Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 133 Returning Home from Hajiang City
As soon as Chen Weidong arrived at the department store, he saw a lot of people gathered outside, and it was even more crowded when he walked inside.

Nowadays, people in cities prefer to buy everything in department stores, even if many goods are more expensive, because they always feel that things in department stores are the most reliable.

There is no decent decoration inside the department store, and simple glass counters are the most common.

As soon as Chen Weidong came in, he saw a lot of people gathered in the daily area in front, and heard the sounds of beating and scolding.
Chen Weidong took a look and saw a sign that read "No beating or scolding of customers" below.

A female salesperson had a bad service attitude and started an argument with a man. She cursed him in a very ugly way, and the man was so angry that he wanted to attack her. Unexpectedly, the female salesperson took the lead in taking out a broom to fight back, and immediately suppressed the man's arrogance.

Chen Weidong was not surprised by this, and he did not have the noble qualities of standing up for others.

These days, the salespeople in shopping malls are all employees of state-owned enterprises, and they are paid very well, which makes many of them arrogant and have a bad service attitude.

Chen Weidong came to the home appliance area, which was a popular area with many people gathered here. These were high-end items and most people just came to take a look. Chen Weidong squeezed in with great effort.

There were several styles of radios. Chen Weidong looked at them carefully for a while and spent 98 yuan to buy a "Red Light" brand radio.

After buying the radio, Chen Weidong walked around the department store and bought some Guandong candy, snow plums, biscuits, and malted milk.

There were too many people. After Chen Weidong squeezed out of the department store, he came to a street next to it.
There are also many stalls here, selling a wide variety of things but the prices are relatively cheap! The Dacheng market is highly open, and most of the people here are self-employed. You can also set up stalls.

Chen Weidong then bought some things for his parents, elder brother and sister-in-law. Suddenly he saw a few small stalls at the door.

It sells small accessories, with small squares separated by wooden boards, and inside are some rubber bands and hairpins, etc. They are all the most popular designs at the moment.

Chen Weidong originally wanted to buy some gold and silver jewelry, but after searching for a while, he finally remembered that these days, all the gold in the country is used for production.

The control is very strict, and applications can only be approved for use if they are basically submitted.

"Comrade, these are all fashionable gadgets brought back from outside. Take a look! Do you like any of them? Buy some and give them to your wife and children. They will definitely like them!"

The seller is a young girl. His face was dark and red, and it looked like he came out to run the stall every day.

Chen Weidong didn't say anything, but looked carefully inside each small box.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"How can I sell this hairpin?"

"hairpin?"

The young girl followed Chen Weidong's gaze, opened the glass cover and took out the hairpin.

This hairpin is completely black and heavy in the hand, with a delicate light shining on its surface.

It's a good thing at first glance.

Smell it close to the tip of your nose, and there is a faint fragrance.

It looks like an old object, but you can't tell what kind of wood it is carved from.

"You have such good taste, this is so beautiful! I'm helping others sell it, this is it. Comrade, do you want it?"

"want."

At that moment, Chen Weidong picked it up without hesitation, and bought some beautiful hairbands for the little ones, and asked the girl to help pay for it.

"It's four dollars and fifty-three cents in total! Just give me four dollars and fifty cents!"

Chen Weidong paid the money and carefully put the things into his pocket. He then turned around and left, and had a meal at a small roadside shop.

Chen Weidong returned to the guesthouse, packed up his things, and prepared to go back tomorrow. His wife and children were at home, and he was eager to go home. After buying things, Chen Weidong didn't want to wander around Harbin alone. He thought that he could bring his wife and children to play together next time he had the chance.

When Chen Weidong came, he brought a nylon bag with him. When he left, he also carried it with him. The nylon bag was full. In fact, Chen Weidong wanted to buy more.
It’s just that the way back is too long, so I went around in circles to avoid trouble and didn’t buy too much.
Otherwise, buy more and prepare for the New Year, after all, the New Year is only one or two months away.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day. Chen Weidong woke up early in the morning and checked out of the room.

Then we headed to the train station.

Chen Weidong arrived on time because he got on the train soon after.

There were no setbacks on the way and he took the train directly to Linhai County. However, this time he was not as excited as last time. As soon as he arrived at the small train station outside the city, he saw the train leaving. After asking, he found out that there was only this train today.

Chen Weidong could only call it bad luck, so he stayed in a guesthouse in Linhai County for one night.

The next day, I got on the train smoothly, and then took a tractor to the county town.

It was already past one in the afternoon when he arrived at the county town. By the time he got home, it would probably be midnight.
Not to mention that Chen Weidong had to carry a lot of things, and staying in Heisong County for one night would cost several dollars, and he had to walk back tomorrow.

So Chen Weidong didn't treat himself badly. Since there was no donkey cart going his way, he spent a little more money and directly chartered a donkey cart to go back to Jiuqutun.

After agreeing on the price, Chen Weidong sat on a donkey cart and finally returned to the village at around four o'clock after many twists and turns along the way.

