Sheng Xiping glanced at the wall over there, where it was written that the purchase price of pine nuts was 35 cents.
One good thing about these years is that prices are very stable and there is no random price increase for anything.
After each price adjustment, there will basically be no fluctuations for ten to eight years.
If this is put aside for twenty or thirty years, if nothing else, just pine nuts.
During the big harvest years, the price of pine nuts drops dramatically.
If there is a year when there are fewer pine nuts, the price will skyrocket.
This won't happen now. Regardless of the small harvest of pine nuts this year, the price at the purchasing station is still 35 cents. That's it, it's up to you whether you want to sell or not.
"Okay, let's go pick up the rest and weigh them together."
Sheng Xiping winked at Pan Fusheng and asked him to watch here.
The rest of the people went out and carried the remaining sacks over one at a time.
All the pine nuts were carried to the purchasing station, where the staff began weighing and accounting.
The sacks have the marks of each company, so there is no need to worry about confusion.
So after they were weighed one by one, they did a lot of calculations on the other side, calculated the money, and issued an invoice to pay Sheng Xiping and the others.
In the beginning, we worked together to break down pine cones. Each family shared the pine cones equally and then went home to process them themselves.
Ordinarily, there should be little difference between each family.
But don’t forget, you have to keep some to eat at home during the New Year, and some to give to relatives.
Just like the Sheng family, they were spread out a lot.
So Sheng Xiping only brought a little over 400 kilograms this time, 35 cents per kilogram, and sold it for nearly 150 yuan.
Like Chen Weiguo, who kept less for himself, but sold it for ten yuan more than Sheng Xiping. This is normal.
After the pine nuts were sold out and the money was received, several people were very happy.
In less than half a month, I earned 140 to 50 yuan, which is more than several months' salary. Who wouldn't be happy?
"Come on, let's go to the street. I have some things to do."
Sheng Xiping put the money in his pocket, dragged a few buddies, and walked out of the buying station together.
"Huh? That's not right, Brother Xiping.
Didn’t we also bring a black blind man and a lynx skin with us? Why don’t you take them out and sell them together?”
It wasn't until everyone walked out of the purchasing station that Zhang Zhijun remembered and quickly reminded Sheng Xiping.
"Jun, did you see the price list on the wall of this purchasing station just now?
Did you see that it says "harvest bear bile and lynx skins"?" Sheng Xiping shook his head and smiled.
"This place is just a small shopping center. We collect cheap items but not too expensive items."
This place is actually very remote, it just shares a little bit of glory with the Sente Railway Station.
People who came down from the forest farms in the ditch were too lazy to go anywhere else if they were carrying heavy mountain products, so they went to this buying station to sell.
Sheng Xiping has been here twice. He has read the purchase price list on the wall several times. There are only ordinary mountain products, medicinal materials, scrap copper, scrap iron, etc. on it.
Things like bear bile, deer antlers, and old mountain ginseng cannot be sold here. They have to go to the purchasing department of Songjianghe Medicinal Materials Company.
As for the skins of various animals, they have to go to the purchasing station of Songjianghe Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
The main reason is that these things are too expensive and of different quality, so you have to be an experienced connoisseur to identify the pricing.
Sentie's purchasing center is too small and doesn't have that kind of capable people, so it can only collect low-priced items.
When Sheng Xiping said this, others understood.
What else could they say? They quickly went to the street to sell bear bile and lynx skins, and they could go back with the internal combustion engine in the afternoon.
Sheng Xiping and others set off from Maekawa at 7:30 in the morning. It was almost 10 o'clock when they arrived at the Mori Railway Station, and they were delayed for a while at the acquisition station.
By the time they arrived at the central tower, it was almost eleven o'clock.
Sheng Xiping said, let's find a restaurant to have something to eat. We can't go hungry no matter what.
The central tower is actually the center of the Forestry Bureau. It is surrounded by the third floor of the Bureau, Forestry Bureau stores, etc., and naturally there is also a Forestry Bureau hotel.
Everyone just sold out the pine nuts, and they all have money in their pockets, so they can afford this meal.
So I went to a forestry bureau restaurant and ordered four dishes, plus four taels of rice and two flower rolls per person.
People of this age are really good at eating, especially people like Sheng Xiping, who are all in their twenties, always work hard and have a big appetite.
Sheng Xiping ate quickly. After finishing the meal, he asked Wang Jianshe and others to wait at the door of the Forestry Bureau store.
"Secretary Wang asked me to deliver a copy of Black Blind Man's Boleng Gaier to Secretary Zhao of the bureau. Well, I'll go to Secretary Zhao's house first, and then we'll go sell Black Blind Man's courage together."
The five of them couldn't go to Secretary Zhao's house together. If they didn't know, they might have thought what was going on.
So Sheng Xiping asked others to wait nearby while he walked all the way to the north of the central tower.
Secretary Zhao's house is an inconspicuous bungalow on the north side of the Central Tower, halfway toward Hongqi Street.
Sheng Xiping had the address given by Wang Jiachuan, and after asking around, he finally found the Zhao family in the alley.
"Is Secretary Zhao at home?" Sheng Xiping stood at the door and shouted into the yard.
It was during lunch time when someone in the house heard a noise and a tall young man came out.
"Are you looking for my dad?"
The other party glanced at Sheng Xiping. He looked unfamiliar. He must have never seen him before, so he asked tentatively.
"Oh, I'm from Qianchuan Forestry Farm. Wang Jiachuan, secretary of our forestry farm, asked me to bring something to Secretary Zhao."
Sheng Xiping recognized the man in front of him as Zhao Guangning, the eldest son of Secretary Zhao's family, who drove a jeep in the bureau.
In a previous life, Sheng Xiping and Zhao Guangning knew each other and they did business together. He was a good person.
People often come to the Zhao family, so Zhao Guangning is probably used to it, so he nodded.
"Come in, you're here by chance. My dad has just come home and is sitting down to eat."
As he spoke, he let Sheng Xiping into the house.
The Zhao family also has a two-and-a-half-room public house, which looks quite old.
The house is quite short. For Sheng Xiping and Zhao Guangning, their heads almost hit the ceiling.
"Dad, a comrade from Qianchuan Forestry Farm came to you and said that Uncle Wang entrusted him with something to send you."
Zhao Guangning went into the house first and spoke to his father.
"Hey, are they sent by Jiachuan? Come on, come inside and sit down.
Have you eaten yet? Sit down and eat something together. My dear, hurry up and get some bowls and chopsticks."
The Zhao family was having dinner. When Zhao Yongsheng saw Sheng Xiping come in, he smiled and asked Sheng Xiping to sit down and eat, regardless of whether he knew him or not.
"Secretary Zhao, I just ate at our hotel."
Sheng Xiping quickly refused. It was the first time he came to the door. How could anyone come directly to eat?
Logically speaking, it would be difficult to come to someone's house during dinner time, but Sheng Xiping had no other choice.
Wang Jiachuan had warned him not to go to work to find Zhao Yongsheng. It was best to go to home. That would only be at noon or in the evening when Zhao Yongsheng was at home after get off work.
Sheng Xiping and the others were going back to the forest farm in the afternoon. How could they not come at noon?
We have eaten at this hour, Zhao Yongsheng must be at home.