The steward pretended to count the sacks behind Lingchuan again, then patted his head and said, "It is indeed 27 sacks. I was right just now."
Lingchuan immediately answered: "Normally, with so many goods, it would be easy for me to count them incorrectly."
After listening to Lingchuan's words, the steward smiled with a smile, and then pressed the calculator in his hand with a numb click.
"A bag weighs 50 kilograms. If you multiply 27 by 50, it equals 1,350 kilograms. One kilogram is 1 yuan and 5 yuan, and the total is 2,025 yuan."
Lingchuan happily took out the money from his bag and paid the bill. The steward took the money, issued two receipts and a bill of lading and handed them to him.
"Okay, the goods have been taken care of. You guys are busy. I'll get off work first."
"You walk slowly."
After watching the manager leave, Lingchuan turned around and told Deng Wenbin to follow Shi Xiu outside to find the truck carrying the goods, while he and Ling Jiang guarded the goods.
"Kawako, you still have the brains to get back the shortfall without any effort."
Hearing his eldest brother's praise, Lingchuan was about to speak when something suddenly occurred to him.
He quickly took out the receipt and bill of lading from his pocket and found that in the column with the number of items, it read 27 bags.
As far as he knew, for a large formal factory like this, strict inspections were carried out before goods were shipped out of the factory.
Although the person in charge counted 27 bags of money for him, there were a total of 30 sacks behind him. Once the guard checked out the wrong number when he went out later, they would not be able to explain why.
"Kawako, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Seeing that something was wrong with his expression, Ling Jiang asked quickly.
Lingchuan was just thinking of a plan in his mind and didn't answer for a while. He just handed the receipt and bill of lading to the other party casually.
Ling Jiang looked over and over for a long time, but didn't see anything wrong.
"That's no problem, 27 bags, 75 yuan per bag, total 2025 yuan."
"Brother, we actually have 30 bags of goods here."
Ling Jiang was not a fool. After being reminded by his younger brother, he immediately understood.
Although the number of kilograms is correct, the number of pieces is not correct. There are three extra bags. If someone counts them out when they leave the factory, they may be charged with theft.
Ling Jiang was anxious for a moment, "Kuanzi, what should we do? How about we go talk to the manager?"
Lingchuan shook his head, "Everyone else is gone, and even if we find him, it's useless. If he kills us because he secretly hid the goods, we will only be the ones who suffer."
Only then did Ling Jiang realize that they had been tricked by the steward.
Lingchuan glanced at the sacks behind him, then looked at the other people around him, and he quickly had an idea in his mind.
"Brother, let's unseal all the sacks."
"It's sealed well. What are you going to do to untie it? It will be very troublesome to carry it on the road."
Although Ling Jiang complained in confusion, he followed Ling Chuan's instructions and began to untie the cotton rope at the mouth of the sack.
With the sound of "ta da da da" being taken out, a sack was untied. Ling Jiang's eyes lit up when he looked at the soft and comfortable woolen hat with fine stitches inside.
"Kawako, don't blame the higher price. This product is really good. Take a look."
Lingchuan also opened a sack at this time. The goods inside were the same as Ling Jiang's sack, they were all woolen hats, but the color and style were different.
But the stuff is good, soft and smooth to the touch, and not irritating at all.
The stone in Lingchuan's heart dropped slightly, and he immediately called to Ling Jiang, "Brother, go ahead and open all the sacks."
Although Ling Jiang was confused, he didn't ask any more questions and started working quickly.
The vendors next door didn't understand the brother's intention and came over curiously, "Why did you remove the seal? Don't you have to seal it again?"
Lingchuan explained with a smile, "I want to see what kind of goods I got so that I can make plans. By the way, brother, do you want to exchange goods with us?"
"Exchange? How to exchange?"
"That's right, I have a lot of hats here. I want to trade the hats with you for something else."
The vendor hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to change it. It will be troublesome for you to dismantle it on the way, and it might get damp and moldy."
Lingchuan opened his mouth and wanted to give some advice, but an old man about 50 years old on the other side came over.
"Young man, I'll trade with you."
Hearing that someone was willing to exchange goods, Lingchuan naturally wished for it.
"Uncle, which items do you have more of?"
"Probably gloves, and probably a lot of scarves."
As he said that, the little old man pointed to the sacks containing hats that Lingchuan had opened, "How about I take two bags of gloves and one bag of scarves in exchange for your three bags of hats?"
"Okay."
The two sides exchanged quickly.
Others saw it and joined in.
Although the items everyone is buying are just three items: gloves, scarves, and hats, the styles, patterns, and colors are all different.
Just like scarves, some are plain, some are striped, and some are checkered. The stitching methods are also different, including thick needles and thin needles, braid stitches, mesh stitches, diamond-shaped flower stitches, etc.
More and more people are exchanging goods. Some exchange half a bag of striped scarves for Lingchuan's half bag of plain scarves, and some exchange a hundred woolen hats with thick needles for Lingchuan's hundred hats with fine needles.
Taking advantage of the gap between goods exchange, Lingchuan took the opportunity to disassemble and assemble 30 sacks of goods into 27 bags.
After the others exchanged goods and returned to their respective areas, the little old man who was the first to exchange goods with Lingchuan smiled and gave him a thumbs up, "Young man, you have a good mind."
Seeing that the other party saw his little move, Lingchuan simply didn't hide it.
"We have no choice. We have come all the way here to earn some hard-earned money, so we have to be careful about our budget."
"Who says it isn't?"
Seeing the helplessness and emotion on the little old man's face, Lingchuan suddenly realized something, "Uncle, you already knew that the weight of these goods was not enough?"
The little old man snorted mockingly, "Everyone is in this business, and you can tell at a glance whether the quantity is correct. Look at the people around you, at least half of them know that there is something fishy about this batch of goods."
Seeing the surprised expressions on Ling Chuan and Ling Jiang's faces, the little old man continued: "You must be wondering why everyone didn't expose it, right? The steward in charge of the settlement is a relative of the deputy director. If he is offended, this financial path will be cut off.
For the sake of the long-term plan, everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb. It is better to earn less than to cut off one's own financial resources."
After saying that, the little old man asked Lingchuan again, "You just joined this industry, right? In fact, not only this factory does this, but many factories around it do this. There is a saying, the world is as dark as crows."
Seeing that the little old man was a real person, Lingchuan wanted to make friends with him, so he briefly introduced his situation to him truthfully.
"Uncle, I have been in business for a short time and have insufficient experience. I would like to ask you to give me more advice in the future."