The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 262, Dad Zhao Can't Wait Anymore
Time flies, and a few days pass quickly.

The case of counterfeit food stamps in the rolling mill was only lively for two days, and then gradually died down, gradually fading away from the daily topics of Jiaodaokou residents.

Without important cases, Li Weiguo and others gradually became quiet.

Morning, Security Section.

As usual, a group of security guards nodded in front of the office building and returned to their respective positions according to their daily duty arrangements.

Li Weiguo, on his side, returned to the office, signed a few scattered documents, and then started his daily business of fishing with a newspaper and a pot of tea.

What a wonderful day
After touching fish for a long time, he thought he had nothing to do recently and could take some time off to rest.

The old-fashioned telephone on the desk started ringing.

Li Weiguo put down the newspaper helplessly, glanced at the phone, and reached out to pick up the phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Weiguo, I am your Uncle Zhao."

Hearing it was Dad Zhao's voice, and listening to his next words, Li Weiguo frowned and couldn't help smiling.

It has been three days since he came back from the food station last time, and Li Weiguo has not replied to Dad Zhao about the matter of meat.

After waiting for so many days, it seemed that Father Zhao couldn't sit still anymore, so he called specifically to ask.

But also, for such an important matter, everyone has to ask a few questions in a hurry, after all, it is related to one's own layout and future.

The reason why Li Weiguo didn't reply to him for a few days was because he didn't want to contact Meat Food to appear too simple and arouse Zhao's father's suspicion.

It has been delayed for three days now. Calculating the time, it is almost done. There is no need to stretch people anymore.

After all, all the benefits have been taken away, and it would be bad if it drags on and delays other people's important matters.

"Oh, Uncle Zhao, there is a reply from my friend. Okay, okay, I'll come to your place right now."

After a few polite words, he hung up the phone, Li Weiguo put on his police cap, tidied up his attire, went straight downstairs, and rode his bicycle to the grain store.

After riding for about ten minutes, I arrived at the grain management office, and went straight to Dad Zhao's office on the second floor with ease.

At this time, Father Zhao was already waiting. As soon as Li Weiguo came over, Father Zhao warmly invited him to sit in the room.

When Li Weiguo entered the room and sat down, Dad Zhao graciously took a clean enamel jar and poured him a cup of tea.

"Wei Guo, what does your friend say?" Zhao Xingguo rubbed his hands and looked at Li Weiguo eagerly.

Now is the critical moment for him to compete with Meng Xinmin, and he urgently needs important weights to increase his chances of winning.

He was thinking about Li Weiguo's connections. He didn't know how many meats Li Weiguo could contact him, but he hadn't seen any news from Li Weiguo for several days, which made him anxious.

The amount of meat is related to his subsequent layout and planning. If in the end Li Weiguo can't get enough meat for him, then he has to think of other ways as soon as possible.

So after waiting for a few days, Zhao Xingguo couldn't wait any longer. He had to get the results as soon as possible so that he could make next plans.

Seeing Dad Zhao's appearance, Li Weiguo smiled and took out the note he had prepared from his pocket and handed it over.

"Uncle Zhao, this is the quantity and price that my friend can provide. Please see if it suits you first."

Zhao Xingguo looked happy, and quickly took the note and opened it.

Pork: one thousand catties, three yuan per catty;
Pig in water: five hundred catties, two yuan a catty;
Rabbit meat: five hundred catties, two pieces and fifty-one catties;
Seeing this quantity and price, Zhao Xingguo was instantly overjoyed. With this quantity, the following things will be much easier.

Although half of it is pig offal and rabbit meat, which is not as good as pork, it doesn't matter.

At this time of year, let alone meat, all the bones and scraps from the meat joint factory have been booked, so there is nothing to choose from.

And the price is not expensive, much better than the current black market price of four or five yuan per pound of meat. The most important thing is that you can't buy this amount even if you have money.

Now is the time of famine, and there is no end in sight for a while, and nothing is allowed to rise.

"Hahaha, okay, okay. Weiguo, you've helped uncle a lot now." Zhao Xingguo laughed from ear to ear.

He already had the upper hand in this competition, and with these supplies, it would not be too easy to beat Meng Xinmin.

"Okay, Weiguo, thank you for your hard work. This time the matter is done, I will thank you very much." Zhao Xingguo patted Li Weiguo on the shoulder excitedly.

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Uncle Zhao, don't just take it for granted. The things are ready now. How do you plan to hand them over?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xingguo pondered for a moment and asked, "Weiguo, does your friend have any arrangements?"

He also knew that these things had to be low-key, and these were unplanned materials. He asked for two thousand catties, which presumably squeezed other people's share. Naturally, the handover should be as low-key as possible, so as not to be jealous.

Li Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Zhao, how about this? Find a quieter place and arrange a truck for me."

"When the time comes to load the supplies, I'll drive the truck to the place for you directly, and you can send someone to hand it over, and just drive the car away by the way."

