The old leopard skin had been hanging in the east room for several days. While Zhao Jun was not at home, Zhao Youcai recommended himself several times and said he would take it out to ask someone for a price, but Wang Meilan didn't even pay attention to him.
It was a coincidence today that Zheng Xuekun came to collect bear bile, and Wang Meilan happened to come to the east room and saw the leopard skin hanging on the wall. Thinking that this old boy named Zheng even collects badger skins, he should also be able to do leopard skins.
Want it?
Although Wang Meilan doesn't know anything about business, she knows that there is an old saying in Northeast China that says that getting on a pole is not a business.
Therefore, Wang Meilan did not take the initiative to give the leopard skin to Zheng Xuekun, but used words to arouse Zheng Xuekun's curiosity.
Zheng Xuekun traveled all over the country, how could he not see this? But he also wanted to see leopard skins, so he followed what Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun said.
But when Wang Meilan brought the leopard skin from the east room, Zheng Xuekun's eyes suddenly widened.
In the past two years, he has been harvesting mountain products in the Northeast, buying everything from wild vegetables to skins and bear bile.
Zheng Xuekun has collected large skins and lynx skins, but none of them are as gorgeous as this leopard skin.
Zheng Xuekun took the leopard skin with both hands, holding it with one hand underneath and stroking it with the other.
That feel, Zheng Xuekun feels great!
At this time, Zheng Donghai was holding the edge of the leopard skin and secretly poked his father with his elbow.
Zheng Xuekun lowered his head slightly, glanced to the side, and quickly exchanged a look with Zheng Donghai.
Then, Zheng Xuekun raised his head, looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Xiao Zhao, are you going out with this piece of leather?"
"This..." Zhao Jun hesitated for a moment, then said with some difficulty: "This... we have come up with it, but we don't know the price."
When Zheng Xuekun heard this, he plucked the leopard's fur with his fingers and saw the stitches, but the whole surface was intact.
Zheng Xuekun touched the leopard skin two more times, then rolled up the leopard skin and handed it back to Wang Meilan, muttering as if regretfully: "What a pity."
After Zheng Xuekun finished speaking, he saw Zhao Jun getting up, but Zhao Jun didn't want to say anything to him, but just let a few people disperse cigarettes.
"Master Zheng." Zhao Jun handed the cigarette to Zheng Xuekun and said with a smile: "Smoke."
"Hey, thank you." Zheng Xuekun took the cigarette and said thank you, but he held the cigarette without putting it in his mouth.
He just said "It's a pity" and waited to bargain with Zhao Jun. But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Jun didn't pick up the fight at all.
While Zheng Xuekun was stunned, Zhang Yuanmin struck a match and came to light his cigarette.
Zheng Xuekun thanked Zhang Yuanmin again, and after taking a puff of cigarette, he gradually calmed down.
If Zheng Xuekun can do business these days, he must have seen enough people and things. He has the patience to spend time with Zhao Jun.
But after Zhao Jun finished his cigarette, he started chatting with Jin Xiaoshan. The chat was about Jin Xiaoshan’s need to pack small materials at the forest farm.
Speaking of this, Jin Xiaoshan was a little excited and couldn't stop talking.
Yongan Forestry Farm, during the annual winter production, the finished aniseed is shipped to support the construction of China. The forestry farm will transport hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of such wood every year.
With such a large amount of large materials, there will definitely be some small materials. Yongan Forestry Farm is too busy, so it will outsource these small materials to individuals in batches. Each person will be responsible for one piece, transport it out by themselves, and then process or process it.
The forest farm will not care about the sale.
If you do this job in a year, you can earn about 2,000 yuan. Although it is not as valuable as the bear bile sold by Zhao Jun, for Jin Xiaoshan, this is his career.
When Jin Xiaoshan came last month, he had this intention. And for Li Dayong now, this little thing is just one sentence, saying hello to the leader of the forest management or acceptance inspection.
Then again, in fact, Li Dayong didn't even need to open his mouth to talk about Bao Xiaocai and Xiaocai. If Zhao Jun went to the team to say something, Xu Baoshan would definitely be happy to give him this face.
