Chapter 403: Special Silver Dollar Arrives
"Yuan Datou?"
Lin Heng took the silver dollar and looked at it, and found that it was indeed a Yuan Datou, but it was the most common Yuan Datou, not a rare item.
"Can I buy a pair of yellow rubber shoes?" the old man looked at Lin Heng and asked.
Hearing the tone of the old man, Lin Heng immediately understood the problem and nodded, "This is enough to buy a pair of yellow rubber shoes. I have to find something more for you."
"One can be exchanged for a pair? My grandson told me that this silver dollar is only worth five dollars. I will break his legs when I get home. He even cheated his grandfather."
The old man was stunned at first, then cursed viciously.
"Then are you still going to change it?" Lin Heng asked. He didn't care about other people's family affairs.
The old man nodded after he finished his anger and said, "Change, give me two pairs of yellow rubber shoes, one pair of size 42, and one pair of size 39."
"Okay." Lin Heng picked out a pair of shoes for him.
The old man left, and soon someone else came with a badger skin to exchange for yellow rubber shoes.
The deals are very good at Lin Heng's place, so people who originally had no intention of buying anything came over and bought a lot of good things.
While selling things, Lin Heng also inquired about the news about black bears, wolves and other prey. He was especially happy to hear that there were many musk deer here.
He waited until it was almost dark before closing his stall and heading back.
"Brother, you've only sold half of it, you've made a lot of money." On the way back, Lin Yue said admiringly.
He was not jealous. He felt proud and happy for his younger brother when he made money.
"If we take these goods to the city and sell them for about three or four hundred yuan, it's not a lot." Lin Heng said in a low voice.
"This is not much. It's more profitable than hunting. We haven't even seen the prey yet, but you've already made money." Lin Yue said with a smile.
However, not everyone can do this business. After all, it is very far to bring these things from the city, and you need at least a motorcycle to do it.
After returning to his uncle's place, Lin Heng packed up his things and put them together to put them here to take back when he came back from hunting.
The thing is not heavy, but it is inconvenient to carry.
After returning to the house, his uncle and others didn't say much. They had already discussed it outside in advance and decided not to discuss money here.
After all, they are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the place and it is easy to offend people if they talk too much.
What we had here in the evening was cornmeal steamed buns, a few fried vegetables, and a winter melon soup.
This is basically the condition in the mountains now, and it is extremely harsh.
They had white flour steamed buns, but they didn't take them out as it would have hurt the host's reputation.
After dinner, I slept on the floor for the night.
The next morning, after getting up early and having a corn-seed breakfast, Lu Guancheng led their group into the mountains.
Before leaving, Lin Heng gave him two bottles of crack oil, asked him to help keep his goods, and said he would thank him in the future.
There are some unruly people in the mountains, and some are honest. After Lin Heng's observation, this uncle is a person who cares a lot about his reputation, so he will not touch those medicinal herbs and animal skins.
Lin Heng was still carrying his goods, preparing to go to the village further inside to sell them.
He still had a lot of crack oil and cooling oil, but they were not heavy. What was heavier was the yellow rubber shoes.
He originally brought 30 pairs, and now has 18 pairs left, having sold 12 pairs yesterday.
Going southwest from Liba Village, the mountains become higher but flatter, giving it a plateau feel.
After walking about six or seven kilometers, we came to a small valley. There were illusory terraces and rows of mud houses. It was obviously another village.
"This is Yuanbao Village. There are 130 households in it. It is a small village." Lu Guancheng said, pointing to the village.
"Uncle Lu, I'm going to go over and sell some things before leaving. Should I be in time?" Lin Heng turned his head and asked.
Lu Guancheng nodded: "There is still a lot of time left today, so you will definitely make it in time. However, the people in this village are queuing up, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to sell it."
"That's okay. I have a solution."
Lin Heng waved his hand and said with a smile.
“Woof woof!!”
Soon we entered the village and heard the sound of a group of dogs barking. In those days, there was no one in the countryside who didn't keep a dog to guard the house.
“Woof woof!”
Xiongba, Fengshou also shouted.
After a while, I met the villagers. It was not the busy farming season at that time, and most of them were at home except for those who went up the mountain to hunt and dig yams.
Lin Heng first walked into the village to look for someone. When he met two men, he didn't speak. But when he saw a round-faced woman coming towards him, he immediately walked up to her and spoke.
"Sister, can you help me?" Lin Heng shouted with a smile.
