Chapter 325 The first real purchase, no comparison

Chapter 325 The first real purchase, no comparison

Chapter 325: The first real purchase, no comparison

"Yeah!" Li Jiayi took the chair and sat down.

"Grandson, what brings you here so early today? Is there anything?"

"Grandpa, have you forgotten that I told you before that I wanted to buy supplies from the village?"

"Yes, but didn't you say that you would come over every Sunday after school starts?"

"Come here, grandson, have some water." Grandma poured boiling water into an enamel pot and brought it over.

"Thank you grandma."

Li Jiayi took a sip of water, put down the enamel pot and said, "Grandpa, I'm just going to try to collect them first! Let's see if I can finish collecting them in one day, otherwise I will be in a mess when the time comes."

The old man nodded and said, "That's true."

"Okay, grandpa, let's not talk about it for now. I'm going to find the captain and ask him to notify everyone."

"Okay, go quickly!"

"Ok!"

After leaving his grandmother's house, Li Jiayi went to the team leader's house. He did not drive the tricycle.

For such a long distance, it would be a bit too much to drive a tricycle.

Five or six minutes later, Li Jiayi arrived at the captain's house. Since the door was open, he went straight in.

The team leader was sitting in the yard smoking. When he saw Li Jiayi come in, he quickly sat up.

"Hey! Jiayi! When did you come back?"

"just came back."

"Sit down now, I'll make you some tea."

"No need, uncle. I came to see you for something."

Although the team leader is a few years older than his grandfather, he is of the same generation as his father, so Li Jiayi calls him uncle.

"What do you want from me?"

"Uncle, school will start in a few days! I plan to come to the village to collect supplies before school starts, so I need you to notify everyone."

"We're going to start collecting today! That's great. Sit down and take a rest. I'll go and notify you."

"Uncle! Don't worry about this. There's plenty of time. I want to talk to you about something else first."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the captain sat down and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. Just tell me what you want to say!"

"That's right, uncle. The things that the villagers want to sell are nothing more than eggs, duck eggs, and some chickens, ducks, or pigs."

"Yes, sometimes there are some pheasants, rabbits and other things, as well as some mountain products." The captain nodded.

Lijia Village is at the foot of the mountain, so it is normal to have these things. There were definitely none during the famine in the past.

But now every household has enough food and clothing, so some mountain products will be sold.

"Yes, uncle, but you also know that although my tricycle can carry a lot of things, it can't carry live animals, so I want you to tell everyone that poultry and livestock should be slaughtered before being sold to me."

"What! Still want to slaughter them?"

"Uncle! It's better to slaughter it! Everyone sells their stuff, so you should keep some for yourself! After slaughtering the pig, you can keep the offal for yourself, and I guarantee it's more cost-effective than selling the whole pig."

"Plus one! Are you telling the truth?"

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the team leader asked excitedly, if the price after slaughtering is higher than selling it alive, then it must be more cost-effective after slaughtering!
"Of course it's true, uncle. Let me ask you, how much does a big fat pig weighing about 200 kilograms sell for when it is sold to the commune's purchasing point?"

The captain thought for a moment and said, "A pig weighing 200 kilograms is considered fat. Even if it is sold at a purchasing point, it can still be sold for 50 cents, which is 100 yuan."

The commune purchasing points buy pigs according to grades, which means the meat yield. For example, a pig weighing about 200 pounds can definitely reach the first grade, and the live pig can reach 50 cents.

Pigs weighing 170 to 180 kilograms are considered second grade, at 45 cents per kilogram, while pigs weighing less than 160 kilograms are considered third grade, at 45 cents per kilogram.

"How about this, uncle? Look for a family that has a 200-pound pig. Just kill one and you'll know."

The captain nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go check it out."

"Uncle, don't be anxious, I haven't finished yet."

"Okay, you say."

"And chickens and ducks, they also need to be slaughtered. I give one dollar for a chicken and one dollar and fifty cents for a duck, and people can keep the internal organs."

