Chapter 34: Wages Rise Again
Zong Qiu really wanted to follow Changgui into the mountains, but Changgui didn't dare to take Zong Qiu to the deep mountains and old forests. You can meet tigers in the mountains on the periphery, and in the mountains and old forests, who knows what you will encounter. If it weren't for this first pot of gold, Changgui wouldn't be willing to take this risk.
Why is Stone Ear expensive? It's because the stone ear grows on the stone, and it's the kind of place that is inaccessible. In these primeval forests, the ecological conditions are good, and this gift of nature can be reproduced. The stone fungus has been picked once, and I don't know how long it will take to reproduce again. Although it is not unsustainable, the cycle of years, more than ten years, is almost unsustainable.
This time into the mountain, Changgui's equipment has been greatly improved, this time Changgui came back from Dayong, and in Shaoqing City, he bought a lot of expensive equipment.
There were five people in the group, and everyone was fully armed. One person carried a rain-proof canvas bag. It's bulging inside. Many of them are tools needed for quarrying fungus. Everyone's protective gear is also well equipped.
It is still very risky to go to the primeval forest to quarry the fungus. If you really encounter a tiger, you can only hope that it will not attack. In general, wild animals are less likely to attack people. But when you can't keep it hungry, you may not mind a change of taste.
"During this time, the stone fungus is very popular over there, and they want us to supply more here. Prices have also gone up. My wages have risen to twenty dollars a day. Follow the price. As long as the weather is good, they will enter the mountains for a while. Arrange your home. Changgui said.
"Changgui, our wages are already high enough, there is no need to increase them. As for entering the mountain, you can rest assured, you can do it at any time. Zhang Baocheng hurriedly stopped.
Several others were very much against it. Ten dollars a day, it's really a very high salary in these years.
"We are working to make money with our lives. If I have treated you wrongly, I will be sorry. Don't worry, I'll give you twenty-one days, and I'll still make money. If I hadn't made some money, I could have paid you more. You can rest assured, when we have earned enough money, we will not have to take such a big risk to go into the mountains to quarry stone ears in the future. I'll make a lot of money with you! "Changgui has the insight of his previous life, and he is confident that he can make a fortune with a group of people.
"But you're giving us twenty-one days. I've heard that the county cadres only have more than 100 yuan a month. Although it is a bit dangerous to go deep in the mountains, what kind of work do we people in the countryside do without any risk? Going to the wood mountain to cut wood is even more dangerous than ours. And those who build railways and roads, which year will not die ten or eight people? I can't get a hundred dollars a month for working there. Wang Yanhu felt that a few of them took advantage of Changgui too much.
Although they all know in their hearts that Changgui can offer such a high salary and earn a lot, but Changgui can make money, which is Changgui's ability. If Changgui recruits people in the village, ten yuan a day, the whole team will definitely squeeze their heads.
"Why don't I call someone else? I only call a few of you because you can be trusted. Won't betray me behind my back. Loyalty cannot be bought by any amount of money. I've got the final say. From today, twenty a day. Baocheng, or you keep the accounts. I'm going to rewrite it from today. In the future, if you don't go into the mountains to quarry stone ears, I'm going to get some work for you to do. "Changgui is ready to start laying out for the future. But it will be a few years before the real work is done.
Now even the people above are uncertain about the policy, and the officials below are even more cautious. At this time, if you don't get it right, you will become a bird. This is also the reason why Changgui did not dare to take the money to the bank and deposit it.
"However, I will definitely not pay you twenty-one days for ordinary work. Ten pieces a day. Dry day by day. Changgui said.
"Ten bucks is a little more, right? Working in the village, I don't get a dollar a day. Zhang Changfu said.
"Calling others must be according to the market in the village, you are different. In the future, you will follow me to do great things. "Changgui needs a few reliable people around him. But for a horse to run fast, it has to be fed.
Changgui's plan for the future is still relatively vague, mainly at this stage, he can't do anything.
"Roar!"
A thunderous beast roar was heard in the distance.
Several people all stopped, their faces changing slightly.
"What kind of beast is this?" Zhang Baocheng muttered.
"It's supposed to be a tiger. I met Zong Qiu once before when I was in the mountains. Later, I came in alone, and I ran into it once. You've figured it out. We're walking around in the mountains, and maybe we'll bump into each other that day. Changgui said.
"I'm afraid of death, but I'm even more afraid of being poor. Not to mention that you give twenty-one days and ten yuan a day, I will also work hard. Ma Yongxing said with a smile. He was the most courageous, and he was relieved at once.
Wang Yanhu also agrees with Ma Yongxing's words: "There are so many of us, tigers generally don't attack people." But go down and come in, and we'll bring in some cannons. If it does, I don't believe it won't be blown up!"
