Chapter 421: Take Me With You

The goods at the Erken Bazaar were indeed abundant.

Li Xuewu walked with his arm around Xilin's shoulders, strolling from tent to tent, buying many things that seemed useless and exorbitantly expensive to Xilin.

"Is this snow lotus?"

"Yes, it's from the mountains."

At the merchant selling medicinal herbs, Li Xuewu rarely displayed such professionalism.

It wasn't in vain that Li Shun had broken several sticks on Li Xuewu when he was a child, allowing him to find good things here.

Gently picking up a stalk, Li Xuewu examined it carefully.

The snow lotus petals were dry and yellow on the outside, while the stamen was cyan.

On the side of the stamen were some blue-gray, velvet-like fibers, looking as if it had molded.

The herb merchant was also a big-bearded man, but his attitude was much better than the one who had sold the livestock earlier.

At this time, due to certain reasons, a portion of the people were not very friendly toward Li Xuewu and his group.

The herb merchant did not show a particularly enthusiastic attitude toward Li Xuewu, but he didn't write his rejection on his face either.

Seeing that Li Xuewu was familiar with herbs, he didn't try to strike up extra conversation just to make a sale.

Li Xuewu didn't mind; after finishing with the snow lotus, he began looking at the velvet antlers.

Most of the velvet antlers at home were sent over by his second uncle from Jilin Province.

For the convenience of transport, his second uncle would cut them into sections over there, and once they arrived home, his mother and the old lady would process them into slices.

What Li Xuewu was holding in his hand now was a whole pair, and there was even the matching antler on the blanket.

Seeing Li Xuewu looking so carefully, the big-bearded man picked up the deer penis and deer tendon from the other side and placed them in front of Li Xuewu.

"Good stuff."

Li Xuewu raised his head, glanced at the big-bearded man, and praised it with his mouth.

The big-bearded man twitched his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't.

Li Xuewu ignored him and continued to look at the air-dried deer penis and deer tendon; these should all be a set, mostly from sika deer or red deer.

"Are you here from the interior to collect herbs?"

Seeing Li Xuewu looking at them one by one, the big-bearded man couldn't help but ask.

Li Xuewu held the wild watermelon in his hand, raised his head, smiled, and replied: "Not at all."

As he spoke, he put down the item in his hand, stood up, and said to the big-bearded man: "I am a grain merchant. I've transported a lot of grain here and want to get some meat to take back."

The big-bearded man was quite stunned upon hearing Li Xuewu's answer.

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu scanned the area with eyes full of appreciation and said with a smile: "However, my ancestors were practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, and by the time it reached my father, it was already the seventh generation."

Only then did the big-bearded man resolve the doubt in his heart; he nodded slightly and said: "You are not quite the same as the usual people who come from the interior."

"Perhaps it's because my face doesn't look friendly, hehe."

Li Xuewu made a joke and said: "It's a pity that I didn't inherit my father's medical skills, but fortunately, my third younger brother inherited the family business."

Hearing Li Xuewu's frank words, the big-bearded man narrowed his eyes and said: "You have a compassionate heart."

"Hahaha!"

This was the first time Li Xuewu had heard someone praise him today; the few bastards enjoying themselves over at the Azayi caravan hadn't said a word about compassion before entering the tent.

Xilin, standing to the side, rolled her eyes and turned her head away, refusing to look at this arrogant fellow.

"Thank you, you also have a kind heart."

Li Xuewu very politely placed his right palm on his left chest, leaned forward, and said: "As-salamu alaykum!"

"Oh!"

The big-bearded man was very surprised and returned the greeting to Li Xuewu, also saying: "May the Lord grant you peace!"

Xilin finally understood what the man's intention was in asking her to teach him how to greet people; just seeing the heat of their exchange increasing, she knew he wasn't a madman at all.

Anyone who took him for a madman was a fool.

"May I ask, is this tent your own?"

"Yes."

The big-bearded man had already invited Li Xuewu to sit on a low stool to the side and had brewed tea.

The tea here was different from that in Beijing; the quality was much worse, but Li Xuewu still drank it with a smile while chatting.

The big-bearded man introduced his herb business, noting that his tent had the most variety and best quality of herbs in the bazaar, and that he had been doing this for a long time.

