Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 108, Ginseng Luck Returns to Beijing Bicycle

After more than 30 hours of departure from Zhengyang Railway Station in Beijing, Zhao Mancang and his group finally arrived in the Northeast safely.

Unlike the last time they came to the First Automobile Works, this time Zhao Mancang and his team only came to hunt musk deer.

But they were not without a receptionist. Deng Zhijian, the liaison officer from the agricultural-related departments in the Northeast, and three security guards who also served as drivers came to receive them.

However, Zhao Mancang and his companions only rested for an afternoon in the guesthouse in Changchun City, and then set off for Huaniugou at the foot of Lesser Khingan Mountains in the evening.

Just like last time, the person leading the way into the mountains this time was Fei Yanggu, a villager from Huaniugou.

"Dr. Zhao, I'm so happy to see you again."

Fei Yanggu was deeply impressed by the hunting trip ten days ago.

Because Zhao Mancang killed four wild boars with just one sword, his brute force was terrifying.

And Zhao Mancang is really lucky.

Since Zhao Mancang and his team left last time, Fei Yanggu and his team have gone into the mountains three times in a row, but the gains were very little each time.

The most they ever hunted was a wild boar weighing over 80 kilograms and a fawn weighing over 30 kilograms.

Logically speaking, the Lesser Khingan Mountains are very rich in resources and there are many wild animals. If you go out hunting, you should be able to get a lot.

But actually?
So Fei Yanggu and the others thought it must be a matter of luck.

Therefore, they were so excited when they saw Zhao Mancang again.

Liang Xingmin and others were quite surprised to see how familiar Zhao Mancang was with villagers like Fei Yanggu.

After some inquiries, Xiao Shutie found out that Zhao Mancang was so brave last time.

But, is this really true?

In fact, Xiao Shutie and the others also knew that Zhao Mancang was very strong, but it was really unbelievable that he could knock down a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms with just a kitchen knife.

Seeing Fei Yanggu and the others' confident expressions, and even because Xiao Shutie and the others were a little unconvinced and ran to take out the kitchen knife to prove the matter, Xiao Shutie and the others finally reluctantly believed it.

After a while of excitement, everyone took the time to rest as they had to set off in the early morning.

A few hours later, at four in the morning, everyone gathered and set off into the mountains.

This time, in order to hunt more living musk deer, several villagers from Huaniugou were dispatched.

The hunting target of thirty musk deer is not that simple.

Zhao Mancang was not responsible for shooting. He was only responsible for first aid and rescuing the musk deer.

In addition to hunting with guns, the other option is to set traps to see if it is possible to hunt musk deer.

But setting traps requires more luck and takes more time.

Zhao Mancang will not waste more time here, so he chooses to fight quickly and decisively.

After entering the mountains, Xiao Shutie, Guan Lishan, Zhang Jianyong, Han Xiaochuan and others became more serious.

After all, they are security staff and they practice shooting a lot on weekdays. Now it is time to test their results. Not only that, they don’t want to be surpassed by Fei Yanggu and other Huaniugou villagers.

Therefore, they all became very serious and stopped laughing.

In the morning, the sun was shining brightly in the sky and everyone had already gone deep into the Lesser Khingan Mountains. However, three or four hours had passed and apart from seeing a few rabbits and pheasants, no prey had been seen.

At noon, a group of people sat around a stream in the valley. Everyone worked together. Some were cooking, some were processing the prey, and some were walking around to see if there was any other gain.

For lunch we had the hares and pheasants we hunted in the morning. Although there wasn’t much, it was a good snack.

There are a total of eleven people on Zhao Mancang's side, twelve people on Fei Yanggu's side, and four people including Deng Zhijian from the Northeast Agricultural Department.

This is a team of twenty-seven people, which is quite a lot.

So, the average number of hares and pheasants per three people was one, which was certainly not much.

After lunch, it was one o'clock in the afternoon. After walking for a while, Zhao Mancang and his friends suddenly and excitedly found a ginseng.

