Chapter 33 Hunting and Old Mountain Ginseng!
Many times, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager!

It’s like in the future, if you enter a residential area and meet an honest security guard, finding the manager may not work, but finding the security captain will definitely work.

As the captain of the entire brigade in the village, Chen Xiling is very authoritative in the village.

After all, in this era, work points and rations were all distributed by the team leader.

In the side room, Li Xiaojun was talking to Haiwen and Li Changhe. After a while, Chen Aiguo pushed the door and walked in.

"Xiaojun, let's go to the main house together. Our mother wants us to discuss the division of the family property!"

"Changhe, you go too!"

Chen Aiguo looked at Li Changhe and said seriously.

"I won't go. This is an internal matter of your Chen family. You can divide it among yourselves!"

Li Changhe waved his hand to indicate that he was not interested.

All he wanted was to split up the family so that his eldest sister could have an independent environment.

As for how to divide the family, Li Changhe doesn't care. After all, it is the Chen family's own business.

Even if Chen Aiguo and Li Xiaojun were willing to suffer losses, he couldn't do anything about it.

To put it bluntly, with such a small space in the village, it is not certain whether Li Xiaojun will live there in the future.

Even though Li Xiaojun was such a loser that he couldn't get into university.

From now on, even if some of the money leaked through Li Changhe's fingers, it would allow his sister to live a rich life.

Not to mention the others.

"Haven, do you think we can find an opportunity to get some guns and go hunting in the mountains these days?"

"There should still be a lot of wild boars in the mountains now!"

At this moment, Li Changhe was enthusiastically discussing going into the mountains to hunt with Haiwen.

Hulin is close to the border, and the nearby Wanda Mountain is a branch of Changbai Mountain, which is rich in resources.

There are many such animals as wild boars, black bears, wild wolves, lynxes, roe deer, and spotted deer.

In addition, there are many other precious medicinal materials, including ginseng and ganoderma lucidum.

Think about the period stories about returning to this era from the previous life. Which protagonist is not a good hunter in the mountains? Even in the famine-stricken times, there is so much meat that they can’t finish it all.

By digging a century-old ginseng, they could earn tens of thousands of yuan a month in an era when the average wage was only 20 to 30 yuan. It was simply too good to be true.

Unexpectedly, when Li Changhe mentioned this, Haiwen's face immediately changed, and he raised his hand and said hurriedly: "No, you must not have this idea!"

"What's wrong?"

Li Changhe was a little surprised, feeling that Haiwen seemed to be terrified of tigers.

Haiwen looked at Li Changhe at this time and said seriously: "Don't think hunting is easy just because we just ate bear paws."

"Hunting is very dangerous."

"Let me tell you this. With the firearms we have now, the general penetration of bullets is not fatal to large beasts, unless you hit its eyes or penetrate its skull."

"Otherwise, if you hit them, such as wild boars, black bears, tigers, etc., it won't have much effect at all!"

"But if these beasts get angry, they will run towards you. If you are hit by a wild boar or scratched by a black bear, you will either die or be crippled."

"Not to mention encountering a mountain god, many people dare not even move when facing a tiger, let alone holding a gun."

"Besides, it's not that easy to hit a running animal. How accurate a shot would that require?"

"When hunting here, we organize militia teams to go into the mountains together during the hunting season."

"Apart from anything else, there are deep forests in the mountains, and shadows of trees are everywhere. If a tiger, leopard, bear or wolf hides there, you won't be able to see it at all."

"This matter is not as leisurely as you think."

"Of course, if you want to go into the nearby woods to shoot pheasants or birds, you can go in and have fun. I guess there are guns in the village, but don't think about hunting pigs or bears."

"A few years ago, some young men from the provincial capital came with Type 56 rifles and several militiamen and went into the mountains. They first encountered a herd of wild boars and were quickly dispersed. Then they encountered a blind bear."

"Three militiamen died, and the young men were also seriously injured. The worst-case scenario was that a blind bear bit off half of his buttocks, leaving him crippled."

