Chapter 30 Celebration Banquet

The carriage stopped at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative's warehouse, and the warehouse manager directed the workers to weigh bags of humic acid fertilizer.

"There are a total of 28 bags weighing 1400 kilograms. This is the warehouse entry document. First ask Director Wang to sign it, and then you can go to the Finance Department to collect the money." The warehouse manager tore off a copy of the document from under the carbon paper of the account book, handed it to Xu Qiang and said.

"Thank you!" After Xu Qiang took the receipt, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He then turned to Liu Jun and said, "There's nothing for you to do now. Please wait outside."

"Yeah." Liu Jun responded, then drove away with the carriage.

When it comes to making money in business, bosses must deal with each other. Xu Qiang doesn't want others to know how much money he can make from this business at the moment.

Seeing Liu Jun leave, Xu Qiang walked straight to Wang Zhong's office.

Wang Zhong is very busy today. He has been counting the goods in the store since yesterday, including the inventory, and all of them have to be recorded in the account.

"coming."

Seeing Xu Qiang knocking and standing at the door, Wang Zhong immediately smiled, put down the work at hand, and moved a stool for him.

"Is Director Wang busy?" Xu Qiang asked casually when he saw a stack of account books on the table.

"It's not easy to be the head of a family. Every stitch and thread of this supply and marketing cooperative must be checked clearly." Wang Zhong smiled and then said, "Congratulations today for making your first deal."

"It hasn't been done yet. I just got the receipt, but I haven't received the money yet." Xu Qiang shook the warehouse receipt in his hand.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, you won't lose a penny." Wang Zhong laughed when he saw this.

The next moment, he took the receipt from Xu Qiang, fiddled with the abacus a few times, and after a simple accounting, he took out another receipt from the drawer, wrote down the numbers, and handed it to Xu Qiang.

"There are 28 bags of 50 kilograms of fertilizer in total. According to what we agreed before, each bag costs 12 yuan, so the total is 336 yuan. Is this correct?"

"Yes, that's the number." In fact, Xu Qiang had already calculated that this truckload of humic acid could be sold for more than 300 yuan, but Wang Zhong's calculation was obviously more detailed.

"Go to the finance department to get the money." Wang Zhong said.

"Thank you, Director Wang." Upon hearing this, Xu Qiang took the bill and went straight to the finance office.

Ten minutes later, Xu Qiang had more than three hundred yuan in his pocket.

Holding the money, Xu Qiang counted it carefully twice, feeling indescribable excitement in his heart.

There is no doubt that this is the first pot of gold he has earned in this world after his rebirth. Although it does not seem to be much, it is actually equivalent to the total salary of an ordinary worker for nearly a year!

Even though his heart was filled with joy, Xu Qiang's mind remained clear. He took out an envelope from his underwear pocket, then took out four Great Unity banknotes from the stack of bills and stuffed them in carefully.

Afterwards, Xu Qiang came to Wang Zhong's office again. Seeing that there was no one around, he gently placed the envelope on Wang Zhong's desk.

The next moment, the two smiled at each other. Wang Zhong took the envelope and put it directly in the drawer, while Xu Qiang turned around and left his office...

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"How is it? Did you get the money?" Seeing Xu Qiang walking out of the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Jun immediately walked over quickly.

"I got it." Xu Qiang grinned and said, "Let's go shopping!"

"Yeah." Liu Jun responded, and the two of them immediately walked towards the market.

As more and more houses were built in the peat field, there were already six houses. Xu Qiang prepared to buy some daily necessities for Liu Jun and Erhu who were on night duty. Soap, enamel washbasin, towel, mirror, kettle, Tiger head brand flashlight... These were all must-buy items. Liu Jun and his friends would bring some things from home before, but Xu Qiang couldn't always use their things for free.

These various daily necessities cost a total of more than 30 yuan, which is almost equal to a worker's monthly salary.

After buying daily necessities, Xu Qiang started another round of shopping at the street market.

Rice is 1.4 yuan per pound, pork is 8 yuan per pound, old hens are 1.3 yuan per pound, hairy crabs are 7 yuan per pound, and eggs are 6 cents each...

You need coupons to buy things these days, but the town has its own "black market". Liu Jun is familiar with it and quickly helped Xu Qiang exchange a large number of oil and food coupons.

Even if he earned 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a month in the future, Xu Qiang had never felt so rich. Looking at the increasing amount of chicken, fish, meat and eggs on the carriage, the money in his hand did not seem to be much less, and a full sense of happiness suddenly arose...

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When they returned to the peat field in the afternoon, Erhu and Dahei Niu were stunned when they saw the food and daily necessities piled on the car.

"What are you standing there for? Come over here and move the stuff!"

Following Liu Jun's call, Erhu and Dahei Niu came to their senses and came over, moving the things in the car into the house one by one.

This time Xu Qiang bought a lot of daily necessities, including brand new sheets and quilts. Only then did the room feel a bit like home.

"Let's not work this afternoon. Let's get all these things done and have a celebration banquet in the evening!" Xu Qiang took out two bottles of Si Te liquor from his arms and shook them in front of everyone.

"Good, good! That's great!" Erhu's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the wine Xu Qiang brought.

Afterwards, several people started to set up the pot, slaughter chickens, wash fish, and started working.

With smoke rising from cooking fires and dogs barking, the yard of the peat field was filled with a festive atmosphere.

The four bachelors were talking and laughing, just like it was New Year's Eve.

Liu Jun is the best cook among the four people, so he is the one who cooks, and the others can only help.

Although Da Hei Niu looks rough, he is very careful when doing work in the kitchen. He cuts the potato shreds so finely that even the chef Liu Jun is stunned.

As for Erhu, he had been guarding those pieces of pork. His next step was to make all the leftover meat into bacon. In this way, the quality of the food at the peat field would be improved by more than one level in the future.

As dusk approached, all the ingredients were prepared and the table was filled with sumptuous meals. As soon as one entered the house, the tempting aroma immediately filled the air.

"Fill up uncle's cup first!"

Several people sat around the dining table on the earthen kang. Liu Jun picked up a bottle of Si Te liquor, unscrewed the cap, and poured a glass for Xu Qiang first.

"I'd like to toast everyone with this glass of wine. You've all been working very hard during this period, and I've seen it and I remember it in my heart, so I'll drink it first as a sign of respect!"

As Xu Qiang spoke, he tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass.

Seeing this, the others also picked up their glasses and drank.

"I have told everyone before that as long as our fertilizer can be successfully refined and sold, I will give everyone a bonus. I am a man of my words."

As Xu Qiang spoke, he took out twenty big unity notes that he had prepared long ago from his pocket, flipped his hand, and slapped them on the table.

(End of this chapter)