But this trivial matter is an opportunity for Li Dayong to gain face in front of Jin Xiaomei’s family. How can he leave it to others?
In this way, Jin Xiaoshan successfully secured a job at Yong'an Forest Farm. In a few days, everyone will call him Jin Boss.
Jin Baotou was so happy that he couldn't hold back his words. He talked with Zhao Jun and others about forestry acceptance, dispatching, statistics, and finally the construction of China.
At this time, Zheng Xuekun was a little anxious. He wanted to discuss the price of the leopard skin with Zhao Jun. Whether it was OK or not, there had to be a result. So, Zheng Xuekun finally found an opportunity and interrupted to ask Zhao Jun: "Hey, Xiao Zhao
Ah."
"Master Zheng." Zhao Jun heard this and glanced at Zheng Xuekun. Then he stood up and stretched out his hand to Zheng Xuekun as if suddenly enlightened. "I'll give you some more water."
"No need." Zheng Xuekun hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I won't drink anymore, I won't drink anymore. Xiao Zhao, sit down and let me ask you something."
"Well." Zhao Jun sat back on the bench, looked at Zheng Xuekun and said, "Master Zheng, tell me."
Zheng Xuekun looked aside, but there was no sign of the leopard skin. With Zhao Jun's look just now, Wang Meilan sent the leopard skin back to the east room.
Zheng Xuekun turned around and asked Zhao Jun: "I heard you just called the leopard skin a native leopard. Isn't this native leopard the same as the Siberian leopard?"
"Yeah." Zhao Jun replied with a smile: "It's also called the Amur Leopard."
"The leopard is also it." Suddenly, someone interrupted, and the speaker was Li Ruhai, who had been waiting for a long time for the opportunity.
"Huh?" Zheng Xuekun took the opportunity to ask: "Jianbao, who did you hear this from?"
This leopard is called a native leopard by people in the forest area, and the more official term is the Siberian leopard. However, the name golden leopard is rarely mentioned in this rural area.
Li Ruhai's words attracted everyone's attention to him. At this time, he smiled faintly and said: "It is written in the book, Tang Long, the golden leopard!"
Li Ruhai was just confused. He only thought of this because of the pattern on the leopard's skin.
According to Li Ruhai's original intention, no matter what he said was true or false, these people might not know, so he let Meng go.
And Li Ruhai's misconception not only made him right, but also made him bluff people!
Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai traveled extensively and heard about Water Margin through radio broadcasts, street performances, etc.
But most people’s understanding of the characters in "Water Margin" is nothing more than Song Jiang, Wu Yong, and Hei Li Kui. Who would pay attention to a supporting character who doesn’t even have a 200-word plot? Even if you just listen to it, you won’t remember it.
People.
But when a layman looks at the excitement and an expert looks at the door, Li Baoyu's eyes light up and he suddenly feels that his brother may be right!
Regardless of whether he was right or wrong, Li Ruhai gave Zheng Xuekun a chance to continue the topic. He smiled and asked Li Ruhai: "Boy, what book are you reading?"
Li Ruhai laughed and said: "It's just a blind look, remember something."
When Zheng Xuekun heard this, he felt that the child was quite humble and looked like a good student, so he asked: "Has he gone to junior high school?"
"I have read it before." Li Ruhai replied: "I don't want to read it now."
"Huh?" As soon as Li Ruhai said this, Zheng Xuekun and Jin Xiaoshan were both startled. Zheng Xuekun had a problem with his eyesight, so he thought Li Ruhai looked like a good student. As for Jin Xiaoshan, he remembered that when he accompanied Zheng Donghai here a while ago,
My nephew is still in school. It has only been more than half a month. Why did he drop out of school?
Li Ruhai didn't let the two of them speculate, and said proudly: "I'm at work!"
"What?" Jin Xiaoshan raised his head and asked Jin Xiaomei: "Sister, when did it happen?"
Jin Xiaomei smiled and said: "Just a few days ago."
Although it was Jin Xiaomei who spoke, Jin Xiaoshan still couldn't believe how old Li Ruhai was. What could a child like him do at work? Besides, which company could hire him?
