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

Chapter 8 Driving to the county seat

After comforting and persuading their parents, the three of them packed up the things on the kang together. Looking at so many valuable and good things, Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan did not smile at all!
It wasn't until Wang An opened the two wooden boxes that Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan showed very surprised expressions!

In the Northeast, although sticks are rare, you can still see them, but one as big as this and in such perfect condition may not be seen in one's lifetime!
Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan were a little overwhelmed holding the wooden box, holding it tightly as if they were afraid of accidentally breaking it!

Although they are just ordinary farmers, they also understand the value of the contents of these two wooden boxes! Each one is more valuable than that golden pimple!

Wang An thought for a moment and asked, "Mom and dad, this thing doesn't seem to be easy to store. It's easy to break! Should we sell it now or later?"

After Wang An asked, his parents looked at him in surprise, which made Wang An confused and scratched his head.

At this time, Liu Guilan spoke: "Your great-grandfather was the ginseng digger at the beginning! Hey! What ginseng? In fact, he is a slave! I would say Chairman Mao is better! Otherwise, our family will still be slaves now."

Liu Guilan talked a lot, and the general meaning was that although Wang An's great-grandfather was not the leader of the Shen Gang, he was still a member of the Shen Gang, and he could also find, dig, and save mallets!
But the secret of finding and digging is passed down from male to female. Only keeping this kind of odd job can only be done by individuals.

"Then, mother, I'll leave these two boxes to you. We won't sell them. You can take care of them." In fact, Wang An didn't want to sell such life-saving things that were rare to find.

In the end, it was decided that except for the two mallets, the guns, furs, and bear bile were all sold, as well as the live roe deer, the larger dead roe deer, and a pheasant.

In the end, the three members of the family started skinning the roe deer, jumping cat and fox together. The roe deer meat was cut into roughly sized pieces, each piece weighing 2 kilograms.

The roe deer weighing more than fifty kilograms produced almost twenty-six or seven kilograms of meat!
Scrape off the grease on the leather and prop it up with a wooden frame, so you can get another income when it dries!
In the evening, Liu Guilan stewed jumping cats and a pheasant, and the family had another delicious meal! The two little girls are even more beautiful and smiling!

The next day, because there were too many things and live animals, the forest farm train was not allowed to ride, because the forest farm train is originally a commuter car for forest farm workers and is for internal use!

It's just that this little train passes through Kaoshantun, and the villagers don't always go out, so it's okay to take it occasionally! Moreover, the ticket price is only 2 cents per person, but even for these 2 cents, many villagers are reluctant to part with it and choose to walk the more than 30 miles with their legs!
Wang An bought three boxes of cigarettes for 3 cents, two boxes of Changbaishan for 3 cents, and a box of grapes for cents! When I arrived at the brigade headquarters (called the village committee after allocating fields to households), Niu Yiqun, the brigade secretary, happened to be at the brigade headquarters.

The brigade headquarters consisted of two mud houses that were much larger than normal homes, a kitchen, and a large office. There was a coal stove in the office, and tables around the stove.

Niu Yiqun is a demobilized soldier with an upright character, but he is not pedantic in his work. He has great prestige in the village and is the head of the village.

"Hello, Uncle Niu! What are you busy with, Uncle Niu?" Wang An asked with a smile as soon as he walked in.

The group of cows raised their heads and rolled their eyes at Wang An, but ignored him! Keep writing something!
Wang An came forward with a smile, opened a box of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and stuffed it into Niu Yizu's mouth, and threw the opened box of cigarettes next to Niu Yizu's arm!
He took out a match and struck it, lit the cigarette for Niu Yiqun, and said flatteringly: "Come on, uncle, smoke, talk after you finish smoking! Hehehehe" Niu Yiqun put down his pen, took a deep breath of cigarette, and casually took the cigarette out of his mouth. Take it off and blow out the smoke! Then he said with a straight face: "What kind of monster are you trying to do, little brat?"

Wang An replied with a smile: "I shot two roe deer yesterday. I am thinking of going to the county today to exchange for some oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and then cut a few feet of cloth to make some cotton trousers for the three children!"

The cows were stunned when they heard this, this was all serious business! He looked at Wang An carefully and thought to himself: "How come this guy has changed his gender? Has he changed for the better?"

Wang An grew up watching Niu Yiqun. Niu Yiqun knew the nature of each of the children in the village very well. He knew who was good and who was bad!
And Wang An is the example of being naughty and not doing his job properly!

I don’t want to do farm work, and I was kicked back from school just to study! Anyway, in the hearts of Niu Yiqun, Wang An is that kind of bad boy!
Wang An is also self-aware and rarely goes to these village cadres to get along with them. If it weren't for the purpose of borrowing a mule cart this time, he really wouldn't have come!

Niu Yiqun asked, "What do you mean by telling me about this?"

"We don't have a car! Xunsi and I will discuss it with you and borrow the team's mule cart for a day!" Wang An still said with a smile.

"Ah! Then, go to the livestock shed to hook up the cart and tell Wu Laizi what I said." Niu Yimin heard that it was serious business and agreed happily.

"Okay, thank you, uncle. Now you are busy, I'll leave first." Wang An turned around and was about to leave.
The herd of cattle shouted "Smoke is falling."

Wang An didn't look back: "That's to honor the uncle."

"This brat has learned this trick!" Niu Yiqun grinned, shook his head, and continued writing something.

Wu Laizi is an old widower with a lame leg. He is over 50 years old. No one in the village has discussed what exactly happened! Everyone only knows that he is the person who raises large animals (horses, cows, mules, donkeys), and no one cares about the rest, and has no sense of existence, just like a transparent person!
Wang An came to the livestock shed and saw Wu Laizi collecting fodder. He shouted with a smile: "Uncle Wu, are you busy? Let me see you!"

Wu Laizi put down his work and agreed with a smile.

Wang An took out the grape cigarettes from his pocket and lit them for Wu Laizi, explained his purpose of coming, exchanged some pleasantries, and gave Wu Laizi all the freshly opened grape cigarettes!
Wu Laizi was very happy. He picked a mule himself and helped Wang An get into the car. He said to Wang An: "This mule is honest, energetic, can run fast, and can also walk on the underworld (night road)!"

Wang An smiled and thanked: "Thank you very much, Uncle Wu. I may be late when I come back, so Uncle Wu will have to take care of it!"

Wu Laizi laughed and said it was okay! Seeing that Wang An was about to leave, he took another half bag of fodder and threw it on the car, telling Wang An to feed the mule when he didn't need it!
Wang Anxin thought that this box of cigarettes was really not for nothing, otherwise he would have to prepare the forage himself! Animals that run long distances or do heavy work need to eat more forage, just like people who do physical work need to eat more!
After driving the mule cart home, he started to load the goods. After loading the goods to be sold, Wang An used a sack to wrap up the 56 half filled with bullets and take it with him. Yesterday's experience made Wang An have to be careful!
After leaving home, Wang An drove the mule cart (mules are the product of horses and donkeys. They have good endurance and strength, but their only shortcoming is that they cannot have children). They trotted all the way to the county town, blowing the cold wind that chilled their hearts.
There is a small market in the corner of the county. Although the self-employed business has not yet spread here, the county has turned a blind eye to the sale of agricultural and sideline products in recent years!
(End of this chapter)