Chapter 591: Knows how to advance and retreat

The distance of one hundred kilometers from Maxian to Beiting in the east, and then another thirty-plus kilometers to the east, is Wucheng.

This road passes through Huxian, which also belongs to Beiting. In Li Long's impression, this county and Maxian are brothers in adversity in the land reform in later times.

After all, both counties are major cotton-producing areas in Northern Xinjiang, and as for why they were chosen, Li Long doesn't know.

Anyway, the get-rich plan of the villagers of the Fourth Squad was directly cut in half.

Maybe it really shouldn't be told to outsiders.

Out of Maxian, move forward all the way, first pass Tougong, then through Baojiadian, Pingyuan Forest Farm, Taxihe, pass Letuyi, and then arrive at Huxian.

Letuyi was once the richest township in the Northwest region, and it was in the Autonomous Region Daily.

These place names have appeared in the articles of many ancient people, and they also appeared in "Jade Dragon" written by Wang Duhuo. Li Long, who had read the original work, felt that this movie adapted into "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a pile of what.

Pure personal feeling.

Huxian is different from Maxian; the county town is several kilometers north of the Wuyi Highway. There are low earth houses along the road, which slowly became small shops like "Shaanxi Tire Repair", "Sichuan Restaurant", "Battery Charging and Water Tank Water Addition".

A few years later, the original earth houses were abandoned, buildings were built next door, there were signs on the top of the rows of houses, but the walls were painted with advertisements like "Big Brother tells Big Sister-in-law, Farmer Fertilizer is good".

Li Long drove the jeep and looked at the scenery on the side of the road that was still old and relatively primitive, feeling quite fresh.

Occasionally, when trucks and long-distance buses passed by, Li Long would take the initiative to avoid them, and the response he got was often a long whistle.

Also quite fresh.

It was almost two hours later when the jeep drove to Beiting. It was winter and the road was slippery, so he didn't dare to drive too fast.

The scale of Beiting City was clearly larger than Shicheng and Maxian. If it wasn't too close to Urumqi and affected too much, the scale here might be larger.

There were more cars and more people in the city, and Li Long didn't recognize it a bit when he entered the city.

The Beiting he was familiar with was Beiting between the 1990s and the 2020s.

Fortunately, the scale of the city here was square, and the roads were horizontal and vertical. Li Long parked the jeep on the side of the road, and he saw a store on the side of the road, planning to go in and ask.

Entered the store, an old man of about fifty wearing glasses was listening to the radio, so Li Long bought a box of Daqian Sect, paid the money, and asked:

"Old man, which direction is the prefecture supply and marketing cooperative?"

After the old man found the money for Li Long, he enthusiastically pointed the way for him.

It turned out to be across a road, walk north from here to the main road, and then pass a crossroads and turn a corner to arrive.

After thanking the boss, Li Long drove the jeep toward that side.

Near the prefecture supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long didn't drive in, circled around, found an empty space to park the car, took the things out from inside, locked the door, and carried the things to the gate.

The prefecture supply and marketing cooperative's storefront was much larger than the county cooperative. Trucks came in and out from time to time, or a jeep was sandwiched. The level of cars here was quite high, and the jeep was no longer so rare.

No wonder Director Qian was so quick to use a car to exchange for tiger skin.

Li Long arrived at the gate, registered with the county cooperative's work permit, and said he was looking for Director Qian.

He already knew that Director Qian was the deputy director of the prefecture cooperative, responsible for some work, and didn't ask specifically.

The gatekeeper let him in after registering, and pointed out Director Qian's office.

There was a two-story office building in the courtyard of the prefecture cooperative, and Director Qian was on the second floor.

Li Long entered the building, and there was someone guarding here too. After registering again, he went to the second floor.

People coming and going were much more than the county cooperative, either in a hurry or not slow.

Whether it was the clothes Li Long wore or the bag he carried, he looked like a country bumpkin. Fortunately, he didn't care, wouldn't be nervous, wouldn't be restrained, and arrived at the door of Director Qian's office under the gaze of some people.

