HPDBC Chapter 1434: Doing a Small Business
Chapter 1434: Doing a Small Business
Chapter 1434: Doing a Small Business
There is a local slang saying: Seven fairies jumping rubber rope - pure bullshit.
Some people also say it is: an old lady jumping rubber rope - that's pure bullshit.
At this moment, Zhao Jun looked at Wang Changyou and thought that this old man was talking nonsense.
Also the Northeast Lion?
There are no wild lions in all of China!
Zhao Jun has been in this mountain area for two lifetimes, and he has never seen a single lion hair!
"Fourth Grandfather, that..." Zhao Jun asked Wang Changyou, "What is the Northeast Lion?"
"Lion, don't you know?" Wang Changyou said, "The one with a big head and fur, haven't you seen it?"
"No." Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "I've never heard of that thing in our mountain area."
"Tsk!" Wang Changyou smacked his lips and counted on his fingers to Zhao Jun, "You are young, you may not know. Lions, tigers, leopards, they are all cats."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned. Ever since he was reborn, he had never learned how to hunt, even Zhao Youcai had never taught him a lesson.
Seeing that Zhao Jun didn't say anything, Wang Changyou continued, "Look, the Siberian tiger has it, right? It has big claws."
"Ah." Zhao Jun nodded subconsciously, and then he heard Wang Changyou continue to ask: "There are Northeast Leopards, right? The native leopards!"
"Ah." Zhao Jun nodded again, but then Wang Changyou said: "Look, lions, tigers, and leopards. There are Siberian tigers and Siberian leopards, so there must be Siberian lions."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned and wondered what kind of logic this was.
Wang Changyou didn't notice the strange look on Zhao Jun's face, and continued, "We have an old man named Hao here. The day before yesterday, he and his son went up the mountain to catch roe deer. He looked like a big guy. He was very hairy."
At this point, Wang Changyou raised his arm and gestured in the air, saying, "It just flew over there like flying, and it directly captured the roe deer."
Zhao Jun frowned as he listened. The old man spoke as if he was telling a story. It was too suspenseful.
"Fourth Grandfather, um...um..." Zhao Jun said to Wang Changyou, "Since my second uncle and my eldest brother are not at home, I will go back first. I will come back someday and buy two more dogs when I see our dog."
Zhao Jun said this, but he had already made up his mind that he would leave today and never come back.
Because he felt that Wang Chang was abnormal.
As for the fact that the two families were relatives, Zhao Jun felt that there must be something wrong.
His grandfather Wang Dabazhang had only one brother, who died in infancy.
Although Wang Changyou should be Wang Daba's uncle, Zhao Jun's family has never been in contact with Wang Changyou's family in his past and present lives. Even so, it proves that there is something wrong with this family relationship.
"Huh? That won't do!" What Zhao Jun didn't expect was that when he wanted to leave, Wang Changyou wouldn't let him go.
"Now that we're home, we have to go and get to know each other." Wang Changyou held Zhao Jun and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to buy a half-grown puppy? There are five at home, take the one you like."
After hearing what Wang Changyou said, Zhao Jun understood that the old man forced him to go to his house just to sell his dog to him.
"Okay then..." Zhao Jun hesitated for a moment, and before he could say anything else, Wang Changyou got on the passenger seat of the Jiefang car.
With Wang Changyou pointing the way, Zhao Jun drove to a fenced courtyard.
The Liberation truck stopped outside the fence tent, and we heard the chaotic barking of dogs in the yard.
Judging from the noise, it was obviously not a dog, but the dogs' barking was sharp and short, so it was probably not a big dog.
Zhao Jun got out of the car and followed Wang Changyou to the gate of the courtyard. He saw five little dogs barking at him inside the gate.
Probably because they were afraid that the puppies would run around, the wooden door was closed and fastened to the doorpost with a wire ring.
Wang Changyou pushed the wire ring upwards, opened the door and invited Zhao Jun into the yard.
