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Chapter 553: Selling a mallet! A good wife! A particular person!
Tongda Street still has two-story buildings on both sides. Chen Hedong's home is in the alley. About 40 to 50 meters inside, the car turns into a bright large courtyard with five brick houses. On the left is a cowshed and a warehouse for storing farm tools. On the right are two dog kennels with two old yellow dogs. As soon as the car entered the door, the barking of dogs never stopped...

The car stopped in the middle of the yard. After Guan Lei turned off the engine, Chen Hedong, Xu He, Manager Li, and Xu Ning jumped out of the car one after another. A slender girl, about 1 meters tall, wearing a blue dress, leather shoes, and with her hair in a bun, came out.

Chen Hedong turned around and waved, saying with a smile: "Wife! Hahaha, guess how much money I just cheated my dad and my eldest brother out of?"

His wife has a nice name, Su Yawen, which is quite inconsistent with the current era, but you have to know that her family is a scholarly family. Her father is an antique dealer, her mother is an associate professor at a university, and her grandfather and grandmother used to be landlords, so there are some bad elements in it.

Chen Hedong met her in the second grade of elementary school, and they spent decades together in junior high school and high school. Although Chen Hedong did not get into college, he got married as soon as Su Yawen graduated from college. They currently have a son who is taken home by his grandfather to be cherished.

Su Yawen walked over slowly. Seeing so many people, she was not panicked. She just asked, "How did you cheat?"

"Hey, we have to thank our brothers for this! Let me introduce them. This is Xu Ning, and his two brothers are Brother Li and Guan Lei. You have met Brother Xu and Brother Li..."

Su Yawen greeted them with a smile. At this time, Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua got out of the passenger seat. Chen Hedong pointed at them and said, "This is our sister-in-law. She and Erning are getting married next month. This is Guan Lei's younger sister. I heard from Erning that there is another brother working in the Daoli Branch. They are a couple."

Manager Li said with a smile: "Hedong, don't introduce me all at once. How can I introduce you to my sister-in-law when we haven't even met yet?"

"We'll be able to see them tomorrow. Wife, take the two brothers and sisters to sit inside and prepare some tea. We need to move some things."

Su Yawen nodded, raised her hands, grabbed the arms of Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua, and walked into the house. As the saying goes, three women make a drama, so there must be a lot of topics to talk about.

Afterwards, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei got into the back compartment and lifted the four baskets containing the mallets to the rear of the car. Xu He, Chen Hedong and Manager Li took over and unloaded them on the ground. There were also various skins. As for the gallbladders that Manager Li had already collected, Xu Ning carefully packed them into sacks.

"Let's go inside and talk..."

Xu Ning held the bloody money bag in one hand, handed the three guns hanging on the rear of the car to Guan Lei, and said, "Throw the guns on the passenger seat."

"Okay." Guan Lei then ran to the front of the car and placed it on the passenger seat.

Xu He held the basket and said, "It's quite heavy."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Of course it is heavy. It's full of moss and bark. The ginseng is not that heavy. By the way, Brother He, I left two seedlings of Erjiazi for my uncle to soak in wine. You can take them home later."

"Come on, it would be great if you sold it."

"There are quite a few Erjiazi. I have given away nearly ten seedlings."

Chen Hedong walked into the house carrying the basket, turned around and said with a smile: "Erning is knowledgeable. You have to use Erjiazi to make wine, because Erjiazi contains the ginseng of rebirth, and it is not too old, so the medicinal effect is not much worse than that of Sibaiye."

Manager Li asked, "Erning, have you ever dealt in mountain products before? I see that you have some experience with bear gall, leather, and ginseng."

"It's just blind research. If I don't do research, I will be cheated like Brother Chen."

"Haha... stop talking bad about me. I don't want to be cheated, but they always play tricks on me and I can't beat them."

Xu He smiled and said, "That's all right now. If you have any problems in the future, give Lao Li and Er Ning a call to ask them. Having someone to discuss things with is much better than fighting alone, isn't it?"

"Yeah! Erning, I really want to be friends with you, and I will definitely listen to you."

Manager Li said speechlessly: "You'd better take a small notebook to write it down, otherwise Er Ning will teach you what to do, and what if you forget it?"

They walked into the main room while chatting. The layout of his house was that there was a corridor at the entrance, and the outer room was on the north side. Chen Hedong led everyone directly to the east room. At this moment, Su Yawen had also made tea, and was sitting on the sofa with Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua, eating popsicles and enjoying the electric fan. They looked quite comfortable.

"Oh my god! How come there are so many good skins? Why is there a leopard skin? Oh my god!"

Su Yawen is a smart woman. She knows when to give emotional value to the old man. She stood up and exclaimed: "Husband, you collected all these? It's amazing! You are worthy of being my husband."

She didn't blush when she was praising the old man in front of so many people. Instead, she felt it was normal. However, Chen Hedong blushed. He opened his mouth and stammered, "No, I just wanted to give a price for it. These toys all belong to our brother Erning."

"Oh my god, that Erning brother is really amazing, he can kill so many animals. Husband, since Erning is our brother, you must give a high price, otherwise I won't be happy."