Fei Yanggu and the others were very happy because the ginseng tree in front of them had six palmate compound leaves, commonly known as six-leaf leaves.

In other words, this is ginseng that is over a hundred years old, which is very rare.

The people who release the people from the mountains are generally called a group, which means that after seeing this elder, the entire hillside will have countless descendants, just like a tribe.

Zhao Mancang and his companions were passing through the middle of the shady hillside, and unexpectedly they came across the hundred-year-old ginseng first.

Ginseng grows very slowly, and it takes a lot of luck to find a century-old ginseng.

If you come across a hundred-year-old ginseng and don’t dig it up, you would definitely be wasting your luck.

However, Zhao Mancang and his team came here not to dig ginseng, but to look for musk deer.

What's more, it's been half a day and I haven't seen a single musk deer. It's really difficult to deal with.

Moreover, as a timid and solitary animal, the forest musk deer generally lives alone.

Of course, male musk deer often stay with their young ones.

Therefore, it is very difficult for Zhao Mancang and his team to hunt more than 30 musk deer.

So only a few people were left to dig ginseng, while Zhao Mancang and the others continued to hunt.

"Wait a moment!"

Not long after they moved forward, Zhao Mancang suddenly shouted because he smelled a special fragrance in the air.

This should be the smell released by male musk deer.

Generally speaking, male musk deer use their huge musk glands to mark their territory and attract mates. Since there is a special fragrance here, it is very likely that there is a male musk deer nearby.

There may even be baby musk deer, and more likely a female musk deer.

"Brother Mancang, what's wrong?" Han Xiaochuan didn't quite understand these things, but it didn't stop him from looking around carefully.

Zhao Mancang said with a serious expression:

"Everyone, be alert and don't move around. I smell a scent, it should be the musk emanating from the body of a male musk deer."

"And there's a good chance there are two or three musk deer nearby, so everyone must be careful and not alarm them, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted."

Musk deer are really too timid, and they are also very alert, sensitive and impatient. Any disturbance will alarm them and they will run away.

A forest musk deer weighs about six to nine kilograms, which is not very big.

Even though they are not very big, they run away very quickly.

Everyone was surprised to hear what Zhao Mancang said. They didn't bother to ask how Zhao Mancang smelled it. Everyone hurriedly focused their attention around them.

If Lin Musk Deer escapes because of questioning Zhao Mancang, it will not be a good thing for everyone.

At this moment, Liang Xingmin opened fire.

Bang!
After a gunshot, a male musk deer, which had just reached adulthood, fell to the ground and died.

After hearing the sound, Zhao Mancang immediately looked carefully, and then he soon saw the male musk deer lying on the ground.

"Don't shoot, I'll go take a look."

The musk deer had already fallen to the ground, so there was no need to shoot anymore. He didn't want to harvest the corpse of a male musk deer.

The corpse is of no use to him; the living musk deer is more valuable.

As a result, just as he was about to raise his foot, Li Baoguo, Zhang Jianyong and Xiao Shutie fired another shot each.

Bang bang bang!
There are a total of four musk deer around here?
When Zhao Mancang heard the gunshot, his face was filled with surprise.

And that’s exactly what happened.

The musk deer that Liang Xingmin shot should be a male musk deer that had just turned one year old. When a male musk deer is one year old, it will have its first physiological reaction of secreting fragrance, and then it will appear once every year from May to July.

In other words, this one-year-old male musk deer had just started secreting musk when Zhao Mancang happened to smell it.

Female forest musk deer are usually attracted by this musk.

So the other three animals that Li Baoguo and his three companions shot were actually the female musk deer that were attracted here.

We can only say that Zhao Mancang and his friends are lucky, but also unfortunate at the same time.

Because Zhang Jianyong's shooting skills were still deviated, the female musk deer he shot was killed on the spot, and Zhao Mancang was unable to save her.

What can I do?
Zhao Mancang was also quite desperate. After finally finding four musk deer, one of them died.

The other three were rescued by Zhao Mancang. After treating and bandaging their wounds, Zhao Mancang put them in a cage.

