Chapter 37 Qixingao
After Zhao Yi helped his father-in-law's family make a few samples and explained some details, he handed the scraps of cloth to his mother-in-law, Wang Kaihui, and left Zhangjia Village and rushed back to Wangou Village under the escort of his eldest brother-in-law.
early morning.
It's another day of drizzling rain. Of course, there is no need to work in such rain. When the weather starts to improve, we will rush to harvest.
"I can take care of these things at home by myself, don't worry about me. If it doesn't work, I can use sugar to exchange loaches with the kids in the village. You can go and do your own thing."
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and said.
Zhao Yi came back last night, and the two of them were busy making shoe soles. They chatted while working, and they knew that those people in the supply and marketing cooperative were craving for meat. Zhao Yi was not a professional hunter, so he couldn't guarantee that he could get so much meat.
If you want to get so much meat, you have to go to Qixingao, which is a hunter village. Although it is a village, there are only more than 20 households in the village. It does not belong to the Wangou Village Brigade, but it is in the same commune as Zhao Yi and his team.
It takes five or six hours to walk to Qixingao, and a round trip takes a whole day.
"OK."
Zhao Yi nodded.
Then he rushed towards the commune, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, and bought a lot of salt, some cloth and vegetable oil at the commune's supply and marketing cooperative. Then he rushed towards Qixingao.
Why is Qixingao a hunter village? The arable land here is scarce, and it is unrealistic to reclaim wasteland. The land in the mountains that can be reclaimed has already been reclaimed, and most of the land that cannot be reclaimed is gravel land.
The brigade that moved down the mountain could be accepted, but the food rations in their own village could barely keep up, so how could they accept so many more people? The villagers of Qixingao also disagreed with the dispersed arrangements.
So we can only maintain the status quo.
It was almost noon when Zhao Yi arrived at Qixingao.
There are no educated youth here to support the construction. They have little land of their own, let alone the thought of using it to support the comrades who come to support them.
"Who are you looking for, comrade?"
Zhao Yi had just walked into Qixingao Village when an old man sitting at the entrance of the village asked with a smile.
"Uncle, I am a member of the Wangou Village Brigade. My name is Zhao Yi. I came to the village to exchange some meat with everyone."
Zhao Yi introduced himself as soon as he opened his mouth. The people in Qixingao also knew that business was not allowed nowadays, otherwise the prey they hunted and sold down the mountain would be enough to buy food to feed the villagers.
There is one exception, where business can be done under special circumstances.
For example, if someone is injured by wild boars, leopards or other animals while going into the mountains, the person will have to stay in the hospital in serious condition. The prey they kill can be sold on the street, and the money can be used to rescue the injured.
In this situation, the red armbands will not only not stop the crowd, but will also help to shout.
"Did you bring salt?"
When the old man heard that Zhao Yi came to exchange things, he immediately stood up with a smile, walked up to Zhao Yi and asked.
"I brought a lot, and some cloth. Of course, if it's not enough, I can spend some money."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"I have quite a few at home. We were lucky this year and dried a lot of the leftovers."
The old man led Zhao Yi home with a smile.
"Comrade, do you want some eggs? I have quite a few at home."
The old man looked at Zhao Yi and asked.
If they delivered them to the supply and marketing cooperative themselves, it would be five cents each, and if someone came up to collect them, it would be four cents each.
"After changing the meat, see if you can still take some."
Zhao Yi smiled.
Walking into the stone-walled house of the old man, one wall was covered with meat, most of which were smoked wild boar meat, but there were also quite a few air-dried pheasants and rabbits, and Zhao Yi even saw quite a bit of deer leg meat.
The other wall was covered with animal skins, which were cleaned and hung on the wall.
The saying "live by the mountain and eat by the mountain" is vividly demonstrated here.
"Comrade, I have a few pairs of fur shoes here. Do you want them?"
The old man was very enthusiastic, as if he hadn't seen people from other villages for a long time.
All the salt and cloth that Zhao Yi brought were exchanged by the old man, and he also spent a lot of money. When he left, he wore fur shoes, which were quite comfortable.
As for the eggs, Zhao Yi's backpack was completely full, so the old man stuffed one into Zhao Yi's pocket.
"Take this letter of introduction. My last name is Shen Dalin. If you meet me on the road, just tell them that I am a distant relative who came to visit me. I gave these to you before you leave."
Uncle Shen accompanied Zhao Yi all the way down the mountain and gave him some instructions before parting.
As for what the old man was talking about, it was the red armband.
Zhao Yi nodded and walked back home.
There were about 20 pounds of wild boar meat in the backpack, as well as some dried pheasants. As for the wild rabbit, Zhao Yi did not exchange it.
This backpack cost Zhao Yi about eight dollars, but he also made at least five dollars in profit.
Zhao Yi returned home just as it was getting dark.
"The head of the family."
Zhang Jing was sitting in the main room with a lit kerosene lamp. She was busy cutting shoe soles. When she heard someone knock on the gate, she immediately walked out of the room and shouted.
"It's me."
Zhao Yi nodded, and Zhang Jing walked to the gate and opened it.
"Why did you change so many things?"
Zhang Jing was a little surprised.
"I've exchanged some pheasants for you. I'll stew one for you every two weeks. I'll use the dried mushrooms I picked from the mountains to make it fragrant and nutritious. I'll send the wild boar meat to the supply and marketing cooperative. People are craving meat, so we'll try to help them. It can provide a stable income of ten yuan for our two families every month."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
When Zhang Jing heard that Zhao Yi had specially brought a pheasant for her, she felt very happy.
When Zhao Yi walked into the kitchen, he saw the fried loaches piled full in the winnowing basket. It seemed that Zhang Jing was busy with this all day long.
"I spent ten candies and got this much in exchange. I hired three little ones and paid them five cents a candy each to help me wash the silly loaches in the yard. I could do the rest of the work myself. Then the little ones ran home happily."
Zhang Jing said with a smile.
"How did you become so smart?"
Zhao Yi scratched Zhang Jing's nose and praised her.
"It doesn't matter who you learn from, how can you become smarter?"
Zhang Jing praised Zhao Yi in disguise, then went back to the main room embarrassedly and continued to work on cutting shoe soles.
Zhao Yi went to the team headquarters to borrow a scale, then went back home to start weighing the loaches. Zhang Jing weighed more than 40 kilograms in one day. If he continued to work on it tomorrow, he would be able to complete the job perfectly.
early morning.
Zhao Yi stewed a dried pheasant and it tasted good after taking a bite.
Then he went out and walked towards the old house.
The three little ones in the yard saw Zhao Yi was absent-minded, but Zhao Yi ignored them. After seeing Li Daju, he called out "Mom".
"What's wrong, boss?"
Li Daju asked quickly.
"Where's my dad?"
Zhao Yi asked.
"Your dad has gone back to work."
"Then come over here, mom."
Zhao Yi said.
Then the mother and son returned to Zhao Yi's side. As soon as Li Daju entered the door, she smelled the aroma of meat.
"Xiao Jing's parents sent me a pheasant. I made a pot of chicken soup. We can't finish it. Can you help share some of it?"
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
His parents’ attitude towards him is pretty good. Zhao Yi would occasionally ask them to treat him to something delicious.
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