After Baifanyu left, Lardboy and a few of his men packed small bags and picked up a dozen gift boxes from the car.
After sending it to the dry goods store, the three boys actually went to the trunk of the car and carried it again, carrying seven or eight boxes, and the boxes came out.
Lardboy smiled and said to Chu Qianqian, "Master Chu, here are the tea, bird's nest, ginseng, four boxes of cigars, two boxes of red wine, and two boxes of whiskey that Brother Luo and his sister-in-law asked me to get.
Plus some isinglass, donkey-hide gelatin, four boxes of small cigars, and two boxes of Latour red wine that I sent someone to buy."
Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but smacked his tongue, secretly thinking that Lei Luo and Lard Boy were really willing to give up.
But then I thought about it, maybe these things were given to them by others.
Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian is not a ungrateful person. When someone gives you something, don’t worry about how they got it. Remember the favor.
He thanked Lardboy and said, "Brother, wait while I get off. I'll bring some deer antlers, jujubes and chestnuts from the north, and Beijing white pears that are unique to the capital, and bring them to Brother Luo and my sister-in-law. p>
By the way, you can also go back and give some to your wife and children to try."
Lard Boy was overjoyed. He was used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, and was not really interested in deer antlers.
But the Jingbai pear, which is unique to the capital, is not of general interest.
"Bring more, I have a lot of women over there, even a hundred pounds of Jingbai pears is not too much."
"You think I run a fruit stall?" Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes, but in fact, there are more than 1,300 kilograms of Jingbai pears and jujubes in the warehouse, and more than 2,500 kilograms of chestnuts.
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But once there is too much of something, it becomes worthless.
Of course, Jingbai pears themselves are not valuable, but what is shipped from the capital is a treasured fruit for southerners.
Not to mention that Jingbai pear has such a great reputation, it’s not just a boast.
It was a tribute back then.
Looking at the lard boy, he said, "That thing only matures in September. It is not easy to store it now, let alone transport it from the north. My wife specially airlifted it to Guangdong Province, so I only have two boxes. I’ll give you one box and you and Brother Luo can share it. If there’s more, you’ll have to wait.”
Now Lard Boy feels more and more that it is a good thing.
It's just that this guy believes that if you have money, there is nothing you can't buy, so he rolled his eyes and planned to try one first.
If it's so delicious, I don't believe you can't buy it for three to five hundred yuan a box.
Just then I thought about it, if two boxes are shipped by air, the ticket price will be hundreds or even thousands more.
This is a real deal. All food is shipped by air, and it seems that those with special codes shouldn’t have to pay for air tickets.
Although the Jingbai pears from Xinshou Village are not abnormal in size, they are round and plump, making them appetizing.
When Chu Qianqian moved a 10-pound box out, Lardboy took a look, grabbed one, wiped it on his suit, took a bite, and suddenly the sweet pear juice exploded in his mouth.
He gave Chu Qian a thumbs up, gave three to his subordinates, and finished one in seven or eight bites.
He stretched out his hand and wiped it on his suit, and asked hurriedly, "Master Chu, for a thousand yuan per box, how about you help me get a dozen or twenty boxes to be airlifted over?"
Chu Xiangqian was naturally willing to sell it, but he persuaded him, "In September or October, this thing only costs a few cents per pound. Even during the Chinese New Year, it only costs a few dollars per pound in the capital.
There is no need to spend dozens of times the price just for the sake of tongue."
Lardboy shook his head indifferently, "Master Chu, the best bird's nests in Nanyang production areas only cost tens of dollars per catty, but in Hong Kong Island they cost hundreds.
You can’t even buy blood swallows for hundreds of dollars.
There are also cigars. The most authentic ones in Cuba only cost a few dollars a box here, but in the United States, they cost tens or hundreds.
The thing about food and drink is that the less you can eat, the more expensive it is. Can you please help me and get me twenty boxes?"
Chu shrugged forward. He said so much just because he didn’t want Jing Baili to make Zhu Luzai and Lei Luo feel that he was cheating them.
Now that the words had come to this point, Lardboy not only wanted it more and more, he also took out a dozen bills from his pocket, counted out 20,000, and gave it to himself.
Then it makes no sense for me not to make any money.
Taking the money, he said, "I'll send you 30 boxes, but don't say it was me. It's almost March now, and there is a shortage of Jingbai pears in the capital.
If someone asks me for it again, it’s a good thing if they can get it, but it would be a shame if they can’t.”
"I understand, I understand," Lardboy agreed hurriedly, "I just said I bought it from a sailor."
Chu Xiangqian secretly thought that Lard Boy was smart, and said with a smile, "Then I will send a telegram tomorrow. If it's quick, it will be shipped here in three to five days. If the tiger meat is also obtained, I will call you and you will send a truck.
The truck is coming."
After finishing speaking, he pointed to his Mercedes-Benz sedan and said, "Everything about this car is good, except that the trunk can't hold many things."
Lardboy looked over and nodded, then rolled his eyes and said, "That's easy, I'll have someone buy you an SUV, or a large-displacement pickup truck from an American guy."
