Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Yuan Datou?"

Lin Heng took the silver dollar and saw that it was indeed Yuan Datou, but it was the most common Yuan Datou, not a rare item.

"Can I buy a pair of yellow rubber shoes?" The old man looked at Lin Heng and asked.

Hearing the tone of the old man, Lin Heng immediately heard the problem and nodded: "This one is enough to exchange for a pair of yellow rubber shoes. I have to find more things for you."

"One can be exchanged for a pair? My grandson told me that this silver dollar is worth five yuan. I will go back and break his legs. This bad guy even cheated his grandfather."

The old man was stunned at first, and then cursed fiercely.

"Then will you still exchange it?" Lin Heng asked aloud, he didn't care about other people's family affairs.

The old man nodded after being angry: "Exchange, give me two pairs of yellow rubber shoes, one pair of 42, and one pair of 39."

"Okay." Lin Heng picked a pair of shoes for him.

The old man left, and soon someone else came with a badger skin to exchange for yellow rubber shoes.

Lin Heng's shop is very cost-effective, so people who originally had no intention of buying at this time came to buy a lot of good things.

In the process of selling things, Lin Heng also inquired about the news of prey such as black bears and wolves, especially when he heard that there were a lot of musk deer here, he was even happier.

He waited until it was almost dark before he closed the stall and walked back.

"Brother, you have only sold half of it, and you have made a lot of money." On the way back, Lin Yue admired.

He was not jealous. His brother made money, and he was proud of it and happy for him.

"If we take these goods to the city to sell, we can probably sell them for three or four hundred yuan, which is not a lot." Lin Heng whispered.

"This is not much, it's more cost-effective than hunting. We haven't even seen the prey yet, and you have made money." Lin Yue said with a smile.

However, this business is not something that everyone can do. After all, it is very far to bring these things from the city, and at least you need a motorcycle to do it.

After returning to his uncle's relatives, Lin Heng packed up his things and prepared to put them here and take them back after hunting.

The things were not heavy, but it was inconvenient to carry.

After returning to the house, his uncle and others did not say much. They had discussed it in advance outside and would not discuss money here.

After all, they were strangers and unfamiliar with the place. If they talked too much, they would easily offend people.

They ate cornmeal steamed buns, fried a few dishes, and a winter melon soup here in the evening.

The conditions in the mountains are basically like this now, which is extremely difficult.

They had white flour steamed buns, but they didn't take them out, which would hurt the face of the host family.

After eating, they slept on the floor at night.

The next morning, they got up early and had a corn breakfast, and Lu Guancheng took them into the mountains.

Before leaving, Lin Heng gave him two bottles of cracked seed oil, asked him to help keep his goods, and said that he would thank him when he returned.

There are some unruly people in the mountains, and some are honest. After Lin Heng's observation, this uncle is a person who cares about face, so he will not touch those medicinal materials and animal skins.

Lin Heng still carries his goods and prepares to go to the village inside to sell them.

He still has a lot of crack oil and cooling oil, but they are not heavy. The heavier ones are yellow rubber shoes.

He originally brought 30 pairs, and now there are 18 pairs left. He sold 12 pairs yesterday.

Going southwest from Liba Village, the mountains are higher, but flatter, and it feels a bit like a plateau.

After walking about six or seven kilometers, we came to a small valley, with illusion terraces and rows of mud houses. It is obviously another village.

"This is Yuanbao Village. There are 130 households in it. It is a small village." Lu Guancheng pointed to the village and said.

"Uncle Lu, I plan to go there to sell things before leaving. It should be in time, right?" Lin Heng turned his head and asked.

Lu Guancheng nodded: "There is still a lot of time today, so it will definitely be in time, but the people in this village are queuing up, so you may have a hard time selling."

"It's okay, I have a way."

Lin Heng waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Woof woof!"

Soon, they entered the village and heard a group of dogs barking. In this era, there was no village without a dog to guard the door.

"Woof woof!"

Xiongba and Fengshou also barked.

After a while, they met people from the village. It was not a busy farming season. Except for those who went up the mountain to hunt and dig yam, most of them were at home.

Lin Heng first walked into the village to find someone. He didn't speak when he met two men. When he saw a round-faced woman coming towards him, he immediately walked up and spoke.

"Sister, can you help me?" Lin Heng shouted with a smile.

