hunting in 1986

After chatting with Li Shen for a while, knowing that Li Shen was very busy, Wang Yuan took the initiative to leave.

They called Wu Qian, who was restless on the first floor, and the two left directly through the back door of the hotel.

"Let's go, find a place to eat."

"Okay, this time it's really thanks to you, Xiaoyuan. Last time I came by myself, people didn't pay me any attention. A waiter's eyes grew to the top of his head and he didn't even look straight at people."

Wu Qian was full of resentment, and while driving the bullock cart turned around, he glanced at the restaurant, thinking that it would be a good idea not to eat here.

It was already lunch time, and the reason why Wang Yuan chose not to eat here was also very simple. If he ate here, Li Shen probably didn't want money, and he owed favors.

Favors are often the hardest to repay.

There is no need to owe favors for a meal.

The two went to a small restaurant in an ox cart, and after eating, they went to a cloth shop. Wu Qian was excited to buy some cloth:
"My daughter-in-law specifically told me to buy a few feet of cloth for clothes, but she didn't say what color to buy. Xiaoyuan, which do you think is better, blue or gray?"

"I don't know that."

Wang Yuan was smoking a cigarette while sitting on the bullock cart. He felt that many women in this era were really skillful. Not only could they cook all kinds of meals, but they could also make all kinds of clothes, shoes, and sew schoolbags, weave scarves, and gloves. wait.

There are no mobile phones in this era, and in later generations, it is as difficult as ever to have a phone call in this era.

In the end, Wu Qian asked for a few feet of gray fabric, which was not conspicuous if it was dirty. He felt good, but when he got home, his wife complained for a while—it was too expensive for him to buy, and the color was not good-looking.

After two days of preparation.

Wang Yuan took Li Yan, Li Ping, the little girl and the big white cat to the grassland to play.

There was only one teacher who taught the little girl, and when the teacher was sick, the little girl and the others had a holiday. She also wanted to go to the grassland to play, so she took her with her.

As for why she brought the cat, the little girl who was crying, making noise and rolling around had to bring the cat, the most important thing was that Li Yan also helped to intercede, so Wang Yuan took it with him.

But when he arrived at the train station, he regretted it a little. Looking at the crowded train station, and then at the little girl carrying a cloth bag, he said:
"It's really nonsense. See how many people are there? The cat in your bag may be squeezed into cat cakes."

"Pfft~"

Li Yan embraced the little girl in her arms: "I'll protect her, let's go, there will be more people later."

"Follow me closely."

There were holes to drill, not only to get into the car through the door, but also to climb over the heads of the crowd, and to drill in through the windows. For a while, there was a lot of cursing, and many people were sweating profusely.

It is very common to put things in bags or fertilizer bags. Some people even squeezed into the car with baskets on their backs. I don’t know whose kettle was hit, and the broken guts were scattered all over the ground.

The chaotic scenes are a bit like the Indian railway stations of later generations.

There is no queuing at all, barbaric, violent, whoever has the most strength will have the upper hand.

Wang Yuan's strength was quite strong, and he led Li Yan and the others to squeeze inside regardless of the people around him yelling and scolding. The big white cat carefully looked out from the cloth bag, and was so frightened that it was about to have a stress reaction.

Much better on the train.

After finding the seat, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then leisurely watched other people rushing to squeeze the train. The sense of happiness is often compared, and they feel much more relaxed seeing other people's miserable appearance.

Wang Yuan took the enamel jar to fetch the water, and gave it to Li Yan when he came back, and Li Ping drank it together.

The little girl was inspecting the big white cat in the cloth bag, and was relieved to see that the cat was not squashed.

"Brother-in-law, isn't the HLBE prairie very beautiful in summer? Isn't it?"

Li Ping is like a chatterbox, she is very excited about going to a distant place, and she keeps talking.

"Yeah, it's really beautiful~ I miss Xiao Suhe and Gouzi's uneven foreheads."

Backed up the train a few times, then took a car, and finally took a soliciting motorcycle. By the time Wang Yuan and his party arrived at Xiao Suhe's house, it was already past 3 p.m. two days later.

The endless prairie is very beautiful, the blue sky hangs down in the distance, white clouds are blooming, white sheep are grazing on the grass on the prairie, and the small river like the jade belt in the distance constitutes a beautiful picture.

The breeze blows, and the scent of flowers and grasses is mixed in the air.

Seeing the motorcycle carrying Wang Yuan and his party coming, the thin Lakshin jumped up excitedly, turned his head and excitedly called Xiao Su to join them.

