Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 233 Caboose
Gao Mingcheng is completely unaware of right and wrong in the village, even if he knew, he would just smile lightly.

Now he was sitting in the car, heading all the way to the venue of the Camphor Tree Medicine Fair.

Last year when he participated in the drug fair, he got up early in the morning to catch the bus, but he didn't arrive in Zhangshu until evening, not because the two places were far apart, but because he spent a lot of time waiting for the bus.

Now I drive by myself, I don’t know how much time I can save in the middle!

Xiao Jinfeng is used to transportation. Although he has never been to Zhangshu, he has already asked an old driver to pass by before, and now he drives steadily all the way.

He specializes in walking the big roads, not because he is afraid of being intercepted by thieves when he takes the small roads, but because only the main roads are the repaired roads at the moment. Some so-called small roads are fine for you to walk on, but heavy trucks can’t go there, otherwise there will be troubles. car, the risk of overturning.

They are not in a hurry to do anything, so naturally they have to be more safe.

After the highway was built in the previous life, it only took two hours to drive from the county where Gao Mingcheng was located to Zhangshu, plus the time to get on and off the highway, it took three hours at most.

But now the expressway obviously hasn't been repaired yet, and the national highway is used, so there is a gap in speed and distance.

Xiao Jinfeng came to Gaojia Village to pick up Gao Mingcheng at 08:30. He set off for Zhangshu at about [-] o'clock. He drove without stopping for five hours before finally entering Zhangshu City.

When he was in the outskirts of the city, Xiao Jinfeng parked his car outside a restaurant and decided to have a meal here first, and then he drove the car to the Yaodu Hotel where the Pharmaceutical Fair is located to check in.

Along the way, the closer he was to Zhangshu City, the more Gao Mingcheng could see trucks of all sizes.

These trucks may be new or old, but they are all filled with all kinds of medicinal materials. From the facial features and clothing, it can be seen that the people accompanying the trucks come from all corners of the country.

As a well-known medicine capital since ancient times, camphor tree has been a distribution center for medicinal materials since Ming and Qing Dynasties. After liberation, in October 58, the first national medicinal material exchange meeting was held.It was suspended for 16 years in the middle, and it resumed in 80, and every year it was more lively than the previous year, and the number of participants increased every year.

The high-speed development period of the camphor medicine trade fair was from the early 80s to the early 21st century, and after that, it went downhill.

Because of the emergence of the Internet, drug fairs seem less important.

In the past, you had to come to the drug fair to buy all kinds of medicinal materials at once, but with the e-commerce, the transaction of medicinal materials has become more convenient.

And the medicine fair of camphor tree has entered a period of transformation and development.

Xiao Jinfeng parked the car, and the three of them got out of the car and entered a restaurant.

It’s not the peak time for eating now, but half of the customers in the store are still eating. They speak different dialects, and the content of the communication is related to medicinal materials. From time to time, Henan Baiquan, Hebei Anguo and the like appear vocabulary.

It turns out that Henan Baiquan, Hebei Anguo and Jiangxi Zhangshu are known as the three major drug fairs, and the time for holding the drug fair is different every year. Henan Baiquan is held in spring, Hebei Anguo is held in summer, and camphor is held in autumn. .

Some specialized drug dealers will participate in drug fairs one by one, and then keep buying and selling to earn the price difference.

Gao Mingcheng is considered a retail investor. The reason why he came up with the idea of ​​participating in the drug fair is mainly due to two points. One is that there are medicinal materials all over the mountains and plains, and the other is that the camphor tree is close to where he is. If he wants to participate, it is very practical.

Gao Mingcheng can understand the dialects of most places, so he has been listening attentively, and Xiao Jinfeng even ordered the dishes.

Xiao Jinfeng has also traveled to many places in recent years, so he can understand some dialects. While waiting for the food, he listened to the conversations of the people around him.

In these conversations, the prices of some medicinal materials often appear, which is relatively important information, from which we can infer which medicinal materials are more popular.

