The yin and yang rotate, the sun, the moon, the spring and the autumn.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the summer of 1975.
Su Mingzhe, who is only fifteen years old, has eyebrows as dark as lacquer, eyes like stars, lips like red beads, and a body of seven feet tall, majestic.
Over the past five years or so, his family has been living well because of his persistence in hunting.
Not only did his family live a good life, but all the Su clan members also lived a good life. At least the family never lacked food or clothing.
In this era, it is hard to imagine a life with meat every meal. If you can have a full meal every meal, that is a good life.
Therefore, Su Mingzhe hadn't graduated from high school yet, but the matchmaker who came to propose marriage to him had almost crossed the threshold of his home.
On this day, the high school was on winter vacation. Su Mingzhe went home with his schoolbag on his back. Before he entered the door, he saw his "old customer" Zheng Wu.
In Pujiang, the surname Zheng is a common surname.
There are many people with the surname Zheng, who is the fifth child.
But the only one on the market called 'Zheng Wu' is this one.
Zheng Wu was originally a veteran in the leather goods business in the market. He had a good reputation in the market because of his fair prices and his integrity.
More than 90% of Su Mingzhe's leather goods were sold to him.
Zheng Wu, who was squatting at the door of Su's house, quickly stood up when he saw Su Mingzhe and said with a smile:
"Brother, you are back from school."
"Fifth brother, is something wrong with you?"
Su Mingzhe looked at him in surprise. He now sends fur goods to the market every Friday at the material exchange meeting.
What is Zheng Wu doing at his door?
"If something happens, it's the same thing as last time. Please help me, brother."
Zheng Wu accompanied the smiling face. At 1.78 meters tall, he was not even half a head shorter than Su Mingzhe, but now Su Mingzhe could easily see the top of his head.
Su Mingzhe didn't give him a good look, and said angrily: "Fifth brother, didn't I tell you? The fox lies day and night, and I don't have time to deal with it."
Seeing Su Mingzhe's cold expression, Zheng Wu couldn't help but smile:
"Brother, I have no choice. In the past month or so, I have looked for all the 'Orions' I know, but I haven't been able to get the fox skins I need. Don't you know that brother is on vacation? You must have time now, as long as I can help Fifth Brother collect enough fox skins, and the price can be whatever you want."
After hearing this, Su Mingzhe smiled coldly: "Fifth brother, you look down on me, but I don't have this ability. The pure-color fox fur you mentioned requires at least a dozen pure-color fox furs. But I want it. Looking for a dozen solid-color foxes, I’m afraid I won’t be able to find all these solid-color foxes without searching the nearby mountains.”
"Brother, please listen to me first about the price."
Seeing that Su Mingzhe was about to refuse, Zheng Wu quickly stretched out his hand: "Brother, this is the number now, five thousand. As long as you can find fox fur with solid color fox fur, the price has risen to five thousand."
Su Mingzhe was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but his eyes were full of surprise:
"So much? You can buy solid-color fox fur at this price in the Northeast, right? Why do you come back to our place to buy fox fur?"
An ordinary fox skin costs about twenty yuan.
A fox fur requires at least a dozen fox skins, so the cost of an ordinary fox fur is at least three to five hundred yuan.
However, what Zheng Wu wanted was a solid color fox fur, and the price suddenly increased more than ten times.
However, this ten times refers to the cost price of fox fur, not the price of fox fur.
What's more, this fox fur is not a specialty of Pujiang.
The fox fur in the Northeast is better and warmer. If the other party can afford the price, wouldn't it be better to buy it in the Northeast?
Unless...there's something hidden in this.
Su Mingzhe thought about it in his heart.
The other party was willing to spend 5,000 yuan to buy the fox fur. Adding in the post-production, middleman's price difference, etc., the final price of the fox fur must have exceeded 10,000 yuan.
In these days, anyone who can spend 10,000 yuan on a piece of clothing is definitely a wealthy person.
In today's mainland, there are definitely people who can afford to spend 10,000 yuan to buy a fox fur.
But there are probably not many people who dare to spend 10,000 yuan to buy a fox fur.
Su Mingzhe suddenly guessed that the buyer behind this was probably not a mainlander.
If the buyer is from Xiangjiang or even from other places, it is normal.
In Hong Kong in the 1970s, it was as common for wealthy people to spend tens of thousands of yuan on a fox fur coat as it was on a Rolex.
But what does this have to do with you?
Therefore, Su Mingzhe shook his head again and said:
"Fifth Brother, I really can't help you with this matter. Those foxes are nocturnal, and you can't easily see one during the day. That means there is less food in winter, and they are more common during the day. So, if Fifth Brother, in winter Speaking of which, I can still work hard. Catching foxes this summer is not something you can do only if you have money."
Zheng Wu looked sad after hearing Su Mingzhe's words:
"I also know that it is difficult to meet foxes in summer, but this buyer is not an ordinary person. He wants it now and can't wait until winter. Brother, can you help me think of a way? Brother Wu really has no way out now. If you If you don’t help Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother will have a hard time at this level.”
After hearing Zheng Wu's words, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but become curious: "Fifth brother, you don't have fox skin in your hands, so there's nothing you can do about it. Could it be that the other party can forcefully buy it and sell it?"
