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Chapter 627: Selling Bear Meat to Make Money Wooden Rocking Horse

Yang Jun was extremely happy and wanted to rush into the west room to hug Yang Yimeng and kiss him, but as there were many people in the room, he held back for the sake of his face.

He never thought that yellow pineapple could be sold at such a high price. Although everyone in the wood business knows that yellow pineapple is a good wood from mountainous areas, the price of its round logs has always fluctuated between 20-40. Xu Ning simply sent the round logs to the furniture factory, and Zhang Jinbao gave a high price for the sheets!

Round logs are whole pieces of unbarked wood, while boards are cut into planks or cubes, with the bark and scraps removed. There is actually not much difference between the two, except that there are additional costs for shipping, labor, and cutting.

Yang Jun had asked about the price of yellow pineapple logs before, and the prices offered by the other party were very low, with the highest not exceeding 35 yuan, so he was quite excited about this, and even a little overjoyed. Why?

Just because he sold a truckload of yellow pineapple logs for 25 yuan last year, and the whole truckload of yellow pineapples only sold for 700 yuan in total!

But now Xu Ning sells the yellow pineapple at 90 yuan per cubic meter. Even if some wood is lost after cutting, if there are 1 cubic meters of boards left, that would be 15 yuan, a full 1350 yuan more. How can he not be excited and happy?

But thinking back to the truckload of yellow pineapple logs sold last year, Yang Jun's heart seemed to bleed. If only he and Xu Ning had known each other earlier, maybe...

Xu Ning saw that he was in a state of confusion, so he asked Yang Jun about it and he told him the truth. Xu Laonian, who was listening, laughed and said, "It's already sold, why are you thinking so much about it? Besides, you didn't even know him last year, and he and Jinbao didn't do business together."

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "Not really. My old son was gambling all day and night last year. What's the point of you looking for him? You're lucky if he doesn't cheat you out of all the money in your pocket."

Xu Ning looked bitter and said helplessly, "Mom, why do you keep bringing up the past?"

"So what? Isn't this a true story? Besides, you have changed now, and the past events have become history."

Xu Laonian responded in a very cooperative manner: "History is for the world to judge. Don't you want others to praise you for pulling back from the brink?"

"Hey, why is my dad so good at chatting today? Dad, I want to reward you..."

Xu Ning pretended to put his hand into his trouser pocket. Under Xu Laonian's eager gaze, he wiped his hand on Xu Laonian's face and laughed: "Haha, I'll give you a slap."

"Fuck you, you little bastard...are you trying to turn against Tian Gang? I'm going to give you a beating today!"

Xu Laonian rushed over with gnashing teeth. Li Fuqiang and Yang Jun hurriedly stopped him. Meng Ziyan saw that the old man was really angry, so she took out 5 yuan from her pocket and handed it to him.

"Dad, don't be like him. Put this money in your pocket and use it to buy some wine."

Liu Lizhen stepped forward to stop him, glanced at the pretentious Xu Laonian and said, "No! We have everything at home, what can he do with the money? Put the cigarettes in your pocket."

Meng Ziyan insisted: "My father also needs to make friends in the forest farm, so he has to keep some money in his pocket."

Upon hearing this, Xu Laonian grinned and said, "Look, it has to be my second daughter! Hahaha, then I'd be disrespectful to refuse..."

"Oh, cigarettes? No, no, no." Liu Lizhen pulled her hand and shook her head.

Xu Ning, who was standing nearby, snatched five yuan from his wife's hand, stuffed it into Xu Laonian's hip pocket, and said, "What are you tearing up? It's for the child! Take it quickly!"

"Oh my god, you...ah, thank you for smashing it!"

Xu Laonian reached into his pocket and touched the money, and his expression immediately changed.

"Hahaha……"

Although everyone in the house had long been accustomed to the daily disturbances in the Xu family, Yang Jun still couldn't stop smiling after seeing it with his own eyes. This atmosphere was so warm and touching! !
This truckload of yellow pineapples alleviated Yang Jun's distress somewhat, but not too much, because he owed a lot of debts to others. He owed Xu Ning alone 200 yuan, and he had another 1300 yuan in foreign debt, which he borrowed from others because he was short of 28 yuan for contracting the 1000-yard field.

Xu Ning and Yang Jun jointly contracted 28 lenticular yards and each paid 3000 yuan. Xu Ning held 1000% of the shares, but he had to pay an additional 1000 yuan as working capital. After the lenticular yard made money, the yuan would be returned to him.

So even if this truckload of yellow pineapples could earn 1400 yuan, Yang Jun would only get 560%, or yuan, which is about the same as if he sold the yellow pineapples himself.

At around 8: that evening, just as Li Fuqiang, Yang Jun, Guan Lei and others had left, Liu Daming, Lao Jiang, Li Feng and Dalabao rode in on two donkeys.

There were only a few aluminum basins, backpacks and a scale in the donkey cart. The four of them were very happy after getting off the cart. They smiled at Liu Lizhen and said, "Sister! Guess how much we made?"

