The retired rough man dotes on his mother

Chapter 185 Kill two birds with one stone

The next day, Shen Zhensheng and Shen Zhenjiang walked to the town together. The road was difficult to travel these days, so Shen Zhenjiang set out for work in the town at dawn. Today, he specially called his third brother to go with them.

When Shen Zhensheng came out, he took a few meat buns from home. The two of them ate as they walked. After they arrived in the town, they went their separate ways. Shen Zhenjiang went to work, and Shen Zhensheng went to the black market to find Zhou Bao first.

"Leopard, in addition to preparing the supplies for you just now, I still need your help with something. Our village needs a batch of food. I have asked someone to put it in the yard. We need less fine grains and more coarse grains. I need your help to transport it to the village."

"Brother Sheng, do you need a lot of food? If not, I will find two ox carts to accompany you to deliver it. Tractors are not easy to move."

Shen Zhensheng frowned. Indeed, this road was difficult to travel on and the ice had not melted much. It would be safer to use a ox cart than a tractor.

"Okay, let's use a bullock cart. It would be better to find three bullock carts. The road is slippery and one bullock cart can't carry too much."

After the two of them had discussed it, Shen Zhensheng made the excuse that he had to leave for a while for something, and asked Zhou Bao to find a ox cart and wait for him here. Then he went to the yard to put the supplies for Xie Lan, and only went to find Xie Lan after he had put them away.

When Xie Lan heard that so many supplies were prepared for her this time, she was extremely excited. She had originally planned to ask for more food and cotton, so she brought enough money and paid Shen Zhensheng tens of thousands of yuan.

After Xie Lan arranged for her to transport supplies, Shen Zhensheng went to the black market to find Zhou Bao. The person Zhou Bao sent to find the ox cart had not returned yet, so Shen Zhensheng wandered around the black market.

There were both buyers and sellers in the black market, and Shen Zhensheng found that there were very few people selling snacks in the black market, especially the kinds of snacks that his wife knew how to make. Shen Zhensheng came up with an idea.

"Leopard, now you have people take our snacks to big cities to sell, right?"

Zhou Bao was stunned for a moment. Didn’t Brother Sheng know the answer? Why did he ask this question after just going to the black market?

"Yes, Brother Sheng, the snacks made by my aunt and sister-in-law are delicious and beautiful. They are sold at a high price in big cities. I have a regular customer there. Every time I give some benefits to the transport team and ask them to bring them over."

Shen Zhensheng nodded. Since it was not sold in the town, that was fine. He could let Lao Wu give it a try.

"Well, my brother works in town and has to come to town every day. If I ask him to bring some rare food every day, can I sell it here?"

Zhou Bao would definitely agree. After all, the black market is a place for buying and selling. However, Zhou Bao still expressed his concerns.

"Brother Sheng, doesn't our brother work in town? If he comes here to sell, will it affect his working hours? The sales here are sometimes fast and sometimes slow."

Shen Zhensheng shook his head confidently, "I'm not asking him to sell here. Can you find a reliable person under your command to sell goods to my brother? No matter what he sells, I will give him 10% of the profit. If he makes 1 yuan a day, I will give him yuan. Can you find someone?"

It's true, Zhou Bao really has a suitable person in his mind. This person is his eldest aunt's cousin. He is honest and simple, without any evil intentions. He couldn't stand being ostracized by his brothers and sisters-in-law at home, so he came to the town to join Zhou Bao.

"Brother Sheng, my cousin is from Linjiabao. He is absolutely reliable. Let him help our brother sell the goods. I told him today that you should bring your brother here next time. I will arrange for them to talk about where and when to pick up the goods each time."

Shen Zhensheng was very happy to hear that. Lao Wu was going to get engaged after the New Year and would get married later. His life would not be very comfortable just relying on the salary from the factory.

Anyway, he has to come to the town to work every day, so he just needs to turn a corner and come here to deliver the goods and give people some commission. He can make money without any effort, and he can also find something for his father and second brother to do, killing two birds with one stone.

