When the two men were walking towards the backyard, they happened to see two tractors pulling out two carts full of melon seeds, which made them feel a little strange.

Was this the one that was brought here but not sold? Dong Zhichao was a little skeptical, but looking at the two drivers, it didn't seem like it! Both of them were smiling and looked very happy.

With doubts in their hearts, the two men went around to the backyard.

Li Longzheng and Sun Jiaqiang were checking the cart of melon seeds brought by Fan Mingcheng.

As usual, the melon seeds were poured onto the sieve, and Sun Jiaqiang separated the seeds to check the quality.

Dong Zhichao and Ye Lanlan happened to come over and saw the melon seeds on the sieve. They sighed together.

The melon seeds here are all in their natural state, some are flat and some are rough, which obviously do not meet their acceptance standards.

"These might be returned, right?" Ye Lanlan thought, the two trucks just pulled out should be the same as these, right?

What they didn't expect was that after Li Long finished reading it, he said to Fan Mingcheng: "It's still level one. Old Fan, can you be more motivated and bring me a truckload of special level ones?"

Fan Mingcheng laughed and said, "That's not easy. I want to find it, but I can't find it!"

Then it’s weighing, accounting and payment.

After Fan Mingcheng finished collecting the melon seeds, Li Long stood up and went over to greet Dong Zhichao:

"Hello, Manager Dong, Miss Ye."

“Okay, okay.” Dong Zhichao responded, still staring at the melon seeds, and asked, “Boss Li, you collect these melon seeds…”

"Take it back for processing." Li Long said, "After processing, it will be what you need. But for now, I think we can talk about Huakui."

Fan Mingcheng was still starting the small four-wheel tractor when he heard Li Long talking to two guests who were obviously not from Ma County, and he pricked up his ears.

Helplessly, someone came over and urged him to leave in a hurry so that there would be room for the melon seeds, so Fan Mingcheng drove away on the tractor.

After leaving the purchasing station, Fan Mingcheng did not drive far. He stopped his small four-wheeler nearby and waited patiently.

During this period, more than 30 tons of melon seeds were collected from the purchasing station alone, so Li Long was not worried at all that Bai Xiuming didn't have enough melon seeds. All he had to do now was to hope that Dong Zhichao could collect the remaining sunflowers from the fourth team. Of course, he could also give them some of the remaining melon seeds.

I guess Bai Xiuming doesn't need so many goods.

"What are the characteristics of your sunflowers?" Although Dong Zhichao was very reluctant, he still asked. He knew that if he didn't collect some sunflowers, Li Long would probably not give him any melon seeds.

"Xiao Sun, you check the boss's melon seeds first. I'll go with Manager Dong and the others to see the sunflowers." Li Long said to Sun Jiaqiang, "Come on, Manager Dong, you'll know after you take a look. I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

Bai Xiuming's company is a food company, and roasted nuts are its main item, but not all of them are roasted nuts.

Dong Zhichao and his roasted nuts factory are doing exactly this, so Li Long believes that they should be able to harvest all the remaining sunflowers.

Entering the large warehouse, Li Long pointed to some full fertilizer bags and said:
"Here are the sunflower seeds. Which bag do you want to look at? Oh, and over there are the flat-mouthed melon seeds. You can also take a look at them."

There are dozens of bags of sunflower seeds, and hundreds of bags of melon seeds next to them.

Originally, the sunflowers were kept by various households in the team. Because Liang Dacheng and his team drove a tractor here to collect the large melon seeds, Li Long simply asked them to bring the collected sunflowers from each household over and store them in the purchasing station for easy sale.

Although Dong Zhichao is considered an old hand, his breathing still quickened when he saw so many raw materials he wanted.

He watched Li Long unpacking Huakui's bag, and an idea suddenly occurred to him, so he said to Ye Lanlan:

"Lanlan, take a look at the sunflowers from Boss Li to see if they meet our purchasing standards. Let me take a look at these pumpkin seeds."

After saying that, without waiting for Ye Lanlan's response, he walked over to the melon seeds box, took a quick look, and then opened a bag in the corner.

