Zhou Xiaozheng admired quietly, this person is really nice, and it’s really fresh grain. There’s not a single grain of sand mixed in the rice. For this quality, in the city, it’s either special-grade or first-grade rice, priced at no less than 0.18 yuan. The flour also has a fragrant wheat smell. "Brother, I’ve checked, all good, shall we load them directly onto the truck?" Liu Sanyuan nodded and said to Captain Liu, "Old brother, have someone help us load them up. My Brother Zhou’s truck will take 400 pounds of rice and flour. My truck will take 200 pounds. The money goes to the accountant, right?" Captain Liu called in two people and instructed them to load the checked rice and flour onto the truck, "Remember, a small truck with 400 pounds, 200 pounds each of rice and flour, don’t mix them up." Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝙣𝙚𝙩 Liu Sanyuan suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted, "Old brother, have the village people send 100 pounds of vermicelli, I need this. My brother also wants 100 pounds, send 200 pounds." He saw Zhou Xiaozheng gesturing with his fingers and quickly continued, "Brother, what else? Buy a little less, save some money, I’ll take you to a fishing village to buy other things. Normally, you wouldn’t be able to buy them alone." Zhou Xiaozheng nodded with a smile, he certainly encountered a warmhearted person, considering his skills, he wasn’t worried about Liu Sanyuan deceiving him. Without this aquatic company, Liu Sanyuan indeed could not let him buy good stuff alone, "I’ll take another 100 pounds of sweet potato strips then." Liu Sanyuan quickly signaled with his eyes, seeing Captain Liu outside, he whispered, "Don’t buy, Captain Liu will send them later, I get 20 pounds when I send 200 pounds, you might get 50 pounds when you send 400. Wait and see, this area doesn’t lack sweet potato strips, they are really hard to eat. Their sweet potato strips aren’t sweet, only the ones from the mountainous area taste good." Zhou Xiaozheng chuckled, Liu Sanyuan is really nice, "I’ll listen to you, today I’ll just follow you." Liu Sanyuan said proudly, "You’re right to follow me this time. Usually, I have colleagues with me, which is inconvenient. Once things are settled here, I’ll take you to eat at the fishery’s cafeteria, it’s all free. Inside, the cornbread is tough, but there are plenty of good things. We’ll take some live crabs and prawns back, since we’re from the aquatic company, the prices are very low, almost like picking them up for free. Then we buy more stuff, also get some dried fish and dried shrimps from the fishermen. During New Year, yellow croaker in the provincial city requires a ticket for 35 cents a pound, each family can only buy two. In the fishing village, it’s only 15 cents a pound, assorted fish only 5 cents a pound, and dried seaweed 3 cents a pound. I buy a ton for just 20 yuan each time." Captain Liu came in and laughed heartily, "Yesterday, we returned from sea with a whole shipload of yellow croaker, you guys are just in time. Buying those dry goods isn’t worthwhile, during winter if you take your wives to go clamming, it costs nothing, and you don’t need to worry about preservation." Liu Sanyuan listened and curiously asked, "Old brother, can anyone go clamming? I see it’s usually village people, rarely outsiders." "Of course outsiders can’t go clamming, even in our village, only wives whose maternal homes are in the fishing village can go. You guys come occasionally, and since everyone knows you, they won’t mind. Alright, we’ve packed up here, the vermicelli is outside, you guys go check it out, and then settle the bill with the accountant. Don’t delay going to the fishing village." Zhou Xiaozheng and the others went outside, the vermicelli was already bundled in bamboo baskets, the 100 pounds of vermicelli looked overwhelming, Zhou Xiaozheng looked, "This vermicelli is too much, I need two ropes to tie the bamboo baskets on top of the car. Otherwise, I can’t take all 100 pounds of vermicelli with me." Liu Sanyuan laughed heartily, "Brother, I really didn’t think about your small car’s size, old brother, can you find a few ropes, we’ll help put everything on top, cover the bamboo baskets with straw, and it won’t be dirty." After Zhou Xiaozheng and Liu Sanyuan paid the money and said goodbye, it was already close to noon. Liu Sanyuan suggested directly heading to the fishing village, just in time for a meal. The two drove swiftly to the fishing village. In less than twenty minutes, they reached the fishery. Liu Sanyuan submitted the supply request form from the aquatic company and took Zhou Xiaozheng to the cafeteria, "Brother, look, aren’t there many dishes? Today we arrive just in time, if late, there won’t be any good dishes, you don’t need to be polite with them later, grab whatever you want to eat." Zhou Xiaozheng looked around, several others not from the fishery had all taken large plates to load with seafood, "Let’s go, we’re going together, that stir-fried crab and prawns are running out, hurry up." Liu Sanyuan looked inside and quickly pulled Zhou Xiaozheng to queue up, after a while, they ordered their dishes and took three cornbreads and found a seat. Liu Sanyuan whispered, "Brother, I won’t drink, once we’re full here, we’ll head to the warehouse to buy yellow croaker, prawns, and those rare items, outside in the village are ordinary, we’ll go later. I know the staff in the warehouse, we’ll directly buy the prawns and yellow croaker from them, don’t buy too much, there’s a lot of tricks in here, the prices we get are the same as the public ones, and they’ll give us plenty of extras for free. If you see broken cartons, the contents are just waste goods, we can privately exchange them for two or three yuan, and get the whole box. Summer’s hot, can’t take much, now’s just the right time to buy more and stash away for slow eating, next month won’t be this lucky, all will be delivered to the city for New Year and Spring Festival supply, only last month and this month are worthwhile. Let’s just buy two shares later, I see you definitely won’t buy less." Zhou Xiaozheng enjoyed the delicious food, nodded with a smile, gesturing Liu Sanyuan to eat quickly, and then to get more dishes, noticing those at the next table already went three times, all getting prawns, so much they couldn’t stand afterward. "Haha, hurry and eat, that guy is really ruthless, not leaving a bit alive for others." Liu Sanyuan chuckled with his head down. The two ate for a full hour, Zhou Xiaozheng remarked, "I finally understand why you said you’re stuffed, it’s too delicious." Liu Sanyuan said with a smile, "Whenever I come here on business, the kids at home are thrilled, just waiting for me to bring seafood back. Once things are settled here, let’s go to the village to see if there are live crabs, now in November, those crab shells are full of red roe, last time I bought 20 pounds for 15 cents, let’s see if I can buy more. Let’s leave early, those outsiders are probably heading to the warehouse, don’t let them beat us to it." Zhou Xiaozheng nodded, he realized Liu Sanyuan doesn’t lack money, particularly fond of culinary delights, his eyes lit up when talking about tasty food, even knowing where good sweet potato strips are, casually tossing aside the 50 pounds of sweet potato strips sent by Captain Liu, not even glancing at them. Talking about live crabs now, he swallowed hard. Liu Sanyuan took Zhou Xiaozheng directly to the warehouse through the back way, and handed a cigarette to the warehouse keeper, "Uncle, it’s still you this time. Can you see when my goods are ready? I want to buy some prawns, yellow croaker, and hairtail this time, is it okay?" The warehouse keeper took the cigarette, puffed twice, "Sure, follow me inside later, there’re broken boxes all scattered, see what else you want. Usually nobody wants to take them, they’re all surplus goods."