"What, are you sure?" the captain looked at Li Jiayi and asked.

"Of course, I come to the village to collect supplies, not to make money from the village."

"Hahaha, good, you are worthy of being someone from our Lijia Village."

The price at the purchasing point is not that expensive, because the chickens collected from the countryside are only one yuan each when sold in the city.

The prices of roosters and hens are the same. The reason for this is that although hens can lay eggs, roosters are also bigger than hens!

Moreover, the items collected at the purchasing points are counted because they need to be invoiced.

This is also the reason why tickets are needed in the city. Under the planned economy, anything sold by the state must be issued with a ticket.

In the city, a chicken only sells for one dollar each, so of course the purchasing point cannot buy it for one dollar each. So when villagers go to the purchasing point to buy a chicken, they can only get 80 cents at most for it.

Of course, the reason why it is so cheap is mainly because the local chickens of this era are relatively small in size.

A hen weighs only a little over two kilograms, and if it is fatter, it will weigh about three kilograms. A rooster is heavier, weighing more than three kilograms.

But these are chickens that have not been slaughtered. After being slaughtered, they will be even lighter, with a hen weighing less than two pounds.

This is still with the bones. If it’s sold at a higher price, wouldn’t people prefer buying pork?

Don’t forget, if you have a meat ticket, a pound of pork is only 65 cents!

In fact, it is because it only takes one pound of meat ticket to buy a chicken, otherwise not many people would buy this thing.

"Okay, uncle, go and inform everyone! It's better to ask a few more people to inform, otherwise it will be noon by the time you inform everyone."

"That's right. Okay. I'll ask a few people to inform everyone."

"Well! Then I'll go to my grandma's house and wait."

"it is good."

Not long after Li Jiayi returned to his grandmother's house, someone came over carrying a basket.

The basket is filled with chicken eggs and duck eggs.

Li Jiayi took a look and found that the chicken and duck eggs were indeed very small. It would take twelve or thirteen eggs to make one kilogram.

It takes eight or nine duck eggs to make one pound, but this is normal. Except for the eggs in his space, all the eggs sold in the city are like this.

Li Jiayi quickly took the wooden board off the tricycle and took out a brush from his schoolbag.

Soon Li Jiayi wrote down the purchase price: four cents each for eggs and six cents each for duck eggs.

A chicken costs one dollar, a duck costs one dollar and a half, and pork costs ninety cents per pound.

Seeing the price, the old man quickly pulled him aside and said, "Grandson, do you want to buy it at this price?"

"Yeah, Grandpa, what's the matter?"

"Your price is too high, you won't lose money, right?"

"Grandpa, don't worry, we won't lose money, at most we won't make any money."

"Ah! Why would you collect it if it doesn't make money?"

"Grandpa, even if I don't make money, I still make money! You forgot that I'm a buyer, and I get paid when I purchase supplies."

"Uh! Is that so!"

In fact, Li Jiayi does make money, but it's just not that much. For example, when he delivered pork to the factory, it was 1 yuan per pound. Now he charges 90 cents, so he can make 10 cents per pound.

There were also eggs. He would send them to any factory for five cents each, without the need for a ticket, and everyone was scrambling to get them.

Just at this time, my uncle and aunt came, and they also brought chicken eggs and duck eggs.

"Auntie, uncle, come and help." Li Jiayi shouted.

"Okay." The two people put the chicken and duck eggs into the house and came out to help.

"Auntie, please help count the eggs, uncle, please help count the duck eggs, then grandpa will be responsible for keeping the accounts, and grandma will be responsible for paying the money." After saying this, Li Jiayi took off his schoolbag and handed it to his grandmother.

"Hahaha, okay." Grandpa laughed happily.

There was a notebook and a pen in the schoolbag. Li Jiayi took them out and handed them to his grandfather.

Then Li Jiayi came to the tricycle and carried out a lot of things.

