Chapter 244 247 Money is hard to make and shit tastes bad
Author: Zhou Ji’s Nine-Life Sick Cat
After Li Xiangyang returned the trailer to an acquaintance at the station, he asked him to save two tickets for the Dongshi market next Sunday. He then went to the black market in the clothing factory to look around, and then went to Uncle Da's house through the back door.
Liu Da looked at him: "Didn't you accompany your girlfriend to the provincial capital? Why did you come back so soon?"
"I'll be back when I'm done!" Li Xiangyang sat down on the chair in front of the brazier and looked at Liu Dadao, "I've booked a ticket for Sunday. Do you want to drive to Yangcheng or take the train?"
Liu Da had a small courtyard in the provincial capital and bought a smuggled truck, which he parked in the provincial capital when he was not hauling goods.
"I'll take the train, and Biaozi and the others will drive." Liu Da looked at Li Xiangyang, "If your girlfriend doesn't go, I want you to help escort the car. The road has become increasingly uneven in the past two years."
"Xiaolan is going." Li Xiangyang asked, "Why is it so unfair on the road that even a veteran like you is afraid of it?"
Liu Da said angrily: "My last batch of goods was stopped by a dozen men before it entered Sichuan. Fortunately, we rushed over without slowing down. After the subsequent car slowed down, someone got on it and the goods were robbed.
Not to mention, people were also injured."
Li Xiangyang frowned: "These people are too courageous."
"Alas! It's hard to make money, and shit is hard to eat," Liu Da sighed. "A truckload of goods was robbed, and two others were seriously injured. Two years of hard work was in vain."
Li Xiangyang felt that the higher the profit, the greater the risk from running private goods. He was afraid of the white ones and guarded against the black ones. It was no different from doing it with your head on your back.
After sitting at Liu Da's house for a while, Li Xiangyang returned home.
After asking a few questions, Lao Li took the fishing rod and the pony to the river to fish.
Li Xiangyang took a shower, changed his clothes, and rode to Yucai Road.
The old lady saw him entering the yard and looked at him happily: "Dingbang brought back a hot pot table and said it was made by you. We cooked mutton pot last night. It's really good to eat it in the cold weather."
"Grandma, as long as you like it, I'll go see if the house is painted well?" Li Xiangyang saw that she didn't mention Xie Tian, so he didn't ask.
"Okay, let me leave the key here. He said you can just come back and find him." The old lady said, turned around and went into the house to get the key and handed it to him. "Look over here, I made some glutinous rice wine. You can bring some with you."
go back."
"Thank you, grandma." Li Xiangyang took the key and went to the opposite side, opened the door and entered the yard. The flowerbed in the yard had been laid out, and the back garden had also been repaired.
Li Xiangyang came back from the back garden. After thinking about it, he thought it would be interesting to bring Lin Lan and Xiaodouzi to see them together, so he turned around and closed the courtyard door and went to Yang Dingbang's house opposite.
The old lady came out with a net bag and handed it to him: "Give one can to your dad and one to Lin Lan."
Li Xiangyang took it and put the net bag on the trailer: "Grandma, did Dongzi say when to move?"
The old lady thought for a moment: "I heard they said they would move on Saturday."
"Okay, thank you grandma, I'm going back first." Li Xiangyang rode his bicycle towards the eucalyptus forest.
The days were short in winter, and when he arrived at the eucalyptus forest, Lin Lan and the others were about to close their stall. He said hello to Lin Lan and went to the pork stall.
Yang Zhigang happily waved to him when he saw him coming back: "Brother, I saw Sister Lin came back, and I thought you hadn't come back!"
Li Xiangyang tapped his forehead with his finger: "Ha'er, you'll know if you ask."
Yang Zhigang pouted: "There have been a lot of people buying meat in the past two days. I have been busy since I came here."
Li Xiangyang smiled and rubbed his head: "Thank you for your hard work. Tomorrow we will call Brother Yong and Brother Shui Qing to come to my house. Let's make hot pot and eat it."
In recent years, thanks to You Zhigang's help, otherwise he would have to work in the slaughterhouse and be busy with the stalls, and he would really have no ability to divide his time.
Yang Zhigang smiled and said: "Yeah! I heard from Qiaohui that the barbecue is delicious."
Li Xiangyang smiled and patted him: "It's not easy to have barbecue. Put a copper basin on it to make a hot pot, and put an iron plate on it to grill something."
Yang Zhigang nodded cheerfully: "We'll go after these busy days."
"Xiang Yang," Li Wu walked over with a smile, looked at him and said, "Do you have any news about the stall?"
Hou Gui also came over: "Xiang Yang, please help us find out."
"I heard..." Li Xiangyang told the two of them what he knew, and then said, "I think you two need to find someone to find out whether the things you sell can be sold at a stall?"
Brothers Li Wu and Hou Gui sold grain, salt, and bills. They didn't know how to control the grain, but salt and bills were sold in the market. If someone caught them, they would be in trouble.
When Hou Gui and Li Wu thought about it, they felt that it was true, and they felt worried: "Xiang Yang, if you didn't tell me, we really didn't expect it. We thought that food could be sold privately at a stall!"
Li Xiangyang thought for a moment: "You need to ask someone first, and I will also help you ask if individuals can sell grain?"
The two said gratefully: "Okay, thank you."
Li Xiangyang smiled and said: "We have been friends for so many years, but these things are foreign to us."
Li Wu looked at him and clicked his tongue, then turned to Hou Gui with a wink: "Do you remember, he wasn't so easy to talk to before. I think it's all thanks to Xiao Lin."
"My enemy," Hou Gui said with a bad smile, "men who are nourished by love are different. Look at his youthful face, he is full of spunk."
"Go away, you are so arrogant." Li Xiangyang smiled and kicked him on the butt, and then kicked Li Wu away.
Everyone burst out laughing when they saw Li Wu and Hou Gui running away in embarrassment.
When Lin Lan saw Li Wu, he remembered that there was not much rice at home, so he asked him to send two bags of rice, and asked Hou Gui to send a few bags of flour.
Zhou Xiaohong thought that she still had more than a dozen bags of flour at home that could not be used up, so she also said that she would give it to Lin Lan.
After putting away the stall, Lin Lan said to Li Xiangyang that he wanted to go to the east of the city to see how the containers were doing?
Li Xiangyang nodded and took her to the shop in the east of the city by bicycle.
When I opened the door, I saw that it was neatly packed inside, and the square boxes containing various ingredients had all been brushed with tung oil. The original wood patterns were bright and very nice to look at.
The shelves on both sides have also been painted and arranged neatly. The shelves and containers are also padded with thin, broken bricks.
The two looked at the front and then went to the warehouse in the backyard. The shelves in the warehouse had also been painted with tung oil, and they were all lined with bricks. Two backs of bamboo shavings were left for Lin Lan to use for fire.
Li Xiangyang nodded and said: "The Li brothers are good at carpentry work and are very careful. I will hire them for work in the future."
Lin Lan was also very satisfied: "Yeah! Have you shown them the drawings from that day?"
"Carpenter Li said he would think it over carefully and then reply to me when he is sure."
"Okay, let's go back. The things are still in the eucalyptus forest!"
"Xiaolan," Li Xiangyang raised his hand and held Lin Lan's hand, leaned forward, trapped her against the wall, bent slightly, looked at her deeply, lowered his head and kissed her deeply.
After a while, Lin Lan panted and pushed his chest away: "I'm back, Liying is still waiting!"
Li Xiangyang looked at her red lips, lowered his head and pecked her, "Okay!"