Director Qian was on the phone, so Li Long waited at the door for a while.

Roughly heard that Director Qian was discussing purchasing some things with others, didn't talk about the price, mainly the quantity, transportation method, etc.

"Who? Come in." Director Qian saw the shadow, didn't notice who it was, and shouted after hanging up the phone.

When Li Long carried the bag in, Director Qian was stunned for a moment.

"Yo, Comrade Little Li, come in, come in. Come, come, come, sit, you came early this morning?"

Director Qian greeted Li Long here, and someone had already come in to pour water for Li Long.

Those who worked had extremely sharp eyes, could hear that Director Qian valued this young man, so the water was poured relatively quickly.

The young man who poured the water smiled at Li Long and left the office.

Li Long put the bag on the side of the sofa and said with a smile:

"Director, I just came over, one is to report on the work, and the other is to tell the Director some things."

"Good, good, good, knowing how to report on work shows that your thinking has progressed." Director Qian said with a smile, "What is it, just say it."

The young man who poured the water left the office.

Li Long took out the pair of antelope horns.

Good things shouldn't be put at the end, they must be taken out at the first time.

"This is..." Director Qian was still a bit suspicious.

"A few days ago, we went hunting in the no-man's-land and happened to encounter a herd of saiga antelopes, and we hit two." Li Long signaled, "This pair is antelope horns, the medicinal one. There are two more, Section Chief Li and I split them."

"This is... this is..." Director Qian stood up all of a sudden, he was really excited!

Gazelle horns have some effect, but they can't be compared with real antelope horns!

Really found it... this is too exaggerated, right?

"Little Li, Little Li, how do you want me to say it?" Director Qian quickly returned to calm, he patted the antelope horns, "Thank you for thinking of me at the first time."

"Just thinking that the Director was originally looking for antelope horns, and got gazelle horns, which was a bit of a pity after all." Li Long smiled and said.

"Yes, actually I was also a bit regretful. But right now, it has been made up by you, Little Li." Director Qian sighed, "Not bad, not bad, not bad."

"By the way, it snowed heavily yesterday, I went to the beach to chase some rabbits, brought a few for the Director, taste the freshness." Li Long pointed to the bag and said, "Director, I've finished saying my business here. My work situation recently is like this..."

Using the guise of reporting work, naturally, he really had to report it.

Li Long, who had lived two lifetimes, reported work one, two, three, four very clearly, very organized, and Director Qian nodded repeatedly while listening.

This young man is not ordinary.

After Li Long finished reporting, he looked out and asked:

"Did you drive here yourself?"

"Hmm, drove here."

"Where is the car?"

"Found a place to park outside."

"Why didn't you drive in? You have the procedures and work permit."

"After all, I don't really count as someone here, I still feel I should be low-key." Li Long told the truth, "Some things still can't be done."

"Not bad, not bad, not bad." Director Qian nodded again.

This is a young man who knows how to advance and retreat.

"Director, I've finished my business here, so I won't stay, I'm going back."

"Going back? What's the hurry?" Director Qian originally thought Li Long might still ask him to handle something, but seeing this, Li Long really just came to send things.

This made him a bit embarrassed, and also felt that this young man, Li Long, was really good.

People came over to send him things, and he just let them go back like this, then what kind of person did he become?

Director Qian also thought that Li Long reported work so clearly just now, this young man's brain was very flexible.

He asked another sentence:

"Little Li, what are your plans for work next?" Li Long didn't expect Director Qian to ask this, he smiled and said:

"I just took a job from our cooperative, purchasing one ton of fish, next I plan to do this thing well."

Director Qian nodded again, the young man is good, he can still think about work in winter, not bad, not bad.

He suddenly asked another sentence:

"Then have you ever thought about coming to the prefecture cooperative to work? I mean it. If you really want to come, I will arrange a position for you here, you have that work permit, right? How about making it real?"

"No, no." Li Long hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Director, I really can't do it. I can do it in Maxian right now because I grew up there, I understand the situation there, so I am sure I can complete the tasks arranged by our cooperative.

