Chapter 402 A Village Deep in the Mountains
When he got up the next day, Lin Heng began to prepare things for hunting.
This hunting is expected to take about a month, so everything must be fully prepared, whether it is equipment or food and drink.
Lin Heng started to clean up after breakfast. Xiulan looked at him and said, "Aren't you going to bring rice noodles this time?"
"No need to bring them. You can make me some buns to take with me. Just eat on the way, and I'll buy some from the villagers when we get there. There's no need to carry a lot of food all the way," Lin Heng explained, looking at his wife.
"That's okay." Xiulan nodded and went to make steamed buns.
Lin Heng packed up his things and went to Hongfeng Mountain to take a look. The concrete road has been laid from the top of the mountain to the second platform, and concrete is now being laid on the second platform.
Father Lin strictly followed what he said before, and the concrete was laid very well.
It was late autumn now, and a thick layer of leaves had fallen on the mountains. He liked walking in the late autumn forest.
Lin Heng looked at the painted cabin, walked around and then went down the mountain.
When he came down, he went to the forest musk deer enclosure to have a look. The forest musk deer were not in heat yet, and it would take some time to get the musk deer.
"Lin Heng, your red maple mountain is becoming more and more beautiful."
Lin Heng had just finished watching the Lin Shek Circle when he heard someone shouting from behind.
When he turned around, he saw that it was his uncle Li Baiquan. He also had a dog with him, and he was being bullied by Laifu Fengshou who was raising him here.
Lin Heng replied with a smile: "Fortunately, uncle, how are your astragalus and ginseng plantings going this year?"
"I did it as you said. The germination rate is not bad, but we have been hit by wild boars recently."
Li Baiquan said something, then came over and said with a smile, "I heard that you are going to Changping for hunting, right? Take me with you. I'm not good at hunting, but I can I’ll help you look at things.”
“Yes, but I said yes, hunting is based on merit, not equal shares.”
Lin Heng looked at his uncle and said, people. They were all here, and he couldn't just drive them away.
"I know, don't worry." Li Baiquan said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded and took his uncle into the house to drink tea.
At noon, his three uncles also came down with shotguns.
They will stay at Lin Heng's old house today and leave for Changping County early tomorrow morning.
Because they had discussed it before, they didn’t take any food, but just various hunting tools.
Mother Lin cooked a meal at Hongfeng Mountain, and everyone had a drink.
Lin Heng didn't go anywhere in the afternoon and stayed at home with Xiulan Xiaoxia.
“Try it and see how it tastes.”
Xiulan came over with the finished bun and handed it to Lin Heng.
There are two kinds of steamed buns, one is the steamed bun that looks like a pot helmet, it tastes lightly salty, very dry, and can be kept for a week.
There is also a round cake with a diameter of ten centimeters, with ground sesame inside, which tastes very rich.
After tasting it, Lin Heng nodded and said: "It's delicious. A little potato shreds or something like that will make you swallow your tongue. It's just that the quantity is too much."
"There are many of you, so you can't be alone." Eat while others watch." Xiulan said and put it in a plastic bag for Lin Heng.
"Thank you, wife." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan shook her head and said, "Just remember to pay attention to safety when hunting. I heard that there are wolves in Changping, and they are all in packs, which are very dangerous."
"Direction, I You must put your own life first." Lin Heng nodded.
Then he told Xiulan to pay attention to safety. They were hunting openly this time and asked her to pay attention to bad guys.
Then Lin Heng coaxed his daughter again, and a group of them had dinner at the eldest brother's house in the evening.
After returning, Lin Heng talked to Xiulan again on the bed.
After breakfast the next morning, the five people gathered their things and got into the car. This time they brought two dogs, Xiongba and Fengsheng.
It’s not that I don’t want to take it with me anymore, it’s just that I can’t fit it in the car.
But fortunately, Uncle Gao didn't want to go this time, so he could barely pull it with a three-wheeler.
"Uncle, please show me the way. I don't know exactly how to go."
While driving, Lin Heng said that his uncle had hunted there, and there was another Relative, this time it was mainly him who led the way.
Lin Heng himself has never been to Changping County several times, and he doesn’t know which area there has more prey.
"Don't worry, I will tell you if you encounter a fork in the road." Lu Honghai nodded.
Li Baiquan smiled and said: "I also know. I have been to Changping once. I walked there a few years ago. There are indeed a lot of prey there, and there are many people selling prey."
"That's OK, just I'm afraid there will be no prey," Lin Heng said with a smile.
While chatting, I hurried on. I didn’t want to go into the mountains today. I’ll go to Changping County first. It’s quite far there, and I have to walk sixty or seventy kilometers.
