Chapter 295 Happy cooperation
Not long after, before Chu Meiling and Wu Zhaodi could ask for help, Luo Huijuan hurriedly brought Shang Xiuzhen and others to help.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang's mind moved slightly, and he immediately and quietly brought everyone into his small world.

By the time he released the person, it was already late at night.

Luo Huijuan, on the other hand, finished her last shift as usual, ate her fill, then leaned on Li Guoqiang's shoulder and murmured lazily, "Qiangzi, it's great to be able to marry you in this life."

"Ah!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang felt slightly happy. Then he gently patted Luo Huijuan on the back, and they fell asleep while snuggling together.

Soon, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Xu Yuchang, Xu Yuying and others have all adapted to the work in Xiangmi Zhai and slowly begun to integrate into the life of New Beijing.

In addition, their household registration was successfully transferred to the Xiangmizhai store, and with the help of Wu Cai'e, they had obtained grain certificates and purchase and sales certificates, and were just waiting for the street office to allocate housing for them.

In addition, Li Guoqiang also set their salary at the level of 10 salesperson, 27.5 yuan.

The only special cases are Xu Yuying and Li Guoqiang. Because they came to work on behalf of the production team, they could only get work points, and they did not have grain books and purchase and sales books. Everything needed to be provided by the production team in accordance with the business trip management regulations.

Just like Li Guoqiang, the work points he can get in a month now are the full 300 points, plus 30 kilograms of national food coupons.

Xu Yuying received a little less, 240 points and 24 kilograms of national food coupons per month.

So, on the surface, they were at a huge disadvantage compared to Xu Yuchang and others.

The biggest advantage is that they can still get dividends from the bee farm and Xiangmi Zhai in the future, while Xu Yuchang and others will have no relationship with the Jinshanbao Production Brigade at all.

Not only did they lose their homestead, they also lost the qualifications to join the production team.

From this point of view, it is not certain which option will be better for the time being.

If the bee farm and Xiangmi Zhai can really continue to grow and develop, then in the future the villagers will only need to distribute dividends once to get a year's salary for Xu Yuchang and others.

And if the bee farm and Xiangmi Zhai had both failed halfway, then Xu Yuchang and others would have been able to live peacefully as city dwellers for another 20 to 30 years until the reform and opening up, when they could look at their personal development.

However, these made no difference to Li Guoqiang.

With the connections he has now and the various rare materials he can provide, it is up to him to decide whether he wants to continue staying in Jinshanbao, or want to switch to another unit and move his household registration back to Sijiucheng.

But before that, he still had to stabilize Xiangmi Zhai's business.

That day, he first went to Xiangmi Zhai to arrange the work for the day, and then went to Qinjiazhuang of Hongxing Commune with Qin Jingru.

"Captain Qin, we meet again."

"Manager Li, welcome, welcome. Welcome."

Qin Baoshan shook Li Guoqiang's hand vigorously, and then spoke enthusiastically.

Ever since Li Guoqiang came last time and wanted their production team to help produce bamboo tubes, he has been looking forward to Li Guoqiang coming again.

After all, there is a large bamboo forest in their farm.

Moreover, compared to making winnowing baskets and bamboo baskets, the process of making bamboo tubes is much simpler and basically anyone can make it.

In this way, they can get everyone in the production team involved, and then earn a very considerable profit from Li Guoqiang, making their lives better.

However, Li Guoqiang felt that the quotation from their production team was too expensive, so he failed to reach an agreement.

Therefore, he specially convened several meetings of brigade cadres, studied the matter carefully, and finally took the initiative to lower the price a little, which made Li Guoqiang agree to come back for negotiations.

Soon, after a few pleasantries, he invited Li Guoqiang into the brigade headquarters, and then asked nervously: "Manager Li, I wonder what you think of the price of 3 cents per bamboo tube?
This price is already the greatest sincerity we can offer. After all, from one bamboo, we can only get twelve or thirteen bamboo tubes at most, which means that one bamboo can only be sold for four or five cents.

Moreover, this also has to include the members' wages and transportation costs.

