klisemfg Chapter 562 Do you want to speculate?
Chapter 562 Do you want to speculate?
Lu Yao is an experienced driver.
You can tell what's going on inside just by listening to the sounds.
I couldn't help but get angry.
Cao Erdan, you're such a loser.
I asked you to come back and deliver the message, not to come back and deliver the milk.
I just told Sister Shanxing and left. Couldn't I have just come back and done it peacefully in bed tonight? Why did I have to rush things at this time?
However, one should not fail to help others achieve their goals.
It's a bit impolite to interrupt a couple's affectionate moment at this time.
So he didn't knock on the door or the window, but squatted down under the window and lit a cigarette.
Just as I took a puff, I heard Cao Erdan inside yell "Ah!" and then fall silent.
Shanxing asked, "Is it over?"
"Um."
"So fast?"
"The country bumpkin is waiting for me!"
"Hmph... otherwise you wouldn't last long. Sigh... I wonder if I'll even be able to have a baby. Or, how about we let that country bumpkin give you a few more pricks?"
Let's see if I can get pregnant in a while.
Hearing Cao Erdan getting dressed inside, Shanxing stopped him:
"Erdan, hug me a little longer. Don't rush off. I haven't seen you for two or three days."
Lu Yao looked up at the sky.
It's almost noon.
He couldn't help but cough:
"Let's go once we're done. Don't be so lovey-dovey. We can cuddle when we get back tonight."
The two people inside screamed "Oh my god!"
Then Shanxing cursed:
"You little rascal, how can you be so indecent, eavesdropping by the window!"
Lu Yao stood up and knocked on the window paper:
"It's broad daylight, there are plenty of things for men to do, why do you have to drag Erdan into this? You're not serious at all."
While hurriedly putting on his clothes, Cao Erdan agreed:
"Coming, coming, Tuwazi, I'll be out in a minute."
Shanxing called out, "Hey, what are you busy with? Don't put on your cotton-padded pants yet, you forgot your underwear..."
"I'm not wearing it anymore, I'm not wearing it anymore..."
Cao Erdan hurriedly ran outside.
Shanxing wasn't wearing any clothes, just wrapped in a blanket. When she thought about how loudly she had shouted earlier, and how Tuwazi was squatting under the window, her face flushed.
I'm starting to reminisce about the time I spent with Tuwazi.
After so many years of marriage, that was the only time I truly experienced the joy of being a woman.
You really don't know until you compare. They're the same kind of men, but Cao Erdan is far inferior to Tuwazi.
……
Cao Erdan came out, but Lu Yao had already left the courtyard.
He was buttoning his coat behind him, smiling apologetically.
"Hey kid, it's not that I'm being lewd, it's just that your sister-in-law misses me. She's been away from home for two nights, and that's just how women are... she's just thinking about having a baby."
"Take your time. If it doesn't work, I'll help you again."
"No need, no need. I'll do it myself."
Lu Yao glared at him: "I didn't say I was going to help you sleep with your wife. I'm just going to give you some extra treatment. I've gathered a lot of rare herbs this time, including aphrodisiacs. I'll concoct a formula to help you unleash your virility."
"Okay, that's perfect!"
Cao Erdan happily followed Lu Yao back to the entrance of the production team.
The commune members have already loaded the hides and the naked antelopes onto the truck.
They covered it with a straw mat, then drove off in the cart.
The large carriage entered the city, its horseshoes clattering on the frozen pavement.
The truck was piled high with the skinned and gutted naked antelope hindquarters, frozen solid.
There were also nineteen neatly folded hides, with the fur side facing inwards.
Lu Yao sat on the carriage shaft, his cotton hat with the ears drooping and the strap tied at the bottom, completely covering his face. The white breath he exhaled quickly dissipated in the cold wind.
Cao Erdan, wrapped in a sheepskin coat, huddled next to him, sniffing occasionally.
The supply and marketing cooperative, which had connections with the commune, was located on a corner of the main street of Jiangzhou City. It was a red brick building with a fairly large storefront.
Lu Yao parked the car outside the courtyard wall and asked Cao Erdan to go in and find someone to inspect the goods.