"If you can blow up a tiger, it should be worth some money, right? There is a little bit of tiger bone in the tiger bone wine, which is a few pieces more expensive than ordinary liquor. Zhang Baocheng was the most frightened just now, and now he actually came up with the idea of tiger bones.
"Do you think the tiger bone wine is a real tiger bone? The Tiger Bone Distillery produces so much tiger bone wine a year, I'm afraid that all the tigers in the country will be slaughtered, and I'm afraid it won't be enough for them. Changgui smiled.
"That's right. What kind of bone is that? Zhang Baocheng asked.
"Probably just ordinary animal bones. Even if he put a pig bone, what kind of bone can you tell if it's cut into pieces? "Changgui is the one who knows these routines best. In a few years, a variety of supplements will become the main theme of Chinese New Year gifts. No one thought that it would be some beautifully packaged sugar water.
This lack of virtue is something that Changgui disdains to do as a reborn. For the reborn, by grasping every outlet, a pig can fly, and there is no need to go through that kind of inferior means.
This time, the place where the stone ear was quarried was much farther away than before. The farthest place, at least more than ten miles more than before. But quarrying fungus is more efficient than before.
Because of experience, those places can basically be accurately estimated. I have also gained a lot of experience in harvesting, and the tools I prepared have also been improved. In addition, there are more people.
The time is mainly spent walking on mountain roads. It takes several hours to walk into the mountain and several hours to get out of the mountain. The actual time to pick the fungus is only two or three hours.
Because it is the first time that the stone fungus has been picked here. So the stone fungus is in very good condition, and it is very large. The big ones are a lot bigger than the ones that came before them.
Changgui was already shouting in his heart: "Get rich!" ”
When I went back, many of the tools were hidden directly in sheltered from the rain. Everyone only needs to carry twenty or thirty pounds of stone fungus. Today's trip only cost more than 100 catties of stone fungus. Even if you go back to dry it and remove the water, there are at least hundreds of catties. There may be about half of the premium in it. This batch of goods is sold to Dayong, and Changgui may be able to earn more than 100,000 yuan.
A talent is twenty, and Changgui only needs to pay eighty yuan in wages.
It's even more lucrative than panning for gold!
When he entered the mountain, Changgui put some covers in the mountains he was passing by, and when he went back, he put the covers away by the way.
The harvest was not small, two muntjacs, five pheasants, two hares, and a wild goat. Hang these wild things on the flat shoulder, and those stone ears will be less conspicuous.
Changgui is still very careful, the longer the secret of the stone ear can be hidden, the better.
Xuefeng Village is not only a capable person. Luo Bencheng has been staring, every time Changgui goes out to do business, he knows it. Last time, when Changgui went to Dayong, he also asked his brother-in-law to follow him. It's just that Changgui is too careful, and when he arrives in Shaoqing, he will go around, and Luo Bencheng's brother-in-law has never been to Shaoqing, and he fainted after a few circles, and he almost lost himself. The most unfortunate thing is that when I came back, I was patronized by pickpockets on the bus, and finally came back from the county seat. Dozens of miles away!
Changgui and Changfu didn't even notice that they were being followed last time. Because the guy hasn't even gone around in a circle, he's already lost.
Changgui's condom, whether the condom is set or not, will be collected together. Because the next day may not be the same way. Probably go around it.
Back in the village, the abundant hunting goods of the long and expensive ones still made the people in the village very hot. The stone ears were secretly kept and hidden at home. In the evening, spread it on the ground to dry.
The pheasant is eaten directly, and the rest is divided into some by the family, and some of them are eaten, and the more is salted and smoked.
Although Zong Qiu was worried about not being able to follow him into the mountain, with meat to eat, his mood suddenly became comfortable.
"Dad, can you take me into the mountains next time?" Zong Qiu looked at Changgui expectantly.
"No, we almost ran into a tiger again today." Changgui is very resolute.
"Can't you take me into the mountains in the future?" Zong Qiu asked with a blank look
"I'll talk about it when you're older. By the way, I'll teach you a little kung fu, and if you practice well, maybe I'll take you into the mountains in the future. Changgui taught Zong Qiu the tricks of breathing and walking. But there are some things in it that can be understood and unspeakable, so they can't be taught to Zong Qiu. The effect will definitely be greatly reduced.
But Changgui can't help it, how did this inheritance come about, he still hasn't figured it out.
The place where he got the inheritance, Changgui has been to it several times, but he hasn't found anything at all. It's as if the glittering palace never existed.
The posture of breathing and walking may seem easy to learn, but it is not easy. Usually, no one pays special attention to their breathing, and the posture of walking is very casual. If you really breathe and walk according to a certain pattern and follow a certain posture, you may immediately find that you can't walk, and you can't keep up with your breathing, and you can almost suffocate yourself.