The three musk deer were all blindfolded to prevent them from being too scared.

Now that we have captured three musk deer, the next step should be quicker.

Carrying three live musk deer and one dead musk deer, the group continued on their journey to look for other musk deer.

In the blink of an eye, it was already evening and I still had no other gains. It seemed that my luck had run out again.

But just as the sky was getting dark, a leopard suddenly appeared in front of them.

We meet face to face!

The distance between the two sides was no more than a hundred meters. The leopard just stared straight at Zhao Mancang and the others, and both sides looked at each other in a daze.

Bang!
Liang Xingmin was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He picked up the gun and pulled the trigger.

What is there to wait for?

Just do it and it's done.

Li Baoguo and Zhang Jianyong also reacted quickly, pulled the trigger of their guns, and aimed very accurately.

The clouded leopard never understood until its death. It just came out for a walk and to find food, but it was killed by humans.

Although the meat of the clouded leopard was not that delicious, everyone was starving and naturally didn't care about that.

After hunting a leopard, we finally have dinner for tonight.

When going out hunting, you must eat the prey you hunt, not those dry steamed buns or sweet potatoes.

The group took their prey and found a place with water nearby to spend the night.

Zhao Mancang was busy feeding the three musk deer. They might not be able to eat it and might not be willing to eat it, but he had to let them eat it.

Otherwise, they would not be able to survive and return to the capital.

Just as Zhao Mancang was feeding the musk deer, Han Xiaochuan and his team killed another dead musk deer while patrolling nearby.

Zhao Mancang was so angry that he wanted to curse.

You also say that he has good marksmanship and can kill people with one shot, right?
It’s really too much!
There is not much musk deer meat, and the most important thing is to hunt the living musk deer, not the dead one.

Fei Yanggu and his men also came back, but they hunted two wild boars, one weighing more than 30 kilograms and the other weighing more than 70 kilograms.

It can almost be said that tomorrow’s food supply has been solved.

But it is August now, so the wild boar meat must be processed now and smoked directly into bacon, so there is no need to worry about the meat going bad.

The next day, Zhao Mancang woke up early in the morning and the first thing he did was to check the three living musk deer.

Last night, everyone worked together to build three huge cages about three square meters in area and two meters high at the camp.

These cages are used for the activities of three musk deer.

After all, their injuries were not very serious, and Zhao Mancang also used emergency medical kits to treat them, so they were able to recover quickly.

Otherwise, if they were treated with ordinary methods, they would probably die soon.

It’s just because musk deer are too timid, and Zhao Mancang is afraid that they will be scared to death.

However, they need a certain amount of activity, so we build such a stable cage directly at the station to allow them to move around.

The three live musk deer were all fine, except that their mental state was still very lethargic, everything else was fine.

After breakfast, Zhao Mancang and his friends set off first.

Two people were left at the camp to help look after the three live musk deer. In addition, they also had to take care of the smoking meat, weaving more cages and other tasks.

Zhao Mancang and his team took the camp as the center and searched around, trying to complete the hunting mission as much as possible.

After a morning, Zhao Mancang brought back five musk deer, but three of them were dead.

What can I say? The musk deer reacted too quickly. Liang Xingmin and his men were very accurate with their guns, but they couldn't stop the musk deer from seeking death.

So there is nothing we can do about it.

In addition to the five musk deer, Zhao Mancang and his team also harvested wild boars, hares, pheasants and other prey.

He was lucky enough to catch a musk deer, but Zhao Mancang was really speechless.

The two people who stayed in the camp completed the construction of five cages, but in the end there were only two living musk deer. Alas!
In the afternoon, Zhao Mancang and his team had an even worse experience. They encountered a Northeastern golden tabby, which resulted in Li Baoguo being injured.

The Siberian tiger is very large, with a body weight of nearly 500 kilograms. It is a male tiger, about 2.28 meters long.

Unfortunately, after injuring Li Baoguo, it escaped and was not hunted.