Chu Xiangqian was excited when he arrived. Normally, a car would be more comfortable to drive, but in the future, it would be unsafe to use a car when transporting tigers or something like that.
After thinking about it, "Help me get a Ford F100 that was launched in 1957. By the way, tell the manufacturer to help me find someone to install a push-pull cover on the rear body.
To avoid being seen transporting tigers, sika deer, etc."
Lardboy nodded hurriedly, and then asked again and again what the added cover looked like. Then he took the people and moved a box of Beijing white pears, four fresh deer antlers, 50 kilograms of jujubes, and 50 kilograms of chestnuts.
Went directly to Lei Luo's house.
Lei Luo was naturally very happy for Chu Xiangqian's return gift.
Bai Yuechang is not interested in deer antlers with blood stains on them, but she is very fond of jujubes and Jingbai pears.
I asked the servant to wash a few out, and after peeling them for Lei Luo, I also peeled the pears and tasted them, and my eyes lit up.
"Aluo, this Jingbai pear is indeed a tribute to the royal family in the Ming Dynasty."
Lei Luo nodded while eating, "It is indeed much more delicious than other pears."
Then he smiled and said to Lard Boy, "You are really willing to give up. A Chudu said, wait until September and October to eat whatever you want. It is really a waste for you to pay dozens of times the price to buy it."
Little did Lardboy know what Lei Luo was thinking. He himself was indeed not extravagant, but his wife liked it and he would be willing to give it up no matter how expensive it was.
"I didn't think that my sister-in-law had never eaten it, so I asked Mr. Chu to get some and give it to relatives and friends to try."
Lei Luo smiled and pointed at Lard Boy. Although he knew it was flattery, it made people feel comfortable listening to it.
Then he said, "There are actually many good things in the mainland. Not to mention others, Taishan's 2-pound flat peaches, hanging green lychees, Xianju's Dongkui Yangmei, and Yangshan's peaches. Even I have only heard of them, but have not been able to eat them.
Passed."
"That's easy to handle," said Lardboy hurriedly, "Master Chu said that he has to go back to the mainland to discuss the supply of sika deer, tigers and other things.
Ask him for help, don't say too much, just ten or eight pounds should be fine."
Lei Luo shook his head, "It's only less than March now, so it's impossible to find it."
"That's not necessarily true," Lardboy said after thinking about it. "This Jingbai pear was launched in September or October. The fact that it is still preserved so well shows that the mainland has already had mature preservation methods.
Besides, it doesn’t cost anything just to try it.”
Lei Luo glanced at Bai Yuechang and saw that although there was no expression on her face, there was a bit of expectation in her eyes.
He couldn't help but nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to A Chu myself when he invites guests to the tiger feast."
The next day, Chu Xiangqian accompanied Master Shi Niang, Gong Er, Yi Yian Tian and Lao Jiang early in the morning to apply for documents to return to the mainland.
Later, seeing that Gong Er was in a good mood and looking good, he took everyone to eat roast goose. He also bought a lot of gifts and easy-to-keep food, and mailed them back to the capital together with most of the luggage to avoid them having to carry a lot of luggage.
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Then I called Qian Guotai to confirm the itinerary and the person to receive. After a busy day, I finally got these trivial things done.
The masters who saw this felt a little sad for him.
Chu Qianqian hurriedly waved his hands. Since he accepted someone as his master, his master, his wife, and others really cared about him, and they taught him kung fu without any reservation.
Don't talk about this, it's no problem even if you provide for them in their old age.
In the evening, Gong Er and others sat together and took out the land allotment deed. Chu looked forward and waved his hand, "Uncle Master, you also know that I am not short of money, house or property now.
You will always keep it in my thoughts. If you meet a junior who likes it, it will be more practical to pass the house to him than to me."
Gong Er shook his head, "Even if there are nephews, expressions, and relatives from the same clan, I will not pass it on to them."
Gong Changqing nodded, "When my cousin was seriously ill, these people ran away faster than anyone else. As for my fellow disciples, either they didn't need this house, or they joined Ma San that year.
No one can pass it on to these people."
When Gong Er heard this, his expression was a little sad. Chu Xiangqian quickly answered, "Then let me hold the title deed first, and we will talk about the transfer later."
As soon as everyone heard this, they knew that Chu Qianqian was still unwilling to take the house. Gong Er hesitated for a while, opened his mouth several times and finally did not speak.
Instead, he looked at Gong Changqing.
Old Man Gong smiled awkwardly and said to Chu Qianqian, "Qianqian, your wife has a niece who looks like a fairy. And the child was born here, and she did not return to the mainland with her parents until more than 50 years ago.
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He has been raised by your wife and I for a few more years. Although he has gone back to his hometown to study, he is already 15 years old.
And in the afternoon, we received a telegram from your wife’s family members saying that Hong Kong student’s father passed away due to illness.
We plan to take her and her mother, your wife’s biological sister, to the capital. In three years, I will let her come to Hong Kong Island to follow you. How about that?"
Chu Qianqian hurriedly shook his head. He would not agree to this easily before seeing the real person.