When he opened the bag, Dong Zhichao was somewhat surprised that he didn't smell any strange smell.

They have been to many places these days, including small purchasing stations and melon farmers' homes. They have seen a lot of melon seeds, and whenever they open a bag, they can smell a strong or weak smell of melon.

This stuff smells nice when it's fresh, but once it dries, the smell becomes less pleasant.

But this bag didn't.

Dong Zhichao reached his hand into the bag, pushed down hard, then grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the middle and looked at them carefully.

Ye Lanlan actually wanted to watch the melon seeds being picked, but she knew her uncle's side was more important, so she walked over to Li Long. Seeing that Li Long had already untied the bag and looked at her gesture, she reached in and grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds to look at.

Ye Lanlan originally thought that the sunflowers here should be no different from those in her own province, but to her surprise, the sunflowers in her hands were very large and plump. She couldn't help but pick one up and peel it to see that the seeds inside were also very plump.

She originally wanted to help her uncle buy some time, but as a buyer who often purchases these raw materials, looking at such good sunflowers at this moment, she couldn't help but reach out and grab a handful from it and look at it carefully.

It's all pretty good.

"Can I try another bag?" Ye Lanlan was sure that the quality of this bag of sunflowers was very good, and she wanted to take a look at some randomly.

"No problem." Li Long turned his head to look at Dong Zhichao, then turned to Ye Lanlan and said, "You can look at any bag you want."

A few minutes later, Dong Zhichao and Ye Lanlan followed Li Long to the door of the warehouse.

"These sunflowers are of very good quality." Ye Lanlan said first, "I think we should consider buying them and taking them back."

Dong Zhichao was quite surprised when Ye Lanlan called him over to watch Huakui after he had just finished watching the melon seeds.

Then I thought about how Li Long could make this unique flat-mouthed melon seeds, and it seemed normal to me.

"Okay, then we'll buy these sunflowers." Dong Zhichao knew that there were not many sunflowers, less than ten tons in total, so he said generously: "The price is negotiable..." He turned his head and glanced at Ye Lanlan.

"Two dollars." Ye Lanlan quoted her price.

Li Long nodded. It seemed that the prices of these raw materials were basically transparent to Bai Xiuming and his team, and it was easy to tell the quality and price.

"Okay, I can give you 10 tons of these melon seeds for now." Li Long said with a smile, "You can transport them together with the sunflowers. As for how many tons of melon seeds you can take away later, it depends on the quantity I receive."

"Okay, okay." Although Dong Zhichao was still a little dissatisfied, at least he had the goods. And Li Long also said that there would be more later.

The reason why Li Long could allocate ten tons of goods to Dong Zhichao was mainly because he could gather thirty tons of melon seeds today. Even if Bai Xiuming came today, he could still provide the other party with twenty tons of goods, which was very considerate.

Dong Zhichao asked Ye Lanlan to stay and look at the goods and check them while he went to the transportation company to hire a car.

As soon as Dong Zhichao left the purchasing station, he was stopped by Fan Mingcheng, who came up to him and enthusiastically handed him a cigarette and said:
"Hello, Mr. Dong. Let me introduce myself. I am a purchasing businessman in Ma County. My name is Fan Mingcheng. It's nice to meet you..."

"What can I do for you?" Dong Zhichao recognized him as the second-hand dealer who had just sold melon seeds to Li Long.

Dong Zhichao had also met several middlemen in the past few days, and they left a very bad impression on him, so his tone was a little impatient.

"Well, I know you buy the melon seeds from the mouth. I want to ask, if the melon seeds I provide are cheaper, would you be willing to buy them from me?" Fan Mingcheng said in a low voice.

Prying goods?
Dong Zhichao became interested. He asked, "How much can you buy? How good is the quality? Are all the melon seeds flat?" Flat? Fan Mingcheng immediately understood that the flat melon seeds that Li Long bought were for these people.

"I don't have the flat ones," Fan Mingcheng shook his head and said, "I have the ones that are super clean and have no impurities, and they are super cheap, one dollar and fifty cents, no, one dollar and thirty cents will do!"