When the puppies saw the strangers, they surrounded the Zhao army and barked.
"Look how happy this dog is!" Wang Changyou said so, but Zhao Jun's mouth twitched, and then asked Wang Changyou: "Fourth Grandfather, this is not a half-grown dog? How can it be three months old?"
A half-grown dog must be at least half a year old or about one year old, just like a blue dragon or a black dragon.
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Changyi smiled and said, "If you take it back and raise it for two days, it will be half grown!"
Just as Zhao Jun was about to speak, the door of Wang Changyou's house was pushed open, and an old lady standing at the door shouted, "Pretty, old man, where the hell have you been so early in the morning?"
Zhao Jun: "..."
Wang Changyou seemed to be quite afraid of the old lady. Even when he was scolded, he didn't say anything. He just walked towards the old lady and said, "Before Lao Er left, didn't you let me go to the village office to keep an eye on it? What if someone else comes from the village?"
After hearing what Wang Changyou said, Zhao Jun remembered the first time the old man saw the Jiefang car, and asked him if he was from the same village.
Zhao Jun felt that something was wrong with Wang Chang, but when he thought about it, it was other people's business and had nothing to do with him.
At this moment, Wang Yang saw Zhao Jun and asked Wang Changyou, "Who is that young man?"
Wang Changyou turned around and glanced at Zhao Jun, then quickly walked up to Wang Yangshi and said in a low voice, "That's Wang Daba's grandson."
"Ah?" The old lady frowned and said, "Why did someone who I haven't contacted come to our house?"
"How could you forget?" Wang Changyou lowered his voice and said, "Old Gao didn't say anything, but Fifth Girl's family is doing well again now, collecting skins, bear gallbladders and so on."
"What can we sell him?" the old lady asked. Wang Changyou said, "This kid wants to buy half-grown puppies. I think I can sell him the puppies at home. Otherwise, we have to feed them every day."
After hearing what Wang Changyou said, Wang Yangshi walked towards Zhao Jun and asked, "Xiao ah, are you buying a dog?"
"Don't buy this dog, it's too small." Zhao Jun said: "If we buy it, when can we go up the mountain?"
After answering the old lady with two sentences, Zhao Jun waved his hand at Wang Changyou and said, "Fourth Grandfather, I have something else to do at home. I will leave first. I will come to see you someday after that."
After saying that, Zhao Jun was about to leave, but Wang Changyou chased after him and grabbed Zhao Jun, saying, "Boy, we're already home, you have to go in and sit for a while."
As he said that, Wang Changyou dragged Zhao Jun into the house.
As soon as Zhao Jun entered the house, he saw a little girl sitting on a small stool in the outer room washing clothes.
The little girl looked about five or six years old, and she was rubbing the clothes on the washboard.
This scene made Zhao Jun frown.
The old couple Wang Changyou pulled Zhao Jun into the east room, where they saw a little boy of eight or nine years old sitting on the kang, singing Kalaha.
"Great grandson!" Wang Changyou pointed at Zhao Jun and shouted to the little boy, "Call me uncle now."
The little boy glanced at Zhao Jun but said nothing.
Wang Yang came in right after him and called Zhao Jun, "Boy, get on the kang and warm up."
"I'll sit here for a while." Zhao Jun said, and he lifted the hem of his cotton monkey hat and sat down on the edge of the kang.
"Go and pour some water for the boy." With guests present, Wang Changyou plucked up the courage to instruct Wang Yangshi, then took the cigarette bag and handed it to Zhao Jun, saying, "Boy, roll one."
"Fourth Grandfather, please stop working." Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "I don't smoke."
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, he heard the landlady Yang in the outer room scolding, "You damned bastard, you're a man-raising bastard. You peed on these two pieces of clothing for the whole morning?"
Wang Yang was probably scolding the girl who was washing clothes, but Zhao Jun felt very uncomfortable when he heard it.
