Chapter 200 Chashan Brigade
Although several children were greedy, they did not directly grab it in Li Wen's carriage, but watched eagerly.
"Here, one for each." Li Wen saw that the children were quite polite, nodded, took out five large sweet potatoes from the bag and handed them over.
"Wow! What a big sweet potato." Several children's eyes almost fell off when they looked at the big sweet potato weighing more than one kilogram.
"Let's all go in the carriage, you can show us the way." Li Wen said, rubbing the head of the boldest little boy.
"You keep going forward, and the place where the flagpole is planted is the secretary's house." The little guy stood in the carriage, biting into the sweet potato, and said hesitantly.
"Everyone is seated, let's start the train!"
Li Wen looked back at the few little kids sitting in the carriage munching sweet potatoes with excited expressions. After seeing that they were all seated firmly, he rode the bike towards the village.
Li Wen talked to several children in the carriage while riding his bicycle. In a few minutes, he got to know this small mountain village.
This village was originally called Chashan Village, but now it is called Chashan Brigade. From the mouths of a few little guys, I learned that this village is not small, with hundreds of people living there.
I don't know exactly how many people there are, or how many children there are, but a few hundred people is considered a large village in a mountainous area.
As we walked through this village, there were tea trees planted everywhere on the roadside. No wonder it was called Tea Mountain Brigade. This whole tea mountain was a perfect name.
"Little baby, who are you?"
Li Wen was riding a bicycle when an old man in his sixties came out of the door. He looked at Li Wen's unfamiliar face and said doubtfully.
"Uncle, I am a purchaser from Jinzhou City. I want to purchase some supplies from our brigade." Li Wenshan stopped the tricycle and handed the hunchbacked man a cigarette with a smile.
"Hey, filter cigarettes, I haven't seen them in a long time, they are not cheap!" The old man happily took the cigarettes from Li Wen and carefully put them into his pocket.
"My dear, the village party secretary and the others are busy working in the fields right now. You can't find anyone there even if you go to the brigade." The old man said calmly.
"Tieniu, go to the field and call your secretary, and tell him that someone from the city is looking for him." The old man looked at the boldest boy and ordered.
But the child obviously didn't want to go in the tricycle, and he couldn't bear to part with Li Wen's tricycle.
"Tianniu, right? You go and call someone, and when you come back, uncle will give you a toffee." Li Wen could only show his affection and lure him with benefits.
"This is what you said!"
The little guy didn't wait for Li Wen's reply. He jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the ground, fearing that he would be overtaken by other friends.
Several little guys who were obviously slow to react looked at Li Wen with resentful expressions.
Li Wen waved his hand with a wry smile and asked the little guys to go together, and then each of them would be given a fruit candy.
Although I didn't get the milk candy I dreamed of, a fruit candy was already very attractive.
A few little guys hugged half-eaten sweet potatoes and chased the iron ox. After all, they might not eat a penny of fruit candies only once a year.
"Baby, it's grand."
The old man sat on the heated door pier at the door. Looking at the scene just now, he showed the few remaining teeth in his mouth and praised Li Wen with a smile.
"Old man, will you live a long life this year?" Li Wen sat on another door pier and chatted with the old man.
"I am eighty-eight years old this year. I am an old man." The old man smiled and gestured with his fingers.
"That's such a long life! How is your health now? Is it still strong?" Li Wen likes to chat with the older generation, whether it is now or in previous lives.
"It's still strong. This year's weather is a little better. The tea leaves are growing well and the village has distributed a lot of food." The old man still couldn't change the name of the village. When he mentioned this year's bumper harvest, his face was filled with joy.
Having a good harvest and having enough food to eat is actually the greatest satisfaction and happiness for a farmer and a farmer.
"Sir, I'm a buyer from Jinzhou. If you have any mountain products at home, you can sell me the old tea you saved. I'll exchange it for grain." Li Wen pointed to the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the carriage.
"Really, can mountain products be exchanged for food?" The old man also saw the sweet potatoes held by several children just now.
At this time, when I heard that Li Wen was going to take away their mountain products, the old man had grown mature and courageous after all, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Baby, just wait, I'll get it for you." The old man suddenly felt that his back was no longer hunched over, and his legs and feet became more agile. He stood up and ran into the yard quickly.
"Old lady, hurry up, the buyer from the city is here!" Li Wen heard the old man shout angrily.
After a while, an old woman in her sixties came out behind the old man, carrying two large baskets in their hands.
"Comrade, come and take a look. These are the wild products that the children picked in the mountains, and these are the tea cakes that our family has saved in the past few years." The old man opened the sack covering the basket and said.
Li Wen only felt funny in his heart. He took out all the things and covered them with sacks. But he couldn't laugh. After all, people in this era have the word "caution" engraved in their bones.
"Uncle, is there anyone now? Everyone has gone to work. Let's see quickly. I'll give you and grandma a price." After Li Wen finished speaking, he poured the things on the ground and began to inspect them.
The things that the old man saved are very good. The mountain products are mainly fungus and shiitake mushrooms, and there are actually a few monkey heads in it.
Moreover, the old man obviously knew about medicinal materials. Li Wen pulled out several pieces of gastrodia elata and several ganoderma lucidum.
Ganoderma lucidum is not uncommon in the Qinnan area, and almost every household in the mountainous area has collected it.
The Ganoderma lucidum that the old man has is not very big, the largest one is only about half the size of a palm, but they are all dried and can be stored well.
Traditional Chinese medicine has declined a lot in recent years, and these wild medicinal materials are rarely purchased, and the prices are very low.
Finally, there were three bricks of tea. Li Wen weighed them and found that each brick should weigh two kilograms, but the quality of the tea was average.
"Uncle, I won't weigh you. There are some Hericium and Ganoderma lucidum in these mountain products that are relatively valuable. As for the tea, you know that the quality is average.
What do you think of me giving you a total of eight yuan for these wild products and tea?" Li Wen said with a smile.
In fact, the price Li Wen paid for these things was too high. Li Wen and the branch set the price at 50 cents, but when the members paid it, it was not this price.
"My dear, we are very satisfied with the price." The old couple looked at each other with bright smiles on their faces.
"Do you want food, money, or something else?" Li Wen looked at the two old people and said with a smile.
"Baby, what do you have?" the old man asked in a low voice.
"The food includes potatoes, sweet potatoes, cornmeal, and flour. I still have food stamps in my hand.
By the way, grandma, I also have gloves, towels, and handkerchiefs, do you want them?" Li Wen said with a smile.
Chapter completed!