Chapter 867

Li Long didn't expect that selling wild dried mushrooms would almost turn into a spy drama. Fortunately, as the owner of the resources, he occupied the initiative completely. Both Huang Lei and Liu Xinjun were polite to him.

He also tended to do business with Huang Lei. One was that the price was high, and the other was sincerity, unlike Liu Xinjun, whose price was not in place when he came for the first time, and he had a bad record.

Two combined seven or eight hundred kilograms of wild mushrooms sold for over twenty thousand yuan, which was a pleasant surprise.

Liu Xinjun never came again after leaving. Li Long guessed that he might not have the face to come again. Huang Lei said he would come again in two or three days before leaving. Li Long told him not to be so anxious. Although it was the season when black tiger palm mushrooms started to grow, what was mainly collected now was old goods, twenty or thirty kilograms a day. It was not worth coming too diligently.

After these two people left, the purchasing station continued to be lively—because there were many people here, and quite a few outsiders came, so it slowly formed a small market.

There were those selling melon seeds, selling naan, selling steamed buns—these outsiders, in order to catch an early time, took the bus over early. Some really didn't eat.

Although the purchasing station had always provided tea, there was no food. Some who were hungry and watching the queue really went out to buy food.

Li Long and the others naturally wouldn't forbid it. This thing was mutual achievement. It couldn't be that the purchasing station provided food, right? And it couldn't be that these people were not allowed to eat here, right?

Actually, it was quite good, increasing popularity.

In the afternoon, Li Long also stayed at the purchasing station. His helping to pour tea was secondary, mainly wanting to see what things the outsiders who came here recently sold.

Occasionally, some people would still pull fritillaria to sell. This was picked before and left at home without being taken care of to sell. Now it was the slack farming season, and hearing that the price sold here was high, they took the bus over to sell it here.

The price was indeed higher. People who came to sell things basically had smiles on their faces—running here to sell things, most of them were apprehensive before arriving.

But when they left, everyone had a smile on their face, and the price basically exceeded expectations.

And those second-hand dealers who often came, whether local or from outside, were in a very good mood. They could even calculate roughly how much money their things could sell for.

Transparent prices, cash payment, unified standards, plus good service attitude, the reputation of such a purchasing station was established.

In the afternoon, there was nothing to do, and Li Long left after a circle. Staying here was not as good as playing with the two children at home. Mingming and Haohao were slowly starting to become naughty now, or rather, not naughty, but active, wanting to run and play in the courtyard. Because they couldn't walk steadily, they would occasionally fall on their butts, but they didn't cry, quite tough, stood up and continued.

The little lambs in the courtyard had grown up. Li Long was worried at first that the goat lambs would hurt the children without weight, but unexpectedly, the two little goats were quite careful. Although they still jumped and followed Mingming and Haohao to play, they didn't use force when butting people.

At this time, Mingming and Haohao could already say "Dad" and "Mom." Although they could only say these two words, this was enough to make Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia excited.

Han Fang was also very excited. Every day when she came back from school, she would tease Mingming and Haohao, hoping they could say "Sister," but as far as the current situation was concerned, the effect was not very obvious.

Han Fang was not discouraged either. Being able to tease the children to play every day was also quite happy.

The next day after breakfast, Li Long waited until he handed Mingming and Haohao to Sister Yang, then drove the jeep to the purchasing station.

There were morels and black tiger palm mushrooms collected in the purchasing station courtyard. Li Long took some of each, packed them in two bags, put them into the jeep, and left after driving.

Gu Bo Yuan and Sun Jia Qiang had long been accustomed to Li Long's coming and going like a ghost. They were only responsible for collecting things, and Li Long still had to do the selling.

As for how Li Long found those sales channels, they didn't know either.

Li Long drove to Beiting City, and after arriving, he went to find Chen Hongjun.

Being able to sell the dried mushrooms was thanks to Chen Hongjun and Qi Zhiguo. From the current situation, Huang Lei had a high probability of becoming a long-term partner like Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui, which was very important to Li Long.

With Jia Tianlong collecting medicinal materials, Zhao Hui collecting skins, and Huang Lei collecting dried mushrooms, basically all the major things collected by Li Long's purchasing station were covered.

Other small items added up to not as much as these three items.

Of course, Li Long also knew that he was taking advantage by finding these three people to collect things, and the other party also made money, which was considered a win-win.

So the middleman was very important—Chen Hongjun was really good for him from the beginning.

Must thank him.

Since moving, Chen Hongjun's mood was much better, his emotions had also changed, he was not so dull at the unit, and occasionally could interact with colleagues and make a joke.

Everyone said he had changed.

Chen Hongjun himself also felt that he seemed to be younger—living in a big courtyard, although cleaning was more troublesome than before, he lived spaciously, with a single door and courtyard, not disturbed by others, how convenient.

