The sky is bright.
Farmers carrying hoes and sickles can be seen everywhere on the roads leading to the fields in Fotang Town. Those who are planting rice have reached the harvest season, and those who are preparing to plant wheat have also begun to clear stubble and prepare the land. There are diligent old farmers who are already carrying baskets of fertilizer into the fields. Fortunately, the morning breeze brought with it a stink that made passers-by avoid it one after another. Children pinched their noses with disgust on their faces.
Others were walking out of the town, but there was a man walking in the opposite direction, dragging a flatbed truck behind him. It was dark in the middle and he didn’t know what he was carrying. When he got closer and saw the cargo clearly, everyone was shocked. Not bad.
What a big black wild boar!
Look at that size, which weighs three to four hundred kilograms. If it hits someone, it can kill half of their lives.
What is even more incomprehensible is that the young man dragging the flatbed truck looks like he is fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Young man, did you kill this wild boar?" A middle-aged man wearing a straw hat and carrying a rake asked him.
Lin Yue said: "I picked it up in the mountains, and it was already dead when I found it."
Picked it up?
These words are quite convincing. Let alone a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, even an experienced hunter has to weigh his own strength when encountering such a big man. Since he picked it up, there is a risk of injury to the wild boar. Death, it is quite logical to succeed with just one strike from behind.
"How much does it cost to sell such a big wild boar?"
"You must be greedy."
"He's so lucky. How about we try our luck in the mountains another day."
"Come on, have you ever gone into the mountains and come back injured, without finding anything valuable, and with a huge medical expense?"
"He is still a child, why can't he see adults?"
"My lord should be at the back."
"..."
People were talking about this matter. Some were envious, some were shocked, and some were curious. However, due to the special situation, there were no such messy thoughts. Who would let a half-grown man go hunting in the mountains? , there must be adults there, maybe they were delayed in dealing with other things later.
"Uncle, let me ask." Lin Yue stopped a thin man at this time: "Is there a pig purchasing point in Fotang Town?"
"Yes, you follow this road to the end, then turn right. There is a screen wall on the east side, and the courtyard with the sign on the south side of the road is."
"thank you."
Lin Yue pulled the flatbed truck and continued to move forward.
"Hey, wait a minute."
"What's wrong?" Lin Yue stopped and turned around to ask.
"You asked about taking in the pig, are you planning to sell the wild boar?"
There is nothing to hide. Lin Yue nodded: "That's right."
The thin man said with regret, "Then you're late. Yesterday they put up a notice saying they wouldn't accept it anymore."
"No more? Why?"
"I don't know. There's no reason on the notice, so it just says it won't be accepted."
"Okay, thanks for letting me know."
Lin Yue stole a flatbed truck from the village at the foot of the mountain, wasn't it just to take the wild boar to the town and sell it openly? Now the thin man told him that the merchant would not accept live pigs. Wasn't his efforts in vain?
After thinking about it seriously, he decided to take the wild boar over to try his luck. This was no ordinary domestic pig, but a rare mountain game. In case the merchant changed his mind after seeing it.
He continued to pull the flatbed truck forward.
Seeing his persistence, the lean man could only shake his head, put the matter behind him, and continue with today's farming plan.
Wheel, wheel...
The flatbed truck ran over the bluestone road. It bumped twice when it encountered unevenness. The wild boar was constantly trembling. Several children gathered curiously at the back of the truck and poked the pig's butt with branches. Seeing that there was no movement, they became more courageous. Chase the car and touch it with your hands.
Lin Yue didn't pay attention to the discussions of the middle-aged women who formed a team to collect shoe soles on the street and the chasing of children. He pulled the flatbed truck to the pig purchasing point and saw the notice from the thin man's mouth.
The content is very simple, with only one line of crooked calligraphy - the purchase of live pigs will be suspended from now on.
Lin Yue didn't stop for much, and pulled the flatbed truck into the compound. The smell of blood hit his face, and black and purple patches could be seen in the south corner. He thought that the room next to it was a workshop used to slaughter and process pigs.
"Who are you looking for?"
A man wearing a waterproof apron and rubber shoes came out.
Lin Yue put down the flatbed truck, looked back at the children who were watching the excitement on the door frame, and replied truthfully: "I'm here to sell pigs."
Li Jinze was stunned for a moment. Because Lin Yue was just a young man, he didn't think about it at all. He thought he was looking for someone in the slaughterhouse.
"Pigs for sale? Didn't you read the notice posted on the door? We won't be accepting pigs for a while."
"Can I ask the reason? I remember that half a month ago, people from your town went to our place to collect pigs."
"where are you from?"
"I'm from Chenjiacun."
"From Chenjiacun?" Li Jinze thought for a moment and said, "Is it the Chenjiacun near the train station?"