But if I come here, start from scratch, it's not that I can't do it, mainly there are two aspects, one is my education is relatively low, didn't even graduate from junior high school, not suitable; second, I don't understand anything here, start from scratch, really don't have that confidence."

"Is that so? Really can't tell." Director Qian smiled. This is right, frivolous in youth, but he saw humility, steadiness, ideas, and gratitude in Li Long.

!.

So that frivolousness in youth has already passed, maybe he has also been taught a lesson, so he has the achievements he has now?

Once in the eye, Director Qian naturally looked at Li Long and felt everything was good.

"The tasks I took from our cooperative not only allow me to earn money, but also allow the people in our village to earn some money.

Director, you should know, production has been divided to households right now, and eating is not a problem. But it is a bit difficult to get rich. I stay in the county cooperative, in our village, hundreds of people, those few big tasks can earn quite a bit of money.

Although the money is not much, these can allow many families' children to be more generous in going to school, eat more meat, and wear new clothes."

Li Long said this, and Director Qian felt that this young man's consciousness was quite high, not bad!

Being able to be in the newspaper is really not just a name.

"Alright, since you insist, then I won't force it. But you also don't rush to leave. In a while, I'll call Little Si over, he will take you to eat, and then take some things back.

Since you hold our prefecture cooperative's work permit, then I can't let you hold it in vain. Let me tell you this, that skin," Director Qian's voice lowered a bit:

"I gave it to the leader. The leader of the Autonomous Region, just because of this skin, gave our prefecture cooperative more purchasing tasks. Just these, our cooperative can have a good New Year this year."

He didn't continue to say, but the meaning was very clear, and Li Long's credit was among them.

This time Li Long didn't refuse. Refusing again would be unreasonable.

Director Qian called Little Si over on the phone. Little Si was also very happy to see Li Long.

"Little Si, I have a meeting in a while, time is a bit tight. Like this, you first take Li Long to get a share of our New Year employee benefits, tell the logistics, I said it. I'll call the logistics in a while.

Then, you take him to eat, go outside to eat, be rich, and come back to report the account. See what else Little Li needs to do in the city, help him handle it together."

"Yes, understand!" Little Si stood at attention and accepted the task.

Li Long said goodbye to Director Qian and went out with Little Si.

Little Si didn't like to smile, but he was very enthusiastic about Li Long.

"Go, let's go get the things first, did you drive the car over?"

"Drove it over, but it's outside, I was embarrassed to drive it over here."

"Then go, I'll drive the car over, it's more convenient to drive the car to get things."

"Are there many things?" Li Long asked while walking. He was a bit embarrassed, didn't bring anything for Little Si.

"Quite a lot. Our employee benefits are divided into several types

"It's been driven over, but it's outside. I didn't feel right about bringing it over here."

"Then let's go. I'll go get the car; it'll be more convenient for us to pick up the items if we drive."

"Is there a lot of stuff?" Li Long asked as they walked. He felt a bit embarrassed that he hadn't brought anything for Xiao Si.

"Quite a bit. Our employee benefits are divided into several types. Since the Director mentioned it, let's go take a look. It might be issued to you based on the leadership's rank."

Li Long and Xiao Si went outside together first to drive the jeep into the State Supply compound, then turned into the warehouse in the back to find someone to collect the items.

"Xiao Si, you're here? This must be Comrade Li Long, right? Come, come, sign here, and let's collect the items."

The warehouse keeper was very polite. After taking out an inventory registration book for Li Long to sign, he began distributing the items.

"Four large hairtail fish, four yellow croakers, a bundle of kelp..."

This bundle of kelp was at least five kilograms; wouldn't the total weight be over ten or twenty kilograms?

"... one leg of lamb, one ham, four strings of firecrackers..."

Li Long was dazzled. They even distributed fireworks with this stuff?

The items could fill a burlap sack. Li Long truly understood what Director Qian meant by "having a good New Year."

It really was going to be a good New Year!

After loading all these items into the jeep and saying a word to the warehouse keeper, Xiao Si drove the car away from the warehouse and out of the compound.

The warehouse keeper looked at the jeep with an envious expression.