If this thing existed in later generations, everyone would probably know what it was, but in this era, no one knows what it is.

In fact, it is an egg tray, which Li Jiayi made by using wood and crushed old cardboard boxes and then utilizing the power of space.

Li Jiayi took the egg trays down and placed them next to his uncle and aunt and said, "Put them here. This tray can hold exactly 25 eggs."

Because eggs are relatively small, the egg trays he made were also relatively small. Compared with the egg trays of later generations, they were at least two sizes smaller.

"Yes, this thing is good! It saves the eggs from breaking." The old lady said as she put the eggs on it.

"Yes, ma'am."

Not only that, but they are easy to count! Twenty-five in one tray.

"By the way, Jiayi, are you accepting salted eggs and salted duck eggs this time?"

"Grandma Qi, take them! One cent more for each one."

Salted eggs and duck eggs are made with coarse-grain salt, which is very cheap, so the cost is not much.

"Okay, I'll go home and get it."

"Grandma Qi, don't take anything that's not pickled. We can't do a one-time deal with others."

"Don't worry Jiayi, you definitely can't bring it if it's not marinated."

"That's good."

After working for more than an hour, I collected a lot of chicken eggs and duck eggs, but most of them were salted chicken eggs and salted duck eggs.

It’s summer now! Eggs don’t last long, so everyone pickled chicken and duck eggs.

There are probably less than one-tenth of fresh eggs, which makes Li Jiayi helpless.

But he knew that there was nothing he could do about it. He had never come to collect them before, and the villagers did not go to buy them to sell, so what he could not finish eating had to be pickled.

I guess it will be much better next time.

Just at this moment, the team leader came over, followed by a few young men, and they were pulling a cart.

"Jiayi, come and take a look at these pork." the captain shouted.

"coming."

Li Jiayi quickly ran over to take a look. The meat was quite good. Although it couldn't compare to the pork in his space, it was also very fat.

"Add one! We didn't find a 200-jin pig, but this one is not bad either, it's over 190 jin, just a few jins away from 200 jin."

"It's okay. We mainly look at which one is more cost-effective."

"Yeah."

Li Jia took a look at the meat and found that it was all pure meat and the bones had been removed.

"Uncle, weigh it first."

"it is good."

The team leader immediately asked someone to bring a scale to weigh the pork, and the final count was 145 kilograms.

The meat yield is just over 70 percent. It seems that the pig is still a little small. If it were bigger, the meat yield would reach 75 percent.

But this is quite a lot.

"Add one more! One hundred and forty-five kilograms, how much is it?" asked the captain.

Li Jiayi calculated and said, "One hundred and thirty yuan and fifty cents."

"Ah! So many?" said the captain in disbelief.

You know, if this pig is sent to the commune purchasing point, it can't be sold for less than a hundred yuan.

In fact, this is very normal. You should know that in the city, if you buy pork with coupons, it is only 65 cents per pound.

In this case, if all the pork is sold, it would only cost more than 90 yuan, which would include a piece of pig offal, a pig head, pig trotters, and a bunch of pig bones.

Therefore, the price charged by the purchasing point is normal. The price charged by Li Jiayi exceeds the market price.

But there is one thing! He doesn't need a meat ticket when he sells it!

Normally, this is not allowed, and if he is not a buyer for a woolen mill, then he is committing a crime.

The main reason why this happened was that each factory was short of supplies, and when they went to their superiors, they were unable to solve the problem, so they had to let each factory find a solution on its own.

And part of the purchasing rights were given to each factory, which is why buyers went to the countryside to make purchases.

For example, the woolen spinning mill did not have a third purchasing department before. It was only after the higher-ups gave some purchasing authority that the third purchasing department was established.

To put it simply, it means purchasing materials outside the plan, but there are also restrictions. For example, in a large factory like the woolen mill with 15,000 to 16,000 employees, there are only a dozen or so non-planned buyers.

In some very small factories, there are probably only one or two unplanned buyers, or even none at all.

