At four-thirty the next morning, Xiao Yuan got up, checked out the room, and drove straight to the Pigeon Market outside Dongzhimen.

When he was still a long way away, he turned off the lights, turned off the engine and coasted away. The license plate had been removed, as he was afraid of disturbing others.

Park the car next to a dilapidated house. It is estimated that no one would dare to steal it, and it may not be possible to steal it. Apart from the army, there is no such thing anywhere else, and not many can drive it.

He held a large sack in one hand and carried a bag on his back, which contained tools. He found a place to put them down. He had already changed clothes, put on makeup, ordinary gray clothes, and wore a peaked cap.

After packing it up, I turned on the flashlight and shined it on the sack. It immediately attracted people. It looked like food. No one was stupid.

One bag is made of fine flour, which is Panax notoginseng flour, and the other bag is made of very fine cornmeal. They are both packed in 50-pound flour bags, otherwise the sacks will leak.

He didn't ask whether the price had increased or not, he would stick to the price the day before yesterday. Of course it wouldn't be cheap, and he wasn't stupid. Wouldn't that attract others' attention?

Fine flour costs one dollar and a half, and cornmeal costs seven cents. There are three bags of each, weighing 150 kilograms. A group of people immediately gathered around. Everyone knew the market price. There was no need to talk about it. If you don’t buy it, there would be a lot of people waiting.

The first one was a big customer, and he directly asked for a bag of fine noodles and a bag of corn flour. Xiao Yuan didn't care whether he ate it himself or sold it, he just weighed it and got paid!

In fact, the pigeon market also has a fair reputation, but they charge a fee, two cents a time, and this is the clever money you make.

The speed is very fast, no one wants to wait, and the price may increase at any time. The key is that the quantity is not so large, and the family is hungry and cannot wait.

It only took half an hour in total, and they were all sold, leaving only two sacks, three flour bags, and one at the back, a customer who directly bought fifty kilograms of cornmeal.

After harvesting 330 yuan, Xiao Yuan saw that it was still very early, so he took his bag and tools and walked around, and he really found something good.

A rice seller probably didn’t know how to grow grains, and the total amount was 15 kilograms, one pound and two kilograms. Needless to say, he bought them all. How delicious it is to eat rice!

There was also an old man selling rabbits, a female rabbit weighing about six pounds, and a litter of nine little rabbits, all of which were domesticated gray hares, and he bought them all for sixteen yuan.

There was also an old lady selling chickens. There were two chickens, one male and one female. They were very thin and weighed at most three kilograms gross. They cost ten yuan. I couldn’t complain that no one bought them. The price was so high. Xiao Yuan didn’t care and just paid for them.

After wandering around, there were people selling jade, vases, calligraphy and paintings. He was bored, so he actually asked about the white jade bracelet, which was very beautiful and cost 35 yuan.

After some research, he didn’t quite understand. It seemed like it was Hetian jade. If you couldn’t buy it, you’d suffer a loss or be cheated. Forget it, just take it.

Forget about the vase, he doesn’t understand it at all. If you want this thing, you might as well go to a cultural relics store and get a free appraisal to ensure its authenticity.

After looking at the calligraphy and paintings, there were no works by Da Qian Bohu. There was only one he had heard of, which was Mr. Qi Gong's calligraphy, "Jiangshan Ruhua" in four big characters. It costs 18 yuan. This is okay.

After spending dozens of dollars, Xiao Yuan saw that it was almost dawn, got up and left. He was already very satisfied with today's harvest. He didn't even look at the gold jewelry. Gold is only two dollars per gram now, so there is no need to wait.

Collect it here.

During this period, gold was not in circulation for many years. Don't think that two dollars is cheap. You need to know that the price difference between today's money and future generations is at least 200 times, and you will know whether it is cheap or expensive.

Driving a tricycle, we first looked for a place to have breakfast. The distance from here to our hometown is about 130 kilometers. With this road condition, it is estimated to take two to three hours.

I ran to Dongdan Canteen. This is a state-owned breakfast restaurant that is already open. There are pork buns for sale here, stuffed with pork and celery, four large buns, and a bowl of egg soup.

I also packed twenty buns, and the price was certainly not cheap. Pork is so rare! Food stamps, meat stamps, and money all cost a lot.

After eating and drinking enough, in the envious eyes of others, I drove towards the northeast and passed by a refueling place. The gas tank was full, and I bought another oil barrel and filled it with gasoline. I was prepared for any trouble. It is difficult to have it in mountainous areas.

Gasoline.

