Chapter 414 Material Exchange Conference in Pujiang
The cold wind passed on ten days, and a light snow fell in Pujiang River.
Su Shitou, who was nearly seventy years old, was sitting at the gate in the cold wind, his face full of sadness.
My little grandson is not a peaceful person.
Since Su Mingzhe returned to Pujiang, he has been pestering his grandfather to make longbows, slingshots, javelins and other tools for him all day long. He has been clamoring to go hunting in the mountains to improve his family's life.
Su Shitou was afraid that something might happen to his grandson, so he naturally refused to agree.
As a result, Su Mingzhe picked up the shovel every morning after dinner, saying that since his grandfather didn't give him tools, he would go to the mountains to make traps and he could still catch prey.
Su Shitou looked at his stubborn grandson and felt that this boy, himself, and his children were all of the same origin, with a very stubborn temper.
Now Su Mingzhe goes out early and comes back late every day to dig traps in the mountains. By calculation, this kid has been going up the mountains for more than ten days.
Looking at the snowflakes constantly falling in the sky, the mountain road must be slippery.
Su Shitou had already begun to worry about his little grandson, whether the road down the mountain was easy to walk and whether he might slip.
Su Shitou was feeling depressed about his grandson's stubborn temper when he suddenly heard someone calling him in the distance.
When he stood up from the horse in a complicated mood, he saw his neighbor Zheng Jianguo beaming with joy and running over to congratulate him:
"Uncle Shitou, Uncle Shitou, you are at home. Your little grandson is amazing. He caught a lot of wild boars by himself, at least a dozen of them, big and small."
"What did you say? Our little one caught a dozen wild boars?"
Su Shitou was stunned. When he heard the sound of 'announcement of good news', why did he feel like it was a joke?
My grandson is only eight years old this year. Standing up straight, he can’t even reach the top of his head.
Just such a little kid, you said he caught a dozen wild boars?
Who believes it?
Not to mention the wild boar, even Piggy, he can't catch it, right?
"Really, Uncle Shitou."
Zheng Jianguo's eyes were full of shock and surprise at this moment, and he hurriedly explained to Su Shitou:
"Your little kid spent more than ten days digging a big hole in the back mountain where the wild boar passed. While it was snowing, he planted a lot of scarecrows on the roadside. When the wild boar passed by,
At that time, I beat the gong and drove a whole litter of more than a dozen wild boars into the pit."
"Why is this kid so showy? Is he back?"
When Su Shitou was young, he was at the time of war and had followed a team into the mountains for hunting, so he naturally knew the temper of wild boars.
When out in the wild, be careful if you encounter a wild boar.
Because wild boars are more aggressive to humans than wolves and tigers.
Therefore, although Zheng Jianguo made it easy, if you think about it, Su Mingzhe was only an eight-year-old child, but he could drive a herd of wild boars into a trap. There must be great risks involved.
"Uncle Shitou, this guy came back just now. He first went to Brother Chaocheng's house to report the news. Later, Brother Chaocheng called a lot of people and pushed the cart up the mountain. I came back first to tell you the good news."
Zheng Jianjun said a few more words, "Let's talk," and then asked Su Shitou to continue waiting for the news. He wanted to go home and asked his wife and children to boil water quickly and prepare to scald the pig hair.
Zheng Jianjun is a butcher by profession. When these dozen wild boars were brought down the mountain, they must be handed over to his neighbor to help them be shaved and slaughtered.
Before the Zheng family boiled the water, Su Erjun and his two cousins pushed a wheelbarrow and pushed the two wild boars back.
When Su Shitou saw Su Erjun coming back, he quickly stopped him and asked about Su Mingzhe's situation.
"Grandpa, my brother is fine. He is very powerful. Let him come back first. He must wait until the end and come back with everyone."
Su Erjun, whose nickname was Su Mingjun, reported safety to Su Shitou and pushed two wild boars into Zheng Jianjun's house.
This wheelbarrow belongs to the production team. He has to return it after using it here.
Not long after, more than 20 strong laborers from the Su family returned, pushing seven or eight wheelbarrows.
Su Mingzhe, who was the main contributor to this 'pig hunt', was pushed down on a wheelbarrow by everyone. He was sitting on one side of a wheelbarrow with a wild boar and was pushed down the mountain.
Su Shitou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his grandson was okay.
Among the dozen wild boars, two weighed more than 300 kilograms, five weighed more than 200 kilograms, three weighed more than 100 kilograms, and six piglets weighed several dozen kilograms.
Pujiang, as a county town with many mountains and little land, allows ordinary people to go hunting in the mountains.
The income from hunting is also distributed among the people themselves.
Like this time, of the sixteen wild boars that Su Mingzhe obtained, he slaughtered ten of the bigger ones, resulting in more than two thousand kilograms of pork. According to the rules, he gave the pig blood and sewer to Zheng Jianjun's family as 'wage', and there was still some leftover.
More than a thousand kilograms of meat.
Of the more than a thousand kilograms of meat, it was not eaten immediately.
People here in Pujiang also know how to make Jinhua ham.
Then remove the pork leg meat used to make Jinhua ham, and other meat can be used to improve this year's New Year's meal.
At the end of the process, there were six little piglets left.
Su Chaocheng and others wanted to build a pig pen for Su Mingzhe and let him raise it.
In this case, when the Spring Festival comes next year, there will be more than a thousand kilograms of meat.
If these six little piglets can grow up and be bred, they will make a lot of money.
As a result, Su Mingzhe didn't care about these little piggies at all.
Just kidding.
I am a great time traveler, I dare not say that I have the ability to reach the sky and the earth, but I can still fly into the sky and escape from the earth.
It is impossible to raise pigs.
