Chapter 878: What Are You Thinking About?

This delivery team's destination was precisely here; since they arrived in the evening, there was no need to rush or split into two groups. They had agreed to unload the cargo tonight, settle accounts with finance tomorrow, and then go together to purchase beef and mutton.

The people in the pastoral regions were quite fierce, so having more companions would save them a lot of trouble.

The journey here had gone smoothly without any delays, which left them with ample time.

Once the convoy reached the designated warehouse and verified the cargo models and quantities, two people were left behind to supervise the unloading.

Captain Ma then led the rest to the factory's guesthouse: "Go ahead and wash up and freshen up first; once the unloading over there is nearly done, I'll take you to eat authentic Inner Mongolian snacks."

Sister Huang from the Procurement Section was just like Duan Ruirui—a foodie; at the mere mention of Inner Mongolian delicacies, her eyes lit up, and suddenly her butt didn't hurt nor did her waist feel sore: "Let me tell you, the mutton stuffed buns here are truly delicious, with thin skins and generous fillings, tasting extremely good."

"There's also blood sausage, where sheep's blood is stuffed into small intestines, boiled, sliced, and eaten with dipping sauce; it has a unique flavor. Later, we can ask Captain Ma to order a portion for us so you can all try it."

After traveling through wind and dust, they finally arrived at their destination, where the accommodation turned out to be a large kang, though the kang itself was kept very clean.

The three of them requested one room; that kang could probably sleep five people.

Only after they came out did they learn that the male comrades had only booked two rooms, with all thirteen of them staying across those two rooms, everyone sleeping on large communal beds.

Xu Chengkun, following behind Captain Ma, remarked: "It's winter anyway; crowding together will make everyone warmer."

Just as they were talking, the person supervising the unloading returned and handed the receipt directly to Liu Chuxue: "Accountant Xiao, keep this receipt with you; tomorrow morning we'll just go to finance to collect the money."

Previously, payments for such cargo were always remitted directly to the factory, but this time, since they needed to purchase large quantities of beef and mutton, the payment method changed to cash withdrawal; this had been communicated with this side well in advance, and to ensure safety, comrades from the Security Section had been specifically dispatched to accompany them.

Liu Chuxue took the receipt and placed it into the notebook inside her crossbody bag; in fact, the moment the notebook went back into the bag, she had already stored it in her spatial dimension, for no place was safer than that space.

In everyone's eyes, having so many people guarding it was surely safer than leaving it back in the guesthouse room.

They found a place to eat, ordering not only the blood sausage and mutton stuffed buns that Sister Huang Lirong had mentioned, but also hand-grasped mutton; because the weather was too cold, Captain Ma specifically ordered milk tea as well.

Sister Jiang found the milk tea somewhat unpalatable, but Liu Chuxue didn't mind it.

Thinking back to her previous life, when she and her colleagues had taken annual leave and traveled together to the Xilin Gol Grassland to experience the nomadic life of the steppes, having fully enjoyed the vastness and freedom of nature under the interweaving of the endless grasslands and the blue sky safe zone, her thoughts inevitably drifted far away.

It was only after the hand-grasped mutton was served that Sister Jiang, noticing her zoning out, nudged her with an elbow: "What are you thinking about?"

Liu Chuxue smiled faintly: "It's a pity we came in winter; these white whirlwinds could freeze a person to death. If we had come in summer, wouldn't we be able to experience galloping on horseback?"

Captain Ma chimed in: "That's easy enough; just wait until summer, find an opportunity, and come back again. Fulfilling such a small wish isn't difficult at all."

Liu Chuxue swallowed the piece of hand-grasped mutton in her mouth: "If it weren't for needing to purchase beef and mutton this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have had such an opportunity, would we?"

After all, with such long-term cooperative clients, transactions were mostly conducted via public-to-public transfers; only when major accounting discrepancies arose or complex cross-regional operations were involved would an accountant be dispatched for on-site reconciliation.

If not for this instance, where their purchase volume was so large that they might need to deal directly with herders, making public-to-public transfers unlikely and necessitating cash settlement, there would have been no need for her to come along.

After spending these few days together, they had all come to realize that Accountant Xiao was someone who could endure hardship; having sat in the vehicle for such long hours every day, she had never once complained, so everyone's relationship was now quite harmonious, naturally viewing her as one of their own, and for a moment they all began offering suggestions in a clamor, with bursts of laughter erupting now and then.