Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 433 busy

"What did your group say?"

Xu Qing held his daughter in his arms and stood in the room asking his wife Jinghong.

"The regiment wants me to stay."

Ma Jinghong said.

Xu Qing looked happy: "That's good."

Ma Jinghong nodded, then shook slightly, "But Lihua and the others couldn't stay. They all wanted to go somewhere, so I didn't agree to stay in the group."

Xu Qing groaned, frowned and looked at his wife: "Jinghong, are you planning to go somewhere too?"

Ma Jinghong reached out and took her daughter Qiaoxin from Xu Qing's hand, hugged her and said:
"No, Lihua and the others don't go to other places. They see that things have changed and they want to find a job on their own. As for me, I will help you take care of our grain station with Xiaoya."

Xu Qing smiled helplessly: "Don't you regret it?"

Ma Jinghong snorted softly: "There is nothing to regret about this. Our daughter is still young. Now that I have changed my job, I will have time to take good care of her in the future. By the way, I can also help you look after the grain station."

Xu Qing hummed. Now that his wife had made her decision, she said nothing more.

Anyway, the current conditions at home are no longer the same as when he and Jinghong got married ten years ago.

Moreover, his grain station business is now on the right track. Whether Jinghong goes to work or not, it doesn't actually matter.

He can afford it!

The next morning, the sky was bright and a bit cool in the morning. Xu Qing put on a coat, and he and his sister Xu Xiaoya rode their bikes and went to the grain station to open for business.

At around six o'clock, Ma Jinghong went to the group to start the process of changing her job.

Five days later, Ma Jinghong was standing behind the counter of the grain station, busy with her business with her sister-in-law Xiaoya, Sanhuzi's wife and Meijuan, and Ermazi.

Heavy work, tiring work, pockmarks.

Ma Jinghong and the four women will handle other matters.

There was one more person at the grain station, so Xu Qing focused all his attention on the warehouse. The large flour grinding machine he had contacted before was also delivered and the workers were installing it.

Xu Qing stood in the warehouse, watching the workers working and thinking about how to wait for the machine to be installed. He would start recruiting people to process flour in a few days.

As for the final payment for the purchase of the machine, Xu Qing lent 500 yuan to Ma Jiefang's daughter-in-law because she was hospitalized. He was worried about this a few days ago.

However, the grain depot did its accounts yesterday, and several branches of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill paid for their goods.

In this way, Xu Qing's worries will be solved.

There is no need to negotiate with the factory where the machine was purchased to defer the final payment.

At the same time, after throwing away various expenses, Xu Qing calculated that he still had nearly 1000 yuan left on hand.

This was enough for him to recruit enough workers for the warehouse.

In any case, wages at this time were not high. A worker, even a master, only earned more than one yuan a day.

Xu Qing had a small salary of 1000 yuan and it was not difficult to recruit more than a dozen people.

Even though it is the autumn harvest season, recruiting workers is not an easy task.

But there are still people who are willing to raise wages slightly by [-] to [-] cents.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, after the machines in the warehouse were installed, Xu Qing locked the door of the warehouse and gave Sanhuzi's mother instructions to pay attention at night.

Then he rode back to the city and headed towards his own grain station.

In fact, Xu Qing no longer has to worry about the grain station. There are five of them, Jinghong and Xiaoya. Except for weekends, it doesn't matter whether he goes there or not.

It's just that Xu Qing is still used to it. He just goes home and has nothing to do. He might as well go to the grain station and help his wife and sister keep an eye on the business for a while.

Secondly, I stopped by and waited for my wife and sister to get off work and go home together.

However, when Xu Qing returned to the city, it was already after seven o'clock in the evening and almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the sky was slightly dark.

As soon as Xu Qing arrived at his grain station, he saw Hui Lihua and Luo Hongjuan there.

After Xu Qing parked his bicycle, he asked Hui Lihua, "Long time no see."

Hui Lihua turned to look at Xu Qing, her eyes constantly sizing up, and a smile appeared on her lips, "Yeah, long time no see."

Luo Hongjuan and Zhao Ailing also greeted Xu Qing with a smile.

Er Mazi, San Huzi's wife, and Meijuan were preparing to leave after get off work. When they saw Xu Qing, they were not in a hurry to get off work.

I sat at the grain station for a while before leaving.

Before leaving, Er Mazi said to Xu Qing: "Qingzi, brother, please take a day off tomorrow. My father-in-law has a birthday."

Xu Qing nodded and agreed.

Xu Qing established a vacation rule when the grain station first opened, four days a month, just like working in the factory these days.