Yes, some very small factories do not have the right to make unplanned purchases. Only large factories have the right to make unplanned purchases.

Otherwise, in the villages surrounding the imperial capital, I don’t know how many people would go there to purchase.

This is no joke! How many factories are there in the capital? Adding together the big and small ones, there are at least more than a thousand.

If every factory has purchasing rights and there are no restrictions, look at how many buyers there are.

Let’s talk about the wool spinning factory. If there were no restrictions, the factory would dare to let out hundreds of buyers when supplies were tight.

It is even possible to release more people. After all, they are all people in the factory, so what can they do?
But don't underestimate this purchasing right. You need to apply to the higher authorities for it, and you can't just have as much as you want.

Otherwise, how could a woolen mill with 15,000 to 16,000 employees have only a dozen unplanned buyers?

"What do you think, uncle? Is it more profitable than selling live pigs?" Li Jiayi asked the team leader.

"It's a good deal, a great deal. Let me tell everyone, if anyone has pigs that can be slaughtered, kill them now."

"Uncle, please wait a moment."

"what's wrong?"

"It's like this. I'll be here every Sunday from now on. When you notify everyone, tell them that if they have pigs that can be slaughtered on Sunday mornings, they can be slaughtered directly when I come. Otherwise, it might be too late to slaughter them when I come."

"Yes, yes, you are right. Okay, I will tell everyone right away."

"Ok!"

At this time, the fourth brother came over, handed over the pig head in his hand and said, "Jiayi, you keep this pig head."

"Fourth brother, what are you doing?"

The pig just now belonged to Fourth Brother’s family. He didn’t expect that this pig would be sold for over 130 yuan.

"I didn't do anything! I just gave you a pig's head. Besides, even if you don't want to eat it, you can give it to Master Gen."

The "Gen Ye" here refers to is of course Li Laogen. "Laogen" actually refers to the youngest person of a generation.

"Fourth brother, this won't do, you should take it back and eat it yourself!"

"Add one! You helped Fourth Brother sell this pig for several dozen yuan more, and left him with a bunch of pig offal and a bunch of pig bones. What's wrong with giving you a pig head?"

In the past, when pigs were slaughtered in Lijia Village, the pig offal had to be given to the butcher, but now that is no longer necessary. Everyone helps each other because every household raises pigs.

You help him today, and he will help you when you kill the pig.

"Fourth brother! This is really not okay. I guess there will be a lot of pigs to be slaughtered today. I have asked everyone to sell more money. If everyone is like you, how many pig heads will I have to collect?"

"Ah! This..."

"Okay, Fourth Brother, take it back! Let's improve the food for my sister-in-law and the children."

Thinking about what Li Jiayi said, the fourth brother scratched his head and said, "Well, I really don't know how to thank you."

"Fourth brother, this is really not necessary. We all have the same ancestor, so there is no need to say this."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go back first."

"Ok!"

I have just received the money for the pork from grandma.

After working until almost eleven o'clock, grandma handed the schoolbag to Li Jiayi and said, "Come here, grandson, you pay for everyone. Grandma will cook for you."

"Okay grandma."

As for the old lady, she is still busy counting the salted eggs! There are so many salted eggs and salted duck eggs today.

So far, we have collected at least tens of thousands of them, and it is estimated that they are almost all collected. In the afternoon, it should be pork, chicken and duck.

At half past eleven, Li Jiayi paid for the last portion of eggs and grandma prepared lunch.

We collected so many things in this morning, how could we be short of food?

Look, I made four dishes and one soup in total, and the portions were very large, and of course all the ingredients used were fresh.

Although there was no shortage of meat at my grandmother's house, it was mostly bacon or pickled meat, and even if they killed a chicken it would be too late.

Fortunately, someone sent over a few slaughtered chickens in the morning, so I stewed one.

There is also a braised pork dish, which also uses the fresh meat bought in the morning.

In addition to these two dishes, there is also a stir-fried meat and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Even the soup was Li Jiayi's favorite hot and sour day lily soup.

