Chapter 74: Try your best to be worthy of your friends After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative’s store, Li Long was still unwilling to give up. He walked around the area holding the horse’s reins, and then he saw the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Long immediately realized that it was useless for him to go to the store just now. Purchasing was not the job of these salesmen. They were only responsible for selling things, not buying things. Naturally, they would use some principled words to deal with him. But if you meet a real purchasing staff, maybe they will be very flexible? Li Long pulled the reins of the carriage and came to the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative. Black smoke was coming out of the chimney of the gatehouse next to the gate, and you could feel that a lot of coal was burning inside. Li Long walked over and knocked gently on the window covered with plastic paper. The door opened and an old man saw Li Long and asked expressionlessly: "Who are you looking for?" "Old man, have a cigarette," Li Long smiled and took out a crushed Daqianmen cigarette box from his pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it over. Seeing Li Long handing over a cigarette, the old man's expression eased a little, took the cigarette and said: "Young man, if you have anything to say, just tell me. It's too cold outside and I don't want to turn off the heater in the house." Seeing the old man holding the cigarette between his ears, Li Long simply stuffed the half pack of Daqianmen into his hand and said: "Old man, I want to ask, who is the person in charge of purchasing in our supply and marketing cooperative? Is he here now?"
"Purchasing? Young man, do you want to sell something?" The old man glanced at Li Long's carriage and smiled. He took the big front door from his ear and put it into the cigarette box, then put the cigarette box into his pocket and said: "If you ask others, they may not tell you. At our supply and marketing cooperative, the county's purchasing manager is Li Xiangqian, who happened to pick up a truckload of raisins from Dongjiang today. I received a notice saying it will arrive at noon today. If you're in a hurry, then wait." Li Long thought about it and decided to wait. "Young man, come in." Seeing that Li Long was going to wait outside, the old man waved his hand and said, "Park your carriage next to the gatehouse. You can see it through the window, and the thing won't get lost." "Thank you, old man." Li Long was not polite. He tied the horse to the electric pole next to the gatehouse and quickly entered the gatehouse. As expected, the room was really warm, the cast iron stove was burning red, and the coal rack was full. As expected, it was still a supply and marketing cooperative, a wealthy unit. Li Long took off his coat and felt a tingling sensation on his face. This was a normal reaction to mild frostbite and then exposure to heat, so Li Long didn't take it seriously. "Young man, where are you from?" The old man finally found someone idle here, so he started chatting. "Why did you think of looking for the supply and marketing cooperative? Do you have anything to sell?" "Well, my friend lives in the mountains and has some good sheep, so I wanted to help sell them. I think the only place that can buy a large number of sheep is the supply and marketing cooperative." Li Long later learned that the supply and marketing cooperatives these days not only sold goods, but were also responsible for purchasing local specialties from all over the country, playing a role in balancing supply and demand. So when he wanted to help Yushanjiang and Halimu sell sheep, the first place he thought of was the supply and marketing cooperatives. "Sheep? That's good." The old man said with a smile, "You know what, the supply and marketing cooperative really does buy sheep, especially in this winter. Who wouldn't want to give out some good things to a wealthy unit? Are those sheep in your car? Are you selling them? How much per kilogram?" "It's just one dollar if you sell it in retail. You don't need meat coupons anyway." Li Long said, "If you sell it in bulk, the price will be different." "Oh, young man, you are an expert." The old man said with a smile, "Then sell me some mutton. The New Year is coming soon, and we must have at least two meat dishes at home. The meat sold in the butcher shop needs a ticket, and no one has much of that stuff." "Okay, but I don't have a scale..." "That's easy. Just keep an eye on the door for me and I'll go find a scale for you. I can also help you with the hustle and bustle while I'm at it." The old man put on his coat and cotton hat and walked out. Li Long hurriedly followed him out. The old man saw him following him out and asked curiously: "Why did you come out? It's so warm in the room, why don't you stay inside?" "Grandpa, can I stay in the house alone after you leave? It's not convenient. I'll just wait outside. Besides, I've been warming up by the fire..." "Young man, you are particular!" The old man said with a smile, "Just because you are so honest, I have to help you. Let me take a look at your mutton first." Li Long picked up the sheep from the carriage. The sheep was only slaughtered two days ago and was frozen after slaughter. The meat was bright red, and because Halimu and Yushanjiang specially picked the sheep for Li Long, they were all fat and strong, and looked very beautiful. "Good mutton, just for this sheep, I must buy a leg of mutton!" The old man could tell at a glance that the mutton was good, and he said with a smile: "Wait a moment, young man."
As he said this, the old man put on his coat and walked towards the store next door. Although he was over 60 years old, he walked very fast. In less than three minutes, he came back with a scale. This type of platform scale has a scale pan on one side for placing items, and a scale bar with scales on the other side, with a small hanging platform hanging underneath for placing round weights. The old man put the scale on the ground and said to Li Long: "Come on, come on, cut off a hind leg for me first." Li Long took out a knife and quickly cut off the old man's hind leg - from the beginning of getting frozen sheep to now, Li Long has butchered several sheep and knew where to make the cut. "Four kilograms and one pound," Li Long put the lamb leg on the scale. The old man squatted down and added weights piece by piece. Finally, he said, "Is it fair?" "Grandpa, just use four kilograms," Li Long said with a smile, "and round it off." "Okay, then you take the money and I'll call someone later." The old man handed two two-dollar bills to Li Long and went into the house carrying the lamb leg. After putting the lamb leg away, the old man came out of the gatehouse again and entered the courtyard. After a while he came back. At this time, Li Long had already put the two two-dollar bills, which were in pretty good condition, into his arms. He planned to keep the two bills and not spend them. "Wait a moment, young man. Someone will be here soon." The old man said with a smile. Sure enough, within five minutes, people came out one after another and started asking the price. You have three kilograms and I have two kilograms. Soon, only two sheep necks were left of Li Long's two sheep. "What is that? It's not peeled yet?" "That's right, it doesn't look like a sheep." Someone asked when he saw the roe deer on the carriage. "That's a roe deer, given to me by a friend from the mountains," Li Long explained as he packed the money, "because we didn't have time to melt it." "Roe deer? I don't know what it tastes like." The person asking the question was a little curious, "Are you selling it?" "There's no way to sell this." Li Long waved his hands. "The skin hasn't even been peeled yet. It's hard to keep it frozen..." As he was speaking, he heard a car horn and turned around to see a truck driving towards the house. "Young man, aren't you looking for Chief Li from the purchasing department? Look, he's here!" the old man said with a smile. Li Long was a little nervous. Yesterday's third round of recommendation data was OK, thanks for your support. Thanks to book friend 160827132928773 for the reward, and thanks to everyone for the monthly ticket recommendation and various suggestions. I hope I can maintain this data today, and I hope everyone can enjoy reading it. I would like to recommend a book, which is also a period novel, "Period: My Backyard is the Garbage Dump of the World". I read it and it has a pretty good start, with a strong sense of the times. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. (End of this chapter)