However, Er Mazi and others rested not on weekends, but during the week.

When business is busy on weekends, how can employees be allowed to rest?

There is no way, this is how business is done, when others are resting, their business is the busiest.

After Er Mazi, San Huzi's wife and Meijuan left, Xu Qing sat in the store and chatted with his wife, sister and Hui Lihua for more than half an hour. After seeing them off, he closed the grain station and prepared to go home.

On the way back, the stars were shining and the moon was bright.

The last bus on the street was still running, carrying a lot of passengers. In a blink of an eye, it passed by Xu Qing and the others.

In these days, buses and bicycles are the main means of transportation for ordinary people.

The former private car has disappeared after the change.

Except for buses, all the cars on the road belong to various units and factories.

It is a change to open a car, but private cars have not yet emerged.

Of course, the state allows individuals to buy and sell.

But it is worth mentioning that given the current situation in the country, very few people can afford to buy a private car.

Xu Qing can't afford it now, he doesn't have any spare money, and the price is ridiculously expensive.

This is one aspect, and the other is that despite the changes, the trend has not changed much.

If you want to buy a private car, if you are not a prominent person, even if you have money, you may not be able to get one.

Domestic car companies, riding the wave of reform, have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The Shanghai brand cars were the first to open up the domestic civilian car market.

It is the first axle vehicle in China.

This year's newspapers, radio and television are awash with propaganda.

And this is indeed a very happy thing.

Although most people cannot afford it, only a small number of people can afford it.

But it kicked off the reform of the domestic automobile industry.

People with money will definitely be able to buy it in the future.

Xu Qing was eyeing it, but he couldn't get it for the time being.

All the money he earned from opening the grain station was reinvested in the business of expanding the grain station.

Building warehouses, collecting grain, buying machinery, and then hiring workers all require funds.

He really couldn't afford it, so he bought himself a car first.

Secondly, the output of the car factory in Shanghai is not high yet.

Xu Qing can only wait until next year.

But when it comes to buying a car, Xu Qing is confident that it won't take long after all the links in the grain station business are straightened out and completely smoothed out.

Harvest the grain yourself, process it yourself, and sell it yourself.Although the profit in the grain business is not large, the profit is only a few cents per pound.

But in these years when food supply is tight, there is no need to worry about no one buying it.

In addition, Xu Qing also has the ability to split into two.

It’s hard not to make money.

Of course, if it were someone else doing this business, there would be two issues.

Back in the compound, Xu Qing pushed his bicycle, greeted the third uncle's family with his wife and sister in the front yard, and then went to the middle courtyard to deliver food to the first uncle's family.

When Xu Qing went out in the morning, his aunt asked him to buy it.

Since the grain station was opened, every family in the compound has bought their rations from Xu Qing.

Xu Qing said nothing to the neighbors in the courtyard, and no one would go to state-owned stores, department stores, or supply and marketing cooperatives to buy food.

What's more, Xu Qing's prestige in the courtyard has already surpassed the three stewards of the courtyard.

Although he may not be the factory director, Xu Qing's good reputation in the hospital over the years is unparalleled by anyone.

Who hasn't asked Xu Qing for help? Whether it was Yan Jiecheng's daughter-in-law Yu Li in the front yard, who had an quarrel with others and had to change workshops, or the Jia family's stickler in the middle yard who jumped in and was transferred back to the city, there was no one that Xu Qing could not handle.

Not to mention the backyard, Xu Damao and the second uncle's family also caused a lot of trouble for Xu Qing.

Speaking of which, among the people of the same generation as Xu Qing in the compound, there is really no one who can compare with him.

Needless to say, Yan Jiecheng was not very capable and had a soft ear. He was scared to death of Yu Li.

I listen to my wife in everything.

Occasionally, I would become stubborn once or twice, but within three days, I would immediately wilt again.

Yan Jiecheng has two brothers, not to mention Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang. They are not in the compound. In terms of ability, they are not even as good as their eldest brother.

In other words, the ability to make noise is greater than the other.

In serious matters, on the contrary, he is completely unable to take the stage.

After the death of Jia Dongxu in the Intermediate Court, only Sha Zhu and Xu Qing were of the same generation, but Sha Zhu was still working as a cook in the third factory, although he was promoted.

But speaking of it, Shazhu's ability to improve was the reason why he followed Xu Qing to university for further studies.

Otherwise, with Silu Zhu's temper and character, even if he worked as a cook in the factory cafeteria for a lifetime, he might not be promoted.

Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong's third son in the backyard, the four of them are better than the three of Yan Jiecheng in the front yard.

