Autumn in Lindu is very short. It was hot for a few days after September, and then the weather turned cooler at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wang Yuan rode his bicycle quickly on the dirt road in the mountains and forests. Occasionally, he would meet an ox cart slowly walking towards the city.

The big ox walked very slowly, its tail flicking gently to drive away the gadflies. The old farmer wore a straw hat and sat next to the shaft of the cart, occasionally waving his whip.

Wang Yuan knew that some buses ran very slowly, and he felt that this ox cart could compete with buses.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to the countryside." The old farmer looked at Wang Yuan with a smile on his face, probably wondering who Wang Yuan was.

Well, Wang Yuan doesn’t know him either.

He walked quickly and when he arrived at the state-owned store in the city, he was so tired that he gasped for air.

The male employee of the state-owned store recognized him and said with a smile: "Little brother, do you want to buy something or sell something?"

He remembered that Wang Yuan had sold bear bile and ginseng with the adults. He was deeply impressed because there were very few rural people who came to the city's state-owned stores to sell things.

Most rural people will not go to the city.

"Comrade, I'm here to buy ginseng."

Wang Yuan took out a ginseng bun from the basket on his back. Inside the ginseng bun was the five-leaf ginseng. He was well prepared and suppressed his excitement to hear what price the other party could offer.

After untying the red rope and opening the ginseng bun wrapped in birch bark and moss, a thin ginseng plant was exposed.

The ginseng whiskers are more than 70 centimeters long, and an earthy smell hits your face.

"This is... five leaves!? Little brother, wait a moment, I'll call our supervisor."

The supervisor is a middle-aged woman with a mole at the corner of her mouth. She was very surprised when she saw this five-leaf ginseng tree. There is ginseng in Xiaoxing'an Mountains, but the ginseng reserves are far less than those in Changbai Mountain.

"It weighs 2.1 taels. Because it is five leaves, it is much more expensive than four leaves, but the shape is average..." The female supervisor looked at Wang Yuan as she spoke, and finally said slowly:

"How about 2,600 yuan, little brother, I'll invoice you right away."

"Don't, don't, don't..."

"What's wrong, 2,600 yuan is not enough?"

The female supervisor was instantly displeased. If she could collect this ginseng plant, she felt that Vice Mayor Liu, who was also in charge of the state-owned store, would also look down upon her.

"It's not that it's too little, it's just that I want to go home and discuss it with my family." Wang Yuan quickly took back the ginseng, wrapped it in a ginseng bun and walked out.

"Hey, little brother, don't leave. Fresh ginseng is very easy to spoil. Once it gets spoiled, it's worthless... I'll give you another 200 yuan, how about 2,800 yuan..."

Unfortunately, Wang Yuan still walked out of the state-owned store resolutely.

"The employees of state-owned stores are all formal workers, so they are the owners. They are so arrogant that they would take the initiative to raise prices?" Wang Yuan felt a little strange.

But he still felt that the prices offered by state-owned stores were too low.

He didn't know how much this ginseng plant was worth, but based on his impression, he felt that the price purchased by state-owned stores was always lower than the market price.

For example: a state-owned store purchases Feilong for 4 yuan/piece.

Li Hang bought his flying dragon for 50 yuan/piece.

Admittedly, this is because Li Hang's family is the end consumer and the family is not short of money, but Wang Yuan does not think Li Hang is a fool.

The price of 50 yuan/flying dragon was proposed by Li Hang on his own initiative.

There was already talk of "market price" in 1986. The State Council approved industrial production materials in 1984, and the excess can be sold at a price increase of no more than 20%.

Last year, in 1985, the State Council canceled the 20% price increase requirement, and the excess was sold at market price.

In the past, there were "plans" for logging wood in forest farms, and prices were almost always fixed. Now, the prices of "exceeded" wood are no longer fixed, and are completely based on market prices - the price of pine wood has begun to skyrocket. This is something Wang Yuan has experienced firsthand.

