Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes after hearing this. There were only 26 people on the street, but there were tens of thousands of people in the steel rolling mill. How could this be the same?
But Duan Jidong doesn't care about this, regardless of whether he is justified or not, getting more food is the right thing to do.
Chu Qianqian thought for a while and then said, "Okay, after I have some free time from this business trip, I will think of ways to get some good things and mail them back.
When the time comes, I will ask Xue Jinglan and my two brothers to deliver the things, but we have agreed in advance that the shipping price is not cheap.
If you and the director are reluctant to part with it, then I will have to find a way to get food after returning to the capital. "
Duan Jidong agreed without hesitation.
Nowadays, many units have money but cannot buy anything.
Besides, the current situation is that even if the price is doubled, as long as you can buy food, not only will the leaders not object, but even if the superiors know about it, they will just pretend they didn't see it.
Duan Jidong looked at Chu Qianqian and said, "You can give me as much as you say, I will never bargain."
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian laughed angrily and cursed, saying that he would be a fool if he just randomly set the price.
When Duan Jidong said this, it was really hard for him to be overpriced.
"In this way, I will think of a way to get 2,000 kilograms of dried fish every month. The tentative price of dried fish after shipping is 80 cents per kilogram."
When Duan Jidong heard that it weighed 2,000 kilograms, he couldn't help being surprised. Then he was overjoyed and nodded quickly. There is no need to report this matter. I will promise you now.
Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but stare at Duan Jidong in confusion.
Old Duan chuckled, "You didn't know you were on a business trip. In the middle of this month, the director went to the district for a meeting. Several leaders talked privately with the directors of several districts.
If anyone has the ability to get food and doesn’t need support from the district, the district doesn’t care what the streets do.
He even hinted that whoever gets more supplies will be rated as advanced at the end of the year.
Several street directors were not interested in this advancement, but they could also hear it as a hint. Among the indicators for promotion, the production of supplies was one of them.
So let alone 2,000 kilograms of dried fish a month, Director Cao can eat even 20,000 kilograms in one bite.
Chu Xiangqian was reluctant to sell so much dried fish to the street. A pound of dried fish on Hong Kong Island cost him HK$1.
Moreover, Chu Xiangqian didn’t want RMB at all. He looked at Duan Jidong and said, “I don’t want money, I just want Ming and Qing furniture made of red sandalwood and huanghuali.”
There are ways to collect antiques, and after waiting for a few years, a large number of antiques that are not national treasures will be sold at a bargain price.
On the contrary, if you want to purchase large quantities of large pieces of red sandalwood and huanghuali furniture, it will be quite difficult.
Then I thought about looking for a street purchase agent.
The most important thing is that this thing can only be considered precious now, not rare.
Many second-hand collection stations store a lot of this kind of furniture. There have even been cases where some units used damaged red sandalwood and huanghuali furniture with missing legs and parts as firewood.
Duan Jidong was surprised when he heard that Chu Xiangqian wanted damaged red sandalwood and huanghuali furniture, and asked in surprise, "What do you want that for?"
Naturally, Chu Qianqian would not say the reason, "Don't worry about what I do. In short, I don't ask for national treasure-level Ming and Qing furniture, but don't give me rags either.
Moreover, my master is the appraiser of the entrusted store. I will only accept the items after he has seen them. "
Duan Jidong no longer had any scruples. If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a warehouse in the district, which was dedicated to storing furniture made of rare wood collected from more than a dozen second-hand collection stations in the district.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this stuff is a good thing, but most people would rather buy new furniture made of ordinary wood than spend money to repair the furniture in the warehouse.
As for the extremely well-preserved ones, of course they are sealed in another warehouse.
But to be honest, not many people in the district care about these things.
If it can be exchanged for food, not to mention the streets, even the district and city will agree to take out some defective products or furniture that can be repaired, and after the repairs are completed, they can exchange dried fish with Chu Qianqian.
Chu Xiangqian was not afraid that his superiors would find out about this matter. He made it clear that he did not want anything of the national treasure level.
Secondly, the superiors will only think that they want to use these old furniture to establish relations or do business with businessmen in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Island.
As long as this business is done, the superiors will have a reason to ask Chu Xiangqian to buy grain.
But Chu Xiangqian still had some concerns about purchasing large quantities of grain and transporting it back to the mainland.
After all, the whereabouts of large amounts of food itself is one of the regulatory matters that all countries are watching.
But it did not prevent Chu Qianqian from making all the 400 kilograms of big fish caught every day in the game into dried fish and transporting them back to the capital.
The big fish saved in one month is 12,000 jin, which is equal to 6,000 kilograms.
