Chapter 217 Supplies
Compared with the yamen who go to the yamen to hang out with Ye Xiaojun and others, Yue Feng prefers Wang Hu who has connections in the family but goes out to do things on his own.
Why do you have this idea? It’s actually very simple. Because Yue Feng’s experience as a human being in his two lives knows that it is difficult for the so-called second generation who has never really seen the bottom of society and a small character like Yue Feng to talk to others. dealing with.
What does Yue Feng have? It's nothing more than a little experience in an extremely vertical professional field, what about others? People have massive resources bestowed by time and ancestors, but this relationship is not equitable at all. If he wants to use them, Yue Feng almost has to trade for them with his own dignity.
But Wang Hu is different. Although Wang Hu has connections at home, he can get up early in the morning and go to the ghost market to sell food stamps. This shows that he knows a lot about the lives of the people at the bottom, and his own attitude and Lifestyle habits and style are more down-to-earth.
The second generation who grew up in this kind of background can still strive to make friends, so Yue Feng agreed to help him go to the mountains to help him hunt deer and make wine.
According to Yue Feng’s original plan when he promised Wang Hu, he would take his brothers and hunting dogs to the full-logging and selective-logging areas of the forest farm for a few days in the two or three days before and after the winter solstice.
The situation of deer in the mountains and forests is actually not what many people imagine.
As the old saying goes, a deer has a thousand years of life and is worried at every step.
Species in this category, whether they are sika deer or red deer, are actually relatively cautious in nature. Except for the annual estrus period, which may be relatively violent, most of the time, they try their best to Away from human activities.
Under this objective situation, it is a bit difficult to go to the forest to specifically hunt deer. They will run away at the slightest disturbance, and they are not as easy to hunt as wild boars and roe deer.
It’s different now. Yue Feng and Uncle Zhao have been friends for years. With the uncle’s knowledge of the surrounding mountains and forests, it’s definitely not difficult to hunt down a deer in three days.
After making up his mind, Yue Feng got busy. Yue Feng deliberately gathered all the bills at home, and then rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Some people were confused when they saw this. Didn’t they agree to go deer hunting? Why did they go to the supply and marketing cooperative? What’s the connection?
There is a connection, and in Yue Feng's eyes, these things are very important.
Although Uncle Zhao was carefree and didn't care much about material things, Yue Feng, who had slept in his cellar one night, knew that the old man's life in the mountains was not that easy.
Not to mention other things, I don’t go down the mountain often. The old man’s place is very poor in all kinds of necessary daily necessities for daily life. He doesn’t even have soy sauce and vinegar. He cooks by himself all year round and almost only relies on food. Live with a little animal fat and salt.
There are also many other things missing, such as pots and pans that can be used by several people, such as the high-altitude white wine I brought to the old man last time, and tobacco leaves, tea leaves...
Last time, Uncle Zhao took Yue Feng and the others to kill bears and teach them the craft. In the end, they didn’t even ask for the priceless copper gall bladders. This was a large amount of money that was enough to make many people think wrongly.
Although the bear bile was still drying in the warehouse after being dipped in water and could not be cashed in, the money Yue Feng earned from delivering goods every now and then was enough for daily use.
Before Yue Feng went up the mountain to Dalu this time, he had to help Uncle Zhao purchase a wave of daily necessities in a serious way, so that the old man could live on his own in the mountain, at least with a certain quality of life.
In addition to all kinds of trivial supplies, Yue Feng also got a reminder from the semiconductor radio that his father listened to, and bought a radio for Uncle Zhao. Although some bands may not be received, But there is always a band channel that can be listened to, so that Uncle Zhao can understand the outside information when he is not busy.
It’s easier to get bills for other things, but for the semiconductor radio, you have to go to Wang Hu.
Yue Feng had already been to Wang Hu’s house. He went there again and was familiar with the road. He bought another ticket at the same price as last time. The ticket was still Chunlei 805 produced by Shanghai No. 3 Factory.
Dad is now very handy with this radio, and it also has a side antenna. When the signal is a little bit weak, he can fiddle with the antenna and receive a few more stations in different bands.
Yue Feng spent almost the whole morning shopping in the city.
Soy sauce, vinegar, white wine, sugar, fine salt, steel pot, white flour, corn stubble, nails, iron wire, semiconductor radio, AA dry batteries that can be used for at least half a year, etc.
As long as Yue Feng feels that the old man lacks something to live his life, as long as he has enough tickets, Yue Feng will buy some. Daily items such as soy sauce and vinegar that are commonly used are packed in twenty-pound barrels. , it will definitely not be used up in a short time.
When Yue Feng sorted the purchased materials into snakeskin bags or wicker baskets, there were two full wicker baskets on the back seat of the bicycle, and two additional large urea bags were bundled .
With so many things, the ticket and purchase price of the semiconductor radio are more expensive. After the purchase was completed, the total cost was less than two hundred yuan, which was even one-fifth of the value of the copper tube. Not yet.
