At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of August 21, 1968, two of our carriages and a large group of people walked into the front yard of our Qin family.

Mother, Wei's mother, Jing Di and Lilan's little sister greeted us in the courtyard, and everyone was in tears when they saw us!

We moved the guys and equipment that were left for our family to the basement or the empty room on the third floor.

The Qin family and the Tao family shared the pork, and everyone helped us move it to the room for storage.

After finishing the work, Teacher Cen, Uncle Lan, Brother Zu Xing, Sister Li'an, Brother Lan Feng and others drove the two carriages back to Cen's house.

After Mr. Cen and the others left, Xiaoda and I loaded the 140 catties of pork given by Yanfang, as well as Yanfang's luggage and items, into the bags of the two horses.

Xiaoda rode stunned, I let Yanfang ride the straight, I led the horse, and we sent Yanfang home like this.

At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived at Tao's house in the staff dormitory of Daling Primary School.

Teacher Tao and Teacher Li are preparing dinner at home.

Tao Jia'an is in a bungalow, about 40 square meters together, a living room and dining room that can seat several people, two bedrooms, a kitchenette, and no bathroom. The furniture in the house is very basic, but there are books everywhere!

Mr. Tao and Mr. Li were very happy to see us back!

After Yanfang got off the horse, she pulled her parents into the house to chat!

Xiaoda and I moved the pork to the kitchen and hung it up, and it didn't take long for the whole kitchen of Yanfang's house to be hung with pieces of wild boar!

Teacher Tao smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Xiaoda! How can we eat so much pork?! ”

Xiaoda smiled and said, "Teacher Tao! You can eat whatever you want! Wild boar fried anything is delicious! Eat slowly, you'll always finish it! ”

Everyone laughed!

I said, "Teacher Tao! Mr. Li! You haven't seen Yanfang for twenty days! Let's talk slowly as a family! We'll visit you again when school starts! ”

Yanfang smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Tomorrow morning, I'll look for you at your house! ”

I said, "Okay! When I go back, I'll ask Wei's mother about the market! When you come to my house, we'll go down to business!" ”

Everyone laughed!

We led the horses and left Taojia and Daling Primary School.

Out of Daling Primary School, Xiaoda went directly to the Cen family compound, and in the future, Xiaoda's meals and accommodation were at Teacher Cen's house.

I flew on my horse alone, and it was almost time to return home.

Back at home, I moved the horse straight from the back door of the house to the stables in the backyard.

At this time, Wei's mother had already tidied up and cleaned the stable, and the brothers and sisters had also set up bamboo poles in the backyard of the large wild boar to dry.

Firearms and other guys, radio stations, etc., are placed in the dark wall of a corner room on the third floor of the house, and generators and charging devices are also placed here. This is a wall darkroom was made together when the house was built, but my mother never told us.

Everyone's luggage and belongings have been put in our room.

After everyone was busy with the things of placing items and luggage, they had dinner together, and Wei's mother fried a few large plates of wild boar.

When eating, Jing Di and Lilan both desperately ate meat!

Lilan smiled and said, "Brother and sister! This pork is better than Mr. Cen's pork! ”

Everyone was amused by her!

Jing Di smiled and said, "Mom! If I eat meat every day, will I be able to grow as tall as Brother Ah Cai?! ”

The mother smiled and said, "Alas! Child! How can you eat meat every day like this?! Too much oil and water, you'll have diarrhea! As soon as you have diarrhea, you will become shorter! ”

Everyone laughed!

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After eating, my mother and Wei's mother called us for a meeting in the living room of the house.

The mother smiled and said, "Alas! This summer vacation! Everyone's life is very meaningful! Jingtian, Wenchang, Lifen, Wenjuan and Ah Cai went to receive education and exercise! I mastered the skills, and I came back from beating so many wild boar! Mama Wei and I are very happy! Jing Di also learned to raise chickens and ducks with Wei's mother at home! Jing Di also started teaching Lilan to read and speak English! Everyone has improved a lot! ”

Lilan smiled and said, "Mom! In the future, I will have meat to eat every day, and I will make greater progress! ”

Everyone laughed!

Mother smiled and said, "This time to participate in the training, Wenjuan and Ah Cai waited for all the best!" Reward each with a gold bar! The price of gold has now risen, and you can buy it for about 200 yuan per ounce in gold stores and markets, so that these two gold bars can be exchanged for 800 yuan! In this way, there will be no problem with the tuition fee for your studies for the time being! Wei Ma and Ah Cai will be responsible for selling the gold bars tomorrow. There are so many of these porks that it must be difficult to sell them all in the market! Tomorrow, Lifen, Wenjuan and I will go to the units and enterprises in the town to sell this pork and sell it to their canteens and employees! As long as you can receive the price of six cents a pound! We only left 100 pounds to eat for ourselves! The other 1,000 catties are all sold, which is where more than 600 yuan can be recovered! Jingtian and Wenchang are ready to deliver pork at home! In this way, our family will not be short of money to spend for the time being! ”

Everyone applauded excitedly!