However, these relatives are really kind to me and always think of me.
If there is an opportunity in the future, I should repay them well.
When Su Mingzhe returned home, he told his grandfather that he was safe again:
"Grandpa, I'm back."
"Well, I'm back."
Su Shitou had met his grandson just now. He was smoking dry cigarettes and preparing to find some materials to help his grandson make longbows, slingshots, etc.
In fact, Su Shitou also understood that children from poor families had already become the masters of their families.
Children from other families can help adults take care of children as young as one or two when they are four or five years old.
When I was seven or eight years old, I could go to the back mountain to collect wood, make fires, wash clothes, cook, and do everything.
Although it is a little surprising that Su Mingzhe is so 'competent', it is not particularly unacceptable.
When Su Mingzhe saw his grandfather, he didn't ask what happened to him, but he couldn't really say nothing. He simply reported everything about himself and finally said:
"Grandpa, Uncle Chaocheng said that all the pork leg meat should be made into Jinhua ham and left to us. I didn't agree, and asked the uncle to distribute it equally according to the population of our Su family. In addition, I don't have the little piglets either.
Yes, we are the only two in our family and we don’t have time to take care of a few piglets. I want brother Erjun and the others to help send them to my sister-in-law’s house and give them to my sister-in-law’s house to raise them.”
After Su Shitou heard his grandson's report, he couldn't help but look at him in surprise. He was silent for a while, and then uttered a few words:
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu recently to read and catch up on new books. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www.yeguoyuedu.com is available for Android and Apple.]
"You did the right thing, you are a good boy."
After a while, Su Mingzhe saw that his grandpa was silent and was about to go back to make arrangements, but he was stopped by his grandpa again.
"It's snowing today, and the mountain roads will definitely be slippery these days. Just stay at home, study more, and prepare for next year's graded exam."
"Well, I understand, grandpa."
Su Mingzhe is eight years old this year. He was originally from the Production Brigade Central Primary School in Yiwu and is in the second grade.
After coming here, he didn't want to waste time in elementary school, so he told his father that his father had taught him all the knowledge in elementary school.
Therefore, he plans to go to the fifth grade of elementary school after the Chinese New Year. In this case, next summer, he will be able to take the primary school to junior high school exam.
Children who have entered junior high school, no matter how young they are, are still little adults.
Su Mingzhe's parents were both teachers at Central Factory Primary School. Now both of them died of illness during the period of "supporting agriculture". This can be regarded as "died in the line of duty."
As the son of a teacher at Central Factory Primary School, Su Mingzhe wanted to attend classes at Central Factory Primary School, but neither the principal nor other teachers would stop him or refuse.
However, the principal told Su Mingzhe that at his age, if he insisted on going to fifth grade, he would need to take a promotion exam at the beginning of school.
As long as Su Mingzhe really passes the promotion exam, the school will allow him to attend classes in fifth grade in accordance with regulations.
Su Mingzhe naturally wouldn't care about a primary school's promotion exam.
In a few days, the Spring Festival will arrive.
Su Mingzhe and his grandfather had a "fat year".
After the New Year, Su Mingzhe went hunting in the mountains again. This time, with the longbow, slingshot and javelin made by his grandfather, there was no need to build a trap to cover up.
Every day he would go three poles up into the mountain, and before the sun would set, he would come down from the mountain with a load of all kinds of prey on his back.
His prey is particularly complex, including hares, deer, muntjac, etc.
The skins of these animals can be sold for money.
Of course, muntjacs were hunted too much, and then it was about protecting animals.
The Lantern Festival is just around the corner, and the weather is getting warmer day by day.
Many willow trees along the roadside have begun to sprout new branches.
Suddenly there was a late spring cold and a light snowfall in the middle of the night.
Su Shitou suddenly fell ill.
Su Mingzhe found out that his grandfather was ill the next day and checked his pulse.
Grandpa's illness is not serious, just a common cold.
Su Mingzhe went to the mountains to hunt a goat, brought it home and asked Zheng Jianguo next door to help clean it up.
After spending a whole morning, Su Mingzhe cooked a pot of radish and mutton soup, adding onions, ginger, pepper and other spicy ingredients.
After drinking mutton soup for two days, Su Shitou sweated a few times and his body temperature returned to normal, but he still had no energy.
Su Mingzhe checked his pulse again and determined that this was a heart disease caused by his depression and excessive worries about his children.
My health has always been good, and this mental illness has never occurred.
Now, because of a small cold, my heart ailments also started to attack.
"Grandpa, you are not feeling well yet. Let's go to the hospital to get some medicine."
"My health is almost healed and I don't need to take medicine anymore."
Su Shitou also had a very stubborn temper and was not willing to spend money frivolously.
"You just recovered from the cold, but you have other illnesses."
Su Mingzhe tried his best to get a penny from Su Shitou.
In desperation, I could only sulk, carry the furs that my grandpa had recently made, and prepare to go to the material exchange meeting to exchange some money.
If Su Mingzhe really wants money, there are many ways to do it, but if he wants to have an excuse, he still needs to take the serious path.
There is a material exchange conference here in Pujiang, held every Friday and October, and the location is at Section 1 of Renmin Road.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this section of the road, like other places, was originally only three or four meters wide.
However, there are too many people coming to participate in the material exchange conference every time, and it is really crowded and crowded.
Not only the people from Pujiang would come to 'go to the market' and exchange supplies, but also the people from the surrounding Yiwu would also come here.
Seeing that the material exchange conference was getting bigger and bigger, the government began to widen the roads for the convenience of the people.
This section of road is now eight meters wide.
I heard that the authorities are studying it and want to continue to widen it to about 16 meters.
Su Mingzhe carried the supplies and came here to exchange the tanned furs for some money.