With this question in his mind, Jin Xiaoshan turned to Li Baoyu and asked again: "Baoyu, where does Ruhai do work?"
Li Baoyu lowered the corner of his mouth and said, "Just leave it to our forest farm."
"Forest farm." Jin Xiaoshan was even more surprised after hearing this. He turned back to Jin Xiaomei again and said, "Did my brother-in-law arrange it?"
Jin Xiaomei wanted to accept it casually, but Li Ruhai smiled beside her and said, "Third uncle, I found this job myself."
"I found it myself..." This time, not only Jin Xiaoshan, but also the father and son of the Zheng family who were watching the fun were shocked. Although the two of them had a household worth ten thousand yuan, in the eyes of many people, they were not as good as those compiled by Yongan Forestry Farm.
Returning workers.
This is not a joke, let’s put it this way, even if a regular employee of Yongan Forest Farm is disabled, as long as he is not as disabled as Zhang Laibao, if he wants to find a wife in these ten miles and eight villages, he will have to pick and choose.
Zheng Xuekun immediately concluded that a child was able to work in Yongan Forest Farm. He was as sure as he had just concluded that Wang Meilan was a widow.
While Jin Xiaoshan was surprised, he was also happy for his sister and nephew. At this time, he wanted to ask about the specific situation, but Zheng Xuekun hurriedly stopped him.
Li Ruhai is not his nephew. Even if he is the head of the scene, what does it have to do with Zheng Xuekun? If he has time to care about this, he might as well care about leopard skins.
Zheng Xuekun smiled at Li Ruhai and said, "Boy, you said it's called a leopard, is it because of the pattern on the leather?"
"That's right." Li Ruhai said expertly, "Don't the patterns look like the big money used by people in the past?"
Zheng Xuekun knew that people here like to call copper coins big money. But at this time, he felt that what Li Ruhai said was reasonable.
But how did he know that what Li Ruhai said was completely based on the explanation of Tang Long's nickname in "Water Margin".
Suddenly, Li Ruhai was slightly startled. He saw Zhao Jun on his side, pressing the first joint of his index finger with the thumb of his left hand, and then rubbed it twice quickly.
This action is similar to counting money, and is a matching action when people in the countryside talk about money.
How smart is this kid Li Ruhai? He understood what Zhao Jun meant instantly, and the kid was quick in writing. He turned to Zheng Xuekun and said: "Leopard, money, money, if you have it, you will have money."
"Yeah!" When Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai heard this, their eyes lit up. It's no wonder they are superstitious. From ancient times to the present, the person who receives the most incense is always the God of Wealth.
Li Ruhai raised his hand and gestured and said: "Who wants to buy this leopard skin, put it on a stool, and sit on it, then you..."
Although Li Ruhai said half of his words, he left a space for the Zheng family's father and son to imagine. At this time, the two men unanimously felt that the scene Li Ruhai just painted seemed to have been seen somewhere. It should be in a movie, and it was a domineering character.
Some shots.
The two men were stunned for a moment before Li Ruhai continued, "Do you know what this is called?"
Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai didn't react at all, but they subconsciously said in unison: "What is it called?"
Li Ruhai clapped his hands and said, "Just wait and wait to get rich!"
When he suddenly said this, both the Zheng family and his son were stunned, but they heard Li Ruhai explain: "When doing business, you are all about money, aren't you just waiting to get rich?"
"Oops!" Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai's eyes widened instantly, and their eyes were piercingly bright at this time.
Li Ruhai quietly looked at Zhao Jun and saw Zhao Jun clenching his fist in his left hand with his thumb slightly raised. Although it was vague, Li Ruhai could clearly see that he was praising himself.
Li Ruhai smiled proudly in his heart, closed his eyelids, narrowed his eyes slightly, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
After Zhao Jun silently praised Li Ruhai, he winked at Zhang Yuanmin. Zhang Yuanmin was stunned at first, then opened his mouth and silently said "ah".
Then, Zhang Yuanmin took out his cigarette case from his pocket, took out a few cigarettes and gave them to Jin Xiaoshan, Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai.
