Chapter 979: Let professional people do professional things: Old Meng

(My daughter is vomiting and having diarrhea again, no time to code more, just one chapter today)

By the time Li Long returned to the road construction site, the work for today was nearing its end.

Seeing Li Long return, Meng Hai, who was discussing matters with the villagers, hurriedly handed over a few words and rushed over.

"Why did you go for so long? Did you come over from that side?" Meng Hai asked with concern.

"I circled around in the mountains and caught a thief picking locks," Li Long said. "I handed him over to the forest ranger just now. Time is about up, get ready to go back."

"Just preparing to tidy up," Meng Hai said. "Is there anything over there?" He knew Li Long had a small wooden house in the mountains.

"Nothing. By the way, I might not be able to come for the next few days. You lead the work here. I'll give you the money first." Li Long took out money from his backpack and counted it to Meng Hai stack by stack:

"These three hundred are the reward for you and the management fee. These one thousand yuan are the wages for the past few days. You look at issuing them. Also, must pay attention to safety, and control the progress of road construction well. There are a few locations that need key attention, let me tell you..."

Li Long emphasized the precautions to Meng Hai again. Today, the forest ranger said that the forestry team had things to pull, so Li Long thought that the road construction matter should be handed over to Meng Hai directly, and he would come over once every few days.

"If you are busy with farming on which day you can't work, just stop. I will enter the mountains once every few days. When I enter the mountains, I will pass by your village. I will know in advance if you haven't worked by then."

"Okay, okay." Meng Hai smiled so much that his mouth split into a flower.

Li Long drove the jeep to the small wooden house, put the two bags in, and then threw the guy's clothes and other things into a ball into the grass shed next to it.

If someone comes over and wants to rest here, the grass shed on the side can be used, and these things can also be utilized. But if someone picks the lock again, Li Long can only take the same method.

Meng Hai drove the tractor to pull people back to his own courtyard, issued money to everyone, including Zhang Xingwang who was issued four yuan. He wasn't doing nothing today, but he definitely couldn't do it later.

Zhang Xingwang still wanted to beg for mercy again, but Meng Hai glared, saying that if he entangled again, he wouldn't care about tying big brooms later. Zhang Xingwang hurriedly ran away.

"What's wrong?" Meng Hai's wife, Wang Cailing, brought the food to the small table and asked, "What did Zhang Xingwang say?"

"This guy went to pick up a red deer when the flood came down today, which I stopped. It just happened that Comrade Li Long saw it and scolded him, saying he wouldn't let him do the work below, and wouldn't accept his big brooms this year, which made him anxious. I said I would persuade Li Long later, he could still tie big brooms, but he couldn't do this work later. He looked like he wanted me to loosen my hand again... damn, Su Qiangqiang is there, he wants to die but can't pit me!"

"Su Qiangqiang is better today," Wang Cailing said. "It's just that he still coughs, and he can walk around in the team. By the way, won't Zhang Xingwang hate you?"

"Hate me? He should thank me! Comrade Li Long said, it was just looking at my face, otherwise he could stop the work of our whole team because of Zhang Xingwang's matter—wouldn't everyone light his house on fire then?"

"Is it that serious?" Wang Cailing actually didn't think this was a big deal at first. Now that it was said like this, it seemed it was really quite serious.

She also knew very well that if Li Long stopped the work of the whole village, including the big broom matter, the living standard of the team would immediately go back three years!

Which of the nearby villages didn't envy them? But there was no way, who let their village have good luck and get on Li Long's line?

Now although it's reform and opening up, the market is active, and the eight immortals cross the sea, each showing their magic, those who can truly forge their own path are a very small minority.

Most people are still guarding the land to live, and can only make articles on the land all day long.

"So, I let him go," Meng Hai said. "Go, get a bottle of wine, let's have two cups today."

"What? Any happy event?" Wang Cailing looked at her husband's expression, knowing there must be good news.

"Slap!" Meng Hai patted a stack of big unity on the table, "This is my wage for today!"

"So much? How is it possible?" Wang Cailing asked in surprise, looking at that thick stack of big unity.