The woman stopped and looked at Lin Heng curiously. She thought the young man was really good-looking, fair and strong.

"You kid, I can be your aunt." The woman spoke with a hint of northwestern dialect.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "I can't tell at all. I feel like you are about the same age as me, and you don't look like an aunt at all."

The woman was amused by Lin Heng's sweet talk. She had never been praised like this before.

"You are so sweet, but what do you want to ask me?" The woman asked as she walked closer, looking at him curiously.

"Sister, I'll give you some crack oil, you can use it." Lin Heng didn't ask for anything, but took out a bottle of crack oil and gave it to her.

Lin Heng was so polite that the woman was flattered: "Oh, why are you so polite? If you have something to say, please tell me first."

"There is something indeed. I am a salesman. I would like to trouble my aunt to go to the village and inform someone. Here, yellow rubber shoes are nine yuan a pair, crack oil is one yuan and a half, and cooling oil is four yuan."

"So cheap? Really?" The woman didn't believe it.

"It's absolutely true, the things are as good as those in Xiaozhuoxiang, and I don't need money, so I can exchange them for Chinese medicinal materials." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's no problem. I'll call someone for you, but if you go back on your word, you'll be beaten. I can't stop those men and aunts," the woman warned.

"Don't worry, I am an innocent child." Lin Heng nodded.

"That's okay." The woman pointed out a way for Lin Heng. Lin Heng went back and called his eldest brother to join him, and then together they went to pick up the central location the woman mentioned.

After putting the things down, someone came after a while. The speed at which the middle-aged woman promoted her propaganda was terrifying.

"Is cracked oil really $1.50?" A middle-aged woman came over and asked.

"Yes." Lin Heng took out a bottle of crack oil and let him take a look.

After confirming that it was true, the middle-aged woman paid and left.

As a few people bought it, the publicity soon started, and people kept coming.

People who brought Ganoderma lucidum and Cordyceps came, and some brought Cynomorium cynomorium and Cistanche deserticola.

Most of the elderly people come to Lin Heng to buy things because their legs and feet are inconvenient and they cannot go to the countryside. Some unfilial children take their money and refuse to buy anything.

When these old people buy things, Lin Heng will also give them some sugar cubes, which is very kind.

Many old people have silver coins saved, so it would be nice for Lin Heng to collect them.

Soon everything was almost sold. Lin Heng made more here than in Liba Village, about four to five hundred.

In the end, there were two pairs of shoes left that had not been sold, and Lin Heng was not going to sell them. Hunting was important. It was already noon and there was no need to delay any longer.

"Young man, do you still have any shoes?"

Lin Heng was about to leave when another old woman with bound feet came, holding a walking stick and shouting.

"It's for sale. There are two pairs left, the 40's and 39's. There are no small ones." Lin Heng took it out and showed it to her.

The old woman took the shoes and looked inside and out, and finally said slowly: "I will buy this pair. I have one silver dollar."

As she spoke, she took out a cloth bag from her pocket. After opening it, there was an instant noodle bag wrapped inside. There was also a biscuit bag inside the instant noodle bag, and finally there was a piece of cloth wrapped in it.

After opening them all, there were a few pennies, a few dimes of banknotes, and a silver dollar inside.

She took out the silver dollar and handed it to Lin Heng tremblingly, then picked up her wallet and put it away.

Lin Heng took the silver dollar and didn't take a rest at first. When he took a closer look, he found that it was not simple. Yuan Da actually had the word "Gansu" on his head.

It seems to be a valuable and rare silver dollar?

Lin Heng thought to himself that he didn't know much about this, but he was sure that those with special markings were generally more valuable.

Maybe I found a treasure myself?

Lin Heng was suddenly happy, but when he looked at the stumbling old woman in front of him, he couldn't bear it.

"Grandma, wait a minute, I'll find you a bag." Lin Heng rushed over and said.

"Okay." The old woman nodded and said,

Lin Heng took a black plastic bag and put the shoes in it. There was a box of cooling oil that he had just thrown in. When the old woman found out later, she would think that he accidentally missed it.

The advantage of this is that it saves unnecessary trouble. If she gives it directly, she may wonder whether the silver dollar is particularly valuable, and maybe take the opportunity to raise the price.

As for the omission, she would only be happy to get a bargain and never thought about the silver dollar.

"Brother, have you earned it?"

