Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 98 Hiding money in your crotch
  "Yes." Lin Heng nodded.

"Not bad, not bad, so good!"

Guo Xu praised him repeatedly. He didn't expect Lin Heng to have such sentiments. It was incredible.

Although this small house is an earthen house, it is spotlessly clean, everything is neatly stacked, and there is such a small courtyard full of leisure and leisure.

The more he watched, the more incredible it became that Lin Heng was not overwhelmed by the burden of life and still retained his love for life. He became more and more curious about Lin Heng.

Because he has never seen other students who dropped out of school. Every one of them has been bent down by life. They are either farming with their backs to the sky or facing the loess, or moving bricks in a brick factory.

When I saw him, I also said all kinds of regretful things, and some even shed tears.

And Lin Heng is the most special one among the many students he has met. After seeing him for so long, I have never heard him say anything about regret or complain, but he is a little calm.

He kind of wanted to know what he was going through.

"Teacher, this is the old turtle I caught." Lin Heng pointed at the old turtle raised in the big wooden basin and said.

Guo Xu looked at the scenery in the small courtyard, then walked over and looked at the old turtle.

"So big!" He was a little shocked. The turtle was much bigger than he thought.

"For more than thirty years, I have not lied." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Put it up for me, I want it." Guo Xu nodded and glanced at the tortoise again: "This tortoise is not bad, it looks very good. Did you catch it yourself?"

"Yes, teacher, if you like it, I'll give it to you." Lin Heng said with a smile. He had no interest in this thing. He could still catch it in the wild river.

"No, I'm just talking." Guo Xu shook his head.

But Lin Heng still put it in forcefully. It was just a little turtle and not worth much.

"You." Guo Xu had no choice but to shake his head: "It doesn't matter, I will accept your love, and I will accept this turtle."

After loading their things, the two turned around and left. With the roar of motorcycles, the two people appeared at Huangtan Junior High School again.

Guo Xu got out of the car, got a basin and raised the turtle, and gave Lin Heng fifty yuan. After some politeness, Lin Heng accepted it.

Then he rode Lin Heng all the way to the city.

The two of them kept chatting along the way. As the chat progressed, Guo Xu became more and more curious about what Lin Heng went through during the time he dropped out of school. He didn't look like a twenty-year-old.

It usually takes three or four hours to travel on small roads, but it only takes a little more than an hour on the main roads on a motorcycle.

Guo Xu knew that Lin Heng was going to a state-owned acquisition store, so he took Lin Heng directly to the door of the store.

"Teacher Guo, thank you. You must come to my house to play when you have time." After getting out of the car, Lin Heng took the teacher's hand and shook it hard.

"I will go, I will fish with you next time." Guo Xu said with a smile.

After saying that, he gradually disappeared on the street while riding his bike. Lin Heng watched him leave and looked around before entering the store cautiously.

"I sell things." Lin Heng went directly to a buyer.

I didn't find Director Jin Fuqiang. Even though he was very kind when we met last time, this kind of people need benefits to interact with. If they just want to take advantage, the good impression will be ruined soon.

Basically, buyers will not lower the price. After all, they are collecting things for the country, not for their own homes. The price is whatever it is.

After selling everything, the final income was a bit beyond Lin Heng's expectation. It was sold for [-] yuan and [-] cents.

The main reason is that the price of Ganoderma lucidum has reached [-] yuan per catty, the price of Dendrobium officinale is also good, and there is also a small suede skin given by Tian Baishun.

Including the 832 yuan Guo Xu gave Lao Turtle to buy, he now has [-] yuan and [-] cents.

"How much does a pound of mulberry cost now?" Lin Heng put the money away and asked again.

"Now it costs [-] cents per pound, which has dropped by [-] cents, and it is said that it will fall again." The salesperson said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded. The price was exactly the same as in his memory.

The normal purchase price of Phellinus linata in the city is one yuan per catty, but now it has dropped by half. The price in Huangtan Town was [-] cents per catty, and it is expected that the price will drop even more recently.

"Excuse me, where is the toilet? I want to go to the toilet." Lin Heng looked at the salesperson and asked again.

"I'll turn left and then right over there." The salesperson pointed in a direction.

"it is good."

Lin Heng nodded and quickly found the toilet.

I found a large man and squatted in, locked the door, took out eight hundred yuan, wrapped it in a handkerchief and stuffed it into a small pocket sewn on my underwear.

Then he put on his pants, tightened his belt, and patted him gently to feel reassured.