At noon, they arrived in Changping County, but they were still far away from their destination.
We found a river, and we stopped to eat something and refresh our stomachs. This time everyone came out with steamed buns, and their mouths couldn’t be occupied while eating.
Women like to gossip when they get together, while men like to brag when they get together. They talk about all over the world, including ancient history and national affairs.
Lin Yue patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and said: "Brother, I see you have a lot of yellow rubber shoes in the truck compartment. Are you planning to sell them?"
Lin Heng nodded and said: "Yes, these things are quite valuable in the mountains. I also brought soap, cooling oil, and cracked oil to exchange for some things."
The further we go to the northwest, the more The poorer and more desolate the country is, the roads in many places and towns are inaccessible, let alone some villages.
People in those places have never been to the county town, let alone the city, so you can exchange these things for a lot of good goods in the mountains.
Just like their Hongfeng Village, the village party secretary was enlightened and mobilized the whole village to build a mountain road that could be opened to traffic.
Next to her, Lu Honghai gave a thumbs up: "You are worthy of becoming a household with ten thousand yuan, you are very flexible."
"That's right, we haven't fought yet. When you arrive, you will make a lot of money first." Li Baiquan also admired it.
Lin Yue also sighed and said: "You are really smart, you can see ways to make money everywhere."
Before he came, he had been thinking about hunting to make money, and completely forgot to return the money. There is such a way to make money.
"Everyone, please stop praising me. I've seen people do this before, so I followed suit." Lin Heng said with a smile and waved his hand.
In fact, if he hadn't been reluctant to be separated from his family now, he could have made a lot of money by going to the coast to bring goods to the mainland.
After saying a few words, everyone set off again after finishing their food.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the group of them drove nearly 70 kilometers and arrived at Xiaozhuo Township in the far west of Changping County.
It is said to be a township, but it looks similar to a village. It is extremely backward and the road to get here is also very bad.
"You have to take a small road to Liba Village next, and your car can only be stored at the post office." Lu Honghai pointed to a small road and said.
The dirt roads leading to the countryside here are very shabby, and the roads leading to the villages are all small roads. "Well, I can only find a post office to store it for a while." Lin Heng nodded. The post office is a trustworthy place.
Finding the post office in the countryside, Lin Heng stored the car.
Then I exchanged my food stamps and went to the food station to buy some rice and noodles to eat in the mountains.
After everything was done, they followed the path into the mountains. Although they were less than a hundred kilometers apart, the mountains here were already different from those in Huangtan Town.
There are mostly mountain shrubs here, with fewer tall trees, and the temperature is much colder. Fortunately, they wore thicker clothes and were prepared in advance.
“Going further west, we’ll reach Gansu, right?” Lin Yue asked while walking.
Lu Honghai nodded: "Yes, Liba Village is on the edge of Gansu. After Liba Village, it is in Gansu."
Li Baiquan said: "This hunting is probably only I can get some leather and stuff back, but the mountain road is too far.”
"It's okay, I have the strength, I'll carry it." Lin Heng's third uncle, Lu Honggang, who had been silent, said.
"Let's think about whether we can hit it first." Lin Heng said with a smile.
While talking, we walked about seven or eight kilometers and arrived at a small mountain village. Although this village is located beside a creek, there are steep mountains on both sides, with a slope of sixty or seventy degrees.
The hillside is filled with terraces cultivated by villagers, and there are some houses in the mountains.
“This is really more remote than Hongfeng Mountain.” Lin Yue said.
"Definitely, otherwise there wouldn't be many prey." Lu Honghai nodded.
After entering the village, many people looked at them strangely and seemed a little wary. It was obvious that they were all outsiders.
After a while, under the leadership of Lu Honghai, they arrived in front of an earthen house, and immediately the sound of dogs barking was heard in the house.
"Is my cousin in the house?"
Lu Honghai called out. The old man in this family was his cousin, and they were related by blood.
The first person to come out was a man and a woman. The man looked at Lu Honghai and was stunned for a moment before recognizing him: "It's cousins Honghai and Honggang. Come in quickly, everyone."
Although not He knew why his two cousins brought so many people, but this man still invited people into the house.
"We are here to hunt. Let's take a look at you and my cousin."
Lu Honghai took out a bag of sugar, three kilograms of twists and three kilograms of biscuits and placed them on the table. said above.
After being polite, the owner naturally accepted the things, and his attitude became much more enthusiastic, especially when he learned that Lin Heng and his group would not live in his house.
"Hunting, you came at the right time. We have a lot of prey here. A few days ago, some people were herding cattle and saw black bears. You can hear the barking of muntjacs every night." The middle-aged man said with a smile.