As for what to do, Shen Zhensheng has already thought about it. The last time he ate tea eggs, his wife said that there is no tea eggs for sale yet, so he can ask his younger brother and second brother to boil the tea eggs the night before, then crack them and soak them overnight so that they can be flavored, and then ask the fifth brother to bring them over to sell the next morning.

There are also people selling breakfast in the black market in the morning. Some people who work will come to buy some breakfast to eat before going to work. However, most of the things they sell are steamed buns and fried dough sticks. Once tea eggs can be sold, there will definitely be people who are willing to eat them.

In addition to tea eggs, Shen Zhensheng also planned to ask his father and second brother to fry chestnuts. If it weren't for his wife, he would not have known that the chestnuts from the mountains could be made into sugar-fried chestnuts. It was only after Xiao Baoer made it once and he ate it that he realized how delicious sugar-fried chestnuts were.

Just let dad and second brother cook tea eggs and sugar-roasted chestnuts every day. My wife has already taught herself these two things, and she can teach second brother and dad when she gets home.

The people Zhou Bao sent out came back and brought three ox carts. Shen Zhensheng took Zhou Bao's people to the courtyard to load the grain to be transported back to the village and prepared to go back.

Zhou Bao even came to the courtyard specially and told the three brothers he sent to transport grain to the village to be alert on the road and not to be lazy.

Zhou Bao thought carefully, mainly because now they could survive with food, and there was no guarantee that someone would risk their lives to rob on the road for food. Although Shen Zhensheng was a good fighter, it would be better if there were three more people.

"Brother Sheng, the three of them are quite skilled, so don't worry. This is a gift for my three nephews. I asked someone to bring back a toy. Last time, I heard Sister Xiuxiu say that her hands were too cold in winter. I happen to have a pair of gloves here. I think they look nice, but I can't use them, so I'll give them to Sister Xiuxiu."

Zhou Bao often gave Shen Zhensheng some things, but Shen Zhensheng didn't take them seriously. He just put the things away and left on the ox cart.

The ox cart moved very slowly along the way, mainly because the road was slippery and it was difficult to drive the ox cart. When Shen Zhensheng returned to the village, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon. The team leader had been waiting at the entrance of the village. He saw Shen Zhensheng coming from a distance and hurried to meet him.

"Zhensheng is back. These are all the food for our village, right?" Shen Yongfu went up to him and asked. He was quite glad that Zhensheng had retired from the army, otherwise he would have been in such a difficult situation during the two times when the village was short of food.

"Uncle, these are from our village. I will go home first to cook for these brothers. You can bring them to my house later."

Shen Yongfu grabbed Shen Zhensheng and quickly refused, "No, no, you are doing things for the village, I can't eat your food, let's take the food to the village branch to unload it, and then go to my house for dinner. I specially asked your aunt to wait at home."

Seeing that Shen Yongfu said this sincerely, Shen Zhensheng did not refuse. He asked Shen Yongfu to take the men to unload the grain, and he went back home. Today was the first day for the villagers to go to work, and he didn't know how the situation was, and he was also worried about his wife.

Shen Zhensheng also told Shen Yongfu that he was going home to eat, and there must be food left at home. After saying that, he hurried home.

Xiao Baoer was playing in the yard with her three children. Milk tea and food were cooking on the stove, hoping that Shen Zhensheng would have something warm to eat when he came back.

"Wife, I'm back."

Shen Zhensheng took off his gloves, hat, and scarf and went to Xiao Baoer, gently touching her belly, "Did these two babies bother you today? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"No, no, they are very good. These three are also good. Aunt Song Yun and Xiuxiu are watching us at work. I stewed beef bone soup and made curry chicken rice this morning. Eat them while they are hot."

While the child wasn't paying attention, Xiao Baoer took out the food that she had left for Shen Zhensheng in the space. Shen Zhensheng didn't feel hungry at first, but when he smelled the fragrance of the food cooked by his wife, he felt so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back.