During the two days in Harbin, Lu Lu made a special trip around the city, specifically looking for the lumber factory.
He thought that Harbin was not very far from Daqing, and he wanted to see if he could find the cedar wood he had been thinking about for making a bathtub before last winter.
Unexpectedly, after visiting three wood processing factories in the city, he actually found it.
Usually, wooden bathtubs are made of nanmu, cypress, oak, fir, pine, etc. Bathtubs made of nanmu have the best overall performance, but this material is not easy to get in the north.
Pine and fir bathtubs are prone to moisture, blackening, and mold.
Lu Lu could only settle for the next best thing and chose cedar wood.
This is also a relatively rare and valuable wood, more than twice as expensive as spruce.
It has a long growth cycle, hard wood, high density, fine and beautiful texture, can be used for a long time, and has a natural wood fragrance.
Seeing that Lu Lu wanted to buy it, Zhang Shaofeng and others asked about the situation and found out that Lu Lu was going to take it back to make a bathtub for bathing in winter. They all became interested and wanted to buy some.
But it was just a small amount of wood, and the quota still needed to be approved. As a last resort, Lu Lu had to find the department manager, bring some drinks and cakes, and stuffed ten yuan into his pocket, so he finally got the selected pieces of wood.
Zhang Shaofeng found a military vehicle to send him off, and the things were loaded in the vehicle.
Unexpectedly, when they saw that the vehicle loading wood was a military vehicle, the manager of the lumber factory quickly pulled Lu Lu aside and insisted on giving the money back, adding an extra ten yuan, which made Lu Lu dumbfounded.
Seeing his frightened look, Lu Lu could only accept the twenty yuan.
After doing this, the wood is considered white.
And just as a few people led the horses into the car, Lu Lu led the dog to sit in the carriage, and when the car started to return, at Wuchang, in the hospital, Cao Shulong, who was still in a coma, was waiting for Cao Shulong to tell the bald man where the stick was.
A group of people were directly arrested by the police.
Due to Zhang Shaofeng's special care, Cao Shulong will definitely not survive. As for the bald gang, they will have to lose their skin even if they don't die.
Just kidding, you dare to rob someone outside Wuchang City in broad daylight. It is really lawless.
It can be considered as a disaster except for one.
The road was smooth and the car drove smoothly. We rested for one night in Tieli. At noon the next day, a group of people returned to Lu Lu's meadow.
The five horses were put into the meadow and rode all the way in the car. They felt more tired than running all day and night. They stood in the meadow stupidly, not even bothering to eat grass.
Yuanbao and the other dogs jumped out of the car, and when Chen Xiuyu led the children out, they got up and sniffed, and then lay down on the grass nearby. Even three lynxes ran out and scratched at them.
Don't give any reaction.
Whether it's a dog or a horse, you need to take it easy after all this tossing.
After the things were unloaded, the three soldiers driving the car said hello but refused to stay. They said they would go back to hand in the mission and drove away directly.
This made Lu Lu feel a little unkind. After driving for such a long time, he couldn't even have a hot meal at home.
After they left, Lu Lu had time to look at his wife, who had followed him early.
"I'm back!"
Lu Lu smiled at her, then put Chen Xiuyu in his arms and hugged her. Then he hurriedly took the child, kissing and teasing the little guy.
As a result, the little guy looked at Lu Lu eagerly and suddenly started crying.
"You little brat, we haven't seen each other for just a few days, and you don't even recognize me anymore!"
Lu Lu said this while holding the child in his arms with great affection.
"Look at you, you have gone out and become unshaven, like a savage..." Chen Xiuyu also laughed at the side. She turned around and greeted Zhang Shaofeng and others: "Come in and rest quickly, you are still hungry.
Come on, I'll cook for you right now."
Lu Lu held the child in his arms and hurriedly called a group of people into the house.
Ma Jinlan and Mrs. Duan were holding green onions, carrying carrots pulled from the field and cut grass leaves, all of which were used to feed the deer in the breeding farm.
As soon as they arrived at Caodianzi, they saw several horses and the Yuanbao lying in front of the yard. They immediately knew that Lu Lu and the others were back, and they quickly entered the house to see Lu Lu first.
Seeing a group of old men chatting on the kang, all safe and sound, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiao Lu, you don't know how worried Xiuyu is about you during this period. Morning and night, she has to go to the roadside to look around for a long time. The kerosene lamp at home is also on every night, as if she is afraid that you will find her.
It’s the same as the way back!”
Ma Jinlan didn't say anything, but Aunt Duan took everything into consideration: "It's good to be back safely now... You two care about each other, which is really enviable."
The two women, in addition to the few crops at home, usually take care of the family's livestock. Now that they are here with Lu Lu, they help manage the deer breeding farm every day. They are very busy. It is better than being bored at home all day.
Much stronger.
Of course, when we got here, we ate and drank together with Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu. Every month, Lu Lu also paid them wages without any unfair treatment.
"It's okay. We always pay attention to our own safety when we go out. Nothing will happen... During this period, thank you for taking care of Xiuyu and the children."
"What are you talking about? One is your mother and the other is your godmother. I will not see you outside now!"
"That's how it should be!"
"Okay, you guys keep chatting while we go add some fodder to the deer."
"Are those deer deer okay during this period?"
"There was a little one with a runny nose. Xiuyu went to see that girl Lin Yujuan. After two injections, it went away... Oops, speaking of this matter, we women caught that little deer,
But it took a lot of effort, and he was so good at jumping that he could run sideways on the wall. Finally, when the deer jumped into the air, Xiuyu reacted quickly and hugged her."
