After leaving the Purchasing Station, Li Long returned to the compound to get the tractor and go shopping.
Li Long estimated that for the next stretch of the fritillaria season, most of the diggers would mainly want to exchange their harvest for cash.
The nearly two thousand yuan he had on him could buy six hundred kilograms of fresh fritillaria, or almost a hundred kilograms of dried fritillaria.
Within his current territory in the Southern Mountain, he could collect a little over a hundred kilograms a day on average. His money would last around five days-he still had to buy some supplies to take up there.
The timing was about right. In five days, the number of taibazi would also have reached over five hundred.
He worked out the figures as he drove the tractor to the Department Store. The everyday supplies he needed here were mainly salt, sugar, sesame cakes, and other dry provisions. There were still a few pairs of rubber shoes at the Wooden Cabin, so he did not need to buy any yet. Li Long bought five razors, though he had no idea whether he would be able to sell them.
It did not matter, though. If they did not sell, he could take them to Small White Poplar Gully. His eldest older brother and the others would definitely have a use for them. There was no need for labor cloth clothing either. Almost all the fritillaria diggers had already changed their clothes, and those who had not were extremely frugal and did not need to change.
At the Department Store, Li Long specifically bought a black carry bag, putting matches, a lighter, a packet of salt, a packet of sugar cubes, a kilogram of sesame cakes, and a small knife inside. He intended to give