Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 488 487 Cutting Leeks

December 12th, Tuesday, the day to deliver fish to Tong Wang.

Tang Zhitong went to the Post and Telecommunications College in the morning. In addition to attending classes, he also informed Luo Zhiping and Lu Jian about his leave, and asked Luo Zhiping to pay more attention to the daily lives of his classmates.

I am the living committee member. It is reasonable and logical that when I am not around, someone has to take over. Luo Zhiping is the right person.

"Okay, I will pay attention to my classmates' lives in the next few days." Luo Zhiping happily accepted Tang Zhitong's entrustment.

"I help Teacher Tang to record the homework. How can I get by during your absence? Someone else has to copy the homework." Lu Jian said cheerfully. Although Tang Zhitong did not say what he was going to do with the leave, Lu Jian had a rough guess. It was because the number of days for this leave was too close to the last time.

"I'll thank you again when I come back." Tang Zhitong bowed to his two classmates and colleagues.

"Teacher Tang, you're too polite. It's just a small favor." Luo Zhiping waved his hand and didn't take it seriously.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry about it." Lu Jian looked similar.

However, Lu Jian was more cautious. After lunch, when he saw Tang Zhitong was about to leave, he followed him and called him alone. He was a little embarrassed, but still pointed to the east: "Teacher Tang, um...are you going over there?"

"Hehe, has the dormitory leader guessed it?" Tang Zhitong did not hide it from Lu Jian. He knew Lu Jian's purpose, which was nothing more than food.

"Oh, sorry to have embarrassed you, Teacher Tang. Our family is really short of money these days. Would you mind bringing me some?" Lu Jian asked shamelessly. He was more pessimistic about the current situation than others, and there were indeed many people at home.

Lu Jian's age and position are different from those of other students.

Lu Jian has elderly parents and young children to support, and the whole family depends on him for support. He now wishes he could have an acre of land so that he could dig for food every day.

"I'll try my best, but I'm not sure whether I can get it or not." Tang Zhitong did not agree, but did not refuse either.

"Okay, thank you Teacher Tang. I still have thirty yuan here, you can keep it as a backup." Seeing that Tang Zhitong was easy to talk to, Lu Jian breathed a sigh of relief. He kept a few yuan for himself and took out the rest.

As for the unit price, Lu Jian didn't even ask, he believed Tang Zhitong.

"Okay, I'll be leaving first. I have some things to deal with at the company." Tang Zhitong took the money and put it in his pocket, then said goodbye to Lu Jian.

After leaving school, Tang Zhitong went to the Bell and Drum Tower first.

This is the fourth time that I have delivered fish to Tong Wang. Including this time, the total supply is 200 kilograms.

This time, in addition to getting the sack, Tang Zhitong wanted to grab some more of Tong Erye's leeks. For this dish of vinegar, the two of them would inevitably have to meet.

Although Tang Zhitong is not a rich man, he has a basic understanding of the behavior of rich people.

When masks first started to appear, wealthy people were buying them all over the world. Of course they would negotiate the price, but there was definitely a premium.

As long as the expected returns are substantial, people don’t mind paying more, they just want to put the money in their pockets.

Tong Wang is in a similar situation. He is used to having everything provided for him. How can he bear to queue up like ordinary people to grab a seat or two kilograms of fish?
It's just that I was hungry and the situation forced me to do so, and I had no better choice.

As long as there are better options, people like Tong Wang are willing to do so even if it means spending a little more money.

After realizing that there was no one else in the room except Tong Wang, Tang Zhitong used the front wheel of his bicycle to push open the door, quickly parked the bike, closed the door, and then pulled out the sack containing the fish.

Instead of taking it into the house, he threw it directly on Tong Wang's tricycle.

"I was wondering why there was a noise. It turns out my good brother is here." After hearing the noise, Tong Wang came out from the house with a smile on his face. He looked at the sack on the tricycle that was still moving slightly, and spoke in a very kind voice.

"Second Master, let's go inside and chat for a while?" Tang Zhitong fluttered his hands and bowed to Tong Wang in an old-fashioned manner.

"That's what I've been looking forward to. Please come in!" Tong Wang, wearing a cotton coat, stretched out his arm and let Tang Zhitong go in front.

"Please go first, Second Master." Tang Zhitong gave Tong Wang a little support and let him go in front.

This is an old custom in the city. If you want to get money from the client, you can't put on airs.

They entered the room and sat down. The room was quite warm. Tang Zhitong gave Tong Wang a cigarette and lit one for himself.

"Oh, thanks to you, brother, for helping me these days. If it weren't for your support, our family wouldn't have enough to eat." Tong Wang was very satisfied with Tang Zhitong's behavior. His words were nice, but they were more or less tentative.

