Chapter 25: Wine stamps are a rarity
Wolf meat is really not as bad as the legend says.
Especially in the case of Yang Zhen, who has almost no condiments except for a little salt.
The smell is fishy and sassy.
And in addition to the fishiness, this wolf meat has a fatal flaw.
That is probably because this gray wolf is an old wolf, and the meat is dry and hard.
Whether it's roasted or stewed, the bite in your mouth is like a wooden stake, and you can't bite at all.
But fortunately, Yang Zhen doesn't care about these now.
After all, you can eat meat every day this year - meat is enough, what more bicycles?
By the time all the gold panning tools were almost ready, the snow had not yet fallen.
However, considering the current temperature, Yang Zhen felt that even if some hunters took advantage of the winter to enter the mountains, he was afraid that they would not be able to reach the logging site, so he did not plan to wait any longer.
Finding stones to set up a few chutes at a relatively reasonable slope, Yang Zhen officially began to dig for a golden nest.
Shovel the sediment from the golden nest onto the gold trough and carry water to rinse the sediment.
Under the action of the current, the lighter sediment is washed away by the water.
The sand and its companion mercury will be deposited into the mosquito net at the bottom of the gold trough as a gold blanket under the action of water flow due to the density.
The whole process seems simple, but in fact it is extremely hard.
It's not just a physical drain.
It's more because it's almost all about contact with water – there's water in the sand, and water is needed for flushing.
And now Yang Zhen doesn't even have an extra pair of shoes to change to, let alone rubber gloves and water shoes.
Because of this, he not only had to work bare-handed, but also barefoot-based throughout the whole process.
Although it has not snowed yet, it has not yet frozen.
But the river is infinitely close to freezing.
Standing bare-handed and working in this kind of water, the taste is simply not mentioned.
Within a few minutes, he was completely unconscious of his hands and feet.
In order to prevent frostbite, Yang Zhen had to build a fire nearby, and every few minutes, he hurried to the fire to dry his hands and feet.
is so hot and cold, but in half a day, Yang Zhen felt that his hands and feet were itching, and it hurt like a needle prick when he touched it slightly.
That taste, even now the golden nest is already in front of you.
Yang Zhendu couldn't help but wonder if it was true that Cao Jianjun had dug up the golden nest.
After all, his current body is immature and young.
But the soul has already suffered.
Even he feels a little unable to hold on now, let alone Cao Jianjun back then.
But in the evening, Yang Zhen understood how Cao Jianjun persevered back then.
After a day of washing, the tailings are washed out of the mosquito net, which is used as a gold blanket, and the final scrubbing is carried out.
At the bottom of the entire gold basin, it was a piece of yellow cancan!
According to conservative estimates, there are six or seven grams!
According to the current purchase price of 26 yuan per gram.
Six or seven grams, that's two hundred dollars less!
His grandfather, Yang Tianlin, was an eighth-level worker and had more than 20 years of experience in the rolling mill.
One month's salary with bonus subsidy adds up to 378 yuan, which is more than what the factory leaders earn.
But even so, if you want to earn 200 yuan, it will take half a year!
It's such a good thing to do one day for half a year......
Yang Zhen felt that not to mention Cao Jianjun, even if he didn't cross it, he could do him a wasted old man.
It's just that this thing comes down to it, but it's not so easy to really do it.
After all, it was only at that time that the feet and hands were frozen, and it was over by gritting your teeth.
But within two days, the frostbite had turned into chilblains.
I didn't feel it during the day, but it started itching in the middle of the night.
It's itchy to the extreme, not to mention sleeping, but even people want to dig that piece of meat to relieve the itch.
And I don't dare to scratch this itch.
After all, once the skin is scratched, it becomes inflamed......
If you don't do it, you may even have a risk of amputation!
is also because of this, although Yang Zhen feels that he can really suffer any hardship for the sake of gold.
But in his heart, he also knew that it was not a problem to continue like this.
You have to find a way to get a pair of water shoes or something.
Time flickered, and it was time to go out of the mountain and carry rations.
Because he had to go to the town to buy wine first, Yang Zhen didn't leave too early this time, but slept until four or five o'clock before leaving.
When I bypassed Hongxing Village and arrived at Dongxing Commune, although the sky was already bright, the supply and marketing cooperatives had not yet opened.
Considering that it was really eye-catching to carry such a big bag of things on the street early in the morning, Yang Zhen turned his head and entered the restaurant.
Seeing Yang Zhen sweating into the door, the waiter didn't raise his eyelids and said, "What do you want to eat?" ”
After asking what to eat, Yang Zhen finally asked for the well-known oily noodles in the local area.
"Half a catty of food stamps for oily noodles, eight cents!"
"Give the money first, then wait!"
The waiter still didn't raise his eyelids when he heard this.
This kind of attitude towards customers is like a debt collector, and in a few years, Yang Zhen will not eat even if he starves to death.
It's just that now, the only thing Yang Zhen can do is endure.
After all, the current restaurants are all state-run restaurants, and the people in this restaurant, from the cooks to the waiters, are also state employees, and they are iron rice bowls.
Love to eat but not to eat, not to eat and pull down.
Anyway, if there are no customers, it won't affect people's salaries.
But fortunately, although the waiter's attitude is not good, the things in the restaurant, no matter what they are, are very solid.
After paying the money and food stamps, it didn't take long for a large bowl of sharp noodles to be served.
Just looking at it, it makes people feel like it's worth the money, and as for the taste......
In this year when ordinary people are afraid that they can't eat rice and white noodles a few times a year, like this, not only soybean oil and vinegar are enough, but also the oil used is still lard noodles - can there be a reason why it is not fragrant?
After eating noodles, the supply and marketing cooperatives also opened.
"Comrade, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy something!"
"Put the stuff here, I'll come and get it later!"
As soon as he said hello, Yang Zhen arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Supply and marketing cooperatives are also state-owned units.
So the attitude of the salesperson is like a waiter in a restaurant carved out of a mold.
The first thing he did after hearing that Yang Zhen wanted to drink was to ask Yang Zhen if he wanted a wine ticket.
Buying wine requires not only food stamps for eating, but also meat stamps for cutting meat......
And it may be because of the food problem, the state is very strict about the wine ticket.
In addition to weddings and funerals that can apply for a few catties of wine tickets, ordinary people may not be able to share a few taels of wine tickets all year round.
Therefore, Yang Zhen naturally does not have such a rare thing as a wine ticket.
But he didn't panic at all.
After all, the last time he sold pheasants and rabbits to Cheng Bin and others, in addition to money, he also received several catties of food stamps.
So when the waiter asked about the wine stamp, Yang Zhen said in a low voice: "I don't have a wine stamp, do you see the food stamp?" As long as it works, I can exchange two catties of food stamps for one catty of wine stamps......"
As the saying goes, after three years of drought, the cook will not die of hunger.
Therefore, although wine tickets are rare, as a salesperson of a supply and marketing cooperative, how can he not have it in his hand?
It is also for this reason that after hearing that Yang Zhen was willing to exchange two catties of food stamps for one catty of wine stamps, the salesman's eyes immediately lit up...
After all, two catties for one catty, there is a full pound of price difference!