The mother continued: "Right now, we are not in a very good situation! Therefore, you can't talk to anyone about going to the training and bringing back the stuff! Otherwise, our family will be in prison! In the future, these things will be kept and maintained by Ah Caiyi! The use of the radio station can only be used for listening exercises! You can't send a report! Messages are being monitored! Everyone must be cautious about this! Do you understand? ”

We all nodded silently to our mothers!

After the family meeting, everyone washed up and rested.

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After breakfast on the morning of August 22, everyone was ready to go to business according to the division of labor at the family meeting.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Sister Li Fen handed me two gold bars, and she and Sister Wenjuan followed their mother out to sell pork.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Xiaoda and Yanfang came to our house with gold bars, and the three of us and Wei's mother went to the gold shop in the town market to sell the gold bars. Brother Jingtian, Brother Wenchang, Jingdi and Lilan stayed at home.

Soon, the four of us came to this gold shop, and Wei Ma said that this gold shop was the largest gold shop within a few hundred miles, and the wealthy families in the neighborhood came here to make gold and silver jewelry, or trade gold. And the gold trade here is only done with acquaintances, and you can't tell outsiders about doing business here!

When we entered the gold shop, we saw more than a dozen workers busy making gold and silver jewelry in the workshop.

The owner here is an old man in his fifties, his name is Boss Lu, he received us in a living room and talked with us over tea.

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Mama Wei! Do you have no money at home? This time you will sell gold or silver! ”

Wei's mother said, "Alas! Recently we have three children! While playing in the mountains, I picked up some gold! We want to sell them! Boss Lu, what is the price of gold now? ”

Boss Lu said, "Mama Wei! We're old acquaintances! I'll give it to you according to the overseas purchase price! $180 per ounce. What do you think? ”

Wei Ma said: "Boss Lu! Our gold is a thousand pure gold! The price is too low! My friend in the provincial capital said that the price of gold has been rising recently! The price there is already 260 yuan per ounce! You always have to make us feel reasonable, don't you? ”

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Mama Wei is an expert!" If your gold is indeed pure gold, I can buy your gold at 250 yuan per ounce! What do you think? ”

Wei's mother said, "Okay! Children, you can give the gold to Boss Lu to help you see! ”

I first gave the two gold bars to Boss Lu, and Boss Lu asked his men to inspect and weigh them.

In the end, Boss Lu gave me 1,000 yuan for a brand new unity!

I stared at Wei's mother, she carefully counted the stack of 100 brand-new banknotes on the coffee table, this was the first time I saw so much money!

After Wei's mother collected the money, she asked Yanfang and Xiaoda to hand over their gold bars to Boss Lu.

Soon, Yanfang and Xiaoda both got 500 yuan each, both of which were brand new 10 yuan face value tickets!

They asked Wei Ma to help them count, because Wei Ma is an old businessman, and her method of counting votes is very fast and very accurate!

After the transaction, Wei Ma helped Yanfang and Xiaoda hide the money on them!

After finishing the work in the gold store, we went to the bank with Wei's mother to deposit our family's 1,000 yuan.

After saving the money, Wei's mother went home alone, Wei's mother was worried that Yanfang and Xiaoda would lose the money on the road, so I asked the two of them to go home and watch them hand over the money to the adults!

Wei's mother said that 500 yuan is a huge amount of money in the town!

Because the bank is very close to Cen's house, Uncle Lan and Brother Lan Feng are waiting for Xiaoda's money, paying Xiaoda's tuition, and buying some daily necessities to go back to Guiguxia.

So, the three of us went to the Cen family compound first.

When we arrived at the Cen family's compound, Mr. Cen, Uncle Lan and Brother Lan Feng were waiting for us in the living room at home, and Xiaoda gave the 500 yuan banknotes to Uncle Lan, and Uncle Lan carefully counted the banknotes.

After counting, Uncle Lan smiled and said, "Ah Cai! How did you get so much money? ”

I said, "I don't know!" It's the price that Wei's mother negotiated with Boss Lu! ”

Teacher Cen smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Wei's mother is a business veteran! After you go home, you have to learn from Wei's mother, you have to know why she bargained with Boss Lu like that? Mama Wei is old, this business will be done by you in the future! ”

I said, "Okay! Mr. Cen Don't worry, I will definitely study hard with Wei's mother! Let's go to Tao's house to deliver money first! Teacher Tao and Teacher Li are also waiting for Yanfang's money! ”

So, we said goodbye to them and left the Cen family's compound to go to the Tao family.