The chaos of this era is far beyond imagination. Pickpockets are rampant and it is difficult to guard against them. There are also robbers, swindlers, pimps, gangsters, and all kinds of people who are all looking at the yellow and white things in other people's hands.

In his previous life, after he was cheated and owed [-] yuan, he went to work in a brick factory in the city. He worked twelve hours a day and was so tired that he was sweating profusely. In addition to work, he had to rest every day.

I finally got my salary paid, and for the first time I got a serious salary of [-] yuan. I wanted to buy something for my wife, children, and parents to thank them for not giving up on me.

As a result, when he turned around, the three hundred yuan was gone. It was the hard money he earned after working hard for a month.

He searched for it for three days, and was so angry that his hands bled and his intestines turned green with regret, but the money was gone after all. His wife and children were sad, and his father was extremely disappointed in him.

And he himself was too embarrassed to go home, so he spent a month in the city eating black-faced steamed buns, picking up rotten fruits in the orchards, and drinking cold water.

That month, he briefly wanted to end his life, but he finally got through it. From then on, he became cautious about saving money.

Either sewn into underwear or underwear, even so, she was blackmailed twice later.

Later, when public security improved, this habit gradually became useless.

But after he was reborn, he picked up this habit again. The [-] yuan was the start-up capital that he and his wife had worked hard to save for so long.

If he lost it, he would be so angry that he vomited blood. He didn't know how long it would take him to save another eight hundred.

After depositing the money and squatting in the toilet for half an hour, Lin Heng took advantage of nothing and quietly ran away from the back door.

This time was different from last time. Last time he was with his father and his wife, so those gangsters had to worry about it. This time it was much easier for him to deal with it alone.

"Damn it, why doesn't that fat sheep that went in just come out?"

A few gangsters at the corner not far from the acquisition store were waiting a little impatiently, why hadn't this person come out yet?

Little did he know that Lin Heng had spotted them when he entered and slipped away quietly.

Lin Heng walked for several blocks before he felt at ease.

It was already noon, so he bought five buns to fill his stomach.

Then I found a large scrap station and walked in.

"Why?"

As soon as Lin Heng came in, the owner of the scrap station asked.

"Um, I'm a student. Can I buy some used books?" Lin Heng asked weakly.

"From the countryside?" The owner of the scrap station glanced at Lin Heng.

"Yes, how much does it cost?" Lin Heng nodded and asked.

"The used books are all in that room. You can pick them out yourself. I collect them for five cents per catty, so you can pay them eight cents per catty."

The boss glanced at Lin Heng and said casually.

"Thank you."

Lin Heng nodded and walked over to look through it. The most in the room was all kinds of waste paper and not many books.

Lin Heng searched for a while and finally found a few good ones, such as Liaozhai, Journey to the West, Jane Eyre, etc.

Some are just worn out, while others are missing a lot, or are stained with various unknown liquids.

"Hey, here's another Tiangong Kaiwu, and it's a vertically bound version."

After flipping through the pages, Lin Heng found an ancient book among the piles of paper.

She opened it and flipped it over, then suddenly froze, and then closed it suddenly. Qing Mimi looked back and found that the boss didn't pay attention, so she felt relieved.

Putting the book among a pile of old and rotten books, Lin Heng walked out holding the book.

"How much does it cost?" Lin Heng asked.

The owner of the scrap yard saw that there were only seven or eight copies, and waved his hand: "Give me fifty cents."

Lin Heng took out five [-] cents from his pocket and handed it to the boss: "Thank you, you are such a good person."

After saying that, he hugged the book and left.

After walking a long way, Lin Heng took out the backpack he had hidden and put the books in it.

After making sure that no one was around, he opened the Tiangongkaiwu book. There was a brand new ten yuan in it.

"God has blessed me with such good luck." Lin Heng smiled and put the money into his pocket.

Carrying the book on my back, I went to a scrap station to see if there were any different books.

I went to three scrapyards in a row and found a dozen good reading materials, but I never made any money or anything like that.

Instead, he found a love letter among the morning flowers and evening flowers. He took one look at it and threw it away.

After buying the book, Lin Heng went to buy some plastic lines and special nylon lines for fishing.

I searched many shops before I found one that sold fish hooks.

Of course, fishhooks existed in this era, but they were very big. People would go down to the river and use row hooks to catch big fish.

The smallest one was as big as a No. [-] Iseni, so Lin Heng had no choice but to buy some.

