Chapter 470: Taking my wife to Ancheng, the medicinal herbs sold well and I made a lot of money.
The weather in the north was already very cold in December. Even though it didn't snow, there was thick ice in many places.
Although Taibai City is just a little north of the Qinling Mountains and is not as extremely cold as the Northeast, it is just as cold.
Those who had fireplaces lit theirs, and those who didn't had theirs on the kang. When they woke up in the morning, the ground was covered with a thick layer of frost, and there was also a thick layer of ice on the fish pond.
Lin Heng and Xiulan came to the backyard for morning exercises, breathing out white air.
"The weather is getting colder." Xiulan said with a breath, then started exercising.
"Hurry up and finish your exercise and go back to the house to warm up by the fire." Lin Heng nodded and started practicing his Eight-Part Vajra Kung Fu.
After a while, his body began to warm up. He felt that there were some things he had to persist in. He felt that he was in great shape after practicing every day.
After practicing, I returned to the main room. The firewood in the fireplace was already burning, and the room was much warmer.
"Look, honey, the dried persimmons are frosted."
Xiulan took out the persimmon cake that was hidden in the box and showed it to Lin Heng.
"This is a complete success." Lin Heng smiled and broke the persimmon cake in half, ate half himself and fed the other half to Xiulan.
After being kept for a few days, the red persimmons are now covered with a layer of white frost, which is the sugar that has been extracted from the persimmons.
It tastes sweeter and more flavorful.
"Leave three for the children and pack the rest away." Xiulan took out three. Once these things are made, they will not go bad as long as they don't get damp and can be stored for a long time.
After preparing meal, Xiulan went to wake the children up, while Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain to get milk.
There was still nothing to do today. After breakfast, Xiulan prepared to make hawthorn cake, while Lin Heng packed up and went to the provincial capital Ancheng early tomorrow morning.
At that time, four people will go, including him and Xiulan, his eldest brother and his wife.
Originally, he was planning to take only his eldest brother with him, but since his eldest sister-in-law wanted to go and have some fun, he agreed.
Anyway, he will drive the truck and his elder brother will ride a sidecar with his sister-in-law.
In the afternoon, Lin Heng shouted to Xiaoxia: "Xiaoxia, come here and I will talk to you."
"What are you doing, Dad?"
Xiaoxia ran over smiling.
"You are the oldest sister in the family. Let me tell you that your mother and I are going out for some work tomorrow and will be back in three days. You and your brother will stay at home with your grandparents..."
Before Lin Heng could finish his words, Xiaoxia hugged him tightly and shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, I want to stay with you, don't leave!"
"We have to go sell things, otherwise there will be no food or toys at home." Lin Heng said with a smile, touching her head.
"No, I don't want to play or eat anymore!" Xiaoxia still shook her head.
Xiulan smiled at him: "I said no."
Lin Heng ignored her gloating, hugged Xiaoxia in his arms, and said softly: "Mom and Dad really need to go out, but it's too far to take you with you. When you grow up, I promise to take you to play together."
"I'm already big!" Xiaoxia said while wiping her tears.
Lin Heng was amused by her and said earnestly: "Those two brothers are still very young. Without a little adult like you to take care of them, they will definitely cry all the time at home."
"Then take them with you!" Xiaoxia said.
"I can't take it. You can't even take it!"
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After arguing with my daughter for half an hour, she finally agreed and promised to comfort her two younger brothers at home.
After Xiaoxia finished speaking, Lin Heng didn't tell his two sons, otherwise they would definitely cry with you for the whole day.
In the evening, Xiulan cooked some fish ball noodles which the children liked. After eating, Xiaoxia wanted to sleep with them. Seeing their sister like this, the two children didn't want to sleep alone anymore.
Finally, the two had to bring the children to sleep together and put more firewood on the fireplace.
The next morning, Lin Heng and Xiulan got up early. Just as they were about to leave, they saw Xiaoxia looking at them pitifully with her big eyes open: "Mom and Dad, you must come back early. I will take good care of my brother."
Lin Heng felt a little soft-hearted seeing her like this. He had seen this kind of look too many times in his previous life.
Children in rural areas always understand things at a very young age, especially left-behind children, many of whom can wash clothes, cook and collect grass for pigs at the age of seven or eight.
"Don't worry, we will be back soon." Lin Heng nodded comfortingly.
The two of them got up and packed up, and then their mother came over. Xiaoxia had already woken up. After learning the details, Lin's mother gave her a thumbs up and said, "My good granddaughter is so sensible."
