Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I want to go to the moon

After the meeting, Director Wang came to Xu's house.

"Da Mao, are you eating at home?"

Xu Damao ignored the mess in the courtyard and was having dinner at home with Lou Xiaoe. I have been eating sea fish every day recently, and I smell fishy all over. Bad review!

Just when Lou Xiao'e and he were secretly eating lobster, drinking coconut milk and roasted baobab fruits while no one was around, there was a knock on the door, so Xu Damao quickly packed all his things into the space and went to open the door.

Alas - these days even eating a meal is uneasy.

"Hey, Director Wang, please come in."

While taking Director Wang home, I was thinking to myself, I haven't done anything recently and the yard is peaceful.

When Director Wang came in, she smelled prawns and coconut milk, as well as an indescribable smell (bread), but there was only half a fish and some steamed buns on the table. She sniffed again curiously, wondering if she had smelled it wrong?

"Director Wang, is there anything wrong?"

Director Wang looked embarrassed. He wanted to ask Xu Damao something, but he felt he couldn't say it out loud.

"Da Mao, Aunt Wang, I have no other choice, so I'm begging you to come and ask you to give some of the fish from your speaker factory to our street office?"

"Auntie Wang knows that you have taken good care of the neighborhood office, including the relatives of the martyrs in the yard next door, but Auntie Wang really has no other choice."

She was embarrassed, but she had to say it.

Xu Damao frowned and asked, "Are there any shortages of supplies on the market?"

He knew that supplies were tight, but he himself had no shortage of food, so he didn't know to what extent the shortage was.

Director Wang sighed and said, "The price of grain has tripled, but it's barely enough to eat. As for pork and other meat, I'm going to make you laugh, but we haven't seen it for a month. There's nothing to sell in the vegetable market. I also asked the meat processing plant, but they said that this year's quota has been used up and they don't have any live pigs..."

"I heard that your speaker factory can get fish and kelp, so I came to you to find a solution."

Xu Damao continued to ask, "As for fish, doesn't anyone go ice fishing? We have Shichahai and Beihai Park in our city. Yan Bugui from our hospital often goes fishing to improve his diet."

Director Wang shook his head and said, "The district has organized several trawling and group fishing activities, but there are basically no fish left. You don't know that there are more people fishing in the park than fish now!"

"Yan Bugui was complaining just now that he can't even catch two or three small whitebait in a day. It's a complete waste of time."

Xu Damao frowned. He wanted to help, but there were some things that he couldn't just give in blindly because it would attract too much attention and cause trouble.

"Director Wang, you know that our fish are all caught by the broken fishing boats of my father-in-law's restaurant. It is not easy to support several restaurants."

"Because of the public-private partnership, my father-in-law closed several restaurants, but the fishermen I employed before also had to make a living, so this situation has come about. There are more fish than restaurants can sell, so my father-in-law has more support for me."

"But now the fishing boats and catches are all managed by Brother Lou. It's not enough to supply the steel mill every day, because there are only a few broken fishing boats. Even if we fish 24 hours a day, the efficiency is not enough."

"To be honest, we really didn't make any money from the factory. Not to mention that we didn't need receipts, the price was 10% lower than the market price. The warehouse rental management and the freight from the Tianjin coast were all subsidized by my father-in-law."

"I originally just wanted to seek some benefits for the speaker factory, but now Director Li has taken it away and asked him to coordinate with Brother Lou to unify the management. I don't even have enough here, and my share has been distributed to the relatives of martyrs in the neighboring yard. I really have nothing left."

许大茂的极限就是每天1万斤鱼、0.5万斤鱼干、0.5万斤海带、0.5万斤水果。再多，马达加那边3千多人难不成去吃土？

There is only one fishing boat, and it is now working in three shifts 24 hours a day to fish, and it is not possible to catch that much every day.

The Lou family's real fishing boats have also been fishing recently, but the harvest is very small. They also transport about 1000 kilograms of fish to Sijiu City every day, just for show.

Li Huaide also kept a tight grip on the daily shipment quota. If he let it go, he would be finished. He couldn't afford to offend most of the companies that came to him. He was already capable enough to hold out until now without asking Xu Damao to add more goods.

It's even simpler with Brother Lou Er. He only recognizes Li Huaide's note. Otherwise, no one else can get in. He only communicates with Li Huaide.

No tickets are needed. The fish are caught by their own fishing boats and were originally intended to supply their own restaurants. Now they are forced to sell them to the steel mill, and the price is 10% lower than the market price. No one can accuse him of speculating.

Moreover, the departments above him had also informed him, so no one dared to trouble Brother Lou. Even the police station sent two police officers to help maintain order every day to prevent anyone from using administrative ranks or family connections to pressure Brother Lou.

Of the 2000 kilograms of his own food, 1500 kilograms went into the restaurant, and the other 500 kilograms was distributed freely by Second Brother Lou. He was so proud of it that all his former friends came to flatter him and ask for his help.

500 kilograms may not seem like a lot, just the weight of three or four adults, but it is about 500 kilograms every day, and from time to time he can get some kelp, fruit, etc. from Xu Damao, which makes him very happy.

He is now the most powerful gatekeeper in the city, no doubt about it!

The most common thing Xu Damao does every day is to trade back and forth between Brother Lou's warehouse and Madagascar's warehouse. It must be said that a lot of daily necessities have been stockpiled recently, which has improved the people's livelihood issues in Crescent Kingdom to a great extent.

But some things, such as machinery and medicines, cannot be purchased in large quantities, otherwise it will attract the attention of the superiors. So now Xu Damao has a lot of money, but he can't make large-scale purchases, even in the name of Brother Lou.

You have only a few broken fishing boats, but you are purchasing thousands of doses of cold medicine, fever-reducing medicine, and anti-worm medicine. What are you doing?

He finally understood the difficulties of his father-in-law Lou Bancheng. He was very rich, but he dared not do anything.

Director Wang was also embarrassed after hearing what Xu Damao said.

"Da Mao, can't you squeeze out a little share? Our subdistrict office doesn't need to buy much, just 1000 kilograms of fish, 500 kilograms of kelp, and 500 kilograms of fruit."

"We have to let those lonely old people have a good New Year, right?"

Xu Damao suddenly reacted: "Wait, Director Wang, do you mean that only this much is needed, not this much every day?"

Director Wang was also confused: "Why do I need so much every day? We can't afford it."

Xu Damao suddenly thought of a problem. Maybe he was wrong. The street office didn’t want this much every day, but only this much for the New Year.

Recently, we have been setting the delivery standard in days, and he has become accustomed to it.

What the hell is this a problem? I still have more than ten tons in my space!

"Okay, I'll call a car to take you to the street office later."

What a big deal! It's only 1000 pounds, and everyone is so nervous.

Director Wang got alms (9% of the market price, not the pigeon market price, which was no different from begging), and went back happily with many thanks. She had just taken office when she encountered a food crisis. If it weren't for Xu Damao, she really didn't know how she would have spent the New Year.

However, Xu Damao was thinking about a question: should he use the super potatoes as seeds after the second phase of acceptance was completed?

Otherwise, if you only rely on the catch, it won’t be of much help and it will be easy to be exposed.

A daily catch of 1 kilograms of fish is Xu Damao’s bottom line. Any more and something bad might happen.

But what is the reason for giving super potatoes to the country?