"In the end, we did kill a bear and a few wild boars, but look at the casualties. It wasn't worth it at all!"

"You may think hunting is a leisurely activity from reading books, but here I see old hunters who go into the mountains die every year, and some even disappear."

"He's missing in the deep mountains and forests. To put it bluntly, he's probably dead." "I advise you to give up on this!"

Haiwen persuaded Li Changhe earnestly, and after thinking about it, he could only nod.

"Fine!"

It's hard to say what will happen to him, a loser without a golden finger, once he enters the mountain. He has never practiced shooting, so there is a high probability that he will shoot empty-handed.

"By the way, do you know if there is anyone around here who can dig up the best wild ginseng?"

"I can't come back empty-handed after this trip, so I can bring some local specialties with me!"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

People say that Northeast China has three treasures, one of which is ginseng.

Since Li Changhe is here, he has to bring something back.

If nothing else, make money!

Even if the ginseng in Northeast China is dug up by local people, it will most likely be sold to state-owned purchasing points, and the price at the place of origin will not be too high.

But once it is brought to Beijing and sent to Tong Ren Tang, the price will definitely not be low. That's the price difference.

In his previous life, Li Changhe had read a book about the 1980s, about a man who specialized in reselling red ginseng and easily earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

He doesn't have that much in mind, and he can't do that much these days.

But if you take a few back, keep two at home, and then sell the rest individually, you won't lose money.

Isn’t it enough to keep it in your own home?
"It's hard for me to say. It's useless to ask me. You might as well ask the locals. I mainly work in the commune. I don't know if the villagers dig it themselves."

"They keep it a secret when they dig it up in the mountains. They either sell it to the county's herbal medicine company or keep it for themselves."

"If you want me to say this, ask your brother-in-law. They have connections."

"In fact, it's best to ask their team leader. These people don't have much other information, but they know something about which team next door dug up the best ginseng."

"Of course, there are also cultivated ginseng here. If you want to buy cultivated ginseng, such as dried red ginseng, I can help you get some, but the quantity is not large. The herbal medicine companies are watching."

Haiwen said to Li Changhe seriously.

Li Changhe nodded and began to think about it.

At this time, the door was pushed open again, and Chen Aiguo and Li Xiaojun walked in with happy faces.

"Have you finished dividing it?"

Li Changhe looked at Li Xiaojun's expression and asked with a smile.

"Well, the new house over there is given to us, but we have to give Aiguo's parents another 200 yuan because they also paid for the house!"

"Then I'll give his parents 5 dollars a month for retirement, dollars a month for each person!"

"Changhe, I used the money our parents just gave me"

Li Xiaojun told Li Changhe the agreement with some trepidation.

Before this, when they were alone in the room, Li Changhe had already given Li Xiaojun the one thousand yuan that his parents had asked him to bring.

Li Xiaojun was able to generously agree to give another 200 yuan to Chen Aiguo's parents because she had the confidence to give him the 1,000 yuan.

However, she felt a little nervous when facing Li Changhe.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "You don't need to look at me for this. You can use the money your parents gave you however you like. Just make sure you two don't feel that you are at a disadvantage!"

After hearing what Li Changhe said, Chen Aiguo and Li Xiaojun both breathed a sigh of relief. They were really worried that Li Changhe would not be satisfied with the conditions for the separation and would cause trouble again.

"Changhe, Uncle Three asked me to ask you, do you think it's okay if I want to have dinner with you and Secretary Haiwen tonight?"

Chen Aiguo recalled Chen Xiling's instructions and asked Li Changhe hesitantly.

"OK, no problem!"

Li Changhe agreed readily.

Chen Xiling is still the captain of the brigade. Having a good relationship with him is beneficial to Li Changhe. After all, Li Xiaojun will have to stay in the village for at least another half a year.

What's more, he also wanted to ask about the old mountain ginseng.

　Accept the opinions, make some changes to the house and pension money, as long as you don’t criticize others, everything is fine!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)