There is a tiger in the mountains, and everyone shot and injured it. I am afraid that the next musk deer hunting mission will not be so easy.

After all, if the king of the forest were to appear, the musk deer would have already fled.

In this case, after discussing it, everyone decided not to go in that direction to hunt musk deer, but to go in other directions.

However, other directions are not so easy either.

In short, hunting musk deer is a relatively bad thing. No matter how accurate the shooting skills are in daily training, it is useless because what Zhao Mancang needs is a live musk deer.

He was shot to death and Zhao Mancang couldn't be saved.

The next day, everyone changed direction and continued hunting. Their luck seemed to be much better. In just half a day, they hunted three live musk deer.

But the luck seemed to run out quickly, as everyone encountered a big one.

Northeast China, at the foot of Lesser Khingan Mountains, Huaniugou.

Huaniugou was particularly lively at noon today. Almost all the villagers came out because the hunting team that had been in the mountains for more than a week finally returned with a full load.

"Oh my god, after so many years, I finally hunted a big tiger. This beast must weigh at least 500 kilograms, right? It's so big!"

"Not really. I think it was back when the Northeast King was in power that tigers this big were hunted. Even the Japanese soldiers who lived a comfortable life never hunted tigers this big."

"Hiss, so many musk deer! Can they really support so many? Aren't there plenty of musk deer in the mountains? Is it necessary to raise them?"

"What's going on with this big black bear? Why is there only the bear skin? Where's the other stuff?"

"Oh my goodness, there are still three big wild boars? Oh my god, did they turn the whole mountain upside down? I wonder if the mountain god will blame us."

The villagers were talking about it, while Fei Yanggu and others held their heads high, with proud smiles on their faces.

As Fei Yanggu and the others had guessed, as long as they followed Zhao Mancang into the mountains, they would definitely reap a lot.

My guess was right. I actually hunted so many prey.

Not to mention the thirty-five live musk deer, nor the big black bear that they happened to encounter, let’s just talk about the big tiger that they had encountered before but was injured, but came to seek revenge.

That Northeastern golden tabby was simply seeking death. It knew that Zhao Mancang and his team had a large number of people in their team, but it still intercepted them on their way home.

As luck would have it, he pounced on Zhao Mancang, so his fate was almost certain.

It can almost be said that the Northeast Golden Tabby is actually here to deliver food.

Who made it face Zhao Mancang, who had no place to use his brute force?
The entire Huaniugou was immersed in a sea of ​​joy. Everyone was so happy that they were almost singing and dancing.

Pig-killing dishes have always been one of the mainstream village dishes here and are everyone’s favorite.

As the saying goes, the guest should follow the host's wishes.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang and the others had no objection. After all, they had hunted a lot of prey, so it was not impossible to take out a wild boar weighing 300 kilograms as a dish.

After hunting so many prey and returning to Huaniugou, they began to discuss how to distribute these mountain products before eating.

The most valuable items are a hundred-year-old ginseng, two ginsengs that are more than eighty years old, a big tiger, a black bear skin and two big wild boars, as well as other mountain products such as wild rabbits, pheasants, musk deer, etc.

All of these will be priced according to market prices and distributed according to contribution.

Zhao Mancang took the 100-year-old ginseng because he was a doctor and knew it would be more effective in his hands. No one else would argue with him about this.

I even wished that Zhao Mancang would choose two other ginsengs that were more than 80 years old.

After all, for Liang Xingmin, Deng Zhijian, Fei Yanggu and others, meat is better.

Especially this Northeastern golden tabby, it has good things all over its body.

The tiger bone wine that Zhao Mancang brought back last time, one of the ingredients in it was tiger bones.

And the tiger whip wine that Zhao Mancang had been dreaming of last time was finally made available this time.

And this is a big tiger weighing nearly 500 kilograms, so its parts are even more important.

After the distribution was completed, Zhao Mancang still exchanged them for tiger penis wine and tiger bone wine. These are local specialties of Huaniugou. Although they were just soaked in the big tiger and cannot be drunk within a year or two, so what?
Things like tiger bone wine will become more effective the longer they are stored.

