My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 5: Asking if you are arrogant
The old lady was not cunning and skillfully quoted the city market price: "Five yuan a pound, plus food coupons. As long as you have money, the old bacon from the mountains can be sold for six yuan."

That’s six dollars.

The county town is cheaper than here. Who would have thought that this country kid would skip several levels.

Bacon, especially the authentic mountain bacon, is a good thing recognized by everyone.

No one complains it's too expensive. Everyone assumes that this is no longer the price of meat, but the price of processed products.

Just cut a few slices and stir-fry with garlic sprouts, cauliflower, etc., and it will become a delicious dish with a fragrant aroma, which can even be served at a state banquet.

Moreover, in an era when refrigerators were not common, it could be hung outside the window or balcony without worrying about spoilage, and could be eaten all year round.

A pound of bacon can improve and embellish the oily and meaty meals for one or two months.

It is really a great ingredient for home travel and raising children.

Every household in the city smokes their own bacon in autumn and winter, but the flavor is far from the same.

The housewives who immediately crowded the dormitory building entrance could all confirm with their sharp eyes that this was no ordinary industrial smoked meat: "At least two or three years old, smoked thoroughly, not even the chaff sticks to it, it's really good stuff!"

"Smell this. It's smoky, right? Take a deep breath. Doesn't that pine smell come out?"

"Ah, this smells so good. The ones I buy at the market don't have this smell."

"My hometown sent me this twice. It has to be charcoal. The best charcoal is used to make the fire. Fresh pine and cypress branches are used to cover the charcoal fire to smoke the bacon. Only then can it have this flavor. It's completely different from the smoked meat made in the meat processing factory in the vegetable market. I want five pounds!"

"I want five pounds too, but I have to go to the bank to get some. I don't have enough cash."

"I'll help you fill it up first. Give me two pounds so the child can get some nutrition when he comes back..."

"Don't fight over it, don't fight over it. Share the eggs too. They're country eggs by their color, and they have a different aroma when fried."

"Bring me an egg and fry it right away... Ouch, smell this!"

Just across two streets, there is an old factory building. Behind the alley at the bottom of the building is the dormitory area.

Without even waiting for the farm boy to say anything, the bacon and eggs in the basket were quickly divided up.

Even the weight was weighed using spring scales that several households brought from their homes. After some clumsy calculations, they came up with 68.5 kilograms.

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Forty-seven eggs cost two dollars and thirty-five cents.

The city people were also simple at this time. They were all acquaintances from the unit. They neither hoarded the eggs nor raised the prices, nor did they bully the country people. They even reminded him that the eggs were sold at a low price.

The people of Jiangzhou are more generous and straightforward. The old lady originally asked for 20 eggs, but most of them were taken away. She quickly took the money and stuffed it into the pocket of the country boy: "Next time you come, take more eggs. Keep the money. There are many pickpockets on the street."

Weidong tried his best to control his shaking hands and took the four hundred yuan...

He spent about fifty yuan on collecting the bacon and his own food, and the travel expenses were less than ten yuan.

He even thought in his mind whether he could make more money by selling it in Beijing.

But at this moment, a man in a white police uniform happened to walk in while talking to someone, and Wei Dong was scared to death again!
Fortunately, the police only sniffed the aroma of fried eggs and leeks for a few times, and immediately came over with a smile and joked.

Wei Dong, with his heart beating so hard that it was about to jump out of his chest, pretended to be calm and picked up the empty backpack and left, but in his heart he would never dare to sell goods like this again.

Only after being in jail do you know that it really depends on the police's decision.

But with more than 500 yuan in his pocket, a sum that a working couple in the city couldn't save in a year, the joy and confidence still overwhelmed the fear and terror.

This is definitely a huge sum of money!
Then go back tonight.

I took advantage of the afternoon and went to the nearest large hospital in the provincial capital for consultation. They could see me, but there was no mention of an ambulance.

Now there is no ambulance in the hospitals in the entire provincial capital, so you have to find a way to get to the hospital yourself.

Obviously, ship is the safest way to transport patients with spinal injuries without aggravating the injury.

So Weidong, who was used to doing things thoroughly and accurately, chose to be a little more luxurious and try taking a passenger ferry back to Shangzhou.

After all, only there are berths there, which will definitely make it more comfortable for my father to lie down.

A fourth-class cabin for ten dollars and twenty cents.

Twenty or thirty passengers were squeezed into two rows of bunk beds.

Even though most of the people here are from the city, it's still hot, crowded and noisy.

But this was the first time that Weidong could lie down in bed after he "came back" from all the hard work.

So the young man who had just eaten a big bowl of noodles at a roadside stall at the pier before boarding the ship hid in the toilet, secretly tied the money to the inside of his thigh with a rubber band, and went back to sleep.

It was not until I was woken up by the waiter before arrival in the early morning to vacate my bed that I took a look at the conditions of the fifth-class cabin. It turned out that there was a cheaper fifth-class individual bed, which meant that you would be given a mat and could sleep on the floor anywhere.

It's only seven dollars and ninety cents, only two dollars more expensive than taking the county motorboat where there are petty thieves.

Weidong didn't dare spend a penny in the provincial capital, for fear that the money would not be enough if his father was transferred to another hospital.

Now I have a better idea of ​​what to do. When I landed in Shangzhou, I still didn't have time to go to the tax compound to see the master, so I went straight to the bus station.

