Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 495 Introduction Letter

"Brother Yan, how can I trouble you with this little thing?"

Xu Qing declined politely.

Yan Guohao said seriously:

"It's no trouble. We are college classmates. My comrade-in-arms and I also climbed in a trench. To me, you are the same as him. If you are in trouble, I will look for him. If anything happens to him, If you can help, I will also come to you. This matter is settled, I will go there tomorrow."

Silly Zhu grinned, put half of the lotus leaf pancake rolled with duck meat into his mouth and finished it. He stood up, grabbed the wine bottle and poured the wine:

"Qingzi, what Guohao said is right. We are brothers and sisters. We all have the same relationship with each other. This is not normal. Just like our compound, no one has ever encountered difficulties."

Ma Jiefang took over the conversation and responded:
"That's right, Brother Qingzi, it's rare for Brother Yan to ask for help, so don't refuse, otherwise Brother Yan will lose face. Brother Silly Zhu and I have nothing in common with each other when it comes to collecting pigs.

We stay in the third factory all day long, so we can only worry about you. This time Brother Yan comes to see us. His comrade happens to work in the Ministry of Agriculture. If I can help you solve the problem of pig harvesting in the meat factory, It saves you from worrying all day long.

If you can't solve it, Brother Yan can help you ask, it's nothing. "

Xu Qing was not in a hurry to speak, and was thinking secretly in his mind.

Yan Guohao raised his hand and patted Xu Qing's shoulder and said:
"Xiao Qing, this is what happened! I am older than you, Jiefang, and Shazhu. When I was in school, I came directly from the army to Sijiu City. I was not familiar with the place. You helped me in every aspect. Even if you ask me to help you this time, you will wait for my letter tomorrow."

It's afternoon.

Yan Guohao, who had found his old comrade-in-arms in the morning, called the office of Xu Qing's meat factory.

"Xiao Qing, my comrade-in-arms Lao Qin said that he would help you with your collection of pigs. Don't worry and get angry."

Yan Guohao finished speaking briefly, put down the phone, reached out and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case beside him, held it in his hand and said to the middle-aged man who was about the same age as him:
"Old Qin, please write me a few letters of introduction quickly and give them to me when I leave the day after tomorrow."

The man in a gray tunic suit smiled and said:
"Old Yan, since I agreed to help you for your sake, I will definitely keep my word."

"Just you?" Yan Guohao lost his image of the big brother in front of Xu Qing, Sha Zhu and Ma Jiefang. He smoked a cigarette, rolled his eyes at his old comrade, and hummed:
"You are the most unreliable old man. You misrepresented intelligence on the battlefield, which almost cost me my life. Fortunately, the bomb only injured my face. Look, the scar on my face is not because of your carelessness. Made it?"

The middle-aged man looked embarrassed and hurriedly picked up the enamel teapot to cover up.

However, Yan Guohao persisted and said: "Old Qin, let me tell you, Xiaoqing is my college classmate. He is kind, capable, capable, and has a high ideological consciousness. He opened the first personal food station in your Sijiu City last year. , this year opened your first personal meat joint factory in Sijiu City. In my opinion, if he hadn't been so young, we two brothers might not be as good as him."

The middle-aged man took a sip of tea and put the white enamel teapot back to its original place. He picked up the yellowed newspaper that he had read for a while, nodded in agreement:

"Old Yan, I didn't read the newspaper to understand the situation you mentioned. In front of you this morning, didn't I ask my secretary Xiao Gong to help me contact the Hongxing Steel Rolling Factory to implement it? Comrade Xu Qing, work There is no problem in all aspects. When I was at the No. 78 Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant, I was very good in all aspects, and my ability was really strong, and I did an outstanding job. Before the end of [-], when I saw the country's reform and implementation of policies, I followed the call and became self-reliant. I was a good comrade. But I don’t think it’s necessary to write him a letter of introduction, I’ll just call him and tell him.”

"No!" Yan Guohao glared and said: "Old Qin, you old fool, stop fooling me with your words. You have to make phone calls and write me a letter of introduction. Otherwise, don't blame me for coming to your house at night and telling you about your past scandals. Your wife and your children."

The middle-aged man named Lao Qin had no choice but to compromise. He picked up the phone and made three or four calls. He wrote three letters of introduction in front of Yan Guohao, stamped them, raised his head and looked at Yan Guohao. Guohao said:

"Lao Yan, are you satisfied now?"

Yan Guohao folded the three letters and put them on his body, took a puff of smoke and said:
"That's pretty much it. By the way, if you have any good plans in the future, please think more about Xiao Qing. He is a very good little brother."