"You're too polite, Second Master. I'm a man of my word. I won't go back on my word." Tang Zhitong patted his chest while holding a cigarette in his mouth to assure him, but the next sentence made Tong Wang's heart hang in the air: "But, Second Master, this guy is very nervous recently. He will be gone next week."

"Oh? When will it be available again?" Tong Wang asked calmly.

In fact, I was already wondering in my mind, is he really nervous, or is he trying to raise the price?

"It's hard to say what will happen next. I specifically asked today, and even if there is more, it will be frozen goods. It's too expensive to ship fresh ones." Tang Zhitong was embarrassed, shook his head, gritted his teeth, and promised distressedly: "I can't control this matter, the remaining 100 kilograms will have to be frozen goods. If you don't like it, I will refund you half of the total payment."

"Hey~ what are you saying, brother? It's too polite! As long as it's your stuff, I won't reject anything of it." Tong Wang heard that there was still room for negotiation. Nowadays, he wouldn't be picky if he could buy it.

What’s wrong with frozen food? Frozen food is easier to store. Fresh food is delicious, but you can’t eat it all in one meal. Isn’t the rest supposed to be pickled?

I have been eating too much salty food recently and drinking a lot of water every day, so I have to get up frequently at night.

After hearing what Tong Wang said, Tang Zhitong had an idea in mind, but he still frowned slightly and took a deep puff of cigarette, as if he had made some kind of decision: "Second Master, you are so kind, thank you for your respect. Then I will go back and contact you as soon as possible, and try to get another batch for you during the winter solstice. The rest depends on how much surplus goods the company has. I will definitely replenish the goods for you before the end of the year!"

"Okay, okay." As long as there was food to eat, Tong Wang certainly wouldn't be picky. Recently, apart from some extra wine, the family didn't buy much else.

It is true that you can buy food coupons, but you need to use the food coupons together with the food coupons to buy food, and it is not good to have too much.

As for using food coupons to go to restaurants, wouldn't the bed be nice in such a cold weather? Who would be willing to get up early and queue for half a day to eat a meal?

What’s more important is that you may not even be able to get a seat even if you wait in line for a long time!

"Thank you for your understanding, Master. Next time I'll prepare some unusual vegetables for you as my apology." Tang Zhitong threw the cigarette butt into the stove, then stood up and bowed to Tong Wang. "Hey, little brother, you are being polite. Sit down, sit down and talk." Tong Wang accepted the greeting carelessly, pressed his hand, and motioned Tang Zhitong to sit down.

"Master Tong, I won't sit down anymore. I still have a lot of things to do at the unit and I have to go back quickly. See you in half a month. I'll get two more sacks, which will be enough for the remaining two times." Tang Zhitong didn't sit down, but bowed again, and walked out after saying that.

"Hey~ Why are you leaving like that? Are there any rules behind this? We can't just give up after two more times, right?" Tong Wang panicked when he saw Tang Zhitong's quick and efficient movements without any delay. He didn't care about raising the price and just threw away his cigarette butt and stretched out his hand.

"Second Master, I'm afraid you will mention this again. I really can't do it anymore. I overestimated myself. It's too much trouble to do so many at once." Tang Zhitong looked at his sleeves that were pulled and smiled bitterly.

"We can talk about it. I can raise the price a little bit. You can go back and make some arrangements." Tong Wang said.

"Second Master, this is not about money. This is really difficult to handle. When the weather gets colder, there will be frozen mackerel and hairtail available on the market. It will be the same if you buy them from the market then." Tang Zhitong pulled his sleeve but failed to pull it out. Tong Wang's grip was quite strong.

"Good brother, don't fool me with that. Grocery stores have limited supplies. I queued up for half a day just for two pounds of fish? I don't mind that little bit of money. You just have to bear the trouble." As a rich man, Tong Wangcai doesn't believe that it's not about money. Most of the time, "it's not about money" is because there is not enough money.

Since ancient times, money can make things happen. Otherwise, why is there a saying that "money makes the world go round"?
"Second Master, we know each other for a while. It's not good for you to make things difficult for me, right?" Tang Zhitong still didn't give in. How could he release the eagle when he didn't see the rabbit?
"Based on the current price, it will be a 20% increase. Can you at least let me survive this winter?" Tong Wang took out two small yellow croakers from his arms with his other hand and stuffed them into Tang Zhitong's hand.

"Second Master, you can't do this. We have been friends for a long time. I trust you, but you don't trust me? Let's do this, after we're done with the next two times, we'll sit down and talk about the future, okay?" Tang Zhitong refused firmly and stuffed it back. There were only two small ones, who would he embarrass?

"Don't be in a hurry, take these two first." Tong Wang gave the two small ones to Tang Zhitong without giving any time for explanation.