Soon, we arrived at Tao's house in the staff dormitory of Daling Primary School.

Teacher Tao and Teacher Li are waiting for us at home.

Yanfang handed over the 500 yuan bills to her mother, Mr. Li, who was carefully counting the banknotes with tears in her eyes.

Teacher Tao smiled and said, "Oops! Ah Cai is really a rare talent! I've been able to help you do big business! Today's lunch, you and Xiaoda will eat at our house! Listen to Yanfang, both of you are very good at cooking! Help us fry a few meat dishes! Let me have two drinks! Uncle Lan sent us some wild mountain wine yesterday! ”

So, the three of us went down to the kitchen, washed rice, washed vegetables, cut meat, prepared condiments, etc., and then lit wood in the stove to make a fire, cook rice and stir-fry.

These chores of the Tao family are all done by Teacher Li alone, and now, she doesn't have to interfere!

When it was time for lunch, the three of us had all the meals ready.

The small dining table in the living room of the Tao family is full of dishes! Yanfang packed food for everyone, and Xiaoda poured wine for Teacher Tao!

Then, everyone started eating and chatting.

Teacher Tao smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Xiaoda! Won't you have a drink with me? ”。

Xiaoda smiled and said, "Teacher Tao! This is a drunken aftermath! You drink slowly! We don't drink anymore, and later, we will take Yanfang to the river to play and see the scenery! You've drunk, get a good night's sleep! These days, you must be worried about being tired for Yanfang! ”

Teacher Li and Teacher Tao are very happy for our three children's understanding!

After everyone finished eating and drinking, the three of us cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and tables, cleaned the room, washed the dishes and chopsticks and cleaned the kitchen, said goodbye to Mr. Tao and Mr. Li, and went to Dalinghe to play and chat.

Although the town of Daeling is located near the northern side of the Tropic of Cancer, due to its high altitude, there are four distinct seasons here. At this time, the Daling River began to enter the dry season, and as a result, some of the shallower riverbeds of the Daling River were exposed.

When we arrived at the river, Yanfang suggested that we pick up some beautiful multicolored stones on the freshly exposed riverbed.

Yanfang smiled and said, "Ah Cai! We picked up these stones and put them in glass bottles and soaked them in clean water! When there's light, they glow in a colorful light! Very beautiful! What a rare opportunity now! Let's hurry up and pick up a few more! ”

So, the three of us used hard branches to search and pick up colorful stones on the bare riverbed and shallows!

In less than an hour, all three of us picked up a few multicolored stones full of pockets of clothes!

So, the three of us ran back to my house to make multicolored stone bottles.

When they arrived at home, Brother Jingtian and Brother Wenchang were using a board cart to carry the pork out of the house.

Jing Tiange said that his mother and sisters were very successful in their sales, and the pork at home was almost sold out!

Wei's mother knew that the three of us were going to make multicolored stone bottles, and she found us three or four large glass bottles with wide mouths.

Then, the three of us went to the backyard of our house, rinsed the multicolored stones we collected with well water, and then put them in four glass bottles and filled them with clean water.

We took the finished multicolored stone bottle to the sun to watch, and the bottle really reflected colorful light!

Yanfang smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Xiaoda! My dad said that colors are made up of different spectrums of light! These rays are caused by the refraction of sunlight on the multicolored stones! My mom and dad have already made me a few bottles! Leave it all to you and Xiaoda! ”

Xiaoda smiled and said, "Yanfang! Your dad knows a lot! In the future, will he be our teacher and give us lessons?! ”

Yan Fang smiled and said, "That's for sure! My dad said, in the future, let's three of us in one class! He specializes in math and science lessons! ”

I said, "Yanfang! That's great! In the future, we can learn a lot of science from your father! ”

Yanfang said: "There is no problem with this! My dad was an old-age college student! He can teach physics, chemistry, biology and other high school courses! He is an excellent teacher in the county! ”

After Yanfang helped me set up the glass bottles in the study at home, Wei's mother prepared tea and snacks in the living room, and the three of us chatted until the sun went down, Yanfang and Xiaoda left our house, and they went back to town together and went home for dinner.

Xiaoda was not interested in these stones, and the bottles of the multicolored stones were placed in our house.

However, Jing Di and Lilan were very fond of these stones, so I gave them a bottle of multicolored stones to play with!

They were overjoyed!

My mother and my older siblings were busy at 7 o'clock in the evening, and after selling out the family's 1,000 catties of pork, our family had dinner together. After dinner, my mother summoned us for a family meeting in the living room of the house.

