Siheyuan, don't mess with me

Chen Zhiguo also talked about the customs and culture of Yanjing, and his description was exaggerated. Those who knew the truth said that he was talking nonsense, but seeing the surprised expressions of the workers, they often swallowed their words of rebuttal and watched Chen Zhiguo's excited narration with a smile!

After a round of drinking, no one got drunk. In the end, it was not about drinking, but storytelling. The workers in the forest farm laughed happily at the city people who were ignorant and curious about the things that were common here. At the same time, Chen Zhiguo's story also satisfied their yearning for the big city. The Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the Great Hall of the People all appeared in their minds!

After dinner, Chen Zhiguo took a chair and sat outside. The gentle mountain breeze blew, bringing a little coolness and taking away the dryness on his body!

Looking up at the starry sky, the sparkling stars are spread all over the night sky. Such a clear night sky is hard to see in later generations!

A few small tables were set up, and everyone sat around them, looking at the stars, smoking, drinking wild tea from the mountains, and chatting. Without the noise of the city, there was no need to think about the worries of work, let alone the trivialities of family. The whole person became relaxed and happy!

Time always passes quickly in relaxing moments. As the night deepened, the mountain breeze blew quietly and the temperature began to drop. It was so cold that people could no longer sit outside. After ending the chat, Chen Zhiguo followed everyone back to their rooms to sleep!

Sleeping in the forest farm is a pleasure. Without the noise of the city, everything here is so quiet!

The next day, the forest farm organized a team of five people and took everyone into the mountains to hunt, but only three young people including Chen Zhiguo were interested. The others took advantage of the rare free time to soak in hot springs, drink tea, and enjoy the rare leisure time!

The forest farm has a special weapons warehouse. Chen Zhiguo chose a Type 56 and a half rifle. In front of Director Luo, he skillfully disassembled and assembled the gun with smooth movements, which made Director Luo feel at ease. Chen Zhiguo is a man who often plays with guns!

The team was led by two old hunters, each holding four or five hunting dogs. After entering the mountain, they loosened the dogs' reins, and the hunting dogs ran into the forest, while the old hunters continued to walk into the woods leisurely!

Soon, a hunting dog came back with a hare in its mouth. The old hunter took the hare and fed the hunting dog a piece of special dried meat. The rewarded hunting dog happily ran back to the forest!

Chen Zhiguo was walking and chatting with the old hunter. There are very few large prey in this forest now. Tigers and blind bears are rarely seen. There are wolves, but the wild animals generally do not come down the mountain in this season. Only in winter, when there is no food to be found, the hungry wild animals will come down the mountain to look for food!

Walking into a pine forest, the old hunter looked up and said, "Let's go find something delicious!"

After walking in the woods for a while, the old hunter stood in front of a big tree, drew the hunting knife from his waist, and knocked on the tree trunk a few times with the back of the knife. The big tree made a hollow echo!

The old hunter walked around the tree, then picked up his hunting knife and started chopping at the tree. When a large piece of wood was chopped off, pine nuts flowed out of the trunk. The old hunter grabbed a handful and handed it to Chen Zhiguo, "Try it, it smells really good!"

Chen Zhiguo didn't hesitate to crack several of them. They were really fragrant. The pine nuts were very dry and not damp at all. They tasted crispy and fragrant in the mouth! "Delicious, really delicious!"

"How can it not be delicious? These are what the squirrels hide to prepare for the winter!" The old hunter said with a smile, he took out all the pine nuts from the tree trunk, put them in a bag, and handed it to Chen Zhiguo!

"We took away its winter food. It won't starve to death, will it?" Chen Zhiguo asked doubtfully after taking the bag.

The old hunter shook his head and said with a smile, "These squirrels start to store food every season. They do this every day. Sometimes they forget what they have hidden because they have hidden too much!

If you want to find it in this forest, just knock on the tree like I did just now. If there is a hollow sound, it means that the tree has a hole. Squirrels will hide things in any tree hole! Moreover, the pine nuts they hide are all carefully selected, with full grains! We go up the mountain every year, and we don’t take too much, just three or four trees, and it’s enough to eat during the winter! ”

After hearing the old hunter's words, Chen Zhiguo felt relieved and no longer worried that the little squirrel would starve to death in the winter!

As they were walking, several hunting dogs suddenly started barking and the old hunter raised his rifle. Seeing the old hunter on guard, Chen Zhiguo also raised his gun!

A few people took a few quick steps and saw the hunting dogs barking at the two wolves, and in the forest behind the wolves, the figures of wolves appeared from time to time!

"Have we encountered a pack of wolves? Should we fight?" Chen Zhiguo loaded his gun and asked the old hunter standing in front of him.