Li Xuewu also nodded and praised him at the appropriate times, speaking of harmony bringing wealth and the importance of curing illnesses and saving lives.

Perhaps tired of standing, or perhaps seeing that the two had plenty to talk about, Xilin walked to Li Xuewu's side and sat down next to him.

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at her, then immediately smiled at the big-bearded man and said: "I would like to invite you to gather in Wucheng on March 4th."

The big-bearded man blinked, looking at Li Xuewu in confusion.

Given their current location, this man couldn't possibly be unaware of the nature of their business.

"I have invited many merchants from the bazaar. My grain will be delivered before March 4th, and at that time, I would like to make a trade with everyone."

"Are you going to trade grain for my herbs?"

The big-bearded man understood the meaning in Li Xuewu's words, and his brow furrowed.

Herbs were not like other things; such a small snow lotus didn't take up much space, but its value was hundreds of times that of grain.

If he had to go to Wucheng to trade, the big-bearded man didn't know if it was necessary.

Li Xuewu casually grabbed a handful of wolfberries from his side and picked one up to put in his mouth.

"I need a lot, a lot of herbs, and my warehouse doesn't just contain grain."

Li Xuewu looked at the big-bearded man very seriously and said: "Besides grain, I also have herbs for cold-related illnesses, which are urgently needed here. But my time is limited, and I cannot trade with you with such a small inventory."

As he spoke, he threw the remaining wolfberries back into the bag and asked: "You wouldn't refuse such a trade, would you?"

"How could I?"

The big-bearded man shook his head and said: "Grain and cold medicine are hard currency here now. One can go without medicine when sick, but one cannot go without food, and sick livestock cannot survive this winter either."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I know your concerns, so I invite you to Wucheng, and I will have a warehouse prepared for you in Hami."

Under the big-bearded man's serious gaze, Li Xuewu explained the business he wanted to do and the method of trading.

This was the first time he had encountered such two-place telephone trading; whether in terms of safety or execution, it was much more convenient than their current method.

The key was that such large-scale trades wouldn't be encountered once in many years, and even less would someone come here to exchange grain and herbs that could command a premium.

The transport difficulties caused by the current snow disaster were a disaster for most people, but for some merchants, it was an opportunity.

Why did ancient times rank merchants at the very bottom of the scholar-farmer-artisan-merchant hierarchy? It was precisely because of this kind of "cold-blooded" trading.

But if it weren't for these merchants, some people might not even have a final way out.

Yet these people were not grateful to the merchants, and the merchants didn't need gratitude.

This kind of despair and resentment caused all merchants to have the character 'jian' (base/despicable) hanging over their heads, even if they did many good deeds.

"What do you want, and how much?"

The big-bearded man thought for a while before asking this question.

He couldn't refuse this man's proposal, just as he couldn't refuse money.

"Herbs, herbs unique to the frontier, as much as you have, I want."

Li Xuewu took a 'sip' of tea from the large bowl and continued: "Please believe in my ability; as long as the quality is the same as what's in your tent, I want it all."

The big-bearded man twitched his lips and asked: "How will I find you?"

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu smiled and patted Xilin, who was sitting beside him, saying: "How big can Wucheng be? With so much grain being unloaded, you won't be unaware of where the owner of the grain is."

The big-bearded man nodded and looked at Xilin beside Li Xuewu; he recognized her, she was Azayi's girl.

After the talk was finished, Li Xuewu stood up and simultaneously helped Xilin stand up as well.

"Many people in this bazaar have received my invitation; you can come together, or you can come find me alone."

As the big-bearded man saw them out, Li Xuewu stood at the entrance of the tent, reached out to shake hands with the big-bearded man, and said: "In every piece of land, at every time, there are some bad people."

The big-bearded man nodded, shook Li Xuewu's hand firmly, and said: "You are right."

"Hehe, see you in Wucheng."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and walked forward with his arm around Xilin.

"Are you very rich?"

Xilin had calmed down by now, and she looked up slightly at Li Xuewu and asked.

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu smiled and lifted the curtain of a tent, inviting Xilin to enter first.

Xilin glanced at Li Xuewu; not getting an answer was already the answer.