Occasionally, he could invite good colleagues and friends to his home, and he wouldn't be disturbed or peeped at by others in the family courtyard with ulterior motives, living much more freely.

Even his wife said that although the vegetable plot in the courtyard was not large, it saved a lot of money—at least now most of the fresh vegetables were down, and she could pluck a handful of vegetables to cook in the morning when entering the vegetable plot, saving the time and money of buying vegetables, how good.

His son was looking at the grape trellis, looking forward to the grapes growing up and maturing every day, saying that he would invite friends to eat when the time came.

His mother was even happier. She didn't have to fight for the wire rack with others when washing and drying clothes. Going to the toilet and such would be troublesome for the elderly. Now they had their own toilet, the children went to school, the son and daughter-in-law went to work, and she could go as long as she wanted, without being urged and embarrassed in the public toilet.

The family suddenly had much less trouble, everyone's mood seemed to be much more cheerful, and Chen Hongjun's smiles naturally increased.

His changes were seen by Qi Zhiguo and others, and they were very envious.

They naturally knew where this change came from, and each of them was also thinking about having similar treatment.

Li Long found Chen Hongjun and said the situation, mainly wanting to say that he would invite Chen Hongjun and that Qi Zhiguo to a meal at noon to thank the two people.

Chen Hongjun agreed, and he said to Li Long:

"Over there, there is a state-run canteen less than fifty meters east of our unit. You can wait there when getting off work. I will bring Little Qi over then—it's also close to my home, which is convenient for me to go back and tell my family."

"Good." Li Long agreed. It was not convenient for him to give these things directly to Chen Hongjun, thinking of giving them together when eating at noon.

Chen Hongjun returned to the office, and immediately someone asked him:

"Old Chen, is that young man from the state supply and marketing cooperative still coming to find you? This young man is quite spirited, does he have a partner?"

The one speaking was an older sister in her thirties. In this era, older sisters in units liked to introduce partners to people. In Chen Hongjun's introduction, Li Long was an employee of the state supply and marketing cooperative.

"My brother-in-law's younger brother works in the state supply and marketing cooperative. I asked him to inquire, and I haven't heard that there is a person named Li Long in the state supply and marketing cooperative?" Another young man in the office who didn't get along well with Chen Hongjun asked back, "Could it be a liar? Old Chen, you must be careful."

Seemingly a kind reminder, but actually questioning the authenticity of Chen Hongjun's words.

"Liar?" Chen Hongjun didn't even open his mouth, that older sister spoke, "Why don't you get a 212 and see? Is that small car something anyone can drive?"

"My neighbor's good sister's husband is from the vehicle management office. That license plate is the supply and marketing cooperative's license plate. Do you know who this license plate was originally registered to?"

"Who?" The young man asked, he didn't believe Li Long could have such a big connection.

"It was originally registered to the office of the deputy director of the state supply and marketing cooperative, and now, that deputy director has been promoted to director!" That older sister said triumphantly, "Understand? This young man is the connection of Director Qian of the state supply and marketing cooperative. Can someone who can drive his car everywhere be simple?"

After finishing, she ignored this young man and asked Old Chen again:

"Old Chen, how about it? Does this young man have a partner? My sister's cousin works in a bank, doesn't have a partner yet, and is also beautiful. She entrusted me to introduce her, look..."

"Li Long is already married, and has two children." Chen Hongjun shook his head, "This matchmaker, you can't be."

"Sigh, these excellent young people, all have decided their lifelong affairs early." This older sister sighed, "Then I'll look again."

"Sister Sun, how about me?" The young man who had just suspected Li Long was a liar immediately asked with a smile, "Am I also an excellent young man?"

"Excellent? What is your education?" Sister Sun sneered, "How much savings do you have? You don't even have a bicycle now, have you gone to night school? Look at you being idle all day, if I introduce you to my sister's cousin, I will be scolded to death!"

In this era, blind dates also look at conditions. Hardware must be looked at, and motivation must also be looked at.

If hardware conditions are not good, you can also be motivated. Like this young man in the unit, although the work is good, there is no motivation, and he likes gossip like a woman every day. Sister Sun really doesn't look down on him.

The war fire burned to other places, so Chen Hongjun smiled, finished the work at hand, and went out to find Qi Zhiguo.

Must tell Little Qi this good news first, he was anxious.

Li Long turned around twice in Beiting City, seeing that it was almost time to get off work, so he went to that state-run canteen, occupied a seat first, ordered braised pork and braised fish, and let the master chef cook first—here the chef was called master chef.

Braised pork and braised fish would be slower to cook. Li Long's meaning was to cook them now, and when Chen Hongjun and the others got off work, it would just be out of the pot, so there was no need to wait.

After all, they still had to go to work in the afternoon, so they could save some time.

It was time to get off work, and there were more people outside, walking and riding bicycles. When Li Long first entered this canteen, there were two or three people. After all, it was not time to eat. At this time, people entered one after another, but basically, they ordered noodles or wanted rice and a dish, ate, and left.

