Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

"Captain Jiang, it's getting late. We haven't found the little boy's parents yet, so I need to head back soon."

Li Yunshan waited at the county public security bureau until nearly four o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that the little boy's parents had not yet come, and that the little boy had fallen asleep with sleepy eyes, he prepared to say goodbye.

"Alright, alright, I've taken up your time. I'll call someone over right away to watch over the child."

Captain Jiang nodded and went to call a female police officer over to help watch the child. Only then did Li Yunshan leave the meeting room and walk towards the gate of the Public Security Bureau.

In Northeast China, it gets dark early in winter. Here, it's almost completely dark by 5 pm.

He also needs to go to the department store to ask about the current price of gold, so he has a better idea of ​​what it is.

So after leaving the police station, Li Yunshan rode his bicycle straight to the department store in the county town.

Upon arriving at the gold jewelry counter, Li Yunshan quickly learned the current price of gold by subtly inquiring about it in a few words.

27 yuan per gram.

This price is very high these days.

It's important to know that even ordinary employees in state-owned factories in county towns only earn 30 to 50 yuan a month, while skilled and highly qualified workers can earn 70 to 80 yuan, or even over 100 yuan a month.

Moreover, people with such high salaries are extremely rare, even in a county town.

One gram of gold costs 27 yuan, which is half a month's wages for an average worker. For farmers in the countryside, it would take three or four months of work points to earn enough to buy one gram of gold jewelry.

Now, he is carrying six gold bricks, a total of 6000 grams of gold, worth... 160,000.

To be precise, it is worth 162,000.

"hiss!"

In his previous life, Li Yunshan had been a wealthy man, but when he calculated the amount in his mind, he couldn't help but gasp in shock.

However, Li Yunshan suddenly thought that since there were gold bricks left by the landlords in the walls of the village primary school, why had he never heard of anyone in Guapigou Village getting such a good deal after the village primary school collapsed in his previous life?

Of course, it's also possible that someone got a bargain but kept it a secret, or waited until things calmed down before cashing out the gold bars.

However, in his memory, no one in Guapigou Village had become rich overnight.

"Sir, which piece of gold jewelry would you like to buy?"

The sales clerk at the counter saw Li Yunshan looking thoughtful and glanced at the stack of ten-yuan notes in his hand. She couldn't help but wave at him.

Gold is expensive, and it's not easy to find a customer who wants to buy gold jewelry.

Although the sales clerk was one of the eight key personnel, even if the customer service was a little lacking, the customers had no choice but to accept it. However, after seeing Li Yunshan pull out a wad of cash from his pocket, the sales clerk knew that the simply dressed man wearing a dog-skin hat was a wealthy man.

As the saying goes, you treat people differently depending on their status. Salespeople are the same; they ignore those who have no money and are enthusiastic towards those who have money.

"Oh, it's getting late, I'll stop buying now. I need to go home and ask my wife for her opinion."

Li Yunshan snapped out of his daze, casually finished speaking, and left. The sales clerk was stunned on the spot.

"Damn, are you kidding me?"

After a long silence, the salesperson finally uttered a phrase that evoked a national treasure.

The salesperson initially thought the customer was genuinely wealthy to buy gold jewelry, having pulled out a thick wad of cash, but the customer simply asked about the price of gold and left, leaving the salesperson furious.

After leaving the gold jewelry counter, Li Yunshan originally planned to go home, but when he passed a counter selling cameras and radios, he stopped and turned to look at the cameras displayed in the window.

"Comrade, how much is this camera?"

Li Yunshan pointed to several cameras in the shop window.

"Comrade, what price range of camera are you looking to buy? This camera is the Seagull DF-1. It's a single-lens reflex camera with an all-metal body, feels solid in the hand, and is a popular choice for many professional photographers in big cities. Of course, it's a bit pricey; it costs 575 yuan."

When the salesperson saw a customer asking a question, they began to explain.

Upon hearing the price, Li Yunshan frowned.

A camera costing 575 yuan is really expensive.

"And what about this one?"

Li Yunshan pointed to another camera.

As the salesperson introduced the camera, she noticed Li Yunshan frown slightly, knowing he thought it was too expensive. So she continued, "This is a Hongmei brand camera, made by the Changzhou Camera Factory. It's very easy to operate and the price is reasonable. By the way, it's always sold very well."

"And what about these?"

"This is the Great Wall camera...that's the Tiger Hill camera...this is the Friendship TLR camera..." The sales clerk patiently introduced each camera to Li Yunshan, and her service attitude was much better than the sales clerk he had just met at the gold jewelry counter.

"Then I want this Red Plum brand camera, and five rolls of film."