"That's right, it's the Chenjia Village on the edge of the county seat."
As soon as he mentioned the train station, Lin Yue thought of the plot in the TV series where Luo Yuzhu took the goods on the train and was investigated and punished by Chen Jinshui. When it comes to why the people in Chenjia Village are lively and business-minded, having their back to the train station is a reason that cannot be ignored. , in that era, transportation brought not only convenience, but also business opportunities, culture, and ideological trends. Only when there were resources, people would think about using them.
At this time, Li Jinze turned his head and looked at the flatbed truck, and his expression changed.
He thought that what the young man brought was a domestic pig raised by ordinary people, but he didn't expect it to be different.
"Is this...a wild boar?"
"Yes, wild boar."
Li Jinze said in his heart, "Good guy, the wild boar in front of him weighed more than 300 kilograms. How did he kill it?"
"Did you hit him?"
"No, I picked it up in the mountains with my uncle."
"Picked it up?" Li Jinze patted the pig's butt and checked the wound on the lower abdomen. It had only been dead for half a day. As a professional butcher, he certainly had the ability to estimate the time of death of a dead pig. Moreover, the wound on the abdomen looked like an arrow wound. The key is that there are not many hunters using bows and arrows these days...
"Yeah, that's what happened when I found it."
"Where's your uncle?"
Lin Yue kept his face straight and lied without a beat: "I sprained my foot while transporting the wild boar. They are waiting for me at the bottom of the mountain."
Li Jinze asked again: "You really didn't kill this wild boar?"
"Do you think I can fight a wild boar?"
Li Jinze felt like a fool for asking this question. It was true that the young man in front of him had brute strength, but it was absolutely impossible to kill a wild boar weighing more than 300 kilograms by himself, even if his uncle was It is unlikely that an experienced hunter would challenge such a dangerous beast with a child.
"Hey, I'm here to sell pigs, not to be interrogated by you as a thief. I've said so much, but you haven't answered the question I just asked."
Li Jinze was a little embarrassed and sighed and said: "The pig purchasing station is actually an industry owned by the town's meat products factory. After the pigs are slaughtered and processed, part of the meat is sold to the county, and part of the meat is left to be processed into braised products. The legs and hind legs are used to marinate ham. To talk about the skills of Master Liu who cured the ham, I have searched all over the county. No, I should say that I have searched all over Jinhua and there is no one more professional than him. Let’s just say that this ham has been fermented for a period of time. , he could distinguish the quality of ham by poking it with a needle and putting it in front of his nose to smell it..."
Lin Yue looked impatient and interrupted him: "I guess not many people are willing to chat with you. Let's talk about the key points."
Li Jinze smiled awkwardly and scratched his scalp with his shiny hands: "The ham in Fotang Town is the best sold in Yiwu, including Dongyang, but in the past two days, the county has issued a document saying that the city's state-owned factory will not allow us to continue selling ham." We are selling ham under the name of Jinhua Ham, so this year’s plans have been completely disrupted. The factory director is worrying about this matter. To be on the safe side, he has also asked the purchasing point to suspend the purchase of live pigs.”
When he said this, Lin Yue understood and remembered a detail in the TV series.
When Qiu Yingjie and County Magistrate Xie reported that the state-owned textile factory had called to ask if they could sell cloth, Magistrate Xie was furious about the state-owned meat factory not allowing farmers in Fotang Town to sell Jinhua ham.
"I think... I have a way to help you solve this problem."
"What did you say?" Li Jinze thought he heard wrongly: "Do you have any idea?"
"Yes, I have a way."
This time Li Jinze heard it clearly, but he didn't believe it. The director, deputy directors, and others couldn't think of a good way to solve this problem. How could he, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, handle the state-owned meat factory?
"What? You don't believe it?" Lin Yue said: "You have to know that we have common interests. If your town-run enterprise can continue to operate, I can only sell the pigs at a good price. If I sell them to a state-owned factory, I will not lose anything." It’s less money, so I have no reason to lie to you on this matter.”
Li Jinze looked at him suspiciously when he heard that he suddenly realized that this way of speaking, this calmness, and logic were not what a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy should have at all.
What is the origin of this boy?
Lin Yue did not give him a chance to ask more questions: "Let's go, take me to see your factory director."
Li Jinze pondered for a moment, and finally tended to compromise, because he felt that the young man was right. What if this kid really had a way? Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
"Let's go, I'll take you there."
The two left the pig purchasing point and walked towards the big alley to the north.
"My name is Li Jinze. What about you? What's your name?"
"Chen Jianghe."
"..."
Ten minutes later, Li Jinze took Lin Yue to the yard next to the town government. On the left was the office of the director of the Fotang Town Meat Products Factory.
