At half past four o'clock in the afternoon of April 2, 1982, after Hu'er finished training with the school basketball team, his teammate Dong Taiduo asked him to sit on the grass next to the ball playground and drink water and chat.

Dong Taiduo smiled and said: "Hu'er! You have made great progress in playing recently! Now, you are already the best striker in our team, and in the future, we will rely on you to score points when we play!"

Hu'er smiled and said, "Brother Dong, you are looking for me to praise me?"

Dong Taiduo smiled and said: "Alas, Hu'er is so smart! There is really a big thing that I want you to help me do! But you have to help me keep it secret! Okay?"

Hu'er said, "Okay! We're buddies! It's right to help buddies! Say, I'm going home to help my family!"

Dong Taiduo took out a letter and a jewelry box from his pocket and handed it to Hu'er!

He said: "Hu'er! When you go home, give this letter and the jewelry box to your sister Xiaohui! Don't peek at the letters! The jewelry box contains a pair of silver earrings and a necklace! You know, our Dong family is poor! I can only buy this! However, I am sincere! In the future, you don't have to worry about my affairs with your sister! No matter what the result is, Huzi! You are my good brother!"

Hu'er smiled and said, "Okay! Do you want me to help you say good things?!"

Dong Taiduo smiled and said: "Little child, this kind of thing, you just have to watch from the side! Help is to add to the snake! Do you understand? Hu'er, you go quickly! Zhang Manling, that little goblin is coming to our side! Eighty percent of her is coming to you for trouble!"

They had just gotten up to leave, and Zhang Manling had already run to their side!

Zhang Manling smiled and said, "Good guy! You want to run when you see me coming, right?!Am I a tiger or a wolf?!"

Everyone laughed!

Hu'er smiled and said, "Classmate Zhang! We are going to leave school and go home to help with the work! You know that we are all children of poor families! If you don't work, you will be hungry!"

Zhang Manling said: "Don't call me Classmate Zhang in the future! You are not allowed to speak Mandarin in the south! You pronounce the character Zhang, and it is dirty and 'dirty'! In the future, listen to the radio more and correct the pronunciation! Call me 'Manling'! You will not make a mistake in pronouncing this!"

Hu'er smiled and said, "Alas! Isn't it too affectionate to call it like this?

Zhang Manling smiled and said: "Alas, who dares to murmur behind the back of this school? In the future, I will support you, and you will boldly call for affection! I like this!"

Hu'er said, "Okay! Manling, what is the matter with us? If it's okay, we're really leaving!"

Zhang Manling smiled and said, "Big man Dong, you get out of here first! I want to talk to Hu'er alone!"

Dong Taiduo shook her head and left, and Zhang Manling pulled Hu'er to sit on the grass and chat.

Zhang Manling said: "Hu'er! In two days it will be the Qingming Festival! The school is going to be closed for a few days, and I want to go back to the provincial capital to visit my grandfather and them, and I want you to go with me!"

Hu'er said: "Manling! This is really not good! Now, when our family is officially the busiest, I want to help my family send agricultural materials to the countryside! I also have to pull the harvested tea back to the factory for processing! I may still help my family deliver the goods and sell them!"

Zhang Manling said: "Alas! I feel that you peasants are just tossing around! Why don't you put some effort into finding a serious and idle job to do! I don't care, you go and ask your parents for leave! You know what the consequences of offending me are!"

Hu'er smiled and said, "Understand! That's it! Recently, my family is going to the provincial capital to sell new tea in spring! You go back to your grandfather's house first, and when the time comes, I will definitely send new tea and gifts to your grandparents! Isn't this more decent?"

Zhang Manling smiled and said: "Hu'er is so smart! Okay! Just do what you say! I will go back to the provincial capital tomorrow morning! Now, I will leave you the address of my grandfather's house! Remember, if you don't go, you will really offend me!"

Hu'er said, "I understand! I must go! Write the address quickly! It will be dark!"

Zhang Manling took out her homework book in her schoolbag, wrote her grandfather's home address and phone number on a blank piece of paper, and after she handed the note to Hu'er, Hu'er went home with his clothes and schoolbag.

Back at home, Xiaohui was doing her homework in the reading room alone, and Hu'er handed over Dong Taiduo's letters and gifts to Xiaohui.

Xiaohui smiled and said, "Hu'er, you are too accurate! Dong Taiduo finally gave me a gift! What did he tell you?"

Hu'er smiled and said: "Brother Dong said, letter, you read slowly! He also said that their family is poor, and he can only buy silver jewelry! Let me finish sending things, don't worry about your affairs anymore! Sister, Brother Dong means that you will reply to him yourself!"

Xiaohui smiled and said, "Okay, you go! I'm going to read the letter slowly!"

Hu'er smiled and walked away and went to the factory to help the family!

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, after Xiaohui's family had dinner, they took incense and candles, paper money, paper clothes and offerings, as well as sacrificial supplies, to the grass by the small river near their home to worship their grandmother and other dead spirits, which is what their family must do every year before and after Qingming.