The middle-aged man nodded with a wry smile and then said:
"Old Yan, let me just tell you that when you came to the city, you didn't just come to me first. I thought you found a sweetheart while you were studying, so you went to see her first. I never thought that you met her. A bunch of little brothers.”

Yan Guohao didn't bother to pay attention to the irrelevant words of his old comrade, flicked off the cigarette ashes and said:
"Old Qin, I would like to remind you that you are a family man, don't think that because you have changed your career and become a high official, you will be lax in your thinking.

We used to defend the country on the battlefield, but now we must also continue to shine in the positions assigned by the country. You old boy will not enjoy your life. Follow me and obey the orders of the country and do practical things for the people! "

The middle-aged man nodded silently, but the light in his eyes soared.

After surviving the hail of bullets and the smoke-filled battlefield, the wives, children, and children of our comrades who died fighting side by side should not be left to us, retired and demobilized soldiers, to continue to protect them!

Two days later, before leaving Sijiu City by train, Yan Guohao stood on the platform of the station and handed three letters of introduction to Xu Qingdao:
"Xiao Qing, my comrade gave this to you. Take it. He said that you should go to several farms in the suburbs of Sijiu City to collect pigs. The person in charge there will understand when he sees the letter of introduction. Also, the day before yesterday He has already called the people below to tell you."

Xu Qing put the letter into his pocket and hugged Yan Guohao. Shazhu and Ma Jiefang also hugged Yan Guohao one by one.

Because I don’t know what year or month it will be when we meet again next time.

Xu Qing and his brother-in-law, Silly Zhu, watched Yan Guohao board the green train, and then waved goodbye to Yan Guohao amidst the noise of the crowded crowd on the platform.

The train rattled out of the platform and gradually moved away. Xu Qing and the other three people left together with other people who came to the platform to see off their relatives and friends.

Silly Zhu and Ma Jiefang were rushing back to Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant No. [-] for the afternoon shift. The two pedaled their bicycles and separated from Xu Qing's bicycle storage point outside the train station.

Xu Qing is not in a hurry, he is his own boss, and his wife Jinghong and sister Xiaoya are watching over the grain station.

It's noon at the meat factory, so it's time to take a break, so there's nothing going on.

But he pushed the motorcycle and didn't stay at the train station for long, turned around and left.

The three letters Yan Guohao handed him before getting on the train are still on his body.

The meat factory was short of pigs, and he had been worrying about this a lot in recent days. After getting three letters of introduction, he headed towards the breeding farm without stopping.

There is no way, it is already September, and it is the time when pigs are put out for slaughter.

If it was too late, even with a letter of introduction and a phone call from Yan Guohao's old comrade-in-arms, he wouldn't be able to get many.

So Xu Qing rode his motorcycle and quickly left the city and rushed to the breeding farm in the suburbs.

However, it was not in the eastern suburbs where he opened the meat factory, but in the western suburbs.

The sun hung fiercely in the sky. Even though the dog days were out, the weather was still hot.

Fortunately, after Xu Qing left the city, he rode his motorcycle very quickly, and he arrived at the gate of the pig farm in a short time.

After Xu Qing explained his purpose to the gatekeeper, he smoked a cigarette, then pushed his motorcycle through the open iron gate, and followed to find the director of the farm.

Inside the farm, the smell is overwhelming, especially on hot days. The smell of pig manure is even more unpleasant and spreads in all directions with the wind.

Xu Qing wrinkled his nose and took two puffs of cigarette, trying to cover it up.

But in the end it was to no avail.

There are not many pigs in the breeding farm, but the space is not big either. It covers an area of ​​just over half an acre and the conditions are simple. There are only two or three old houses and a wooden shed. The pigs are all kept in the pig house below the shed.

The so-called factory director is actually only a person in charge. He has three or four breeders and janitors, but no one else.

Xu Qing felt that there were fewer people than the meat factory he just opened.

In addition to raising pigs, this place also does breeding work for breeding pigs.

Every year, the piglets sent by the state to nearby rural communes come from these farms in the suburbs. In less than a minute, Xu Qing followed the gatekeeper to the door of a house with a wooden sign for the factory director's office.

"Director Jin, a comrade is here to collect the pigs."

As the gatekeeper shouted, a young man in his 20s came out.

Xu Qing immediately parked his motorcycle aside, looked at the other person and said:
"Hello, Director Jin, I am Xu Qing from Xuji Meat Factory in the eastern suburbs. I am coming over here today to buy some pigs from you."

The young man named Jin looked at Xu Qing, said oh, and tilted his head to indicate that he should come into the office to talk.