For Zhao Mancang, these are just like collectibles or gifts, since he can't use them anyway.

Liang Xingmin, Li Baoguo and others were all envious of the tiger bone wine and tiger penis wine in Zhao Mancang's hands, and they all placed orders with him.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang said to them bluntly:

"You're not that old, you don't need these things. Even if you really do, you can just come to me and take your pulse. You don't need to use these things."

why?
They all didn't understand why Zhao Mancang was unwilling to let them use it?
In response to this, Zhao Mancang said unhappily:

"If you can keep finding these good things, I certainly won't stop you, but do you have the channels and funds?"

"You don't have any, so using these good things is like taking drugs. Once you become addicted, it's not a good thing. I'm doing this for your own good."

Xiao Shutie looked embarrassed when he heard that, but he still asked an extra question: why did he want tiger bone wine again?

Zhao Mancang was speechless.

Putting aside the fact that his monthly salary is one hundred and forty-eight and twenty cents, it is actually relatively easy for him to buy things like tiger penis wine.

For example, he is a doctor himself. Even if he can't make tiger penis wine, can't he make other aphrodisiac medicinal wines?
Besides, he is only twenty-four years old and has no use for these things.

"Okay, let's stop discussing this topic."

Lunch was not served until after two o'clock. After lunch, everyone set off to return to Changchun City.

All thirty-five musk deer were transported back safely and boarded the train back to the capital with Zhao Mancang and others.

Today's green trains are too slow.

As a result, Zhao Mancang didn't get a good rest during the entire return journey.

Because after getting on the train, these musk deer became uncomfortable in various ways.

As the person in charge, Zhao Mancang certainly could not watch the musk deer that they had worked so hard to hunt die on the way back to Beijing.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang could only use all his skills, and even the system experience value reached the bottom.

Only then were they finally brought back to the capital safely.

At Zhengyang Railway Station, Xue Yuanshun, Zhao Xianzhou and Wang Jinyi excitedly greeted Zhao Mancang and the others, then they all took Lin Musk into the car, stepped on the accelerator, and drove straight to the steel plant.

"Doctor Zhao, the musk deer breeding farm halfway up Jundu Mountain has been built. Should we go there directly or return to the steel plant first?"

"Have the musk deer's food and other supplies been delivered over there?"

This is what Zhao Mancang cares about most, not anything else.

Seeing Xue Yuanshun shaking his head, Zhao Mancang had no choice but to say that he would go back to the steel plant first.

In the breeding room, Wu Huamin saw Zhao Mancang and the others coming back, and hurried out of the office.

Thirty-five musk deer moved into the breeding room, which is definitely a big deal.

The musk deer breeding farm has invested 8,000 yuan, which is definitely a big project.

What's more, musk deer themselves are very valuable, so before they even got out of the car, Xu Fugui, Zheng Damao, Wang Shunfa and others all came over to watch.

"Is this the forest musk deer?"

Many people have never seen a musk deer. Even Xu Fugui, who has worked in the breeding room for half his life, saw a musk deer for the first time.

A small musk deer weighs only about ten pounds at most, very small.

And their guts are smaller than their weight.

When Zhao Mancang put them in separate cages in the breeding room, they kept jumping up and down and seemed very uneasy.

"Everyone, please disperse quickly. Don't scare them here. They will be frightened."

Seeing that everyone was still watching, Zhao Mancang immediately drove them away.

What’s so good about this musk deer?

Zheng Damao and the others dispersed in a hurry, but Wu Huamin didn't want to leave. He wanted to take a few more looks.

Xing Shuqi, Shen Zhongxin and others who heard the news also hurried over, wanting to take a closer look at this small animal like the musk deer.

The musk deer is not big and there is nothing special about it. It is just a small animal weighing about ten pounds.

The most important thing is that they are very timid. When someone approaches them, they jump up and down, as if they want to escape from the constraints of the cage and hide far away.