If you have popular medicinal materials, you can naturally sell them faster and earn more.

Among the three, only Gao Mingli is a rookie who has just entered the rivers and lakes. He can't understand those dialects at all when he travels far for the first time. , the dialect will also be somewhat different from Gaojia Village.

Unable to understand, he opened his stupid eyes and looked around curiously.

The decoration of this restaurant is not bad, it can be regarded as a mid-range restaurant. For Xiao Jinfeng, it is a place where he often eats, but for Yu Gaoming, it is the first time he has set foot in a high-end restaurant.

Not long after, the waiter of the restaurant brought up the food ordered by Xiao Jinfeng. The dishes were very rich, including meat, fish and vegetables, and a large plate of white rice.

After driving the car for a long time, Xiao Jinfeng was very hungry at the moment, and when the food came, he started serving the food while calling the two of them to eat.

It was already past one noon, and Gao Mingcheng and Gao Mingli were naturally hungry, so they were not polite, and ate like a storm.

The three men all had big appetites, and after finishing their meal, they ordered a few more meat buns to eat, and at the end of the meal, Gao Mingli burped.

He felt that he had never eaten so much in his life like this meal!

It's not that his eyelids are shallow, but seeing the speed at which Xiao Jinfeng and Gao Mingcheng cook, he unknowingly ate too much.

"Hic." A full hiccup burst out uncontrollably, which drew good-natured laughter from Gao Mingcheng and Xiao Jinfeng.

"It's all here at the camphor tree, so there's no rush. Let's take a walk here, let's clear up our food before we go." Gao Mingcheng suggested.

Naturally, Xiao Jinfeng had nothing to object to. He came back to Zhangshu for the first time and planned to get acquainted with the way.

So the three of them left the hotel and started to take a walk nearby, but Gao Mingcheng and Xiao Jinfeng were collecting information, only Gao Mingli was purely walking.

About half an hour later, his stomach was finally no longer so distended, which made Gao Mingli heave a sigh of relief, because when he burped, he felt a little ashamed.

Obviously he is the one who eats the least among the three, but it's the same as if he ate the most.

It's almost there, the three of them are ready to get in the car, this time they will drive to the Yaodu Hotel all at once.

People stay in hotels, and goods are sold in medicinal materials trading markets.

"Let me drive, I am familiar with the road." This time, Gao Mingcheng proposed to drive by himself.

Xiao Jinfeng had no objection, and gave up the driver's seat to Gao Mingcheng. After all, Gao Mingcheng has been here before. After entering the urban area, if he is not familiar with the road, it is not easy to leave.

Relying on the memory of last year, Gao Mingcheng drove the car all the way to the Yaodu Hotel smoothly. Near the hotel, there is still a large open space for parking.

Many people who come to participate in the drug fair will conduct large transactions. Whether they are sellers or buyers, they will come with large trucks. After the transaction, the medicinal materials can be transported away in time.

It is very convenient to drive a big truck, but it is not convenient enough, because there are too many goods, and they cannot be unloaded at any time. They have to be loaded on the truck, so one person has to be left to guard the medicinal materials, otherwise the medicinal materials are stolen, but there is no need to cry place to cry.

At the moment, the monitoring is not strong enough, and many theft cases end up in the end.

After parking the car, Gao Mingcheng said to Gao Mingli: "You stay here to guard the car, I will take Brother Xiao to check in first."

Gao Mingli had a little bit of timidity towards unfamiliar places, but he didn't show it, but nodded in response.

The reason why Gao Mingcheng brought him here was to guard the medicinal materials!Gao Mingcheng has already said this before.

"Don't worry, as long as you stay here, nothing will happen." Seeing Gao Mingli's deep worry, Gao Mingcheng patted him on the shoulder and said a word of reassurance.