Lin Yue had been following Lin Heng, but did not speak. He asked after he was far away.

"Probably, I can't bear to make the old lady too much money." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Although it is his vision to earn more or less, he has pity and sympathy for the farmers who are also at the bottom and is unwilling to make too much money.

"The old woman is indeed pitiful. I think she still has her feet bound. I'm afraid she didn't buy the shoes for herself." Lin Yue nodded.

"Brother, this is for you." Lin Heng gave two bottles of the remaining crack oil to his elder brother.

"Okay." Lin Yue was polite and took it with a smile.

When they arrived outside the village, his uncle and others had been waiting for a long time.

"Lin Heng, how was the sale this time?" Li Baiquan asked when he saw Lin Heng coming back.

"It's not bad. They're all sold out. I can make a little profit." Lin Heng nodded.

"Then leave quickly, otherwise we won't be able to arrive today." Lu Guancheng said.

"good."

Lin Heng agreed and followed the others forward.

After walking about five kilometers into the mountains, they arrived at the place where forests and shrubs and barren hills coexisted. They stopped at the edge of a ditch.

"This is it. There are a lot of prey nearby. Whether you can catch it or not depends on your ability. Black bears are very dangerous and cannot be killed by ordinary guns. I advise you to be careful."

He brought the person to Lu Guancheng and said.

Everyone nodded, sent him away, and started looking for shelter.

They wanted to find a place that was sheltered from the wind and not suitable for encountering wild animals.

After searching around the area, they found a nice small platform under a huge oak tree. The terrain was flat and the environment was secluded.

There is a lot of seepage water not far away. You can feel the water when you step on the ground. As long as you dig a hole to get water, you won't have to worry. The water seeping out of the ground is very clean and you can even drink it directly.

It's already five o'clock in the afternoon when we get here, and it gets dark at seven o'clock in autumn.

"How do we build our shelter?" Lu Honggang put down his things and asked everyone.

"How about cutting down a tree to build a big one?" Li Baiquan suggested.

Lin Heng suggested: "That's too much work, uncle. I suggest we build five shelters in a human shape. There are no poisonous insects or snakes in late autumn, so we can spread some hay and sleep directly on the ground."

It's not impossible to build a big one, but it's not necessary, and there's not enough time today.

Lu Honghai nodded: "That's fine. In the end, we can build a simple place in the middle to store things, shelter from the rain and cook."

"That's fine. Let's do it now. It should be built before dark." Lin Yue nodded.

"I'll go dig the puddle first." Li Baiquan went out with a small hoe.

Lin Heng went over to help and dug a one-meter-sized pit, 30 centimeters deep.

After digging, wait for the water to fill up and scoop it out once. The second water will be much clearer.

After the puddle was ready, they started to build the shelter.

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The gable shelter is very simple to build, but because they have to live there for a month, they built it a little more delicately.

After cleaning the ground, they raised it a little, laid some dry leaves and then laid dry moss on the top.

Then they piled up the two sides with stones and soil, and built the long strips with cut wood. The frame changed from a "human" shape to a "medium" shape frame, but the two vertical bars under the human shape were very short.

The advantage of this is that the height of the shelter is a little too high, so you can sit up, unlike the gable shelter where you can only lie upright.

After the frame is filled, the waterproof cloth brought is laid on it, and leaves, moss, and even soil are laid on the surface.

After it is done, a drainage ditch is built outside, and basically there is no need to worry even if it rains for several days in a row.

Lin Heng and his eldest brother built the fastest, they didn't care so much, his eldest uncle and third uncle built a larger one, thinking that it would be inconvenient to turn over if it was too small.

Uncle Li Baiquan gave up the herringbone shelter and built a small square house by himself. It was comfortable, but it required too much wood.

Lin Heng and the others had finished making a fire. He had just built the frame and needed to find a lot of branches and moss to plug the holes, otherwise they would freeze at night.

"Uncle, your frame is not difficult, but it is too difficult to fill it." Lin Heng looked at his uncle and shook his head.

Li Baiquan grinned and said, "Yours is too small, I can't live in it. I'll live in this today and build it tomorrow. Then you can come in and live. It's beautiful to stand up in it."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and went to make a fire. He didn't cook tonight, just baked a steamed bun.

At this time, the sky was already dim. Lin Heng thought about it and looked at his eldest brother and said, "Brother, let's go and do something."