Lin's mother also loves her only granddaughter very much.
Lin Heng and Xiulan packed up, had a simple breakfast and took some snacks, then said goodbye to their daughter and mother.
The sidecar was given to his elder brother, and he himself drove a Dongfeng 140 to Hongfeng Mountain.
The truck was loaded with a full load of Astragalus, weighing more than 8,500 kilograms. The truck was piled high and wrapped in tarpaulin.
This was loaded in the past two days. He originally wanted to wait two years to sell it, but raising pigs will cost a lot of money next year, so he might as well sell it now.
There is a pharmaceutical factory in Ancheng. This thing is a commonly used item in traditional Chinese medicine, so there is no problem selling it, so they just pulled it over there directly to avoid wasting fuel with an empty truck.
Driving to the doorstep of the house, Lin Heng took Xiulan into the car and turned back to say to his eldest brother: "Let's go, brother, have a good rest."
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded.
With the roar of the engine, they headed outside.
It was half past nine when they arrived in the city. Lin Heng went to take a look at the factory, said goodbye to Lin Hai and Wang Zhou, and left.
The production speed here is not fast, but it has not stopped.
The four of them moved quickly along the national highway and arrived in Ancheng in about five and a half hours, at 3:30 in the afternoon.
As the provincial capital, Ancheng has far more skyscrapers than Taibai City, which makes Xiulan a little dazzled.
"It's worthy of being Guanzhong. It's so flat that I can hardly find any mountains along the way." Xiulan sighed.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "It would be great if we had land and houses near Ancheng. This is called land, but ours can only be called a ravine."
Compared with the vast plains, the advantages of the mountains are too small, the difficulty of farming is not on the same level, and the harvest is not as much as others.
The only good thing might be having a mine, but that doesn't belong to the individual.
"It's very good here, and it's not bad over there either. I think it's pretty good." Xiulan said with a smile.
These words will comfort me tomorrow morning.
Lin Heng looked at her and said, "Don't worry, we will have these in the future."
Not only here, he also wants to build a manor in Australia, Brazil, Northern Europe, etc.
Compared with domestic areas, the natural resources in those places are better. Owning a property to live in and have fun in is what it means to enjoy life.
"I believe it!" Xiulan nodded, looking curiously at the skyscrapers that were getting closer and closer.
Soon they entered the city. Lin Heng first found a hotel and decided where to stay for the night. Then he asked his eldest brother and sister-in-law to watch the truck while he and Xiulan drove the sidecar to find a place to buy Astragalus.
In addition to state-owned stores, there is also a herbal medicine market and some pharmaceutical companies here.
Lin Heng ran around for an entire afternoon and finally got a general understanding of everything.
The prices offered by the state-owned stores here are also higher than those in Taibai City, with dried astragalus costing two yuan per pound.
The price in the medicinal material market is based on quality. The good and coarse ones can be sold for two yuan and one cent, while the poor ones are only two yuan.
The price is not expensive. A bag of one pound of dried astragalus is very large, and a few slices are enough for a prescription of Chinese medicine, less than half a pound.
The price at the pharmaceutical factory was good, two yuan and twenty cents per pound.
But he was not in a hurry to sell it. He went back to repair the car and took Xiulan and his elder brother and sister-in-law to see the night view of Ancheng.
Unlike the mountains where there is no moon and it is pitch dark, the streets here are brightly lit at night and the night market has a wide variety of snacks, which makes everyone dazzled.
"Oh my God, it's so prosperous, it's worthy of being the provincial capital!" Liu Juan said in shock. She really was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
"Yes, I didn't know that the night could be so prosperous!" Xiulan held Lin Heng's hand and nodded.
They were shocked by the people's clothing, various toys and various foods here.
Although materials were scarce in that era, big cities and small cities were completely different, and coastal areas and inland areas were also different. The differences were huge.
"Then let's walk around more." Lin Heng said with a smile.
They bought a lot of things on the way and also found a restaurant to have a delicious meal.
"It's really like a dream." When returning to the hotel, Liu Juan said that she was so envious of this place.
"Tomorrow I will take you to visit some scenic spots and the most prosperous department stores." Lin Heng said with a smile.
After returning to the hotel, Xiulan felt the warmth here and was moved.
Lin Heng pulled her and said, "Hurry up and wash up and go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Xiulan nodded, and they quickly washed up and went to bed to rest.
The next morning, Xiulan woke up first. She opened a corner of the curtains and looked inside. She woke Lin Heng up in surprise and said, "Honey, it's snowing outside!"
