Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 4 Restaurant "Boss" Lady
There is nothing particular about picking kidney meridian tea, just break it with the stem.

The only thing you need to note is that the spores on the back of the leaves are very "delicate".

It will fall off if it is pressed or bumped.

This is also the reason why kidney meridian tea cannot be fried and the finished tea is rare.

For this less than three pounds of kidney meridian tea,
Dai Song carried two wild boar legs and used pig skin to pad his backpack.

After walking five or six miles along the mountain road carefully,
Fortunately, I finally returned to Liu Laoliu's home in Tuanjietun in time.

Liu Laoliu would ride his motorcycle to town every afternoon, and Dai Song planned to take a ride with him.

He just shouted outside the yard, and the big yellow dog that was curled up in the yard to bask in the sun suddenly became alert and rushed out of the yard like crazy to chase Dai Song away.

Dai Song was not panicked. He stretched his hips to avoid the old dog's bites several times, and seized the opportunity to step on the leash around its neck.

In an instant, the switch of some horrible memories in the old dog's brain was turned on, and he struggled desperately.

Dai Song pulled the dog leash backwards, and the dog held on to the rope and ran forward. In a few seconds, it was strangled to the point of foaming at the mouth, kicking its legs and turning over on its stomach.

Liu Laoliu, who was in the house, heard the noise and rushed out to check. Seeing the old dog lying on the ground, he suddenly felt sad.
"Old Huang! Ah!! Old Huang! How can I live without you to warm my bed!! Old Huang!"

But when Dai Song kicked the old dog's butt, the dog raised its head and looked at him as if it had lost its memory, and he felt a burning sensation on his face.
In the end, Dai Song got on Liu Laoliu's motorcycle, and the two went to Qin'an Town together.

This scene happened to be seen by Guo Zusheng who lived in the next yard.

He took his hand out from the crotch of his cotton trousers to keep it warm, rubbed his bruised chin, spat, and ran straight to Dai Song's house in his cloth shoes.

……

By the time we arrived in town, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Qinan Town Chain is the hub of more than a dozen villages around it.

Since the production team was disbanded and the land was distributed to individuals in 84, everyone has been transporting their excess grain to the black market in town to sell.

This is also an important channel for communication between the people in the village and the outside world.

Three turns and one ring, fine daily necessities and the like can only be seen here.

Dai Song walked along the street all the way to the State-owned Hotel.

Seeing someone peeking out from the alley entrance, I finally felt relieved.

He walked quickly forward and turned sideways to show the kidney meridian tea in the basket.

The man confirmed that Dai Song was not here to cause trouble, so he let him into the alley.

At this time, the illegal sale of goods was strictly checked, and those caught would be charged with speculation.

Being sent to work for the government was considered a light punishment; some people were fined to the point of losing everything they had.

However, as time went by, everyone gradually discovered that this alley next to the State-owned Hotel seemed to have never been raided.

So they gathered here and it became a famous black market in the surrounding area.

Because the end of the alley is connected to the kitchen of a state-owned hotel, it is called the "back kitchen".

Dai Song was a bohemian man in his previous life. He had been through all the alleys in the town, so he was naturally familiar with this place.

It was only half past three, but because it gets dark early in the north, the "kitchen" was almost full of people.

As soon as Dai Song walked in, he heard someone talking to him.

"Hey young man, are you going to buy some vegetables? I just picked them."

The old lady at the entrance of the alley waved to Dai Song with a smile.

She sat on a small stool, wrapped tightly in a bright green coat.

The shiny vegetables were neatly stacked in the basket in front of him.

Compared to the people around her who were squatting against the wall and placing goods on snakeskin bags, she seemed extremely relaxed.

"No, ma'am." Dai Song felt that the old lady was inexplicably friendly, so he pointed to the basket behind him and said, "I'm here to sell mountain products."

"Mountain products?" The old lady's eyes lit up, and she realized that Dai Song was holding two pig legs.

"Ouch!"

"A wild boar, maybe? How big is it?"

"Yeah. Yellow-haired guy."

Dai Song looked to the end of the alley and found that there was only room next to the old lady.
He followed the conversation and squatted beside her, setting up the stall and chatting with her:
"I just caught it today, but I don't plan to sell it. I'm going to keep it for my family to enjoy as a snack."

"Yellow hair is good~"

The old lady's tone was full of regret, "My son loves to eat yellow-haired crabs."

"Then next time I will wear a yellow-haired man and come here to find you, Auntie."

The old lady was delighted when she heard this, and two chrysanthemums seemed to be embroidered on the corners of her eyes:

"Sure! I'm telling you, my son loves yellow-haired pork, and he never gets tired of eating it."

"In the past, conditions were poor and we couldn't eat meat at home, so we rarely had some mountain products to satisfy our cravings."

"Now that we have the conditions, my son can buy whatever he wants to eat, but I still want to do something for him."

