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

Chapter 35 Going to the county seat

Xiao Jia rubbed her watery eyes aggrievedly and looked at Chen Weidong pitifully.

Seeing that Chen Weidong didn't say anything, she secretly glanced at Erni, then sat obediently in the basin, not daring to complain to Chen Weidong who was standing beside her.

"Dad is here and saw everything. I didn't bully you. Stop crying!"

Erni saw Wuni's pitiful look and was impressed by Chen Weidong's majesty, so she explained to Wuni.

"Second sister, I'm not crying, hehe."

Not only did Wu Ni not cry, she even forced herself to give Er Ni an ugly smile.

Chen Weidong couldn't help but sigh, blood suppression! No wonder Si Ni said that the second sister is the most powerful,

Although Da Ni is the oldest, her personality is like Liu Xueting. Although Er Ni is also obedient, she will really fight back when the kids in the village bully her younger sisters. Of course, beating her younger sisters is just a side job sometimes, and the little ones admire her very much.

Then, Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting washed the little ones one by one and carried them to the kang.

They played and made noises on the kang for a while, but soon they quieted down.

Chen Weidong walked in and took a look. It turned out that Liuni had fallen asleep. Da Ni and Er Ni did not say anything in order to avoid waking the little one.
Sanni, Sini and Wuni lay down beside Liuni obediently, teasing her face and nose.
Liu Ni seemed to have noticed something. She pursed her lips, then stretched, hummed twice, and fell asleep again.

"Don't wake up my sister, go to sleep too!"

Chen Weidong gave a reminder and then returned to the kitchen. Liu Xueting was still busy boiling water in the kitchen. Although the children had all taken a shower, they had not yet taken one.

Seeing that there was no one around and the little ones were all on the kang, no one disturbed them this time, and they looked at their wife's young and beautiful face.

Chen Weidong couldn't help but lower his head, then leaned over and looked at her straight.

"You, you are going to die! This is in the kitchen."

Liu Xueting blushed and hurriedly hid back.

"You are an old married couple, why are you hiding?" Seeing Liu Xueting like this, Chen Weidong felt happy.

"You, you, you are all dirty, go wash first."

Liu Xueting's face turned even redder. She thought Chen Weidong wanted it, so she spoke in a lower voice.

"Uh?"

Chen Weidong was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and quickly said with a smile: "Okay, if your man is here, go wash it and sleep with you."

He emphasized the word "sleep" so much that Liu Xueting was so embarrassed that she quickly buried her head and didn't dare to look at him.

I felt very confused. Why did Chen Weidong want it so much during this period?

Before, once a month at most,
Even once every two months.

How many days has it been?

Besides, you go into the mountains to hunt every day, you’re so tired, how can you still have the energy to think about this?

Little did people know that Chen Weidong, who had been alone for more than 40 years, would have wanted to stay with Liu Xueting forever if his family was not poor and he had several daughters to support.

After they finished taking a bath, the little ones on the kang fell asleep. Liu Xueting had just tucked in the quilts for the little ones when Chen Weidong couldn't help but pounce on them.

"Be gentle, don't disturb the children."

Liu Xueting said coquettishly.

"Okay, I'll be gentler!" Chen Weidong chuckled.

At this moment, the little ones were sleeping soundly and didn't make any more trouble. After this ridiculous moment, Chen Weidong felt refreshed.

Liu Xueting gave him a sidelong glance and then fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Chen Weidong woke up at daybreak.

Liu Xueting knew that Chen Weidong was going to the county town, and she actually got there earlier than him. When he got up and washed, Liu Xueting was busy for a long time and prepared breakfast.

This girl was so tired last night, but she still got up so early to cook for him. Women nowadays are really virtuous.

Chen Weidong increasingly feels the benefits of having a wife and children and a warm bed.
It’s so full of happiness!
After breakfast, Chen Weidong gave Liu Xueting some instructions, took the knife, and set off with a sack filled with badger oil, badger skins, and greyhound skins.

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The county town where Chen Weidong is located is Heisong County, Hunjiang City.

It is more than forty to fifty miles from Jiuqutun to Hesong County. If you walk, it will take at least four or five hours, and that's if you walk at a relatively fast pace. If you walk a little slower, it will take six or seven hours.

It takes a whole day to go back and forth.

Chen Weidong walked along the road carrying his things, but unfortunately he didn't see even a donkey cart on the road. It was not until after ten o'clock that he arrived at the county town, panting.

In the 1980s, Hesong County was still a place full of life and simplicity.
It's very small and shabby, but relatively clean and tidy.

There are not many cars and pedestrians on the street, but there are already small vendors setting up stalls on the street, repairing shoes, repairing bicycles, selling steamed buns, and the most numerous are vegetable vendors.

"Chicken feathers and duck feathers for sugar!"

There are also people walking around the streets collecting chicken and duck feathers, and all kinds of shouting.

Chen Weidong walked all the way to the purchasing station, which was located in the west of the county. These days, many people at the purchasing station were selling wild animal skins.

You should know that in 1984, the government encouraged villagers to hunt! Wild boars and black bears often came down from the mountains to harm farmers' crops. Hunting not only reduced farmers' losses, but also allowed farmers to supplement their meat.

Special purchasing stations were set up to earn valuable foreign exchange with the fur of these animals! With foreign exchange, the country could buy urgently needed machinery and equipment, production lines, etc. The country was very short of foreign exchange in this era.

After a while, we arrived at the door of the purchasing station.

The buying station was not big, and was much shabbier than the ordinary stores of later generations. You could smell an unpleasant smell coming from outside the door.

Just as Chen Weidong was about to go in, he saw a young man coming out cursing.

Chen Weidong immediately stopped him and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

People these days are very enthusiastic. He quickly said to Chen Weidong, "Brother, you don't know that the leather I sell is obviously Grade A. Those sons of bitches at the purchasing station insisted that it was Grade B, causing me to lose several dollars!"

Nowadays, the leather collected is divided into different grades, and the good ones are naturally expensive.

After a brief chat, Chen Weidong walked in immediately. He saw that there were many people in the purchasing station selling animal furs, mostly rabbits, greyhounds, and other small animals. Of course, there were also some roe deer and goat skins.
However, these prices are obviously decided by the people at the purchasing station.

After some observation, Chen Weidong found that for the same kind of fur, some people’s quality was poor, but the price was higher than that of people with good quality.

It is not difficult to imagine the ins and outs of this. Chen Weidong is an old hand and knows that this is a society where personal relationships are important. If he wants to sell at a high price, he still has to rely on these buyers.

Suddenly he remembered that he still had the sixty cents that Bingzi had given him last night in his pocket, so he did not rush to sell it, but left the purchasing station first.

After a while, Chen Weidong came to an alley. In his previous life, Chen Weidong had stayed in the county town for a period of time. He knew that this alley was a small black market in the county town.

(End of this chapter)