As Li Yunshan spoke, he pulled out a wad of ten-yuan notes from his pocket.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

When the sales clerk saw that Li Yunshan had taken out all his money, a stack of ten-yuan notes without a single small denomination, she knew she had met someone with money in his pocket, and her smile became more genuine.

Then, the salesperson went to get the camera and film, and then collected the money.

After receiving the money, the salesperson also issued a receipt to Li Yunshan.

"By the way, sir, is this your first time using this kind of camera? If it is, I can teach you how to install the film."

When Li Yunshan took the camera from the salesperson, the salesperson thoughtfully asked him a question.

"Oh, I know how, so I won't trouble you."

Li Yunshan replied, put the camera and film roll into his pocket, and left.

He had played with cameras in his past life, so setting up the film was not a difficult task for him.

As for taking photos, his skills are pretty good; he doesn't need anyone to teach him.

After selling the camera, Li Yunshan left the department store.

However, before returning to the village, he made a special trip to buy a roast chicken, which DouDou loves to eat.

However, by the time he returned to the village, it was already completely dark.

"Xiulan, Doudou, I'm back."

Pushing his bicycle, Li Yunshan called out as soon as he entered his yard.

"Father, you're finally back! I'm starving!"

Upon hearing Li Yunshan's shout, Dou Dou ran out of the main room, her little face full of grievance.

"Are you hungry? Look what Daddy bought for you."

Li Yunshan took the roast chicken out of his pocket.

Although it was more than 20 miles from the county town to the village, he kept the roast chicken with him, as it was still warm.

"Wow, roast chicken, it's roast chicken!"

DouDou took the roast chicken and shouted happily, then ran into the main room: "Mom, it's roast chicken! Dad bought me roast chicken, I want to eat chicken legs."

"Okay, okay, have a chicken leg. Give me the roast chicken, and I'll tear the chicken leg off for you."

Lin Xiulan took the roast chicken from Dou Dou with a smile and peeled off the outer layer of oil paper.

As soon as the oil paper was opened, the aroma of roast chicken wafted out.

"Come on, DouDou, have a chicken leg."

Lin Xiulan tore off the chicken leg, the rich grease making her fingers shine.

The chicken leg was handed to DouDou, who then wolfed it down.

At this moment, Li Yunshan also carried his bicycle into the main room and then closed the door.

"Why are you so late coming back today?" Lin Xiulan asked with concern.

Li Yunshan said he went to the county bank to deposit money. Logically speaking, even if he came back late, he shouldn't have been home this late, but he didn't return until after dark.

Lin Xiulan didn't doubt him; she was simply concerned.

"I could have come back earlier, but right after I finished depositing the money, I ran into a lunatic with a boning knife slashing wildly in the street. I saw that madman rushing towards a little boy, so I just dealt with him. That's why I was delayed and got home late."

Li Yunshan explained.

"What? You encountered a madman attacking people?" Lin Xiulan couldn't help but be startled.

"Yes, but I'm fine," Li Yunshan said, which immediately put Lin Xiulan at ease.

"If you have nothing else to do, go wash your hands and eat."

Lin Xiulan helped Li Yunshan take off his cotton-padded coat. Suddenly, she frowned and weighed the coat in her hand, saying, "What did you put in this coat? It's quite heavy."

"I'll tell you later, let's eat now."

Li Yunshan took the cotton-padded coat from Lin Xiulan and hung it on the wall.

Seeing that Li Yunshan's tone was indifferent, Lin Xiulan did not press him about what was inside the cotton-padded jacket.

It wasn't until after dinner, and after putting Dou Dou to sleep, that Li Yunshan took the things out of the inner pocket of his cotton-padded jacket.

"This is... a camera!"

Lin Xiulan recognized the camera as it was placed on the table.

"Yes, it's the Hongmei brand. It's easy to use. I bought five rolls of film, which can take more than a hundred photos. I can take photos of you and Dou Dou in the future and record every little thing in our lives. When we get old and our children grow up, we can look at the photos and reminisce about what we were like when we were young and our children were still small."

Li Yunshan said with a smile.

"Just go to a photo studio and take a few pictures. Why spend so much money to buy a camera?"

Lin Xiulan couldn't help but complain a couple of times. After all, she had come from a poor background, so she was just worried about money.

"Going to a photo studio to take photos is not as good as being able to take photos yourself anytime, anywhere. Besides, it costs one dollar to take a photo at a photo studio, and if you take photos of five rolls of film, it will cost more than one hundred dollars."

"Now that we have a camera at home, we only need to pay for the film, and we can take as many photos as we want."

"Once we finish shooting on a roll of film, we can take it to a photo studio, pay the photographer to develop the photos, and that's it."

"However, there is one more very important thing I have to tell you. You must promise that once you find out, you will not shout it out loud, and you will not tell anyone outside."