If it weren't for the remaining bamboo pieces, which could be used to weave bamboo baskets or something, we really wouldn't be able to do this job."

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang's mouth corners slightly raised, and he couldn't help feeling funny in his heart.

In fact, these days, a bamboo can be sold for 40 or 50 cents, which is enough to buy half a pound of meat, which is considered very good.

In addition, the remaining bamboo segments can be kept to make bamboo baskets or something like that, which means that one bamboo can be sold for twice the price, which is quite cost-effective.

Otherwise, Qin Baoshan wouldn't have seen him, it would have been like seeing the God of Wealth.

Thinking of this, he hesitated for a moment, then stretched out two fingers and said softly, "Captain Qin, let me tell you the truth! After failing to reach an agreement on the price with you last time, I have already consulted the superiors.

The price they finally approved for me was two cents per bamboo tube.

If you can accept it, we can sign the supply agreement now.

If you don’t think it’s possible, then I can only say sorry to you.”

"This"

Qin Baoshan became a little hesitant when he heard this.

Although they can still make a lot of money at two cents a bamboo tube, this does not have much advantage compared to using bamboo to make bamboo baskets or something like that.

"in addition."

Seeing Qin Baoshan's reaction, Li Guoqiang quickly continued, "If we can reach a cooperation agreement, we can also provide you with technical guidance and help you open a bee farm.

We can buy the honey produced at a high price.”

"Really?"

When Qin Baoshan heard this extra benefit, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "You didn't deceive me?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw this, and then he said with a laugh: "Captain Qin, you can rest assured about this. We are open for business and we dare not fool people casually."

"Row!"

Qin Baoshan was relieved when he heard this, and then nodded quickly and agreed: "Then do as you say."

"Happy cooperation!"

When Li Guoqiang saw that Qin Baoshan agreed, he was not surprised at all. He simply stretched out his hand and shook hands with Qin Baoshan, thus finalizing the cooperation.

Then, he pointed at Qin Jingru and said softly, "In order to ensure that our cooperation is smoother, we have decided to let Comrade Qin Jingru be responsible for handing over the bamboo tubes to you and guiding you on beekeeping techniques and other matters." "Okay!"

Qin Baoshan turned his head to look at Qin Jingru, then nodded and agreed without thinking.

In his opinion, it was not a bad thing for Qin Jingru, as a married girl from Qinjiazhuang, to be able to represent Xiangmizhai and hand over various matters to them.

As for why Li Guoqiang took such special care of Qin Jingru, that was not something he needed to consider.

Not long after, he signed a bamboo tube supply agreement with Li Guoqiang on behalf of the Qinjiazhuang Production Brigade, and from then on, 10,000 bamboo tubes would be delivered to Xiangmi Zhai every week.

Fortunately, there is a large bamboo forest in their village, otherwise, there would be no way to make so many bamboo tubes.

Ten thousand a week is 200 yuan, then 800 yuan a month, and almost 10000 yuan a year.

Then, add in the income from making bamboo baskets and bamboo crates, etc., it becomes very considerable.

You know, there are only more than 800 people in the entire Qinjia Village. If divided on average, each person can earn nearly yuan more a year, which can buy at least more than kilograms of fine grains.

If it is replaced with coarse grains, it would be several hundred kilograms.

Of course, these grains can only be purchased by the production team from the return grain channels within the commune. If they go to the black market, the price will at least double.

However, even so, it is still a very gratifying income for every household.

Afterwards, at the warm invitation of Qin Baoshan, Li Guoqiang took Qin Jingru and the brigade cadres of Qinjiazhuang to have a meal of local specialties, which mainly consisted of various fresh vegetables.

The main source of income for their village is to provide a variety of vegetables to the city.

After dinner, Li Guoqiang made an excuse that he had something else to do in the store and took Qin Jingru away.

Then, as soon as they left the village, Qin Jingru reached out and tugged at Li Guoqiang's sleeve, then said with a moving look in her eyes: "I know there is a place with beautiful scenery nearby, do you want to go with me to see it?"