"One hundred yuan is the reward for me stopping Zhang Xingwang from going into the water, and two hundred yuan is my management fee," Meng Hai said. "Comrade Li Long is still clear about rewards and punishments—reward what should be rewarded, punish what should be punished—you take these two hundred yuan and save them, I'll take fifty for pocket money, you take fifty in your hand, buy what you need."

Working these days, Meng Hai took the same eight yuan a day as other villagers. Wang Cailing hadn't complained—after all, both managing people and working, the money taken was the same. Meng Hai said Li Long wouldn't treat him badly. Isn't this coming now?

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll get you wine, you wait, I'll fry you an egg to go with the wine!"

Getting a large sum of money, Wang Cailing was also very happy. She put the money away and hurriedly went into the room to get wine.

After the wine was brought, Meng Hai poured himself a cup, looked at a cup, and asked: "Why only one cup? You don't drink?"

At this time, the son finished his homework and came out, also sitting at the dinner table.

"Dad, why are you drinking?"

"Dad is happy today! Didn't you say your classmate has a pencil case with a magnet that looks very good? How much? Dad will buy it for you!"

"Really? That's great!"

"I won't drink, I'm going to fry eggs!" Wang Cailing waved her hand and went to get eggs.

Meng Hai drank a cup by himself, sipped it, this taste, hey, really beautiful!

Li Long drove back to the big courtyard. Dinner was still waiting for him—he came back a bit earlier than usual today. Gu Bo Yuan was actually just entering the courtyard, teasing Mingming and Haohao. Seeing Li Long return, he pulled Mingming and Haohao to one side.

"Nothing happened today, right?" Li Long asked after getting out of the car.

"The wooden house in the mountains was broken into again," Li Long said. "I caught the person and let the forest ranger take him away. These thieves are all restless. This fritillaria is all dug up and I don't know what they are doing in the mountains."

"Then you're okay?" Gu Xiaoxia was relatively nervous about him now.

"It's okay, I have a rifle. With the rifle pointed, that guy didn't dare to let out a fart," Li Long deliberately exaggerated. Actually, that guy was quite fierce when facing the rifle.

"Hmm, to deal with such people, you have to take a rifle," Gu Bo Yuan said. "By the way, that Jia Tianlong came today. Seeing you weren't there, he went back to the guest house, saying he would come again tomorrow and let you wait for him."

"Came to collect medicinal materials?" Li Long smiled. "Uncle Gu, how much fritillaria has been collected at the acquisition station now?"

"Dry goods, those that can reach the selected grade one, there are more than two tons," Gu Bo Yuan said. "There are still many that haven't been cleaned up or dried. These two days, Little Sun's wife has helped a lot, washing the fritillaria clean and drying it every day. Otherwise, many of the collected fritillaria would have to be rated below grade two. Of course, there are also those who come to sell good things. Some people's fritillaria are picked, large-sized ones, and it wouldn't be too much to rate them as special grade!"

"Collected so much?" Li Long thought to himself that it hadn't been many days since the last sale of fritillaria.

"Hmm, ten or twenty people come to sell fritillaria every day. Not only from our Beiting Prefecture, but also from far away. Your reputation is big, so the business of this acquisition station is good. Being on the newspaper is different."

"Then our attitude must be good." Li Long took Mingming and Haohao to the dinner table and said.

"Rest assured, with this service attitude, everyone says we are the only one. Making money, smile more, it's not shameful. Those who hold airs, they deserve not to make money."

Every time money is earned, Gu Bo Yuan can get a lot. He also understands now that money in his hands is real. We welcome guests with smiles, guests are happy, and when they praise us, aren't we happy too?

Value is embodied here.

Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants were ranked last before. Now the market is active, we must also set our status and position well. Not producing things, acting as a middleman to earn the price difference, then handle the relationship well on both sides, and everyone is naturally willing to come.

Earning this money, there is no need to hold any airs.

Gu Bo Yuan being able to understand this is one of the important reasons why this acquisition station can be opened well—of course, he also knows that this was proposed by Li Long, and Li Long's big reputation is the foundation for this acquisition station to be done well.

Everyone came for his name. After coming, they looked, hey? The acquisition price is good, and the attitude is also good, then who wouldn't be willing to come? ===== CHAPTER 980 =====

Everyone came because of his reputation. After they arrived and took a look, they thought, "Oh? The purchase price is good, and the attitude is also good, so who wouldn't want to come?"