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Chapter 548 This time I'm selling them all in bulk

Then, Guan Lei drove slowly towards the next street. Xu Ning and Xu He, who were sitting in the back car, chatted about family matters. They talked about what had happened in the village recently, and whether Xu Pao and Aunt Gao were used to living in the provincial capital. They were definitely not used to it. The two old people had struggled in the countryside for most of their lives, and now they came to an extremely unfamiliar city full of high technology and a fast pace. How could it be more convenient than in the countryside?
In Xu Pao's words, he had to spend money whenever he went out to do anything. He bought a bun when he was hungry and drank a cup of tea when he was thirsty. Once, he and Aunt Gao were tired from shopping and sat down at the door of a coffee shop to rest. The waiter even took out a sign and asked what they wanted to drink. Xu Pao was a man who cared about his reputation, so he ordered two cups of coffee and spent three dollars and sixty yuan. He didn't sleep well that night. As soon as he opened his eyes, he muttered, "What a fucking fool! I've suffered so much, and I still spent money! It's so annoying!"

Xu He often brought her son-in-law and children to Xu He's house. Surrounded by grandchildren, even if they were very noisy, Xu Pao was smiling all day long. However, on weekdays, he and Aunt Gao just stared at each other at home, which was boring.

While Xu Ning was chatting with Xu He, he was also observing Chen Hedong and Manager Li. They just glanced at the bear skin when getting in the car and praised it for being good. Then they didn't look at the place where the mallets and skins were piled up. They just listened to him and Xu He chatting without looking away.

It was obvious that Chen Hedong and Manager Li had seen the world; both were quite patient and did not ask how many hammers and leathers there were.

The car drove to the next street and slowly stopped at an open space on one side of the street. Next to it was a temporary stop for trolleybuses. Looking up at the sky, it was full of electric wires and blooming electric towers. It was not an exaggeration to compare it to a spider web, because this place was indeed very prosperous. There were not only trams, but also many factories. About 40 meters ahead was the gate of the textile factory. Now you could see groups of old ladies wearing flowery thin shirts and sleeves, chatting as they walked out of the factory.

But it’s not time to get off work now. If it were, I’d see a huge crowd of people on bicycles…

Li Fuqiang, who was sitting at the rear, lifted the tarpaulin, and then the rear compartment was illuminated by the sunlight. Everyone squinted their eyes and stood up.

"Let's leave it in the car for inspection. Old Li, take out the scale you were given." Xu He said with a smile.

Seeing Manager Li take out a balance scale from his black leather briefcase, Xu Ning gave him a thumbs up and said, "Professional!"

"Haha, then you take a look. We are specialized in this business. Hedong, why don't you take a look at the ginseng first?"

Chen Hedong smiled and said, "Brother Li, I'm not in a hurry. Good things are worth waiting for. I think Brother Xu must have a lot of goods."

"Brother Chen, besides collecting ginseng, do you also want leather?"

"Yes, I mainly collect these two kinds of things, especially the good skins, such as big cats, tabby cats... I see that yours are all bear skins..."

Chen Hedong had just finished speaking when he saw Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and the others smiling silently with a slightly stunned expression. They asked, "Do you really have it?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Except for the big cat skin, there are green skin, jackal skin, cat skin, deer skin, roe deer skin, bear skin, and four badger skins."

"Oh my god! This time I have to pay! Brother, I have to give you the highest price and I will never play tricks or lie to you."

Manager Li was a little confused when he heard this. He glanced at Xu He and saw that he was smiling. He asked, "Old Xu, you didn't tell us that Brother Xu had so many skins."

Xu He waved his hand: "Do you even need to ask? What does my father do? He sold all the hides and bear galls he had hunted to you. At that time, he sold ten or twenty pieces of good hides at a time. When my father was in the village, my brother had just gone to the mountains to run, and he earned the nickname of Little Xu Pao. Do you think he got that nickname for nothing?

Since my dad passed away, who in my area can compete with my brother? I usually don't like to brag to you about this, but last time you asked me to find a club, I told Erning directly, so what happened? Did I send you a club now? Let me tell you two, we are all sincere friends, don't play tricks on me."

Manager Li complained, "What are you talking about? We have been friends for many years. If I am not honest, how can you get along with me?"

Chen Hedong smiled and said, "Besides, it's obvious that these brothers are not good people. They subdued a group of highway robbers on their way here a few days ago..."

"Yeah!" Xu He clapped his hands and asked, "Erning, I haven't asked you what's going on yet."

Xu Ning briefly said: "Twelve people with guns blocked our way and robbed us. We injured four of them and arrested them all and sent them to the district police station."

Xu He said: "Look at my brother, he didn't brag even when he encountered such a big thing, do you know why?"

Chen Hedong is a man of the moment, he knows how to interact and read people's expressions, so he asked, "Why?"