Li Long waited for a while, a young man entered first. After entering, he looked around, and after seeing Li Long, his face was happy, and he walked over in big strides.

Li Long also felt that this person looked familiar—when the purchasing station hadn't been closed in Maxian, he should have seen him.

Older than himself, Li Long stood up and said with a smile:

"Qi Zhiguo, right? Hello, hello, I am Li Long."

"Hey! Comrade Li, hello, hello!" Qi Zhiguo was full of smiles, held Li Long's hand tightly with both hands and shook it hard, saying: "Too happy to see you."

Just now when Chen Hongjun found him and said that Li Long came over and wanted to invite them to eat together, Qi Zhiguo was extremely happy.

When Huang Lei called before, Qi Zhiguo introduced the situation at Li Long's place. Huang Lei said he could try it, but the tone didn't sound very good at the time.

Qi Zhiguo thought Huang Lei was not interested. He didn't know at the time that Huang Lei hadn't sold jade yet. After hitting a wall in Southern Tianshan, he was already a bit discouraged—after all, even if the person Qi Zhiguo introduced had goods, he had no money to buy them.

After waiting for so many days, Qi Zhiguo was also quite tormented. Now Li Long finally came. Although Huang Lei hadn't called yet, Li Long's coming probably meant that the matter had a clue.

So he was so happy.

"Brother Chen rode a bicycle back to tell his family, and will come in a while." Qi Zhiguo sat down and explained, and then asked impatiently, "Comrade Li, that Comrade Huang, how is the situation at your place?"

"Quite good, he bought several hundred kilograms of dried mushrooms from me." Li Long said, "We have established a long-term cooperative relationship, and you have a great credit for this."

"Hehehe, that's good, that's good." Qi Zhiguo was still a bit embarrassed, "I didn't think the purchasing station was good before. Now that the state-run ones are not open, you private ones can open up, which is also quite powerful."

"Haha, it's also good luck." Li Long said with a smile, "There is also your help, otherwise it's troublesome if the collected things can't be sold. I remember meeting you when I sold fritillaria two years ago. Now there are people who go to our place to sell things, and they are still talking about you at that time..."

Once talking about the purchasing station, having a common topic, the two chatted. When Chen Hongjun came over, the braised fish had already come up.

"Hey, you chatted quite well." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "Little Qi doesn't need to be anxious this time."

"Hehehe." Qi Zhiguo smiled honestly.

After Chen Hongjun sat down, Li Long took out two envelopes and gave them to the two people respectively, and said after the two people took them:

"This trip regarding the dried mushroom collection with Comrade Huang, the cooperation was very happy. To tell the truth, thanks to you, otherwise I really don't know how to handle those several hundred kilograms of dried mushrooms."

Not knowing was impossible, but it wouldn't be so smooth. After all, several hundred kilograms, Zhong Guo Qiang could consume some, but definitely not much.

If selling scattered, I really don't know when it would be sold.

Actually, through Jia Tianlong, Li Long knew clearly that some agricultural and sideline products in Northern Tianshan had a large sales channel "inside the pass," but they needed distributors. He couldn't pull a car of things to sell by himself.

As long as finding suitable distributors, there were still many things that could be sold out.

Qi Zhiguo held the thick envelope, and that feeling was simply too exciting.

Just as Brother Chen said, just introducing, he could get so much money!

This Li Long, is really okay!

Chen Hongjun pushed the envelope back:

"Little Li, I won't take it after taking it once. This time thanks to Little Qi, I just passed a word..."

"That's different," Li Long pushed the envelope back again, "If Comrade Qi didn't look at your face, how could he introduce Comrade Huang to me? You take it, I also earned a lot this trip, thanks to you."

Li Long gave less this time than the fritillaria last time. This money was like charcoal in snow for Qi Zhiguo, even if it was icing on the cake for Chen Hongjun.

This money was earned upright, and it didn't burn his hands.

Braised pork also came up. Li Long also wanted a spicy chicken and let them serve rice.

No one drank alcohol at noon, so they just ate. The three people had a large appetite, three large portions of dishes, and in the end, not even a little bit was left.

After eating, Qi Zhiguo was anxious to go back. In front of Li Long, he was embarrassed, planning to go back as soon as possible to count and see how much money there was.

Anyway, it seemed to be more than imagined.

Chen Hongjun pushed the bicycle and accompanied Li Long for a distance, mainly to explain to him that maybe there wouldn't be many people who could be introduced to Li Long later.

Fortunately, Li Long felt that it was quite good now. The miscellaneous goods collected by the purchasing station that hadn't been sold were not many. He planned to take time to run around the surrounding area to see if there were any sales channels.

It didn't matter if it couldn't be sold temporarily. Just the three big heads of medicine, skins, and dried mushrooms, the profit had already covered those small categories.

And there were many more! (End of chapter)