Chapter 73: For friends

Li Long sat on the carriage thinking about things, letting the Number 76 big red horse walk along the main road toward the county town.

The sharp whistle in front made him come back to his senses, only then did he realize he was already on the Wuyi Highway, and it was less than one kilometer to the county town.

The one coming from the opposite side was a Dongfeng truck. After the driver honked the horn, he slowed down when passing the carriage, and the raised snow particles fell down, which didn't affect Li Long much.

He had been thinking about how to help Halimu and Yushanjiang solve the difficulties, but he had no clue until now.

After the car passed, Li Long jumped off the carriage, moved his feet that were almost frozen stiff, and led the carriage toward the county.

Passing by the black market, Li Long was surprised to find that the area where people had stepped on had expanded a lot, some garbage hadn't been collected, he found onion skins, spoiled potatoes, and fish scales.

Obviously, he hadn't come here during this period, but the business here was still booming, and even the people selling things and the varieties had expanded a lot.

Li Long even thought, could he not run to Shicheng, and sell fish here when caught?

Could those sheep of Halimu and Yushanjiang also be sold here?

But think about it and forget it. There weren't many people in the whole county who could afford mutton, and most of them wouldn't come to the black market, so it couldn't solve the big problem.

To really help them solve the problem, he still had to go to Shicheng.

Li Long led the horse to the purchasing station.

What surprised him a bit was that he remembered Chen Honggui didn't seem to be on duty today, but Chen Honggui was inside the counter, and there was a woman sitting beside him.

"Little Comrade Li, you're here?" Seeing Li Long enter, Chen Honggui greeted him with a smile:

"Haven't seen you for a few days, what good things did you bring this time?"

"Hello, Comrade Chen." Li Long shook hands with him and said, "I brought a roe deer today, don't know if you collect its skin, if you do, after I go back, I'll peel the skin and send it to you, if you don't, then I'll keep it for my own use."

"You're talking about a roe deer, right?" The woman beside Chen Honggui asked, grabbing the question, her tone full of curiosity:

"You really have one? This thing is not easy to get!"

"Yes, it's on my carriage now." Li Long worried about the things outside, said, "Do you want to see it?"

"Walk, let's go see." Chen Honggui was also a bit curious. In the purchasing station, he could see deer antlers, velvet antlers, etc., and there were quite a few Chinese medicinal materials, but he really hadn't seen a complete corpse of this kind of deer-like animal.

Out of the purchasing station, they saw the corpse of an animal like a deer on Li Long's carriage.

This was a male roe deer, with three-pronged short horns on its head. Chen Honggui stepped forward, held the horn, and twisted it. What surprised Li Long was that he actually twisted one of the horns off.

"Sure enough." Chen Honggui said with a smile, "I've heard of this, the efficacy of male roe deer horns is similar to deer antlers, they fall off every winter, and grow velvet in the second spring, I just tried, didn't expect it to twist off."

"Then do you collect these horns?" Li Long stepped forward with force, twisted the other horn off, held it in his hand, and asked.

"Collect, but not as expensive as deer antlers, one kilogram..." Chen Honggui looked at the horn in his hand and said, "The horn is a fresh horn, I'll give you two yuan five per kilogram."

"Alright." Li Long naturally had no objections.

"If you can peel the skin completely, then we will also collect it." That female comrade hurriedly said, "Tomorrow we are still on duty, if you can send it, then this whole skin, I'll give you fifteen... fifteen yuan."

Fifteen yuan, the price wasn't low, Li Long also nodded.

Entering the purchasing station, Chen Honggui weighed the two horns, a total of two kilograms eight, and paid Li Long seven yuan.

"Little Comrade Li, where did the sheep on your carriage come from? I see the meat is quite fresh." After Chen Honggui registered and collected the roe deer horns, he asked.

"Given by my friends in the mountains, why, Comrade Chen, do you want mutton?"

"Yeah, it's almost New Year, want to get some." "Then do you want to cut a leg of lamb or cut some mutton?"

"Can you sell it? Then I want a leg of lamb. By the way, how much do you sell it for?"

"Market price, one yuan per kilogram."

"That's quite cheap." Chen Honggui said with a smile, "Now the meat shop is already one yuan two."

"Give me a leg," the female comrade said immediately upon hearing it was so cheap.

A difference of two mao, Li Long didn't care, he took out the knife he carried with him and went out to cut the meat.

Chen Honggui and the female comrade went out together, he said:

"I want this hind leg, cut from here."

"Then I want the foreleg, cut it from that sheep," the female comrade's request was relatively detailed, "It's best to bring some ribs."

For Chen Honggui's leg, it weighed three kilograms two, the female comrade's, because it brought some ribs, weighed four kilograms three.

Getting seven yuan five mao in hand, Li Long thought to himself that meat was really cheap at this time.

"Comrade Chen, do you know where a large amount of mutton is collected recently?" He felt that since the New Year was coming, Chen Honggui and the female comrade were thinking about weighing some meat, so the market demand must be there.

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"Large amount?" Chen Honggui thought for a moment and said, "For large collection in the county, either the supply and marketing cooperative, or various factories. Actually, I think it's better for you to go to Stone City. The production and construction corps units don't have so many twists and turns. They definitely need some sheep to distribute benefits to workers during the New Year. As for which factory can collect a large amount, I don't know."

"What other factories can there be," the female comrade was looking for something to pack her mutton, and interrupted after hearing this: "Agricultural machinery factory, textile factory, sugar factory all need it. My neighbor's second brother is at the Shicheng August 1st Textile Factory, saying they distribute quite a lot of things during New Year and holidays."

Li Long understood, thanked the two, went out, drove the carriage, and went to the meat canteen.

Last time the other party wanted fish, don't know if they would want mutton this time.

It was just that what disappointed Li Long was that the other party indicated that their meat and mutton had designated supply points, so they didn't need it.

Li Long bought two buns, ate while walking, and headed toward the supply and marketing cooperative. When he arrived in front of the supply and marketing cooperative store, Li Long finished the remaining half bun in two or three bites, wiped the oil on his mouth, tied the carriage to the tree at the door, and walked in.

Two sales clerks were chatting, and didn't pay attention to him when he entered. Li Long took the initiative to step forward and ask:

"Excuse me, where is your supply and marketing cooperative procurement section?"

"Procurement section? What are you doing?" A sales clerk asked.

"I want to sell a batch of sheep, ask if you collect them here."

"Sheep? Is your introduction letter there?" The person asked.

"Introduction letter?" Li Long was a bit surprised, then shook his head, "No, I collected them from herdsmen in the mountains."

"Without an introduction letter, who dares to collect your sheep?" The sales clerk sneered, "Who knows where your sheep came from? What if something goes wrong?"

Li Long was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the other party to have such thoughts.

But think about it, this could be considered a characteristic of the era.

It's a pity.

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