"Probably not. They probably won't attack us. There is food on the mountain now. They won't risk attacking us!" said the old hunter calmly.

Sure enough, after a period of confrontation, the two wolves responsible for exploring the way slowly began to retreat and soon disappeared into the woods. Chen Zhiguo took a glance and found that the previous wolf pack had withdrawn. Wolves are not stupid. If they are not forced into a corner, they will not fight to the death!

"They're gone, let's go too!" The old hunter put his gun on his back and took Chen Zhiguo to change the direction opposite to the wolves and continued walking into the mountains!

Chapter 132 Purchasing mountain products!

The turn of spring and summer is the season when species flourish. Grass grows, birds sing, and all things are full of vitality!

Chen Zhiguo only had time today to truly appreciate the beauty of the old forest in Northeast China. This place is different from the original old forest of yesterday. Here, the sunlight shines into the forest through the leaves, and colorful flowers are scattered throughout the forest. There is no darkness at all like in the dense forest!

The hunting dogs were very powerful and caught another pheasant in no time!

However, there are really not many animals in this forest. After walking for a long time, we didn’t see any large animals, and the small animals were hidden in the grass and were difficult to find!

Although Chen Zhiguo had made a discovery, he didn't want to show it too specifically, so the small animals he targeted had their hair stand on end for a moment, but then the hair disappeared!

In fact, according to hunters' rules, they will not go up the mountain during this season to give the animals time to reproduce. Chief Luo's idea is to just take this group of rookies into the woods for a walk. It will be a bit of freshness and fun!

Therefore, the two old hunters were casual the whole time and just took them around in circles on the edge of the forest!

The other two people didn't feel it, but Chen Zhiguo knew that he was being led around in circles. However, Chen Zhiguo did not expose them. They all meant well, and this was where people lived. For his own sake, it was already an exception!

There was no rush to go down the mountain. It was not until noon that the hunter brought everyone to a stream!

The stream water is clear, and it brings coolness to hands and face. Splashing the cold water on the face washes away the heat and refreshes the spirit. One rabbit and one pheasant are obviously not enough for everyone to eat, so the old hunter went out for a walk alone. When he came back, he had a wild rabbit in his hands and some more wild vegetables in the basket behind him!

In the gurgling stream, the old hunter cleaned the hare and pheasant, and distributed the removed internal organs to the hunting dogs. The hunting dogs were really well trained and when feeding, none of them struggled or fought for the food, and just let their master distribute it all!

He chopped one of the wild rabbits into pieces and stewed it in the iron pot he brought with him. He built a bonfire and started grilling the other one. Chen Zhiguo did not grill the pheasant, but chose to make it into beggar's chicken, which is also a dish that Chen Zhiguo often cooks and he is very familiar with it!

It’s just that it’s hard to find yellow soil in the Northeast. The soil here is black and a bit loose, but just make do with it. You don’t care about these things when you’re away from home!

The hunting trip in the mountains was basically over after lunch. After resting for a while, putting out the lit campfire and making sure it would not reignite, the group went down the mountain!

Today is only the second day and also the last night they have spent in the forest farm. A car will come to pick them up and take them back to the city tomorrow morning. It is a rare two days of rest and they are already very satisfied!

At this time, Chen Zhiguo was negotiating with Director Luo. As the saying goes, "live by the mountain, eat the mountain". Being in the mountains, there are naturally a lot of products, from small wild mushrooms, hazelnuts, pine nuts, black fungus, etc., to many Chinese medicinal materials, Platycodon, Coriolus versicolor, Gentiana, Poria cocos, Schisandra chinensis, etc. Of course, the highlight is yet to come. Ginseng, sable fur, and deer antler are known as the "Three Treasures of the Northeast". Chen Zhiguo wants as many of these as he can. Since they are precious, the quantity must be scarce!

Two hundred-year-old ginsengs, five fifty- or sixty-year-old ginsengs, and twenty thirty-year-old ginsengs. At the same time, Chen Zhiguo also asked Director Luo for some ginseng seeds! There were not many mink skins, only five, and even fewer deer antlers. Chen Zhiguo bought them all!

Finally, Director Luo took out another jar, which contained yellow and brown lumps. "What is this?" Chen Zhiguo asked in confusion?

"You don't understand this!" Lao Luo said mysteriously, "This is a good thing. Do you know Toad Oil?"

"Is this snow frog oil?" Chen Zhiguo said that this is the name used in Dongguan and Xiangjiang, and in the Northeast it is called toad oil or toad oil!