Xing Shuqi and the others just looked for a while and then left satisfied.

But is it worth investing 8,000 yuan in a musk deer farm?
Let’s not talk about whether it’s worth it or not. Let’s talk to Zhao Mancang first, because he has tiger bone wine and tiger penis wine. These are good things, but Zhao Mancang is so young and has no need for them.

In the top leader's office, Xing Shuqi and the other two looked at Zhao Mancang with fiery eyes, as if they were in a trial.

The latter had no choice but to take out the tiger penis wine, but did not give it to them.

"Three leaders, I can't give you this wine yet, because it's just been soaked and has no effect at all."

"It's most appropriate to put it here because I'm a doctor."

Xing Shuqi and others don’t believe this. Are doctors so awesome?

If you have the ability, improve their abilities in this area until they are 18 years old first.

Raised to eighteen?

Zhao Mancang thought to himself, please let me go, experience points should not be wasted like this.

Forget it, since they like this tiger penis wine so much, just give it to them so they don’t have to think about it all day long.

The three leaders were not ignorant people. After taking the wine, they immediately got to work.

Promotion and salary increase are definitely not possible for the time being. After all, Xing Shuqi and the others had promised Zhao Mancang that they would give him a raise.

However, the salary increase can only be achieved next year, and it is definitely not possible this year.

Therefore, regarding this matter, promotion and salary increase will definitely not work.

So they gave Zhao Mancang Moutai liquor, Wuliangye liquor, work clothes, bicycles and other things as rewards, as well as tiger penis wine and tiger bone wine as compensation.

Zhao Mancang looked at the Moutai and Wuliangye bottles in front of him and always felt that they were the two bottles he had given them before, except that they were returned to him with two more bottles.

A total of two bottles of Moutai and two bottles of Wuliangye, a bicycle, and two sets of work clothes.

Among these things, Zhao Mancang was most satisfied with the bicycle because it was a women's bicycle.

In other words, it was actually a bicycle that Xing Shuqi and his men bought specifically to win over Zhao Mancang.

Who doesn’t know that Zhao Mancang married a beautiful wife?
In the past, a wife was essentially a man's face. Even in today's world where appearance is not so important, Lin Wan's appearance is justice.

There's no way, it's really beautiful.

Therefore, when I didn't know what gift to give Zhao Mancang and there was no way to give him a promotion or a raise for the time being, this was the only thing I could do.

It’s no wonder that Zhao Mancang was indeed very satisfied. Xing Shuqi and the others were naturally very happy to see him so happy.

This is what each of us needs.

A bicycle costs one hundred and fifty yuan. If the bicycle ticket needs to be purchased separately, then it will cost another fifty yuan to buy the bicycle ticket.

Anyway, a bicycle costs almost one month's salary for Zhao Mancang, which is not very expensive, but definitely not cheap.

"Lin Kai, if you're not in a hurry to leave after get off work today, come back with me then."

At the door of the breeding room, Zhao Mancang called Lin Kai to his front and gave him instructions.

"Brother-in-law, I always walk back by myself. I won't ride your bike."

Lin Kai looked at his brother-in-law curiously, and his brother-in-law quickly pointed to the bicycle shed in the distance, where a women's bicycle happened to be parked.

"Did you see that women's bicycle? I prepared it for your sister. You're responsible for riding it back for me today. I can't carry it back by myself, right?"

"Brother-in-law, you are so awesome!" Lin Kai immediately smiled flatteringly.

The conversation between the two was naturally overheard by Xu Fugui, Peng Sixi, Zhang Debao and others nearby. Zheng Damao and Wang Shunfa, who thought they had a closer relationship with Zhao Mancang, couldn't help but curiously asked Zhao Mancang a few questions about bicycles.

After all, it was a women's bicycle, and it was most likely a reward given to Zhao Mancang by leaders like Xing Shuqi. It would be impossible to say that Zheng Damao and others were not curious.

As soon as the two asked the question, Xu Fugui and the others all pricked up their ears.

