Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 10 Earn Yuan

"Dad, do you need us to help you get it?" After a while, Sanni said in a baby voice.

"You can't lift it!"

Chen Weidong couldn't help but laugh and cry. How could these three babies lift these things?

"Dad, I'm very strong! I can even hold my elder sister."

Si Ni raised her little hands and spoke in a baby voice.

"Uh……"

It must be said that these little guys don’t bear grudges at all. He said softly, “Really? My Si Ni is really amazing!”

Si Ni was only four years old, and it was rare for her to be praised by her father. Si Ni couldn't help but smile in a baby voice and skipped as she walked.

back home.

Liu Xueting scolded the little kids. It was obvious that the three little guys had sneaked out.

In order to show off in front of the children, Chen Weidong naturally protected her, which surprised Liu Xueting, but fortunately he attracted the children's favor.

Afterwards, after informing Liu Xueting, Chen Weidong planned to take two wild hog badgers to the village to sell. The badgers in the village were all collected whole. The remaining four wild hog badgers would be used to make badger oil, which would then be sold in the county town.

In fact, it would be most cost-effective to boil these badgers into badger oil and sell it at the state-owned Chinese medicine store in the county. The badger skin is also worth some money, but he is short of money now.

Moreover, the road to the county is too far, about fifty or sixty miles, and a round trip takes almost a day.

In a remote place like Jiuqutun, many elderly people have never been to the county town many times in their entire lives.

Of course, it’s not close to the village, and it takes at least three hours to go back and forth, but the price in the village is definitely much lower.

Subsequently,

Chen Weidong carried the sack containing the two wild boars and left under the watchful eyes of his wife and children.

"Mom, where is Dad? He was holding Erni yesterday!"

Erni said cutely.

"He's gone to the village to sell badgers. When Dad comes home, there will be food to eat!"

Liu Xueting was looking forward to it. She didn't know if the badgers could be sold for money, but what if Chen Weidong could really make some money? Then the little guys wouldn't have to go hungry anymore.

Soon she started laughing and shook her head slightly. Money is not that easy to make!
If money was so easy to make, wouldn't everyone be rich?
……

Creak, creak, creak~

Chen Weidong walked towards the village. In this remote and poor place these days, there was not even a bicycle on the road.
I did see quite a few donkey carts and ox carts. After asking around, I found out that today was the big market held every five days, and these people were all going to the village to attend the big market.

Chen Weidong walked all the way to the village. He hadn't eaten anything in the morning and was so tired that he was out of breath.

Gradually, more and more people came to the village streets to go to the market. Chen Weidong had been looking for work in the village all year round and was quite familiar with the village.

After finding the right direction, Chen Weidong took a few more steps and soon arrived at the "State-owned Hotel".

Two red lanterns were swaying in the wind. Last year's Spring Festival couplets were still pasted on the old wooden door, but the corners had peeled off and they were badly faded.

"Old Wu! Old Wu!!"

Chen Weidong pushed the door and found that it was opened directly, so he walked in carrying the two badgers.

"Who is it?" A hoarse voice came, and Wu Gensheng, with a slight limp in his right leg, walked out.

He was in his forties, of medium height, but his face looked as old as if he was in his sixties.

Wu Gensheng looked at Chen Weidong in confusion; he didn't know the latter.

"I'm from Jiuqu Village. Do you want to take in any wild hog badgers? I have two wild hog badgers here."

"Come on, let's go inside and talk first." Wu Gensheng's eyes lit up and he became more enthusiastic in an instant.

He was short of meat, so he collected common pheasants and rabbits. As for badger meat, although it had a fishy smell, his restaurant used a lot of seasonings, so the taste was not bad. He collected badgers not just for the meat.
Badger oil is a good thing. A pound of badger oil can be sold for three yuan and twenty cents in the county, and a badger skin can be worth one yuan and eighty cents. It can be said that every part of the badger is valuable. He can make a lot of money by buying a badger.

Entered the house.

Wu Gensheng also poured Chen Weidong a cup of hot water. He seemed enthusiastic, but he was not very friendly when discussing the price.

"Let me weigh them. These two badgers weigh a total of 19.4 jin. I'll give you 20 jin. We're all from the same village, so let's not make a fuss about it."

"You know that the meat of the wild hog badger is smelly, and not many people like to eat it. I am the only one in the whole village who collects this thing. I see that it is not easy for you to catch these things. It's good to sell it to me, 20 cents a pound, a total of four dollars, what do you think?"

Wu Gensheng couldn't help but smile in his heart. People in these small villages in the mountains generally didn't know the prices of wild goods, so basically whatever price he said was the price.

Chen Weidong was now looking at Wu Gensheng as if he were an idiot. This guy was really greedy. He could even say 20 cents per pound.

At this moment, Wu Gensheng felt that it would be easy to fool a young man like Chen Weidong, so he reached out to take it.

Unexpectedly, Chen Weidong took the sack of wild hogs and walked out quickly: "Then you take a rest. I'll go to the county town to ask."

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? I'm not lying to you, and the prices in the county aren't much more expensive than mine, and it's fifty or sixty miles from here to the county town! Why are you running so far?"

Wu Gensheng was a little confused and hurried out with his limping leg.

"Really? I heard that a pound of badger oil can be sold for two or three yuan in the county. Look at me, a hog badger, I don't even have a pound of oil."

Chen Weidong sneered and said:
"Old Wu, you are such a dishonest fellow. I originally caught a bunch of wild hog badgers and was planning to bring two of them to you to ask for the price. If the price is right, I will sell the rest to you. But now it seems that I'd better forget it. Bye."

"Hey, don't go, don't go. Let's talk more. Let's talk more."

Wu Gensheng didn't expect that this guy actually knew the market situation. He couldn't help but complain in his heart that the guy didn't tell him earlier. Now he is so embarrassed. However, when he heard that the other party had caught a nest of wild boars, he didn't care too much and hurriedly chased after him.

Although Chen Weidong pretended to leave, he actually did not move at all. The children at home still had no food to eat.

Although he picked up thirty or forty kilograms of food in the badger hole, they were all unshelled and he didn't have time to go to the county.

Wu Gensheng stopped Chen Weidong and said, "Little brother, do you really still have wild hogs? Are you really planning to sell them all to me?"

"Of course not. You know there are many hog badgers in a litter. As long as you give me a reasonable price, I will sell them all to you!"

Chen Weidong patted his chest and assured.

"Hehe! That's great, little brother, it was just a misunderstanding just now, a misunderstanding! Come on, let's go inside and continue discussing it."

Of course, Wu Gensheng would not go against money.

Chen Weidong followed him back to the hut, and after some bargaining, the two badgers were finally sold for eight dollars and seventy cents.

Although Wu Gensheng could still make a lot of profit at this price, Chen Weidong also knew that Wu Gensheng was a shrewd man, and it was obviously impossible to not let him make a penny.

(End of this chapter)