"Add one! We haven't even brought this thing back to the city yet, and we're already eating it." said the uncle.

"Uncle, what you said is wrong. Without these things, we won't have a meal."

The uncle scratched his head and said, "That's right."

"Okay, let's eat quickly. We'll probably have to work for a while after dinner." The old man said. "Grandpa, I don't think there will be much this afternoon. At most, there will be some slaughtered chickens, ducks, or pork."

"Ok!"

"By the way, Grandpa, I see that the three pigs in the pigpen are quite old. Are you planning to sell them?"

"Not for sale."

"Not selling?" Li Jiayi looked at the old man in confusion.

"Yes, I won't sell it. I plan to kill it and eat it during the New Year." The old man said, stroking his beard.

"No way, Grandpa. Even if we kill it for New Year's Day, one is enough. What about the other two?"

"The same goes for the other two. My family is not short of money. Why should I sell the pigs I raised with great effort to others to eat?"

"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment and said, "Grandpa, you are right. Then we won't sell it. Our family is not short of money. If you are short of money, just tell me."

"Hahaha!" The old man laughed and said, "Okay, I will rely on my eldest grandson for my old age."

"It is a must!"

"Uncle, aren't you selling anything else today?"

My uncle was busy today, so he sent me some fresh eggs and duck eggs. You know, my uncle's family also raises a lot of animals, including pigs.

"Forget about it today. Why don't you come over next Sunday to sell it? I'll prepare it in advance."

"Ok!"

He can make some money from other people, but not from his uncle! But this is a matter behind closed doors and cannot be discussed outside.

"Oh, grandson, grandma pickled a lot of salted duck eggs and salted chicken eggs. Bring some back when you leave."

"Grandma, no need. We have collected so much today, how could we be short of these?"

Just kidding, Li Jiayi has a lot of these things in his space, and they are pickled according to the methods of later generations.

They are all a little salty, but very oily, and much better than the salted duck eggs of today.

"You kid, you bought those with money, and you have to send them to the factory later. These are pickled by grandma herself."

Li Jiayi knew that he couldn't do without it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then take some back to eat."

"Is this right?"

"By the way, grandma, give the money for the eggs and duck eggs to uncle's family later, one cent more for each one than others."

The old lady glanced at Li Jiayi, then looked at the uncle and aunt and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you after dinner."

"Mom, add one and forget about ours." The old lady shook her head and said.

"Yes! Plus one, uncle's family doesn't need any money."

"Uncle, Auntie, this won't do. I'm here to make purchases, how can I not pay?"

"Add one! All the food and supplies for your elder brother, second brother, and Jiafen are in your house. What do these things of ours mean to you?" said the old lady, shaking her head.

The old lady knew the living standard of Li Jia's family. Every meal had several dishes and meat.

Let's put it this way! Even if she gave all the things in her house to Li Jiayi, it would not be enough to cover the food expenses of Li Chengqian, Li Chenghou, and Li Jiafen.

"Auntie, what you said is not right. My elder brother, second brother and younger sister are going to my uncle's house for dinner. Who would pay for dinner at my uncle's house? If you say that, do you mean that if I go to your house for dinner, you will ask me for money?"

"No, that's not what I meant. I..."

Before the old lady could finish, Li Jiayi interrupted her and said, "Okay, old lady, it's only natural for the elder brothers to have dinner at my house. I'm out here to purchase goods for the factory, so I have to pay, and I have to pay more. After all, you are my old lady! I can't let the factory get away with it!"

"Ah! This..."

"Okay, just do as Jiayi said. You are different from him. You have two boys in your family, so the burden is heavier."

"He is the only boy in Jiayi, and he is not short of money." said the old man.

"That's right! I'm not short of money, but it costs money for my eldest brother and second brother to get married, and you can't do it without money." Li Jiayi shook his head and said.