He believed that Li Long would definitely sell the melon seeds he bought from him for one dollar to this merchant for no less than one dollar and fifty cents.

So he lowered the price.

"One dollar and three cents?" Dong Zhichao shook his head. "Not interested. I just want the flat-mouthed melon seeds."

"Flat-mouthed ones are fine too! How much do you want per kilogram?" Fan Mingcheng gritted his teeth. It's just a matter of flattening it. If it doesn't work, find someone else or do it yourself. Even if it takes some effort, as long as he can make more money!
"How much stock do you have?" Dong Zhichao was a little surprised when he heard that the other party could actually get the flat-mouthed ones. Is this true?

"Well... one ton, how about that?" Fan Mingcheng thought that both pressing and picking the melon seeds were slow, so he gave a reliable number.

"One ton? Are you kidding?" Dong Zhichao's face suddenly changed color. He pushed Fan Mingcheng away and hurried away.

Are you kidding?

Fan Mingcheng looked at Dong Zhichao's back and wanted to shout, but was afraid of being heard by the people in the purchasing station, so he didn't shout in the end.

But he couldn't figure out who Li Long sold the ordinary melon seeds he collected to?

Fan Mingcheng had no idea about flattening the dried melon seeds.

Soon, Dong Zhichao hired three large trucks to enter the purchasing station and parked at the door of the warehouse.

In other words, the backyard of the purchasing station is big enough, otherwise this would not be possible.

Sun Jiaqiang was watching over there collecting the melon seeds, while Li Long was over here watching Dong Zhichao and Ye Lanlan checking and weighing the sunflowers.

The overall quality of the sunflower seeds was not much different, and they were all sold at two yuan. Dong Zhichao did not want to dwell on this matter, so he quickly finished the inspection and loaded the car. The main point was to quickly check the flat-mouthed sunflower seeds.

It’s been so long, and now there are finally some clues. How can I not be excited?

"Just now when I was leaving, a man named Fan, the one who was selling sunflower seeds here, stopped me and tried to sell me his sunflower seeds."

In order to get closer to Li Long, Dong Zhichao sold Fan Mingcheng out immediately.

"Did Mr. Fan call you?" Li Long was not surprised. As a middleman, he would do whatever he could to make money. He and Li Long were friends who made money. It was a normal business relationship, so it was normal for him to steal Li Long's clients.

Of course, Li Long will not indulge him. Next time he comes, Li Long will definitely give him a beating.

Reason is reason, initiative is initiative, and sometimes it is not necessary to be reasonable.

"Well, he said he could sell me some melon seeds at a low price, but I ignored him." Dong Zhichao boasted, "I still recognize you, Boss Li. Although we had some misunderstandings before, this time, we can say that we have known each other for a long time, so we should cooperate well in the future!"

Li Long thought to himself, it’s only because I have the raw materials, otherwise how could you look at me straight in the eye?

Of course he couldn't say that. He smiled and said, "Manager Dong, don't worry. I have enough supply here. When you come back later, there will be more melon seeds."

Team 4 alone has nearly 500 acres of land planted with melons, with a yield of about 60 to 70 tons - not every family can grow melons to produce 170 to 80 kilograms of melon seeds.

There are issues of how carefully the plants are cared for, the use of fertilizers and materials, and the quality of the soil. On average, the weight is only about 120 to 130 kilograms.

Of course, Li Long couldn't collect all of them, and thirty or forty tons would be enough. After all, some people really don't believe in superstition and will go far away to sell them. As for how much per kilogram they will sell for in the end, it's hard to say.

The purchasing station also collects a lot. Some people in the county or other places outside the county who grow melons are more content and sell them for 80 or 90 cents. After all, it is better than growing grain.

Under the current situation, Li Long estimated that he could collect about 100 tons of melon seeds. If Bai Xiuming and Dong Zhichao could eat them, he would sell them in batches. If they couldn't eat them, he would leave them alone. Li Long believed that once the market recognized the flat-mouthed melon seeds, the market would definitely expand and spread.

By then, it won’t just be these two companies that come to find me.

Li Long himself did not expect that an ordinary thing in later generations would become a dimensionality reduction attack in the present.