However, the second uncle's three boys are about the same as the third uncle's three sons.

Only Xu Damao can compete with Xu Qing.

It's just that Xu Damao is a shrewd person, but he can't walk around when he sees a beautiful girl and always wants to flirt with her.

He has a lot of eyes and a lot of experience in doing business, but he can only do small things in the end.

If he could get rid of that bad habit, Xu Damao would definitely be a good player no matter in business or career, given his ability.

Unfortunately, what Xu Damao likes to do most in his life is not doing business or being an official, but being among women.

As the old saying goes, the Tomb of Heroes of Gentle Township, Xu Damao perfectly interprets this sentence, and it is absolutely true!
After Xu Qing delivered the grain to the first man's house, he chatted for a while, then turned around and headed back to his own home in the backyard.

At this time, Jinghong and Xiaoya had already taken out the dinner cooked by the nanny Aunt Feng from the kitchen pot, and they were clearing it on the table in the front room.

After Xu Qing washed his hands, they ate dinner together.

Xu Aiguo came over from the house where he lived. He didn't smoke. He asked his eldest brother, sister-in-law and Xiaoya, and then sat on the edge of the Kang.

Xu Qing bit the white-faced steamed bun in his hand and asked his second brother:
"Patriot, my son and Qiaoxin are both in your house?"

Xu Aiguo nodded and said, "Yes, brother, they are watching TV with my son."

Xu Qing heard this and continued to eat dinner.

Fast forward to the end of August.

After several rains, the weather is still hot and dry. The dog days have come, but it has not cooled down at all.

Xu Qing got up early in the morning, had dinner, and rode towards the warehouse in the suburbs.

He hired more than a dozen workers in the city. For the past two days, he has been leading workers in the warehouse to process grain every day.

Xu Qing was not only happy to be able to produce and sell his own products, but also felt more motivated.

The big machine I bought looks bulky, but the quality is very good. When it is running, it is a bit inefficient.

Absolutely durable.

At the end of the day, there is no problem grinding thousands of kilograms of grain.

At the beginning of the month, Xu Qing and Er Mazi went to the countryside to harvest more than 30 tons of wheat and corn.

Xu Qing used his power to divide it into sixty tons some time ago.

Based on the calculation of one thousand jins per day, 12 jins of grain would take four months to grind.

This made Xu Qing dare not stop selling grain for the country for a while.

Several branches of Guanghongxing Steel Rolling Mill consume thousands of kilograms of grain a day.

This efficiency is simply not possible.

But Xu Qing can't buy a few more machines now.

First, such a large machine needs time to be customized.

Also, even though Xu Qing divided the more than 30 tons of grain collected once, it was still not enough.

If Xu Qing really wanted to operate the grain station completely independently throughout the year without selling it for the state, Xu Qing would have to collect at least tens of thousands of tons of grain a year.

But winter wheat is grown in the north, and it is harvested once a year. After the state collects it, Xu Qing will not be able to harvest much if he wants to harvest it.

If we expand the scope of grain harvesting and go to the neighboring provinces, it will be difficult in these days and months.

Transportation is inconvenient, and even if it is accepted, the transportation cost is high.

There is no need to worry about corn. Several communes around Sijiu City grow most corn, which is several times more than Zhongmai.

But Xu Qing stared at the warehouse and couldn't spare any time to collect it.

He also plans to harvest mung beans and red beans in September.

Collect millet at the end of October.

Although these are not as quick to buy as white noodles and stick noodles, since the grain station is opened, they cannot be left without them.

Xu Qing plans to let Er Mazi go to the countryside alone to collect him.

Those things can be regarded as a supplement. A collection of tens of thousands of catties will be enough for this year.

As soon as September entered, Xu Qing arranged for Er Mazi to go to the countryside.

Throughout the month, Er Mazi hardly returned to the city. He was either collecting mung beans or riding his bike on his way to the next commune to collect mung beans.

Er Mazi visited several rural communes around Sijiu City.

Xu Qing was also busy and almost never returned to the city. He stayed in the warehouse in the suburbs all day long.

During the day, he watched workers grind flour, and at night, he had to collect the grain collected by Er Mazi.

I lived in Sanhuzi's house and moved around for a month without even seeing my wife or son.

It wasn't until the beginning of October, when the autumn rain fell continuously and it was National Day, that Er Mazi came back from the countryside to harvest mung beans and red beans.

But Er Mazi could rest, but Xu Qing was still very busy.

I was busy, but during the National Day, the Xuqing Grain Station was not open, and the warehouse also stopped working to let the workers rest.

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, Xiaoya is getting married.

(End of this chapter)