This tent sold miscellaneous goods; it had everything, messy and chaotic, and there was even jade, which Li Xuewu was seeing for the first time today.

"Is this Hetian jade?"

Li Xuewu picked up a stone the size of his palm, shaped like a pebble, and looked at it.

"Oh! It's Xilin!"

A man with a waxed mustache wearing a floral hat walked over enthusiastically, wanting to take Xilin's hand, but Xilin dodged him by taking a step back.

"Mo Ming, don't touch me!"

"Xilin!"

This man with the curled mustache named Mo Ming looked at Xilin with a very hurt expression, his face wrinkled as he said: "Is it because I didn't go to see you? You can't blame me for that!"

Seeing this lively merchant pestering Xilin, Li Xuewu smiled and squatted there to watch the fun.

Xilin also saw the smile on Li Xuewu's face, raised her head slightly, and gestured toward Li Xuewu, saying: "I have a man now."

How could Mo Ming not see Li Xuewu? He was doing this on purpose. As soon as Xilin finished speaking, he reached out his hand toward Li Xuewu.

"Hello, friend from afar!"

"Hello!"

Li Xuewu shook hands with this Mo Ming and asked with a smile: "Do you need me to return the beautiful Xilin to you?"

"No, no need."

Mo Ming said with a hurt expression: "Her heart is no longer with me, so what's the use of having her person?"

Xilin walked to Li Xuewu's side, glared at Mo Ming, and said: "You must be careful when buying his things; this person is glib-tongued, just like you lot."

"Heh~"

Li Xuewu looked at Xilin, not knowing whether to say thank you or to mention Tian Wenjing.

"Xilin, you can't wrong me!"

Mo Ming walked to Li Xuewu's other side as if his tail had been stepped on, pointed both fingers at the jade in Li Xuewu's hand, and said: "Guest from afar, look at the gemstone in your hand; Mo Ming is an honest man, just like this honest gemstone."

Xilin took the jade from Li Xuewu's hand, looked at it, and said: "Only his name is honest; as for the rest, there's nothing honest about him."

After finishing her words, she threw the stone back onto the carpet as if treating it like an ordinary pebble.

Li Xuewu understood; Mo Ming meant 'honest man', but the stone he was looking at was not an 'honest' stone.

"If you can take me away, I will help you pick stones, pick everything you want in this bazaar."

"Oh! Xilin!"

Mo Ming looked at Xilin in shock, covered his face, and asked in surprise: "Xilin, are you leaving?"

The conversation here was naturally heard by the customers picking out things in the tent, and they all looked over.

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, ignored the clamoring Mo Ming, looked into Xilin's eyes, and asked: "Are you serious?"

"Yes."

Xilin nodded very affirmatively and said: "Take me away, I can be of help to you."

Li Xuewu looked noncommittally at Mo Ming, who was staring with wide eyes, and asked: "Can Xilin not leave?"

"Uh~..."

Mo Ming froze for a moment, then clutched his chest and said painfully: "She is my favorite woman."

Xilin rolled her eyes and muttered: "He loves all the girls in Azayi, impartially."

Mo Ming's painful expression paused slightly; he wanted to continue his act, but he couldn't find that feeling from the beginning anymore.

Finally, he had to give up the performance, looked at Xilin, and asked: "You want to leave? Go with him? Go to the interior?"

"No matter where."

Xilin looked into Li Xuewu's eyes and said: "He has money, he won't lie to me."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu nodded at Mo Ming and said: "She is right, I have money."

Mo Ming pursed his lips, looked at Xilin, and said: "Will Azayi let you leave?"

"I am free."

Xilin looked into Li Xuewu's eyes and said: "Just like this market, I am just a bundle of wool, a bag of herbs, a stone."

Li Xuewu nodded, indicating understanding, and asked Mo Ming: "So what do I need to pay to take away your favorite gemstone girl?"

Mo Ming put his hands on his hips, shook his head helplessly at Li Xuewu, and said: "Not quite sure; I said I wanted to take her away before, but she wasn't willing."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xilin and then said to Li Xuewu: "As for the gemstone, money is fine, grain is also fine."

"Hahahaha~"

Only then did Li Xuewu laugh out loud, looked at Xilin, and said: "So we didn't waste our time wandering around this afternoon."