The woman next to the man also smiled and said: "You guys stay here for one night, and let Guan Cheng show you the way tomorrow morning. If you want to hunt, it's best to go further in. There are still more than ten kilometers to go. There is another village that we can’t catch today.”
Lu Guancheng nodded: “That’s right, I’ll stay one night while my dad goes to herd cattle and will be back soon.”
After some understanding, everyone understood that they could only rest here today.
After putting the things down, Lin Heng asked his eldest brother to go to the village to sell the things he had brought.
Before entering the mountain, he had already inquired about the prices of these things in Xiaozhuo Township. They were more than twice as expensive as in the city. A pair of yellow rubber shoes cost ten yuan, and a box of cooling oil cost four yuan.
This is the inconvenience of transportation in this era. People living in the mountains have no idea of the actual prices of industrial products. They are already poor and become even poorer after this.
And the seller’s attitude is whether you want to buy it or not, because the seller knows that you have no other choice and is just going to rip you off.
Lin Heng set up a stall in the center of the village and offered a lower price than in the countryside. Soon, people gathered around to check.
But most people are just watching, and very few people can afford it.
In this era, most of us in the mountains wore home-made mille-feuille soles or straw sandals. Yellow rubber shoes were rare items and could only be afforded by rich families in the village.
"If you don't want shoes, you can try cracking oil. This thing can prevent cracks on your hands. It doesn't cost money. You can also replace them with herbs or something."
Lin Heng said again. , and also opened a bottle and applied it to some people with cracks on their hands to let them feel the effect.
People who work in winter are most likely to have cracks on their hands. The cracks will hurt terribly when they touch water. At this time, crack oil is very necessary. Applying crack oil can treat and prevent it.
“I have one tael of Ganoderma lucidum here, can I exchange it for another bottle?” Someone asked after bringing over two taels of dried Ganoderma lucidum.
"Of course, you can exchange it for two bottles." Lin Heng said with a smile. The purchase price of Ganoderma lucidum here in Xiaozhuo Township is thirty yuan per catty, and one tael is three yuan.
A bottle of Xiaozhuoxiang cracked oil costs two yuan, but he sells a bottle for one yuan and five yuan.
"Thank you." Lin Heng was so childlike and innocent. The woman who bought the cracked oil was immediately in a good mood, and the villagers nearby also had a favorable impression of her.
“I have half a catty of anemone, and I would like to exchange it for some crackle oil.” Soon another woman came with something.
"Okay, you can find three sugar cubes." Lin Heng said with a smile.
This time he brought fifty bottles of cooling oil, a hundred bottles of cracked oil, and some candies.
“Can one ounce of cordyceps be exchanged for two pieces of crack oil?” Soon, an old man asked about the cordyceps.
“Let me take a look.”
Lin Heng was surprised that he came across a good thing so quickly. He took it over and saw that it was indeed Cordyceps Sinensis. This thing was sold in the city for seventy years. It costs 1 yuan per catty, and the villagers charge thirty-five yuan per catty.
But this is also a type of Chinese herbal medicine that has skyrocketed in price. It has become more expensive year by year since 1987.
In the 1990s, there were some people who specialized in buying cordyceps in southern Gansu and then selling them along the coast. They made tens of thousands of yuan every time and became small business owners in a few years.
"They are all picked up from the mountains. If it doesn't work, forget it." The old man saw that Lin Heng was silent and said.
“Yes, one or two cordyceps can be exchanged for three bottles.” Hai An nodded.
According to Xiaozhuoxiang’s price, one or two cordyceps for 3.5 yuan cannot be exchanged for three bottles of crack oil, but Lin Heng is willing to suffer this loss.
One or two cordyceps can be exchanged for three bottles of cracked oil for 3.5 yuan. Some other people who have cordyceps at home have turned around and gone back.
They all know that the price of Cordyceps must have been lowered by the buyers in the township, but there is no way. It is too far to go to the county seat and they do not have the time.
Now that Lin Heng can take advantage, they are willing to change.
"I have two liang, I will exchange two pieces of crack oil."
"I have some too!"
"They are both, I still have crack oil here. "You can say with a smile.
After a while, he actually collected a full pound of Cordyceps sinensis, and all he paid was some cracker oil, which cost only 40 cents a piece per mile.
This is mainly because the season for digging Cordyceps has passed, otherwise you can exchange for more.
Whether you sell these Cordyceps or keep them for yourself to eat, you will definitely not lose money.
However, it is not a loss for the villagers. Normally, they would not be able to buy so many things if they were sold in the countryside.
“Can I exchange two silver dollars for a pair of shoes?” Lin Heng was happy when another old man came over and took out two silver dollars.
(End of this chapter)