When he arrived at the county town, he didn't go to the hospital. Instead, he took advantage of a truck heading to the countryside near the station and gave it two cents to go back.

It must have rained last night. When I got off the car, the air was filled with summer moisture, washing away the morning mist and making the mountain countryside clean, bright and full of vitality.

So Weidong ran very hard and it was past nine in the morning when he returned to the village.

He went straight to the house of Goudan, who had played basketball with him since childhood, and said, "Come on, follow me to the county to take my dad to get medical treatment!"

Goudan, who was also strong and honest, grabbed his coat and went out without saying a word. His mother howled, and the two boys disappeared.

But when they went out, Weidong took out ten yuan in loose change and gave it to his childhood friend: "Go around over there and see if anyone has bacon at home. Tell them you want it and give me two yuan as a deposit. When you sell it, I'll give you one yuan per pound."

Goudan nodded and left.

Weidong had already collected thirty or forty kilograms of food on the way back from the car when he got off the bus and climbed over the mountain. He then collected another twenty or thirty kilograms on the way home and filled his backpack.

First, I removed the door panel of the kitchen, and then found a wooden board in front of the main room to knock on.

The grandparents, who were still able to work in the fields, came over with hunched backs. After finding out that their most educated grandson was going to send his father to the provincial capital for medical treatment, they hurried to boil water and cook.

She asked Weidong to hold her back and said that she was leaving soon to go to the county town to eat. At this time, she unexpectedly saw Erfeng coming with Goudan carrying a backpack.

The childhood friend smiled and stuffed the ten yuan back in his pocket: "Erfeng has already taken away the bacon from Lijiapo over there, hurry up and carry two more!"

Weidong didn't give Erfeng the money right away. Instead, he used the small spring scale he bought in the city to weigh the items one by one. "Ninety-three pounds. Give the ten yuan change to everyone first. I'm afraid it won't be enough for the surgery, so I'll make up for it when I get back."

Er Feng refused to accept the money or put down the backpack: "I will go with you. I can carry the goods!"

Ran Weidong shook his head firmly and stuffed the money in. "More people means more travel fees. Thank you for helping me collect the bacon. Don't worry about it."

As he spoke, he took out his quilt and spread it on the door panel, then placed more than 100 kilograms of bacon on it, spread a layer of dry straw to level it, and finally covered it with two more quilts, tied it with a few hemp ropes to prevent it from leaking, and left.

The door panels of the farmhouses here all have rafters extending above and below as door hinges. Now Weidong has nailed a handle on the other side as well, turning the door panel into a stretcher.

I heard that in the provincial hospital, you need to pay a deposit of 80 yuan to rent a stretcher, and you can't use a soft stretcher for a lumbar injury, so they recommend using a door panel.

Now you can also "smuggle" bacon, perfect!

So they only brought a backpack with some clothes, and two strong young men carried the "stretcher" in front and back, and ran away along the mountain road like the wind.

Erfeng stood on tiptoe on the slope and watched for a long time. She bit her lips so hard that her long, shiny black braid was almost pinched to pieces. Only when she heard her grandfather calling her did she hurried back to help take care of it.

The two strong young men ran and screamed until they stopped a passing truck on the road, paid fifty cents to climb into the cargo bed and leaned against a truck full of sacks of goods without feeling tired.

Goudan was still excited: "You said we want to take a boat?!"

This guy went back home to farm after finishing elementary school and hasn't even been to the county many times.

Let Weidong nod: "Well, let's go to the provincial capital and take you to eat good food."

Goudan was so happy that he shouted, not even asking whether he would be paid for his work.

Weidong must be thinking about getting the money back for the surgery and then giving the reward to his childhood friend, so he doesn't even dare to say anything.

But Goudan's carefree barking was like the bright sun against the blue sky, brightening Weidong's originally gloomy and uneasy mind.

After receiving the money, the truck driver dropped the two country boys off at the gate of the county hospital before leaving.

Goudan was actually reluctant to leave.

Let Weidong urge him to go in with laughter, scolding and slapping.

Several relatives were accompanying his mother outside the ward.

From a distance, I saw the useless scholar who had disappeared for two days appear in the corridor.

The fierce aunt stood up and started to speak rapidly: "Dongwazi, what are you doing? How can you make any money? That's your father's life-saving money..."

The second aunt began to warm up her voice. Only then did they realize that her brother-in-law could no longer stand up: "Life is so hard, Dongwazi, you have to do your best..."

If you have a good voice and do live streaming, you can probably make some money from your performance.

He proudly pulled the stack of banknotes from his waistband and clapped them on his palms. "I have 500 yuan now. I'm going to send Dad to the provincial capital for medical treatment right away. If there's still a chance for him to get back on his feet, I won't give up. Even if we have to send him to Shanghai or Beijing, I'll take him to see a high-tech doctor!"

If he wasn't worried about not having enough money, he would have wanted to give a big unity card to every relative present!

But this momentum is enough. In those days, there were no hundred-yuan notes, and five hundred yuan was already a very thick stack!
Following the domineering moves he learned from the Dragon King's Son-in-law video.

Everyone's words were stuffed into their stomachs.

He watched with his mouth wide open as the strong scholar easily took control of the situation.

No one had ever seen so much money.

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