Xilin rolled her eyes and said to Mo Ming: "You ruined my good deed."

Mo Ming spread his hands and said innocently: "I don't want to let him go; he is the hottest merchant in this market right now."

"Hahahahaha!"

Li Xuewu laughed exceptionally happily under the gaze of everyone in the tent, and he even used force while holding Xilin's shoulders.

Xilin twisted her body angrily, wanting to shake off the large hand on her shoulder.

Seeing this scene, everyone revealed teasing smiles.

Xilin turned her head, looked at Mo Ming sulkily, and said: "Move your things out, the good ones; he is smarter than you."

Mo Ming bowed slightly and smiled as he went to the back.

Li Xuewu pulled the stubborn Xilin over and smiled: "If you really want to go with me, then I will take you away. Although there's no galloping on horseback, there is still unparalleled prosperity."

Xilin looked up at Li Xuewu and said: "I'm afraid you'll sell me off. I've already been tricked by you so many times on this journey, how could I dare to go with you?"

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu didn't feel embarrassed at being exposed; instead, he said shamelessly: "I'm giving you a fortune; we are fated."

Xilin gestured with her eyes at the good deed Li Xuewu had just done and asked: "Is this also a fortune?"

"Of course."

Li Xuewu nodded very seriously and said: "It is precisely because of it that everyone can get along harmoniously; harmony brings wealth, after all."

Xilin turned her head away, unwilling to argue with this person.

At this moment, Mo Ming returned carrying a piece of jade, placing it carefully on the carpet.

"Friend, look at this, seed material, absolutely top quality."

Li Xuewu looked at the jade at his feet and pulled Xilin beside him.

Xilin twisted her body, refusing to look, and made a silent protest.

"Xilin says this one isn't good; why don't you look for another?"

Li Xuewu's words directly broke the defenses of both of them.

Mo Ming looked at Xilin and said: "Xilin, this piece of mine..."

Xilin ignored Mo Ming, turned her head to look at Li Xuewu, and asked seriously: "Are you really taking me away?"

Li Xuewu tilted his head and said very seriously: "At least you have to prove your ability."

"Seventy yuan."

"Xilin!"

Mo Ming stood up angrily and shouted at Xilin: "You are one of us!"

"No, I am his person now."

Xilin shook her head, looked at Mo Ming, and said: "Seed material, in a good year, a kilogram is only fifty yuan, and this piece is only a little over four kilograms."

Mo Ming's anger dissipated, and he stared into Xilin's eyes, saying: "But this piece of seed material is white jade!"

As he spoke, Mo Ming squatted down again, pointed to the polished part, and introduced it to Li Xuewu: "Look, look, this is mutton-fat jade; pure white and translucent, delicate and warm!"

Li Xuewu squatted down pretendingly, and under Mo Ming's expectant gaze, he nodded.

"Look, look!"

Mo Ming pointed at Li Xuewu and said to Xilin: "Your man says this piece of material is good."

"Seventy yuan."

Xilin ignored Li Xuewu's nodding appearance, which suggested he didn't quite understand, and insisted on her price.

"What do you say?"

Mo Ming looked at Li Xuewu again.

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu touched the jade on the ground, pursed his lips, nodded, and then said: "It's worth seventy yuan."

"..."

Mo Ming looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly, knowing his efforts had been in vain.

"Alright, alright, let's just say I'm half-selling and half-giving it away."

Mo Ming stood up helplessly and said to Xilin: "I'll take seventy yuan for this piece, and the remaining value will be the dowry I'm giving you."

Xilin rolled her eyes and said: "I'm telling the truth, so don't bring out this kind again; he's not stupid."

This time it was Mo Ming's turn to roll his eyes.

"Sigh~ there's an ancient saying: a married-off daughter is like spilled water~"

Mo Ming shook his head as he went to the back.

The people in the tent who had picked out their things stood to the side watching the fun; no one was in a hurry to settle their accounts with Mo Ming.

This afternoon, a big buyer had come to the bazaar; it hadn't just spread to every tent, but the people attending the bazaar had all heard about it.

At this moment, those coming in from outside, seeing the situation inside the tent, were all asking around, and in the end, most stayed to watch the fun.