Liu Lizhen waved her hand and said, "How would I know? Just sell as much as you like. You four haven't eaten yet, right? I'll heat up some food for you first, so just have a bite."

"Okay!" Liu Daming had long been accustomed to his sister's tone of voice. He turned around and said, "Brother-in-law..."

"Hey, don't waste your time. Just divide the sales volume among yourselves. Why are you showing off to me? You have enough money in your pocket, so give me some." Xu Laonian said unhappily.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle, don't listen to what my dad says. He is just jealous that you earn more than him now, and he feels unbalanced."

"Get lost, am I jealous of him? I'm only busy at the end of the month, and usually drink tea in the office, why would I be jealous of him?"

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Uncle Jiang, please take a seat. Are you here to give me some money?"

Lao Jiang took the cigarette from Xu Laonian and nodded, "Yeah! Sales have been going well these past two days. The four of us split into two groups and went all over Qing'an, and we finally sold them all."

The loud speaker replied, "That's not bad! We made a lot of money this time... My brother Jiang is quite smart. He found a drugstore and sold the shaved bear bones to it. The remaining bear meat was sold by the pound. The average price per pound was about 1 yuan. I bought four bears for 6 yuan!"

Liu Daming opened the cloth bag containing the money, poured the money out onto the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Look! The bear bones sold for 126 yuan, the bear meat sold for 1114 yuan, and the four paws sold for 48 yuan, a total of 1288 yuan!"

Lao Jiang handed a bundle of change to Xu Ning: "Er Ning, this is your 800 yuan. The remaining 488 yuan will be divided among the four of us."

"Okay!" Xu Ning picked up a thick stack of money and shook it in front of Xu Laonian twice, making Xu Laonian so angry that he almost spit.

Meng Ziyan put the dishes on the table and said, "Uncle, Uncle Jiang, please eat quickly."

"Hey!" Liu Daming and the other three responded, put the money back into the cloth bag, walked to the dining table and sat down.

Meng Ziyan came to Xu Ning and whispered, "Don't tease Dad all the time."

Xu Ning stuffed 800 yuan in change into her arms and said, "Keep it in your pocket."

Meng Ziyan was stunned: "What are you doing for me? Why don't you give it to mom?"

Liu Lizhen came over with the rice bowl and said, "I don't want it! Take it quickly. Mom has money."

"You don't even want the money, you idiot..." Xu Laonian said with a pout.

Liu Lizhen turned her head and glared at him, and he stopped.

After Liu Daming and his three companions finished their meal, they sat at the dining table and divided the 488 yuan. Li Feng took the least, as he only received 76 yuan for the meat and 8 yuan for the bear paws, while Liu Daming, Lao Jiang and Dala each received 8 yuan!
When Xu Laonian heard that Liu Daming earned his two and a half months' salary in just two days, he was really angry. After Liu Daming and the other three left, he sat on the edge of the kang in the east room, smoking in a depressed mood.

Liu Lizhen brought water for washing feet into the room and said, "Hurry up and wash your feet. Your feet are so smelly. How can you have the nerve to take off your shoes?"

"Oh, I'm so angry and you don't even know how to comfort me."

"Get out if you don't want to wash! I've spoiled you with bad habits."

When Xu Laonian saw that his dear Jane didn't respond, his fragile heart shrank a little, and he said with a pout, "Why do you always scold me?"

"You don't act like a father at all. You are an old man, and you take money from your daughter-in-law? You are so shameless!"

"When Juan'er was at home before, she always gave me some money. I thought Yan was my daughter-in-law, so I must not treat her differently. If I don't accept the money, Yan will easily complain to me." Liu Lizhen clapped her hands and said, "Oh my dear, you are really the root of the Xu family. I almost believed your perverted logic!"

"Hey, stop provoking me... Now this little bastard is making more and more money, and he's involved in more and more businesses. If we don't make this clear in advance, it will definitely be a problem in the future!"

Liu Lizhen frowned and said, "Yes, that's true. How about when Dalong and Feng'er come back, the seven of us can sit together and talk about this?"

"Okay, but we have to think about it in advance. Unequal distribution can easily lead to ruin. How many brothers in our village have fought to the point of death over family property?"

"I know. You have a good brain. Why don't you think about it?"

"My brain is working well again..."

"I gave you face!"

"Oh my god, it hurts! It hurts so much! Stop it... You're pinching me like you're pinching your own children..."

The west room was calm that night. Xu Ning woke up after only slept for 6 hours. When he opened his eyes, he found another heavy object pressing on him. He reached out and pulled Meng Ziyan's arms and legs aside, sat up, and carefully put on his pants and clothes.

When he opened the door, he noticed that there was heat coming from the kitchen, but he didn't see his mother. There was sporadic fire in the stove and two cloth bags on the stove. Xu Ning touched them and determined that they contained lunch boxes.

