Chapter 463: I Don't Know Anything

Liu Lan's eyes lit up. She had work to do and had no time to pick up cicada shells.

But the village has no source of income, so most of the members can only guard the land.

Once this news gets out...

"That's not right. There's no point telling us about this. You have to tell the captain and the others."

Muda thought about it and felt that it made sense.

"Talk to him when you get back."

Yaozi continued, "It's a small amount, so forget it."

This thing doesn't weigh much. Picking up a sack of it doesn't weigh much. It won't make much money and it will waste time.

"How can I trick you?"

Muda smiled and revealed a piece of gossip, "At the beginning of the year, the provincial pharmaceutical factory needs a large amount of cicada shells, in the tens of thousands."

Yi Chichi understood, "A new prescription is here."

She hummed, and Liu Lan said, "If we want to make a new medicine, it's too late to wait for the cicada to molt, right?!"

"Aged cicada shells are also fine."

Does not affect usage.

"Besides, it won't be that fast to gather all the herbs."

The implication is: There is still a chance in Kaoshantun.

Then I really need to vent my anger on the captain and the others in advance.

There are several areas on the hilltop assigned to Kaoshantun Brigade with a large number of cicadas.

Every year when cicadas come out, the cicada shells accumulate in piles, and now they have accumulated to a very considerable thickness.

If the old cicada shells are useful, Kaoshantun can make a fortune this time.

Good.

When they got back and told the news, the captain's eyes lit up and they hurried to find Muda to confirm the authenticity of the news. Then they started to discuss it.

Seeing that they started to talk about business, Yi Chichi and Liu Lan, who felt that they had nothing to do, said goodbye and left, but they didn't expect the captain to suddenly say -

"You can't leave yet."

Yi Chichi, who had already walked to the door, stopped and turned to look over when he heard it. "What's the matter?"

"Do you remember last year when the secretary came to you and said he wanted to make crocheted shoes and hats with tiger heads?"

"Remember."

There was no news about this matter later, and she thought it was completely hopeless.

After all, there is no shortage of clever and skillful people in Jiangnan, and both embroidery and crocheting are one of the birthplaces of these arts.

Suzhou embroidery, one of the four famous embroidery styles, originated there.

Not to mention embroidery with regional characteristics such as Hangzhou embroidery.

Therefore, even if the Friendship Store there is looking for someone to cooperate with, it will only look for locals, not outsiders.

However, now that the captain had brought up the old matter again, she couldn't help but think about it.

"The secretary has reached an agreement with them?"

If this is true, the secretary has made a great contribution.

The captain's mouth twitched. "The deal didn't work out, but we did get another manual job."

"What kind of work?"

"hat!"

"??? What hat?"

"Fur hats of various shapes, made of leather."

Yi Chichi's smile faded, "Where did you get so many skins?"

"There were wolves and wild boars running rampant next door. The armed forces and the militia killed several waves of them. There were also bears, blind tigers and the like."

Wow, they are all protected animals.

"We also hunted quite a few roe deer, as well as local dogs and martens."

Oh my god, if this happened in the future, it would be a very serious punishment.

In which year was the dynamic method released?

She thought about it and found that she couldn't think of it because her native world had never paid attention to news in this area.

Anyway, giant pandas, golden monkeys, and Siberian tigers are not considered national treasures now.

I can't tell them either.

So they could only euphemistically say, "If we hit them too hard, they will become extinct, which is not good for ecological development."

"You're just worrying."

The branch secretary smiled and continued, "Those who live off the mountain know better than you. We don't hunt weeds in the spring or forage in the autumn, unless there's an overly large pack of wolves or wild boars."

Both of these creatures are social beasts. Once winter comes and the mountains are covered with snow, wild boars and wolves, lacking food, will come down the mountain in groups to look for food.

The harm is greater than that of tigers and blind bears.

After all, tigers live alone and occupy a large territory. There may be only one male and one female tiger living on several hills.

It is a typical territorial beast.

Blind bears are hibernating creatures. The possibility of them coming down the mountain to hunt cannot be ruled out, but it is negligible.

So, he added, "Don't worry, this job will definitely be based on wild boar skin and wolf skin. Cow hide and sheep hide can also be used. Then there's rabbit skin. The reproduction speed of this stuff is also quite terrifying."

Now that things have come to this, what else can Yi Chichi say?

No need to say anything.

No one would listen even if I really told them.

So he could only helplessly ask, "What does the secretary want me to do?"

"Make a hat design. If possible, it would be best if the hat has some local characteristics."

Yi Chichi, “…”

It's a good job and also a challenge.

It is easy to make a hat blueprint, but it is a bit difficult to make one with local characteristics.

She has been here for several years, but she still doesn't know what the characteristics of the security side are.

I thought about seeking external help, but he knows nothing.

Yi Chichi was anxious. "No, you natives don't even know what the local characteristics are. How can I find out about them? Can I find them in the county annals?"

This is a good question. The team leader looked at the branch secretary and asked, "Do we still have county annals here?"

The branch secretary looked confused and said, "I don't know."

Mu Da's forehead was filled with black lines. "There are county annals in every place."

As for where to look it up, "If you want to look up the county annals, you'll probably have to go to the county library."

Bao'an County has a library, which was closed before 1970. It was reopened to the public at the end of 1970. Yi Chichi saw it when he went to the county.

I also saw people reading, borrowing books, etc.

But she never went in.

"Do I still have to go to the county?"

"You can also go to the commune and ask the secretary for relevant information."

The captain gave her some advice, but Yi Chi Chi didn't feel happy. Instead, she said with a look of resentment, "Uncle, do I have to take this job?"

The captain grinned and patted her shoulder with his big hand like a palm-leaf fan, with such force that it almost crushed her.

"Uncle, please be gentle."

"Forget you're not under force."

The captain withdrew his hand and said, "It's too late. I know you don't want to take this job because it's too troublesome, but this job really needs you, and the secretary won't agree to your refusal."

In other words, she had to go to the commune or the county.

"Then why didn't you tell me when I went to the commune?"

"I also thought that the secretary would send Xiao Chen to inform us."

Yaozi wondered, "Is Xiao Chen here?"

"He's here. He came after you were gone for over an hour."

Yaozi said "oh" and looked at Yi Chichi, saying insincerely, "There's nothing we can do. If you missed it, you'll have to make another trip."

Yi Chichi agreed and said, "Okay, I'll make a trip, but I definitely can't do it today."

I just came back from the commune and didn’t even enter the house. I ran to the commune again and I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back at night.

"I'll go with you to see the secretary tomorrow."

The child is not in the wrong place, but we cannot let her go to see the secretary alone. If she says something wrong or loses her temper and offends someone, it will be bad for both her and Kaoshantun.

It would be a huge loss if something goes wrong when you can clearly get credit for it.

Yi Chichi didn't know what he was thinking, but she could understand the captain's determination to give her the upper hand.

I felt confident instantly.

"Okay, I'll go again with the captain tomorrow."