This is really a good thing. The main component of toad oil is frog alcohol, which has the effect of "tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs". The "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" records: Toad oil has the effect of "tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs". It is used to treat symptoms such as "yin deficiency, physical weakness, fatigue, palpitations and insomnia, night sweats, and coughing up blood due to fatigue". In medicine, it is known as "soft gold" and "animal ginseng".

"What?" Lao Luo didn't understand. Chen Zhiguo just realized and said, "That's what people in the south call it!" Chen Zhiguo was tempted by the good stuff. "Give me all you have?"

"Give it all to you? This is not cheap." Lao Luo really doubted whether this kid could afford it?

"Don't worry! We are not short of money!" Chen Zhiguo said, patting his chest, and casually took out a thousand yuan from his pocket! "If it's not enough, I'll go get more!" With so much money, Lao Luo felt relieved. No one wanted to be tossed around, and it was more cost-effective to sell to Chen Zhiguo. The price that the supply and marketing cooperative came to buy was too low. Lao Luo kept these good things and sold them privately, so that he could make more money!

With the motivation of money, Lao Luo quickly brought two more boxes of Toad Oil and a large package, "Xiao Chen, I have some good stuff in the bottom of the box, do you want it?"

"Whatever the goods are, as long as they are good, I'll take them all!" Chen Zhiguo said without hesitation. He now had too much money in his space to spend, so he might as well take advantage of the low prices and buy some useful things. Anyway, there would be no quality problems if they were kept in the space!

Lao Luo opened the blue cloth package, and inside were three wooden boxes, two small boxes, and a larger flat box. Lao Luo opened the top box first, and inside was a golden, shrunken leather bag, tied at the top and semi-oval at the bottom. "Is this bear gall?"

"Yes! This is the best copper gall!" Lao Luo boasted. Bear gall is generally divided into three grades: copper gall, iron gall, and cauliflower gall. The best is this golden copper gall. Chen Zhiguo knows something about this. Seeing that Chen Zhiguo recognized it, Lao Luo opened a box below, and the same golden bear gall appeared.

"Do you want this?"

"Yes!" Chen Zhiguo said without hesitation. This kind of pure wild medicinal material is worth a fortune in the future. If there is a chance, of course he must stock up on it.

"This is not cheap, it costs two hundred dollars!"

"Yes," Chen Zhiguo thought it was very expensive at first, but he didn't expect it to be so cheap, so he agreed directly. Lao Luo made another sale. Although these rare medicinal materials were hard to sell, they could not be sold at a high price in the local area. Good things cannot be sold at a low price!

The last flat box was a bit big. Lao Luo opened it carefully. Inside was a wild ginseng with so many roots. No wonder it needed such a big box to hold it!

"How many years?" Chen Zhiguo's eyes sparkled. Lao Luo did not speak, but held out two fingers. "Two hundred years?" Chen Zhiguo asked uncertainly.

"Not at all false, two hundred and ten years! If you lose one year, I'll pay you one hundred yuan!" Lao Luo patted his chest and said,

"Yes, yes!" Chen Zhiguo said excitedly, "Are there any more?"

"No more, these are the best stuff in the bottom of the box and I'm giving them to you!" Lao Luo's head was shaking like a rattle, but Chen Zhiguo believed it. He only had these few in stock, but they were dealing with each other for the first time, so it wouldn't hurt to be careful!

"Calculate how much it is?" Chen Zhiguo wanted to wait until the transaction was over before trying to bargain with him. After all, he had received the money once, so he would feel relieved, right?

This 200-year-old ginseng costs 500 yuan, two bear gallbladders cost 400 yuan, and three boxes of toad oil cost 200 yuan each, which makes 1,500 yuan! Chen Zhiguo stuffed the 1,000 yuan in his hand to Lao Luo, "Count it first, I'll go back and get the money!"

Lao Luo ordered twice, and put the money in his pocket after he found out that there was no problem. "Wait, I'll go back and get the money for you!" Soon, Chen Zhiguo appeared in front of Lao Luo with 5,000 yuan in his hand. How much was the rest of the money?

After all the items were calculated, Chen Zhiguo spent a total of 2,100 yuan. Things like local specialties seemed to be numerous, but the prices were not expensive. The most expensive items were the best-kept medicinal herbs that Lao Luo took out at the end!

"Lao Luo, do you have any medicinal wine?" After everything was ready, Chen Zhiguo asked casually.

"Yes! What kind do you want?" Lao Luo's answer made Chen Zhiguo very happy, "Are there more?"

"Come on, I'll take you to see it!" Lao Luo led Chen Zhiguo down to a cellar, which was full of wine jars. Ten-jin wine jars were placed on wooden shelves, and there were also several huge wine barrels on the ground!

The ones on the shelf are all ten-year and five-year old. They are made from tiger bones, tiger penises, deer penises, deer blood, and deer antlers. They all have aged medicinal herbs added to them. The ones on the ground are newly brewed in the past two years!