The woman stopped and looked at Lin Heng curiously. She thought the boy was very handsome, fair-skinned and strong.
"Little kid, I can be your aunt." The woman spoke with a hint of northwestern dialect.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "I can't tell at all. I feel like you are about the same age as me, and you don't look like an aunt at all."
The woman was amused by Lin Heng's sweet words. She had never been praised like this before.
"You're such a sweet talker, but what do you want to ask me?" the woman asked as she came a little closer, sizing him up with curious eyes.
"Sister, I'll give you some cracked seed oil, you can use it." Lin Heng didn't make a request, but took out a bottle of cracked seed oil and gave it to her.
Lin Heng was so polite that the woman was flattered: "Oh, why are you so polite? If you have something to say, please tell me first."
"I do have something to ask. I am a peddler. I would like to trouble you to go to the village and inform people that I have yellow rubber shoes for 9 yuan a pair, crack oil for 1.5 yuan, and cooling oil for 4 yuan."
"So cheap? Is that true?" The woman was a little unconvinced.
"It's absolutely true. The things are as good as those in Xiaozhuo Township. And I don't want any money. I can exchange them with Chinese medicinal herbs." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"That's no problem. I'll call people for you. But if you change your mind after they arrive, you'll be beaten. I can't stop those men." The woman warned.
"Don't worry, I never cheat anyone." Lin Heng nodded.
"Okay." The woman pointed a way to Lin Heng. Lin Heng went back and called his eldest brother to go with him, and then they went together to the central location the woman mentioned.
After putting the things down, someone came soon. The speed at which the middle-aged woman spread the word was terrifying.
"Is crack oil really one dollar and fifty cents?" a middle-aged woman came over and asked.
"Yes." Lin Heng took out a bottle of crack oil and showed it to him.
Confirming it was genuine, the middle-aged woman paid the money and left.
As a few people bought it, word quickly spread and more people kept coming.
Some people came with Ganoderma lucidum and Cordyceps, and some also brought Cynomorium songaricum and Cistanche deserticola.
The majority of people who come to Lin Heng to buy things are elderly people, because they cannot go to the countryside due to their mobility problems, and some of their unfilial children take their money but refuse to buy anything for them.
When these elderly people buy things, Lin Heng will give them some sugar cubes. He is very kind.
Many elderly people have silver dollars saved, so it would be nice for Lin Heng to take them.
Soon all the things were sold out. Lin Heng earned more here than in Liba Village, about four or five hundred.
In the end, there were still two pairs of shoes left that had not been sold, and Lin Heng was not going to sell them. Hunting was more important, and it was already noon, and he could not delay any longer.
"Hey, young man, do you have any shoes?"
Lin Heng was about to leave when an old woman with bound feet came and shouted, leaning on a walking stick.
"For sale. There are two pairs left, size 40 and size 39. We don't have the smaller size." Lin Heng took them out and showed them to her.
The old woman took the shoes and looked at them inside and out. Finally, she said slowly, "I'll buy this pair. I have a silver dollar."
As she spoke, she took out a cloth bag from her pocket. When she opened it, she found a instant noodle bag inside, and inside the instant noodle bag there was a biscuit bag, and finally there was another piece of cloth wrapped around it.
After opening them all, there were a few cents, a few dimes, and a silver dollar inside.
She took out the silver dollar and handed it to Lin Heng tremblingly, then picked up her wallet and put it away.
Lin Heng took the silver dollar and didn't take a break at first. But when he took a closer look, he found something unusual. There were actually two words "Gansu" on the head of this Yuan Da.
It seems to be a valuable rare silver dollar? Lin Heng thought to himself. He didn't know much about it, but he was sure that the ones with special marks were generally more valuable.
Maybe I found a treasure? Lin Heng was suddenly happy, but when he looked at the staggering old woman in front of him, he felt a little sorry.
"Grandma, wait a moment, I'll find a bag for you." Lin Heng hurried over and said.
"Okay." The old woman nodded.
Lin Heng took a black plastic bag and put the shoes in it. Inside the bag was a box of cooling oil that he had just thrown in. When the old lady found it later, she would think that he had accidentally left it out.
The advantage of this is that it avoids unnecessary trouble. If I give it to her directly, she might wonder if the silver dollar is particularly valuable and maybe take the opportunity to raise the price.
As for the omission, she would only be happy about getting a bargain and would not think about the silver dollar.
"Brother, did you make a profit?"