Before long, Mo Ming returned, pulling a large box on a cart.

"Xilin, I hope your man won't let you down~"

"You should spend your energy on pulling the cart."

Xilin walked to the side of the tent, picked up a wooden box, and placed it at Li Xuewu's feet.

Under Mo Ming's gaze, Li Xuewu picked up the stones he had ordered earlier and put them in, while simultaneously taking out a stack of money from his bosom.

"Seventy."

Mo Ming looked at the money in Li Xuewu's hand, then at Xilin, and finally took it.

This was called paying and receiving goods at the same time.

With the first transaction completed, Xilin walked to the box Mo Ming had brought, reached out, picked up a piece, and looked at it.

"Look at this."

After looking at it, Xilin threw the stone in her hand to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu caught it, touched it, looked at it, raised his head in surprise to look at Xilin, and said: "It seems warmer and more delicate than the one just now."

"So the one he mentioned just now wasn't mutton-fat jade; this one is."

"Xilin!"

"One hundred yuan."

"One hundred yuan!"

Mo Ming hadn't even mentioned the jade from just now, and Xilin had already given the price for this one.

But the price for this one didn't satisfy him either.

"I can't give you two dowries."

"Then don't."

"You!"

Mo Ming looked at this compatriot who was turning her back on her own, really wanting to shout 'don't then'.

But he couldn't; the things in this tent were all not presentable.

Let alone the source, the price offered by the state-run jade acquisition store was too low, not even matching the price offered by this 'spilled water'.

People now couldn't even afford to eat, so who had money to buy jade?

Li Xuewu heard Xilin finish speaking and counted out ten large bills and handed them over.

Mo Ming looked at the jade in Li Xuewu's hand and reached out to take the money very reluctantly.

"Clang."

Li Xuewu casually threw the jade material into the wooden box.

"This one."

"Sixty."

"This one."

"Eighty."

Xilin picked up a piece and threw it to Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu counted the money and handed it to Mo Ming.

By the end, Mo Ming was no longer struggling with the prices Xilin gave.

He couldn't argue, and he had to sell, so he just took whatever was given.

After throwing the last stone into the box, Li Xuewu handed the money to Mo Ming, pulled the cover of the wooden box, took the nails Xilin handed over, picked up a stone from the ground, and 'bang bang bang' sealed the box.

The people in the tent were silent, watching this rich young man spend money stack by stack to buy stones.

The stones bought for over two thousand yuan were now sealed in that box, and everyone's eyes were focused.

Mo Ming squeezed the money in his hand, looking very relaxed, and the look he gave Xilin wasn't as resentful as before.

"Bless you, my favorite girl."

Xilin pushed him away, pointed at the money in his hand, and said: "Bless you, don't let this money flow to Azayi."

"I will~"

Li Xuewu ignored the two's farewell, lifted the tent, and waved at the truck parked at the entrance.

Zhao Yajun got the signal, jumped off the truck, and ran toward the tent.

"Second Brother."

"Come, give me a hand."

Li Xuewu gestured to Zhao Yajun about the box on the ground, then the two carried the box out of the tent and, under the gaze of everyone, sent the box into the back of the truck.

Zhao Yajun was also puzzled; they had bought cloth, meat, and beef jerky earlier, so why were they buying a pile of stones now?

After sending the things onto the truck, Li Xuewu patted Zhao Yajun's shoulder and went back toward the tent.

At this moment, Xilin had already walked out and was waiting for him at the entrance of the tent.

And the owner of the tent, Mo Ming, was also standing at the entrance looking at Li Xuewu and the truck behind him.

"You are indeed not ordinary!"

"Thank you."

Li Xuewu knew that many people in this bazaar must recognize that truck, but didn't this just demonstrate his strength? Otherwise, how could he convince these people to go to Wucheng?

After shaking hands with Mo Ming, Li Xuewu asked Xilin: "I heard that one can buy foreign goods at this bazaar?"

Xilin looked at Mo Ming, and Mo Ming smiled: "Go, go find Old Baduo; he has what you want."

Li Xuewu gestured to Xilin, and Xilin led Li Xuewu toward the farthest tent diagonally opposite.

