On the morning of the twenty-ninth day, after breakfast, Qu Weiyang drove the car, Qiaolian hugged Jiakang Jiayuan and the two babies, and the family of four sat in the car and went to the county seat.

It is a little more than 30 miles from Shizuizi to Fusong, and the carriage goes fast, and it takes more than an hour to arrive.

In fact, this is Qiaolian's first time in the county, and she always used to use excuses to go to the county seat, but in fact, she simply went out for a spin and went home.

The county seat is too far away from home, where can she rest assured that the children are at home?

Fusong is a small county town under Changbai Mountain, and it is also the famous hometown of ginseng.

In the first year of Xuantong, that is, in January 1910, the county was established at the back post of Changbai Mountain, because there were two large meadows at the mouth of the Malugou ditch at that time, so it was originally named Shuangdian County.

Due to the serious banditry and turmoil at that time, it was renamed Fusong in August 1910.

This is a name with more significance of the times, Fu, has the meaning of appeasing and comforting, pine, naturally said that it is the Songhua River.

Fusong, which means to appease the upper reaches of the Songhua River, contains an expectation of the rulers at that time.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of displaced people from Shandong and Hebei poured into the Northeast, coupled with the fact that Tsarist Russia and the Japanese were eyeing each other, and the rulers were eager to seek governance.

For example, Tonghua, "Tonggui Wanghua"; Dunhua, "Great Dedunhua"; Antu, "Settle the Tumen River".

Therefore, from the name Fusong, it can be seen that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the land of Longxing of the Manchus.

Of course, the Fusong in front of him is not as magnificent as the famous ginseng town in later generations, and it is still a very small and broken county town.

There are mountains in the east and rivers in the west, and the population is mainly concentrated in the basin, and there are bungalows everywhere.

Of course, these years are not just like Fusong, many places are like this, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt.

The county seat is not too big, the county government, the supply and marketing cooperatives, are relatively easy to find, and you can find it after two turns.

So Qu Weiyang parked the car in the alley next to the supply and marketing cooperative, looked for something to tie up, and then took the back basket on the car, which contained the ripe bear skin and other things.

Qu Weiyang knows how much to cook the skin, the craftsmanship is okay, the cooked skin is softer, easy to take, otherwise the whole bear skin is hard, how can they take it out?

At this time, there are also purchasing stations, but they are subordinate to the supply and marketing cooperatives, mainly for the people to purchase all kinds of agricultural and sideline products.

Although there is no policy of unified purchasing and marketing, the management of small traders is very strict, and the government strongly supports the sale of agricultural and sideline products to supply and marketing cooperatives.

Therefore, there are also some people who will send their own production, such as eggs, duck eggs, to the purchasing station under the supply and marketing cooperative.

The purchase and sale of the supply and marketing cooperatives are divided into two places, and a separate door is opened, Qu Weiyang knows this, and leads Qiaolian and the child to come directly to the purchase side. There aren't many people here, only three or two selling eggs.

The family of four waited in line for a while, and it was their turn.

The staff of the supply and marketing cooperatives glanced at Qu Weiyang and asked, "What do comrades want to sell?" ”

Today, Qu Weiyang is not wearing a military uniform, but is wearing a set of silver-gray tweed tunic that Qiao Lian made for him a few days ago, the material is very new, and it is quite valuable at first glance.

Coupled with Qu Weiyang's appearance and temperament, even if he doesn't wear a military uniform, others don't dare to underestimate him.

"A while ago, I went into the mountains and met a black blind man, and several people almost died, and finally killed.

I have a bear skin, four bear paws, and a bear bile, and I want to sell it for a few families, and how much is it worth? ”

Qu Weiyang took out the skin, bear paws, and bear bile wrapped in a handkerchief from the basket.

When the person in charge of the purchase of the supply and marketing cooperatives saw it, he hurriedly stood up, "That, this comrade can't help it, I have to make it clear to you first."

We buy ordinary agricultural and sideline products here, and at the same time, we are entrusted by state-run pharmacies to help purchase some medicinal materials. We accept bear bile, but we don't accept bear skin and bear paws. ”

Although the bear skin is also a good skin, and the bear paw is even more valuable, but in this era when there are no clothes to wear and there is not enough to eat, ordinary people can not afford to wear leather clothes and eat bear paws.

Supply and marketing cooperatives only buy agricultural and sideline products, resell them and sell them to workers in the city, and do not buy bear skins and paws at all.

As for bear bile, because Fusong is located in the Changbai Mountains, various medicinal resources are abundant, and there is a very famous "Jishengguang" Chinese medicine pharmacy in the county since the end of the Qing Dynasty.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the reform and construction of "Jishengguang" was carried out, and the name was changed to "Hongji Pharmacy", and a local state-owned pharmacy was established.

Now the state-owned pharmacy is preparing to open a pharmaceutical factory, so it entrusts the purchase stations of supply and marketing cooperatives in Fusong to help purchase a large number of local Chinese medicinal materials.

However, it is common for people to sell medicinal herbs, and as for this bear bile, it is very rare.

"I just help collect medicine, and I don't know much about this business, so I will invite a person who understands medicine to come and check it clearly before I can confirm the purchase."

The comrades at the purchasing station were very polite, and there was no prevarication, and there were not many people in the purchasing station at this time, so they hurriedly sent people to the state-run pharmacy and invited someone to come over to inspect it.

Qiao Lian stood aside and listened to the staff's explanation, and was immediately a little disappointed. Originally, I thought that bear skins and bear paws could be sold for a good price, but I didn't want people to accept them.

What can I do? Can you keep it for yourself? It's okay to have a bearskin, and it's good to make a leather mattress if you can't, but what about a bear's paw? How do you eat that? Isn't it a waste to keep it?

Just as they were pondering, two people hurriedly walked in outside.

The latter one looked quite old, in his fifties, with a gray beard and glasses, and he looked very knowledgeable.

When the staff at the acquisition station saw the old man, they hurriedly stepped forward, "Mr. Qin, you came just in time, these two brought a bear bile."

I don't recognize it, I can't tell the real from the fake, so I have to show it to you. ”

The old gentleman Qin nodded and looked at Qu Weiyang, "Comrade, can you let me see the bear bile?" ”

Qu Weiyang was naturally not afraid, and handed it to Mr. Qin together with the wrapped handkerchief.

Mr. Qin took it and opened it to look at it carefully, pinched it lightly, pinched off a small piece, put it in his mouth and tasted it, twisted it a few more times with his hand, and nodded again and again.

"Well, it's bear bile, or it's a good bear bile. Comrade, we can take your bear bile.

According to the rules of the store, a penny bear bile will give you 20 yuan, how much is it, let's weigh it, fair and reasonable, how about it? ”

Qiao Lian frowned slightly when she heard this, now that New China has unified the unit of weight, the one money that the old gentleman said, according to the current statement, is five grams.

This bear bile is not small, it is more than three taels when it is fresh, and it is almost one or two when it is dry. If you calculate it this way, you can only sell it for 200 yuan, isn't it a bit less?

"Sir, isn't the price you gave a little low?" Qiao Lian was a little unwilling.

The bear skin can't be sold, the bear paw can't be sold, but the bear bile is sold, and it's only 200 yuan, and I always feel panicked.