He assumed this Li Long was sent by some leader to collect the items. Things like this happened every year. The State Supply had many connections, and some procurement tasks required cooperation from various units, so favors were inevitable.

However, looking at Li Long's clothing, he didn't look like the child of a cadre, and his temperament was quite steady, yet he lacked that "spoiled brat" vibe.

Couldn't figure it out.

Xiao Si took Li Long out of the compound and said while driving:

"Comrade Li, I'm tagging along with you this time to get some perks; I'll get to eat something good."

"In my opinion, a bowl of mixed noodles would be fine," Li Long said honestly. "I have to rush back after eating; mixed noodles are solid."

"That won't do," Xiao Si immediately shook his head. "The leader said I must treat you well. If I only treat you to mixed noodles, what will the leader say about me? Just listen to my arrangements today."

He drove to a state-run canteen in the city. Li Long could tell that the canteen was quite high-end; most people coming and going were wearing Zhongshan suits, and the decor was much more upscale than the one in Maxian.

Although he wanted to persuade him otherwise, he thought, forget it. Since Xiao Si had already said so, he would just have a meal.

To be honest, having lived two lives, he had eaten plenty of good food, and he wasn't one to show off. Since the other party had the heart, he would accept the favor.

After parking the car, the two entered the canteen and saw that there were already some people inside.

Xiao Si chose a seat in a corner near the stove and let Li Long sit down before he went to buy the food.

Paying with money and coupons, Xiao Si ordered four dishes, requested rice, and also got a bottle of liquor.

"I'm not drinking; I have to drive back later," Li Long said, hurriedly waving his hand when he saw Xiao Si bring the liquor back.

"I'm not asking you to drink it, I'm asking you to take it back," Xiao Si said, setting the liquor aside. "Don't worry, it definitely won't harm you. Take this liquor back for the elders at home to drink. It's good liquor; you can't always buy it."

Li Long took a look—it was Wuliangye.

Actually, Maotai wasn't as famous as Wuliangye in Northern Tianshan at this time, because drinking sauce-aroma liquor wasn't popular in Northern Tianshan; people mostly drank strong-aroma and light-aroma types.

The four dishes ordered were also quite substantial: crispy lamb leg, braised pork ribs, sweet and sour fish, and spicy chicken.

Li Long thought to himself that even with his big appetite, he couldn't finish all this.

The rice arrived, and the two chatted while eating.

Xiao Si was indeed a motor transport soldier who had retired in March this year. He said the current salary was quite high and the benefits were good, so he was very satisfied.

Therefore, he would definitely complete the task given by Director Qian seriously.

Alright, this meal could also be considered a task.

Li Long ate two bowls of rice. The rice was authentic rice from Rice Spring; everyone here recognized this rice. The rice was fragrant, and the dishes tasted excellent. Li Long was also particular about eating; he only picked food from his own side and didn't search through the whole plate.

After the meal, more than half of the dishes remained. Xiao Si found a plastic bag to pack them up; it wasn't easy to find plastic bags at this time.

Xiao Si's intention was for Li Long to take the packed food away. Li Long only took the bottle of liquor and let Xiao Si take the leftovers.

Originally, Xiao Si wanted to take Li Long around the city, but Li Long said he wouldn't go; he was heading back now and didn't have anything else to buy.

This time it was Li Long's turn to drive. After dropping Xiao Si off at the State Supply, he drove the car back.

The business was done, and Li Long really didn't plan on buying anything. He planned to go to Wucheng the year after next; it would be more convenient to buy New Year goods there.

He was quite full and didn't drive very fast. At present, there were no snowplows on the road. Once it snowed, it all depended on large trucks to pack the snow down firmly. The road surface was all ice, so he couldn't drive fast; driving fast made it easy to slide into a ditch.

There was no other way; these were the conditions at the time.

This made Li Long think more and more that if he could have a machinery factory, he could handle these snow-clearing tasks.

After all, the winter in Northern Tianshan at present was longer than it would be thirty or forty years later, the snow was heavier, and clearing it was much more troublesome. (End of chapter)