The two argued for a long time, and Yang Liufang saw that he couldn't shirk it, so he said: "Well, third brother, I will give you 50 as commission on the sales of the goods. The new project was attracted by your furniture, so I will give you 100." Take these 150 back and explain it clearly to E Sou (uncle). Do you think it can be done?" He counted out 15 big unity cards and handed them to Wang Shan.
"Good brother, it can be done!" Wang Shan was very happy after hearing this and took the group over.
"Third brother, we have to continue doing business. I am busy making furniture here and can't do without it. We need to sell the goods. In the past few days, (my) brother has gone to deliver the goods. I have given him the needles, threads, and department stores. Come in a little further, and if you're not busy, take him through the streets, we can't lose our customers."
"Good luck to you, good to you. That's what I mean. Anyway, I don't have a formal job for the time being. Well, I just want to do business with you."
"Then let's do this. Third brother, go see your sister-in-law. Um (I) have to work in the afternoon, so don't get your clothes dirty. If you don't leave at night, you can stay here."
"No way! We are feudal people in the countryside. If I don't leave today, tomorrow the rumors will be heard throughout the Hanwang River!"
"Hahaha..." The two laughed.
After the delivery was completed, the two said goodbye. Yang Liufang sent Wang Shan out and returned to continue working. As he worked, he totaled up. The money he received today, plus the money from previous sales, already amounted to more than 5,600 yuan. Now it seems that 56,000 yuan is nothing, but in the late 1980s, households with 10,000 yuan were still rare. In this age of products, it is never safe to put this huge sum of money on your person. According to the advice of the old horse dealer and the village chief, it was time to find a place to store it. I can't leave now, what should I do?
When I was at a loss, there was a sound of a truck, followed by a "beep" and then a "beep" sound, followed by a "bang bang bang" bang on the door. Yang Liufang went in, hid the money, and hurriedly opened the door. After opening the door, he saw that Li Tongfu and Zhang Feng were already in the car, preparing to move things, and they brought him rice, vegetables, and meat.
"Brother, you are here!"
"Come on, continue."
"Ouch, I bought so much again. I didn't finish it last time."
"You do heavy work! Can you bear it if you don't let go and eat?"
"It's okay now. You look sallow. You've lost weight in the past few days."
"Brother, don't talk about me first. How is the goods? Have you finished delivering them?"
"I've finished it! If I don't finish it, I won't have time to come here. I'm almost exhausted."
"Xiao Yang, where do you want to put them?" Zhang Feng's troops came out strong and had already carried a bunch of things into the hospital. Yang Liufang quickly ran in and helped Zhang Feng find a place to put the new rice, flour, oil and vegetables.
At this time, Li Tongfu also came in carrying a 20-pound pot of kerosene and a box of dry batteries.
"This is for burning horse lanterns. You can use the battery to listen to the radio. Oh, so much charcoal? Fortunately we didn't buy it."
"Brother, do you see this?"
"Hey, new wood? A new project? Okay, brother! I said you can do it." Li Tongfu praised. Yang Liufang took the things from his brother's hand and found a place to put them down. He asked his brother and Zhang Feng to wash their hands and rest while he fried chicken and steamed rice for them.
Yang Liufang talked about the new project, and Li Tongfu gave an overview of the delivery of the goods. The three of them started to eat. During the meal, Li Tongfu asked Yang Liufang: "Brother, you have so much wood, can you and the village chief Shitou finish it?"
"Brother, I was still worried this morning. Manually turning it on will definitely be time-consuming and laborious. The electric planer I used when I was an apprentice at home is very good, but there is no electricity here! So I am just thinking."
"Don't worry about this. I pull furniture for people and I've seen people use table saws with gasoline engines." The driver Zhang Feng interjected.
"Really? How much does it cost? Where can I buy it?"
"There must be some in Xizhou. I really don't know how much it costs."
"This way, Brother Feng, you can do this when you return to Xizhou. If the price is right, buy it directly. Even the fuel." Yang Liufang, who was rich, spoke with pride.
"Okay, we'll do it when we get back."
"By the way, brother, Wang Shan came before you guys came. I told him about the department store business and asked him to take you to continue doing it. Although it is not as large as the Hongtuzhuang labor insurance business, there are tens of thousands of people in the five or six villages and towns in Hanwangchuan. In this village, the market is quite big. You have to control the progress and quality of the bulk business well, and we can’t lose the small business. In fact, the bulk business is also dealt with when running a small business."
"Okay, I'll go back and add up the total. Apart from your previous goods, I'll see if there's anything else I can bring."