The man driving the donkey cart was also in a hurry to go back, after all, it was almost dark. He dropped Chen Weidong off at the entrance of the village and left in a hurry!
By this time, the sky had already darkened and people in the village had begun to prepare dinner.

Smoke curls from the kitchen.

White snow, dark house, grey sky, smoke from cooking...

……

"Brother Weidong, you're back!"

Chen Weidong just passed by Shitou's house carrying a nylon bag. Yang Hongxiu was just about to enter the house. When she saw Chen Weidong, she immediately ran over and greeted him.

"It's Miss Hongxiu. I just got back and I'm not home yet. Where's Shitou?"

Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"You were away for the past two days, and he and Bingzi didn't have much to do, so they just wandered around the nearby hills."

"Oh, how is my home?" Chen Weidong told Yang Hongxiu before leaving, asking her to help take care of it.

"Brother, sister-in-law and the children are all fine," Yang Hongxiu said with a smile.

"Thank you very much!"

"Sister-in-law is such a hardworking person, and Dani and the others are so sensible that they don't need me to take care of them."

"By the way, this is the money for the stone."

As Chen Weidong spoke, he took out a stack of money from his pocket, a total of ten Big Unity notes. On the way back, Chen Weidong had already thought about it. He planned to give Shitou and Bingzi one hundred yuan each, and one hundred and fifty yuan to Li Shengli, after all, Shitou and Bingzi were novices.

Of course, Chen Weidong was not stingy. After all, the extra money was earned by his trip to Hajiang City. If it was in Heisong County, they would not have been able to get so much money.

Yang Hongxiu was shocked to see so much money.

"Brother Weidong, why is there so much money?" Chen Weidong ignored Yang Hongxiu's shock and put the money into her hand.

Yang Hongxiu's hands were shaking. In the past, when Shi Tou went out to earn money, she was always happy every time she got a few dollars as wages. But now it was 100 yuan! She had never seen so much money at once.

"Hongxiu, take it! Shitou grew up with me. As long as you follow me well, you will get a bite of meat from me and a bite of soup from him."

Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"Brother Weidong, you are such a nice person!"

Yang Hongxiu said with a smile.

"That's nothing. I'll go back first." Chen Weidong said slowly.

"Okay, my sister-in-law and the kids miss you so much. I went there a few times, and your little girls kept asking me where my daddy was every day!"

Yang Hongxiu said with a smile.

"Ha ha,"

Chen Weidong couldn't help but smile when thinking about his daughters' lovely faces, then waved his hand and left.

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"Dad, Mom, do you know how much money Shi Tou made this time?"

Yang Hongxiu kicked the money and came to Shi Tou's parents, shouting loudly.

"She's already a mother of two children, and she's still so shocked. How many? Is Weidong back?"

Shitou's father took a puff of his cigarette and asked slowly.

"Yes! I just happened to meet Brother Weidong when he came back from his trip. He gave me a hundred yuan."

Yang Hongxiu was too excited.

"What? How much!"

"One hundred dollars!"

"One hundred bucks! Oh my god!"

Stone's father and mother were stunned.

"Weidong is really capable..."

"My son has made great progress. I will go to cut some meat early tomorrow morning and ask his mother to make some delicious food. I will go and call Weidong over. No, I will go and let him know now."

"What are you doing, old man? He just came back and wanted to talk to his wife and kids. Why are you going?"

……

Chen Weidong walked in the village, occasionally greeting people he passed by.

"Hey! Weidong is back, back from the big city!"

When passing by the village chief Wang Guofu's house, he was smoking at the door. When he saw Chen Weidong coming back, he hurriedly greeted him.

People these days are still very ignorant. Coming back from big cities means they have seen the world. Wang Guofu was very polite when he met Chen Weidong.

"Just got back, Uncle Guofu, why are you sitting at the door smoking in this cold weather?"

"I just finished feeding the donkey, so I sat at the door for a while." After saying that, Chen Weidong took out a can of malted milk from a nylon bag and handed it to Wang Guofu. This trip to Hajiang City was made possible thanks to the letter of introduction that he helped him apply for.

After this trip, he made a lot of money.

He will definitely be needed in the future, so it’s always a good idea to ask him to help you get letters of introduction and maintain a good relationship.

Malted milk was a rare commodity. When Wang Guofu heard Chen Weidong say that a can cost three or four yuan, his eyes widened and he cursed Chen Weidong in his heart for being a spendthrift.

But when he heard that Chen Weidong was giving it to him, he smiled happily and accepted it happily.

Back at the door.

Sanni and Wuni were sticking their butts out, feeding Dalong's four puppies at the door of the dog pen. The other little girls were in the kitchen.

Chen Weidong's smell caused a burst of barking of dogs.

The two little girls were stunned for a moment, then turned their heads and saw Chen Weidong standing quietly behind them.

Then, Wu Ni, the little girl, started to cry tears as big as beans.

"Woooooo~ Dad is back."

(End of this chapter)