"Wang Wang Wang ~"

The dog ran over with uneven forehead and led the other dogs, first barking hostilely, and immediately wagging its tail after seeing Wang Yuan clearly.

"Wang Yuan! I feel that you can come here today, and you are here!"

Little Su He was just cleaning up sheep manure in the sheep pen, and happily ran over to say hello to Wang Yuan and the others.

Old Su He, U Rina, Tu Ya and others also came over. Everyone was beaming, and the joy of reuniting friends after a long absence was rippling. Li Yan hugged Xiao Su He's wife Tu Ya excitedly.

Tuya's face is very beautiful, but her skin is inevitably a little rough after being exposed to the wind and sun on the grassland, and there are some small freckles on her right face.

It was a bit unfamiliar after not seeing each other for such a long time, but after entering the yurt and chatting for a while, everyone became acquainted.

In the evening, it was still authentic roasted whole sheep, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the grassland. Wang Yuan rode a horse and together with Xiao Su drove the flock of sheep back.

"Baa baa~"

Adult sheep are more honest, occasionally barking a few times, and docilely walking back with the large group.

Some newborn lambs are very naughty, bouncing around with their heads tilted, and occasionally bumping other lambs.

Wang Yuan rode the horse leisurely, and looking forward, he could see his wife Li Yan cooking with Tuya and the others. The flames of the dried cow dung were dancing and the smoke was rising.

Looking to the east, you can see the vast remaining veins of the Greater Khingan Mountains.

"Xiao Suhe, how many sheep are there in the ranch now?"

"1026 heads, two of which will be calved in the next few days, and there will be more sheep by then."

Xiao Suhe was riding a horse on the left, and excitedly waved his whip lightly. Life is much better now than before. If you have money, you can buy more scarce daily necessities. Even the yurts can be repaired better. .

"Wang Yuan, are you going to take some sheep away this time?"

"You can take it."

The working capital of the ranch is running low, and some sheep can be sold to return some funds. In fact, sheep can be sold in a few months, and half-sized sheep are enough.

After the sheep reach adulthood, the quality of the meat is likely to get old, and it will not be so delicious. Instead, they will have to eat a lot of forage.

"What's the price of live sheep here now?"

"It's 8 cents to 2 cents and 9 cents a catty. The smaller the tender, the more expensive it is, and the old and thin sheep will be cheaper." Xiao Su closed his eyes and looked at Wang Yuan eagerly, wondering what price Wang Yuan could give.

The rays of the setting sun sprinkled on his back, coating his back with a layer of gold.

Wang Yuan pondered for a while. In Wangjiatun, live sheep usually cost 1.5 to 1.6 yuan a catty, but in Harbin City, they cost 2 to 2.5 yuan per catty, and in Yanjing, they are more expensive.

Even in the same province, the capital city is much more expensive than the rural areas below.

"It costs 2 yuan a catty. There is no need to distinguish between old and young sheep. They are all 2 yuan per catty."

"what?"

Xiao Suhe was stunned. In HLBE, a big city, the price could not be reached. In the city, it was only about 1.3~1.5 yuan per catty.

"Won't you lose money with such a high price?" Xiao Suhe was very serious, he felt that Wang Yuan couldn't lose money.

"Haha, don't worry, although the price is high, you won't lose money. Besides, the ranch also has my shares. If the ranch makes more money, I will make money."

The meat yield of live sheep is generally around 30% to 55%, and the meat yield of sheep raised on this pasture is around 40% to 50%. Of course, not only mutton is valuable, sheep skin, sheep offal, etc. can be sold for money.

In particular, sheepskin is very effective in keeping out the cold when made into a coat, and is deeply loved by people living in cold places.

There are a lot of sheep on the grassland, and the transportation is very inconvenient, so the local price will be much lower.

After driving the sheep back to the sheepfold and closing the fence gate, the two went to the cowshed. There were only about 20 cows in total, which was much less than Wang Yuan thought.

"Moo~"

Some cows lie on the ground and chew their cud, some stand by and flick their tails to drive away gadflies, and some are eating grass.A calf bounced around, tilted its head and ran to the railing of the cowshed, staring at Wang Yuan with big watery eyes.

Wang Yuan reached out to touch its big head, but before his hand touched her head, the little calf bounced away.

Wang Yuan laughed instantly, no matter if it is a lamb or a calf, they are as lively and cute as a child, very playful.

"There are too few cattle, why not raise more cattle? Beef is more expensive than mutton."

The price of beef in 1990 was simply sky-high. The beef in Harbin City cost more than 6 yuan a catty, and some workers in state-owned enterprises could not earn 6 yuan a day.

