Kevin was a little undecided, so he took advantage of Village Chief Fan to take Uncle Paul and others to visit the house and secretly called his uncle.
Zhang Hao heard about this and rushed over immediately.
"Uncle Paul, Aunt Anna, my uncle is here." Kevin then pointed at Kelly and introduced: "Uncle, this is my girlfriend Kelly."
As for Oscar, he ate so much at noon that he had difficulty walking and didn’t want to go out at all.
"Jack, long time no see!"
Paul and his wife said hello.
Jack is Zhang Hao’s English name.
We had met several times at the second sister's house before, so they were not strangers.
"Hello, Uncle!"
Kelly took the initiative to say hello.
Zhang Hao nodded, very satisfied with this title.
Village Chief Fan was a little curious: "I said Boss Zhang, why are you here?"
"Uncle Fan, please still call me Lao Zhang. Don't let this guy Kevin take advantage of me."
"Okay, Lao Zhang, Mr. Paul wants to rent our house, do you have any objection?"
"No objection, of course no objection. Uncle Fan, your home is definitely the safest place in our Shawei Village. It would be best for Paul and the others to live here."
"As long as you agree..."
"I haven't finished speaking yet!" Zhang Hao then changed the subject: "I know Uncle Fan that you are not short of this little money, but the rules are the rules, and the rent still has to be collected."
"That's okay. Water and electricity are included. It's five hundred yuan a month. I'll charge you the cost price."
Village Chief Fan collected a small amount of rent symbolically.
"Paul, what do you think?"
Zhang Hao turned to look at the couple.
Naturally, Paul would not refuse. In fact, more money or less money is a trivial matter. The key is that he is not familiar with this place, and what he is most concerned about is safety.
Village Chief Fan made a phone call and called his little son over. On the one hand, he wanted to sign a rental cooperation, and on the other hand, he also wanted to introduce his son to the other party.
Lao Zhang is definitely more powerful than imagined.
He has already asked someone to find out. Boss Zhang is not only worth tens of billions, but also has a close relationship with Mayor He. There are definitely many benefits to having a good relationship with him.
……
After signing the lease contract, Paul took the opportunity to inquire with the other party about where he could buy food.
Village Chief Fan was very enthusiastic and led everyone directly to the courtyard of a farmhouse in the village. The door of the courtyard was open and there seemed to be many people inside.
Village Chief Fan immediately introduced: "This is a small market run by our village. Many shops outside are closed and express delivery has stopped. I want to buy some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and so on, but I can't find a place."
"Where did the things here come from?"
Zhang Hao asked curiously.
"Some of them bought goods from outside to sell, and there are also some extra things at home that I want to take advantage of to get rid of. Wasn't there a rush to buy before? Everyone bought a lot of unnecessary things."
"Are there many people selling grain?"
"It's not a lot, but as long as you are willing to spend money, you can buy more food."
"What's the price of rice now?"
Zhang Hao asked immediately.
"General rice seems to be almost 80 years old. Grain prices have generally risen a lot in the past two days."
Village Chief Fan smiled happily.
Their family has stocked tens of thousands of kilograms of rice in total, and in less than a month, they have made seven or eight times the price difference. They are simply making money while lying down.
If there weren't too many people in the family and there was no shortage of money, he would take the opportunity to sell part of it.
Zhang Hao nodded, this price is actually not bad. By next year, the black market price is expected to increase several times, and the quantity is limited.
When Paul and his wife saw a food seller, they immediately ran to the stall and asked impatiently:
"Boss, do you have any flour here?"
Looking at the foreigner in front of him, the stall owner immediately beamed with joy: "Of course, how much do you want?"
"We want to buy 1,000 kilograms."
"Two thousand catties?"
"That's right, how much is it."
Paul asked quickly.
"The quantity you want is a bit large. I don't want to buy the flour I have. I need to buy it from other places. What's the price..."
"Ah Sheng, this is one of our own, don't price too much." Uncle Fan quickly reminded.
"Uncle Fan, you told me earlier!" The stall owner scratched his head, "Then just one hundred and two, and I will earn some travel expenses from your order."
"Isn't it still eighty yesterday?"
Village Chief Fan was immediately unhappy.
"Uncle, I really didn't quote randomly. Yesterday was yesterday, today is today, the situation is different."
The stall owner couldn't help but call him Qu Dao.
Zhang Hao couldn't help but be a little curious: "Boss, tell me, why are you doing something different today?"
"Haven't you heard?"
The stall owner asked in a low voice.
"If you fart, hurry up and stop being so nagging."
Village Chief Fan immediately waved his hand impatiently.
The stall owner smiled coquettishly and quickly explained: "It was spread in the city this morning that the higher-ups are planning to reopen supply and marketing cooperatives in various regions. From now on, people will have to rely on food stamps to buy food. Do you think we can avoid raising the price?"
"Supply and marketing cooperative? Food stamps?"
Village Chief Fan fell into memories for a moment.
Due to the federal civil war, productivity dropped sharply. In order to ensure the supply of various materials, the government implemented a rationing system for nearly two decades.
It wasn't until he was in junior high school that this thing completely faded out of people's sight. It's only been half a century since now.
Zhang Hao was a little surprised. If he remembered correctly, the supply and marketing cooperative should only appear in March next year, and then quickly spread to the entire federation.
Why is it suddenly advanced?
Although Paul and others have not experienced that era, they have at least taken history classes and know the meaning behind supply and marketing cooperatives and food stamps.
The couple suddenly became anxious.
"Boss, the price is okay, can you help us buy more food?"
The stall owner hesitated: "No matter how much it is, I can't guarantee it, and the price will definitely not be this price. You'd better be mentally prepared."
"The price is negotiable, please."
Paul said without hesitation.
"Ah Sheng, this is Boss Zhang. There's no shortage of money, so don't worry. If they don't want it, I'll take it over at the original price and I guarantee you won't suffer a loss."
Village Chief Fan promised on the spot.
The stall owner immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, then I'm relieved. It's not that I can't trust you, but the price of food has fluctuated too much recently. If you are not careful, you will get hit by it, so you have to be careful."
Paul was very happy and paid 100,000 yuan as a deposit. This money was transferred to them by Alice before she left. A total of 2 million yuan was transferred.
This is the salary of my daughter Kelly for two years.
Next, the group purchased some daily necessities, and finally returned home with a full load.
On the way back, Zhang Hao called his nephew aside: "We have a lot of doomsday cans stored in our yard. You can move twenty boxes to your father-in-law later. Think of it as a housewarming gift from me to them."<
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"Thank you, uncle." Kevin was immediately overjoyed.
"Kelly is a good kid. Work hard and try to marry someone into your family as soon as possible."
Zhang Hao patted the other party's shoulder.
"Uncle, Kelly is four or five years younger than you. Isn't it inappropriate for you to call someone a child?"