What Chu Tian didn't know was that not long after he left, the honest man who said he wanted to find a wife for his younger brother came back. He secretly climbed over the wall into the yard, entered the house and saw that the place where more than twenty frames were stacked more than half an hour ago was now empty. He was so shocked that he stood there in shock. How could it be possible?
He has been staring at the yard! Apart from Chu Tian, he hasn't seen anyone else come in?
Moreover, Chu Tian went in and out empty-handed both times...
Yes, could it be...
Just as he was daydreaming, he suddenly heard a slight noise coming from the yard. He was so scared that the hairs on his body stood up immediately. He swallowed nervously, his heart pounding wildly. He wondered if the Chu Tian today was a human being?
Otherwise, why did the wine disappear?
Just as he was daydreaming, the noise coming from the yard became louder. He looked at the window vigilantly and suddenly saw a black thing rushing past the window. He was so scared that his hands and feet turned cold instantly. He didn't dare to breathe and could only stare at the window.
After confirming that there was no movement, he did not dare to relax, but ran out of the house quickly, crawled out of the yard, and fled.
Just after he ran away, two black cats appeared from a corner of the yard and stood in the moonlight, helping each other comb their hair...
Before dawn the next day, Chu Tian got up on tiptoe. Just as he was about to go out, Chu Min's voice came from behind him.
"Little brother? What are you doing?"
Chu Tian was startled. He turned around and vaguely saw Chu Min sitting up in the darkness. He thought for a while and said.
"Brother, I have an appointment with someone and I'm going to pick up some goods."
Chu Min said "Oh" and lay back on the bed, gently admonishing, "Be careful. I took a look around yesterday and found that people with armbands would appear at this intersection from time to time..."
Chu Tian chuckled, "Second brother, I understand."
Chu Tian borrowed a bicycle from the guesthouse staff using half a pound of raisins and drove to the place they had agreed on yesterday.
Chu Tian thought he arrived early enough, but he didn't expect the other party to arrive even earlier. He was surprised to see six people pushing six carts full of things.
"Aren't you supposed to be over 30 kilometers from the city? How come you're here so early?"
The man from yesterday chuckled and said, "I informed everyone when I got home last night. I was afraid I'd be late, so I came to the city overnight."
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Chu Tianxin said okay, the current transportation is still too backward, and it will take a long time for the transportation to develop.
"I see a dilapidated temple up ahead. Shall we go there?"
When he came here, he found a dilapidated temple. The outer wall had almost collapsed, so he went in to take a look. He found that the stone statues inside had been smashed. Although there were traces of fire, there was no sign of habitation. He thought that place was particularly suitable for trading.
The man often traveled between the city and the brigade, so he knew about the dilapidated temple Chu Tian mentioned. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I wanted to tell you yesterday that we should meet there, but there are a lot of dead trees over there, and it's usually blocked. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find it, so I didn't tell you."
Chu Tian pushed the cart and walked towards the ruined temple, smiling and saying, "It's really hard to find that place if you don't look carefully. I just saw it by chance while peeing."
"I often come to the city to sell dried goods. Often if I don't sell anything in a day, I'll spend the night in that dilapidated temple..."
The man had a good temper. He seemed to be possessed by social bull syndrome. He didn't know what embarrassment was at all and kept chattering non-stop.
Several people pushed the goods to the outside of the dilapidated temple. The man asked two people to guard outside, and the others went inside the dilapidated temple with Chu Tian.
Chu Tian looked at the carts in front of him and raised his eyebrows to ask, "What do you have here? How many are there?"
The man casually took out a sack and opened it in front of Chu Tian, saying, "There are the peppercorns, Sichuan peppercorns, dried bamboo shoots, day lilies, dried tribute vegetables, etc. that you mentioned..."
"A total of 30,000 jin..."
Chu Tian opened each bag and took a look. He found that the quality was pretty good. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, help me unload them to the corner and I'll get the money for you."
The man was stunned for a moment, "Go get the money?"
Chu Tian smiled and said, "There are people who came with us, but they didn't come over and are all nearby. They let me come and look at the goods by myself. Now that I have seen the goods, I will go and get the money..."
The man reacted and nodded quickly, "Hey, then you go, we'll unload the goods."
Chu Tian didn't bring a bag or anything, he only had a few pockets on his body. If he suddenly took out three thousand yuan from his empty pockets, wouldn't he be scared to death?
You should know that the denominations currently in circulation are only ten yuan, five yuan, two yuan, etc. There are no one hundred or fifty yuan...
It was estimated that when they had almost unloaded everything, Chu Tian returned to the ruined temple. Chu Tian looked at the man and saw that he was back. His expression relaxed for a moment and he smiled in his heart, thinking that he was afraid that he would run away and not want their dry goods.
"Would you like to count the money?"
Chu Tian handed the bag in his hand to the man.
The man took the bag and looked at the money in it, his eyes lit up instantly, and his joy was visibly evident when he counted the money. The two people next to him who had not spoken to each other also had an expression of joy that they could not hide.
"Brother, the number is correct, thank you."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "That's good."
After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "By the way, I want to ask if you have any bacon or sausage in the team?"
The man was stunned for a moment and looked at his companion. "Bacon? Sausage?"
"Over the years, each family can only make a few kilograms at most, and those kilograms need to be kept for consumption for a year. How can we sell them?"
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Chu Tian sighed inwardly. Okay, he'd forgotten. People weren't getting enough to eat right now, so where would they get the food to raise pigs? Even if they did, they still had to turn in the task, and the rest would be divided among the team members. Each household wouldn't really get more than a few pounds.
It seems that the team members in the mountains here really don't live as well as the ethnic minorities in the pastoral areas of Xinjiang. After all, after completing their tasks every year, those herders still have a lot of cattle and sheep left, and they are not short of meat and milk...
The other man thought for a moment and said, "We don't have bacon or sausage, but we do have smoked fish. Would you like to buy it?"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, "Smoked fish? What kind of fish?"
The man smiled shyly. "The crucian carp raised in the rice paddies and the grass carp caught in the creek are not big. When they are alive, each one weighs less than a pound. Whenever we catch them, we smoke them. They can be stored for a long time. Every time we stir-fry them with peppercorns and chili peppers, they go very well with rice."
Chu Tian thought for a moment and asked, "A lot?"
The three of them looked at each other, and the Sheniu man said, "Every household has at least a few kilograms stored. If we put them together, we'd probably have a few hundred kilograms, right?"
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