"What's written here? I don't know the characters either."
He Chunhua doesn't know a few big characters, only the 345 above...
Compulsory education became universal only in 1986.
Prior to this, although there were also universal literacy classes and literacy campaigns.
However, the educational level of many people in rural areas is still very low.
Not just He Chunhua, people their age and above have basically never gone to school.
Most of Xu Qingfeng's generation had gone to school for several years, and most of them knew how to read.
But in this day and age, going to school requires money, five yuan a semester. Don’t underestimate the five yuan. Many people drop out of school and go home to herd cattle because they can’t afford the tuition.
Xu Qingfeng's family's conditions are not bad, so Xu Qingfeng and Xu Qiusheng have both graduated from high school.
If it hadn't been for the college entrance examination not being resumed when they first went to school, Xu Qiusheng and Xu Qingfeng would probably have taken the college entrance examination.
"Brother, come and tell us the price." Xu Qingfeng called Xu Qiusheng.
He went to the room and got a stick scale.
Since you plan to do business for a long time, a hand scale is essential.
However, in the past few years, business was not allowed, so it was quite rare.
Xu Qingfeng was also lucky. He found a shot on the black market just the day before yesterday.
Steelyard, this thing has been around for a long time.
It is said that it was invented by Fan Li, the richest man in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Later, Qin Shihuang unified weights and measures and extended it to the whole country.
This hand steel scale is a simple weighing instrument that uses the principle of leverage to weigh goods.
The hand scale has three components, the scale beam, the scale weight, and the scale pan.
In an era when electronic scales were not popular, doing business depended on them.
It is relatively simple and easy to carry.
Small vendors carry a steel scale and walk down the street. When someone wants to buy something, they take it out, hold the scale, hang the weight, and tie the scale pan, and then they can start buying and selling.
When not in use, put the weight in the basket and the steelyard on your waist.
Very vivid.
In addition to this, there is also an abacus, which is an object that will be difficult to see in later generations.
But in the 1970s and 1980s, when the economy was just recovering, they were two indispensable things for businessmen.
After Xu Qiusheng knew that his brother wanted to collect medicinal materials and mountain products, he also came to help.
"These are the names of the medicinal materials and their corresponding prices, Atractylodes macrocephala, 3 cents..." Xu Qiusheng explained to the villagers.
After a while, everyone also knew the corresponding prices of different medicinal materials.
The soldiers also came.
Xu Qiusheng, sister-in-law Li Ruyue, Xu Qingfeng and Junzi weighed and calculated the money according to the corresponding price.
After a while, more than one hundred yuan was paid.
He Chunhua felt distressed watching from the side.
In her opinion, there are so many wild products and medicinal materials. If you want to sell them, they will have to be sold for as long as possible.
But, in front of outsiders, she didn't say much.
Although Xu Qingfeng is her son, he is also an old man.
Young and old men in the Northeast are all face-saving.
No matter how unhappy she was, she would never criticize Xu Qingfeng in front of the villagers.
On the contrary, he would also hold the bag for Xu Qingfeng.
The purchase lasted for more than half an hour, and Xu Qingfeng collected a total of 300 yuan of mountain products and medicinal materials.
"Brother, what are you doing with these?" Xu Qiusheng asked Xu Qingfeng curiously.
Although there are people selling these on the black market, the business is not very good.
They might as well sell fish and wild vegetables.
"Brother, I am of course very useful, but now I have to sell my business secrets." Xu Qingfeng smiled slightly.
"Okay, then I won't ask. Just know what you know." Xu Qiusheng nodded and went to fish in the pond with Junzi.
Because the purchase of medicinal materials was delayed for some time, Xu Qingfeng and the others did not bother to have breakfast at home today. They took some steamed buns and steamed buns and took them to the road to eat.
Xu Qingfeng told his sister-in-law that if someone comes to sell medicinal materials during the day, he should accept them first.
He left some money and gave it to his sister-in-law.
If the money is not enough, write a note first and wait until he comes back to pay.
"Don't worry, brother, your sister-in-law will definitely take care of it for you." Li Ruyue said.
"Mom will also help." He Chunhua also said: "That's right, Qingfeng, how much should I receive for this collection of medicinal materials?"
"Keep it for now. Anyway, you won't have to worry about selling it in the end, so don't worry." Xu Qingfeng said with a smile.
He knew how crazy those medicinal material purchasers from the south were.
In the past few days, Xu Qiusheng helped Xu Qingfeng in the forest farm. Although it had only been two or three days, he had already earned sixty or seventy yuan. This money made the relationship between his elder brother and sister-in-law become inseparable.
Although money is not everything, having money can reduce many family conflicts.
After going out, I took a detour and called Dahan brothers to dig wild vegetables and go to the forest farm.
This is also the rhythm of Xu Qingfeng's life for some time to come.
Except for the wind and rain.
If it's windy or rainy, Xu Qingfeng will take a day off.
Money is earned endless.
After arriving at the black market, Xu Qingfeng opened the stall and then went to the canteen to deliver goods.
It’s still 50 kilograms of fish and 300 kilograms of wild vegetables.
Director Sun was in a good mood and personally received Xu Qingfeng. The moose meat was very popular yesterday, and the canteen was praised by the factory director at the workers' meeting.
He asked Xu Qingfeng if he could get some more wild game.
Xu Qingfeng's eyes lit up and he immediately told Director Sun that he would do his best.
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After leaving the canteen, Xu Qingfeng went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some things. Then he went to the black market and met up with his brother and Jun Zi.
Before noon, wild vegetables and fish were sold at high prices.
Xu Qingfeng still chose to sell the remaining half and give half away. After finishing the clearing, he took a few people to eat at a state-owned hotel.
Back in the village, Xu Qingfeng went to the carpenter's house in the village and asked the carpenter to build a frame cart. The size and dimensions were based on the ox cart.
At this time, the old-fashioned wooden wheel frame carts had been eliminated in rural areas.
Instead use rubber pneumatic tires.
The body is about 2.5 meters long and 1.5 meters wide. It has an iron-wood structure. Thick and hard shaft wood passes through the bottom of the thick body panels, making the body very strong and solid.
When Xu Qingfeng was a child, this new type of ox cart had already appeared and could still be used by people.
At that time, there was no shuttle bus yet, so this was the only way to go to the forest farm.
It was an important means of transportation at that time.
The price is not expensive, you can get it for 20 yuan, and the animals are still valuable.
But, Xu Qingfeng caught the red deer in the mountains, so he didn’t spend a penny, which was still very satisfying.
After Red Deer takes up his post, there is no need to go to the village chief's house to borrow a donkey cart. Although the village chief didn't say anything, borrowing it for a long time will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable.
Xu Qingfeng is also understandable.
It's just like if your neighbors keep coming to borrow your things, even if they give you some compensation, you will be annoyed.
