Chapter 1188: Rising Beef Prices (41008000)

Tong Jiayi had already come to them and greeted them formally: "Good afternoon."

"Good afternoon to you too." Cao Huifang said.

She and Deng Miaoshan had been making videos during this time. They were a little tired today, so they made an appointment to go out for a meal. Unexpectedly, they would meet Tong Jiayi here.

Tong Jiayi is not good at talking, but that doesn't mean he is stupid: "You are out to eat, right? I just came here to find something delicious. Do you know this place? Why don't you find a delicious restaurant? I'll treat you today Have a meal."

"Hey, no, no, last time you helped record the video, I said I wanted to treat you to dinner, so why not treat you to dinner today." Cao Huifang said politely.

After she finished speaking, she looked back and didn't see Fu Xianghui, so she asked him, "Where is your other colleague?"

"The old man you are talking about, he bought a house in Quancheng, and he returned there."

"I bought a house here. When I have a rest, I will come back for a few days to relax." Tong Jiayi felt that there was nothing he couldn't say about this.

Deng Miaoshan, who was standing next to her, watched the two of them chatting, but she didn't have the "annoying" look in her eyes that her good sister had previously commented on Tong Jiayi. Her eyes were strange.

I thought to myself, what is going on? Why does something look wrong?

Is it possible that one cooperation in filming a video changed her mind about being a good sister?

Deng Miaoshan was still thinking about this serious three-dimensional problem, but Cao Huifang had already called her: "Miaoshan, let's go. Let's find another place to eat. I'll treat you today."

"When you first came out, you talked about the AA system. You are so generous now." Deng Miaoshan complained in her heart.

But Tong Jiayi, who was following behind, said, "No, you can find a place and I'll treat you."

He also specifically emphasized: "It just so happens that I usually don't have much to spend money on, so give me a chance today."

Hearing what Tong Jiayi said, Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan were both surprised. They stood still and turned to look at him. Cao Huifang asked: "Isn't your income very high? Do you have nothing to spend money on?"

Tong Jiayi nodded: "Yes, I spend most of the month working on the project. I usually live in the factory and rarely come back."

"I'll just take a few days off to buy some clothes and household items, and then go out for a few meals, and then I won't do anything else," Tong Jiayi said.

Cao Huifang knew that he didn't have a partner, but Deng Miaoshan didn't know. She was very curious: "How much do you pay per month? Don't you have a partner yet?"

Tong Jiayi: "..."

What should he say? A grown man who has passed the 30-year-old threshold and has such a high income is still single. Who would believe it?

He thought for a while and said honestly: "I don't earn as much as Old Fu, less than 100,000 a month, but I'm younger than him and can still earn more in the future."

This time it was Deng Miaoshan who stared at Tong Jiayi with incredibly big eyes, looking at Tong Jiayi seriously to make sure he was not joking.

"It's less than 100,000 a month, is it tens of thousands?"

She said: "I used to work here in Yiling City, and my monthly salary was more than 2,000 yuan, which is less than 100,000 yuan."

"Haha!" Tong Jiayi laughed.

But he didn't go into details, and some things just hit the mark.

Cao Huifang found a restaurant. From the outside, the door and walls showed traces of time. There was a wooden plaque hanging at the door, which said 'Shangyuan'.

"This restaurant is for home cooking. I have been working here for almost 20 years. The taste is very authentic. I don't know if there are any seats left." Cao Huifang introduced it while walking inside.

Seeing four people queuing inside, she breathed a sigh of relief: "There aren't many people queuing up. Let's eat here today."

After finishing speaking, she walked behind the people in line and joined the queue.

When Tong Jiayi saw it, he said, "You two go sit on the chairs next to you for a while, and I'll take the queue."

There are two rows of seats for guests waiting to dine, and two long tables with cut fruits, dried fruits and candies on them.

From this point of view, this hotel is very attentive to details.

Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan walked to the side and sat down. Deng Miaoshan stared at Cao Huifang, making her feel a little scared. Then she said: "Miaoshan, what are you doing? What are you looking at?"

"Why are you still asking me, Fangfang, tell me what's going on with you?" Deng Miaoshan asked after her.

This question puzzled Cao Huifang: "Is there something wrong with me?"

"There's so much wrong with you. Why do I feel like there's something wrong with you?" Deng Miaoshan said with eyes wide open.

Cao Huifang asked her: "What's going on with me? Miaoshan, don't be so nervous. I'm normal."

