It is said that since the Song Dynasty, there has been a mysterious profession called the credit knife person.

They have traveled all over the country, lending all kinds of knives and scissors to people in need.

Credit is not giving away, it is selling without charging money for the time being.

When will the money be collected?

When the prophecy spoken by the credit card holder comes true, the credit card holder will come back to collect the money.

From ancient times to the present, there have been many kinds of prophecies made by those who borrowed knives. But since the 1960s and 1970s, the first two sentences of the prophecies of those who borrow knives are: pigs will exceed a thousand, and oxen (horses) will exceed ten thousand.

Some of the following are "farm houses replaced by mud houses for brick houses", others are "marrying a wife worth hundreds of thousands", "clothes are not mended but shoes are just replaced".

The prophecy that Wang Meilan heard at the beginning was: there will be more than a thousand pigs, more than ten thousand cattle, and a pound and a half of corn.

At that time, people who borrowed money said this prophecy, which meant that when a pig could be sold for 1,000 yuan, a cow could be sold for 10,000 yuan, and dried corn grains could be sold for 1.5 yuan, he would come back to collect the money.

In this case, not to mention in the 1960s and 1970s, even now in 1987, few people believed it.

These days, the price of the best parts of domestic pork increases during the holidays, and it only costs about one yuan per pound.

A 200-pound pig can produce 50% meat, or 60%, and the meat can be sold for more than 100 yuan at most.

As for the cattle, the Zhao Jun family has the most say. After all, they compensated the cow for the cow just the day before yesterday. And the compensation was based on the price of the live cow, so the compensation was only 1,000 yuan.

But these are not the key points. The key point is food prices.

This is what farmers care about most.

Yong'an Tun is a forest area, but the people cultivate their own wasteland and produce food for their own consumption or for sale to grain depots.

The dual-track system was implemented in 1985. In 1987, which is this year, grain prices rose slightly. The highest purchase price for dry corn kernels was 1.35 cents.

Therefore, for farmers, one and a half pounds of corn is unimaginable.

Zhao Jun didn't care about the prophecies or whether Wang Meilan borrowed the knife or not, he only cared about the person who borrowed the knife from back then.

So, Zhao Jun asked Wang Meilan: "Mom, is the person who borrowed the knife still available?"

"I don't know." Wang Meilan shook her head slightly and said, "Probably gone. When I saw the old man that year, I had the impression that he was already in his sixties or seventies."

Zhao Jun was right when he thought about it. His grandma called the person who borrowed the knife Uncle Liu. How old was the old man?

"Mom, where is his home?" Zhao Jun asked. Wang Meilan clicked her eyes twice and said, "I can't remember."

Speaking of this, Wang Meilan paused for a moment, and then said: "He is not a real relative of our family, but he is also from these eight villages."

After saying that, Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun: "Son, why do you ask?"

Zhao Jun leaned close to Wang Meilan's ear and whispered: "I suspect that our treasures are still on the mountain."

"Baby..." Wang Meilan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said: "That year, the credit card man came to our house. He drank too much and muttered that our family had a treasure that was going up the mountain. At that time... life was not easy for your little grandma.

I thought he was talking nonsense, so I stopped letting the old man talk."

Suddenly, Wang Meilan seemed to remember something. She raised her hand and pointed blankly, and said: "I remember, he is not a relative of our old Wang family, he is a relative of your grandma's family."

"A relative of my grandma's family?" Zhao Jun said, "Then his surname should be Song?"

Zhao Jun's grandmother, Wang Meilan's mother, was named Song.

"Hmm." Wang Meilan knew that it was about money, and her brain was thinking quickly, providing clues to Zhao Jun, and said: "He and my eldest grandmother are brothers who came out of the fifth server. The old Song family was the first to come to Guandong.

The family was divided, and they even brought their family tree with them when they left Guanqian.

My eldest grandma and her family used the word 'an' in their generation, like my eldest grandma's name, Song Anmin."

"Ah..." Zhao Jun said, "Then why should the old man call him Song An?"

"Yes!" Wang Meilan nodded in agreement.

"Mom!" Zhao Jun remembered something again and asked Wang Meilan: "My old uncle said that when the old man came that day, he had several knives in the basket on his back. Did he come to lend the knives on credit?"

"Hiss..." Wang Meilan frowned and recalled, murmuring: "It should be so, but few dare to lend his knife on credit."

"Then why?" Zhao Jun didn't understand. Taking the knife on credit was almost equivalent to getting it for nothing. Although the folk customs in those days were simple, there were always people who liked to take advantage.

"What did they say?" Wang Meilan whispered: "They said there is no charge for getting the knife on credit. They are here to borrow money."

"What?" Zhao Jun widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Borrowing pregnancy?"

Wang Meilan didn't know that her son had misunderstood the words, so she explained to herself: "Well, they say they are here to borrow money. Whoever leaves the knife will have their wealth borrowed on credit."

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"Ah..." Upon hearing what was going on, Zhao Jun blinked but said nothing.