Cao Erdan used to deliver everything to the production team, so he was familiar with everyone there.
A short while later, a person was brought out; he was the director of the supply and marketing cooperative.
The director's surname was Wang, and he was the fourth in his family. Cao Erdan was familiar with him and called him "Fourth Brother".
Director Liu was a middle-aged man with a chubby face, wearing a blue khaki Zhongshan suit, with two fountain pens clipped to his pocket.
He came out of the house with his hands behind his back, walked to the truck, put his hands in his pockets, and kicked the wheels with his toes.
He looked all cocky and arrogant.
"What did you poop out?"
"Antelope, and its hide," Lu Yao said.
Director Liu lifted the mat, peeked inside, reached out and pinched the hind leg of an antelope, then flipped over a piece of skin to examine its fur.
"Oh, you guys have quite a large side business together?"
"Yes, the production team made it."
"Now the higher-ups are giving us instructions; they want plans and coordination," Director Liu said slowly, taking out a cigarette and lighting it. "Your... arrival is quite sudden. We also have quotas for these acquisitions."
Lu Yao remained silent, looking at him.
Director Liu exhaled a puff of smoke:
"Here's what we'll do. We'll buy the pelts as third grade. The color of your fur is good, but the tanning technique isn't up to par. Look here, the cuts aren't even, which affects the grade. Third grade pelts, one... one dollar and fifty cents each."
Cao Erdan couldn't help but interject:
"Director, this leather is so fine, how come it's only third grade..."
Lu Yao raised his hand to stop him.
Director Liu ignored Cao Erdan and continued:
"The meat is antelope meat. It has a strong gamey smell, and city people don't recognize it. It's sold as the lowest grade of livestock meat, at... three cents a pound."
Lu Yao did some mental calculations.
A good hide can fetch four or five dollars, and even the meat can sell for at least fifty cents.
That price is too low.
"Director Liu, this price is a bit low. The cuts on the hide are unavoidable during the skinning process, but the fur and pelt are top-notch. The meat is also from freshly hunted animals, not diseased ones."
"I said, comrade,"
Director Liu threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his foot.
"The supply and marketing cooperative follows the rules when it comes to purchasing. If you think the price isn't right, that's fine, take it back. But I must warn you, meat gets less and less fresh the longer it's stored. If you take it back, the price won't be the same next time you come."
He spoke slowly and deliberately, but his eyes seemed to see right through you.
He knew it wasn't easy for farmers and commune members to make a trip to the city, and he also knew that these prey were easily released.
Lu Yao looked at him for a few seconds and nodded:
"Alright, no need to trouble yourself. Erdan, cover it up, let's go."
Cao Erdan was taken aback. He glanced at Lu Yao's face, but didn't dare to say anything. He quickly covered the mat tightly again.
Director Liu was also taken aback, probably not expecting Lu Yao to be so decisive.
He opened his mouth, as if to say something to ease the tension.
Lu Yao had already jumped onto the carriage shaft, and Cao Erdan flicked the reins, turning the carriage around.
Director Liu angrily retorted, "Where else can your production team sell to if not me? Are you trying to speculate and profiteer? Hey...did you hear me...selling privately is illegal!"
Lu Yao ignored him completely and spurred his horse to leave.
"You country bumpkin, you really won't sell? This price is low, but what if we take it back..." Cao Erdan was getting anxious.
"No rush," Lu Yao said. "Let's go to the local products company."
Upon arriving at the local products company, Lu Yao drove the car into a corner of the yard.
He left Cao Erdan to watch the car and went into a low, single-story house next door.
The room was filled with smoke, and several men were drinking tea and talking around the stove.
Behind an old table against the wall sat a man with a scar on his face; it was Zhao Scarface.
Lu Yao walked over and called out, "Brother Zhao."
Zhao Balai looked up, saw Lu Yao, and grinned:
"Hey, Brother Lu's here."
Although they had only known each other for a short time, they got along very well and felt very close.
"Our production team hunted a lot of antelopes, which, according to regulations, should have been given to the supply and marketing cooperative, but the price offered by the cooperative was not right."
Lu Yao said it directly.
Zhao Balai waved his hand, and the people around the stove tactfully left.