To be honest, even if Li Jiayi had no money, his family was not short of money. Apart from anything else, Li Aimin and Ye Xin must have saved a lot of money for Li Jiayi after working for so many years.

What's more, there are five people in their family, and four of them are working now, so their monthly salary is not small!
Even if we don't count Li Jiayi's money or the money they had saved before, their family is still the richest.

The salary for four people is more than two hundred yuan per month!

"By the way, grandson, speaking of getting married, your eldest brother is not young anymore. Go back and ask your mother to see if there is any suitable one." said grandma.

"Grandma, don't worry about this. My eldest brother has already found someone, but he just doesn't want anyone to know."

"What? When did this happen? He didn't tell anyone about it when he came back?" asked the uncle.

"Uncle, didn't I tell you? My brother doesn't want anyone else to know, not to mention you, even my parents don't know."

"Don't your parents know?" The old lady looked at Li Jiayi in confusion and asked.

"Well! Even I only found out after investigation." Li Jiayi said helplessly.

"Why is that?" asked grandma.

"It's mainly because the girl's family is not well off, and the eldest brother might be afraid that the family would not agree."

"This kid is just worrying for nothing. As long as he likes it, your uncle and I will never stop him."

"That's right, Jiayi. Go back and tell your eldest brother that we have no objection. As long as he likes it, we can propose marriage at any time."

"Uncle, you are too anxious. My brother is a city dweller now! The city is not the countryside. You can't get married before you reach the age, and my brother is only one year away from the age."

"Ah! No way, people in the village who are the same age as your eldest brother already have children."

"So that's what I mean! The city is different from the village. Let's wait until Big Brother is old enough!"

"Okay then! By the way, what kind of person is the girl?" asked the old lady.

"Auntie, there is definitely no problem with his character, and he is also very filial. It's just that his family is relatively poor, and he has suffered a lot since he was a child."

"It's okay. When she gets married, I will definitely not let her suffer."

"Auntie, when big brother marries her, he will make a fortune. She has a formal job now! And she is also a clerk like big brother."

"Ah! What's going on? Didn't you say her family is very poor?" asked the uncle.

"Yes! There are five people in her family. Her father is lame and has no formal job. He cleans the street office. Her mother has no job and makes matchboxes at home to supplement the family income. She also has a younger sister and a younger brother."

"This... this is really bad. Besides, she is the only one who has a job. After she marries Cheng Qian, there won't be anyone in her family with a formal job."

"Yes! When I asked my eldest brother for a job, he gave me two. One was given to my eldest brother, and the other was given to her."

"What? Are you saying that you gave her the job quota?"

"Yes! It's because her family is in financial difficulty and she has just graduated from junior high school, so we gave her the spot."

"Hahaha, okay! So it seems that you should give this job to your family." The old man said with a smile.

"So! I was planning to give their family a job after she marries my eldest brother."

"Hahaha, that's as she should be. She's not an outsider anyway. She'll be relieved if her family is doing well."

Grandma pushed the old man and said, "You damn old man, why didn't you tell my eldest grandson to take out two job quotas!"

"Uh! This..."

"It's okay grandma, it's just one or two job openings, it's nothing to me."

"That's right! My eldest grandson is capable. It's just one or two job vacancies, it's no big deal." The old man said firmly.

His face was full of pride, and if it weren't for the two shoes weighing him down, he would probably float.

"Grandpa and grandma, if you are willing to go to the city with me, I can also find two jobs for uncle and aunt."

"No, add one! Forget about me and your aunt. We are both uneducated and old. It would be troublesome for us to learn anything."

"Yes! Jiayi, your uncle and I are doing well in farming at home."

In fact, the main reason is that grandparents are reluctant to leave, and my uncle and aunt are very clear about it.

Even if the two old people went to the city for them, they probably wouldn't be happy, so they just refused.

"Okay, let's talk about this later."

"Ok!"

It is hard to leave one's hometown. Although this place is not far from the city, they will definitely not be happy when they arrive in the city where they are unfamiliar with the place.

