With a hundred yuan in his pocket, Chen Changyuan felt very happy.
This was a hundred yuan in the early 1980s!
It is enough to cover the living expenses of an average working-class family for half a year.
He was thinking about how to spend the money, and the first thing he thought of was to improve the food.
After all, I had been trapped in the mountains for so long that my mouth was almost dry.
He went straight to the town's department store, which was the largest shopping mall within dozens of miles.
As soon as he entered the door, a mixture of the smell of vanishing cream, fabrics and various commodities hit him in the face, making Chen Changyuan feel as if he had returned to the past.
He walked straight to the butcher's shop and proudly pointed at the fat and lean pork:
"Comrade, give me five pounds!"
The salesperson glanced at him sideways and asked indifferently, "Where's the meat ticket?"
Chen Changyuan then remembered that you still need meat tickets to buy meat these days.
He touched his nose awkwardly: "Um...I forgot to bring my meat ticket."
The salesperson rolled her eyes and gave me an "I knew it" expression.
Chen Changyuan suddenly had an idea. He took out a wad of change from his pocket, secretly stuffed it into the salesperson's hand, and said in a low voice:
"Comrade, please do me a favor and be flexible."
The salesman calmly put the money into his pocket, then took out a few pieces of fat from under the chopping board, expertly weighed five pounds, wrapped it in oil paper and handed it to Chen Changyuan:
"Remember to bring your ticket next time."
Chen Changyuan chuckled and walked away happily with the meat.
In addition to the pork, he also bought a can of snake oil ointment. It was cold in the winter, and his hands and feet were prone to chapped skin. Applying snake oil ointment could help alleviate the problem.
Finally, he tore off a few feet of thick cotton cloth and prepared to go back and make a new cotton-padded jacket for his mother.
After completing the purchase, Chen Changyuan rushed home without stopping.
The sky gradually darkened and the cold wind howled. He wrapped his old cotton jacket tightly around him, but his heart was warm.
"Mom! I'm back!"
When he reached the door of his house, Chen Changyuan shouted at the top of his voice.
The room was silent, no response.
"Mom?" Chen Changyuan shouted again, pushed open the half-open courtyard door and walked in.
In the dim main room, a thin figure was sitting by the fire, silently wiping away tears.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Changyuan's heart tightened and he hurried forward to ask.
Fang Suxia raised her head and saw her son standing in front of her. She was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears.
"Changyuan! My son! You...you are still alive!"
Fang Suxia hugged Chen Changyuan and cried like a tearful person.
Only then did Chen Changyuan realize that his mother thought he had died in the mountains!
He felt a pang of sadness in his heart, patted his mother's back gently, and comforted her:
"Mom, I'm fine. I'm back safe and sound, right?"
"You...you didn't come back all night, I...I thought you..."
Fang Suxia burst into tears and spoke incoherently.
It turned out that Chen Changyuan had gone into the mountains yesterday and had not returned all night.
Fang Suxia was worried that her son had an accident, so she asked Lao Yuantou, a hunter from the same village, to go into the mountains to look for him early in the morning.
Lao Yuantou wandered around in the mountains for a whole day but couldn't find any trace of Chen Changyuan. He only picked up a pair of broken straw sandals stained with blood.
When Fang Suxia saw the straw sandals, she felt as if the sky had fallen and cried bitterly, believing that her son had been killed by a wild beast and his body was completely destroyed.
Now, seeing her son standing in front of her alive, Fang Suxia was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy. She was so mentally stimulated that her eyes went dark and she fainted.
"Mom! Mom!" Chen Changyuan was shocked and quickly picked up his mother and put her on the bed.
Chen Changyuan carried Fang Suxia to the kang, which was warm and hot to the touch.
He quickly went to the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, took out an egg from the cupboard, and carefully cracked it into a bowl.
He boiled the eggs and added a spoonful of sugar - this sugar was left over from the Chinese New Year. Fang Suxia usually didn't want to eat it and kept it for entertaining guests.
"Mom, drink some sugar water to warm your body." Chen Changyuan handed the bowl to Fang Suxia's mouth.
Fang Suxia slowly opened her eyes and saw her son's concerned eyes, and her heart felt warm.
She took the bowl and drank it in small sips. The sweet syrup flowed down her throat into her stomach, dispelling the coldness in her body.
While watching his mother drink the sugar water, Chen Changyuan took out the things he bought today from his bag.
Thick cotton with a light fabric scent.
A jar of snake oil ointment gleamed in the dim light.
And the five pounds of pork with fat and lean meat made Fang Suxia's eyes widen.
"Changyuan, you...where did you get all these things?"
Fang Suxia asked in surprise, her voice still a little weak.
"hey-hey,"
Chen Changyuan scratched his head and said, "Mom, I was lucky today in the mountains. I killed a civet cat and sold it for a lot of money."
Of course he couldn't tell me that he was reborn, so he could only make up a lie to get away with it.
Civets are a rare species these days, so it's a reasonable excuse to sell them for a good price.
Fang Suxia frowned distressedly when she heard this:
"Silly boy, hunting is so dangerous! What if..."
She didn't dare to say anything more. Thinking of the broken straw sandals stained with blood, she felt scared again.
"Mom, it's okay. I'm back safe and sound, right?"
Chen Changyuan smiled and consoled him, "From now on, I'll go hunting in the mountains every day. I promise to keep you well fed and well fed!"
As he spoke, he took out two iron boxes from his bag, one containing malted milk and the other containing milk powder.
These two things are luxury goods in this era, and most people can't afford to buy them.
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