At this moment, Wu Huamin, who was sitting in the office, suddenly walked out with a stack of documents in his hand.

Zhao Mancang casually said a few words to Zheng Damao and the others, and then he heard Wu Huamin waving at him.

The latter talked to Zhao Mancang about the thirty breeder apprentices at the musk deer farm.

The list has basically been finalized, with both men and women, a total of thirty people.

"Director, you can decide this matter on your own and report it to Director Yang when the time comes. I won't interfere in this matter."

Hearing him say this, Wu Huamin pretended to be angry and said:
"You're in charge of this musk deer farm. Don't blame me if the apprentices don't work out."

Wu Huamin just wants to pass the buck, but can he do that?
At the beginning, Zhao Mancang had to go to the Northeast to hunt live musk deer, and he had no time to interview these breeder apprentices, so it was most appropriate for Wu Huamin, the director of the breeding room, to take over this work.

In addition, Zhao Mancang had already drawn two lines at the time. One must have a junior high school education or above, and must be able to summarize and write. The second is to have certain breeding experience.

Therefore, as long as these two points are met, the probability of passing the interview will be very high.

"Director, I trust the candidates you recommend. As long as they have only a junior high school education, have some farming experience, and are hardworking and down-to-earth, we can get it done."

Zhao Mancang responded with a smile, but the other party had already stuffed the list into his hands, so he had no choice but to open it and take a look.

As a result, he saw a very surprising name.

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Steel plant, at the main gate, rush hour.

Workers came out of the factory workshops like ants, walked on the main road and headed towards the city.

The workers in the 1950s were full of vigor and vitality. Even though they were dressed simply and often went hungry, they were in high spirits and full of hope for the future.

The daily commute to and from get off work is six or seven kilometers one way, so even taking the No. 11 bus is not a difficult task for them.

It takes a little more than an hour to walk a distance of six or seven kilometers. Excluding the eight hours of work and the one-hour lunch break at noon, the entire day takes at least eleven hours.

Even so, the workers still cherish their current lives.

In fact, many of the young people who work in Beijing in later generations, or those who work in the four super first-tier cities, have a daily commute time of at least two and a half hours, or even three or four hours.

So the workers in the 1950s were much happier than the young people of later generations.

After all, they are not so rich in material terms, but they are not bad in spiritual terms.

For example, at this time Zhao Mancang was loaded with smoked meat, dried mushrooms, ginseng and other mountain products brought back from the Northeast, as well as Maotai and work clothes awarded by leaders such as Xing Shuqi. Next to him was his brother-in-law Lin Kai, who was riding a women's bicycle. He passed by workers such as Xu Fugui, Zheng Damao, Chen Qiufeng, Duan Wanyu who were walking back to the city, and immediately attracted their attention.

"It's Dr. Zhao again. How much did the factory leaders reward him? Look at his back seat and handlebars, they're all good stuff. I'm so envious."

Several young ladies from the Propaganda Department were walking side by side, not slowly, just as fast as the speed at which they were chatting.

Hearing Hou Siyu's sigh, Duan Wanyu immediately smiled and joked:
"What a pity, Sister Hou, you're already married. Otherwise, you could consider marrying Dr. Zhao. In that case, wouldn't all his prizes be yours?"

"I don't have a chance anymore. You didn't try hard when you had the chance before, so you're so pretty for nothing."

Hou Siyu immediately retorted, and Feng Wanzhen, Chen Qiufeng and the others burst into laughter.

Due to the nature of their work, these young people in the Propaganda Department are quite familiar with many people and things in the steel plant.

Of course, Chen Qiufeng, a college student who had just been at the steel plant for a few months, had a different story. She knew Zhao Mancang, but she was still in the process of getting to know many people and things in the factory.

So many times, Chen Qiufeng only learned more about the people and things in the factory when she listened to Duan Wanyu and others gossiping.

On the other side, Wei Yutong, Du Wenli, and Ye Xiaohe from the Finance Department also walked side by side into the city.