"How much is it?" Chen Zhiguo's eyes revealed surprise. This is a good thing, a great gift, and a man's favorite!

"A jar of ten-year-old wine costs one hundred yuan, and a jar of five-year-old wine costs eighty-one yuan!" Lao Luo is also quick to speak! It's really expensive, how much is the wine? The highly pure grain wine brewed by a small local workshop only costs a few cents per pound, and it's only the medicinal materials and time soaked in it that are valuable!

"What about the ones on the ground?" Chen Zhiguo was planning to take them all. "It's not the right season yet!" Lao Luo said in embarrassment.

"It's okay, just make your bid!"

Lao Luo calculated carefully. A jar of wine contained 100 kilograms of wine, plus the ingredients, "It should be about 200 yuan!"

"Okay!" Five jars of wine cost one thousand yuan, fifteen jars of ten-year-old wine cost fifteen thousand, twenty jars of five-year-old wine cost sixteen thousand, and Chen Zhiguo paid another four thousand one hundred yuan. Lao Luo was also surprised that Chen Zhiguo could pay so much cash!

How much is the salary these days? Thirty or fifty is considered a high salary. Lao Luo, the director of a forest farm, earns less than 50 yuan a month. If he didn't live off the land, how could he support his whole family? Of course, the money is not just his, it has to be shared equally with the employees of the forest farm. They all belong to the same group. It is impossible for one person to do such a big business alone. This is also the largest income Lao Luo has made over the years!

Chapter 133 Are You Psycho?

"Lao Luo, you move out tomorrow after I leave, and I will drive over to load it!" After the settlement, Chen Zhiguo and Lao Luo returned to the office to discuss how to transport these things!

"Don't bother. We have a car in our forest farm. If you want to take me to the station, I'll take it there directly!"

"Then there is a triangular area not far from the Chunchang Automobile Factory. It is the only way to get to your forest farm. After we leave, you can arrange for the truck to load it and I will pick it up then!" Lao Luo's arrangement saved Chen Zhiguo a lot of time, so of course he agreed!

The next day, after breakfast, the car to pick up Li Guoqiang arrived. When Chen Zhiguo got on the car, Lao Luo signaled to him that the forest farm's truck had already started loading!

The people who came to pick us up were all small jeeps, which were the only ones that could drive on the dirt roads in the mountains. After returning to the guesthouse, "Teacher, I want to buy some local specialties to take back. Can you arrange a car for me?"

"Sure! Do you have money? Do you want me to give you some?" Li Guoqiang asked with concern.

"Yes, I don't buy much. I just come here and bring something back home, otherwise my sister won't let me!" Chen Zhiguo said jokingly.

Soon, Li Guoqiang asked someone to arrange a jeep for Chen Zhiguo. This kind of thing was too easy for a car factory that produced cars!

Just when Chen Zhiguo had been waiting in the triangle for more than half an hour, he saw a truck from the forest farm slowly driving over. The truck was loaded with a lot of wine jars. Although they were separated and protected by straw curtains, the mountain road was too bad, so the truck drove very slowly!

Three people helped to unload all of Chen Zhiguo's things on the roadside. They also witnessed Chen Zhiguo's great strength. The two of them moved a 100-jin wine jar to the side of the car, and Chen Zhiguo carried it down by himself without feeling any effort at all!

Chen Zhiguo gave each person a bag of Daqianmen to express his gratitude. After they drove away, he waved his hand and all the things on the ground were collected into the space!

Then he drove into the city! In Chunchang Department Store, Chen Zhiguo picked some Lao Maosheng candies and some Sachima, which were for his sister! Then he bought a sable coat for his mother at the clothing counter. Although it was a bit conspicuous to wear directly in the current environment, she could wear it with a coat on the outside!

At the same time, I bought ten pairs of deerskin ladies' gloves, ten dog-skin hats, and ten wolf-skin vests! If you have money, you don't have to worry about buying them!

There were also some small wood carvings that looked good, and Chen Zhiguo picked out the ones he liked and bought quite a few. Normally, Chen Zhiguo's purchases would be suspected, but Chen Zhiguo carried a letter of introduction with him, and although he had no tickets, he used the national food coupons as leverage, so every salesperson wanted to sell to him!

When he passed by the tobacco and alcohol cabinet on the first floor, he was attracted by the deer antler wine in the cabinet and asked, "How much is a bottle?"

"Two dollars!" Just now, news came from upstairs that someone from Yanjing unit was coming to make a purchase, and they were using national food coupons, which made her so envious. Now, she had finally waited for it!

"Yes! How much do you want?"