Thanks to the sturdy frame of the weighted bicycle, Yue Feng was able to carry all the supplies back to his home fairly safely.
After lunch, Xiao Tao Xiaowen and others went up to the mountains to watch eagles and came back early.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Yue Feng rode his bicycle to deliver the game supplies caught that day to the second canteen, and then came back to meet with his friends at home.
This time when I went to the mountain to hunt deer, Yue Feng went to find Uncle Zhao. He still wanted to spend the night in Uncle Zhao's cellar. He would set off in the afternoon. When he got to the mountain, he would sleep at night and get down to business the next day. If everything goes well. , I should be able to come back before the afternoon or evening. Even if I can't come back, I can still come back after one more night, until the winter solstice.
While Yue Feng was going to deliver the goods, his friends at home had already sorted out the supplies Yue Feng had purchased.
Two detachable boar-skin sledges and two of the earliest fixed-version sledges were lined up in the yard. The materials purchased by Yue Feng were distributed to the four sledges in a relatively balanced manner according to weight, volume and other conditions. After a brief inspection, Yue Feng said goodbye to his parents and relatives, and then he and the three members of his team left the village with two 56-and-a-half shots, a large number of bullets, four hunting dogs, and a big black hawk, pulling a sledge.
We have already gone back and forth last time, so everyone is familiar with the way up the mountain today.
Go up the mountain along the back mountain path, climb over several mountain ridges and then go up Chaiji Road. Then follow Chaiji Road to Forest Area No. 30. From Forest Area No. 30, turn a few more ridges and arrive at Woniu Mountain. , which is the location of Uncle Zhao’s cellar.
Setting out at 1:40 in the afternoon, the group barely stopped midway. By the time they arrived at Shanliangzi in front of Uncle Zhao's house, it was already five o'clock.
From a distance, Uncle Zhao heard the sound of dogs barking in the forest.
Heavy snow has sealed the mountains. The old man has gone out in the past few days. Most of the time, he spends most of his time at home with his cat, or taking his red dog out for a walk in the surrounding woods.
After hearing the news from the Yuefeng Dog Gang, Uncle Zhao came out wearing a fox fur hat and a bare sheepskin jacket.
"Uncle!!" Yue Feng greeted from a distance of dozens of meters away.
"Hey! Xiaofeng, it's you! At that moment I heard a dog barking in the woods! What are you doing? Why did you drag so many things!"
Yue Feng grinned: "Hey, I came up the mountain to ask for your help, and I just happened to bring some useful supplies with me! Didn't you let the red dog loose at home? I brought four dogs up the mountain this time. Don't start fighting with me if you come up. . ”
“It’s cold in the mountains now, and the red dog is kept in his den if he doesn’t go out for a walk. Don’t worry! Are you bringing all these supplies for me?”
“ Well, there aren’t any rare things, they’re all things you need to live your life!”
“Come on, come home with me to warm yourself up, you kids, I have everything, so waste your money! What!”
“Hey, okay!”
Soon, Uncle Zhao took Yue Feng back to Dixiangzi.
In the small yard surrounded by branches outside the cellar, all the snow has been swept away by Uncle Zhao. There is basically no change from the last time he came back.
Four sledges were placed side by side in the yard. Yue Feng glanced at them, and the four brothers began to untie the ropes and move various materials down one by one.
The old man looked at more and more various supplies, and after a while, his eyes became moist.
He is an old coward. Except for a few friends in his youth, he seems to be completely out of touch with the society. The young guys Yue Feng brought aside, apart from the friendship with the elders, We only met him once, but he always thought of himself.
Looking at the things unloaded from the sledge, there were grains, seasonings, tobacco leaves, and even a small packet of commonly used medicines that Yue Feng went to Wang Datou to prescribe.
"Hey! Uncle, don't stand still, move it into the house! Place it wherever you think it is suitable!" Yue Feng reminded with a smile.
"Hey! Okay! I'll put it away!"
Yue Feng and his brothers helped, and it took more than ten minutes to move all the supplies they brought into the cellar.
With these things, the atmosphere of life in the underground cellar finally seems a little normal, and it is no longer as difficult as when I came back last time.
"You guys stay warm in the house, and I'll boil water for you. Now that we have all kinds of seasonings, I'll stew wild boar for you!"
"Okay!! I also brought you something good, I’m going to play around with it first and see how many stations can be accommodated on the mountain!”
As he spoke, Yue Feng took out an object with a packaging box from the bottom of the snakeskin bag.
Unpacking it, Uncle Zhao saw clearly that in addition to various things for eating and drinking, Yue Feng actually brought him a new semiconductor antenna radio.
"This...the tickets for this thing are so in short supply, why did you buy it!"
"Hey, my friend has connections at home, and he helped me do it! You usually get bored when you are alone in the mountains! Listening to the radio can at least relieve your boredom!"
Yue Feng said, At the same time, he took out the brand-new AA battery, opened the back cover of the radio, inserted the battery and turned it on, then opened the antenna and skillfully searched for radio stations.
(End of this chapter)