Then he let go of his hand, turned around, used the fire hook to hook open the coal ash bag at the bottom of the stove, and grabbed a big yellow croaker from it.

Tong Wang made an idle move. He had not originally intended to discuss future issues today, but as the cunning rabbit has three burrows, he had to be prepared.

Having said this today, there was naturally no reason to let Tang Zhitong go. Tong Wang remembered the last time and made it difficult for him to find him.

Am I going to wait at the street corner in the cold winter? That would be a death sentence!
"Second Master, you have me in your hands!" Tang Zhitong said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Hehe, luckily I prepared a little more." Tong Wang did not deny it. He wiped the coal dust off it with his sleeve and then handed it to Tang Zhitong.

"Second Master, you are really... Alas! Never mind, just this time." Tang Zhitong took the big yellow croaker, "struggled" for a while, and then accepted it. Now that he had seen the rabbit, the eagle could let go.

"Okay, okay. Big brother, I won't see you off. Take the sack at the door." Seeing that Tang Zhitong accepted it, Tong Wang didn't want to keep him and waved goodbye.

Tong Wang calculated it very clearly. One large and two small ones, almost 300 kilograms, would be enough for the winter. He could save the food for the spring.

When the weather gets hot in spring, fish and shrimp can no longer be kept, so it would be more appropriate to cut off this route at that time.

As for asking his son to make the contact, Tong Wang did not mention it this time. The discussion has already reached the beginning of spring. What else is there to talk about later? Let's talk about it later.

Tong Wang did not come out to deliver him, but Tang Zhitong did not care. With the yellow croaker in hand, his goal had been achieved, and everything else was secondary.

Tang Zhitong turned on the radar, and after making sure that there was no one there, he pulled the sack on the ground into the space, then opened the door and left.

This time, Tang Zhitong went straight to the escort department. He had not yet asked Fang Yuan for leave for his trip to Anton.

"Brother Yuan, I plan to take a bus to Andong tomorrow." Tang Zhitong said straight to the point.

"Okay, arrange the work. The department's assessment hasn't ended yet, so we can't delay it." Fang Yuan agreed readily.

"Well, I'll explain to Ma Wei later. Well, I haven't taken back my gun license, can I borrow it again?" Tang Zhitong was planning to go to the riverside. He didn't know what the environment was like there, so he naturally thought that the more martial virtues he had, the better.

"You are essentially the same as me, an escort. Why should I charge you? Just tell Jin Bo and tell him I said so. Bring an extra magazine." Fang Yuan arranged.

"Okay! Thank you, Brother Yuan. Why don't you ask me what I'm going to do?" Tang Zhitong asked with a grin.

Fang Yuan has taken good care of him during the more than half a year he has been here as an escort. He has three young children and the amount of money he needs is definitely not enough. Tang Zhitong wants to take this opportunity to deepen their relationship.

"Get out of here now. Why should I ask so many questions?" Fang Yuan scolded with a smile.

Fang Yuan naturally had some guesses about the purpose of Tang Zhitong's trip, but this kind of thing was against the rules, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better. His best choice was to pretend to be confused.

"Okay, see you later!" Tang Zhitong didn't say any more nonsense and turned to leave.

"Be careful over there." Before Tang Zhitong left, Fang Yuan reminded him from behind.

Tang Zhitong nodded without saying anything.

Ma Wei has had a little more work to do recently. In addition to assessment statistics, she also has to work on the annual financial summary of the Escort Department. However, the Escort Department does not have many accounts receivable, so this part of the work is not tiring.

Tang Zhitong told Ma Wei about his leave and asked her to take more responsibility for the assessment during this period. Ma Wei readily agreed.

In order not to delay the work, Tang Zhitong also gave Ma Wei the key to his drawer, which contained funds used by the escort department for daily use. The two counted and handed over the amount.

When I come back, all I have to do is check the accounts and then hand over the work.

This is indeed a bit against the rules, but in this day and age, when eyebrows and beards are grown in large numbers, these are minor issues as long as you don't make any mistakes.

Afterwards, Tang Zhitong went to find Zhang Jinbo, and the process also went smoothly.

They smoked two cigarettes and chatted about random things, and finally agreed to come over tomorrow to pick up the weapons.

Everyone has experienced the feeling of being hungry recently, and many people took advantage of their free time to go to the suburbs to hunt wild game, and Zhang Jinbo did not stop them.

Although he had a lot of martial virtues, Zhang Jinbo was not worried at all that the escort would use the money to do something out of line.

Those who can come here to work as escorts have all been examined. Would they give up a stable, high-paying job to go out and rob people?

Even if your brain was kicked into a pulp by a donkey, you wouldn't necessarily do such a thing.

(End of this chapter)