The father and son of the Zheng family took the cigarette without saying a word. Next to him, Jin Xiaoshan struck a match. Zheng Xuekun lit the cigarette. As soon as he took a puff of smoke, he heard Zhang Yuanmin say: "Oh, my father was also a good man back then."
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When Zheng Xuekun heard this, he immediately frowned and looked at Zhang Yuanmin, thinking to himself, why is this nagging your father again?
Zhang Yuanmin didn't care what Zheng Xuekun thought, and continued to talk to himself: "My father has been to the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains, and even fought against Wandahan."
With that said, Zhang Yuanmin pointed to the table behind Zhao Jun and said: "Brother, bring me my knife."
Zhang Yuanmin has been at Zhao Jun's house since he came back from the mountains today. When eating, he took out his pocket knife and put it on the table over there.
Now taking the knife from Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin showed it to the Zheng family and his son, and said: "This is the knife my father used to make cannonball leather, and the handle is made of Huandahan leather." p>
When Zheng Xuekun heard this, he looked at Zhang Yuanmin blankly and said, "This... we won't accept it."
"I didn't say sell it." Zhang Yuanmin felt a little unhappy. This knife was left by his father. Who said he wanted to sell it?
Zhang Yuanmin put the knife next to his leg, and then said to Zheng Xuekun: "My father has been wandering for so many years, and he has even looked at the big paw several times, but he has never seen a native leopard. Let's just say this thing is too little.
, there are even fewer that can be hunted, and the one who can give you the whole skin and put it here is my brother."
"Yes." Zheng Xuekun agreed: "This Siberian leopard, I have heard some old people here say it, but I have never heard of anyone hunting it."
"Then look." Zhang Yuanmin spread his hands and said: "This is just a piece of skin. If you want ten thousand, just ten thousand; if you want twenty thousand, then twenty thousand. No one else can say anything, because he doesn't have it.
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Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai nodded in unison. This leopard is indeed rare. It is called the Siberian leopard, and it must only be found in the Northeast. The two of them have been living in the Northeast for several years, but they have never seen leopard hair.<
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At this time, Zheng Xuekun turned to Wang Meilan and said, "Sister, please bring me the leopard skin and let me see it again."
"This..." Wang Meilan hesitated after hearing this! She stood there and looked at Zheng Xuekun with a troubled expression, struggling in her heart.
"Mom." Upon seeing this, Zhao Jun spoke quickly and said to Wang Meilan with a smile: "Bring it to Master Zheng to have a look. The leather doesn't look bad."
Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun and was speechless for two seconds. Just when everyone was surprised, Wang Meilan called Zhao Jun and said: "Son, come with me."
After saying that, Wang Meilan walked out the door, but when she left the west room, she did not go to the east room, but towards the door.
Zheng Xuekun saw this scene in his eyes. He withdrew his gaze and fell on the canvas bag in Zheng Donghai's arms.
At this time, Zheng Xuekun had an idea in his mind that this little money should be enough.
That's right, he's very lively.
Before coming to the Northeast, Zheng Xuekun also did business in Guanli for two years. The ups and downs of the business world in these years made Zheng Xuekun very alert.
Moreover, this old boy is dishonest and has many tricks, which can be seen from his purchase of bear bile.
But what Zheng Xuekun never expected was that in this small village, someone could convince him with just a few words.
At this time, outside Zhao Jun's house, under the window of the east room, Wang Meilan waved to Zhao Jun and said: "Son, come here."
"Oh my god." Zhao Jun took a few steps and came to Wang Meilan and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun and said with some urgency: "Our family is not short of money, otherwise we shouldn't sell the leopard skin."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned and didn't understand what kind of medicine Wang Meilan was selling in this gourd.
Wang Meilan added: "On the day we shot the leopard, I remembered that Baoyu, Jiechen, and your brother Zhang were all gone, and they belong to our four families. If we can't give them some money, our family bought the skin."
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"Ah?" Zhao Jun was a little confused and asked in a lowered voice: "Mom, why did you buy it?"
"Sit down." Wang Meilan stared at her eyes and whispered to Zhao Jun: "Why don't you say Ru Hai? Just sit back and wait to get rich."