"Brother Feng, you should transport the bulk of the business. The cars that come into the village sporadically cannot be accommodated, and since Wang Shan is a local, it is convenient for him to enter the village, so let him take my brother to do it in a carriage. So don't mind."
"I know. You don't have to worry about this. By the way, a few days ago our comrades gathered together and talked about you with our leader. He asked me for your address and said he would visit you when he was free."
"Okay, I was thinking about him too."
The three of them chatted while eating. Yang Liufang asked them to stay at night and return to Xizhou the next day. At night, Zhang Feng slept in the village chief's bunk, while Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu shared the same bunk. Before going to bed, the two brothers Yang and Li made clear the accounts and made a total of 5,200 yuan. Li Tongfu insisted on giving Yang Liufang 3,000 yuan. The two couldn't argue, but Zhang Feng persuaded him, saying that Brother Yang would take more this time and next time. Brother Li could just divide it more, and then the two of them stopped arguing.
Yang Liufang did not accept the payment, and gave his brother more than 5,600 yuan. The thick bundles piled together were truly spectacular! Yang Liufang made an order for Li Tongfu under the lantern, asking for 6 barrels of raw lacquer, 10 jins of cinnabar, 10 jins of putty, and 10 jins of cowhide glue. If you can buy a table saw with a machine, you need 10 saw blades, 10 planers, and 10 twist drill bits. After opening it, I looked carefully and found that nothing was missing before giving it to Li Tongfu.
"Brother Feng, this is my business. I'll give you 100 yuan for a day charter tomorrow. You can eat with my brother, and you can worry about loading and unloading." He said and gave Zhang Feng 10 unity cards.
"I know, thank you brother, I won't be polite. Brother Li is very good to me, so don't worry, we promise to take care of things for you."
After a night of silence, Yang Liufang, who was used to getting up early the next day, still got up before the alarm clock rang and started the day's heavy carpentry work. Li Tongfu and driver Zhang Feng, who were woken up by Yang Liufang, were too embarrassed to go back to sleep. After getting up and washing up, they went back to Xizhou City to help Yang Liufang purchase tools.
The two drove to the nearest Xizhou Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy small tools issued by Yang Liufang. It was Wang Shan's beautiful classmate named Yanhua who was standing at the counter. She heard that they were buying for Zhao Machuan, so she asked a lot. : "Is it the southern carpenter who made furniture for Wang Shan's family?"
"Do you know each other?"
"Well, the first time he came to our club to buy something, I gave him the directions and asked him to hire a carriage."
"Oh, thank you, that's my brother."
Hearing that they were acquaintances, Yanhua was very enthusiastic and took them to buy raw lacquer, cinnabar, etc., and helped them go to the production materials sales department to buy a table saw with the machine. In addition, because of his relationship with the supply and marketing cooperative's family, he got a lot of discounts on the price. . Especially when buying gasoline, you need a lot of money and need to prove it. It was Yanhua's help in coordinating that process to avoid that formality.
"Comrade, you've been running up and down to help us all morning. On behalf of my brother, I want to treat you to a meal. Do you think that's okay?"
"There are many opportunities to eat. Maybe when my classmate gets married, we will have dinner together. You can send her back as soon as possible."
Li Tongfu was polite to Yanhua again and returned to the market with Zhang Feng. After finding Boss Zhou and Boss Chen and paying them, the first business was completed. The four of them got what they wanted and were very satisfied. At noon, Boss Zhou and Boss Chen invited Li Tongfu and the driver Zhang Feng to have a meal together. They thanked him for their hard work before and after running, and also wanted to win over the two brothers, so that when they have such a large number of regular customers in the future, Make a fortune together.
During the meal, Li Tongfu relayed what Yang Liufang meant, and the three of them calculated it again and prepared dozens of needles, thread, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and general merchandise, etc., and loaded them into the car. The thoughtful Li Tongfu also brought a set of work clothes, thinking that when he was not wearing it and going to the countryside to sell goods, he could help Yang Liufang do some work within his ability. After eating and returning to the market, Li Tongfu bought sheets, quilts, etc. from Boss Zhou at cost price, and then asked Zhang Feng to drive him back to Zhaomacuan.
When the car arrived at Yang Liufang's small carpentry yard, he saw the table saw attached to this machine. Yang Liufang was extremely excited. He could finally get rid of the hard work, so that both he and the village chief Shitou could relax. The three of them worked together to lift the table saw down, arrange it, add gasoline, and use the pull rope to start the gasoline engine. The table saw started spinning rapidly under the belt.
Yang Liufang found a few pieces of wood that needed to be cut, and tried the functions of the saw disc, planer and bench drill. As expected, the functions were as good as the electric planer he used before.