"Seeing him eating delicious food makes me feel happy..."

Dai Song was slightly stunned after hearing these words. In his previous life, he regretted his decision only after his mother passed away.

The pain of wanting to support his parents but they are no longer around always tormented him.

Now when I heard the old lady say this, I thought of my mother who is now safe and sound at home;

No matter how disappointed I was with myself, I never let myself down.

Dai Song's nose felt sore:

"Auntie, your son must be very filial to you."

"Yeah! My son is so good to me!"

The old lady saw that Dai Song was a new face and spoke nicely.

He started talking about his son, with the curve of his mouth becoming wider and wider.

Dai Song's stall was also very simple. He just turned the lid of the backpack upside down and put a few leaves of kidney meridian tea on top.

Because the kidney meridian tea is afraid of being tampered with, if someone takes a fancy to it later, he plans to sell it to the other party together with the backpack.

The old lady might be too excited and kept talking about her son.

She didn't even notice there was a customer standing in front of her. It was only after Dai Song reminded her that she said "Oh my God" and greeted the person.

The man was wearing a gray work suit with frayed edges and a brown baseball cap pulled down low.

Even squatting beside him, Dai Song found it difficult to see his entire appearance.

"Auntie, how much are these eggplants?" The man pointed to three round-headed eggplants in the basket.

"Hey young man, I'll give you 15 cents for three of them, how about that?"

"Okay, ma'am, I don't have any change, can you give me some?"

"Okay, wait, I'll explain it to you!"

The old lady deftly tied the eggplants with newspaper and hemp rope and handed them to the man, then took the big unity handed to her by him.

Dai Song, who was standing by, was stunned when he saw the ten-dollar note in the old lady's hand.

Although it was getting dark, the alley was grey and gloomy because of the light from the street lamps outside.

But with only the last bit of daylight, Dai Song also discovered that something was wrong with the money:

Why do the people in this big unity look so sloppy? ! !
"Auntie, please slow down."

Dai Song immediately stopped the old lady who was about to give him change, and stood up and walked to the man.

Although he is thin, he is tall.

In addition, it was cold and he was wearing thick clothes, which made him look tall and strong.

Facing the man, Dai Song frowned, and a sense of ruthlessness arose spontaneously.

He dared to guarantee that without a fight, few people would not be afraid of him.

As a result, the other party actually snatched the banknotes from the old lady's hand.

He turned around and fired an electric cannon at him!

Fortunately, Dai Song reacted faster.

She slid down directly and hugged the man's legs in the blink of an eye.

Then he lunged forward.

The man fell to the ground.

Dai Song, who was hugging the man's legs, started howling.

“He has counterfeit money!!!”

My feet are numb from squatting for too long, and there is really no other way to do it except shouting.

But this trick is completely enough.

The two old ladies who were closest to him reacted immediately and started riding on the man in gray.

The two men weighed a total of 350 kilograms and pressed down on him. Dai Song could only feel that the gray-clothed man's legs were shaking.

"Oh my goodness!"

"Take off his clothes!"

"Find out where he hid the counterfeit money!"

After the two women shouted like this, almost everyone in the alley gathered around.

The crowds of people instantly blocked the alley.

During extraordinary times, counterfeit currency is strictly checked and the rewards for reporting are very generous.

Faced with such ready-made rewards, how could people not be jealous?
At this moment, Dai Song was still groping on the ground, trying to climb up, but he was pushed out in a few seconds.

Fortunately, the old lady didn't squeeze into the crowd from the beginning.

Seeing Dai Song tumbling and crawling out from among the crowd, he hurried over to help him.

As she brushed the dust off Daisong's body, the wrinkles on the old lady's face became even deeper.

"Hey mom! Is it okay for the guy to suck you?"

"Hey...it's no big deal. It's easier to deal with than a wild boar."

"Still feeling poor? Sit down and take a rest! Come on."

Dai Song grinned, took the old lady's hand, and slapped a handful of banknotes into her palm.

"Auntie, check it out to see if you missed anything."

"This……"

Looking at Dai Song who seemed to be fleeing from famine, the old lady wiped her face with the back of her hand, grumbled twice, and put the banknotes into her pocket.

At this moment, several loud roars were heard outside the alley.

"What's going on! What are you doing?!"

“No one is allowed to leave!”

The powerful roar echoed again and again in the narrow alley.

Upon hearing this, everyone ignored the stalls and swarmed out of the alley.

So what if there are people blocking the way outside? It’s so dark, will I be caught in the alley?
Dai Song stretched his numb legs, picked up the backpack and prepared to run away, but the old lady hugged his arm tightly.

"Ah? Auntie, you don't wear something like this?!"

But the old lady smiled and waved, then leaned close to his ear and said:

"Don't be afraid, the person outside is my son, the manager of the State-Owned Hotel."

(End of this chapter)