After getting off the car, he ran to discuss with Zhao Dashan. In the end, both of them looked at the nearby village beside the dirt road and decided to wait in place for someone to guide them.
It didn’t take long before they saw people passing by one after another. Zhang Guoqing picked two villagers, and after some communication and conversation, they finally met a villager from the village they wanted to go to.
Faced with the enthusiastic guiding gestures from the other party, Zhang Guoqing invited him into the car to lead the way, and the surprised man quickly got in.
With the person’s guidance, everyone quickly arrived at the village.
Zhao Dashan and Zhang Guoqing left the women behind and, with the villager, found Captain Liu.
Captain Liu learned that they were the families of Liu Sanyuan and Zhou Xiaozheng. He quickly gave a few instructions to the villagers and took them to the dirt road side, inviting Cheng Hongli and the others to come home with him.
Once at Captain Liu’s house, after everyone was seated, the captain curiously asked what brought them here this time. Jokingly, he asked if it was the same as last time with the intention of buying grain.
Zhao Dashan nodded and praised the other’s sharp eyes.
Captain Liu looked at the group in surprise. He really didn’t expect they would have consumed so much fine grain.
He thought for a moment and said, "We don’t have much left for the end of the year here. I’ll ask around to see whose family is reluctant to eat fine grain and maybe gather some for you. Brother Zhou mentioned the fishing village and our private agreement, right? For the neighboring villages, you’ll have to ask around yourselves. I can’t go with you, if I go, they’ll definitely claim they don’t have any."
Zhao Dashan nodded with a smiling face and first thanked him, then asked who in Captain Liu’s village had homemade wine and noodles.
Captain Liu immediately understood their intention. After learning that they wanted to purchase, he was happy since the villagers could earn without going out. Therefore, he agreed to arrange it immediately.
After discussing matters, they decided to meet in one or two hours. Meanwhile, Zhao Dashan and his group went to another village to see what they could find, leaving Captain Liu to make arrangements.
The group bid farewell to Captain Liu and returned to the car to discuss splitting up.
Zhao Dashan told Zhang Guoqing that the small car couldn’t hold everything, so he should note it down. When they reconvene in this village in two hours, the truck can come to load the goods.
This made everyone burst into laughter. But if you added the wine and noodles, they indeed needed a truck.
Zhang Guoqing specially chose a direction with fewer villages. He and Zhou Jiao bade farewell to Zhao Dashan’s family and drove quickly in that direction.
Zhou Jiao said with a smile, "You’re so cunning! I’m really excited to finally have a place to put my skills to use!"
"No choice. We have to split up, otherwise Zhao Yuanyuan would insist on following you. We’re driving far; this direction is the opposite of the fishing village, fewer villages don’t necessarily mean fewer goods."



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