After they found a good place, set up the altar and waited, after Xiaohui and Hu'er offered incense, lit candles, and put their palms together to silently recite the sacrifice, Caide's father and Dongmei's mother took Wenlong and Xiaoying to worship the dead and pray, and Xiaohui and Hu'er also went to incense and knelt down to pray, and their family began to burn paper money and other sacrifices in the incinerated iron bucket.

Xiaoying said, "Mom and Dad, can Grandma hear us?"

Dongmei's mother said: "Yes! Your grandmother is a good person, and the soul of a good person is immortal! All souls can understand human speech!"

Wen Long said, "Dad, can they receive these dark coins and dark clothes, grandma?"

Father Caide said, "Yes, we have written them a gift offering! They will receive these gifts according to the sacrifice!"

Wen Long said: "Alas, the souls of the underworld really obey the rules! The children in our kindergarten are not well-behaved! They like to snatch things!"

Everyone laughed!

After the sacrifice, the family spread a mat on the grass, burned incense, drank tea and chatted.

Caide's father said: "Xiaohui and Hu'er! Early tomorrow morning, you and Xiaoqing and Wengang will drive a truck together to load the gold and silver, and go to the provincial capital with me and your mother! We will do three things in the provincial capital: First, we will sell the finished tea products processed in the factory; Second, we will sell the gold and silver that we have brought with us! Third, Hu'er and I will go to Zhang Manling's grandfather's house to give gifts! After finishing our work, we will go home!"

Xiaoying said: "Dad! Wenlong and I will also go to the provincial capital with you! We want to go to the provincial city park to take a merry-go-round!"

Caide's father smiled and said: "Xiaoying! We have more than 300 kilometers to go to the provincial capital here, and it takes more than six hours to drive! You are still too young to withstand the bumps on the road! The merry-go-round is not fun, and when your brothers and sisters go home, let them carry you and fly a few laps in the sky!"

The two children applauded with joy!

Dongmei's mother said, "We now have 747.5 kilograms of gold and 1,495 kilograms of silver. Don't sell them all! In the future, children will have to use these things for weddings, celebrations, temple decorations, and so on! We only need to sell 500 kilograms of gold and 1,200 kilograms of silver! According to the current market price of gold is 120,000 yuan/kg, we can get 60 million yuan for gold; and the market price of silver is 1,600 yuan/kg, and we can get 1.92 million yuan here. In this way, the income from the transaction is 61.92 million yuan! This money is enough for everything!"

Caide's father said: "Okay! That's it! In the evening, we will let the workers in the factory start to stock up and load the trucks! We will set off early tomorrow morning! We will strive to rush to the provincial capital at noon tomorrow, and then sell the tea and precious metals! We will stay in the provincial capital for one night, and after going to give gifts to the Zhang family the next day, we will return to Xianling County!"

Hu'er said, "Dad, should we bring some ancient coins and antiques and go to the antique market there to find buyers?

Dongmei's mother said: "Alas! These things are all valuable cultural relics! The trade in cultural relics is illegal! You can bring a few small items to test the waters! These things can be left to the temple as property, and after the temple is built, it will need a lot of money to maintain its operation! You just need to find a market!"

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Before dawn on April 3, Xiaohui, Xiaoqing, Wen Gang and Hu'er were woken up, they got up, washed, and took their simple luggage, and then they gathered in the courtyard of their home to prepare for departure.

When they arrived at the yard, Caide and Dongmei couple, the driver, and a few porters were waiting for them, and the two trucks loaded with goods were already there.

Caide's father said, "Kids, you drive that two-ton truck! It has fairy gifts on it! You follow our big truck! You should be careful on the road!"

After explaining the matter, Caide and Dongmei took a few porters and drivers to wait for the big truck, and Xiaohui, Xiaoqing, Wengang and Hu'er got on the front of the minibus.

There are two rows of seats at the front of the car, the front row is the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat, Hu'er and Wen Gang can drive, they sit in the front seat to drive. Xiaohui and Xiaoqing sat in the back.

Wen Gang smiled and said: "Hu'er, you drive better than me, you drive first, and you will replace you when you are tired!"

Hu'er smiled and said, "Okay! Close the car door! Sit tight! Let's start the car and go!"

After both cars were started, they slowly drove the yard and set off along the road to the provincial capital.

On the way, the four of them chatted while driving.

Wen Gang smiled and said, "Hu'er! That Zhang Manling in your special training class is really beautiful! Heavenly immortals can't compare with her!"

Hu'er smiled and said: "Alas! This time we will go to her grandfather's house to give gifts to the provincial capital! When the time comes, I will take you with me! In the future, you can help me pester her! I think you two are quite compatible, and you are also one of the handsome guys in our Xianling County!"

Wen Gang smiled and said: "Hu'er! The one who knows my heart is like a tiger! Thank you! If I chase Manling in the future, we have a child, you are the godfather of the children!"

Everyone laughed!

Xiaoqing said: "Wen Gang, you don't need to look at it with the eyes of the sky, what kind of thing was that little goblin in his last life?!"

Wen Gang smiled and said: "Tianyan is used to deal with devils, not people! Even if she was a beast bastard in her last life, she can be a good person in this life! Be a person and take care of so many things, are you tired! There are no rules in the heavenly rules, who should marry whom and who should not marry whom, right?!"

Everyone laughed!

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