"Isn't Old Baduo the name of a cigarette?"

Li Xuewu looked at the tent in the distance and asked Xilin: "Is the owner of the tent also a YT person?"

"No."

Xilin stopped after walking two steps, looked up at Li Xuewu, and said: "Just like your Lin Xi, he liked to smoke this before, so he was called that."

After explaining this question, she shook her body and asked Li Xuewu: "Don't you think it's time to solve this problem?"

"It's broad daylight, how could I be embarrassed? You'd better take it yourself."

"Really?"

Xilin bit her lip, looking nervously into Li Xuewu's eyes, wanting to know if what this man said was true.

"Really."

Confirming Li Xuewu's gaze, Xilin's right hand steadied, and under the gaze of people peeking from the cracks of several tent doors, her left hand reached into her bosom.

Hmm?

When Xilin's hand grasped that thing that made her terrified, she felt something was wrong.

It was oval, but why was there no safety handle?

When she took it out with trepidation to look.

"Ah!"

Xilin was about to be driven crazy with anger; she swung the thing in her hand, wanting to throw it at Li Xuewu.

"Hahahahaha."

Not only did Li Xuewu laugh out loud, but even those hiding behind the tent curtain laughed out loud.

"Hmph!"

Xilin squeezed the egg in her hand and walked forward twisting her body.

Li Xuewu could vaguely hear the laughter in the tent, and the word 'laying an egg'.

"If you want to borrow someone else's chicken to lay an egg, you have to do it this way."

Man Dejie leaned on the sofa, looking at Yu Min indifferently.

"I have to get the grain today; go notify the Fu family to pay the deposit. My herb merchant in Jilin is still waiting for my deposit slip to ship the goods."

Ignoring Yu Min's suspicious gaze, Man Dejie stood up, leaning on the sofa armrest, and said: "Maybe next time; next time we have a chance, we'll cooperate again."

Yu Min also stood up, stared into Man Dejie's eyes, and said: "In Steel City, only I can solve your procurement problems."

"Alright, you can wait too."

Man Dejie pursed his lips and said: "You can wait for me to exchange the herbs for meat first, and then you can follow with the next batch."

Yu Min looked at Man Dejie with gloomy eyes.

How could he not know that this was Man Dejie's excuse?

The Fu family and the person behind them dared to take risks; how could they leave him so much time to wait?

This business was simply too big and too attractive.

"Wait!"

Yu Min saw that all three were at the door, so he called out to stop them.

Seeing Man Dejie turn his head, he said: "Come with me to the warehouse; you can see what you need."

"Alright, but be quick; I'm short on time."

Yu Min looked down at the girl sitting blankly on the sofa and said: "Why aren't you changing your clothes yet? Your man is leaving."

The girl stood up in a panic and ran to the back.

"Even if time is tight, one must enjoy life."

Yu Min walked up to Man Dejie and said: "I have plenty of grain; tell me how much you want, but I must see those two trucks of herbs and the deposit before I can give you the grain."

"No problem."

Man Dejie didn't care about Yu Min's trust in him, and instead asked: "Then do you want beef and mutton, or money?"

After asking this, without waiting for Yu Min to answer, he added: "You and I don't have that much time to wait for this batch of beef and mutton. If you can't digest it, I have to contact channels to sell the meat now."

"Want, of course I want it."

Yu Min raised his eyebrows and said: "I want as much as you have."

"That's good."

Man Dejie nodded, saw the girl walk back, and gave a reminder:

"Then you have to prepare a cold storage; the meat brought back by one truck is not a small amount."

"Don't you worry about that."

Yu Min grabbed the girl who was about to pass by and gave a similar reminder: "Xiao Tao, take good care of Manager Man; take care of him well, the kind that never leaves his side."

Calling this girl Xiao Tao was a bit of an understatement; calling her Da Tao would be no problem at all.

Hearing Director Yu's reminder, Xiao Tao nodded repeatedly, and was then pushed by Yu Min toward Man Dejie.

"Let's go."

Yu Min opened the door first and led the group downstairs; the warehouse wasn't here.

Man Dejie looked at Xiao Tao beside him, and seeing the girl looking a bit scared, he held her hand and went downstairs.

