Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 5 Going to the village fair and selling pheasants
  Then Tangtang and Xixi put Tangtang and Xixi with fragrant pheasant soup in a clay pot. Then Lu Jiansheng picked up Bai Ruoxi's bowl again,
  "Jiansheng, you and the children eat it, I don't~"

When Bai Ruoxi saw that Lu Jiansheng wanted to serve pheasant meat to her, she quickly waved her hand and was about to refuse. Lu Jiansheng knew that she wanted to save all her food for Xixi and Tangtang again.

Of course Lu Jiansheng refused, and the two little guys were very sensible. Before he could speak, Tangtang and Xixi came to Bai Ruoxi's mouth with the drumsticks in their hands.

"Mom! Eat, eat, it's delicious!"

"The big chicken legs are so delicious. Mom, take a bite, and Tangtang will take a bite."

The two little dumplings screamed happily.

"Eat quickly! Look, the child is holding it up! Don't wait until it gets cold. I still have some here. Eat more, and I will let you live a good life in the future." Lu Jiansheng took the opportunity to put a bowl of meat in front of her .

"I just hope that Tangtang and Xixi won't be hungry~" Bai Ruoxi's heart trembled slightly. She gently took a small bite on Tangtang and Xixi's chicken legs, and then touched the heads and fingers of these two little guys. Lu Jiansheng just handed over the bowl and said, "You two, hurry up and eat! Don't let it get cold. Mom has it here."

The two little guys were very obedient and ran back in a hurry.

"Why do you just drink soup by yourself?"

It was this ordinary and simple pheasant meat that made Lu Jiansheng feel warm in his heart. Think about it, this was the first time in his life that he was fed by his daughter.

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Lu Jiansheng was not polite, took the meat from Tangtang and Xixi, and ate it.

People in rural areas go to bed early these days, especially since there is no electricity or lights. Tangtang and Xixi are still young and rarely have a full meal, so they fall asleep early.
  Since Bai Ruoxi gave birth to the child, Bai Ruoxi and Lu Jiansheng slept separately in order to take care of the child.

into the night.

But seeing the oily faces of the two little guys, Lu Jiansheng felt happy in his heart.

Lu Jiansheng didn't finish shooting until it got dark.

There was not much pheasant meat, so of course Lu Jiansheng wanted to leave it to his daughter and wife, but Bai Ruoxi discovered it.

Lu Jiansheng was lying on the bed alone,

Just when the two little guys heard their mother say that Lu Jiansheng only wanted to drink soup, Tangtang and Xixi Pidianpidian took out another piece of meat from the bowl and handed it to Lu Jiansheng's mouth.

I have to say that the pheasant soup and chicken are very fragrant. The only pity is that there are no onions, ginger, and garlic in the house. It is missing a lot of soul.

Finished the meal quickly,

Lu Jiansheng has no other thoughts at the moment. He is filled with the excitement of rebirth! And not only will he sell the pheasants early tomorrow morning (he doesn't want Bai Ruoxi and the children to eat the moldy sweet potato rice), but he will also go hunting in the mountains in the afternoon.

After eating, he felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
  Lu Jiansheng started practicing archery, but now he can only earn money to support his family by going hunting in the mountains. After all, Liuligouzi Village is too remote, and doing business these days is just speculation, not to mention he doesn't have any capital.

There are only two earthen rooms in the house, one is the main room, the other is the sleeping place, one small room, a wooden bed with straw, and an earthen kang, half separated by an earthen wall.
  Bai Ruoxi was thin-skinned, and in addition to the conservative nature of this era, Lu Jiansheng was very tired from work on weekdays. After the two had a child, they rarely had much intimacy.

Nothing in the night

The next day

Lu Jiansheng woke up before dawn. He put on his clothes quietly, and then came to the main room and saw that the pheasant was still alive. He couldn't help but look happy. After all, the price of a dead pheasant would be greatly reduced.

In 1983, the government encouraged villagers to hunt, and there was a hunting station in the county! Specializes in purchasing the furs of some animals,

Skinless chickens like pheasants can be sold in the county, because there is a shortage of meat in this era, and usually there will be someone to take it from state-owned restaurants in the county!
  But the county is too far away, fifty or sixty miles away, and many people in Liuligouzi Village have never been to the county town several times in their lives.

Naturally, Lu Jiansheng would not go to the county for a pheasant.

He loaded up the pheasant and headed into the country! There are also places to collect wild goods in the village, but the prices are cheaper than in the county. The village is not close to Liulizi Valley, nearly 20 miles away, and the round trip takes at least three or four hours!
  Lu Jiansheng walked towards the countryside carrying a sack with pheasants on his back. These days in this remote and remote place, there are not even bicycles, but the air is much better than in later generations, but the weather is still a bit cold!
  Lu Jiansheng walked all the way to the countryside. The cold wind penetrated along the collar of his neck, making him tremble all over.

Gradually, more and more people went to the market on the streets of the village. Looking in the right direction, Lu Jiansheng went to the only state-owned restaurant in the village. When Lu Jiansheng was working in the village, he heard that wild goods were collected here.

After a while, two red lanterns were seen swaying in the cold wind on the street. Last year's Spring Festival couplets were still stuck on the old wooden door, but the corners had been turned up and faded seriously. There were still two "state-owned" couplets hanging on them. Big words.

"Comrade! Collect wild animals?"

The door was closed, and Lu Jiansheng called the door.

"nobody?"

Lu Jiansheng pushed and found that the door was pushed open directly, so he walked in with the pheasant on his back.

"Who is it?"

At this time, a hoarse and impatient voice came, and Wu Guofu, who was a little lame in his left leg, came out. He was in his forties and of medium height, but his face was old and he looked like he was in his fifties or sixties.

Wu Guofu looked at Lu Jiansheng doubtfully. He didn't know the latter, and judging from his tattered clothes, he didn't look like he could eat in a restaurant. Besides, who was eating in a restaurant this early in the morning?
  "I'm from Liuligouzi. I heard that you collect wild animals here. Do you collect pheasants?"

Lu Jiansheng got straight to the point.

"Come on, come on, let's go inside first. It's really cold in his grandma's house." Wu Guofu's eyes lit up and he became a little more enthusiastic.

You must know that his place is the only state-owned restaurant in the township. There is a shortage of meat here, especially for the leading comrades in the township. Moreover, some leaders just like to eat game. As long as the food is good, there is no need to worry about selling it.

Entered the house.

Wu Guofu saw Lu Jiansheng dressed in a way that he had never seen in Shangouzi, and he couldn't help but think carefully.
  He first enthusiastically brought a bowl of hot water to Lu Jiansheng.

Then pick up the scale and start weighing the pheasant!

"Let me weigh it. This pheasant weighs two and a half pounds. The current price of pheasants is sixty cents per pound. This one costs one thirty-eight cents in total."

"I'll give you a round number, a total of one dollar and four. It's not easy for you to catch pheasants. It's good to sell them to me."

Wu Guofu couldn't help but smile in his heart. In these small villages in the mountains, they generally don't know the price of wild products. As long as they can sell pheasants in the county for at least 75 cents per catty, he will make an extra 150 cents, not to mention This is a state-owned restaurant, so he can make more money by making dishes.

Doesn't Wu Guofu think it's easy to fool a young man like Lu Jiansheng? Stretch out your hand to grab the pheasant,

(End of this chapter)