Lin Yue had been following Lin Heng, but he didn't say anything. He only asked after they walked away.
"That should be the case. He can't bear to make too much money from the old lady." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Although how much money one earns is his own decision, he has pity and sympathy for the farmers at the same bottom of society and is unwilling to make too much money. "The old woman is really pitiful. I see that she still has bound feet. I'm afraid she didn't buy the shoes for herself." Lin Yue nodded and said.
"Brother, this is for you." Lin Heng gave two bottles of the remaining crack oil to his eldest brother.
"Okay." Lin Yue didn't hesitate and took it with a smile.
When they arrived outside the village, his uncle and others had been waiting for a long time.
"Lin Heng, how were the sales this time?" Li Baiquan asked when he saw Lin Heng coming back.
"It's okay. They're all sold out and I can make some profit." Lin Heng nodded.
"Then let's go quickly, otherwise we won't get there today." Lu Guancheng said.
"good."
Lin Heng agreed and followed the crowd forward.
After walking about five kilometers into the mountains, they arrived at their destination. In this area, there were forests, shrubs and barren hills. They stopped at the edge of a ditch.
"This is it. There are a lot of prey nearby. Whether you can kill them depends on your ability. Black bears are very dangerous. Ordinary guns can't kill them. I advise you to be careful."
Bring the person to Lu Guancheng and said.
Everyone nodded, sent him away, and began to look for shelter.
They wanted to find a place that was sheltered from the wind and unlikely to be encountered by wild beasts.
After searching around, they found a nice little platform under a huge oak tree. The terrain was flat and the environment was secluded.
There is a large seepage area not far away. You can feel the water as soon as you step on the ground. You can just dig a hole and get water. The water that seeps out from the ground is very clean and can even be drunk directly.
It was already five in the afternoon when we got here, and it gets dark at seven in autumn.
"How do we build the place where we live?" Lu Hong just put down his things and asked everyone.
"Why don't we cut down a tree and build a big one?" Li Baiquan suggested.
Lin Heng suggested, "That's too much work, little uncle. I suggest we build five herringbone dwellings together. There are no poisonous insects or snakes in late autumn, so we can spread some hay and sleep directly on the ground."
It's not impossible to build a big one, but it's not necessary, and there's not enough time today.
Lu Honghai nodded: "That's fine. We can build a simple place in the middle to store things, shelter from the rain and cook."
"That's fine. Let's get started now. It should be completed before dark." Lin Yue nodded.
"I'll go dig the puddle first." Li Baiquan went out with a small hoe.
Lin Heng went over to help and dug a pit one meter in size and thirty centimeters deep.
After digging, wait for the water to accumulate and then scoop it out again. The water will be much clearer the second time.
After the puddle was ready, they began to build the shelter.
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The gabled shelter was simple to build, but because they were going to be living there for a month, they made it a little more elaborate.
After cleaning the ground, I raised it a little, laid some dry leaves and then dry moss on top.
Then use stones and mud to pile up both sides, and use wood cut to length to build on the stacked long strips. The frame changes from a "人" shape to a "介" shape, except that the two vertical bars under the "人" are very short.
The advantage of this is that the height of the shelter is too high, so you can sit up, unlike the herringbone shelter where you can only lie upright.
After the frame is filled, cover it with the waterproof cloth you brought, and then cover the surface with leaves, moss, or even soil.
After it’s done, build a drainage ditch outside, and basically you don’t have to worry even if it rains for several days in a row.
Lin Heng and his eldest brother built the fastest, they didn’t care too much. His eldest uncle and third uncle built a bigger one, as they felt it would be inconvenient to turn over if it was too small.
My uncle-in-law Li Baiquan gave up the herringbone shelter and built a small square house by himself. It was comfortable but required too much wood.
Lin Heng and the others had finished making a fire. He had just put up the frame and needed to find a lot of branches and moss to seal the holes, otherwise they would freeze at night.
"Uncle, your framework is not difficult, but it is very difficult to fill it up." Lin Heng looked at his uncle and shook his head.
Li Baiquan grinned and said, "Yours is too small for me to live in. I'll just live in this one today and I'll finish setting it up tomorrow. Then you can move in and live there. It'll be nice to be able to stand up in it."
"Okay then." Lin Heng nodded and walked over to make a fire. He wouldn't cook tonight, just bake some buns.
At this time, the sky was already dark. Lin Heng thought for a while, looked at his elder brother and said, "Brother, let's go and do something."
(End of this chapter)
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