The Great Era of Siheyuan

"I asked you for a favor, but you're making a big deal out of it. If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. Do you really think I want you?"

On the way to the steel rolling mill, Li Wenqiang didn't know how many times he had scolded Liu Qinghua. He really couldn't swallow this anger.

"Li Wenqiang, what's wrong with you? You look unhappy. Do you need any help?"

In the security room, as soon as he met Wang Jianjun, he noticed that Li Wenqiang's face and mood were not right, and immediately asked with concern.

"It's okay. I just thought that after the construction team is established, we will definitely have to travel around and transport goods. I want to buy a few vehicles but I don't have the means. Now I'm worried!"

Li Wenqiang said casually.

"I really can't help you with this. The cars nowadays are allocated by higher-ups. I'll ask for you when I get a chance!"

Hearing that Li Wenqiang wanted to buy a car, Wang Jianjun was happy but also a little helpless. He really couldn't help with this. He couldn't solve any of the material problems, but the other problems were easy to solve.

"It's okay, I'll think of another way!"

Hearing that he couldn't help, Li Wenqiang didn't care and went straight to find Li Huaide with the list.

"Did you take so many things yesterday?"

In the factory director's office, Li Huaide looked at Li Wenqiang curiously, wondering why he suddenly pulled out so many things.

"Yes, a batch of goods has just arrived! If you think it's too much, I can find someone else. I will still give you the same amount as before."

Li Wenqiang said calmly.

"That's not what I meant. It doesn't matter how many things you have. But what are the things in the recent shipment you mentioned? Can you tell me?"

Li Huaide asked curiously.

"Nothing much, just a batch of rice, wheat, soybeans, sesame seeds, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts and so on."

Li Wenqiang said casually.

"Is that so? Why is there no meat?"

Li Huaide said with some regret.

"If you want meat, you have to wait at least a month. If not, I can't give it to you. If you need it urgently, I can prepare some chickens, ducks and geese for you tomorrow. I can't help you with anything else."

Li Wenqiang told him the truth.

"That's fine. Bring a few over tomorrow. Also, I'm very interested in everything you mentioned. Please prepare more. This is the payment for yesterday's goods. The price is one dollar for grain, and one dollar and fifty cents for peanuts, soybeans, and sesame seeds!"

After Li Huaide finished speaking, he threw over an envelope that was almost full of stuff. There was no need to guess what was inside, it must be full of money.

"It's too little. I have no problem with one yuan for food, but soybeans and peanuts should be at least two yuan per pound, and sesame seeds should be three yuan."

Li Wenqiang said very calmly.

"In that case, you can just take care of it first. Give me more rice and flour, and you can use the rest as you like. We can calculate how much food we need later."

Li Huaide thought for a while and said,

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

After saying this, Li Wenqiang took the money and left. Yesterday he put in nearly 7,000 kilograms of vegetables. It sounds like a lot, but it is only a matter of one or two trucks. If you squeeze and cram it in, it will be enough for a truck.

Li Huaide's agreement was expected. If the steel mill could not use up all the materials, he could transfer them to other factories, which would not affect his ability to make money at all.

When I was going down the stairs, I ran into Xu Damao, whom I hadn’t seen for a few days.

"Xu Damao, what have you been busy with recently? I haven't seen you for a few days. Where are you going?"

Li Wenqiang greeted him casually. Although they were in the same yard during this period, he had not seen Xu Damao many times.

"I came here specifically to find you. Didn't I say before that a few leaders from the Red Star Commune ordered a few bottles of medicinal wine? I asked someone to deliver it a few days ago. Recently, I went to a few factories and sold several bottles. The few boxes of wine you left for me are almost sold out!"

Xu Damao spoke with some excitement and pride, and his face looked like he was about to praise me.

Li Wenqiang understood what he wanted to do by looking at his expression and immediately began to praise him.

"Really? I told you you can do it! Keep up the good work. This is just the beginning. You will definitely sell more and more in the future. Come on!"

"Hehehe! Don't worry, I'm here with you, Xu Damao. It's just a small matter of buying some wine. Leave it to me! But I'm running out of medicinal wine, so you can get me some later. I'll give you the money when I get home in the evening. I looked for you several times but you weren't at home. It wasn't an urgent matter so I didn't remember to look for you! And didn't you say last time that you wanted to go to the countryside with me? I've received a notice that I'm going to Xingshou Commune in Changping County to show movies for three days next week. Do you want to go? If you go, I'll take you with me!"

Xu Damao asked with a smile. During this period, he had sold dozens of bottles of wine. If he took a commission of one or two yuan per bottle, he could earn at least forty or fifty yuan, which was much more profitable than working.

"Really? Let me think, what's the exact date?"

Li Wenqiang thought for a while and asked.

"It's probably around the 21st or 22nd. It's one of those two days after all. If you have something to do, I can wait for you for a day!"

Xu Damao said indifferently.

"Okay, remember to call me when the time comes. I'll go with you to the countryside to have a look!"

Hearing this, Li Wenqiang thought about it. Although it seemed unnecessary to go there now, he still planned to take a look at what the countryside looked like, and by the way, see if he could get some more things that were not in the space and throw them in for breeding.

"Okay then, I'll call you then! I have to go to work first!"

After saying this, Xu Damao turned and left.

Walking on the way to Qianmen Street, Li Wenqiang was in a very good mood. Today was another day with a daily income of over ten thousand yuan. Life was getting better and better.

But it is not a good idea to resell materials all the time. We still need to have our own core technology. Thinking of the Beimo factory, I began to get annoyed again. If I could build the engine myself, then the problem would be solved.

"It's just an engine! It's not something particularly sophisticated. If a car factory can make an engine by hand, I can do it too!"

Li Wenqiang was determined to make his own car if he couldn't buy one. It was just a two-stroke engine, and he had a full set of blueprints. He had everything he needed, so was he afraid that he couldn't make it? He would go and try it later.

After figuring it out, Li Wenqiang felt much better. Regardless of whether he could do it or not, he felt much better.

What he didn't know was that after not going to the tavern for a few days, the people there were about to quarrel. They had just provided cheap vegetables for a few days, and then they were gone, and the neighbors collectively besieged the tavern.

Xu Huizhen was now extremely busy, constantly explaining and apologizing to people. Not many people appreciated what she had done before, and it was Niu Ye who led the trouble.

As the agent of the Bannermen, Niu Ye had been cooperating well with Li Wenqiang, but suddenly he stopped coming. The food in the tavern was gone, and they returned to the hard days of lack of food. They immediately quit and directly encouraged Niu Ye to be the leader and go to the tavern to lead the uprising.