The light in the room was a bit dark. As soon as Xu Qing entered, the man said:

"You can pour the water yourself. My name is Jin Desheng. I was sent to the countryside as an educated youth a few years ago and was assigned to lead people to raise pigs here. I don't care about my false reputation as factory director. Just call me Desheng."

Xu Qing took out his peony cigarettes and handed one to Jin Desheng. At the same time, he also took out the letter of introduction and showed it to him.

Jin Desheng took the cigarette, put it in the corner of his mouth, glanced down and introduced the message:

"Boss Xu, several other farms and I also received a notice yesterday. I heard that it was our senior leader who said personally that you, Xuji Meat Co., Ltd., are here to pull pigs. We can allocate ten pigs to each farm. However, There will be no more. I only raise a total of 40 pigs here, except for breeding pigs. In previous years, the rest were handed over to several state-owned meat factories in the city."

Xu Qing listened to Jin Desheng's words and did not respond in a hurry. Seeing that the other party stopped talking, he smiled and said:
"Ten of them are enough for you."

Jin Desheng snorted, puffed on his cigarette, smoothed his hair, looked at Xu Qing, and asked curiously:
"Boss Xu, who are you looking for? The relationship is so strong that our senior leader can speak personally. I heard from the person who came to inform yesterday that the senior leader also received a call from above. Several state-owned meat federations in the city No one dared to say anything at the factory."

Xu Qing smiled faintly, smoked a cigarette, and smiled without saying a word.

Jin Desheng then said: "Boss Xu, you came here alone today. You are not pulling pigs today. When will you bring someone to drive to pull pigs, remember to tell me in advance."

Xu Qing smoked the pipe and said, "Director Jin, it's early in the morning the day after tomorrow."

Jin Desheng scratched his head and thought for a while and said: "Sure, no problem. Then Boss Xu, you will bring someone over the day after tomorrow."

Xu Qing hummed, sat down for a while, then left, heading towards several other farms.

With the greetings in place and a letter of introduction in hand, he visited all the breeding farms in the western suburbs in one afternoon.

We have also agreed on time with the directors of several pig farms.

Three days later, early in the morning, Xu Qing took a hired truck and two of Hui Dehai's apprentices to bring ten large black pigs from the farm managed by Jin Desheng back to his own meat factory.

As for the pigs from several other farms, there is no rush to remove them all.

Instead, he came on a wrong day and went to the next breeding farm in the western suburbs every few days.

The pig problem has been alleviated.

Xu Qing was completely relieved this time.

In fact, the pigs distributed by several pig farms in the suburbs are not enough to maintain the operation of the own meat factory.

Xu Qing knew this very well.

However, there are still Ermazi who are constantly collecting pigs, grain and sheep in the countryside.

He also has the ability to cut the pork in two and maintain it until the end of the year, which is not a big problem.

As October approaches, the weather finally begins to cool down, and the heat at the beginning of the month is gone.

The breeding pigs also gave birth to piglets, and Xu Qing bought ten more piglets when he went to a farm not far from Jin Desheng's pig farm to pull pigs.

Speaking of which, it is half bought and half exchanged.

There was a lot of bran accumulated in the warehouse of the grain station, and Xu Qing allowed them to pull a cart for free.

Therefore, on the small matter of piglets, the two parties hit it off and reached an agreement.

The pig problem was solved and piglets were born.

On the last day of September, Xu Qing was doing some rough calculations in the office of his meat factory.

It currently only supplies pork to the two canteens of Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant No. [-] and No. [-].

Leaving aside all expenses, the income is pretty good.

Can earn more than 300 yuan in net.

And this does not include the pork he separated using his ability.

If added, it would be much.

The pork that is divided does not cost a penny.

If you sell it, you will make a net profit.

This is much more than earning from food.

And there are also pigs sold to the small traders, which is a lot of money in a month.

Xu Qing didn't do any detailed calculations. He just made a rough estimate, and he could make a few thousand dollars quickly.

As for the big head, of course he earned it from the pork he divided using his abilities.

Running a meat joint factory is a business that won't lose money these days, but it's just getting started.

For Xu Qing, he didn't have to worry and became fat in one bite.

At present, the pork slaughtered every day in the factory is only enough to supply the canteens of Red Star [-]% and Factory [-], and the sales channels have not been fully expanded.

Moreover, the meat factory’s money is only on its books.

However, several branch factories paid for the goods at the grain station.

Er Mazi is collecting pigs, grain, and sheep in the countryside, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of money.

At the same time, Xu Qing's pockets bulged up and he was able to repay everyone in the compound the money he lent them.

(End of this chapter)