Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 590 VIP Treatment

Early the next morning, the first thing Han Li did after getting up was not to exercise, but to climb trees and catch birds. Fortunately, he had the mental power to explore and his skills were quite impressive. These things were not considered important to him. It's too big a deal.

Han Li only stopped when he caught a dozen birds in one breath. After controlling them, he let them fall aside first. When the sky was dark and they could see the road, they went out to monitor the town and surrounding abnormalities.

The next step was to practice boxing, practice martial arts, wash up, and eat. However, today after Han Li finished breakfast and released the bird, he lay down and had no intention of going out to continue walking.

One is that it is too early now, and there are not many people to see in the town. The other is that Diana said yesterday that the farmer's market will be open today, but it will not be open until after nine o'clock, so Han Li can just lie down and watch now. Learn how to read before going out.

While Han Li was lying on the bed reading a book, Diana and a few friends had completed the deployment and packaging of finished materials last night, and packed all the finished materials and sent them to Diana's farm.

The livestock slaughterhouses where all the chickens, pigs, cattle, and sheep that have been selected for sale are driven to the slaughterhouse. After the slaughter is completed here, the best part of the meat, as well as the bones and internal organs that Han Li specifically mentioned, will be sold. They simply processed it and froze it in ice cubes to wait for the transaction. As for the fur, which was not within the scope of their transaction this time, Diana and the others found someone to tan it for their own use or to sell it.

The slightly inferior meat will be sent to the sausage processing factory by the people from the farm. After coming out of here, it will be sausages as thick and long as a child's arm. Finally, it will be sent to Diana's farm, because this place The trading location set by Han Li is the closest.

Speaking of which, I have to talk about these factories. Just after World War II, Lao Maozi encouraged the rural economy to become active first because of the need for economic development, and organized and developed various cooperative organizations in remote rural areas.

For example: cooperative store, cooperative restaurant, cooperative receiving and purchasing station, cooperative bakery, cooperative sausage processing factory, cooperative candy factory, cooperative livestock slaughtering factory, cooperative flour processing factory, etc.

This kind of consumer cooperative has reduced many intermediate links in the sales process, and all products are relatively cheap and of relatively high quality, which has brought a lot of convenience to consumers. In the initial period, it indeed invigorated the rural economy. Fan.

But later, Lao Maozi saw that although such cooperatives stimulated the rural economy, relying solely on the processing fees would not be of much help in long-term tax revenue, and they also had to bear the burden of educational resources such as kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools in some remote areas. Various free offerings of facilities.

As a result, various policies began to be promoted, and various state-owned enterprises blossomed. In the end, although these cooperatives were not abolished, they basically existed in name only.

However, in remote areas like Zakaliski, the road to the state-owned processing plant is too long, and there are mud and puddles everywhere in summer, and in winter, there are freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall. Every time you go out, They are all fighting for their own lives.

Therefore, the processing plants that are useful to everyone in these places are jointly used by the nearby farms, and they usually process some flour, sausages, etc. for themselves.

There is nothing the higher-ups can do about it. You can't just watch the local people starve to death, so they all turn a blind eye to it.

Later, farmers' markets came up, and no one thought that their family's life was too good. This made the people nearby even more reluctant to give up these processing plants. Not only did they work together to maintain and maintain the factories, but of course they also maintained that only their local talents There are secrets.

Therefore, the livestock slaughterhouses and meat sausage processing plants that Diana and her friends sent their supplies to were owned by several of their farms. The most important thing was that the extra income they received had to be distributed with the people on the farms, and there was no need for it under the common interests. Worry about news leaking.

Especially after the "old man" who likes to kiss put forward the slogan "the stability of the cadre team is paramount", many upper-level managers have changed, and some even secretly control many farmers' markets.

These people spend most of their time looking at the "Little Baihua Store". They are more concerned about what new products from abroad have been added there today, whether they can buy their share, etc.

(The Little Baihua Store is similar to the Friendship Store in our country, but during this period Lao Maozi was very powerful both economically and militarily. There were more and more abundant supplies here. The senior officials in the Little Baihua Store had greater privileges here. ,More.

Until 88, the situation in Lao Maozi's country was already very bad. The then President Lao Ge ordered the closure of the last Little White Birch Store in Moscow. Later, some people even said that the Little White Birch Store was the cause of Lao Maozi's collapse. . )

After Diana and the others had done all this, the group went to take a bath in the "black bathhouse" in the town, and finally slept in Diana's house.

Black bathhouse: It is actually a kind of bathhouse. This kind of bathhouse provides steam baths to guests in this era. It may be related to living in cold areas. Most people here prefer to take steam baths, so black bathhouses are very popular in the local area. welcome.