After drying in the game, you can have almost 5 tons of dried fish.
Just thinking about how he could provide a day's rations for tens of thousands of people, and that he could collect a large amount of red sandalwood and huanghuali furniture that would probably be burned in a few years, Chu Xiangqian felt that he could do this.
Of course, there will definitely not be 5 tons of dried fish delivered at the beginning.
But confidentiality is a problem.
After thinking about it carefully, we might as well take the Nan-Guang land route and transport it back to the capital from the mainland.
If you want to keep it a little more secret, you can simply smuggle it back by boat.
When the boat returns, you can also bring red sandalwood and huanghuali furniture.
In this way, even if he is caught by the marine police, it will not be a big deal.
Chu Xiangqian thought about the moral character of the policemen in Hong Kong at this time. The worst he could do was spend money to bribe a few superintendents of the Marine Police.
As agreed with Duan Jidong, Chu Xiangqian took Xue Jinglan, who had been sitting quietly in the office, to find Xue Hongmei.
As soon as they saw the two people coming in, Xue Hongmei immediately showed a bright smile on her face.
Pointing to the desk next to him, "Lan Lan, you will sit next to me from now on, and I have already asked Director Cao, and he promised to clean up a small office as soon as possible.
Then we won't have to share an office with anyone else. "
Chu Xiangqian secretly said that he was confused, and then expressed his approval of Xue Hongmei's actions ten thousand times.
Although Lan Lan behaves like ordinary people in front of him, Xue Jinglan still shows strong resistance to strangers when going to shopping malls or watching movies with her.
Being able to come to work is already the first step for her to come into contact with the outside world.
There is no need to do it in one step. She has to become like a normal person all of a sudden.
After cleaning, wiping the table, etc. in the office for a while, Chu looked forward and looked at his watch. The smile on Xue Jinglan's face suddenly disappeared.
Xue Hongmei was stunned and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Xue Jinglan's eyes turned red, and Chu Qianqian said awkwardly, "This is not an order from above. I have a flight this afternoon and will have to go on a business trip for a while."
Xue Hongmei immediately said dissatisfied, "You are not short of money, let alone ability, why are you so busy?"
Chu shrugged forward and thought to himself, maybe six or seven years later, you and your family will be thankful that you have paved an escape route early.
Even if Mr. Xue doesn't want to leave his hometown, if he is out there and can set up newspapers, film companies, theaters, and even TV stations, the Xue family's life will definitely be much better.
He would not even embarrass Mr. Xue at all.
If nothing else works, send the person to a forest farm and spend the first one or two years safely, and things will become easier later on.
Seeing that Chu Xiangqian couldn't be persuaded, Xue Hongmei couldn't help but complain, "You men, all of you are only thinking about family and country. In the end, it's us women who have the most difficulty."
When Chu Xiangqian heard this, he knew that he must be talking about his uncle.
He took Xue Jinglan's little hand and said with a smile, "Don't listen to auntie, I will definitely treat you as a baby in the future."
Xue Jinglan's face turned red and she nodded with a smile, causing Xue Hongmei to secretly curse that her girl was hopeless.
"Okay, okay, you two should go play by yourself. Lan Lan will come back to work tomorrow."
Chu Qianqian naturally had no objection and took Xue Jinglan away from the street.
The two of them were riding two bicycles and wanted to go shopping, but Chu Qianqian had a second thought.
There was not much time, so it was better to take Xiao Lan'er home and bully her again.
First I found a restaurant and ordered two stir-fried dishes to fill my stomach.
When I returned to the yard, it was probably because it was almost noon and no one was gathering to chat in the front yard.
Chu Qianqian took Xiao Lan'er's hand and entered the east wing. As soon as the door was closed, he hugged her and started to smell good.
The little girl was probably very obedient to Chu Qianqian because her sweetheart left in the afternoon.
After a while, Chu Xiangqian saw the pair of tall and tall peaks for the first time.
Except for the last step, the two of them have done everything they should do this time.
At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Xiangxiang carried a box and took Xue Jinglan into the car driven by Xue Jianguo himself.
Walk all the way to the airport.
On the way, Chu Xiangqian kept chatting with the red-eyed Xue Jinglan, and also mentioned to Xue Jianguo that he would pick up his master, his wife and his uncles when they came back.
Xue Jianguo naturally agreed.
In fact, he didn't need to take care of this matter personally. Anyway, the people from the foreign affairs department had already accompanied them on their trip.
Then Chu Xiangqian remembered buying a yard for his master, his wife and others.