Zhao Xingguo thought about it and thought it was feasible. He had made preparations before. All he needed was to get the things in place. The place and the car were trivial. All they had were resources.

So he did what he said, Zhao Xingguo got up immediately, went to the desk, picked up the handset of the telephone, and shook the phone outside.

The call was connected and the switchboard was transferred, and Zhao Xingguo gave some instructions to the other side of the phone.

Not long after I put down the phone, a young security officer knocked on the door and came in.

He had seen this security officer before when he followed Li Huaide to the Grain Office. His surname was Wang, and he was with Ke Weimin, the security chief of the Grain Institute. It seemed that he was also Zhao Xingguo's confidant.

The security officer entered the room, stood at attention and saluted.

"Director, the truck has arrived downstairs. Here is the key." With that said, the security officer handed the key to Zhao Xingguo.

Zhao Xingguo took it casually and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Go ahead and do your work."

"Yes, Director."

The security officer saluted, then backed out and closed the door behind him.

After the person left, Zhao Xingguo handed over the key.

"Weiguo, then I'll leave the rest of the work to you, just bring the stuff to the No. [-] warehouse behind our grain store."

"The No. [-] warehouse was newly built when our grain depot was expanding. However, there has been a shortage of food in the past two years. It has been empty and unused, and no one is guarding it. It is quiet enough. You can just pull your things there."

"I'll go to the finance department to get the money in a moment, and then go directly there to wait for you."

After all, Zhao Xingguo even issued a special release note for him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to drive the grain station's car out.

Li Weiguo took the key and note, nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Zhao, I'll arrange it for you now."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Weiguo."

After bidding farewell to Zhao Xingguo and going downstairs, Li Weiguo soon saw the old Jiefang truck parked in front of the office building.

The two-seater old-fashioned Jiefang has a retro big nose on the front, a brand new military green paint, and a big red star printed on the door, which makes it look exciting.

The body of the truck is equipped with a rain-proof tarpaulin, which makes it highly concealable when pulling things.

Going around to the back of the car, and looking into the back of the car, there are more than [-] baskets and a large bundle of tarpaulins placed in it in advance, it seems that Zhao's father is also well prepared.

Li Weiguo walked around the car and nodded, feeling that there was no problem, so he picked up his bicycle parked not far away and put it directly on the back of the car.

After putting the bicycle away, he opened the cab door and got in without saying a word.

This earliest old Jiefang is the CA10 model, produced in 56, and is rear axle driven.

This car is different from the trucks of later generations. The big steering wheel does not have any power assist. If ordinary people don't have the strength, you really can't do it.

However, considering Li Weiguo's physique, it was trivial.

Moreover, Li Weiguo's original self had driven it before when he was in the army. His body was no stranger to this thing. After getting familiar with it for a few times, his body's memory was quickly awakened.

I found the crank from the cab, ran to the front of the car to insert it, and shook it vigorously.

Then he quickly got into the car, stepped on the clutch, and put in the gas. After a while, the truck started to move.

Li Weiguo started, changed gears, and drove the truck directly outside the grain station.

When passing by the concierge's duty room, he handed over the release slip, and the guard took it and glanced at it, and let him go without hesitation.

After leaving the food station, Li Weiguo drove the car all the way out of the city.

At this time, many areas around Dongzhimen were undeveloped. Three to five miles away was the Second Ring Road, which was on the outskirts of the city. Many large factories were located here.

Li Weiguo drove his car in slow second gear and drove slowly toward the outskirts of the city.

While driving, he also looked at the surrounding environment, preparing to find a sparsely populated place to load the car.

Mo Yue drove about ten miles from Dongzhimen, and finally found a deserted and hidden area for him.

After finding a suitable location, I stopped the car, opened the door and got out of the car, looking around at farmland and wilderness.

This place is just right, with a dozen trees blocking the corner of the road.

It's winter now, and there are no people around to tend to the fields and crops, so it's very safe.

After looking around to confirm that there was nothing wrong, Li Weiguo immediately jumped onto the back of the truck, waved his hand, and put the twenty or so baskets prepared by Zhao's father in advance into the space.

Then with another wave of his hand, he packed all the prepared meat supplies in the space and put them out.

There are ten baskets of pork per one hundred catties, and five baskets of pork offal and rabbit meat are also one hundred catties per basket.

As soon as the thing was released, it instantly occupied half of the truck body.

After putting away the meat, Li Weiguo spread out the tarpaulin that Dad Zhao had prepared in advance, and spread it over the meat.

After laying it out and tying the tarp tightly, I found a few stones and placed them on it to compact it, making sure it wouldn't open automatically. Then I clapped my hands and felt relieved.

After getting the supplies, Li Weiguo calmly smoked a cigarette on the spot.

After he finished smoking a cigarette, he raised his hand to check the time. It had been almost an hour since he came out of the food station, and he felt that it was almost done. Then Li Weiguo got in the car and turned around, turning back to the food station.

(End of this chapter)