Chen Hedong clapped his hands, feeling very proud, and said, "Is that necessary?"

Su Yawen is not only smart, but also generous and decent. Perhaps Sun Lianfang can be comparable to her, but the two have completely different personalities. Sun Lianfang is a little clever and only praises Guan Lei, while Su Yawen focuses on Chen Hedong and praises the people around him.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, since we are doing business, we have to make money. Just pay me at the normal price."

Chen Hedong waved his hand and said, "It's okay! You all sit down, I can handle it by myself. Wife, what are you looking at? Go get some popsicles for your brothers."

"Hey! I'm waiting for your order. I'll go right away. Sit down, girls. I'll be back soon."

Xu He smiled and said, "Hedong has a high status in the family, right?"

"Of course. Basically, whatever I say goes. Your sister-in-law gives me face."

At this time, Su Yawen came into the house holding a popsicle and said with a smile: "How dare I not give him face? The whole family depends on him to make money. Brother Li, Brother Xu, Erning eat popsicles..."

She handed the popsicles to everyone one by one, glanced at the popsicles in the baskets, and asked, "Are these four baskets full of popsicles?"

Chen Hedong was sorting all kinds of leather and nodded, "Yes! Wife, do you know where these clubs were brought out? Erning and his friends brought them out from Wanye! Didn't my great grandfather bring out one seedling and six leaves from Wanye in 1880? These are all its seeds and grandsons, do you understand what I mean?"

Su Yawen blinked, looked around, and shook her head: "I don't know."

Chen Hedong slapped his thigh in frustration, "Oh, how could you be so stupid! What did my grandfather say before? Whoever in our family can find my great grandfather will get what he left behind, including the shares of our family's business, copper coins and dollars... Do you understand?"

Su Yawen clapped her hands and cheered: "Oh my god, husband, how come you are so awesome? You got such a good thing?"

Chen Hedong grinned and said, "Of course, good things will happen to good people!"

Xu Ning said in his heart, you are a fool with good luck, how can you bring someone home after just knowing him for less than half a day, and these people are carrying guns, I don’t know whether Chen Hedong is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

Afterwards, Chen Hedong recounted the story of how he had betrayed his father and brother. Su Yawen still gave sufficient emotional value, making Chen Hedong suddenly feel that he was very smart, so he felt quite comfortable.

Su Yawen said with a smile: "Thanks to the help of Brother Xu, Brother Li and Er Ning, otherwise, Big Brother would have secretly paid me another 500 yuan."

Look at how good they are at chatting, they don’t tell lies, they just keep it to themselves.

Chen Hedong said, "I made an extra 7000 yuan. I bought the ginseng seedlings from Erning at the market price of yuan, and sold them to my family for yuan. I made almost double the money..."

"Well, it's my husband who knows how to do business."

Hearing this, Xu Ning took out two stacks of money from his purse and threw them on the table, saying, "Brother Dong, this is the remaining two thousand. Keep it for now, so you don't have to worry about it later." "Oh, no need... You keep it. Anyway, without you, I can't make any money..."

Xu Ning interrupted by waving his hand: "Sister-in-law, please help my brother Dong to collect it. Let's put things in order. Please give us the price quickly. We are in a hurry to leave."

Su Yawen smiled and said, "Okay..."

Chen Hedong stood up and glared angrily, "What's good about that? This money is for Erning."

He was still angry. Xu He and Manager Li smiled at each other. Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei were also a little helpless. Xu Ning said with a straight face: "Brother Dong, why are you arguing with my sister-in-law? Didn't I make it clear enough? If you want to get along with me, then follow my way of doing things. If you don't want to get along with me, I'll take these two thousand yuan and take you to Wanye, and we'll pretend we don't know each other."

Xu He said, "Old Li, Hedong has a bad temper."

Manager Li laughed and said, "It's all because of my sister-in-law. Sister-in-law, scold him."

Su Yawen saw that the gentlemen in the room were all quite reasonable and said with a smile: "Ah, I dare not scold him."

Chen Hedong opened his mouth and said, "Well, I am a little excited. Wife, don't be like me."

Su Yawen smiled at him. At this time, Meng Ziyan turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go to the west room. The masters are doing business and we can't get a word in."

"Okay, I just heard from your brother Dong that you and Erning are going to get married next month? When exactly is that?..."

The three of them walked out of the east room hand in hand. After the old women left, Manager Li raised his leg and kicked Chen Hedong on the butt, curling his lips and saying, "You are so excited when there is someone at home. If it weren't for my sister-in-law giving you face, would you be able to pretend?"

Chen Hedong bared his teeth and said, "Didn't I say it wrong, Erning? You also know that masters like to play tricks at home."

"I understand. Let's stop being polite to each other. Just give me the price. I'm really anxious."

"Okay! The leather has been sorted out. Brother Li, Brother Xu, please help me take apart the mallet. I will divide it into piles later so I can give you the price."

Xu Ning replied, "Brother, please help to dismantle it, starting from Erjiazi..."

