Chapter 223 County Native Products and Fruit Company
Author: Shenwa
Chapter 223 County Native Products and Fruit Company
I got on the bus at 7:30 in the morning and arrived at the county seat after 10 o'clock.
Today's county town is not full of buildings like those of later generations. In Sheng Xiping's eyes, they are all dilapidated bungalows that are gray and gray.
But in other people's eyes, it's pretty good, very prosperous, and it's a county town after all, hundreds of times the size of Qianchuan Forestry Farm.
"Xiping, we have never been to the county town, do you know where to go?"
When they got off the bus, everyone was confused. In such a big place, where should they go to find the purchasing station?
"What is that under the nose? What is it used for? Is it just for eating and breathing?"
Sheng Xiping snorted, walked forward, and found an old man about fifty years old.
"Hello, uncle, I would like to ask you, how to get to the purchasing station of the supply and marketing cooperative in our county?" Sheng Xiping politely asked the old man for directions.
When the old man took a look at Sheng Xiping, he looked quite upright and had a polite smile on his face.
The old man was quite satisfied and nodded.
"Are you from the ditch? Are you looking for a buying station to sell mountain products? Our place is called a local product and fruit company, and we collect everything. Let's go, uncle, take you there."
Most people from the Northeast came here from Guandong. Mandarin has not been vigorously promoted in these years, so many people have the accent of their hometown.
So even though they are all from the Northeast, the accents in the county and in the valleys can really be heard to be different.
"Oh, that's great, thank you sir."
I have come to the county town frequently in my previous life, but when did that happen?
In the 1990s, many buildings were built in the county, but they were all bungalows now. Where can I find a purchase station?
No, this one in the county was called the Native Fruit Company. It disappeared later and Sheng Xiping had never heard of it.
The old man waved his hand and led the way, followed by Sheng Xiping and others.
Exit the passenger terminal and walk eastward for a while, then turn south and walk forward for a while, and you're there.
"Over there, did you see it? That sign says department store. The door next to the department store is the place you are looking for."
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the old man and saw a two-story building opposite, with a sign hanging at the front door: Fusong Department Store, Fusong Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
The ones in each township are called supply and marketing cooperatives, and those in the county are called general supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores.
This should be considered one of the few two-story buildings in the county, and it looks quite impressive.
Next to the department store, there is a row of bungalows with a sign saying, Local Products and Fruit Company.
Sheng Xiping took a look and realized that this place had not changed much. It was just the location of a department store.
"Oh, thank you, uncle, for asking you to take the trouble to come all the way to send us here." Sheng Xiping hurriedly thanked the old man.
The old man waved his hands, turned around and left. Sheng Xiping and the others then walked towards the opposite side.
"Jianshe, you lead Zhijun, Fusheng, you two don't go in, watch from the outside for us."
Sheng Xiping's heart moved and he suddenly spoke, arranging for Wang Jianshe to take Zhang Zhijun and Pan Fusheng to wait outside the acquisition station without going in.
When Wang Jianshe heard this, he immediately understood, nodded, and led Zhang Zhijun and the others to the alley opposite the main entrance of the acquisition station, and stood in the alley looking at the acquisition station.
Here, Sheng Xiping, Gao Haining, and Chen Weiguo carried their bags and entered the purchasing station, no, souvenir company.
The inside is actually similar to the Songjianghe Purchasing Station, with several sections of counters, staff standing inside the counters, and all kinds of mountain products sold outside the counters.
At the beginning of spring, there are fewer people selling wild products, but when winter first comes, there are a lot of people.
Usually there are many hunters who come here at this time, and most of what they bring are various kinds of skins.
One of them brought a lot of Yuanpi.
The so-called yuan skin is actually weasel skin.
When we broke into Guandong, except for some people who worked for local landlords, most people went into the mountains and forests to make a living.
These people go to the mountains to collect ginseng, cut down trees and dig for gold, which are the so-called ginseng gang, wood gang and gold gang.
There are many taboos in these professions, especially taboos about talking about being dirty. If you are talking about being dirty, it means you are not successful and it is a bad sign.
Therefore, no one calls Huangpizi Huangpizi, but Yuanpi. This is how the rules have been passed down, so in the leather goods trade, they have always been called Yuanpi.
Weasels are plentiful and easy to hunt. You can catch them with a trap or a pair of traps.
Moreover, the skin is not big, so the price of this Yuan skin is not high. One Yuan skin only costs eleven or two yuan.
But the man brought a lot of skins with him. The staff counted them and found more than thirty skins.
Someone over there made an abacus, calculated the quantity and issued a ticket, and then that person took the ticket and went to collect the money.
"Xiping, it turns out that yellow skin is so valuable? It only costs about ten yuan a piece. We don't have this kind of thing in the mountains."
Gao Haining looked at the other party receiving a stack of money and was filled with envy, so he whispered to Sheng Xiping.
No matter what age or month, money is very important. A penny can stump a hero. If you have money, you can travel in the world, but if you don't have money, you can't move forward.
It is difficult for a rich man to be a man without money.
Life in the Gao family is okay, but who cares about the lack of money?
"Don't give me the zither. You dare to think about anything, right? That yellow guy can play it casually, too?"
Sheng Xiping rolled his eyes at Gao Haining. This fool was also worried and had a single mind.
"Although we are not allowed to pay attention to those things now, you have forgotten what the elders said?"
"What? Are you talking about the Huang family and the Hu family? Well, aren't they all superstitious? I don't care about that now." Gao Haining said nonchalantly.
"I only remember what my master said: You will not make a fortune by being a yellow man.
No matter how much money you earn from being a pimp, something will always go wrong at home. If you can't save the money, you have to spend it." Sheng Xiping glanced at Gao Haining and said seriously.
"Haining, we can make a lot of money by working with the agricultural team and the forestry team for a year, plus running mountains and doing side jobs. That's about right. Don't be too greedy.
There are some things that you can't mess with, but don't mess with them."
Sheng Xiping didn't know if Gao Haining could listen to these words, but as a friend and a good brother, what should be said must be said.
"Yes, Haining, don't just look at how much money someone gets, it's useless.
No one goes to live in other people's homes. We don't know what they are like, so we just keep our own place and live our lives well."
Chen Weiguo also whispered advice.
"Now we hunt with Xiping, and we hunt a lot, which is pretty good.
Besides, what’s the point of competing with those little things? If we have time, let’s find a big guy to knock them over, how fun would that be?”
Gao Haining's temperament is a bit careless, saying that the wind is just like the rain.
In fact, he was envious when he saw someone selling it for so much money, so he took action.
At this time, after Sheng Xiping and Chen Weiguo analyzed the pros and cons, he gave up the idea.
"Hey, I was just joking, but you two took it seriously.
Don't worry, I'll listen to you and don't mess with those little things." Gao Haining scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a smile.