Accountant Zhao Fengying had just parted ways with them because she lived in a tube-shaped building in a residential complex near the steel plant.

Wei Yutong and the other three golden flowers were very envious of Zhao Mancang, and also of his wife Lin Wan.

They had all met Lin Wan, and when they were at work, they often heard the matchmaker Su Wanzhen talk about how happy Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan's married life was.

Influenced by what they saw and heard, Wei Yutong and the others naturally became even more envious.

"Actually, we don't need to be so envious. For example, I live in Yongkang Hutong, which is closer to the steel plant than Dr. Zhao's Huguo Temple."

Hearing Wei Yutong's words, Du Wenli and Ye Xiaohe both rolled their eyes in response.

Is there anything to brag about?

Indeed, Yongkang Hutong is only two or three hundred meters away from Andingmen, and from Andingmen to the steel plant, it is indeed only a little more than five kilometers away. Of course, it is very close.

But Zhao Mancang has a bicycle, and he can ride a bicycle much faster than they can walk. What's there to be proud of?

Du Wenli and Ye Xiaohe's rebuttals left Wei Yutong speechless. Really, don't they even know how to comfort themselves?
So boring, these people are all topic terminators!
The conversation between these golden flowers happened to fall into the ears of Wei Hongzhou and other workers behind them.

Wei Hongzhou and Zhao Mancang are neighbors. When the latter moved into Courtyard No. 18 of Huguo Temple, Wei Hongzhou was not envious.

After all, at that time, Zhao Mancang was just a level five breeder with a monthly salary of only fifty-four yuan and ten cents.

Wei Hongzhou is a seventh-level maintenance worker with a monthly salary of 84.5 yuan. There are only him, his wife, and four children in his family, a total of six people.

With his salary level, his family lives very well.

It’s a pity that his eldest son Wei Jianguo was rejected in the interview for the apprenticeship of breeder at the musk deer breeding farm some time ago.

Otherwise, their Wei family would be the third family in Courtyard 18 with two working parents.

The first one is Cao Liyun’s family, and the second one is Zhao Mancang’s family.

Cao Liyun is a level six noodle maker and earns sixty-four and forty yuan a month.

Her husband, He Yuancun, is a first-class worker in a steel plant with a monthly salary of 33 yuan and has no status at home.

There is no need to talk about Zhao Mancang. When he got married, Lin Wan already had a job, so his family was naturally a dual-income family.

And even if he hadn't gotten married, Zhao Mancang's salary alone would have ranked first in the entire No. 18 Courtyard.

In the past, the neighbors in Yard No. 18 all envied Wei Hongzhou and Cao Yunli, but now everyone only envies Zhao Mancang.

Even Wei Hongzhou and Cao Yunli were envious, after all, Zhao Mancang's salary was only 148.2 yuan.

"Alas, I will be satisfied when I can be as powerful as Zhao Mancang."

This was Wei Hongzhou's idea, while He Yuancun next to him thought that he would be satisfied if he could get half of Zhao Mancang's salary.

He Yuancun's current salary is 33 yuan. If he can get half of Zhao Mancang's monthly salary, that would be 74.1 yuan.

With a monthly salary of seventy-four yuan and a dime, his salary would be higher than his wife's, and his status at home would be greatly improved.

Zhao Mancang, who was riding a bicycle, gained another wave of experience points at this time, and he was so happy.

Today on the train, because I had to take care of the thirty-five musk deer, I used up all the experience points in the system.

So Zhao Mancang is very short of experience points at this moment.

Even though the experience points are increasing rapidly, they are really not worth spending.

In Courtyard No. 18 of Huguo Temple, with the return of Zhao Mancang and Lin Kai, the whole courtyard instantly became lively.

Because Zhao Mancang brought back a lot of things this time, and Lin Kai was also pushing a women's bicycle.

There was no need to ask any more questions. Old Mrs. Liu, Zheng Yuxia, Aunt Feng and others were able to confirm one thing, that is, the women's bicycle should be prepared for Lin Wan.

(End of this chapter)