There are many hunters who come to sell skins, but most of them are small skins. In addition to yuan skins, there are also gray skins, fox skins, etc.
Gray skin refers to gray squirrel, which is squirrel skin. This kind of squirrel is different from the chipmunk that can be seen everywhere in the forest. Gray squirrel is big and has a particularly beautiful tail.
There were a lot of people in front, and Sheng Xiping and others waited in line for a while, and finally it was their turn.
"Comrade, you are not only collecting skins, but also medicinal materials, right?"
Sheng Xiping came to the counter, took out something, and asked the staff inside.
"Yes, we also collect medicinal materials.
Whether it’s rare medicinal materials such as mountain ginseng, deer antler, bear bile, musk, or otter liver, or Gastrodia elata, Diling, asarum, and Fritillaria, we collect them all here.”
The staff at the counter had a good attitude. They nodded towards Sheng Xiping and responded.
Sheng Xiping took out a white cloth bag from his pocket, opened it, and handed it over.
"Comrade, please take a look at these two shell musk deer."
There are many kinds of musk. People like Sheng Xiping and others cut the sachets directly and sell them after drying. They are usually called shell musk.
Animals like the fragrant deer are difficult to encounter and difficult to hunt, so musk is hard to come by.
When the other party saw it, he immediately took it, picked up a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully, and then took out a scale to weigh it.
Finally, he used a probe to pierce the sachet, pulled it out, and carefully identified it. Finally, the other party nodded.
"Comrade, these two musk deer shells are of good quality and of good weight. I'll give you a total of three hundred and sixty yuan for the two. What do you think?"
The price of musk skyrocketed in the 1980s.
At this time, although musk is rare, it is not that crazy.
The two musk deer shells brought by Sheng Xiping and others did not weigh much after drying.
Three hundred and sixty yuan is already a very high price. If you were in Songjianghe, you would definitely not be able to buy these.
Sheng Xiping thought about it and thought it was okay, so he nodded in agreement.
Then, Sheng Xiping took out three more deer skins. Since sika deer are bred everywhere, and there is a deer farm near Xianren Bridge, the price of deer skins is average, seventy or eighty yuan a piece.
Of course, the most valuable thing about a deer is not its skin, but its antlers, deer fetuses, deer whip, etc.
"Comrade, from the looks of it, you seem to have brought other skins with you, otherwise you can take them out together."
The staff member at the counter took a look at the pocket Sheng Xiping was carrying. It looked bulging. There must be something else in it, so he said to Sheng Xiping.
Sheng Xiping thought about it. Now that he's here, don't worry about it. He has to take it out sooner or later.
So he took out a wolf skin, a lynx skin, and a leopard skin from his pocket.
When the wolf skin was taken out, the staff was quite calm. They collected a lot of this stuff in the past few years. Although it has been less in recent years, it is still common.
When the lynx skin at the back was taken out, the staff's eyes lit up. When the leopard skin was taken out, the staff became a little excited.
He stepped forward and took the leopard skin, took it over and looked at it carefully. He also found a measuring tape and measured the size of the leopard skin.
Not only the staff at the counter were excited, but also the people around who came to sell leather specialties also looked straight at it.
"Ouch, I didn't see it, my little brother is very capable at such a young age.
Wolves, lynxes, and leopards are all ferocious beasts. This little brother is fighting a big siege. He is very powerful."
Sheng Xiping nodded towards those people and didn't say anything. He only focused on looking at the staff behind the counter, wanting to know how much the other party could give them for these pieces of leather.
The wolf skin is definitely not worth much, a few dozen yuan is considered a good value.
A lynx skin was sold before, for 480. This one is slightly larger than that one, and it is also very complete. It should be higher.
As for leopard skin, it is extremely rare, so it is difficult to judge how much you can pay for it.
"Xiao Zhang, go and call our director over."
The male staff member behind the counter called out to the young woman next to him, and she turned and left.
After a while, the woman came in with a man who looked to be in his late fifties.
"Director, here is a lynx skin and a leopard skin. Take a look at it. I can't decide the price."
Rare skins are different from regular acquisitions. Rare skins, such as Yuan skin, gray skin, and fox skin, are all clearly marked with prices. At most, there is a slight discrepancy in the grade, but it is not big.
However, there is a lot of knowledge involved in rare skins of large animals such as lynx and leopard skins.
The staff member looked at Sheng Xiping's very calm demeanor and knew that Sheng Xiping must have something in mind, so he simply called in the director who could make the decision.
The director was surprised when he saw the lynx and leopard skins. He looked at the counter and saw Sheng Xiping with an indifferent expression.
"My little comrade is young, but he is quite capable. He can beat a leopard. He is very powerful."
"This leopard entered our forest farm and harmed domestic animals. Several hunters in our farm killed it together." Sheng Xiping explained briefly.
The director nodded. He didn't care where the leopard skin came from. The country didn't restrict the hunting of leopards. Why did he care about it?
So the director stopped talking and just looked down at the skins.
Just like the staff member just now, I measured it with a tape measure, then touched it with my hands, and even picked it up and tried it on my face.
"Comrade, I can give you five hundred for this lynx skin, and seven hundred for this leopard skin within my authority.
The main reason is that the leopard's skin is injured. If there were not these damages, it would be higher."
The director pointed to several wounds on the leopard's skin and showed them to Sheng Xiping.
Of course Sheng Xiping knew that the leopard had wounds on its skin. In order to save General Hei, he shot the leopard. The bullet hit the rear of the leopard and injured the skin on the leopard's butt.
Later, Liu Yujiang fired a shot, which also hit the leopard.
In addition, this leopard must have had some battles with those jackals and had some scars, so the price of the leopard skin was greatly reduced. Otherwise, it would probably be sold for eight or nine hundred.
In the 1970s, what was the concept of eight hundred yuan?
For a sixth-level worker like Sheng Liancheng, all monthly wages and subsidies are counted together, and it would take him a year to save without food or drink.
If you are the kind of person who has just started working, you will have to save for two years.
Right now, not counting anything else, this lynx skin and leopard skin alone can be sold for one thousand two hundred yuan.
If you add deer skin, musk, and wolf skin, it will be almost 1,780 yuan.
There were people around who were quick to settle accounts, and they immediately had an idea in their minds, and then many people's eyes lit up.
How much can this guy repay? One thousand seventeen or eight hundred yuan? Even if you have two jobs, you have to save for two or three years without eating or drinking.
Needless to say, agricultural cooperatives work hard to survive and only survive every year. It is very difficult to save money.
If you want to save more than 1,000 yuan, it is even more difficult than reaching the sky.
"Little brother, at your age, have you married a wife yet? My daughter is pretty good, she is handsome, and she has studied for a few years."
Among the crowd, there was someone who was really lively and bold. He immediately asked Sheng Xiping if he was married.
As soon as these words came out, everyone around burst into laughter.
"Lao Li, you are really daydreaming. Didn't my little brother just say that he is from the forestry farm?
Can a forest farm worker like a girl from our agricultural team?" someone nearby laughed loudly.