"Boy." At this time, Wang Changyou rolled a cigarette for himself and said to Zhao Jun: "I heard from our villagers that your family is now collecting hides and bear gallbladders. Business is pretty good, right?"
"Ah, let's just make do." Zhao Jun said vaguely: "It's enough to make two bucks for pocket money."
When the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce bought mountain products, they all followed the prices set by the supply and marketing cooperatives at the foot of the mountain. The mountain folk didn't know that they were selling the products they received to Hebei, so they all thought they were not making any money.
Zhao Jun didn't want to answer the old man's questions, so he took the initiative to ask Wang Changyou, "Fourth Grandfather, what do my second uncle and his family hunt in the mountains?"
"Hunting wild boars." Wang Changyou raised his hand and gestured out the window, saying, "I've killed eight or nine wild boars this winter alone."
"Eight or nine pigs..." Zhao Jun smacked his lips, and then asked Wang Changyou: "Then can they beat the blind bear?"
"Blind bears...they don't have good guns." Wang Changyou said, "Your second uncle in my family has a No. 16 old scissor-blade, but he can't afford a gun to fight blind bears. If he had a good gun, your second uncle would definitely have no problem fighting blind bears."
"Ah..." Hearing what Wang Changyou said, Zhao Jun felt that the Wang family was unreliable. They hadn't even beaten a blind bear, and they were going to fight a Northeastern lion?
At this time, Wang Yang came in with a teacup and handed it to Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun took the teacup in his hand and heard Wang Yang ask him, "Xiao, the thing that comes out of the wild boar's stomach is called pig sand. Do you want to collect it?"
"Pig sand?" Zhao Jun was startled, then said, "Collect it."
"Go and get it quickly." Wang Changyou instructed Wang Yangshi again. Wang Yangshi quickly came back and put a newspaper package on the kang table.
Wang Changyou threw the cigarette butt on the ground, turned around and opened the newspaper package, then pushed it in front of Zhao Jun and said, "Boy, take a look."
Zhao Jun looked down, then looked up at Wang Changyou.
Zhao Jun felt something was wrong. The wild boars that could produce pig sand were all quite large. He doubted the ability of Wang Changyou's second son.
Thinking of what Manager Huang had taught him, Zhao Jun reached out his hand, dipped his right index finger in a dozen grains of pig grit, and then asked Wang Changyou, "Fourth Grandfather, can I have a taste?"
"Ah?" Wang Chang was stunned and asked, "Can we eat this directly?"
As he spoke, Wang Changyou saw that Zhao Jun's fingers were not covered with much liquid, so he said, "Try it."
Zhao Jun put the pig grit into his mouth, smeared it on the tip of his tongue and pressed it against his upper teeth.
Pig grit is a stone that won't dissolve, but it has its own flavor. Zhao Jun held it in his mouth for seven or eight seconds, and after the fishy smell faded, a hint of bitterness lingered on the tip of his tongue.
"Ah...Pah!" Zhao Jun spat on the ground, spitting out the pig litter, then looked at Wang Changyou and said, "Fourth Grandfather, this pig litter comes from domestic pigs."
"Ah? That's impossible..." Wang Changyou wanted to deny it, but was interrupted by Zhao Jun, who said, "It was the pig that came from it."
Wang Changyou glanced at Wang Yangshi, who then took over the conversation and asked Zhao Jun, "Xiao, this thing, domestic pigs and wild boars are not the same?"
Zhao Jun heard this and looked at Wang Yangshi with a smile, thinking, "It's the same or not, don't you know it? If it's the same, why do you say it was caused by a wild boar?"
Seeing Zhao Jun didn't say anything, Wang Changyou said to Zhao Jun as if nothing had happened, "This is pig litter. Your second uncle threw his brother here. We don't know whether it's a wild boar or a domestic pig. You can see how much money you can give him."
"This..." Zhao Jun gathered the newspapers outside, weighed them in his hand, and said, "How much does this weigh?"