After passing Huaibei Town, we entered the mountainous area. Fortunately, the road was still good, and the empty motorcycle tricycle did not require so much.

At ten o'clock, we finally arrived at Diaogou Township. From here to his hometown of Xiaojiagou, there was still six or seven miles to go, but it was all dirt and mountain roads. The road conditions were very bad, and the speed was only about 20 or 30.
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Finally I saw a small mountain village with no more than twenty households and a population of eighty or ninety people.

Xiao Yuan put on a leather jacket and an old military uniform. In the trunk of the car, there were three sacks of sweet potatoes, three sacks of potatoes, three hundred kilograms of cornmeal, 150 kilograms of white flour, and four big fish. There were also some gifts, which were covered with canvas. According to memory,

Drive towards the uncle's house.

It is a courtyard with earth walls, the gate is made of sticks and boards, and is half open. There are three main rooms, two east rooms, and two west rooms. They are all thatched houses with earth walls. This is considered good in the village.
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Xiao Yuan got out of the car and opened the door. A middle-aged woman came out of the hall. It was his aunt Li Dani, who was looking at him in surprise.

"Auntie, I'm Xiao Yuan! Don't you recognize me anymore?" Xiao Yuan stepped forward to say hello.

"Xiao Yuan, it's Xiao Yuan who's back. Mom, come out and take a look, Xiao Yuan is back!" Li Dani ignored her nephew's greeting and excitedly turned her head and called her mother-in-law into the house.

Xiao Yuan smiled helplessly. His predecessor also sent money back several times a year, totaling sixty or seventy yuan. After all, he had been in the Northern Dynasties for a long time and could not send money. He also sent it over the past year.

An old lady came out of the room. Her hair was mostly white, she was very hunched over, and she was wearing a black cotton-padded jacket with several patches. She was his grandmother Yang Wumei.

"Xiaoyuan is back. My precious grandson misses grandma so much. If you don't come back, I won't be able to see you again!" The old lady is thin, but fortunately she can move without a cane.

"Grandma, I'm back. How are you? I've just changed my job. I'll come back to see you soon after arranging my work." Xiao Yuan stepped forward to help the old man.

"My Xiaoyuan is back. Grandma's good grandson is back. Let grandma take a good look at you!" The old lady grabbed her grandson's hand and wouldn't let go.

At this time, two women came out of the next room with four children, one of whom was still in her arms.

"Mom, grandma, is Xiao Yuan back?" asked the hall sister-in-law Bai Yuying. She has been married for more than ten years and met Xiao Yuan in 1949, when he first visited his home.

"Sister-in-law, it's me who's back. This is my second sister-in-law, I'm Xiaoyuan. This is the first time we've met." Xiao Yuan greeted her.

"It turns out that my brother-in-law is back. When I got married, I heard that he has a younger brother who is an officer in the army. This is the first time we have met. Come in and have tea. It's cold outside." The second cousin-in-law is still a clever person, holding her arms.

I’m holding a child.

"Grandma, I'll drive the car into the yard first, and then I'll talk to you, the old man." Xiao Yuan was talking to his grandma, but there was no other way. The old lady held on and wouldn't let go, so he could only discuss it.

"Okay, my eldest grandson has already driven a car. It's really impressive!" The old lady let go of her hand and wiped her tears with her sleeve.

Xiao Yuan drove the tricycle into the yard, turned off the engine, got out, opened the canvas at the back, and started to get things from inside.

A little boy in his teens came over to take a look and ran out quickly. He was probably the cousin's son.

Two pounds of brown sugar, two pounds of toffee, two bottles of malted milk, two packs of milk powder, a pack of cigarettes, two bottles of Xifeng wine, a bolt of blue cloth, and two old military uniforms of my own. This is for my uncle's family. Grandma is here.

, the gift is double.

As for the uncle's family, they are all in the carriage, and only half of the gifts are there. After all, the family separation order has been passed, and the gifts cannot be placed here.

Two big fish, a large carp weighing 20 kilograms and a silver carp weighing more than ten kilograms, were thrown directly to the ground.

Two sacks of sweet potatoes, two sacks of potatoes, two hundred kilograms of cornmeal, and one hundred kilograms of white flour were placed in such large quantities that the eyes of the two sisters-in-law and children who came over almost dropped to the ground.

"Xiaoyuan, these...all belong to our family?" Bai Magnolia's mouth trembled.

"Yes, this is my gift to grandma, uncle, and aunt. My uncle and aunt's are still in the car. Please help move them into the house." Xiao Yuan made it clear that this was a gift to the elders. As for his cousin, Tang
Chapter completed!