Chapter 88 A trip up the mountain yielded a lot
When they evacuated last night, they set several traps using the wolf carcasses.
Everyone perked up, picked up their tools, packed up their belongings and headed to the place where they had slaughtered the wolves last night.
The four traps each yielded different results. In addition to the tiger, a silly roe deer was also caught...
Cao Biao looked at the dying roe deer and asked in confusion: "How could a roe deer fall into the trap? Was it also attracted by the smell of blood?"
Li Hongjun smiled and shook his head: "I guess he was chased by a tiger..."
Cao Biao smiled and everyone started to pack up the spoils.
"We don't need to go anywhere today. We can just stay here and wait for the prey to take the bait..."
Everyone agreed with Zhou Yong's suggestion, as the smell of blood could attract a large number of carnivores.
After re-setting the trap, everyone evacuated the area and found a place to eat breakfast. Then everyone dispersed to look for valuable medicinal herbs.
Li Caiyun was very lucky today. She picked up a pair of deer antlers while wandering around and also came across a Ganoderma lucidum nest.
She was lucky, and the others were not bad either, and they all reaped great rewards.
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Over the next two days, they advanced another fifty miles and then began horizontal work.
The group stayed in the mountains for five days, and then they returned with their spoils.
It took them two and a half days to get down the mountain, mainly because there were too many items and none of them looked human anymore...
Li Caiyun returned home with some mushrooms and wild vegetables. The moment Zhang Guifang saw her daughter, her heart finally settled down.
"Girl, you're finally back. If you hadn't come back, I would have gone up the mountain to look for you..."
Ever since Li Caiyun went up the mountain, Zhang Guifang has been unable to sleep or eat well at home.
Li Caiyun smiled, comforted her mother, and let Zhang Guifang see her spoils.
Zhang Guifang looked at the mountain products such as mushrooms and ferns in the bag without much reaction, after all, these things were very common.
When she took out a few little people from the backpack to add to the Ganoderma lucidum, Zhang Guifang became nervous.
"Did you pick all these from the mountain?"
Li Caiyun nodded and continued to take things out of the backpack.
Zhang Guifang frowned as she looked at them: "Caiyun, didn't you bring five cloth bags? How come there is only one bag left?"
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "Mom, the bags are all on the mountain!"
Zhang Guifang looked puzzled: "Why leave the bag in the mountains if you don't bring it back?"
Li Caiyun told Zhang Guifang the reason with a smile, and she was stunned for a long time after hearing it.
"mom?"
Seeing that her mother didn't even blink, Li Caiyun couldn't help but wave her hand in front of Zhang Guifang.
Zhang Guifang came back to her senses and her face turned red with excitement: "Caiyun, are you telling the truth?"
Li Caiyun nodded: "Mom, of course it's true."
She and Zhou Yong hid the good-quality Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng and deer antlers. On the one hand, it was to avoid being talked about, and on the other hand Zhou Yong also didn't want to cause trouble.
They would quietly take the things back and then sell them quietly, making a fortune in silence. How great it is.
If the news spread in the village, even if Cao Biao and his group testified, they would not be able to stop people from talking about it.
Zhang Guifang nodded continuously: "Is the place where you hid the things safe? Will it be discovered by others?"
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "Mom, Zhou Yong hid the things in the tree. Don't worry, no one will find them..."
Zhang Guifang nodded and talked to Li Caiyun while hanging the mountain products out to dry.
After finishing these things, Li Caiyun washed her hair and changed her clothes, and Zhang Guifang began to prepare dinner.
Zhou Yong and Li Baotian didn't come back until six o'clock. After dinner, the father-in-law and son-in-law went up the mountain without stopping.
They seldom rested on the road, traveling day and night, and it took them a whole day to go back and forth.
It was already nine o'clock when they got home. Zhang Guifang's breathing slowed down as she looked at the bags of Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng and deer antlers.
"Dad, if you sell all these things, you'll get thousands of dollars, right?"
Li Baotian shook his head: "More than a thousand dollars?"
Two big pots of Ganoderma lucidum, each costs at least five or six hundred yuan, not to mention there are also deer antler ginseng!
Li Baotian conservatively estimated the value of these medicinal herbs to be at least two thousand yuan.
After hearing the price assessed by Li Baotian, Zhou Yong couldn't help but twitch his lips. He didn't agree with what his father-in-law said.
These medicinal herbs can be sold for at least 8,000 yuan, but Zhou Yong will not sell them even if you offer him 2,000 yuan.
After hearing what her husband said, Zhang Guifang couldn't stand still and sat down on the stool: "Is it true?"
Li Baotian glanced at his wife and asked, "How can I lie to you?"
Zhang Guifang said to herself: "With this money, our family will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives..."
Li Caiyun agreed with a smile: "Mom, you don't have to worry about money this time."
Zhang Guifang looked at her daughter and son-in-law: "Why do I feel this is so unreal?"
Zhou Yong took over the conversation: "Mom, the things are right in front of you, what's unreal about them?"
Zhang Guifang looked at those things and said, "Mom, it just doesn't feel real. I haven't heard of anyone collecting so many medicinal herbs in all these years..."
They went deep into the mountains, and if they were in the outskirts, they wouldn't be able to see any of these things.
Li Baotian looked at his wife and shook his head: "Don't let your imagination run wild. Hurry up and prepare some food for us..."
Zhang Guifang responded, Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun put away the things, and Li Baotian sat on the edge of the kang, pounding his legs, feeling tired and hungry.
The food was ready, and soon Li Baotian and Zhou Yong sat down to eat.
"Zhou Yong, these medicinal herbs cannot be sold to the Agricultural Bureau all at once. They need to be sold in several batches..."
Zhou Yong was eating while listening to Li Baotian's words: "Dad, these herbs are not sold to the Agricultural Bureau..."
The price that the Agriculture Bureau offered for recycling medicinal herbs was very low. In their opinion, medicinal herbs were gifts from nature, and they should be content with just giving the villagers some money. So Zhou Yong planned to go to the black market in the county to check out the prices first.
black market?
Li Baotian paused while eating and asked: "You still have this method?"
Zhou Yong lied: "Dad, my last trip to the county town was not in vain. I accidentally learned the location of the black market from someone else..."
On the black market, as long as you have money, there is nothing you can't buy. Similarly, there are people doing all kinds of transactions in the black market.
Li Baotian looked at Zhou Yong and said, "Try not to go to places like the black market. If you get caught, you'll be in trouble..."
Now Zhou Yong is a village cadre. If he is arrested, he will definitely be criticized.
Zhou Yong nodded, meaning he understood.
"I know your idea is right, but I warn you, don't do anything reckless."
Zhou Yong looked at his father-in-law and said, "Dad, don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
Li Baotian wanted to say something but stopped himself. After thinking for a while, he swallowed his words back.
The next day Zhou Yong slept until seven o'clock. When he woke up, only Li Caiyun was at home. Zhang Guifang had gone to cut vegetables for the pigs, and Li Baotian had gone to the brigade.
After Zhou Yong relieved himself, he went back to the room to wash his face. Li Caiyun bustled in and out to serve him breakfast.
"I've already told you not to bring food into the house. I'll just eat a bite of rice outside the pot..."
He was the only one eating, and he found it troublesome to carry food in and out even though Zhou Yong didn't have to do any work.
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "How can that be possible? After all, you have been very hard these past few days."
Zhou Yong smiled and put up the towel he had used to wipe his face: "For you, no matter how hard it is, it's worth it."
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