By the way, I also bought some floor cage nets for making floor cages. If I take them back and make a few floor cages, I can gain some benefits.

"I'm going home. I hope I won't go until dark." Lin Heng glanced at the sky. Although it was only two o'clock and the sun was too high in the sky, he had to go back.

Fortunately, he has a straw hat knitted by Xiulan, which can block the sun.

This time it was much easier than last time. The things I carried on my back were very light, and I had a ride down. I was in good health now, so it shouldn’t get dark when I walked back.

Carrying his things on his back, Lin Heng embarked on his journey home. Although the city is prosperous, if there is no one he likes, there will be nothing to miss.

The weather was so hot that people were sweating like rain after just two steps. There were almost no people on the road, and you could clearly see the streams of steaming air.

After walking for more than an hour, we finally entered the mountain. There were leaves absorbing the sunshine, which made us feel much cooler.

"Oh. It almost killed me." Lin Heng shook his head and sat under the shade of a tree to rest, his clothes already wet with water.

"When you get rich, buy a car. Walking is really terrible."

After complaining, Lin Heng continued to move forward after resting enough.

The woods in summer were extremely noisy, and the cicadas were screaming endlessly, which made him pick up stones and throw them at them in annoyance.

As we moved forward, the sun began to set before we knew it, and the animals in the forest gradually began to move around.

From time to time, he would encounter one or two snakes slithering away from his feet. They were either not big or could not be sold for money, and Lin Heng had no interest in catching them.

"We got here so quickly. It seems like we walked pretty fast today."

Lin Heng stopped to rest. This place was where he caught grass carp before.

But now the water is much shallower and you can see the bottom, but there are basically no fish.

"Gah da da!!"

Lin Heng was washing his face when a pheasant flew over from the mountain and landed on a branch not far away.

"Oh, I should have known I would have held the slingshot." Lin Heng felt that he had been provoked. If he had another slingshot, he would have taught him a lesson.

Now I can only use a stone to knock it away to relieve its anger.

By the time we got back to Huangtan Town, it was already past six in the afternoon.

I glanced at the sun that had set over the ridge to the west. Lin Heng decided not to go back today and stayed in Huangtan Town.

There are naturally hotels in Huangtan Town.

"How much does it cost to stay in a hotel for a day?" Lin Heng came to a hotel and asked.

An old lady who was eating glanced at Lin Heng and said, "Thirty cents a day, no matter the meal, there is hot water."

"Okay, I'll book a room." Lin Heng nodded. The price was not expensive, so he took out thirty cents.

The aunt put down the dishes, found a key, and led Lin Heng to the room.

"That's it. Just give me the key when you leave tomorrow." The aunt handed him the key, said that and left.

"It's really crude."

Lin Heng shook his head and sighed.

The wall is made of brick, not even a layer of cement is put on it, and dust falls off when touched. The quality is obviously not good. There is only a bed, a small table, a small bench, and a pot of water in the house.

After putting down his things, Lin Heng locked the door and went out.

After walking around Huangtan Town, Lin Heng stood on the bridge and looked at the surging Huangtan River. Big fish jumped out of the water from time to time, which seemed to be an invisible provocation.

This made him want to fish even more. The fish in this river should have never been severely beaten by anglers, so they should be easy to catch.

"When we have time, we must teach these cheap fish a lesson."

Sighing, Lin Heng turned and left.

With leisurely steps, Lin Heng arrived at the purchasing point. Even if it was not a market day, the door here was still open.

Lin Heng walked in. The boss Liu Qicheng was lying on a recliner listening to a show. The old-fashioned tape recorder next to him was playing folk songs. From time to time, it would jam and make a harsh electromagnetic sound.

"Dong dong!"

Lin Heng knocked on the door. Liu Qicheng opened his eyes and glanced at Lin Heng. Without getting up, he lay on the chair and asked, "Are you here to sell something?"

"How much does mulberry cost per pound now?" Lin Heng asked.

"There's a big sale on mulberry and yellow. Now it's only [-] cents a pound." Liu Qicheng said without raising his head.

Lin Heng was secretly dumbfounded. It was so dark. There were still fifty cents left in the city, so he had to pay for thirty cents.

But he also understood that Liu Qicheng must have lost money because of the big sale on mulberry and yellow. He usually piles enough for a big cart here before going to the city to ask someone to pull it.

It is estimated that there were too many piles this time, and the price reduction of Phellinus linteum was caught off guard, resulting in a lot of losses.

So we can only transfer the loss to other people.