Not only Xue Jianguo was surprised when he heard that Chu Xiangqian planned to buy a Sanjin Courtyard where a family named Jin lived near Qianmen.
Even Xue Jinglan's attention was attracted by this matter.
Chu Xiangqian knew about that yard because he had met Chen Xueru in Little Women under the Zhengyang Sect before going to Hong Kong Island last time, and bought several sets of suits and shirts from her silk shop.
It reminds me of the plot in the drama about the old man named Jin who intends to sell his ancestral mansion and go north to reunite with his son.
If I remember correctly, the price for the house was three thousand.
But this quotation was made a few years later. At that time, due to the tense situation, the price was definitely much lower than it is now.
But even if I get four or five thousand now, it is still small money for me.
"Second brother, tell the big boss that I will buy that compound for 5,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the names will belong to me and Lan Lan.
Think of it as a home for me, her, and our children in the future.
By the way, I can also be filial and respectful to my master, my wife, and my uncle. And with the three of them here, Lan Lan doesn't have to work so hard to take care of her children.
If you want grandma and my mother-in-law, you can take the children to stay with your parents' house for a few days.
By walking around like this, Lanlan's mood will be much better, and the children will be pampered by so many grandparents. "
Xue Jinglan's heart was filled with love all of a sudden, and her eyes looking at Chu Qianqian were filled with tenderness, and she wished she could stay with him forever.
While Xue Jianguo was envious, he was also very interested in the five thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Secretly, after reporting this matter to the big boss, it might be settled in a few days.
Even if the man surnamed Jin refuses to sell it, the worst he can do is find another courtyard house.
The capital is so big, I can definitely find a better courtyard than that one.
Then I heard Chu Qianqian teasingly say, "Second brother, when you get married, Lan Lan and I will give you and your sister-in-law a set of courtyards as a gift. How about that?"
Xue Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and said without hesitation, "It's settled. If you regret it, I will take my wife and children to live in your house."
It was inconspicuous once you entered the courtyard, and it was easy to do this before private property sales were stopped in the capital in 1963.
Even the official is eager to buy and sell houses privately at this time.
Chu Qianqian said with a smile, "Second brother, you have to ask Lanlan for this from now on. My salary and private money will all be under her control from now on. Is it a bigger or smaller lot that I can buy? Once I enter the yard , it all depends on her.”
Xue Jinglan was dissatisfied and stretched out her hand to twist Chu Qianqian's waist, but she felt happy in her heart.
Xue Jianguo knew that Chu Xiangqian was joking, so he was naturally willing to cooperate and praise Xue Jinglan a lot.
Xue Jinglan's mood suddenly improved a lot.
Then we talked about whether we should decorate and fill in some furniture after buying the house.
Chu Xiangqian was moved in his heart and said to Xue Jianguo, "Second brother, help me ask if there is a complete set of Ming and Qing red sandalwood or huanghuali furniture, help me get a few sets and put them in the yard.
When the time comes, I will also pay in Hong Kong dollars. "
Xue Jianguo naturally agreed, but Xiao Laner looked at Chu Qianqian in confusion.
I secretly thought that my man was going to Hong Kong Island, right?
I wanted to ask, but when I thought that Chu Xiangqian was about to leave, I was afraid that it would affect his mood because of me, so I resisted and didn't ask.
The three of them chatted and unknowingly arrived at the airport.
Before getting off the bus, the little girl realized that she would have to be separated from her sweetheart for another month or two, or even longer.
Tears couldn't be hidden all of a sudden and rolled down from a pair of big eyes.
Chu Qianqian hugged his future wife and comforted her in a low voice, "Don't worry, I will come back as soon as the work is done. And you will have a lot to do in the next period of time."
Not only did I have to prepare the dowry, but I also had to help me tidy up the house and even decorate it for our wedding room.
Also, on weekdays, you have to shoulder the responsibility of being the eldest sister-in-law, and help me take care of my country and people, so that these two guys don't do anything wrong while I'm on a business trip.
Finally, a suitable young man was introduced to Aiyuan.
If it is really suitable, I will marry Aiyuan after I come back to see her.
Lest she always occupy our house even though she has her own house to live in. "
Xue Jinglan quit immediately, "That's your cousin, why are you so fussy about it? Besides, Aiyuan is very popular, and she can still talk to me when she's here."
Chu Xiangqian secretly said "Silly Girl", but he repeatedly admitted his mistake. When they got on the plane, Xue Jinglan was still complaining to Xue Jianguo about Chu Xiangqian.
Xue Jianguo rolled his eyes and secretly thought that this woman in love would really have a negative IQ.
(End of chapter)
