Chapter 201 Want to go to the county town
"When will you go to the county town again? I'll go with you. I haven't been to my third brother's house yet." Gu Chuan was still excitedly asking about Gu Yan.
"I can go anytime. Fourth brother, if you want to go, I can show you the way." Guo Erlang said tactfully.
Guo Erlang also wanted to spend more time with Gu Yan. Feelings are developed through interaction. Even the best relationship will not last long without interaction.
"Okay, then let's do it tomorrow. I'll pack up today. The mountain products are all from last year. I heard that they can be sold at a high price in the county town, so I thought of giving it a try." Gu Chuan said.
This is of course true, but what he didn't say is that if Gu Yan was not in the county town, Gu Chuan might not go even if he could make more money.
After all, people are reluctant to easily get involved in areas they are not familiar with. Especially since Gu Chuan is a man from the mountains.
He has the simplicity unique to mountain men, but also the inferiority complex of mountain men towards outsiders.
Not only him, but also Gu Chongshan and Gu Nian are the same.
That is to say, Gu Yan was brought out of the mountains by Li Wanqing, and he was a little timid at the beginning because he was not confident.
It was also because he made more money later, and with Li Wanqing's constant encouragement, that Gu Yan became the independent person he is today.
"Old Four, are you going to sell mountain products tomorrow? I still have a lot at home. How about I go with you?" Gu Nian also wanted to go.
Besides, they don’t have much else at home, most of them have mountain products.
Zhang Cuihua and Da Niu and Er Niu pick a lot every year, and the family simply can’t finish eating them all.
It turned out that he had taken them to the town to sell, but because Qingshan Town was close to Daqing Mountain, people who had time would go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and mountain products.
So even if someone buys it, the price is not high.
The most important thing is that they live in the mountains, and it is difficult to get these mountain products out.
Since it is both laborious and they cannot make money, they don't want to bother.
Now saying that he is going to the county town to sell mountain products is actually just an excuse.
"Okay, then let's go together." Gu Chuan had no objection.
He was afraid that his third brother would not be willing to entertain him if he went alone, so it was just right that his eldest brother was going too.
Next, the two of them asked Guo Erlang a lot about Gu Yan.
It’s true, Guo Erlang actually knows a lot about Gu Yan.
He had inquired about it in great detail at the time, and it was known that Gu Yan was so powerful.
"Really? Third brother has a shop in the county town?" Gu Chuan was a little dumbfounded.
He knew that his third brother was capable. No, he should not say that his third brother was capable, but that his third sister-in-law Li Wanqing was capable.
However, he still didn't expect that his third brother not only had a farm, but also a house in the county town and a shop.
"Of course it's true. I've inquired about it clearly. It's not only in the county, but also in the provincial capital." Guo Erlang said affirmatively.
"Wow, there are still some in the capital? What is the third brother doing? How did he make so much money?" Gu Nian didn't pay attention and the pipe in his hand fell to the ground.
"I heard from the shop assistant that he sold some very precious herbs to the shop owner Liu, and I heard that he made a lot of money.
The shop in the city was mortgaged to them by Manager Liu."
The reason why Guo Erlang knew all this was because one of his friends was a distant relative of the guy in the drug store.
"Is digging medicinal herbs so profitable?" Gu Chuan and Gu Nian said in unison.
At the same time, his heart was also burning with excitement. Medicinal herbs? There was no shortage of them in the mountains. If they could learn how to collect herbs, could they also buy a big house and a shop?
“Of course not all medicinal herbs are valuable, only a very small number of precious medicinal herbs are valuable.
Moreover, precious medicinal herbs are not easy to collect. They are valuable because they are rare.
Not only are their numbers small, but they're also guarded by venomous snakes and ferocious beasts, so if you're not careful, you could lose your life." Guo Erlang envied them, but he also knew that everything has two sides.
If you want high returns, you have to face high risks. This sentence applies everywhere.
"Big brother, fourth brother, set the table for dinner." Zhang Dahua's loud voice rang out in the kitchen.
"Okay."
"Here I come."
The lunch was very sumptuous, with braised roe deer meat, pheasant stewed with mushrooms, dried rabbit stewed with potatoes and wild celery, and stir-fried meat with some wild vegetables.
Although Guo Erlang's family lives in the town, their life is ordinary and they can't usually eat so much meat.
"If you ask me, life in the mountains is still better. Apart from anything else, it's convenient to eat meat.
Unlike us, even though we live in town, life is still very tight, and it’s hard to even get a bite of meat.” Guo Erlang sighed as he ate meat.
"How could that be? It's convenient to work in town, and it shouldn't be difficult to buy meat with the money you earn." Gu Chuan didn't believe what Guo Erlang said and retorted.
"It's not that simple. You have to buy everything in town, rice, flour, grain, oil, vegetables, and even firewood.
Which of these things is free?
"It's nothing like here in the mountains, where meat is free, wild vegetables are plentiful, and firewood is everywhere. I envy your lives," said Guo Erlang.
When Gu Chuan thought about it, it was true. Although living in the mountains was indeed inconvenient for them.
But there was no shortage of meat, and neither were there any vegetables. There was no shortage of wild vegetables in the mountains. There were also various mountain products, mushrooms, fungus, pine nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, and chestnuts.
As long as you are not lazy, you will never lack food.
"That's not the case. You see eating meat is convenient, but hunting is also dangerous, right?
You can lose your life if you are not careful. Besides, it is inconvenient to do anything in the mountains. You can't even see a doctor if you have a headache or a fever.
Moreover, hunting is not that easy. Pheasants and rabbits cannot be sold at a high price.
Wild boars and bison can be sold for a good price, but hunting them is dangerous and hard to come by." Gu Chongshan said.
This is what is called "each has its own merits and each has its own difficulties."
"By the way, Dad, we are going to the county town to sell mountain products tomorrow, and we will visit my third brother's house by the way." Gu Chuan said.
"Go to the county town? What for? Those mountain products can't be sold for much money, isn't it hard enough?" Gu Chongshan said.
“I heard that mountain products sell for a high price in the county town, so I wanted to give it a try.
The most important thing is that I want to visit my third brother's house. He has moved to the county town for several years and we have never been there.
Dad, my third brother is becoming more and more capable. Erlang said that he also has a shop in the capital.
If we don't think of a solution, Third Brother will really drift further and further away from us." Gu Chuan said.
"What? The third brother has a shop in the capital? Who said that? Is it sure to work?" Gu Chongshan was surprised.
"It's done. The shop was mortgaged to Third Brother by Manager Liu of the medicine shop. This will definitely work." Guo Erlang interrupted.
Gu Chongshan didn't expect that the third brother was more capable than he imagined. He originally thought that having Zhuangzi was already a great thing.
I didn’t expect that he has bought a house in the county town and now he also has a shop in the provincial capital.
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