Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1235 Why Don't You Become a Factory Manager?

As they talked, everyone started loading things into Zhang Shuya's and Wu Dong's two cars.

When Wu Dong, Zhang Shuya, and the others arrived, they brought two trunks full of gifts.

Inside were 12 bottles of Maotai liquor with only the character "特" (special) on them, several cartons of cigarettes without any markings or brand names, several barrels of tea in tea canisters made of clove shrubs, as well as various nutritional products and foods such as milk powder and canned goods.

According to Zhang Shuya, the cigarettes and alcohol were obtained by the six of them from Bingcheng because they felt that the cigarettes and alcohol sold in the county's supply and marketing cooperative were not presentable. However, they each bought their own milk powder and canned goods.

When these people left, the car was loaded with even more things: six yellow sheep carcasses, six pig carcasses, more than ten large fish weighing twenty or thirty kilograms each, as well as various medicinal wines made by Wang An and six large cans of deer blood powder.

Of course, these six pig cavities were all from piglets weighing around 100 jin (50 catties) that were slaughtered. After removing the head, hooves, and offal, each pig cavity weighed only about 60 jin (30 kg).

It wasn't that Wang An didn't want to give them a big pig; the main problem was that although Wang An's pigsty had quite a few pigs, apart from that sow, there were no big pigs left.

The fish were caught by everyone breaking holes in the ice in the river over the past two days. They caught quite a lot, nearly 2 catties. Wu Dong and the others only took a small portion of it.

With so many fish in the house, Wang An's family will once again be able to enjoy fish with every meal.

As for medicinal wine, it is mainly deer blood wine. As for the three-whip wine and tiger bone wine, there are only 2 bottles of each, which means there are only 2 catties of each.

There was no other way; Wang An's family only had one jar of each of these two types of wine. If they used up the first batch of wine, the medicinal effects of the wine they brewed later would be reduced.

As for deer blood powder, its production is extremely limited. One pound of fresh deer blood can only yield about one ounce and six or seven ounces of deer blood powder. Therefore, giving each person a large half-can, which is about seven or eight ounces of deer blood powder, is already the limit of what Wang Anjia currently has.

The main problem is that Wang Anjia only has 21 sika deer now, and each blood collection can only yield 35 to 36 jin (17.5-18 catties). After deducting the amount used to make deer blood wine, there isn't much left to make into powder.

In this way, Zhang Shuya and Wu Dong's car trunk was completely filled, and even the back seat in the driver's cabin was crammed full except for the space reserved for people to sit.

Even so, it was only because Zhang Shuya left the air gun and air gun bullets she brought at Wang An's house that the two cars were able to carry so much stuff.

After loading the truck, Wang An couldn't help but tease He Liang, Ma Guoqiang, Wang Shuai, and Sun Nian, saying:

“You guys need to get a car too. Even I, a small farmer, have a car. It’s a bit unreasonable for you not to have one.”

None of these six people are short of money. Putting aside everything else, just one of those golden eggs could easily be exchanged for a decent Jeep.

Wang An didn't believe that if they wanted to buy a car, the car factory would dare not sell it to them.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Shuai said with a smile:
"You don't need to tell me that. We've already ordered the cars. It's just that the production line isn't working properly, and we're not high-level enough. Otherwise, we would have driven them away by now."

At this time, the cars produced by the car factory each year must be prioritized for supply to the major islands of Zhengfu, from the provincial level to the city level, and only then can they be assigned to the county level.

Only after all these arrangements are completed can individuals make their own purchases. However, Wang An knew that in a year or two, with the large-scale introduction of imported cars, buying a car would become a very simple matter as long as one had the money.

The price alone would absolutely scare over 95% of people. Something worth tens of thousands of yuan would be marked up to two or three hundred thousand yuan, with the main selling point being that they wouldn't rip off the poor.

After Wang Shuai finished speaking, Wang An added with a chuckle:

"Then let's just get a retired car and drive it for now. I think my GAZ is pretty good at driving." To everyone's surprise, Wang Shuai completely dismissed what Wang An thought was a great idea:

"Drive a new car, who would buy an old one?"

He Liang also chimed in:

"The key issue is that those used cars are ridiculously expensive, 5 yuan apiece, that's 5! New cars are only 2 yuan or less than 3 yuan, damn it, these guys are really ripping people off."

He Liang and the others made sense, but Wang An didn't dare to agree. So, Wang An chuckled and changed the subject:
"Big sister, and Brother Wu, please drive slowly on this road, and don't knock the bottles over again."

Upon hearing this, Wu Dong said:
"Yeah, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Zhang Shuya also waved to Wang An.

After seeing off the six second-generation rich kids, Wang Dazhu asked Wang An with some curiosity:

"When did you open another pharmaceutical factory?"

Liu Guilan said, quite puzzled:
"Yeah, I've never heard you mention that before."

It was clear that this question had been on the minds of the elderly couple for several days. On the night they roasted the squirrel, Wang An and the others were drinking and talking about various issues related to the pharmaceutical factory. Wang Dazhu and the others heard them when they came in, but they didn't interrupt.

It's quite remarkable that the elderly couple waited until Wu Dong and the others left before asking the question.

Wang An glanced at his father, then at his mother, before smiling and saying:
"It's not a big deal, so I didn't tell you. Before June this year—no, it's been past the Gregorian calendar year, it was before June last year—Lao Wu and Xue Li were disfigured, and it was my friend's ointment that cured them. The pharmaceutical factory that makes this ointment is special."

After a pause, Wang An smiled and said:
"By the way, that pharmaceutical factory wasn't run by me alone. I don't have that kind of ability. There are 10 of us in total, and I only own 10% of the shares."

Wang Dazhu then asked:

"Why didn't you go when your older sister and Xiao Dongzi asked you to be the factory manager?"

Liu Guilan also hurriedly said:

"Yeah, being a factory manager is great, especially in the county. Isn't that better than you running off to the mountains in the dead of winter?"

As soon as the couple finished speaking, Wang An knew things were going to go wrong.

For Wang Dazhu and his generation, no matter how much money their children earn or how successful they are, as long as their children have a stable job, that's better than anything else.

That's why Wang Dazhu and his wife were overjoyed when Wang An returned in his uniform on the day he became a company commander.

Therefore, Wang An knew that if he couldn't explain himself clearly, then even without Wu Dong and Zhang Shuya saying anything, Wang Dazhu and his wife would make him become that damn factory director.

So, Wang An thought for a moment and said:
“You don’t know, there’s actually a lot going on here. The fact that I have a small share is just for appearances. We ten people discuss things together, and then we each do our own thing. I can’t interfere in everything.”

(End of this chapter)