Siheyuan: The strongest point adding system is bound at the beginning

"Okay, let's do it the same as before. When you've caught all the fish, we'll send them to the steel mill. With these fish, I won't have to worry about my purchasing tasks for this month."

"Okay, let's do as you said, Ping An. We'll keep it the same as before."

"Is this just the price this year..." Qin Dazhuang asked a little embarrassedly.

This year, due to the impact of natural disasters, the price of food has not increased. But that is for people in the city who eat commercial food. The price of food and meat on the black market really changes every day. Why? Because there is really no such thing!

Scarcity makes things valuable. This principle is universal no matter what time or place it is. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the recent cucumber assassin incident.

At this moment, Pinxixi's model of exchanging volume for profit is still not feasible. Logistics are not yet so developed. It's the same all over the world. The business of reselling has always been very popular, and it's all the middlemen who make a profit from the difference.

The reason why Asia is so competitive is that its population density is one reason, but the biggest factor is actually its own doing. It really fits the saying: if you don’t do it, there are plenty of people who will. It directly forms a closed loop with the large population.

"Don't worry, I know about the increase in food and meat prices. They are what they should be. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Even brothers should settle accounts clearly!"

"Why is your village willing to sell the materials to the steel mill through me? Isn't it because I offered a high price?"

After Liu Ping'an finished speaking, he gave Qin Dazhuang the price list he received from the steel rolling mill. Only Liu Ping'an, who did not rely on the price difference to make a living, dared not to be a middleman.

This table is the purchase list given to them by the steel mill. It lists the purchase prices of various items. Basically, there are no major changes. It is updated every few months. Liu Ping'an just received this table today. The unit prices of various materials on it have indeed increased a lot compared to before the autumn harvest.

Qin Dazhuang knew a little bit of reading and knew that studying was useful. Otherwise, he would not have suffered so much and gritted his teeth to support his three sons to go to school. Even though the second son did not get into the technical secondary school, Qin Dazhuang still decided to let him go to a high school and give him another chance. What if he got into college? Wouldn't that be more glorious than his eldest brother getting into the technical secondary school?

If this is really the case, then the Qin family’s ancestral grave would be filled with smoke.

Nowadays, if children from ordinary families do not continue their studies after junior high school, they will go back home to work in the fields. Those in the city will find some temporary jobs first, and their families will also try to find an opportunity to buy a temporary or regular job for them when they are 18. As long as the job is settled, the child will be settled for life.

What? Why don't rural children go to the city to work? Don't be silly. The current urban population management is not only regional differences, but also urban hukou is superior. Just the monthly ration of commercial grain is not enough for just anyone to settle in the city.

When Liu Ping'an first came, he could buy a house and settle down in the city, but now it's not possible. You have to have a formal job. Otherwise, benefactor, go back to where you came from!

Finally, Qin Dazhuang thought of his youngest son, Qin Xiaobao. He felt something was wrong. Shouldn't he be in primary school now? Why did he come to the reservoir with Liu Ping'an? He must have skipped classes again. Last time, the teacher came to his house because of this, which made him, the village chief, feel very embarrassed.

Remember this fried pork with belt for him. The steel mill is purchasing these two days, and we can't let others see our family's joke. When I come back from selling fish with Ping An, I will teach this little bastard a lesson and make him study less seriously.

At this moment, Qin Xiaobao was secretly eating fish meat next to the stove. He didn't care whether it was hot or not. He picked up a piece of fish meat with chopsticks and started to eat it in big mouthfuls. He was eating very happily.

He just didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, causing him to shiver in the hot weather. He shook his head and looked around, and after finding nothing wrong, he ate the fish in his hand again.

This kid is really heartless, but it is understandable. Children nowadays don't have to carry a schoolbag weighing more than ten kilograms to and from school every day, and their spines have not been suffocated by the pressure of life when they were young. Qin Xiaobao is in his early teens, and now is a carefree time.

Qin Dazhuang looked at the purchase list Liu Ping'an handed to him, and focused on the prices of fish - black carp, grass carp, silver carp, and bighead carp. These are the four major freshwater fish on the mainland, and are also the most important fish species in the mainland at this time. In his reservoir, these four types of fish are the most abundant.

Qin Dazhuang confidently read it over and over again, fearing that he had read it wrong. After reading it for a long time, he nodded with satisfaction and returned the list to Liu Ping'an.

He said with satisfaction, "Purchasing Manager Liu is really honest. The price he gave is as high as the retail price in the city."

Then he smiled and said to Liu Ping'an, "Let's eat first. This year's freshly harvested corn is made into steamed bread, and paired with fish soup made from the fish in the reservoir. People in our village can only eat this after the autumn harvest every year."

As he spoke, he pulled Liu Ping'an to sit down at a small table in front of the stove, and then called his wife to bring two bowls of fish soup.

Soon, two women came to the table with two bowls of hot fish soup and a bowl of steamed bread. This was the only table on the scene, which was used by the kitchen to process food, but it was now empty.

But not everyone can sit at the table, many people around each hold a bowl, on which are placed two or three steamed bread, and eat lunch with a mouthful of steamed bread and a sip of soup. Occasionally, they put the steamed bread in the bowl, pick up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it into their mouths, then chew carefully until they swallow it, carefully savoring the taste of the fish.

Liu Pingan picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. Needless to say, freshly killed game is fresh. Some green onions, ginger and garlic were added to the soup to remove the fishy smell, and a handful of fine salt was added to reduce the taste. This was all the recipe for this bowl of fish soup.

Even this is much better than the fish and seafood marinated with seasonings that he had eaten in his previous life. High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods, and Liu Ping'an has seen this again today. As expected, there are masters among the people. This bowl of fish soup is not much different from the ingredients in his space. There are still good things on this blue planet, but it's a pity that such delicacies will become less and less in the future.