The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"Peanuts are here, Dad, don't drink too much."

After Liu Aiguo's wife came over with the peanuts, she saw several people drinking and tried to persuade Liu Wu a few words.

"Okay, I get it. I'll drink two liang."

Liu Wu responded casually, then raised his glass to Liu Minghui and the other man.

"Here, let's drink this cup first to thank Minghui. Uncle would like to thank you for your efforts over the past two years."

Liu Wu raised the cup and thanked Liu Minghui solemnly.

"Uncle, this is unacceptable. These are what I should do, and I just did some insignificant things."

When Liu Minghui saw this, he quickly waved his hands. He didn't think he had done anything great, just some small things.

"Yes, uncle, this is what my brother should do."

Liu Dazhuang also echoed from the side.

"Hey, don't be so modest. I know you have put in a lot of effort. Otherwise, how can you buy precious food?"

Seeing the two people's attitude, Liu Wu continued to talk relentlessly.

"Well, after drinking, uncle, please stop talking."

Helplessly, Liu Minghui could only raise his glass and clink it with Liu Wu.

"That's right. You should take the credit for the work that's yours."

Liu Wu saw it and said happily.

Liu Wu felt that his nephew was too low-key. If Liu Minghui had not insisted, Liu Wu would have held a meeting to publicize it.

Liu Minghui previously explained to the public that all the goods were purchased from other places. Except for a few individuals, the villagers thought this was a simple matter and did not take it seriously. Only Liu Wu knew how difficult it was.

Because Liu often went to the commune for meetings and knew the prices on the black market, he was so grateful to Liu Minghui.

"Hey, where's my aunt?"

Liu Minghui had no choice but to change the subject. After turning around and looking around, he asked Liu Wu.

"They have gone to the warehouse to shell corn kernels. There is no work in the fields now, so the only thing left is shelling corn kernels."

Liu Minghui nodded after hearing this. He knew that corn with the cob is called cornmeal, and corn kernels are called cornmeal, which is equivalent to fine grains.

At noon, Liu Minghui and Liu Dazhuang went home for lunch. Liu Wu wanted to keep them, but thinking that it was a rare trip, they couldn't not go home, so Liu Minghui had to refuse.

After lunch in the afternoon, Liu Wu organized a dozen men and came to the pigpen at the foot of the mountain, pointing at the four pigs inside and said.

"Look, the pigs in our village are all first-class pigs, not bad, right?"

Liu Wu said proudly that these days live pigs are divided into grades. First-grade pigs weigh more than 150 kilograms, and the purchase price is around 60 to 70 cents.

"Great! It seems that our village is not only good at raising people, but also raising pigs."

Upon hearing this, Liu Minghui followed up with a few compliments.

After hearing this, the people in charge of raising pigs laughed cheerfully and said, "That's right. These pigs were fed as much as humans before. If they didn't gain weight, they would have been slaughtered long ago."

"Yes, yes, the children in our village go to collect grass for pigs every day, but their work is not in vain."

Everyone started discussing it one by one.

"I think we should raise more next year so that we can get more meat at the end of the year."

"Alright, alright, get back to work, Minghui still has to go back to the city."

In the end, it was Liu Wu who interrupted the conversation and directed everyone to catch the pigs.

There is strength in numbers, and everyone is quite skilled. Soon, several large pigs were tied up and put on the truck.

Now that the matter was settled, Liu Minghui and Liu Dazhuang were about to leave. Before leaving, Liu Wu packed a lot of peanuts for the two of them to take away.

"Take these peanuts and bring them back as snacks for the children."

Seeing this, the two men didn't hesitate and just put it away.

"Then I would like to thank you, uncle."

Although Liu Minghui did not lack these things, this was a little gift from Liu Wu, so Liu Minghui would certainly not refuse it. He would just bring two bottles of wine to Liu Wu as a return gift next time he came back.

In the afternoon, Liu Minghui returned to the steel rolling mill and went to see Li Huaide first.

"Uncle Li, I'm busy."

When he saw that it was Liu Minghui who came, Li Huaide's face immediately fell.

"That's right. Who can be as free as you? You can't be found all day long."

Li Huaide complained that he wanted to find Liu Minghui today, but he couldn't find him. Li Huaide was helpless. Now that Liu Minghui was here, of course he had to complain.

"Hey, I have something serious to do today."

Liu Minghui was not afraid of Li Huaide. He came to Li Huaide with a grin and sat down.

"Oh, so you were just going out to play before."

Who would have thought that Li Huaide actually caught the loophole in Liu Minghui's words and looked at him seriously.

"How could that be possible? Are you in a bad mood? Were you kicked out by your aunt again?"

Liu Minghui complained bluntly that Li Huaide had quarreled with his wife before, and Li Huaide also had bronchitis at home. In the end, he was kicked out and had to stay in the office for two days.

"Hey, kid, you're just bringing up all sorts of issues."

Li Huaide suddenly looked embarrassed, as if he was embarrassed to be found out.

"hey-hey"

Liu Minghui could only smile awkwardly and not respond to Li Huaide's words.

"No need to talk about it. What did you buy today?"

Li Huaide changed the subject and asked about Liu Minghui's going to the countryside.

Speaking of this, Liu Minghui became excited and immediately laughed proudly, "How could I fail when I was out there? Of course it was live pigs, four of them."

As he spoke, Liu Minghui pointed four fingers at Li Huaide, looking very proud.

Li Huaide didn't look as shocked as before when he was shocked by one or two pigs. He nodded calmly after hearing this.

"That's right. We are still short of meat for the end of the year distribution. Your purchase this time will just make up for it."

Liu Minghui was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said to Li Huaide embarrassedly: "This doesn't seem to work."

After hearing this, Li Huaide opened his eyes wide and glared at Liu Minghui.

"What did you say? Why not? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, don't blame me for scolding you."

Li Huaide looked unhappy, mainly because this year's welfare had not been settled yet. He went to Liu Minghui to solve the problem in the morning.

He was quite happy at first, but Liu Minghui said no. How could he agree to that?

Liu Minghui felt even more embarrassed after hearing this, but he had promised Liu Feng before that he would buy two live pigs for him, and of course Liu Minghui would not forget it.

Just looking at Li Huaide's expression, it seemed as if he was going to fight him to the death. It seemed that it would be difficult to snatch food from Li Huaide's mouth.

"I can't do anything about it. Director Liu from the machine repair factory came to me before and I promised to give him two pigs. It would be a shame if I don't give them to him now."

Liu Minghui was very distressed. It was not surprising that Liu Minghui was not lacking in this aspect, but the inspections in Sijiu City had been stricter recently. As the year was coming to an end, they were cracking down on the black market and the pigeon market everywhere. The materials taken out of the space had no source, and it would be bad if someone came to investigate seriously.