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The purchase price of state-owned stores is the "planned" price, not the market price. Wang Yuan feels that selling things at the planned price now is a big loss.

"There's no rush to sell ginseng. It's too hard to find. It would be good to find a few more buyers and ask more questions... Okay, let's go to Li Hang's house to play for a while."

Wang Yuan deeply felt that he had few friends, and he didn't know much about this era. He was not from this era in his previous life. Fortunately, he still had a space, and the space helped him a lot.

After taking out two big mandarin fish, Wang Yuan rode to Li Hang's house. The guard had previously accepted him a box of cigarettes, but now he was more enthusiastic.

Dong dong dong~

After arriving upstairs, he knocked on the door and squeaked, Li Hang opened the door.

"Touko, are you here? Come in."

"Hey~ I brought two big mandarin fish over."

"Oh, I haven't eaten mandarin fish for a while."

Li Hang was very happy. He carried the two mandarin fish to the kitchen, let Wang Yuan sit on the sofa, and opened the refrigerator to get him ice cream.

Wang Yuan has been here several times, and each time the two would chat for a while. Li Hang found that Wang Yuan was very different from other ordinary young people. For example, Wang Yuan was very optimistic about the future of Shenzhen.

Li Hang's father has been to Shenzhen, but he doesn't have a very good opinion of the latter, or is rather hesitant. Li Hang himself is very interested in Shenzhen, and his thoughts are more or less influenced by his father.

Not to mention rural people, even many urban people are confused about Shenzhen, but Wang Yuan is very optimistic about Shenzhen, and some of his words are quite reasonable.

"Aren't your parents at home?"

"Yes, my parents went to the mines."

Li Hang gave the fish money to Wang Yuan, who was not polite and took it directly.

Li Hang's father owns a coal mine in Hegang and is an authentic mine owner.

Is private contracting of coal mines allowed in this era? Wang Yuan doesn't understand. Whether it's completely private, joint venture, affiliated, collective ownership, etc., Wang Yuan doesn't understand.

There are not so many entertainment activities in this era. Many people like to read newspapers to pass the time. After reading the old newspapers, you can wrap things, origami airplanes, glue cracks in walls, glue windows, etc.

Li Hang's family also has a lot of newspapers. The two of them watched TV, ate ice cream, and talked about the contents of the newspapers. Li Hang discovered that Wang Yuan had his own opinions on many things in the newspapers, instead of being ignorant.

"By the way, I also brought a wild ginseng. Contact me and see if I can find a buyer. If you sell the ginseng, I'll treat you to dinner!" Wang Yuan said with a smile.

"Wild ginseng? Let me take a look."

"It's inside this ginseng bun."

Wang Yuan opened the ginseng bun. Looking at the wild ginseng, Li Hang muttered: "It's so small. It's much smaller than cultivated ginseng. Are wild ginseng so small?"

"There are also big ones, seven taels are considered ginseng and eight taels are treasures, but there are too few large wild ginseng." Wang Yuan closed the ginseng bun again and tied it carefully with a red string.

Li Hang agreed to help find a buyer, and then Wang Yuan played at Li Hang's house for a while before riding away.

After buying some fried cakes, old-fashioned chicken cakes, stove fruits and 5 pounds of pork on the way, Wang Yuan rode his bicycle home.

It was already afternoon when he got home.

The little girl was squatting on the ground looking at the chickens. When she saw Wang Yuan, she immediately ran over on her short legs: "Second brother!!"

"I bought you fried cakes, you can eat them."

"Hmm, hee hee~ Second brother, you are so kind." The little girl was very happy to have delicious food.

After touching the little girl's head, Wang Yuan walked into the house, leaving Grandma Man at home besides him. She was here to be a matchmaker and introduced an older girl to Wang Yuan.

"Huh? Blind date? I..."

Wang Yuan stood in the back room, looking at his parents, grandparents, and grandma in the room, and was stunned for a moment.


Chapter completed!