"Okay!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then immediately nodded and agreed.

Soon, Qin Jingru brought Li Guoqiang to a small river, went into the woods, came to a crooked tree, then leaned against the smooth trunk, looking at the slowly flowing, sparkling river.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang raised the corner of his mouth, then walked forward gently and started swinging on the swing with Qin Jingru.

Soon, the sound of water splashing could be heard in the air, making people feel comfortable.

"Aunt Jingru, how did you find such a good place?"

"Actually, this is where Xu Damao brought me to find it before."

"Is that so? Then I have to learn from him."

"You don't need to learn from him. He only has a few tricks."

"Oh! Then you are very disappointed?"

"Why else do you think I agreed to your request so easily?"

"You've been wanting to do something bad to me from the beginning?"

"What? No way! Who told you to be so pretty!"

“Is it just for looks?”

"Still strong!"

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They had an in-depth exchange like this, and when the sun was at its highest point in the sky, Qin Jingru's cheeks were tanned red, making her look even more charming and attractive.

Afterwards, they fetched some clean water on the spot, washed themselves to cool down, and then returned to the city together.

Since Qin Jingru was full, she went straight back to the courtyard to rest.

Li Guoqiang went to Xiangmizhai alone and told Shang Xiuzhen and others about the supply agreement reached with Qinjiazhuang. He asked Shen Fengxia and Xu Yuying to record it in the account book and settle the accounts regularly later.

At this point, he had solved one problem, and the only supply left was lemons and tea.

Among them, tea is relatively easy to get. You just need to take the official seal of Xiangmi Zhai and get a certificate, and then you can buy enough broken black tea from the supply and marketing cooperative. But lemons are a bit troublesome.

After much thought, he finally came up with a solution that was not a solution, which was to go to the lemon hometown of Sichuan Province in person and find a supplier to cooperate with.

Anyway, these days, most of the lemons from Sichuan Province are sold to the Polar Bears, and all transportation has to pass through Sijiu City. As long as you can find the right person, it is easy to solve the problem of supply.

However, this matter does not need to be rushed for the time being. The most urgent task is to launch the iced honey lemon tea to test the waters and see how the sales are.

This will make it easier to determine the supply quantity of lemons and avoid waste and shortages.

After talking to Shang Xiuzhen and others, he went to the cellar in the backyard alone.

Here, ever since he hired someone to dig it last time, he hasn't let anyone come down, and even the entrance has been locked.

Therefore, neither Shang Xiuzhen and others nor Xu Yuchang and others are very clear about the situation in the cellar.

He walked around the cellar for a while, then took out ice bricks from the storage space, cut them in the small world, and then took them to the cellar to stack them up.

Soon, he built an ice cellar that was more than three meters high, three meters long and two meters wide.

Because the temperature in the cellar was relatively low, and the ice bricks he cut were ten feet thick each, there was no need to worry about the ice melting in a short period of time.

Afterwards, he took out a lot of snowflakes and filled the gaps between the ice bricks. Then he climbed out of the ice cellar with a ladder, called Xu Yuchang and others over, and asked them to put the clay jars, which were as big as one person could hug, into the ice cellar and place them in a circle along the ice wall.

Seeing this, Xu Yuchang and others were curious about how Li Guoqiang built such an ice cellar, but because they had been in this city for a while and knew that there was an ice factory in the city, they did not ask much.

Not long after, they put all the clay jars in place according to Li Guoqiang's instructions, and then carried buckets of prepared honey lemon tea into the clay jars.

In order to ensure the freezing effect and efficiency, they did not put much tea in each earthenware jar.

By the time they finished their work, the tea in the first sip of the earthenware jar had already turned cold.

Upon seeing this, Li Guoqiang immediately asked them to bring some water in a bowl. Then he put the bowl to his mouth and took a big sip. Instantly, he felt a chill running down his spine.

Soon after, a notice was posted at the entrance of Xiangmi Zhai, announcing the launch of cold honey lemon tea, which was 1 cents more expensive than ordinary honey lemon tea.

(End of this chapter)