Before getting into the car, Yu Min smiled at Man Dejie's appearance of cherishing the fair maiden; he really couldn't rest easy without someone watching this person.

Did Man Dejie not know that this girl was here to watch him?

Hehe~

Before setting off, Li Xuewu had already set the policy for him on how to deal with sugar-coated bullets: eat the sugar coating, and fire the bullet back~

The sugar coating was delicious, but Wen San'er only agreed after getting Li Xuewu's personal promise to keep it a secret.

Making money is making money, but you can't tear down your home.

A man acting in a play outside is an ability; being sweet-mouthed and hardworking at home is also an ability.

If you're no good outside and incompetent at home, can you still be called a man?

Wen San'er was very much a man now, protecting Xiao Tao by his side very righteously.

Da Qiangzi and Da Chun'er's brains weren't quite enough now; weren't they here to buy grain? Why were they sending a wife too!

Had business become so colorful now?

The jeep drove through the city to a riverbank; this was the place Li Xuewu had come to last time.

Last time it was dark, and Li Xuewu hadn't seen what kind of place this was. Now Wen San'er looked at it, and it seemed to be a shipyard?

Following Yu Min off the car, the group entered the compound.

Yu Min didn't bother with the people in the duty room, led the group to pull open the warehouse door, and walked in.

"Take a look."

Gesturing to Man Dejie, Yu Min retreated to the side.

Man Dejie signaled Da Qiangzi and the other to guard the door, then took Xiao Tao's hand and entered the warehouse.

There were many fewer bags of grain here than when Li Xuewu came last time.

Similar to the operation mode of the West Courtyard, this was also a dispersal warehouse for whole storage and partial withdrawal, not a hoarding warehouse.

Man Dejie took the corn fork handed over by Yu Min, randomly chose a bag on a stack, forked it in, and then pulled it out.

This was a tool similar to a bayonet; after inserting it into the bag and pulling it out, there would be a sample in the groove.

"How is it?"

Yu Min looked at Man Dejie's expression and said with a smile: "It's all dry and crisp; otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to store, would it?"

Man Dejie picked up a grain, chewed it in his mouth, nodded, and said: "Not bad."

Yu Min raised his eyebrows but didn't quibble over Man Dejie's pickiness.

The three turned around, Man Dejie threw away the fork in his hand, stood at one end of the warehouse, and looked at the other materials.

Just like what surprised Li Xuewu last time, Wen San'er was also quite surprised by the motorcycles over there.

"Do you like them? I'll give you one."

Yu Min smiled, caught Man Dejie's gaze, and teased.

"In this weather, riding this kind of ghost thing, wouldn't one be frozen like a grandson?"

Man Dejie turned around, patted the dust off his hands, and said: "As long as it's corn, the market price is 150, I'll give you 130; mutton is 1200, beef is 1800."

Yu Min knew this was the price per ton; he had a ledger in his heart and calculated the difference clearly.

"This truck isn't just loaded with this little meat, right?"

Yu Min raised his eyebrows and said: "Forty-four carriages, 1800 tons of transport capacity, and I can only get less than four boxes of meat?"

"Who told you that you aren't worth much?"

Man Dejie raised his eyebrows and smiled: "That person in Jilin can also exchange two trucks of herbs for four boxes of meat."

Yu Min gritted his teeth; he could only do this. Who told him he wasn't worth much?

"Prepare well. Tomorrow, before 10:00 AM tomorrow, the train must depart. The Steel Mill's train should be ready by now."

"No problem."

Yu Min pointed to the large truck that had already started in the yard and said: "They were already loading when we came out."

Man Dejie looked at Yu Min in surprise; this speed was indeed acceptable.

As he spoke, Man Dejie put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sun that was about to set, and asked: "Is there a telephone here?"

Yu Min nodded, pointed to the duty room, and then took Man Dejie to make a call.

When making the call, Yu Min had no intention of going out, and Man Dejie didn't drive him out either.

The call was made to Zhou Wang Yamei, notifying them to go to the Steel Mill to pay the deposit.

"Let's go, go to the Steel Mill."

After hanging up the phone, Man Dejie said to Yu Min: "Give me the deposit slip, so I can have a good sleep."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Tao beside him; the meaning in his words made Xiao Tao lower her head in embarrassment.