But it's good, at least it can really help ordinary people earn more cash. He felt like he was setting a protective price. If they sold at a high price, no problem, they could find a sales channel to sell it themselves.

If you can't sell it at this price, then you can clean it up and sell it to yourself. It will work. At least you can make money. As for Li Long making a lot of money, he is now very satisfied, because it is his own ability.

Dong Zhichao and Ye Lanlan returned with several trucks fully loaded with goods and left in a hurry.

The remaining less than ten tons of sunflowers were sold for more than 18,000 yuan, and ten tons of flat-mouthed melon seeds were sold for 35,000 yuan. Sunflower Li Long did not make any money, but he was relieved. The cost of ten tons of melon seeds was about 12,000 to 13,000 yuan, and the net profit was more than 20,000 yuan.

Huge profits!
Bai Xiuming hadn't come over yet. No one knew what had happened. When Li Long was still collecting melon seeds, Zhao Hui came over and took away the skins that he had collected during this period.

So although Li Long's life is busy, it is also good to make some money from time to time.

It just went against his original intention. He had originally thought that after these years, when cotton was planted on a large scale, he would contract a few hundred acres of wasteland, become a landlord, subcontract the land, and then do what he liked.

However, now that the land cannot be contracted, he seems to be getting busier and busier.

Gu Boyuan had to watch over the daily necessities in the front. Sun Jiaqiang was called over by him to help collect the melon seeds, which had affected the situation of collecting goods in the front.

But there was no way. No matter how strong Li Long was, he couldn't collect these things by himself.

He originally wanted to hire another person, but then he thought that it would only be half a month, and it would pass if he just endured. The eldest brother Li Jianguo wanted to ask his father to come over to help, and Li Long thought that his family was also harvesting melon seeds, and they were not as idle as he was.

I can basically take care of both myself and Sun Jiaqiang.

Li Long was thinking about giving Sun Jiaqiang more bonuses after the melon picking season was over. He has been very busy recently.

That morning, Tie Lanhua came again, pushing her bicycle with two large sacks of melon seeds. Tie Jinbing followed her again, but did not come in when she reached the door.

He didn't want to see Li Long.

During this period, Tielanhua came twice, each time with two sacks, mostly in the morning. The melon seeds in these two sacks were cleaned up more neatly, and Li Long offered a better price.

He guessed that Tielanhua should have collected the melon seeds the day before, cleaned them up in the afternoon, and then sold them the next morning.

When Sun Jiaqiang saw Tielanhua coming, he greeted her with a smile, but then he felt something was wrong and immediately put away his smile.

Li Long was collecting melon seeds from another person. Fan Mingcheng came over these two days and Li Long gave him a bad scolding. He brought more than a ton of melon seeds and Li Long collected them by one piece - in fact, the standard price could be as high as one piece, but Li Long gave him a lower price.

Fan Mingcheng didn't have any temper at all and even smiled along with Li Long.

Because he is the one who guarantees the bottom line, Li Long never indulges other people. If they want to sell, they can sell. If they don’t want to sell, they can leave. He really doesn’t have to worry about the goods.

What surprised Li Long was that most of the middlemen who used to deal in other goods have switched to dealing in melon seeds.

It can be seen that there are really few people who like to crack melon seeds in the northern Xinjiang market, and most people don’t like to crack such hard melon seeds.

A few years later in the previous life, pumpkin seeds and watermelon seeds were popular for a while, and large areas in northern Xinjiang even grew pumpkins specifically for edible pumpkin seeds. However, when it comes to eating melon seeds, the only one that has remained popular in northern Xinjiang is sunflower seeds. The others were only popular for a while, but did not last long.

After Tielanhua propped up the bicycle, she took a gauze bag from the handlebars and handed it to Sun Jiaqiang:
"Take it home and eat it. My mom makes fragrant bean cakes. They are very fragrant."

Sun Jiaqiang turned his head and looked at Li Long, feeling a little embarrassed.

Li Long smiled and thought to himself that it was easy for a girl to chase a boy. Sun Jiaqiang was probably going to be taken down. (End of this chapter)