good old days

After leaving the village, things in the village were far away from Jiang Xinyu and her family.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Yi left the country. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sent the child and dog to Chen Jinhua for a while, then turned around and took Qiao Jianfeng and Song Yahui on the train to Xinjiang Province.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had been separated for less than a day when the postman delivered a letter to their doorstep.

The letter was sent by Liu Jun, a deliveryman from Xinjiang Province, informing Jiang Xinyu and others that Abdu disappeared after he went to work in a fellow villager's nest.

Jiang Xinyu settled the payment easily and never defaulted on the bill. Every time she went to the capital for delivery, Liu Jun went smoothly. Jiang Xinyu also opened a guest house for him, with all food and accommodation arranged. Every time he came to the capital, Liu Jun felt very special. Being respected, he naturally did his best when Jiang Xinyu asked him to help purchase goods and find other raisin producing areas.

Last year, Luo Chaosheng was troubled. Jiang Xinyu didn't inform him this time when he came to Xinjiang Province. He had his own work, so how could he be asked to abandon his work and follow him every time he came here.

When the goods are almost ordered, we can go to Uncle Luo's place to have a look.

Liu Jun's hometown is more than ten miles away from the vineyard and more than eight miles west of Turpan Railway Station. In terms of distance from the train station, the vineyard is closer.

Jiang Xinyu is the leader among the four. She goes wherever she says to go first.

The scorching sun, the sandy soil that burns your feet, the clear blue sky, and the scorching air make the people on this land sweat all the time.

The train turned to the bus, and the bus turned to the donkey cart. The donkey was very tired, and finally arrived at the vineyard before sunset.

Jiang Xinyu looked at her watch, it was almost ten o'clock, the fire clouds had not completely receded, and it was estimated that it would be dark for another hour.

Along the way, it is obvious that the vineyard area is larger than last year.

Judging by the weather, there was nothing we could do today, so we had to stay in the only guest house near the vineyard.

I went to the vineyard early the next morning and met the staff I had dealt with last year, and learned a piece of news that surprised them.

Abdu is missing.

They couldn't quite understand what the ethnic comrades were saying, so Jiang Xinyu found a Han staff member to ask about the situation.

The Han comrade is a technician and a cadre of the vineyard. He often deals with the township government and is fairly familiar with Abdul's affairs.

"Abdu has been missing for more than 20 days. He has not come back since he went to the countryside. The police and his family have been looking for him for so many days, but there is still no news at all."

Jiang Xinyu frowned: "Why don't we know about the disappearance? How can a living person disappear out of thin air?"

The technician smoked a cigarette and said, "You don't know much about this place. I didn't dare to spend the night there when I entered a village far away from the city. I've been here for many years and I've only scratched the surface of the dialect. I'm doomed to not understand the language." It is difficult to manage. In the village where they gather, many people have bad tempers, and they are very united. If one of them is not good, something will happen easily. I heard others say that Abdul had a quarrel with the people in that village, but there are no specific details. I don’t know. If the person is still alive, he must have come back long ago. After so many days, there is a high probability that something happened."

The technician shook his head, "They do that to their own people, let alone us, but be careful and don't go far away from the city or county."

After chatting with the technician, she turned to the person in charge of the vineyard.

Abudu has disappeared. It is not known whether he is dead or alive. The police and his family have been dispatched but they have not found him. What can she, a foreigner, do?

The key now is the 10,000 yuan payment she sent over a month ago. Six thousand yuan of it is earmarked for raisins, and four thousand yuan is for him to help collect dried apricots, almonds, figs and other dried fruits that require breaking legs.

Because she had enough money on hand, she also sent 3,000 yuan to Liu Jun and asked him to help collect the goods.

With last year's experience, she is planning to receive enough goods this time, preferably one that can last for a whole year.

By October, with the payment in hand, I can settle the bill with Guo Hong and her second uncle. He will definitely receive as much goods as he can this year.

The plan was well planned, but no one could have imagined that something would happen to Abu.

There are bunches of grapes hanging on the grape rack in front of the township government. They look the same as last year.

When Jiang Xinyu found the person in charge who had replaced Abdul and mentioned the six thousand yuan, the person in charge found Abdul's past work records and went to the accountant to admit the amount.

"You don't have to worry. The output of raisins this year should be 20% higher than the previous year. I've seen your purchase volume last year. This year, with the increase in production, I can make the decision for you to maintain last year's quota. However, the purchase price will be increased by 20 cents per kilogram. .”

Jiang Xinyu knows that prices will not remain unchanged. In the days to come, basically all prices will increase.

"Two cents per kilogram, or two hundred yuan per ton, is too expensive." Wang Sumei's mind was spinning fast, and she couldn't help it after she figured it out.

The person in charge is a Han Chinese, and there was no difficulty in communicating between the two parties.

"Boss Jiang, now you are allowed to do small businesses. You are not provided with goods from sales agencies and department stores. You buy rice and noodles on the street. How do the prices compare with a year ago? I am not trying to embarrass you, and it is not just raisins. Price increases, the prices of crops in our township have all increased this year, and they are not targeted at you self-employed people, even the prices supplied to other state-owned units have increased."

"The price increase is necessary. I can guarantee to give you the same amount of goods as last year because of the smooth cooperation last year. To be honest, the raisins from our vineyard are easy to sell everywhere."

The one who has the goods is the uncle. People have said this, so she has to fight for some for herself.

"Since your production has increased, I would like to order ten more tons of goods based on last year, and the goods will be settled within six months after the goods arrive."

According to the current price, not counting freight, ten tons is 10,000 yuan.

"We have a basis for cooperation. We also processed a batch of old goods for the vineyard last year. The credit is good in terms of payment. If you want to increase the price, I agree to make a contribution to your hometown. The output has increased, and the market in Xinjiang Province is still the same as before. I can’t eat it. After all, Xinjiang Province is not the only place where raisins are produced. Cooperating with others is not as smooth as us. You..."

The person in charge raised his hand to indicate that she could stop, "I can give you another ten tons, but the payment must be settled within one month after the goods are shipped, and we will not advance the freight."

Those who have the goods do have the initiative, but after the goods are shipped, it is not easy to get the account. The settlement cycle of major state-owned units is not short, and the person in charge does not want to have difficulty collecting payments from self-employed individuals after he takes over the business.

Jiang Xinyu estimated that one ton of the ten tons of raisins would be given to Ding Changhai, and the rest would definitely be enough to sell by this time next year. After settling on the raisins, she followed her memory and asked people, and walked less than a mile to touch them. Went to Abdul's father's house.

There is no problem with the payment of 6,000 yuan, but the remaining 4,000 yuan has not been transferred to the village account, and Abu has disappeared. Can she still get the money back?