How nice it is to be in my hometown! The old man and the old lady would go around the village and chat with their old brothers and sisters-in-law.

What about in the city? Forget about finding someone to chat with. It’s probably hard to even go out. It’s not as comfortable as in the village!
After dinner, grandma and aunt went to clean up the kitchen. They didn't drink because they had something to do in the afternoon. Now after dinner, uncle brewed a large enamel pot of tea, and the three of them sat in the yard and drank.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, someone brought in pork, chicken and duck, and quite a lot of them.

It took me about an hour to finish the work, and then I started loading it onto the tricycle.

Li Jiayi stood on the tricycle and put it into the carriage. His uncle and aunt helped him pass it.

He said he was loading them into the carriage, but in fact most of them were put into the space. If he hadn't been afraid of being seen with nothing in the carriage, he would have put them all away.

After more than half an hour, the packing was finally completed. Li Jiayi left a piece of meat for his grandparents and also left two chickens.

Originally, grandma didn’t want it because we had a lot of chickens at home and we could kill them whenever we wanted to eat them.

But Li Jiayi insisted, and grandma had no choice but to accept it.

Not only that, Li Jiayi also kept all the remaining egg trays and gave his grandmother 500 yuan.

"Grandma, if someone comes to sell eggs, you should buy them so that you don't have to rush around."

"Okay, I see."

As it was already late, Li Jiayi was ready to leave after loading the truck.

"My great grandson! Be careful on the road."

"Okay grandma."

"Don't drive so fast on the road with so much stuff loaded."

"I know, Grandpa."

"Add one! Go back and tell your eldest brother that we have no objection and tell him not to worry."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Let them come back when they have time, and don't let them go out and never come back."

"I understand, uncle."

To be honest, this is not the fault of my older brothers. They work in a factory and only have one day off a week.

It is impossible to go back and forth in one day because the buses nowadays are too slow.

Not everyone is like Li Jiayi, who has a tricycle that runs on gasoline, which is more than enough for a round trip in a day.

Although Li Jiayi would come back every Sunday, he had a secret and could not bring his eldest or second brother back with him.

After all, these collected things cannot survive the bumps on the road. Even if there are egg trays, if they are loaded in the carriage, it is estimated that many chicken eggs, duck eggs, etc. will be broken when they arrive in the city.

The road is too bad! If it were an asphalt road in the future, there would be no problem, but the road now is so unstable that people can fall off the car.

"Grandpa and grandma, uncle and aunt, I'm leaving now and will come back on Sunday."

"Well! Let's go. It's getting late. You still have to deliver things to the factory when you go back."

"Yes grandpa."

After saying goodbye to his grandparents and uncle and aunt, Li Jiayi drove away on his tricycle.

After walking not far, Li Jiayi put all the things into the space and the speed of the tricycle increased.

Two hours later, Li Jiayi returned to the city and went straight to the district bureau.

When he arrived at the district bureau, Li Jiayi stopped for a moment and then reached his hand into the car.

After putting my things down, I drove straight in and soon arrived at the district bureau cafeteria.

After parking the tricycle at the entrance of the cafeteria, Li Jiayi walked in and shouted, "Is anyone there?"

"coming."

"It's you, kid, you..." He just finished saying the word "you" and then slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! Director Hu told me this morning that you would come over to deliver something this afternoon, but I forgot. Blame it on me, blame it on me."

"Uncle Wang, you are incredible! How could you forget such a big thing?"

The man called Uncle Wang by Li Jiayi is the person in charge of the district bureau canteen. There is no canteen director here. This Uncle Wang is not only the chef here, but also the person in charge.

"You've been so busy that you forgot! Wait a minute, I'll ask someone to come and unload it."

"Yes! I'll be waiting outside."

As soon as Li Jiayi returned to the car, several people ran out of the kitchen. They were all kitchen staff.

"Li Jiayi, what good things were delivered today?"