Besides, although I am a scumbag, I do like Xue Jinglan. It is impossible for me to give up the girl I like just for the wishes of my master and mistress.
Seeing him shaking his head, the wife hurriedly said, "We don't plan to care who you marry. Chinese people here can marry several wives, and you are not someone with a body that can only marry one daughter-in-law.
Our requirements will not be high at that time. Among the children born between you and the Hong Kong student, you choose the third and fourth children to be named Chu Gong, or simply Chu Gong."
Chu Qianqian was stunned, and secretly thought that it was no wonder that Gong Er was unable to say this.
But if it is called Chu Palace, then there will be no problem at all.
Wait, that girl’s nickname is Hong Kong Sheng?
Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but think of Nie Xiaoqian. If she really looked like this, there would be no problem at all.
But he hesitated and said, "Since there are still a few years, let's talk about it later."
Gong Changqing, Gong Er's eyes lit up when he saw that he didn't refuse him this time.
Gong Er has also seen that girl. She has been a beauty since she was a child.
After looking at Gong Changqing and Chen Shenglan, it seems that after returning to the mainland, they must first pick up the girl and her mother. After going to the capital together, they will live there for a year and a half before letting them come to Hong Kong Island.
When the time comes, whether the two of them can become a couple depends on the fate of Hong Kong students and Xiang Xiang.
In the evening, Chu Xiangqian thought about it and secretly thought that there was really no need to rush this matter. Maybe in two or three years, Xue Jinglan herself would start looking for help because she couldn't bear the trouble.
Of course, it will definitely not work in the mainland, but it will be no problem in Hong Kong Island.
The next day, Chu Xiangqian took Sanjiang Shui and a few of his horses early in the morning and drove to the factory near the fire station.
The factory has been vacated, which saves us the trouble.
After looking around, Chu Xiangqian took a drawing book and pen and wrote and drew on it for a while. It was easy to design the layout of a 30 by 20 factory building covering an area of 600 square meters on paper.
He originally planned to open up the wall facing the street and build a store facing the street, but after taking a closer look at the current situation of the factory, Chu Xiangqian immediately gave up this idea.
The exterior wall must not be moved, otherwise there is a risk of collapse.
In this case, stores and stalls can only be built in factories.
20 stores and 30 stalls. According to current experts, the average number of stores per month is 200 and the number of stalls is 150.
A total of 8,500 monthly rent.
Chu Xiangqian thought for a while and immediately decided to halve the rent for the first half year.
Let’s build popularity first, and the purpose of building a market is not to make money from it. Of course, if you can make some money, that’s naturally the best.
Sanjiang Shui and his subordinates heard Chu Xiangqian say that they would recruit 12 people to take care of security, cleaning and other trivial matters in the market.
Once hired, you will get 100 yuan a month, which makes you a little excited.
People who know how to mix in society, some people want to be in the limelight, but more often they just want to make ends meet, or they don’t want to be bullied, so they join a gang.
Therefore, those at the bottom of gangs who occupy most of the gangs are actually no different from ordinary people.
Whoever gives them jobs and wages will naturally be their food, clothing and parents.
As the leader of Sanjiangshui, Chu Xiangqian gave him a monthly salary of 300, but if he didn't do well, he would give up his position.
Therefore, Sanjiang Shui is still under a lot of pressure. If he loses face in front of Chu Xiangqian, it will be difficult to get ahead in the future.
As for finding someone else, Sanjiang Shui has never thought about it.
"Boss, some of our brother's family members want to rent a stall in the market to sell vegetables, or set up a stall at night, is that okay?"
Chu Xiangqian shook his head without even thinking about it, "We'll talk about it later when we open a second market."
Letting these people's families enter the market and keeping these guys in their custody will cause mischief in secret.
If you just find some trouble with other stall owners, their business will be much better. Once this hole is opened, there is no way to prevent it.
After the person who was hired to decorate the place visited it on site and calculated the cost of materials, labor, etc., Chu Xiangqian paid Sanjiang Shui 10,000 yuan and asked him to follow him throughout the process.
And starting from the day work starts, he and his subordinates will be paid.
But only 70% is available.
At this time, the enthusiasm of this group of people was immediately mobilized.
In the next few days, Chu Xiangqian basically ignored the affairs at the market. After slaughtering and processing the 30 boxes of Jingbai pears and a whole tiger that Lardboy wanted, he sent them all to Lardboy.
The fat man's eyes narrowed with joy.
During this period, Chu Xiangqian found another freezer, rented a 40-square-meter freezer, and put 30 processed sika deer in it.
Let Sanjiangshui send one sika deer to Youguqi Restaurant every day from now on.
I planned to give the 4,050 yuan I received every day to buy sika deer and the 50 yuan slaughtering fee to Lan Gang to repay the 200,000 yuan he borrowed.
But Chu Qianqian thought about it and changed his mind.
Last time, I borrowed 200,000 yuan from Lan Gang, of which 150,000 yuan was given to the Duan family and his son to purchase half of the shares of the Guangqi Restaurant.
Since the Duan family is rich, I might as well let them buy 40 sika deer at a time with a total price of 164,000 yuan.