Seventy cannon fodder is a ruthless man

Chapter 274 Acquisition
Meng Tao didn't go directly to Zhang Fu's house. Zhang's father's leg injury is basically healed, and he has already returned to work. A family of four goes to school, and some go to work. There is no one at home during the day. mean?
I won’t be going back to Linshui Village for the time being. Zhou Cuiling said on the phone that bridges and roads have started to be built. The section of machine farming road in Linshui Village is now full of holes. I’m afraid it’s not easy for cars to go. I’ll go back tonight and I’ll have to come out early tomorrow. , because I agreed with Ge Xiangqin to go to the county hospital to see Lin Erhu tomorrow, and secretly give him another medicine, mixed with pine needle dew, so let's go back to the village after finishing these.

Meng Tao drove the car out of the county to wander around at will.

I drove along the road for more than an hour, and I didn't know where I went, but I saw that the fields on both sides of the road were stretching and flat, and the crops were growing well. The fields used to be villages surrounded by green trees, and there were large dark green mountains. good.

Going forward, it was almost noon, the sun was dazzling and a little sleepy, Meng Tao planned to find a place where there were few people and covered by trees, and went into the space to rest for a while, but saw a bullock cart coming out of the corner ahead, passing by, Meng Tao saw two bamboo baskets full of fresh fruits on the bullock cart. The fruits were light pink and reddish in color, with some pure white mixed in them. Each one was as big as a lychee, but it was definitely not a lychee, but rather Much like bayberry.

Thinking of the taste of red bayberry, Meng Tao cheered up, immediately pulled over the car, opened the door and shouted at the two middle-aged men on the bullock cart: "Uncle, how do you sell red bayberry?"

The ox cart stopped, and the uncle sitting on the left turned his head and said, "Girl, this red bayberry is not for sale."

Meng Tao walked to the side of the ox cart, looked at the bamboo basket: "Why don't you sell it?"

"It's something from the team. It can't be sold privately. It has to be taken to the county supply and marketing cooperative, let them see the goods, give a price, and decide when to buy them. Only then can we pick all the bayberries from the trees and send them over."

"Do you have many red bayberries in your team?"

"Yes, our village is called Yangmei Village. Since ancient times, our village has been famous for bayberry. There are more than 20 hundred-year-old bayberry trees, and thousands of catties of bayberry can be picked every year."

"Uncle, aren't red bayberries the only way to pick them? Look, they're pink, and there are even white ones. You pick them in a hurry before they're ripe."

The two middle-aged uncles laughed: "Girl, haven't you heard of cotton plums? The unripe ones are blue, and when they are ripe, they turn white. When they are overripe, they are also light pink. They grow among the green leaves. Look at them. It looks like blossoming cotton, so it is called cotton plum. Try it, the flesh is thick and juicy, but it is sweet, and bayberry can also be used as medicine. According to our local saying, eat a few bayberries every year, and you will be safe and healthy!"

Meng Tao got permission, and deliberately picked a snow-white "cotton plum" and put it in his mouth. It was really thick and juicy, sweet and sweet, and the most rare thing was that the pit was so small that he could swallow it directly.

In Meng Tao's previous life, she heard from her grandma that red bayberry has medicinal properties. I don't know the specific medicinal effect, but it is good for children. Every year during this season, grandma would buy a catty or two of red bayberry for her to eat and let her swallow it. A few bayberry seeds.

Meng Tao likes to eat red bayberry, but she has never heard of "cotton plum", which is so delicious and sweet, with a super good taste, it should be regarded as a rare variety, since she has encountered it, she can't let it go.

The uncle hurried on his way, and Meng Tao discussed with them: "The supply and marketing cooperatives will buy it together. How much will you pay? Why don't you sell me the red bayberries? I'm a buyer in a food factory. Purchase, go back to make canned food, and the purchase price can be higher for you.”

As soon as the two uncles heard this, they immediately looked squarely at it. If they want to buy or sell privately, they dare not, but Meng Tao is a buyer of the food factory, and to buy the fruits of their production team, that is business-to-business, which is reasonable legal.

They also didn't doubt the authenticity of Meng Tao's identity. After all, these days, anyone who can drive around in a car must be a state cadre. Meng Tao is still a female cadre, so she can't be wrong.

The three of them drove the ox cart to the side of the road under the shade of a tree, and began to talk, exchanging names, Meng Tao still used the pseudonym "Tao Meng", and was a "purchaser of the state-owned food factory in the provincial city";
The two uncles are both surnamed Liu, one is the accountant in the production team, accountant Yang, and the other is Yang Dache, who is in charge of the ox carts. Their village is called Yangjiacun, also known as Qingxiagou Yangjiacun Brigade, which belongs to Guanshan Commune of Xingyang County. .

Accountant Yang said that in previous years, when the county supply and marketing cooperatives purchased red bayberries, the price they offered ranged from 0.10 to 0.15 per catty. The production team could earn several hundred yuan for two to three thousand catties of bayberries.

Meng Tao directly gave 0.20 per catty, knowing that it takes more than ten miles from their village to the county-level road, and there is a dirt road connecting them, which means that they don't need to deliver the goods themselves, just pick the red bayberries and put them in bamboo baskets. Meng Tao just drives a truck into the village to receive them.

Accountant Yang and Yang Dache were even happier when they heard this: They can come to pick up the goods in person after paying a high price, so much less worry and effort, where can they find such a good thing? !

Immediately, I took Meng Tao back to the village to further discuss the sales and purchase matters with the team leader. The two baskets of red bayberries on the ox cart were originally intended to be sent to the county town for the people of the county supply and marketing cooperative to "see samples to determine the price", so they moved directly to Meng Tao's cart. Come on, give it to her.

Meng Tao went to Yangjia Village in Qingxiagou. This is a very remote mountain village, and traffic is difficult. Meng Tao had to leave the jeep in the commune and follow the two uncles into the village by ox cart. Luckily, accountant Liu didn't lie to her. I saw 28-year-old bayberry trees, [-] of them, surrounding the whole village, each tree is full of branches and leaves, covering the sky and the sun, and the trees are full of bayberry fruits, not only "cotton plum", but also other Variety, the red is as bright as the rays of the sun, dotted on the emerald green branches, it is delightful to see.

Accountant Liu said that "cotton plum" is the sweetest, and the bright red one is called fire bayberry, which is also sweet but more sour, so they usually only bring "cotton plum" out for people to taste every year.

This is not a big problem for Meng Tao, the red bayberry should be slightly sour to taste, and after the blessing of her space, the fruity taste can only be improved to a higher level.

There are also stretches of peach groves, pears and many loquat trees in the village.

The loquats are ripe and golden in clusters. Accountant Liu does not recommend Meng Tao to buy this, saying that the fruit looks good and tastes sweet, but the flesh is thin and the seeds are many, so it is not worth eating.

Meng Tao thought of loquat paste, what a good raw material, and the leaves can be picked for free, and loquat leaves can also be used as medicine.

Meng Tao negotiated the purchase price with the brigade cadres, and left a deposit. Three days later, they will come to buy all the red bayberries, loquats, and immature peaches and pears.

Back in the county town, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Meng Tao first rushed to the small warehouse of the winery to collect the tiger skin and meat, wild boar, and the prepared tiger bone and tendon wine that Master Gan and Zhang Fu had processed during the day. Enter the space, and then go to Zhang Fu's house.

(End of this chapter)