The mother smiled and said, "Alas! What a joy today! Ah Cai and Wei Ma got a thousand yuan for selling gold! Since there has been no pork supply in the town this year, our pork has been sold for a good price! I got more than 1,200 yuan together! Now, our family can breathe a sigh of relief! Tomorrow, we will start preparing for Jingtian, Wenchang, and Lifen to go to the county seat to study! Wen Juan and Ah Cai's teaching fees and the purchase of course utensils can also be implemented! ”

Wei's mother smiled and said, "Alas! O children! Everyone should know in their hearts that Mr. Cen is deliberately using this method to help our family! In the future, you must thank him for his old man and honor him a lot! ”

The mother said, "Yes! When we are in trouble, the people who help us are sincere! Teacher Cen is your father's cousin! In the future, you must honor him as you would like your father! Can't trouble them anymore! ”

Sister Wen Juan said: "Mom! Wei Ma! Uncle Lan and their family have also helped us a lot! I think Sister Caiyan has a hard time living in the mountains! I want her to come and live with us! Let Wei's mother teach her to do business! ”

The mother said, "Yes! I also know the situation of their family! Now, it's farming season! After the Spring Festival, let Ah Cai and Xiaoda pick up Caiyan to our house! When the time comes, we will rent a shop near the market in the town and let Caiyan buy mountain goods there to do business! ”

After the meeting, everyone was very happy!

Brother Jingtian, Brother Wenchang and Sister Lifen began to prepare the luggage and supplies for going to the city to study.

When I asked Wei's mother in the living room to sell gold, why did she bargain like that?

Wei's mother smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Here's a business hack! Sellers must want to sell for a good price! Buyers must want to buy cheap goods! Your mother told us that the price of gold in the provincial capital has risen to 200 yuan / ounce! Therefore, Boss Lu quoted a low price! I estimate that the price of gold in the provincial capital is still rising! Therefore, I quoted 260 yuan/ounce! I want to make a deal at 250 yuan/oz! I didn't expect to be blinded! That's how business is done! That's reasonable! All of a sudden, we're a few hundred dollars more! You know? ”。

I smiled and said, "Got it!" Thank you, thank you, for teaching me this! In the future, I will definitely learn from you! Do business well and make money! ”

Wei's mother said: "Ah Cai! To do business is to be people's hearts! As long as everyone is comfortable, the business will be done! Wei's mother is uneducated! I can't make a big sense! In the future, think more about it yourself! Do more and think more about everything, so that you can do it well! ”

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In the next few days, Mother and Wei's mother prepared clothes, shoes and daily necessities for Jingtian, Brother Wenchang and Sister Lifen to go to the county seat to study, and went to Daling Primary School to go through the procedures for them to study in the county seat.

I told Jingdi and Lilan stories about our school and hunting at home, and they were very interested in what we had done and asked to learn from me, and I agreed to teach them.

I felt that Lilan was already able to recognize some words, so I started to ask Lilando to read and tell her and Jingdi about the meaning between the lines of the books I had read, as well as the content and meaning of the paragraphs, so that they could start learning to read books.

At the same time, I set a schedule for them to arrange their time reasonably for physical exercise and cultural learning.

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At 8 o'clock in the morning on August 25th, Uncle Tianxing drove a truck to the door of our family compound to pick up Brother Jingtian, Brother Wenchang and Sister Lifen, as well as a large number of their bedding, daily necessities and other luggage to go to the county seat to study.

Mother, Wei's mother, Sister Wenjuan, me, Jing Di and Lilan all saw them off outside the courtyard gate, and Jing Di and Lilan cried when they saw their brothers and sisters leaving!

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On the morning of September 1st, after breakfast, my mother took Sister Wenjuan and me to Daling Primary School to sign up for study. Sister Wen Juan was successfully promoted to the fifth grade. Me, Yanfang and Xiaoda were in the first grade, and they were in the same class.

My mother paid the tuition and tuition and miscellaneous fees for two semesters for one academic year, a total of 15 yuan! I think it's too much money! I memorized the money on my personal notepad.

I received the "Student Code" and all the textbooks, and I flipped through these textbooks, except for "Science", which I was interested in, the other textbooks such as "Arithmetic" and "Chinese" were too superficial and boring, which made me feel a little disappointed in my school education!

In fact, studying in school has never been my dream, my dream is to learn to earn a living and earn money, as well as the ability to play with others and play with others.

However, I thought that I could at least learn difficult scientific knowledge such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and so on in school, and we had already taught myself knowledge such as English, Chinese, history, geography and so on at home, and my mother, teacher Cen and my older siblings had all guided me in these aspects, so I felt that studying at school would not take up too much time and energy, and I could still do my own thing.

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