"Huh?" Wang Meilan suddenly pulled Zhao Jun down and said, "Go and ask old Xu Pao, he can't help but know that old man."

"Ouch!" It was this sentence that reminded the man in the dream. Zhao Jun remembered that after the battle between Zhen Bajie and Xiao Bajie, when Xu Changlin took out the knife to disembowel the wild boar, he once said about the knife in his hand.

It's on credit.

"I remember that year when I was pregnant with your sister." Wang Meilan said: "Those two days were not very good, I just wanted to eat pineapples. Your little grandma went out to the countryside to ask for me, and she just happened to catch up with Mrs. Xu's first two days.

I went up the mountain and carried the basket on my back. I should have said it or not, but when the old lady heard that I wanted to eat, she asked your little grandma to carry it back for me.

When they were finished chatting, they seemed to have mentioned it, saying that Old Xu Pao had gone up the mountain for the first two days and was not very good at scraping tree slivers, so he lost his scraper. Just when the old man who wanted to buy the knife on credit came, Old Xu Pao wanted to do it on credit.

Old Mrs. Xu refused to let me take the knife, saying it was a loan or something.

Old Xu Pao said that the family was so poor. Who could borrow it? After that, he left the knife. He gave it on credit for two yuan and said he would pay the full amount later. At that time, Mrs. Xu seemed to ask

Now that you are a grandma, ask the old man if he is a relative of theirs."

At this point, Wang Meilan pointed her finger at Zhao Jun and said, "So I think it's inevitable that they will get to know each other."

"Yes." Zhao Jun nodded slightly and said, "Then I will go see the old lady today. I heard Doctor Han say that Mrs. Xu urinates blood that day, so I thought about going to see her. I have been busy these days and forgot about it.

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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Tsk!" Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Meilan clicked her lips, looked back at the large basin in front of the dish rack, and then said to Zhao Jun: "

Son, go ahead and get a few pieces of the black blind man's meat, and then get two cans for the old lady."

"Okay." Zhao Jun responded: "Mom, I'll go after dinner later."

After saying that, Zhao Jun smiled and said: "I'm still a little anxious."

"Mom is worried too." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Look for it quickly. If you find it, mom will buy you a car immediately."

When it comes to buying a car, Wang Meilan waved her hand out the window and said: "Let's buy a Jiefang and then a Jeep."

Seeing that Wang Meilan was very happy, Zhao Jun did not pour cold water on her.

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The beef stuffed buns come out steaming hot.

Bite one side of the bun skin, fill it with beef and radish stuffing, and dip it in soy sauce, vinegar and chili oil. Not to mention how fragrant it is.

Since it is a big bun, it is as big as Zhao Jun's fist.

As for such buns, Zhao Jun ate seven, Zhao Youcai ate eight, and Zhao Weipeng ate twelve.

After burping after eating, Zhao Weipeng took a sip of the cold porridge, feeling a sense of satisfaction lingering in his heart.

"Uncle." Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks and said to Zhao Weipeng: "After you finish eating, lie down on the kang and rest for a while. I'll go out."

Zhao Weipeng heard this and asked: "What are you doing?"

"An old lady in our village is sick." Zhao Jun said, "I'll take something to check on her, and I'll be back after a while."

After talking to Zhao Weipeng, Zhao Jun turned to Zhao Youcai and asked, "Dad, can't you go?"

"I'm not going." Zhao Youcai didn't raise his head and just responded lightly.

When Zhao Jun got off the kang and arrived at the outhouse, Wang Meilan had already prepared everything.

The three dead roe deer left at Li's house yesterday had all melted. Wang Meilan went over in the morning and chopped off the thigh of one roe deer.

Zhao Youcai was ill a few days ago. Everyone who came to see him brought canned peaches. They couldn't eat those cans, so Wang Meilan gave two bottles to Zhao Jun.

Together with a bunch of bear leg meat tied with iron wire, it just made up four boxes of gifts.

Wang Meilan handed something to Zhao Jun.

After Zhao Jun took all the things, the mother and son looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding, Zhao Jun carried the things out of the house and went straight to Lao Xu's house.

When Zhao Jun arrived at Lao Xu's house, the old couple had just given up their jobs.

The old couple's food is the same as that of Zhao Jun's family, which is muddy porridge. However, the old Xu's family does not have big buns, only steamed cakes and pickles.

There was no way, old Mrs. Xu was ill, quite seriously. She couldn't cook, so she asked Xu Changlin to make noodles.

The corn noodles are fermented, and Mr. Xu can neither knead the steamed buns nor make large pancakes.

But God will never starve to death (qiǎo), so I spread a drawer cloth on the curtain drawer, then pour the fermented corn flour on the drawer cloth, and steam it until it is cooked.

When Zhao Jun came in, old Mrs. Xu was lying on the bed. She was really not in good health.

"Hey, man!" Seeing Zhao Jun, Xu Changlin couldn't believe his eyes, so he just asked, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see my grandma Xu." Zhao Jun said and raised the things in his hands. Seeing this, Xu Changlin turned his face and said, "Come here if you want. What are you doing with these things?"
To be continued...