If outsiders are not sure whether the bathhouse in front of them is a black bathhouse, then you only need to see if the house has a chimney. A house without a chimney is a black bathhouse. After you enter, you will see some The walls were black with smoke, so this must be a black bathhouse that provided steam baths.

After Han Li returned home yesterday, he was fed up with the smell of horse urine in his room, so he rode his horse towards the town today.

The most important thing is that Han Li studied the map for a long time last night. Now he is very familiar with the surrounding farms, roads, railways, and borders.

Even if the horse was stolen during this trip to a small town, or he had to abandon it due to special circumstances, Han Li could use the marks on the map to buy or borrow a horse from a farm and take it home.

Han Li's first stop when he entered the town today was the state-owned store. After entering, he rounded up all the golden yogurt here and told the waiter that he would need more of this yogurt tomorrow.

Although it is a state-owned store, the more items they sell, the more bonuses they will get, and they may even be rated as outstanding employees at the end of the year, so the waiter quickly said that he would call the manufacturer immediately and ask them to deliver the goods today. Send more yogurt when you arrive.

Han Li came out of the state-owned store and rode towards the farmer's market that Diana mentioned.

There are aunties selling vegetables, aunties buying vegetables, uncles selling meat, young couples who are well-dressed and bargaining, aunties selling bread, and little girls selling wild fruits. The sounds of selling goods and bargaining make the atmosphere in the market lively. Very lively. However, it might be due to the season, and there were very few supplies in the market. After leading the horse around for a while, Han Li was a little disappointed and wanted to leave.

When he just walked out of the farmer's market, he suddenly saw Diana waving to him in front.

"Friend, I knew you would definitely come here today, so I made a special trip to wait. Unexpectedly, I was a step too late. It seems that you have already walked around the market."

"Good morning, Miss Diana. I looked at it and was a little disappointed."

"It's okay to be disappointed. Yesterday I ran to the middle of the night to help you contact the people in charge of other farms. Most of their supplies were gathered at my place. It's normal that there aren't many things on the market today."

"So that's it. That's really hard work, Miss Diana."

"Why is it so hard to make money? We chatted for a long time yesterday and you didn't even tell me your name. I can't keep calling you my friend, right?"

"Name? Sorry, you can call me stressed out."

"Alexander? What a good name. I have several friends at home today. Would you like to go over and introduce me to them?"

"this?"

"They have been helping allocate supplies yesterday, and they can be regarded as our partners in this transaction."

Just like that, Han Li followed Diana to her house again. What he didn't expect was that there were five people in the house.

However, their enthusiasm seemed a bit too much, and they all gathered around Han Li after seeing him.

Finally, at Diana's urging, a few people started preparing lunch.

During the meal, Han Li did not expect that he would also enjoy the treatment of a VIP. When the table was already covered with spicy onion sprats, horseradish coleslaw, bacon and pea soup, barbecued meat and grilled seabass.

At this moment, Diana had changed into her national costume. She was holding a plate covered with a beautiful embroidered scarf in her hands, with a large round bread in the middle. There was a salt jar with salt on the bread and she placed it in front of Han Li.

Han Li had seen this etiquette online in his previous life. They believed that offering leba and salt to guests was the highest etiquette and treatment, and a symbol of friendship, respect and hospitality.

Because in their understanding, "bread is the stick of life", and the lack of bread means that the family has nothing to eat, or it means that they do not welcome the other party to the home as a guest.

Salt is also considered the most precious thing by them for many historical reasons. Even though salt is very common now, this habit still remains.

However, they changed this saying to mean that salt represents cleansing and warding off evil spirits. While it can bring wealth, it can also drive away all dirty things. If evil spirits dare not eat the salt, it indicates that the other party is malicious towards them.

In the past, the act of spreading salt on the ground was an offense to the head of the family. This practice showed contempt and provocation.

Even though salt is worthless now, being sprinkled with salt is still considered an insult in the eyes of Lao Maozi, and this behavior will most likely lead to a fight.

When our country has a good relationship, we call them "iron" buddies, but Lao Maozi here describes "iron buddies" as "we eat a pound of salt together."

Han Li thought about these rules in his mind. What he had to do now was to kiss the bread, break off a small piece, sprinkle some salt on it, taste it, express his sincere gratitude, and then invite everyone to enjoy it.

But when everyone started eating, Han Li saw how cheerful Lao Maozi was. There was no juice on the table, only wine.

Moreover, they held wine glasses and not only drank by themselves, but also kept urging Han Li to drink. During this period, while listening to them complain about the inaction of the superiors, of course they also talked about some things about this transaction.

The fireplace in the room was burning brightly and warmly, and Han Li seemed to be under great pressure.

(End of this chapter)