The three of them went to unpack the bark buns, and Chen Hedong pointed at the bear skin and said, "These two complete bear skins can be given 300 yuan, and the remaining four incomplete ones can only be given 240 yuan. This brown bear skin is 100 yuan, and the skin is too badly damaged."

"Six wolf skins will cost 1000 yuan in total. The leopard skins I can give at most 5 to 6000 yuan! Eight jackal skins are cheaper, so I can give you 1200 yuan in total. This broken lynx skin can only cost 200 yuan at most, and this short tail is only worth 100 yuan! The large skins are of good color and quality, so I can give you 3800 yuan. Deer and roe deer skins are not very valuable, so I can give you 300 yuan in total."

There were two complete bear skins, one was hunted in Mangtou Mountain and was shot in the head by Xu Ning, and the other was hunted in Shetanggou. The remaining skins were all wounded, so the price was not high. The leopard skin and the big skin were very complete, so the price was also the highest.

Xu Ning wrote down the amount in his notebook and said, "The total is 14160 yuan."

"OK!"

Chen Hedong turned around and handed him the two stacks of money on the table. Then he took out thirteen stacks of money from his briefcase. After checking the amount of money, he gave 12160 yuan to Xu Ning.

In 78, a complete bear skin was worth 200 yuan. Five years later, the price only increased by 100 yuan. This was entirely due to the fact that there were fewer livestock in the mountains. In addition, after the reform and opening up, people had some spare money and began to pursue quality of life, so the demand increased.

"Okay, Brother Chen has indeed given the highest price. You can't pay me back, right?"

"I can't afford to pay for it! I'll sell this leopard skin to someone in my father-in-law's circle. I should be able to make 2888!"

Guan Lei was stunned when he heard this, "Brother Dong, you want to sell this leopard skin for 8888 yuan?"

"Ah, people in my father-in-law's circle want to save face, so they give a lucky number to sell it quickly. If that doesn't work, they sell it to second-hand dealers in the south. They buy leopard skins for no less than 8000 yuan, and that big skin can be sold for 4000 yuan, because there is no such thing in the south..."

Manager Li turned around and said, "If anyone says you are stupid, I definitely disagree. You are more cunning than me!"

"That must happen!"

Chen Hedong grinned and said, "Let me take a look at these young mallards..."

Xu Ning said: "You can sort them into piles according to size and quality, and then estimate the price."

"Okay, this seedling is 20 yuan, this bunch has six seedlings and two generations, all of which are broken stalks, so I can give you 45 yuan, these four seedlings and two generations can give you 55 yuan, and the remaining seven seedlings can give you 60 yuan."

Xu Ning brought out a total of 37 seedlings from Wanye, leaving 20 seedlings for Chai, Sun, Wu, Chang, Xu, Yang and his own family. Now there are only 17 seedlings left, which he sold for a total of 910 yuan.

Manager Li nodded: "It's really not less. If the pharmaceutical factory accepts it, these two Jiazi can give about 600 yuan."

"Brother Li, the pharmaceutical factory is not yours. This is my family business. I won't lose money no matter how I take it."

After Chen Hedong finished speaking, he pointed to three piles of leaves and said, "This pile is sold at the base price. The quality is too poor, so I'll give you 80 yuan at most. This pile of medium-quality ones can be sold for 100 yuan. These six seedlings are the best, so they'll be sold for 130 yuan. The total is 2900 yuan..."

In fact, the prices of Sanbaeye and Erjiazi are not very expensive, but there are too many of them. Erjiazi has 17 seedlings, while Sanbaeye has 29 seedlings, because Sanbaeye has not sent out any seedlings.

Then, Chen Hedong took out a magnifying glass, leaned on the table and looked at the thirteen seedlings and four batches of leaves, then divided them into three piles and said, "These four seedlings can be given 240, these five seedlings are 280, and the remaining four seedlings can be given 330, a total of 3680 yuan."

Manager Li was stunned after hearing this, because the price offered by Chen Hedong was too high. The average price of four batches of leaves like this was only about 260 yuan, but Chen Hedong gave the price according to the quality and year, so the average price was naturally much higher.

Xu Ning wrote it down in his notebook and said with a smile, "Brother Dong, now we have 7510 yuan."

"Well, now there are only five seedlings and five batches of leaves left, right?"

"Yes, you name the price."

Chen Hedong put the remaining five ginseng seedlings on the ground, then untied the red rope, lay down and looked at them carefully with a magnifying glass. After three or five minutes, he stood up and divided the five ginseng seedlings into two piles.

"These three seedlings and five batches of leaves can be given for 1700 yuan. These two seedlings are of very good quality, so I can give them for 2200 yuan. How about that?"

Hearing this, Xu Ning clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Brother Dong, that's great!"

Chen Hedong laughed and said, "Hahaha, what's the point? We are all family members. I can't do anything to hurt my family members."

Manager Li continued, "Didn't you just cheat?"

"Well, I'm just giving them a taste of their own medicine. Besides, my father and brother have been so upset by me. I've only cheated them this once in all these years. What else do you want? How much money did you get in total..."

Xu Ning glanced at the notebook and said, "The total is 17010 yuan."

(End of this chapter)