He carried the lunch box and 56 out of the door, looked to the right, and saw the dogs rushing out impatiently, but when Xu Ning raised his hand and pointed, they suppressed their anxiety and turned back to the kennel.

As I walked out of the gate, I saw Wang Hu dozing off against the wall. After looking at each other, they walked towards Li Fuqiang's house in the south.

When they met up with Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei, Yang Jun just happened to drive over with Yang Yi sitting in the passenger seat. The kid got up so early and not only did he not act like a spoiled child, but was very obedient. After greeting each other, they drove towards the 28th floor.

I didn't call Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye today because I had nothing to do last time in the morning. But it's only a little past 4 o'clock now, and they don't get any money, so how can I have the nerve to ask them to help again?

When they arrived at the 28th station, Yang Yi was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes. Yang Jun let him sleep in the co-pilot seat while the five of them sat on logs to fill their stomachs.

It was already daybreak when the loading was completed. This was the speed of loading after Yang Jun, Li Fuqiang and others picked out the yellow pineapples yesterday. Xu Ning did not slack off this time, but the logs he loaded were as thick as thighs, and they were not heavy at all for one person to carry on his shoulders...

At around 6 o'clock, Xu Ning drove Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei, Wang Hu and Yang Yi to the east entrance of Tun, and then Yang Jun drove straight to the city.

The journey was a bit long, but Xu Ning didn't feel that way because he had been catching up on his sleep for three hours in the passenger seat until Yang Jun drove the car to Xishan Street and woke him up.

Xu Ning opened his eyes and pointed the way. More than 30 meters away, he saw Zhang Jinbao standing at the door of the shop smoking. He nodded to Yang Jun and drove the car to the processing plant behind.

The car drove into the yard and stopped at the place where the logs were unloaded yesterday. Xu Ning turned his head and looked at the left side 40 meters away, where there were three piles of sheet materials. These sheets had sizes of 10*10, 8*15, 4*20, and a bunch of special-shaped sizes, which could be used to make all kinds of furniture.

"Brother Jun!" Zhang Jinbao waved and greeted him.

"Hey, Boa!"

Xu Ning jumped out of the car and said, "Brother Bao, let my brother Jun deliver the goods for you from now on."

"Okay, then I'll find someone to unload the goods? Let's go inside and talk."

Zhang Jinbao waved his hand, and two apprentices and several apprentices came running over. Yang Jun, holding Yang Yi, and Xu Ning followed Zhang Jinbao into the shop.

"My parents and Sister Xia are not at home?"

"Oh, your sister took them for a walk early in the morning. Before she left, she specifically asked me to order some dishes from the restaurant, which will be delivered shortly."

"Okay, Baozhu didn't eat much."

Zhang Jinbao took out a bottle of soda and said, "Baozhu, drink some soda to moisten your throat first. Does your mouth feel dry after sitting in the car?"

Yang Yi didn't say anything. He took it only after Yang Jun nodded and said, "It's OK. This is my first time driving with my dad... Thank you, Uncle Bao."

"Why is this kid being so polite to his uncle? Go pick out a wooden toy and I'll give it to you as a gift."

"Wow, there are so many small wooden sculptures. Uncle Bao, you have really skillful hands."

"Hahaha, of course! That's what I do."

Yang Jun pushed his back and said, "Go play by yourself, don't touch anything."

"Baozhu, don't listen to your dad. Just play with it. What if it breaks? These are not valuable items."

Yang Yi walked to the toy display area, and was dazzled by the dazzling array of wooden toys. After choosing for a while, he picked a pony rocking car, and sat on it, rocking back and forth and enjoying it very much.

Zhang Jinbao retracted his gaze and said, "Erning, you made this thing just for fun. I made it after you left. What do you think of it?"

"Very good! Here's what's going on. Don't sell this thing yet. Hurry up and register a trademark. Then go find the machinery factory where my brother Sheng works and ask them to make the trademark mold. Use a stamping machine to print out the trademark in batches, and then stick it on our products."

"Okay! I'll take care of it when your sister comes back. Wouldn't it be more convenient to find the person in charge of the street?"

"How do you get along with him?"

"It's good. We often drink together."

"Then you'd better go to him and ask him to write a letter of introduction."

At this time, the restaurant owner came in with a wooden tray and shouted, "Jin Bao, the four dishes are here! I'm going to go back first."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Brother Lu."

"What a polite thing."

Zhang Jinbao walked to the door, brought the dishes over and placed them on the table, saying, "Let's eat and chat at the same time. Baozhu, come and eat."

"Here I come..." Yang Yi ran over quickly, twitching his legs.

Yang Jun asked, "Is this pony fun?"

"Fun!"

Zhang Jinbao served the meal and said, "Before you leave, give this toy to Baozhu and let him go home to play."

"Then I won't be polite with you. This is the first time I've seen him cherish an object so much."

Yang Yi stuck out his tongue and said, "Thank you, Uncle Bao!"

"Hurry up and eat... the yellow pineapples that were delivered yesterday have been cut..."

(End of this chapter)