The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 262: Father Zhao can’t wait any longer

Time flies, and a few days pass quickly.

The case of counterfeit food stamps at the steel rolling mill only lasted for two days, and then gradually subsided, slowly disappearing from the daily conversation of Jiaodaokou residents.

Without important cases, Li Weiguo and others gradually became quiet.

Morning, security department.

As usual, a group of security guards nodded in front of the office building and returned to their respective positions according to their daily duty arrangements.

Li Weiguo, on his side, returned to the office, signed a few scattered documents, and then started his daily business of fishing with a newspaper and a pot of tea.

What a wonderful day

After touching fish for a long time, he thought he had nothing to do recently and could take some time off to rest.

The old-fashioned telephone on the desk started ringing.

Li Weiguo put down the newspaper helplessly, glanced at the phone, and reached out to answer the phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Weiguo, I am your Uncle Zhao."

Hearing the voice of Father Zhao and hearing his next words, Li Weiguo raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but smile.

Three days have passed since he last came back from the grain farm. Li Weiguo has not replied to Father Zhao about meat.

After waiting for so many days, it seemed that Father Zhao couldn't sit still anymore, so he called specifically to ask.

But yes, everyone has to worry about such an important matter. After all, it is related to one's own layout and future.

The reason why Li Weiguo didn't reply to him for a few days was because he didn't want to contact Meat Food to appear too simple and arouse Zhao's father's suspicion.

It has been delayed for three days now. Calculating the time, it is almost done. There is no need to stretch people anymore.

After all, the benefits have been reaped, and it would be bad if it drags on and drags down other people's important matters.

"Oh, Uncle Zhao, there is a reply from my friend. Okay, okay, I'll come to your place right now."

After saying a few polite words and hanging up the phone, Li Weiguo put on his police hat, tidied up his clothes, went straight downstairs, got on his bicycle and headed to the grain store.

After riding for about ten minutes, we arrived at the Grain Management Office and headed straight to Dad Zhao's office on the second floor.

At this time, Father Zhao was already waiting. As soon as Li Weiguo came over, Father Zhao warmly invited him to sit in the room.

After Li Weiguo entered the room and sat down, Zhao's father diligently took a clean enamel jar and poured him a cup of tea.

"Weiguo, what did your friend say?" Zhao Xingguo rubbed his hands and looked at Li Weiguo eagerly.

Now is the critical moment in his competition with Meng Xinmin, and he urgently needs important weights to increase his chances of winning.

He was thinking about Li Weiguo's connections. He didn't know how many meats Li Weiguo could contact him, but he hadn't seen any news from Li Weiguo for several days, which made him anxious.

The amount of meat is related to his subsequent layout and planning. If Li Weiguo can't help him contact him with much meat in the end, then he will have to think of other ways as soon as possible.

So after waiting for a few days, Zhao Xingguo couldn't wait any longer. He had to get the results as soon as possible so that he could make next plans.

When Li Weiguo saw Father Zhao's appearance, he smiled and without any hesitation, he took out the prepared note from his pocket and handed it over.

"Uncle Zhao, this is the quantity and price that my friend can provide. Please see if it suits you first."

Zhao Xingguo looked happy and quickly took the note and opened it.

Pork: one thousand catties, three yuan per catty;

Pig in water: five hundred catties, two yuan a catty;

Rabbit meat: five hundred catties, two pieces and fifty-one catties;

Seeing this quantity and price, Zhao Xingguo was instantly overjoyed. With this quantity, things would be much easier to handle later on.

Although half of it is pig offal and rabbit meat, which is not as good as pork, it doesn't matter.

At this time of year, let alone meat, all the bones and scraps from the meat joint factory have been booked, so there is nothing to choose from.

And the price is not expensive, much better than the current black market price of four or five yuan per pound of meat. The most important thing is that you can't buy this amount even if you have money.

Now is the time of famine, and there is no end in sight for a while, and nothing is allowed to rise.

"Hahaha, okay, okay. Weiguo, you have helped me a lot now." Zhao Xingguo smiled from ear to ear.

He already had the upper hand in this competition. With these supplies, it would not be too easy to defeat Meng Xinmin.

"Okay, Weiguo, thank you for your hard work. This time things are done, I will thank you deeply." Zhao Xingguo patted Li Weiguo's shoulder excitedly.

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Uncle Zhao, don't just take it for granted. The things are ready now. How do you plan to hand them over?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xingguo pondered for a moment and asked, "Weiguo, does your friend have any arrangements?"

He also knew that these things must be kept low-key, and these were unplanned supplies. He asked for two thousand kilograms, and presumably he was taking away someone else's share. Naturally, the handover should be as low-key as possible, so as not to make others jealous.

Li Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Zhao, how about this? Find a quieter place and arrange a truck for me."

"When the supplies are loaded, I will drive the truck directly to the place for you. You can send someone to hand it over and drive the truck away by the way."