"If I buy it, will you sell it here?" Lin Heng asked again.

Hearing this, Liu Qicheng was stunned, sat up, and looked at Lin Heng carefully.

He remembered that this was the young man who had brought ginseng to sell before, but in the end he seemed to have gone to the city.

Now where did this come from? Could it be that he was playing a trick on himself?

"Buy? I have a thousand kilograms of Phellinus mulberry here, can you afford it?" Liu Qicheng said in a bad tone, feeling that Lin Heng was amusing himself.

Lin Heng nodded and said calmly: "Of course, a thousand pounds is not much. How much do you sell it for here?"

Liu Qicheng smiled, stood up and looked at Lin Heng: "I won't ask you how much you want. Sixty cents per catty, six hundred per thousand catties. If you buy it, I will take it home for you."

"Fifty-five cents, I sold them all." Lin Heng looked at Liu Qicheng and said.

"Fifty-five cents is fine. As long as you buy it, pay for it now. Let's write the contract and I'll get a tractor to deliver it to your door."

Liu Qicheng said coldly, he is making a little bit of it now, but if he brings it into the city, he can only sell it for [-] cents, and he has to pay for shipping.

"Okay, let's write the contract now." Lin Heng nodded.

He had already expected Liu Qicheng's behavior. He just kept up with the times and made some money. He could not see the direction of the times clearly, nor would he understand the reasons for the decline in the price of Phellinus linteum.

And this kind of secret will not be spread, and only a few people know it.

"Aren't you kidding me?"

Liu Qicheng was stunned for a moment, then confirmed again: "This is a thousand pounds of mulberry huang, are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure. If you're worried, just write a higher liquidated damages in the contract. It can be a few thousand yuan. If I don't sell it, you can sue me."

Lin Heng spread his hands and said.

Liu Qicheng took a deep look at Lin Heng. He didn't know if this guy had a brain convulsion, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"

He understood that Lin Heng thought that the price of Phellinus mulberry would increase in the future and wanted to make money at the bottom. He is still too young. If it is so easy to make money, then what kind of business is he doing?

A contract in duplicate was quickly drafted, signed by two people, and fingerprinted.

In order to prevent future disputes when pressing fingerprints, Liu Qicheng also found two people to notarize it.

"Did you do this voluntarily?" The two notaries looked at Lin Heng and didn't know what to say. They wanted to persuade him but didn't speak.

"Yes." Lin Heng smiled and pressed his fingerprints.

"Young man, you have courage." Liu Qicheng gave a thumbs up and chuckled.

"Are you okay?" Lin Heng spread his hands and asked again: "Take me back to Hongfeng Village tomorrow morning, and I'll pay you in person then."

Renting a house in the town is troublesome and requires someone to guard it. After thinking about it, he decided to take it home.

"Okay, I'll contact a tractor and transport them all for you tomorrow morning." Liu Qicheng said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll leave first." Lin Heng put the contract in his pocket, turned around and left.

The whole process was unexpectedly smooth.

But as soon as he went out, he saw someone pointing in the distance.

It seems to be saying, look, it’s that silly boy. He paid [-] cents for it, and he bought it back for [-] cents.

Obviously, the two notaries just now had spread the matter as a joke.

Lin Heng put his hands in his pockets and didn't care.

After sleeping in the hotel, Lin Heng came over early the next morning.

Liu Qicheng also called for a tractor, which was a Dongfanghong vertical horizontal bar tractor from the [-]s.

"How much does this tractor cost?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

The driver was an uncle with a stubble on his face. He glanced at Lin Heng and said with a smile: "I heard it was more than [-], almost [-]. I only drive for the owner's family, so I don't know."

Lin Heng nodded: "It's really good. I'll buy one when I get rich."

Hearing this, the uncle driver couldn't help but smile: "Young man, it's better to stay down to earth."

Liu Qicheng, who was directing the loading of the truck next to him, also smiled: "Lin Heng, do you think the price of Sanghuang will increase in the future?"

Lin Heng nodded naturally: "Yes, I think it will rise sharply."

Liu Qicheng couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "I wish you success and make a lot of money."

I couldn't help but secretly laugh at Lin Heng's foolish dreams and crazy desire for money. How could he be able to work in this industry without knowing the inside story?
  He had heard rumors that the price of Phellinus linteum plummeted because some of its ingredients could be artificially produced, and the price would continue to fall in the future.

When the time comes, Lin Heng will cry.

(End of this chapter)