Everything was heading in the right direction, so Li Long largely left things alone.
Gu Xiaoxia brought back good news from time to time too. Fewer people had been spreading rumors lately, and most people discussing the matter thought Li Long's statement was right. Ethnic unity meant unity for everyone; one group could not always be asked to swallow its grievances to unite with another.
Of course, Li Long did not think the matter was completely over. He spent his days at the Purchasing Station, occasionally talking with the resellers to find out what was happening.
But the person Zhu Yuzhang had mentioned never appeared again.
There was little they could do about that. The county town was so big that finding someone without any particularly distinctive features was difficult.
Business was not very good in winter, but the GG on television and in the newspapers continued to have an effect. Every so often, someone came to buy a car, and Li Long naturally made sure to attend to them.
The cars in the yard dwindled one by one. Liu Gaolou came over in early December and told Li Long that future deliveries might take longer. The weather was cold and the roads slippery, and an overly long convoy posed safety risks too.
"I came here to make money, not get myself killed." Liu Gaolou was still shaken by this trip, especially the avalanche they had encountered while crossing Guozigou. The sheer force of the snow rushing down the mountain had frightened him.
Their convoy had only just passed through. Had they been ten minutes or half an hour later, the falling snow might have swept them straight down the mountainside.
"I grew up on the plains, more or less. That was the first time I'd seen anything so dangerous!"