My Courtyard Refuge

Bluefin Tuna

Early on Sunday morning, Xu Dong was busy driving.

It was the same underground parking lot as yesterday, but this time it was not the students from the rotation training class, but Uncle Sun who had dealt with him before.

Uncle Sun was the deputy director of the police station where Dad Xu was imprisoned. At the beginning, Xu Dong was pulled into the work group by the other party thanks to the fried fish.

“Uncle Sun, you’re here.” Xu Dong said enthusiastically.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one, and his company happens to be within the jurisdiction of the other party.

“Xiao Xu, you gave us a big surprise this time. Our director called me overnight and told me to complete this task.”

Xu Dong lit a cigarette for the other party, and said politely: “If it wasn’t for the fear of bad influence, I would have personally delivered it to the door.”

“Don’t be so troublesome. It’s just a coincidence that it’s my turn to go on vacation today.”

When a cigarette is smoked, the transaction is completed.

Before leaving, Uncle Sun patted his chest and promised that they would never let their own people suffer if they came to the bureau if they had something to do in the future.

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After seeing off Uncle Sun, Xu Dong stayed where he was, waiting for the next group of people.

In order to reduce the trouble of running back and forth, this time he brought more than two thousand catties of dried shrimp, which was enough for everyone.

“Brother Xu, do you remember me?”

“Isn’t this Brother Wang? I heard that you were just promoted to section chief at the beginning of the year. Why, do you want to show off in front of your brothers?” Xu Dong teased.

Brother Wang is Wang Lixin, a former captain of the security department of Yangang, who played well with Xu Dong back then.

The other party’s section chief, who had just been promoted in January, was still sending a red envelope of 1,000 yuan in the group at that time. Xu Dong remembered it very clearly.

“Don’t call me brother, you are everyone’s God of Wealth now, I can’t afford it, you should call me Old Wang.”

Xu Dong chose to be kind and gentle: “Old Wang, tsk tsk, everyone in the class has lost weight, but you are still the same. It seems that there is no shortage of oil and water, and the living standard is good?”

“Hey, I can’t compare to you, a rich man.” Wang Lixin said modestly.

In fact, Wang Lixin was not only promoted to section chief, but was also transferred to the Jingtang branch.

That place belongs to Tangshan City, and the entire factory area is close to the sea, and we can often get some seafood for eating and drinking, so the small life is very nourishing.

“Okay, I’m busy here, let’s stop gossip, I’ll get you the dried shrimp first!”

Wang Lixin’s situation is special. He is far away in Tangshan City. Xu Dong originally planned to send it to him, but this one insisted on coming here in person.

“Brother Xu, wait a minute.”

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Xu Dong turned around and asked in doubt: “What’s wrong?”

“There is something I want to discuss with you.”

“Then tell me, what’s the matter?” Xu Dong knew in his heart that this person really came prepared.

“Can you sell me some more dried shrimp?” Wang Lixin asked shyly.

Xu Dong immediately shook his head: “No, I treat everyone equally here, and I can’t make an exception for you. If other people find out, where do you want my old face to be?”

“I don’t need money to buy it, I can exchange things with you, isn’t that okay?”

“Then tell me first, what do you want to exchange?” Xu Dong hesitated.

Wang Lixin said in a low voice: “A fresh bluefin tuna is more than two meters long and weighs more than 480 catties.”

“Hey, where did you get the fish?”

Xu Dong was taken aback. Tuna of this level, let alone now, even before the big flare, were rare.

“It’s not my fish, it’s our company’s fish. I won’t hide it from you. This fish was found by the employees at the port.”

“Is there such a good thing?” Xu Dong looked suspicious.

Wang Lixin hastily explained:

“This kind of thing is very common. You can go to the beach to find out. I also heard people say that it seems that some kind of ocean current is chaotic and destroys the marine ecology. Many fish can’t survive.”

Xu Dong searched for related news on the Internet and found that there were indeed many related reports.

“You can eat this fish by yourself, why do you want to exchange shrimp with me?”

“To tell you the truth, it would be a pity for us to eat such a big fish, so the leader wants to replace it with other things, and take the opportunity to give everyone some benefits. After all, life is hard for everyone right now.”

Xu Dong nodded, the explanation made sense: “Then how do you want to change?”

“I knew it, Old Xu, you must have a channel.” Wang Lixin said excitedly, “I’m not going to lie, the bottom line our leader gave me is ten catties for one catty.”

“No, no.” Xu Dong quickly waved his hand, “Mine is dried shrimp, yours is fresh fish, and the ratio of one to ten is too exaggerated.””Is this bluefin tuna? In the past, such a big fish would cost at least tens of thousands of dollars per catty.” Wang Lixin emphasized.

“You also said that it was in the past. Tuna meat is low in fat and calories, but it can’t be sold at a high price now.”

Xu Dong just searched the price of tuna on the Internet. The tuna that is less than a hundred catties is currently on the market, and at most one catty of fish can be exchanged for five catties of rice.

“Brother Xu, this is the first time for me to help a big leader, so you can help my brother!” Wang Lixin began to sell miserably.

Xu Dong was unmoved, and insisted: “Old Wang, it’s not that I don’t help you, it’s because your price is too outrageous.”

“Then how do you change it?”

“For your old Wang’s sake, I can only accept one catty for three catties at most.” Xu Dong replied presumably.

Wang Lixin slapped his thigh: “Deal!”

Jingtang’s general manager did give him a bottom line when he went out, but that was a catty for two catties, and Wang Lixin overfulfilled the task this time.

Xu Dong’s heart skipped a beat, hasty!

But the words have been said, and it is not easy to take them back, so they can only find fault: “Your fish is fine, if it is a dead fish, you can’t sell it for this price.”

“Don’t worry, our company has master fishermen who know how to handle tuna. The tail of the fish is cut off. That’s a professional.” Wang Lixin laughed.

“Okay, when is the deal?”

Xu Dong quickly thought about it. It would not be a disadvantage to exchange the extra shrimp for a tuna weighing several hundred catties.

“If you’re sure, I’ll call back right away, and the tuna will arrive at noon.”

“It’s okay to trade at noon, and I’ll give you an extra fifty catties of dried shrimp as your referral fee.” Xu Dong is not the kind of ungrateful person.

Wang Lixin was pleasantly surprised and said: “Old Xu, you are really interesting, you brother, I’m committed.”

“It’s a brother, so don’t fool me with nonsense such as changing one catty for ten catties.” Xu Dong teased, in fact, he can still understand the other party, after all, he is talking about business.

“It won’t happen next time.” Wang Lixin said awkwardly.

Xu Dong looked at his watch, waved his hand and said, “It’s almost time. If you’re free, you should leave quickly. The next group of people will arrive soon.”

“Okay, then let’s see you at noon.” Wang Lixin said simply.