"Three taels is a lot!" Wang Yang interrupted. Zhao Jun asked, "Do you count the paper too?"
Wang Yang was startled, and then she heard Zhao Jun laugh and say, "Newspapers can't be priced the same as pig litter."
After saying this, Zhao Jun looked at Wang Changyou and asked, "Is that right, Fourth Grandfather?"
"Yes, yes." Wang Changyou smiled awkwardly, then pointed at the newspaper package in Zhao Jun's hand and asked, "Then look at this..."
"Thirty-five yuan for one tael, seventy yuan for two taels." After Zhao Jun quoted the price, he put the newspaper package on the kang table.
According to the price quoted by Zhao Jun, his profit was quite a lot. That day in Huichuntang, the price given by Huang the pig litter was 6.51 yuan.
But Zhao Jun believed that the Wang Changyou couple might know the price of wild boar litter, but they definitely didn't know the price of domestic pig litter.
Because in forest areas, domestic pig litter is rarer than wild boar litter.
"It's too small." Wang Yang said, "You can add two more. We are selling it for others. If we sell less, they will think we are taking money out of it."
At first, the Wang family planned to sell it as wild boar litter, but seeing that Zhao Jun could tell the difference, Wang Changyou and Wang Yang thought that they would not be able to hide it from the old doctor at the pharmacy at the foot of the mountain.
"Not a small amount." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "I gave him more just for your sake. Otherwise, it would be less than 70, at most 65."
"Tsk!" Wang Changyou smacked his lips, looked at Wang Yangshi, exchanged glances, and said to Zhao Jun: "Boy, why don't you take in those dogs from Fourth Grandpa's house as well."
"I picked them out for you, didn't I?" Zhao Jun asked. Wang Chang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, five dogs, you can take them all."
"Five dollars each." Zhao Jun quoted the price. Wang Changyou looked at Wang Yangshi, and Wang Yangshi said to Zhao Jun, "Xiao, fifty-five is twenty-five, plus the pig grit is seventy... Can you make it an even number and give us a hundred dollars?"
"Then I have to go out and take a look." Zhao Jun stood up and said, "If there is nothing wrong with it, I will take it away. If there is something wrong with it, I can't take it."
"There's nothing wrong with them." Wang Changyou stood up and said, "They are all our own dogs."
Zhao Jun smiled faintly, picked up the newspaper package on the table, and said, "Fourth Grandpa, I'll put this in my pocket first. No matter what the dog looks like, I will definitely pay you for the 70 yuan."
"Okay." Wang Changyou said, "You can watch it if you want. There's nothing wrong with our dog anyway."
Zhao Jun smiled and walked out.
He had promised Wei Lai that he would get him a half-grown puppy. He had to do what he promised.
The five dogs in Wang Changyou's family do not meet the requirements, but for dogs this big, five dollars a piece is not expensive.
When the little bear gave birth to puppies, Ma Ling, the old lady, and Wang Qiang all said they wanted one, but Zhao Youcai refused to give one no matter what.
Together with the newcomer Li Dazhi, it would be nice to take these five puppies back and share them among everyone.
In Wang Changyou's yard, Zhao Jun checked the five puppies and found that there was nothing wrong with their front and back legs, so he let Wang Changyou take the rope.
After putting the five puppies in the trunk and tying them to the guardrail one by one, Zhao Jun took out some money from his pocket. Just as he was about to give the money to Wang Changyou, he heard Wang Yangshi exclaim, "Second brother, you're back!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun looked in the direction Wang Yang was looking and saw two people stumbling towards them.
"Oh my god!" Seeing the two men covered in blood, Wang Changyou hurried over and asked, "Second Brother, what happened?"
"Dad!" Wang Enhua wailed, "All the dogs are dead!"
"Ah?" Wang Changyou was shocked. He pulled Wang Enhua's arm and asked, "What happened?"
"They were all bitten to death by the Northeastern lions!" Zhao Jun frowned again after hearing Wang Enhua's words.
(End of this chapter)