"Deer deer can indeed jump!"
"Okay, let's not talk anymore. Let's go and work for a while, and then come back to help Xiuyu cook for you."
As they talked, they went out together, holding green onions and carrying fodder to the breeding farm.
After returning after so many days, Chen Xiuyu naturally tried her best to prepare a sumptuous meal for several people.
"I have to have a good drink today. I have been away for these days, so I only drink a few sips every day before going to bed to relieve my fatigue. It tickles my drinking bug..." Liang Kangbo said with a smile: "That old Longkou of yours
There should be a lot of wine for you, right?"
"Yes, there are still quite a few...but I'm afraid we still won't be able to enjoy ourselves to the fullest today. We have some serious things to do later!" Lu Lu said with a smile, "Just drink some of my blueberry bar!"
"You're wrong. The fruit wine tastes good, but it's not as strong as Laolongkou. If it's not satisfying, you still have to drink Laolongkou... After finally returning home, I still can't enjoy myself. What else can I do than drink?
What's more important?" Zhang Shaofeng glared at Lu Lu and said.
"You're not going to take the harvest back home later, are you?" Lu Lu smiled and asked, "You have to take it back to make your family happy, isn't it? This is no small matter."
"That's right... that's true!" Zhang Shaofeng said with a smile: "Okay, as you said, let's drink fruit wine today."
"It's not impossible to drink from Laolongkou, but we have to drink it tomorrow and invite our eldest brother to join us. Or, I will bring the wine tomorrow, and we brothers will invite the people from the farm to have a tooth ceremony together. Let's go tomorrow.
Drink!" Lu Lu suggested: "Let's go out. My eldest brother is busy doing things on the farm alone, so we can't do without him."
After hearing this, several people smiled and nodded.
While eating, Lu Lu held the child in his arms and dipped his chopsticks into some fruit wine to give the little guy a taste.
I thought the little guy would grin unaccustomedly and cry. Unexpectedly, he just stuck out his tongue and licked it, and actually smiled at Lu Lu.
"If he can laugh, my son can laugh!"
Lu Lu excitedly showed it to a group of people, as if it was such a great thing.
But they didn't know how important this very ordinary thing was to Lu Lu. It was as if they were meeting again after a lifetime, whether it was Chen Xiuyu or the children, every bit of life was of extraordinary significance to him.
So, he dipped his chopsticks into the soup of other dishes, and tasted them all for the little guy, and finally... made him cry.
Chen Xiuyu couldn't help but glare at Lu Lu, took the child with a smile, and carried it back to the bedroom to breastfeed.
This made several older men burst into laughter.
Even though I drank blueberry fruit wine, the meal took more than an hour.
Ma Jinlan and Mrs. Duan hurriedly went back to greet their chickens and pigs, which they had agreed to leave together earlier. Chen Xiuyu cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, wiped the Kang table and mats, and refilled the teacups of several people.
Things are getting down to business.
When it came to money, there was no dispute and it was divided equally. Of course, they did not forget to leave a share for their eldest brother Raymond.
He alone takes care of so many things on the farm, allowing Lu Lu and others to completely free themselves. This is a tiring task, and it is a plan for the future, which is of great significance.
After a discussion, everyone took out two thousand yuan and came up with a round number of ten thousand.
Even so, the cash that can be distributed among a few people is still around 18,000 yuan per person.
Then, Lu Lu opened the four steamed buns and found four hundred-year-old wild ginseng on the Kang table. Chen Xiuyu couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.
She was surprised in her heart, but at this time, Chen Xiuyu didn't say a word and just watched quietly.
She knows very well when to speak and when not to speak.
"Of these four mallets, the two we carried were over a hundred and forty years old. The third one, I looked carefully, was about a hundred and twenty years old..."
As Lu Lu said, he went back to the house to get a handful and weighed it in front of several people: "The first six-grade leaf stick stick costs eight liang and three qian, and the three-shen tree weighs even more.
Eight taels and eight cents, these two sticks are rare treasures.
In Wuchang and Harbin, we have asked, and the price given was between seven and eight thousand. But now, you also know that more and more people are carrying sticks up the mountain. I am afraid that in a few years, there will be no more sticks on the mountain.
It will become very rare, and it will only become more and more difficult to encounter such a big product."
With that said, Lu Lu then picked up the other two stick trees he got from Cao Shulong and weighed them. The fresh one cost sixty-two and four cents. The other one had been brought back quite a while ago, and he didn't know how it was preserved.
Yes, it was not dried and preserved, but kept fresh. However, it has not sprouted for a long time. Looking at its shriveled appearance, you can tell that it has been in a state of internal consumption and has shrunk. It only weighs five taels or eight cents.
The good thing is that these two Bangchui trees are very old and are authentic century-old wild ginseng.
"Brothers, let's talk about how to divide them?"
Lu Lu looked at the four of them and said: "Let me say something first. Hammers that are over a hundred years old are worth collecting if they are made in this year. In a few years, the price of such things will only get higher and higher. Now
It's definitely not worth selling.
Maybe, in a few years, what costs seven or eight thousand now will turn into seventy or eighty thousand. In ten or twenty years, it will turn into seven or eight hundred thousand or millions, especially the two worthy trees that have reached the treasure level.
It is normal for a stick called the King of Ginseng to sell for tens of millions after thirty or forty years."
Lu Lu couldn't tell them what he knew about future generations, but it didn't stop him from telling the truth through speculation.