Zhao Xingguo thought about it and thought it was feasible. He had made preparations before. All he needed was to get the things in place. The place and the car were trivial. All they had were resources.

So he just did it. Zhao Xingguo stood up immediately, went to the desk, picked up the phone receiver, and shook the phone.

The call was connected and the switchboard was transferred, and Zhao Xingguo gave some instructions to the other side of the phone.

Not long after I put down the phone, a young security officer knocked on the door and came in.

He had seen this security officer before when he came to the Grain Institute with Li Huaide. His surname was Wang, and he was with Ke Weimin, the security section chief of the Grain Institute. He seemed to be a confidant of Zhao Xingguo.

The security officer entered the room, stood at attention and saluted.

"Director, the truck has arrived downstairs. Here is the key." With that said, the security officer handed the key to Zhao Xingguo.

Zhao Xingguo took it casually and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Go ahead and do your work."

"Yes, director."

The security officer saluted, then stepped back and went out, closing the door behind him.

After the person left, Zhao Xingguo handed over the key.

"Weiguo, I'll leave the rest to you. Just bring the things to warehouse No. 5 behind our grain depot."

"The No. 5 warehouse was newly built when our grain depot was expanding. However, there has been a shortage of food in the past two years. It has been empty and unused, and no one is guarding it. It is quiet enough. You can just pull your things there."

"I'll go to the finance department to get the money in a moment, and then go directly there to wait for you."

After all, Zhao Xingguo also gave him a special release note, otherwise he would not be able to drive the car out of the grain station.

Li Weiguo took the key and note, nodded and said: "Okay, Uncle Zhao, I will make arrangements for you now."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Weiguo."

After bidding farewell to Zhao Xingguo and going downstairs, Li Weiguo soon saw the old Jiefang truck parked in front of the office building.

The two-seater old-fashioned Jiefang has a retro big nose on the front, a brand new military green paint, and a big red star printed on the door, which makes it look exciting.

The body of the truck is equipped with a rain-proof tarpaulin, which makes it highly concealable when pulling things.

I walked around the back of the car and looked into the back compartment. I saw that about twenty baskets and a large bundle of tarpaulins had been placed in advance. It seemed that Father Zhao had been prepared.

Li Weiguo walked around the car and nodded, feeling that there was no problem, so he picked up his bicycle parked not far away and put it directly on the back of the car.

After putting the bicycle away, he opened the cab door and got in without saying a word.

This earliest old Jiefang is the CA10 model, produced in 56, and is rear axle driven.

This car is different from the trucks of later generations. The big steering wheel does not have any power assist. If ordinary people don't have the strength, you really can't do it.

But considering Li Weiguo's physique, it's nothing.

Moreover, Li Weiguo's original self had driven it before when he was in the army. His body was no stranger to this thing. After getting familiar with it for a few times, his body's memory was quickly awakened.

Find the crank handle from the cab, run to the front of the car, insert it, and shake it hard.

Then he quickly got into the car, stepped on the clutch, and put in the gas. After a while, the truck started to move.

Li Weiguo started, changed gears, and drove the truck directly outside the grain station.

When passing by the gatekeeper's duty room, I handed over the release slip. The guard took it, glanced at it, and simply let me go.

After leaving the grain station, Li Weiguo drove all the way out of the city.

At this time, many areas around Dongzhimen were undeveloped. Three to five miles away was the Second Ring Road, which was on the outskirts of the city. Many large factories were located here.

Li Weiguo drove his car in slow second gear and drove slowly toward the outskirts of the city.

While driving, I also looked at the surrounding environment, preparing to find a sparsely populated place to load the car.

Mo Yue drove about ten miles from Dongzhimen, and finally found a deserted and hidden area for him.

I found a suitable location, parked the car, opened the door and got out, and looked around at farmland and wilderness.

This place is just right, with a dozen trees blocking the corner of the road.

It's winter now, and there are no people around to tend to the fields and crops, so it's very safe.

After looking around to confirm that there was nothing wrong, Li Weiguo immediately jumped onto the back of the truck, waved his hand, and put the twenty or so baskets prepared by Zhao's father in advance into the space.

Then with another wave of his hand, he packed all the prepared meat supplies in the space and put them out.

There are ten baskets of pork, one hundred catties per basket, and five baskets each of pig offal and rabbit meat.

As soon as the thing was released, it instantly occupied half of the truck body.

After placing the meat, Li Weiguo spread out the tarp that Zhao's father had prepared in advance and covered it with the meat.

After laying it out and tying the tarp tightly, I found a few stones and placed them on it to compact it, making sure it wouldn't open automatically. Then I clapped my hands and felt relieved.

After getting the supplies, Li Weiguo calmly smoked a cigarette on the spot.

After finishing smoking a cigarette, he raised his hand and looked at the time. It was almost an hour since he came out of the grain station. He felt that it was almost done. Then Li Weiguo got in the car and turned around, heading back to the grain station.