Come on, Deng Miaoshan won’t ask anymore.

There weren't many people queuing up, and people were eating quickly. It didn't take long for Tong Jiayi to get a seat in line.

As soon as the three of them sat down, the waiter came over with a menu.

After Tong Jiayi took the menu, he handed it to Cao Huifang naturally and asked them what they wanted to eat.

"You can do whatever you want, but don't save me any money." Tong Jiayi said.

Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan couldn't help laughing when they heard what he said.

At this moment, they felt that Tong Jiayi was quite interesting, and he looked quite down-to-earth.

Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan have eaten here more than once. They looked at the "our signature dishes", "our specialties" and "popular dishes" specially marked on the menu, and they ordered accordingly.

One person ordered two dishes.

After all, it was the first time they sat together for dinner with Tong Jiayi, so they were still a little embarrassed.

But Tong Jiayi saw that it was too little, he felt that he couldn't eat enough, so he consulted the waiter next to him and asked her which dishes were the most special. He saw that Cao Huifang had already ordered one of them, so he simply ordered the other dishes.

"I can't finish it. If I order so many dishes, it will be a waste if I can't finish them." Cao Huifang said quickly.

She also asked the waiter to cross out two more dishes, and explained to Tong Jiayi: "The dishes in this restaurant are very affordable and the quantity is large."

"It's okay, I can take it home if I can't finish it." Tong Jiayi said naturally, not feeling embarrassed at all.

This made Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan stand up to him.

Many "rich people" disdain to do this for whatever reason.

Deng Miaoshan also said: "You earn so much money, but you are still very frugal."

"These are two different things. Our boss earns more, but when I eat with him, I have never seen him waste anything." Tong Jiayi said deliberately.

Deng Miaoshan subconsciously looked at her good sister Cao Huifang. What Tong Jiayi said was right. Deng Miaoshan had also been to Caojiazhuang and had dinner with Cao Shujie. She had never seen him waste food.

After a while, the dishes were served. The amount of each dish was indeed quite large.

None of the three drank alcohol, so they drank juice and ate.

Later, the three of them ordered a bowl of rice each. But it must be said that Tong Jiayi was really good at eating, and he was not embarrassed to eat because there were two women at the same table. He still ate as he should, and never pretended to be elegant.

Seeing him like this, Cao Huifang thought it was good and not pretentious.

Deng Miaoshan also thought it was okay, but through the communication just now, she also saw that the other party seemed to be not good at talking and spoke very directly.

When the meal was almost over, Tong Jiayi rushed to pay the bill first, and Cao Huifang said that it was originally her treat.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter who treats." Tong Jiayi said.

"Well, since you're the one treating me this time, I'll treat you next time if I have a chance." Cao Huifang felt different.

She always felt like she owed him something. It was the two of them who asked each other for help when recording the video, but now, it feels like she owed him two meals.

Tong Jiayi said to pack up, and he really packed up the remaining dishes, thinking of taking them home to eat by himself, just in time to save dinner.

He was very calm when he walked out with a few bags of vegetables.

"Brother Tong, where are you going?" Cao Huifang asked, and now the name has changed.

After a meal, Cao Huifang felt that she might have really misunderstood Tong Jiayi before.

The last time Tong Jiayi and Fu Xianghui had dinner at her brother's house, her mother suddenly asked about Tong Jiayi's marriage problem during the meal. She learned that he was still single and had been busy with his career, and then extended it to her, so that she was caught in the crossfire.

She felt very uncomfortable at that time, and she felt that Tong Jiayi was not pleasing to the eye no matter how she looked at it.

But last time in the orchard, Tong Jiayi and Fu Xianghui cooperated with them to re-record the video about "nutrient solution", which has changed her mind.

When eating together today, Cao Huifang saw many shining points in Tong Jiayi again.

For example, the other party speaks directly, which she thinks is not a shortcoming. In her opinion, people who play tricks are not worth making friends with.

In addition, Tong Jiayi obviously has a high income, but he is not wasteful and not artificial. Such details cannot be pretended.

Cao Huifang grew up in the countryside, and Tong Jiayi also came from the countryside. She can understand some of Tong Jiayi's behaviors.

But Deng Miaoshan, a good sister who grew up in the city and grew up in a honeypot, can't understand it.

There is no right or wrong, just different living environments.

Tong Jiayi heard Cao Huifang's question, and he said: "I don't have anywhere else to go. I just bought something at the Five Star Department Store this morning. I was thinking of going home after lunch. Do you have anywhere to go?"

