In the rural areas of central Yunnan, old women like Grandma Qi Jingtao, who have no brothers in their parents' families, have a very special existence. Many families may not move around much on a daily basis, but if the old woman who is married outside the family is involved in major matters such as pension, serious illness, and death in her later years, the branch closest to them in the blood relationship of their maiden relatives often has to come forward to intervene, and they are the foreign representatives of the married old woman.

Shi Lei's family is Qi Jingtao's grandmother's foreign home. The daily contact between the two families is very close, and Shi Lei's family will actively participate in the affairs of Qi Jingtao's grandmother, and they will really be Qi Jingtao's grandmother's daughter who marries outside their family.

"Hehehe, how can my aunt's birthday be forgotten, won't forget, won't forget. If I don't meet you today, my parents will remind me when I go home. Old watch, it seems that the rain can't stop all of a sudden, and when the rain stops, it will be dark. Xiaoxinzhai and Guanyintang are all mountain roads and dirt roads, and the roads are very slippery on rainy days, and it is very difficult to walk, so don't go. I'm going to go to the foot of the mountain tomorrow morning to collect mushrooms, and I'll help you buy the chickens and ducks you want to buy and send them home. ”

Hearing Shi Lei say this, Qi Jingtao was happy. Shi Lei's head in this dam is much more familiar than him. It is more convenient to get good goods with Shi Lei's help, and he knows better about the market and the quality of the goods.

Qi Jingtao took out a stack of money without hesitation, counted out three thousand yuan, and handed it to Shi Lei with a smile, "It would be great if you could help me buy it." I'm also going to buy wild mushrooms, and you can buy them for me. You see, there are ten small local chickens in the tea garden, five big roosters, and ten old hemp ducks that are more than three years old in Guanyintang. You look at the wild mushrooms, and prepare them according to the amount of two meals for ten tables. You can help me buy some chicken fir mushrooms, tender green head mushrooms, and dry mushrooms. The taste of wild mushrooms on the market is the best time, everyone is good for this bite, and the quantity must be bought enough. Well, you can use the 3,000 yuan first. ”

"Hehehe, I'll keep it, and when the time comes, I will return more and make up for less. These days, sheep liver, big red riding hood, hunger-filling mushrooms, and big black mushrooms are when there are many and good ones, and wild miscellaneous mushrooms are very delicious. Shi Lei was businesslike, counted the money handed over by Qi Jingtao with a smile, and after the counting, he received a small satchel and put it in it, and he also made suggestions to Qi Jingtao.

"Hehehe, you won't eat wild mushrooms when you invite guests to a banquet. There are many people with mixed mouths, and wild miscellaneous mushrooms are not fried well and are easy to be poisoned, so they dare not use them casually. Qi Jingtao also loves to eat delicious wild miscellaneous mushrooms, but wild miscellaneous mushrooms are poisonous. People in central Yunnan will not use delicious wild mushrooms as the serving dish when they invite guests to hold banquets. No one was willing to take that risk, and Qi Jingtao didn't dare to try to include wild mushrooms in the recipe of his grandmother's birthday banquet.

"That's right, please have more guests, what wild mushrooms to eat. Stir-frying wild miscellaneous mushrooms is troublesome, and there are too many fried at one time, and it is very dangerous to not control the heat well. Invite guests to hold a banquet, wine must be indispensable, and it is very easy to have an accident if you eat wild mushrooms and then drink. Come on, I'll take care of all this, and you can do other things. If you want anything else, I'll go to the mountains tomorrow to help you do it. ”。

The food raw materials you want to buy are all available, Shi Lei asked, Qi Jingtao thought about it, and suddenly thought that since Shi Lei helped, there was a good thing to buy from the mountain, looked back at Shi Lei and asked: "Shi, do you know where there are black goats for sale in our dam in the fifth district?"

"Just go back to the cold pond, the black goats raised in the cold pond are very delicious. "Shi Lei doesn't think twice, he has a goal when he opens up.

Sure enough, Qi Jingtao smiled: "Hehe, it's too troublesome to pull home and kill yourself." If you don't kill someone who sells meat, you can buy goat meat directly. ”

"Old watch, I'll kill, let my father do it. It's not like you haven't eaten the whole sheep banquet made by my father, that taste, tsk. Shi Lei admires his father's craftsmanship very much, and he can't bear to be handsome when it comes to the whole sheep seat.

Qi Jingtao patted his head and was happy, "Hahaha...... , how did you forget my cousin's chef's skill in making mutton. Of course, my cousin can come to help, but in the end, everyone is blessed. Then it's decided, the day after tomorrow, invite my cousin to come over early, and the sheep will be handed over to him. ”

"Hehehe, my dad is gone, and you even handed over the banquet to him. In this way, chickens, ducks, and sheep, after I buy them tomorrow, I will send them to your home to raise. The morning after tomorrow, I will send my father to your house for a banquet, and I will slaughter the sheep by the way. I'll help you with the condiments you need, so you don't have to worry about them. "Shi Lei packed the tickets in a big way.

"Okay, then I'll take care of it. I won't come over tomorrow, I'll buy other things in the state city, so it's decided. ”

Shi Lei took the initiative to undertake so many procurement tasks, and Qi Jingtao had nothing to do today. Look at the sky, it's still raining. took out the box of Tashan cigarettes and dispersed them again for the people who were hiding from the rain, and continued to brag and chat with Shi Lei on the back seat of the motorcycle with a cigarette.

"Stones, are there many people running mountain goods?"

"There were few years when I first started running, but in the past few years, there have been more people in this business. I know buddies and friends, almost two or three hundred, all of whom are running mountain goods. ”

"All young people?"

"Most of them are young people, mostly about my age, and they basically buy their own motorcycles and run around. There are also a couple of big little bosses who buy a mini car and run around like you said. The people who run the mountain goods are not fixed, they do it for a few days when it is good, and they do something else when they are not good, it is not a fixed job, hehe. ”

"Yes, your Wuyang motorcycle can pull more than 100 kilograms of goods at a time, and it's okay to run dozens of kilometers around, and you can't eat food if it's farther. By the way, do you want to learn C or B for a car license?"

"Rural people, why do you want to learn C photos? Since you spend money to learn to drive, you basically learn B photos. If you have the capital, it is not bad to buy a truck to run the transportation. Shi Lei spat out the smoke ring and chatted lightly.

This distant cousin has a cheerful personality, is warm and generous, and after graduating from junior high school, he has made his own career in society. After running for so many years, although I haven't made much money, I am still more profitable than my peers.

It's just that Shi Lei's starting point is too low, and the family's background is also thin. Basically, he started from scratch on his own, relying on what he could see and touch, and instinctively groping to explore. Doing what they do, although he is free and easy as he himself said, it is also very hard to come and go in the wind and rain. They often ride motorcycles to buy mountain goods on those mountain roads, which are difficult to walk, and it is more dangerous to transport goods on mountain roads.

Qi Jingtao is not what it used to be, he now has a large amount of cash on hand for him to use, and his waist is very thick. Looking at Shi Lei, who had dark and shiny skin that was tanned by the mountain goods, he suddenly wanted to provide a good starting point for this economically minded and hard-working cousin.