Although there are petty thefts and carjackings in remote areas these days, this is already an urban area and a place where people come and go. In addition, Zhangshu places a lot of importance on drug fairs, and there are occasional Police patrol the neighborhood.

There may be thieves, but there is no obvious robbery.

After arranging for Gao Mingli to leave the guard car, Gao Mingcheng took Xiao Jinfeng to the Yaodu Hotel to check in. In addition to checking in, they had another purpose for their trip, which was to break into the inside of the drug dealer and obtain more medicinal materials and price information.

Long ago, Gao Mingcheng and Xiao Jinfeng had written their goods on a piece of paper. If they encountered medicinal materials for a large transaction, they could sell both of them at once.

The medicinal materials produced in the suburban villages in the county are actually similar to the medicinal materials produced in Gaojia Village, but the Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos on Gao Mingcheng's side are much more than Xiao Jinfeng's goods, and the goods on Gao Mingcheng's side are still very miscellaneous, because Xiao Jinfeng doesn't accept low-volume items. He doesn't like scattered items, and he doesn't bother to sell them.

"Brother Xiao, let's go separately." Gao Mingcheng suggested, his eyes swept across the crowd, and he was lucky to see a few familiar faces.

At the drug fair last year, he developed friendships with many people by virtue of his excellent communication skills. Although he hadn't seen each other for a year, it was better than strangers when they met again.

If there is a V letter at this moment, then you can make good connections and contacts in time.

Xiao Jinfeng naturally agreed to separate. The two of them will be able to obtain more information when they are separated. At night, they can sort out the information.

Xiao Jinfeng had been a soldier, and he had a handsome demeanor. He spoke and acted with a unique temperament. As soon as he made his debut, he quickly attracted some veterans.

As long as you have served in the army, you are comrades in arms. Comrade friendship is not comparable to ordinary feelings. Even if two people do not serve in the same barracks, let alone serve in the same period of time, it does not affect the emotional closeness.

Relying on these, Xiao Jinfeng quickly infiltrated a small circle, talking about the past when he was a soldier, and talking about business matters at the same time.

In the evening, Gao Mingcheng and Xiao Jinfeng gathered the information they had heard. After dinner, Gao Mingcheng said, "Brother Xiao, I will guard the car tonight, and you will sleep with Mingli."

Only one room was booked because there was one person waiting for the car.

Xiao Jinfeng wanted to guard the car by himself, but Gao Mingcheng refused.

He originally planned to rent Xiao Jinfeng's truck, but Xiao Jinfeng was unwilling to collect the rent. Gao Guobing also agreed on this point.

That being the case, the gas money and food money along the way will all be paid by Gao Mingcheng.

On this first night of vigil, Gao Mingcheng also planned to go up by himself.

Tonight, when the medicinal materials are the most, two-thirds of the medicinal materials in this car belong to him, and he is not at ease if he asks others to guard them.

So it is safest to guard by yourself.

Xiao Jinfeng saw Gao Mingcheng's meaning and also knew Gao Mingcheng's skills, so he was very relieved that Gao Mingcheng would guard the car, so he agreed.

Not long after, Gao Mingcheng and Xiao Jinfeng went to the parking lot together.

Gao Mingli sat in the car, looking a little drowsy.

It's a bit boring to stay here alone and not understand the words.

"Mingli." Gao Mingcheng woke Gao Mingli up, and Gao Mingli woke up immediately. When he saw his second brother, he felt very kind.

After staying in this strange place for most of the day, Gao Ming was terrified.

He couldn't wait to jump out of the car.

Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "Are you hungry? I left you a meal. Tonight you and brother Xiao will sleep in the hotel. I will guard the car."

When Gao Mingli heard about this arrangement, he finally let go of what he had been holding on to.

It's okay for him to watch during the day, but he is really scared if he is asked to watch at night.

So Gao Mingcheng stayed, while Xiao Jinfeng took Gao Mingli back to the Yaodu Hotel, and brought the reserved food to Gao Mingli.

(End of this chapter)