"The other party has a strong background. He is from above."
Zheng Wu's words made Su Mingzhe suddenly realize.
Before, I only considered my ability with money, but I forgot that above money, there are rights.
When money stands up to speak, truth will be silent; when power stands up to speak, even money has to stay away.
However, this way, I won't care about it anymore.
Zheng Wu also noticed the "alienation" in Su Mingzhe's eyes, and in the end he could only tell the whole story with a wry smile.
Zheng Wu is an authentic member of the Zheng family in Pujiang.
Some time ago, the eldest son of the Zheng family in officialdom suddenly returned to his hometown and asked Zheng Wu and other tribesmen who were engaged in the fur business to ask if there was any way to get a solid-color fox fur. The price was not a problem, three to five thousand yuan, all. It's a trivial matter.
At that time, Zheng Wu was also inflated. He actually thought that getting a solid-color fox fur was just fun because of his good reputation and reputation in the market. He patted his chest and agreed to the matter on the spot.
Now, the cowhide was sold out, but as the delivery date got closer, Zheng Wu did not receive a few fox skins in his hands.
These fox skins are too small for making a scarf, let alone a fox fur.
"Brother, I know this is difficult, but brother, you are the most capable person I have ever seen. If you can't do anything, I guess this time, our Zheng family will definitely be implicated because of me."
Su Mingzhe felt somewhat moved after hearing Zheng Wu's sincere explanation.
However, Su Mingzhe frowned and shook his head again:
"Fifth brother, since you said so, if I refuse again, it will appear that I am unkind. It's just that this fox skin is something that can be encountered but cannot be asked for. I really can't accept it, so I can only tell you that I will try my best to I’ll help you find it. As for you, it’s best to find other ways quickly.”
Zheng Wu heard that Su Mingzhe promised to help, but he refused to finish his words, so he could only smile dryly:
"Then please help me, brother. I'll look for other places. Please pay more attention to me."
Zheng Wu returned home with a sad face, and his wife came over nervously: "Shopkeeper, how many did you find today?"
"Forget it, fox skin is so easy to acquire."
Zheng Wu waved his hand to prevent his wife from annoying him.
During this period of time, he actually collected more than twenty fox skins, but there was not a single solid-color fox skin.
Even so, he has purchased most of the fox skins on the market in Pujiang now.
Unless he goes out to purchase elsewhere.
However, in these days, all private people do is business, and they can only go a hundred miles to do business.
Traveling long distances requires various documents, so merchants are basically government merchants.
Zheng Wuyi didn't know where to go to find a solution.
Zheng Wu's wife saw that her man was uncomfortable and wanted to walk away, but she remembered something and told him again:
"Brother Guangming came over again today and asked how the Hu Qiu matter was going. I told him that you are still handling it. Shopkeeper, I don't think it's going to work. You can just go and get rid of this matter. , can they still force others to do what is difficult for them?”
"Hutu."
Zheng Wu glared at his wife and was about to scold him when he suddenly heard someone calling him outside the door.
"Is fifth brother at home?"
"It seems to be Brother Guangming."
Zheng Wu didn't expect that he would be stuck at home today, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and welcome Zheng Guangming in.
Zheng Guangming is the cousin of the big shot in the Zheng family. Because of the big shot taking care of him, although the family is not as rich as the Zheng Wu family, they still have an official status and walk and talk with official airs on weekdays.
However, he was obviously anxious today. As soon as he entered the door, he asked eagerly:
"Fifth brother, how long are you going to hide from me? Tell the truth, is there a way to handle the Hu Qiu matter? If it can't be done, I'll tell Brother Yicong right now. We can't delay Brother Yicong. ”
Zheng Yicong is a big shot in the Zheng family. He came back some time ago and asked his clansmen if they could get a solid-color fox fur.
Zheng Wu saw that Zheng Guangming was impatient, so he could only tell his plan.
"Brother Guangming, I have collected all the fox skins on the market, but there are still a lot missing. I have also gone to ask for help from several famous 'hunters'. These 'hunters' have gone into the mountains to look for them. Yes, please give me another ten days, and after ten days, I will give you a confirmation letter."
"Give you another ten days?"
When Zheng Guangming heard this, he was so anxious that his eyes almost popped out:
"Lao Wu, you said you could get it done in ten days and a half, but now it's been a month. Now you need ten more days, and ten days and ten days later. You can play tricks on me, but you can't fool me. Brother, did you also play tricks?"
Zheng Wu quickly assured:
"It definitely won't happen this time. I just went to find our best 'hunter' in Pujiang, and he agreed to help us get into the mountains."
When Zheng Guangming heard this, he almost laughed angrily:
"Did you look for him 'just'? Who were you looking for a month ago?"
Zheng Wu quickly explained Su Mingzhe's student status: "I have approached him before, but he said that he was a student and refused to give up studying just to make a few bucks. Now that the school is on summer vacation, he has Time goes into the mountains..."
"Lao Wu!"
After Zheng Guangming heard Zheng Wu's words, he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, and his face turned purple: "Your mind is full of liquid!"