Yu Min was also someone who had seen it all; he raised his eyebrows and didn't mind, taking Wen San'er and the others to rush to the Steel Mill again.

The grain truck that had set off before them had already entered the Steel Mill's gate and went directly to the assembly workshop under the direction of the dispatch section.

The grain would be loaded onto the train in the assembly workshop, covered with a tarpaulin, and sent all the way to Wucheng.

This train currently being loaded actually didn't even have a plan, because Wucheng's plan hadn't been implemented yet, and the scapegoat was still working hard in the tent at the bazaar.

But magically, neither the person delivering the grain nor the person loading the train noticed this train without a locomotive.

When Yu Min and the others arrived at the Steel Mill, they already saw Zhou Wang Yamei and Wu Fengxian waiting at the gate with their children and bags.

"Sister Zhou, why are you here?"

Yu Min parked the car directly at the gate, then jumped off and greeted Zhou Wang Yamei in a showy manner.

Zhou Wang Yamei was also very surprised to see Man Dejie bringing people off Yu Min's car.

"This..."

"Do you know each other?"

"The people Brother Man is looking for are you!"

The group looked at each other in surprise, each with their own thoughts; Wu Fengxian stared at Yu Min in disbelief.

This kind of look made Yu Min feel a bit floaty.

How about that? After all the twists and turns, didn't you still come begging to me?

"These two are my business partners."

Man Dejie pointed to Wu Fengxian and Zhou Wang Yamei to introduce them to Yu Min, then introduced Yu Min to Zhou Wang Yamei: "This is my friend in Steel City, Yu Min."

"Hahaha."

Yu Min smiled and said: "Duckweed returns to the sea; where in life do we not meet?"

Laughing, Yu Min pointed to Zhou Wang Yamei to introduce her to Man Dejie: "I am also friends with Sister Zhou, and a newly made friend with this comrade Fengxian."

"Oh my!"

Man Dejie clapped his hands and said regretfully: "If only we had met earlier! This grain was helped by Yu Min!"

"Hahahahaha~"

Wu Fengxian looked at the triumphant Yu Min, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she raised her eyebrows: "I didn't expect you to really have some tricks up your sleeve~"

"Hahaha~"

Yu Min touched Fu Zhidong's little face and was stunned when he saw the several luggage bags on the ground.

"Sister Zhou, what are you...?"

"Oh oh."

Zhou Wang Yamei smiled embarrassedly and said: "Since Director Yu is this... then we won't hide it anymore; this isn't me~"

Wu Fengxian interrupted impatiently: "I already said it's fine, it's fine; moving to the Steel Mill to watch, can the money fly away!"

"Hehehe."

Yu Min saw it; this was Zhou Wang Yamei not trusting the deposit, so she had moved her home to the Steel Mill to watch.

But for this kind of transaction, where could watching keep it safe?

"It should be, it should be; Sister Zhou's caution is correct."

Looking at it, there were three groups of people gathered at the Steel Mill; in fact, if you break it down, it was four groups—don't forget the two great generals behind Man Dejie.

Da Chun'er shook his head, feeling that his brain wasn't enough; weren't they here to buy grain? Why were they sending a wife too!

Was business so colorful now?

This Man Dejie must be a liar; he wanted to cheat those two silly women as soon as he got off the train. So this Yu Min was rushing to join the liar to cheat those two silly women, and at the same time, he was also cheated by this liar...

Hiss~

What about them?

What were they?

Da Qiangzi was trying hard to remember the relationships between these people and their conversations; he had already received Man Dejie's order to take the train tonight, take the deposit slip back to Jilin, and then escort the herbs here.

He didn't know what this deposit slip meant; when he came, no one said he had to take the meat based on the slip.

He was about to die now, tired to death.

These people, each with their own thoughts, entered the Steel Mill's building and were led by Dong Wenxue's secretary to the finance section.

In front of everyone, Man Dejie took out stacks of money from his pocket and had Wu Fengxian hand over half a box of gold bars.

This half box of gold bars made everyone in the room hold their breath, staring fixedly.

Yu Min, however, frowned at this time; wasn't it a whole box? ===== CHAPTER 422 =====