"It's because my brother and I were held captive in the mountains by Li Quan. Li Quan knows who it is, right?"

Manager Li nodded: "I know! You told me about it when you were holding the newspaper. It turned out to be our Brother Xu? Then there was another person, Brother Li, right?"

"Yeah! People say brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. They are sworn brothers who have experienced life and death. Their friendship is not much different from our comradeship before we joined the army."

Manager Li said: "Oh my god, it's not just good, it's stronger than the friendship between comrades-in-arms!"

"Hahaha, Brother Li, stop praising me. Let's take a look at the goods. I'm getting impatient."

Li, Chen, and Xu He laughed out loud, and then Manager Li said, "Okay, let me take a look at the bear gall first, and we'll talk about it later."

At this time, Li Fuqiang saw Guan Lei, who was standing at the rear of the car smoking and observing the people passing by. Li Fuqiang was like a door god, sitting on one side of the rear of the car, with two 56- rifles loaded with bullets in his hands. There was a rear railing blocking the view, and the trunk of the car was high, so people outside could not see the situation inside the car at all.

Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua sat obediently in the passenger seat without moving. Now was the critical moment for selling goods, so they were quite obedient.

Xu Ning pulled away the straw covering the basket containing the mallets, revealing a yellow sack. After he picked up the sack in his hand, the bark mallet buns appeared underneath.

Chen Hedong took a quick glance and had some doubts in his mind. He wanted to endure it, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't help it!
“Hey, this basket is full of ginseng?”

Xu Ning nodded: "Yeah, this basket is full of Erjiazi."

"What the hell? A whole basket is full of erjiazi, and then there are six batches of leaves, five batches of leaves..."

Xu Ning kicked the three baskets beside him and said, "This basket is also Erjiazi, this basket has the lamp stand and Erjiazi, and this basket has the lamp stand upwards."

"Oh my god! This time I'm really going for it! Fuck... Four baskets? Oh my god, are you guys taking out the old pickles?"

Chen Hedong's face turned red and he was very excited. He clapped his hands and hit his thighs, not knowing what to do.

Xu Ning nodded, and Xu He pulled Chen Hedong and said, "Don't get excited." "This is four baskets! Do you know what four baskets means? Oh, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. If there are six batches of leaves from a seedling, there will definitely be groups of ginseng seeds and ginseng grandsons, but this kind of thing only happens once in twenty or thirty years! Others sell the old pickled fruits in pieces, because selling them in piles can easily lower the market price, especially to supply and marketing cooperatives and pharmacies. Seeing that you have too many goods, they will bargain down the price, but I won't! Brother, believe me, as long as the six batches of leaves from the seedlings are complete and not damaged, I will give you the highest price!"

How calm Chen Hedong was just now, how excited he is now. His family has been collecting ginseng for three generations. They have been delivering ginseng to wealthy families since before the Republic of China, and their family has also stockpiled a lot of ginseng. However, after three generations of doing this for so many years, the number of times they have received six batches of leaves is very small, and the number of times they have received six batches of ginseng leaves and ginseng seeds and grandchildren is almost zero. Otherwise, why is he so excited?
Isn't it just that people of his grandfather's generation and his father's and uncle's generation have never received "Zhen Dui Er", what is the value of this? When he returns home, his own father will have to pour the wine himself, and that night he will have to burn paper to inform his ancestors.

Manager Li finally realized what Chen Hedong said and said, "Didn't you say that good things are worth waiting for..."

"Oh, don't mention it. I thought there were only five or six large-scale leaf club seedlings at most, but I didn't expect there were so many Erjiazi and Dengtaizi."

Xu He smiled and said, "I didn't expect there would be so much. Did you two bring enough money?"

The two men patted their black leather briefcases and said, "Don't worry, it's enough!"

Then, Xu Ning opened the mouth of the sack and took out the bear gall. The first one was a little small. This bear gall was from a black bear weighing less than 300 kilograms that Xu Laonian, Liu Daming and others had caught in the mountains.

Manager Li took it and looked inside the bladder in the light. He said, "It's a little small, but it's enough."

Xu Ning bent down and took out the second bear gallbladder, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, how about this one?"

"Oh my god! This one is huge! Could it have come from a black bear that weighs about 400 kilograms? It's green and yellowish, almost turning into a copper gall. The quality of this gall is quite good."

This bear gall was obtained by Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu during a hunt in Mangtou Mountain after they used illegal means to drive away the Chang brothers. Although it was a bit shameful, Xu Ning felt very happy!
"Anything else?" Manager Li exclaimed when he saw him bending down to take something out again.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "There are five more..."

He took out the third one. This one was hunted in a smelly pine forest near the cellar of Li Guaizi in Wangxing. At that time, he also killed a tiger cub and six black bears. The people who accompanied him were Wang Hu, Li Fuqiang, and Chai Bing, but Chai Bing did not ask for a share. He just went up the mountain for fun. The black bear weighed less than 400 kilograms.