Li Jiayi has been delivering things here for so many years, of course everyone knows him!
"Nothing much, just some pork, chicken, duck, chicken and duck eggs, and salted eggs."

"Unload the things first and we'll chat later." Uncle Wang came out and said.

"Ok."

"Uncle Wang, I'll take out the fresh eggs first, and you guys can continue."

"Well! Take it!"

Then Li Jiayi took out the eggs in handfuls.

"Plus one, what is this?"

Li Jiayi knew what he was asking about, and said, "Uncle Wang, this is the egg tray I developed. It can prevent eggs from breaking."

"I see, this is good stuff!"

"Oh, Uncle Wang, this tray contains 25 eggs, which is easier to count."

“Hahaha, good stuff.”

"Uncle Wang, good things are good things, please don't break them. I will take them away next time I come."

"Got it. I won't break it for you."

"Okay, these are fresh chicken eggs and fresh duck eggs. The next ones I'm going to take out are salted chicken eggs and salted duck eggs."

"Well! Take them all out! Take as many as you can."

Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "I don't care, as long as you can finish it."

"Add one! Did you collect all these in the countryside?"

"Yes, Uncle Wang, what's the matter?"

"But I talked to a chef in our hospital, and he said that several buyers in their factory couldn't buy much when they went to the countryside."

"Uncle Wang, this is normal! Because they are not called Li Jiayi."

“Uh!” Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, “You kid, but you are right, they can’t compare with you.”

"Isn't that right? During the three difficult years, all their buyers stayed at home, but I was still delivering meat to our bureau!"

"That's right." A cafeteria employee nodded and said, "Captain Wang, those buyers in their factory are not even worthy of adding a shoe."

"Yes."

"Okay, you guys, I'm embarrassed if you keep saying that. And don't flatter me. I still say the same thing, don't tell anyone outside."

"Don't worry, Jiayi. Just like you said, we can make a fortune quietly. If anyone tells others, someone will definitely compete with our bureau for these supplies."

"Yes."

After taking out the salted eggs and salted duck eggs, Li Jia started to take out the chickens and ducks, and then the pork.

Fortunately, there was an egg tray, otherwise it would take more than an hour to count so many chicken and duck eggs.

There are a total of one thousand fresh eggs.

There are a total of six hundred fresh duck eggs.

Eight thousand salted eggs.

Five thousand salted duck eggs.

As for why the number is so exact, it is because Li Jiayi kept some of the zeros.

The numbers are deliberately rounded up to make it easier to do the math, and the extra zeros can be taken out and used to make up the number next time.

Then there were sixty chickens and twenty-five ducks.

The pork is 1,800 kilograms.

After counting and weighing, Uncle Wang gave Li Jia a receipt and said, "You may not get paid today. The finance department has already gone off work at this time."

"It's okay, Uncle Wang. You forgot that my sister works here. Just ask her to pick it up for me tomorrow."

"Yup!"

Li Jiayi took the ticket and took a look. Fresh eggs were five cents each, fresh duck eggs were seven cents each, and the salty ones were also one cent more expensive.

In addition, the price of a chicken is 1.5 yuan per piece, the price of a duck is 2 yuan, and the price of pork is still 1 yuan per pound. Unless it is a famine year, this price will basically not change.

Of course, this price is without tickets, and the district bureau does not have so many tickets, so this is also considered unplanned supplies.

Moreover, the district bureau does not have the right to make unplanned purchases. I wonder if Li Jiayi is equivalent to a purchaser of the district bureau.

"Uncle Wang, do you think I should ask Director Hu for a salary?"

"Wages? What kind of wages?"

"The salary of the purchasing agent! Don't say that the district bureau doesn't have a purchasing agent. Even if there is one, I guess they can't purchase as much as I do!"

"Uh! This...you can try it." Uncle Wang scratched his head and said.

"Then forget it!" Li Jiayi was just joking.

It's just a salary. To be honest, he doesn't really care. It's not a big deal.

(End of this chapter)