"Is that so? Brother Tong, you treated us to a meal, why don't we treat you to a movie? I remember that a movie called "Thunder 3: Ragnarok" was just released this month, and it has a high rating." Cao Huifang said.

Tong Jiayi didn't want to go at first, but when Cao Huifang mentioned this movie, he wanted to go and see it again.

And there was nothing to do at home, so he wanted to find something to kill time.

If it didn't work out, he was going to end his vacation early and go back to work.

He thought it would be more interesting to stay in the laboratory or go to the orchard to observe the growth of fruit trees.

"Let's go, do you want to eat something? I'll go buy some." Tong Jiayi said.

Watching a movie without food and drinks always feels a little bit off.

But Deng Miaoshan rolled her eyes at the side and didn't remember how many times she had rolled her eyes. How could she not see that there was definitely something wrong with these two people at this moment.

Maybe the two parties involved haven't realized it yet, but she, as a "bystander", saw it clearly.

Going to the movies?

Come on, isn't this just a date thing?

But Deng Miaoshan still went with them, otherwise she would have nowhere to go.

Besides, someone else bought food and drinks, so she didn't care.

Just think of it as checking for a good sister.

The cinema was not far from where Tong Jiayi parked. He packed the rest before putting it on the hook in the trunk, and then went to buy some food and room temperature drinks.

But even at room temperature, it was quite cold, after all, it was November.

In the cinema, while watching the movie on the big screen, Tong Jiayi, who originally thought that the vacation was boring, suddenly didn't feel bored at this moment. He didn't realize what was going on, and even thought that the vacation was a little short?

But then again, it's almost the end of the year, and the boss is also in a hurry to get the results, otherwise he can ask the boss to extend his leave for a few more days.

…

In Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie didn't know that Tong Jiayi wanted to ask him to extend his leave.

At noon today, Xu Qingming, the boss of Quancheng Xinshengzhai Beef Cattle Deep Processing Co., Ltd., came again.

He didn't come empty-handed, but brought a lot of gift boxes.

After coming, he ate and drank at Cao Shujie's house in the name of visiting Mr. Cao Zhenghu.

The two drank very satisfied.

In fact, Cao Shujie also understood the purpose of his coming. It was nothing more than knowing that the beef cattle of Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative were about to be sold, and he wanted to buy all of them as in previous years.

The two have been cooperating since 2015. Whether it is the beef cattle quotation given by the other party or the payment timeliness, Xu Qingming has done impeccable.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Shujie is also happy to cooperate with him.

As the end of the year approaches, the price of beef in the market is recovering. At present, wholesale beef in some places has been sold at 51.58 yuan per kilogram, and the actual retail price is even higher.

Correspondingly, as the market price of beef rises, the price of slaughtered beef cattle has also stopped the downward trend of several years and has risen accordingly.

The current market price of beef cattle has reached about 12.8 yuan, and the price of slaughtered beef cattle of some high-quality breeds has even reached about 13.3 yuan.

Xu Qingming's offer to Cao Shujie was not ambiguous at all. He stretched out three fingers: "Secretary Cao, let's still follow the old rules. According to the transaction price of beef cattle in our province, I will add 30 cents to you, and it will be 13.1 yuan. Do you think it's okay?"

He just waited for Cao Shujie to say something.

Cao Shujie did not hesitate and asked him: "Is the payment still the old rules?"

"Of course, even if I owe other people's money, I can't owe you Secretary Cao's money." Xu Qingming said.

He told Cao Shujie: "Let's go by the estimated weight. I'll pay you part of the money first, and we'll refund or pay you the rest."

Cao Shujie directly extended his hand: "Deal!"

No need to say, he likes Xu Qingming's "generous" spirit.

No nonsense, just use money to kill him.

The key is that Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative has more than 8,000 beef cattle, which is too much. If you add the number of beef cattle from the second branch of Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative, it will be more than 12,000. With such a large base, ordinary beef cattle buyers can't afford so much money.

They will negotiate for months in arrears, and Cao Shujie doesn't like that.

It's more comfortable to cooperate with Xu Qingming!

"Are you going to sell the beef cattle in Secretary Cao's farm?" Xu Qingming continued to ask.

He came here not only to get rid of the beef cattle in Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative, he was ready to buy them all.

Cao Shujie was also happy: "As long as the price is right, I will sell them all!" (End of this chapter)