Chapter 73 For Friends Li Long sat in the carriage thinking about things, letting the big red horse No. 76 go along the road to the county town. The sharp sound of a train whistle in front of him brought him back to his senses, and he realized that he was already on the Wuyi Highway, and the county town was less than a kilometer away. Coming from the opposite direction was a Dongfeng truck. After the driver honked the horn, he slowed down when passing the carriage. The raised snow particles fell down, but it did not affect Li Long much. He had just been thinking about how to help Halimu Yushanjiang and the others solve their problems, but he still had no idea. After the car passed, Li Long jumped off the carriage, stretched his almost frozen feet, and led the carriage towards the county. When passing by the black market, Li Long was surprised to find that the area where people had stepped on had expanded a lot, and some garbage had not been collected yet. He found sprout skins, rotten potatoes and fish scales. Obviously, he hasn't been here during this period, but business here is still booming, and even the number of people selling things and the variety of things have increased a lot. Li Long even wondered if he could sell the fish he caught here instead of going to Shicheng. Can even the sheep of Halimu and Yushanjiang be sold here? But forget it. There are not many people in the whole county who can afford to eat mutton, and most of them will not go to the black market, so it can't solve the big problem at all. If we really want to help them solve the problem, we still have to go to Shicheng. Li Long led the horse to the purchasing station.
What surprised him was that he remembered that Chen Hongjun didn't seem to be on duty today, but Chen Hongjun was inside the counter and there was a woman sitting next to him. "Comrade Xiao Li, you're here?" Chen Hongjun greeted Li Long with a smile when he saw him coming in. "I 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 here today. I wonder if you guys would like to take its skin. If you do, I'll skin it and send it to you after I get back. If not, I'll keep it for myself." "You mean roe deer?" The woman next to Chen Hongjun asked eagerly, with curiosity in her tone: "You really have it? This thing is not easy to get!" "Yes, it's in my carriage now." Li Long was worried about what was outside, so he said, "Do you want to take a look?" "Let's go and take a look." Chen Hongjun was also a little curious. He could see deer antlers and velvet antlers at the purchasing station, as well as many Chinese medicinal materials, but he had never seen a complete deer-like animal like roe deer. After leaving the purchasing station, they saw that there was indeed a corpse of an animal that looked like a deer on Li Long's carriage. This was a male roe deer with short three-pronged horns on its head. Chen Hongjun stepped forward, grasped the horn and twisted it. To Li Long's surprise, he actually twisted one of the horns off. "Sure enough." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "I've heard of this. The horns of male roe deer have similar functions to deer antlers. They fall off in winter every year and grow antlers in the spring of the following year. I tried it, but I didn't expect to twist it off." "Then you guys take this horn?" Li Long stepped forward and twisted the other horn off, then asked while holding it in his hand. "I'll take it, but it's not as expensive as deer antlers. One kilogram..." Chen Hongjun looked at the antlers in his hand and said, "The antlers are fresh. I'll give you two dollars and fifty cents per kilogram." "Okay." Li Long naturally had no objection. "If you can peel the skin intact, we will buy it too." The female comrade said hurriedly, "We will still be on duty tomorrow. If you can deliver it, I will give you ten... fifteen yuan for the whole skin." Fifteen yuan is not a low price, and Li Long nodded. After entering the purchasing station, Chen Hongjun weighed the two horns, a total of kilograms, and paid Li Long seven yuan. "Comrade Xiao Li, where did the sheep in your car come from? The meat looks quite fresh." Chen Hongjun asked after registering and putting away the roe deer horns. "My friend in the mountains gave it to me. Why, Comrade Chen, do you want mutton?" "Well, the New Year is coming soon, so I want to prepare some." "Should I cut you a leg of lamb or some mutton?"
"Can you sell it? Then I want a leg of lamb. By the way, how much do you want for it?" "Market price: one yuan per kilogram." "That's quite cheap." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "Now it's yuan in the butcher shop." "Give me a leg," the female comrade said immediately when she heard it was such a good deal. Li Long didn't care about the two cents difference. He took out the knife he carried with him and went out to cut the meat. Chen Hongjun came out with the female comrade and said: "I want this hind leg, cut from here." "Then I want the front leg. Cut it for me from that sheep." The female comrade asked for a more detailed one. "It would be best if it has some ribs." The leg cut off for Chen Hongjun weighed kilograms, while the female comrade's leg weighed kilograms because it contained some ribs. After getting the meat for yuan, Li Long thought that the meat was really cheap at this time. "Comrade Chen, do you know where to buy mutton in large quantities recently?" He thought that since the New Year was approaching, Chen Hongjun and the female comrade both wanted to weigh some meat, so there must be market demand. "A large amount?" Chen Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "The only ones in the county that can buy a large amount are either the supply and marketing cooperatives or the factories. In fact, I think it would be better for you to go to Shicheng. The Corps units don't have so many twists and turns. They definitely need some sheep to distribute welfare to workers during the New Year. As for which factory can buy a large amount, I don't know." "What other factories can there be?" the female comrade who was looking for something to pack her mutton interrupted, "Agricultural machinery factories, wool spinning factories, sugar factories. My next-door neighbor's second brother works at the Shicheng Bayi Woolen Spinning Factory. He said they give out a lot of things during the New Year and other festivals." Li Long understood, thanked the two men, went out and drove the carriage to the big meat canteen. Last time the other party asked for fish, and I don’t know if he will ask for mutton this time. What disappointed Li Long was that the other party said that their pork and mutton were supplied at designated locations, so it was not necessary. Li Long bought two steamed buns and ate them while walking to the supply and marketing cooperative. When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long ate the remaining half of the bun in two or three bites, wiped the oil off his mouth, tied the carriage to the tree at the door, and walked in. The two salesmen were chatting and ignored Li Long when he came in. Li Long took the initiative to step forward and asked: "Excuse me, where is the purchasing department of your supply and marketing cooperative?" "Purchasing Department? What are you doing?" asked a salesperson. "I want to sell some sheep. I want to know if you guys will take them." "Yang? Do you have your letter of introduction?" the man asked. "Letter of introduction?" Li Long was a little surprised, then shook his head, "No, I got the sheep from the herdsmen in the mountains." "Who would dare to buy your sheep without a letter of introduction?" The salesman sneered, "Who knows where your sheep come from? What if something goes wrong?" Li Long was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the other party would have such an idea. But think about it, this is also a characteristic of the times. Pity. (End of this chapter)