Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

In this way, those who fall behind enter an endless chase, and although they are not far behind, they can never catch up.

Sure enough, upon hearing Wang An's words, Wang Yi immediately regained his confidence and said with a smile:
"Yeah, top five is definitely no problem, hehehehehe."

Wang Yi's confidence stems from his inherent confidence in his own learning abilities.

On the other hand, it was also thanks to the fact that when Wang Yi went to Harbin before the Lunar New Year, he bought a lot of study materials at the Xinhua Bookstore in Harbin.

In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year and the next two weeks, Wang Yi spent almost all his time studying these learning materials and also self-studying the second semester of the second year of junior high school.

Besides studying, Wang Yi's biggest hobby is riding motorcycles.

He would often just tuck the Type 54 pistol that Wang An had given him into the holster on his back, and then he and Huang Zhong would each ride off on their motorcycles.

No one in the family knows exactly what they went to do, but the two of them usually come back on their own after about an hour.

To this end, Wang An also made two motorcycle handlebar covers, a coat with buttons on the back, a pair of tall boots, and two leg and knee pads for each of his two younger brothers.

These things are all made from brown bear fur.

In comparison, apart from tiger skins, brown bear fur is the most wind-resistant and warmest.

However, brown bear skin is too heavy to be used as a coat. People with poor physique would have a lot of trouble walking in a brown bear skin coat.

Wearing this is only really good when riding a motorcycle. It keeps you warm and windproof, and it can also serve as protective gear if you fall.

There was no way around it; riding a motorcycle in Heilongjiang Province in winter was just too damn cold. It was freezing cold, no matter how many layers you wore, you were still cold. Wang An really couldn't understand why these two guys were so addicted to riding motorcycles.

A few days after school started, it was March 6th, the day when Wang An and his two companions regularly purchased bear bile, bezoar, ginseng, and musk.

Speaking of collecting these things, we have to mention Song Ping, and speaking of Song Ping, we have to talk about the results of this crackdown on speculation and profiteering.

The crackdown on speculation and profiteering came to an end before the Lunar New Year.

However, the voting office and the public security bureau reaped very rich rewards.

According to incomplete statistics, the total value of the confiscated furs, bear bile, musk, ginseng, deer antlers, and other precious medicinal materials exceeds 20 yuan.

Of course, there are also quite a few people who were not caught, including those with connections like Wang An.

In conclusion, the voting office is very satisfied with the result.

As for Song Ping, he was executed before the New Year was even over.

Their livestock, grain, and other property were confiscated as fines. Song Ping's actions had truly ruined his wife and children.

There was nothing they could do; after all, Song Ping's wife and children also enjoyed the ill-gotten gains he had acquired.
Therefore, while enjoying the convenience that ill-gotten gains bring to their lives, they should be prepared to fall into misfortune because of these ill-gotten gains.

No one will sympathize with them for this.

On March 6th, the gatehouse of Wang An's house was quite lively, with forty or fifty people arriving in a flurry.

These forty or fifty people were all hunters and herders who came to sell various mountain products. This joint operation by the Anti-Trafficking Office and Gong Anju was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, arresting or sentencing most of the itinerant peddlers. For a time, peddlers disappeared from various towns and brigades.

As a result, all the goods in the hands of these hunters and herders could not be sold for a while.

Although they could choose to sell to supply and marketing cooperatives or medicinal herb purchasing stations, the purchase prices there were too low for them to accept.

That's right, it's low price, extremely low purchase price.

The reason is simple: the supply and marketing cooperatives and medicinal herb purchasing stations not only failed to raise their purchase prices for various furs, medicinal herbs, and other mountain products, but they actually lowered them!

Everything's gone down in price!!
To be honest, the bizarre actions of these purchasing stations and supply and marketing cooperatives are truly baffling.

They assumed that with so many peddlers arrested, the remaining ones would certainly not dare to come out and collect mountain goods anytime soon.

They believed that without peddlers buying mountain goods, the mountain people who wanted to sell their goods would have nowhere to sell them.

They thought that the mountain people, having nowhere else to turn, would have no choice but to sell their goods to them, and that they could take this opportunity to make a fortune.

Little did they know, a young man named Wang An had already obtained the latest official policy from above.

This means encouraging individual businesses and encouraging farmers to hunt and gather medicinal herbs in order to increase employment and raise people's income levels.

So, Wang An, Wang Li, Mu Xueli, and Feng Chengmin announced to the public that they would resume collecting mountain goods.

However, both the purchasing stations and supply and marketing cooperatives have lowered their purchase prices. If Wang An were to offer such a high price again, wouldn't he be a complete idiot?

Then, the purchase price for Wang An and the other three also decreased.

Of course, even if Wang An lowers its prices, they will still be much higher than those of supply and marketing cooperatives and purchasing stations.

In any case, Wang An knew very well that these hunters and herders were people he could never befriend. No matter how high the purchase price was, as soon as someone offered a higher price, they would immediately take their goods to that person to sell.

I won't even acknowledge you!
Of course, it applies to everyone, because it's a matter of human nature.

Wang An's price reduction naturally provoked dissatisfaction from many people, but Wang An and his team wouldn't get angry and offend them. Their response was always the same:

"The purchase price from above has dropped, and there's nothing we can do about it. We can't just buy these things at a loss, can we?"

For about a month and a half before and after the Lunar New Year, the business of buying and selling bear bile and fur was suspended. In addition, before the crackdown on speculation, the bear bile and fur that people had collected had not been dried and could not be sold.

Therefore, these hunters and herders had already accumulated quite a lot of legitimate goods.

As a result, a large number of goods were received on March 6th.

In just one day, Wang An spent more than 15 yuan.

Furthermore, many people are asking Wang An to also develop the fur business, since they have far more furs than bear bile or deer antlers.

Wang An considered it for a long time before issuing the message to these people:
"Next year, on a date ending in 6, which is March 16th, Wang Anjia will officially begin purchasing valuable furs, but will not purchase leather." (End of Chapter)