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

After leaving Qiao Xiaohu's house, Wang An drove to Wu Dong's place.

Wang An came to Wu Dong's house for two reasons. First, he wanted to bring Wu Dong some of his own fresh vegetables, such as cucumbers, peppers, chives, and persimmons. Second, he wanted to tell Wu Dong that the rapeseed and chives in everyone's greenhouses were ready to be harvested.

When Wang An told Wu Dong about harvesting the leeks and rapeseed, Wu Dong patted Wang An on the shoulder with a happy expression and said:

"Your vegetables are just in time. Ever since we finished eating that spinach, the brothers haven't had any fresh vegetables. They've been eating radishes, cabbages, and potatoes all day long. They've become like radishes, cabbages, and potatoes."

Upon hearing this, Wang An asked in great surprise:
"It's been almost a month, and the higher-ups still haven't sent any fresh vegetables here?"

Wang An shouldn't have asked such a question, but he was genuinely puzzled.

Keep in mind that this involves feeding several thousand people. Even ordinary people know to eat dried mushrooms, dried wild vegetables, dried eggplant, and dried green beans to change things up.

It's not good for so many people to eat only radishes, cabbage, and potatoes all day long.

Wu Dong sighed, shook his head, and said:

“Life is tough everywhere. It’s too cold here in Heilongjiang Province, and there are too few greenhouses. We have so many people, and with so few people coming and going, we simply can’t keep up with the demand.”

Wang An nodded and remained silent.

With so many people, the amount of food and vegetables they consume every day is simply astronomical. It's quite remarkable that they can have radishes, cabbages, and potatoes without running out of food.

Therefore, this kind of problem cannot be solved by one person or even a few people.

Wu Dong then said to Wang An:

"If you don't have anything to do lately, could you take Lao Wu and Xue Li to hunt some wild boar or roe deer and bring them over? Our canteen is running out of meat."

Upon hearing this, Wang An's eyes widened instantly, and he subconsciously asked:
"What about the meat processing plant? Hasn't your company always been supplied with meat by the meat processing plant? They're such a big company, how can they not even supply the meat you need?"

Wu Dong blinked, his face full of helplessness, and said:
"Damn it, who knows? All I do every day is worry about the mundane things like firewood and cooking oil. Damn it, it's better to be a deputy and have less to worry about."

When Wang An saw Wu Dong's worried look, he couldn't help but laugh.

I still remember that just over four months ago, when Wu Dong helped Wang An buy that GAZ machine, Wu Dong proudly showed off to Wang An that he had finally been promoted to a permanent position.

But after just over four months, Wu Dong began to miss the days when he was a deputy.

The saying "With great power comes great responsibility" is absolutely true.

Seeing Wang An smiling, Wu Dong said somewhat angrily:

"Are you still my brother? Your brother is here looking miserable, and you're just sitting there gloating. Is that appropriate?"

Wang An forced himself to stop laughing and said:
"It's just wild boar meat. Hunting some wild boar meat is just for fun. Just tell me how much you want?"

Upon hearing Wang An's agreement, Wu Dong's face instantly lit up with a smile, and he casually said:

"Tens of thousands of catties wouldn't be too much, several thousand catties wouldn't be too little. Oh, and if it's wild boar, I only want the yellow-haired ones and the females. The testicles and meat are too tough and pungent; I don't want those." Wang An said, his face full of shock.
"Tens of thousands of kilograms isn't enough? My goodness, how desperate are you for meat?"

Wu Dong said, his face full of anger and helplessness:

"A team of over 6 people, and they only get two pigs a day, sometimes even just one. You tell me, how can that little bit of meat be enough? Even if it's just minced and stewed in vegetables, not everyone can even get a piece of meat."

To be honest, the camouflage guys of this era really had it tough. With such arduous and heavy training every day, if they didn't have enough meat, their bodies would easily develop problems.

It's clear that Wu Dong is truly exhausted, constantly uttering "damn it" as he speaks, showing just how much work has driven him to this state.

After a pause, Wu Dong continued:
"Here's the deal: wild boar meat is 4 cents a pound right now. You can just send me a skinned, headless, hoofed, and gutted wild boar, and I'll give you 3 cents a pound. Consider it a favor, how about that?"

Wang Anlian replied without even considering it:
"What help or not, 3 cents a pound is quite a lot. Then I'll do it tomorrow, no, I still have to get vegetables out tomorrow. How about the day after tomorrow? We'll go into the mountains to get meat for you the day after tomorrow."

After Wang An finished speaking, Wu Dong clapped his hands together forcefully, making a crisp "smack" sound, and said excitedly:
"Great, great! It's all thanks to you, Brother Xiao An. You're a lifesaver! Hahahaha!"

Wang An laughed a few times along with Wu Dong, and then said with a smile:
"What do you mean by 'timely rain'? We'll definitely sell our vegetables once they're ripe. By the way, Brother Wu, this time it's chives and rapeseed. What price will your company give me for each?"

Spinach grown in greenhouses yields approximately 7 kilograms per square meter.
Although rapeseed is not as big as spinach, each plant is relatively heavy, yielding about 12 kilograms per square meter.

The only drawback is that rapeseed has a longer growth cycle than spinach, but in terms of economic benefits, the two are about the same.

But chives are different. At that time, due to the influence of the variety, each square meter of chives could only produce about 4 catties, which is incomparable to the chives of later generations that could produce six or seven catties, or even seven or eight catties per square meter.

Fortunately, once chives have grown, they can be harvested every month, so the economic benefits are continuous.

In comparison, growing chives is much less troublesome than growing spinach or rapeseed.

Of course, if we're only comparing monetary gains, chives are about the same as spinach and rapeseed.

Upon hearing this, Wu Dong frowned, thought for a moment, and then said:
"Before the Lunar New Year, rapeseed was about 7 cents a pound in Harbin, and chives were about 1 yuan a pound there. How about we go with those prices?"

Wang An shook his head and said:

"No, didn't the three of us go to Harbin to buy a TV before the New Year? The supply and marketing cooperative sold chives for 1.2 yuan and rapeseed for 0.9 yuan."

Although Wang An and Wu Dong had a very good relationship, there was no need to hold back on this kind of issue.

The main point is that the two are discussing business at this time, which has nothing to do with personal feelings, so the interests that should be fought for must be fought for.

Wu Dong was taken aback upon hearing this, then frowned and said:

"I really didn't know about this. Let me make a call."

As he spoke, Wu Dong went to the table and picked up the phone. (End of Chapter)