"It's true!" Lin Heng woke up and looked outside in surprise. Many places were already covered in snow. The good news was that there was not much snow on the ground.
But the room is not cold because there is heating.
After getting up, putting on clothes and washing up, Lin Heng took Xiulan out.
Lin Yue had also gotten up and looked at Lin Heng and said, "Brother, it's snowing. It feels a little colder here than over here."
"Of course it is. It would be strange if it wasn't cold here, further north." Lin Heng nodded.
When I left the house, the cold wind howled outside, and the snow made people shiver. Even wearing a cotton jacket, I couldn't bear it.
Xiulan held Lin Heng's arm and stuck close to him. It was so cold that she didn't even dare to ride a bike.
"Let's go and ask at a few other places first. After we sell them, we'll go buy down jackets." Lin Heng said, pulling Xiulan.
They first ate a hot roujiamo and porridge, and then drove their sidecar to several other pharmaceutical factories for consultation.
After finding that the prices were similar, Lin Heng decisively chose the nearest one and drove the truck in.
He packed the medicinal materials very well and encountered no obstacles during the sales process. He completed the transfer of goods and money smoothly.
Soon, he got the money. After selling 8,520 kilograms of astragalus, he earned a total of 18,744 yuan.
Adding the money he already had, Xiaoxia's savings amounted to 60,000 yuan.
"Let's go buy down jackets!" Lin Heng said with a smile, pulling Xiulan.
Soon they came to a store that specialized in selling clothes, where down jackets were clearly on sale.
"How much is it?" Xiulan asked curiously. She thought the down jacket was very light.
"This one is fifty-eight dollars a piece," said the salesperson.
Xiulan nodded and thought it was very expensive. The clothes felt very light, completely different from a cotton-padded jacket.
"Try this." Lin Heng said as he handed Xiulan a black down jacket.
Xiulan nodded, took off her cotton jacket and put on a down jacket, and immediately felt much lighter.
"It looks good, so wear it. I'll buy this one." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Then you should also take a black one. It's not resistant to getting dirty and looks good." Xiulan walked aside and said. She thought it was expensive, but if Lin Heng wanted to buy it, she didn't want to hurt his face in public.
"Yeah, I like black." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
After he finished buying his own items, he asked his elder brother and sister-in-law to come over and pick one as well. The price was very expensive for them, but he thought it was okay and they just bought it.
"We're not cold, no need to buy." Liu Juan shook her head repeatedly.
No matter how thick-skinned you are, you wouldn't dare to ask for such expensive clothes.
Lin Heng didn't care. He just bought the styles that she and her elder brother had tried on, and then bought one for each of his parents.
Forget about the children, they grow too fast. If I buy them the clothes this year, they won’t be able to wear them next year. I’ll just buy them something else later.
"Brother, you are so generous. I don't know what to say." Liu Juan said embarrassedly while holding the clothes.
"We are family and should keep our differences separate. Let's not talk about this." Lin Heng waved his hand.
After saying that, he looked at Xiulan and said, "How is it? Is it warm?"
Xiulan nodded her head: "This dress is amazing, it's so much lighter than a cotton coat, yet it's still so warm."
It was her first time wearing a down jacket and she was really shocked. No wonder it was so expensive.
"It's actually made of goose down and duck down, the fur that geese and ducks wear close to their skin. It's very warm." Lin Heng explained with a smile.
"Can this thing be used to make clothes?" Liu Juan widened her eyes.
Lin Heng nodded: "Of course, if it is properly treated, it will keep you much warmer than a cotton-padded jacket."
Xiulan looked at him and asked, "Can we do it ourselves?"
Her family also raises geese and ducks, and they kill them during the Chinese New Year and throw away the feathers.
"You can try it when you get home." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan nodded, indicating that she would definitely give it a try.
His elder brother and his wife also put on the clothes out of curiosity, and quickly agreed that Lin Heng Xiulan was not lying, as it was indeed lighter and warmer than a cotton-padded jacket.
"Where are we going next?" Xiulan asked.
"I'll take you for a stroll and have some fun, and then we'll go ask about the price of the black goats in the afternoon." Lin Heng said.
Now that we are here, we still want everyone to have fun.
He took them to see the ancient monuments in the city. As an ancient capital city, there was a lot to see and do here.
While sightseeing, Lin Heng was also thinking about which house or land to buy in the future. This place will be very valuable in the future, and he will not lose money if he buys it.
(End of this chapter)
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