The fourth one was when Xu Ning and Dalaba went to Shetanggou and saved the Chang brothers. However, Chang Beifeng was foul-mouthed and was beaten up by Xu Ning. Then they hunted a black bear weighing more than 400 kilograms. After returning home, Xu Ning asked his mother to give Dalaba yuan, which was considered as selling the shares, so this bear gall was Xu Ning's own.

The fifth one was from a brown bear weighing more than 600 kilograms that was hunted in a snail shell. Brown bear gall is cheaper than black bear gall, and this gall has more shares. Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, and Ma Liu who delivered the message each have one share, and Xu Ning has two shares.

At that time, they also hunted eight jackals and sold the bear heads on the mountain. Later, Sun Jiye came to buy jackals and leopard bones. The money had already been divided among everyone, but Ma Liu only wanted a share of the bear gall and did not ask for the meat and bones. Instead, he felt a little embarrassed because the appearance of the jackals almost put Xu Ning and others in danger.

After hunting this brown bear, Xu Ning has been unlucky. He hasn't seen a brown bear for nearly half a year. Some time ago, he went to Sandaohe to avenge Wang Ye and killed a black bear that was running wildly at night. He got the gall of a black bear weighing about 300 kilograms.

The seventh gall was when they went to Wanye to carry the club. Black Bear chased a roe deer and broke into the camp. It was shot and turned into a hornet's nest by Xu Ning and others. This gall was divided into shares according to the rules of the gang. Xu Ning took three shares and the others each took one share.

There were only seven bear gallbladders in total, but Manager Li, Chen Hedong and Xu He's expressions changed.

Although these bear gallbladders are not big, there are a lot of them! Nowadays, hunters sell bear gallbladders by the piece, but Xu Ning sells them by the pile. He sells the mallets, gallbladders, skins, and everything else by the pile.

This made Manager Li dumbfounded. He was out doing purchasing, and he could only take three gallbladders at most from those who came to sell their gallbladders. Some people had to bring six or seven guys to guard each bear gallbladder, for fear that it would be robbed or lost.

Chen Hedong was the same. Xu He was even more surprised. His father, Xu Pao, was an old hunter. He was considered lucky if he could kill two black bears every year. Normally, if he could kill one black bear a year, he would be very lucky. You have to know that there are mountains connected to mountains. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find bear tracks in the deep mountains and old forests. Bears hibernate and hide in the warehouse before the snow falls in winter. Where can you find tracks? There is too much rain in summer and autumn. Even if there are bear tracks, they will be washed away by a rain.

It is truly shocking that Xu Ning collected so many bear gallbladders in less than a year of hunting in the mountains.

"Erning, are you scared in front of your house?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Why bother? These were made by the people at home. Some of them were made by my dad and my second uncle."

Hearing this, Xu He put away his surprised look and said, "That's not good either... Lao Li, please take a look at these seven bear gallbladders."

Manager Li put away his stool and said, "What am I looking at? Except for the first one which is a little smaller, and the brown bear gall, the other ones are almost the same size. Brother, do you want to sell them in batches or individually?"

At the rear of the car, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei turned their heads to look, but they never interrupted. However, they were also concerned about the price. After all, if they sold it for one cent more, they could get one more point.

Xu Ning said: "Brother Li, you didn't say the price."

"Oh, look at my memory. Bear gall is bought directly by the pharmaceutical factory, which is about 3000 yuan more per catty than the county-level supply and marketing cooperative, because there is also a city-level supply and marketing cooperative in between. If the pharmaceutical factory buys it, it will be yuan per catty. The same price will be given to you for brown bear gall. How about weighing seven bear galls at a time? I'll go to the warehouse next door and borrow a scale, how about that?"

In provincial capitals, small shops are generally called "cangmai".

Xu He tilted his head and said, "Old Li, I don't want any introduction fee, this is my brother!"

Manager Li was stunned when he heard this, because Xu He had introduced a lot of goods to him before and had given him some suggestions every time.

But he was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Brother, we are..."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "I understand. It's the industry rule. You should give it to me! If you don't give it to me, I have to give it to you too."

Xu He hurriedly said, "Come on, stop it. Why are you still insulting me? If your uncle knew that I was picking on you, wouldn't he break my legs when he beat me with a stick?"

Chen Hedong said: "Then I won't ask Brother Xu for anything. All the profits will go to us brothers, right?"

"That's right! We didn't discuss the matter in detail about the guard having an outsider just now, but let me put it this way, my old man gave all the four hunting dogs and his hunting rifle to Erning. What does this mean?"

Manager Li nodded and said, "Ah, I understand then."

(End of this chapter)