The income of formal workers in state-owned enterprises is considered above average in the local area. The unemployment rate in this era is also very high. There are many people who have no job or do odd jobs occasionally, and their income is very low.

Although Wang Yuan is rich, he also understands the actual situation of ordinary people. Many ordinary families are reluctant to eat a meal of beef for 10 or even 20 years.

It's not that I can't afford the money, but I just think it's better to buy more pork or chicken.

"I remember that sheep eat grass roots, but cows don't eat grass roots, do they?"

"That's right, the sheep do eat grass roots." Xiao Suhe scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "Cows are too expensive, and if one dies, you will pay too much money, and sheep will not do this."

"Ah? What's the reason for this?"

Wang Yuan felt that Xiao Suhe and the others were still too timid and too cautious, so that they were afraid that if a cow died, they would lose too much money.

Li Yan and the others prepared dinner, and Wang Yuan and the others went back to the yurt to eat mutton.

A friend came from afar to make Xiao Suhe's family happy all day long, and now they are enthusiastically pouring milk wine and stewing Hericium erinaceus soup for Wang Yuan and the others.

Wang Yuan ate delicious mutton, drank milk wine, and chatted with Lao Su and the others.

Li Yan, Li Ping and the others mainly ate, listening to Wang Yuan and the others chatting or whispering with Uzhina and Tuya next to them.

The little girl was concentrating on cooking. She felt that the mutton here tasted different from the mutton roasted at home.

"Meow~"

The big white cat shook the tip of its tail, arched the little girl with its big furry head, and soon got two pieces of mutton to eat... When it was full, it curled up next to the little girl to sleep, and even snored.

Xiao Suhe told old Suhe and Uzhina about Wang Yuan's willingness to buy live sheep at a price of 2 yuan a catty, and the two were also very surprised, followed by gratitude.

Wang Yuan could have set the price lower, but now setting the price to 2 yuan per catty can also make the ranch make more money, which is equivalent to the old Su He's family also making more money.

Wang Yuan talked about raising cattle again, and old Su He agreed to raise more cattle after pondering for a while, but in this way, there would be no dividends, and the money earned from selling sheep would be reinvested in the pasture.

"A pasture of a few thousand mu is still too small. Whether it is a cooperative investment or buying with money, it is better to make the pasture bigger.

As long as it does not exceed the capacity of the pasture, you can raise more. If you can’t do the work, you can hire more people. If you are short of money, I can provide some money.

A few hundred thousand is still no problem, as long as the equity does not need to be moved, it will be regarded as my loan to the ranch. "

It was so easy to say several 10 yuan from Wang Yuan's mouth. Xiao Suhe really wanted to ask how much money Wang Yuan had, but felt that it was not a good idea to ask such a thing, so he didn't ask.

The moon is bright and the stars are shining.

After eating and drinking tea for a while, everyone stepped out of the yurt and began to enjoy the night view.

Looking up, the stars in the sky seemed very low, as if they could be touched by reaching out, the little girl stretched out her hands and jumped up: "Stars, so many stars."

"Yeah, it's really beautiful~"

The breeze was blowing gently, and occasionally a cow called from the cowshed——"Moo~"

Uzhina looked at the people chatting kindly, lowered her head and held an iron fork to turn over the cow dung not far away, and picked out the dried cow dung to make morning tea tomorrow morning.

The little girl was curious about everything, and came to Uzhina's side bouncing around, squatting down and watching the latter turn over cow dung: "Grandma Uzhina, why do you want to turn over these shit?"

"I'm going to make tea tomorrow."

Uzhina could barely understand what the little girl said, touched the little girl's braid, and instantly smiled kindly.

Dry cow dung is not very disgusting, it has a lot of crude fiber, and the smell is not too bad.

Wang Yuan also looked over. Looking at the cow dung, he suddenly thought of the beef hot pot, but the beef hot pot that some people eat seems to be cooked with cow dung.

Sudden.

A dung beetle pushing a ball on the ground caught the attention of Gouzi with uneven forehead. He jumped up and down, and Gouzi yelled at the dung beetle.

The attention of Wang Yuan and the others was attracted, and they all looked over in an instant.

Xiao Su laughed together and said, "Lang shell ball...there are many such small things on the grassland. When I was young, I often carried a basket to pick up cow dung. If the cow dung was picked up late, these little things might be emptied."

"Why is it hollowed out?"

"The skin of the cow dung is hardened by the sun. These little things can't dig out the skin, so they dig inside."

After chatting outside for a while, everyone went to sleep. In the middle of the night, Wang Yuan, who was in a daze, was suddenly awakened by the howling of wolves.

"Aw~~~"