Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

In order to return to the city, the educated youth who went to the countryside in Lion Mountain all entered a intensive state of reviewing for the college entrance examination.

At this critical moment, He Yanqing got a complete set of review materials from somewhere.

You know, as soon as the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out, those who failed to get into college for some reason began to prepare for the college entrance examination.

They rushed into the Xinhua Bookstore and bought out all kinds of tutorial books!

You can imagine how difficult it is to have a complete set of college entrance examination review materials in this remote mountain village. Didn’t you see that Tao Xiuhua even cut her wrists for a few review materials?

Yang Anzhang and He Yanqing discussed it and decided to set aside a separate classroom in the production team primary school for college entrance examination review. All those who were going to take the college entrance examination could come here to study in the evening.

To this end, Yang Anzhang went to Tuo County Middle School to invite a teacher to come back every night to teach. If this teacher was not born in Shizi Mountain, he probably would not have come to this remote place so easily.

In order to facilitate Teacher Fang's travel, special arrangements were made for the educated youth to be picked up and dropped off at the county town every day.

The emergence of the college entrance examination review classroom made the educated youth grateful to the Lion Mountain Production Team. They worked harder during the day and became friendlier to the villagers.

You know, most of the educated youth, because they were city people, looked down on these peasants and always felt they were superior.

The college entrance examination review classroom was very successful and even attracted people from other production teams to study.

Yang Anzhang didn't refuse either.

As for the educated youth, he held an attitude of parting ways in peace and his mentality remained stable!

If you want to take the exam, just take it, as long as it doesn’t interfere with your work!

Despite the very short review time, the educated youth still took the college entrance examination in December.

There are about 70 candidates nationwide, but the admission rate is only 4.8%. It can be seen that the competition in this college entrance examination is unprecedentedly fierce.

After taking the exam, the educated youth gathered at the foot of Lion Rock. They roasted themselves by the fire, sang songs, and imagined their future.

Chunni was also imagining the future. After several months of black market trading, Chunni had saved more than 100 yuan, which was almost the same as what her mother had saved for most of her life.

She should be proud of it, because most workers at that time only made about 30 yuan a month. She sold rabbits a few times a month and earned more than the workers. After the big rabbits gave birth to small rabbits and the small rabbits became big rabbits, Chunni's family now had 20 big rabbits, six small rabbits, and one big rabbit had a baby.

The rabbit population is almost saturated, and her pigpen can no longer support more rabbits.

But in order to make her first pot of gold in the early days of reform and opening up, she had to save more money.

She wanted to get her cousin Yang Bangming to do it together, so she went to her aunt's house.

"Chun Ni is here, come in and sit down!" Chun Ni's cousin Wang Lamei was very happy to see Chun Ni. She had only been married to Shizishan for half a year, and she had few friends she could talk to, and Chun Ni was the one she got along best with.

When Chunni entered the courtyard, she saw Wang Lamei holding a basin and feeding the chickens. She praised: "Sister-in-law, your chickens are really well raised. Both of them are full of energy!"

"Then when my family hatches chicks next year, you can catch two and take them home to raise. This year we've harvested a lot of sweet potatoes and received a lot of distribution, so when the time comes, you can feed the chickens some sweet potatoes, wild vegetables, and rice bran, and they will grow up." This year's sweet potato harvest was quite good, and every family received a lot, which was barely enough to get enough to eat and wear.

Wang Lamei knew that the first female rabbit she had was given by Chunni. So far, the family has raised quite a few rabbits. Every few days, Yang Bangming would catch one and sell it on the black market, which was also a regular source of income for the family.

Their family all remember Chunni's kindness.

"Okay, I'm planning to raise chickens! Raising chickens is good, it will be convenient to eat eggs." Chunni accepted Wang Lamei's kindness. It is said that relatives will be closer if they interact with each other.

After feeding the chickens, Wang Lamei washed her hands and went to the kitchen to bring Chunni a bowl of water.

"Chun Ni, how come you have time to come and play today?" Wang Lamei felt sorry for Chunni because she was busy in the fields and at home, and still had to find time to study. It must be very hard.

"I'm here to see my cousin. Is he home?"

"In the vegetable garden. I'll call him for you!" Wang Lamei went out and shouted in the direction of their vegetable garden.

"Wait a minute, he'll be back soon!" Wang Lamei felt a little embarrassed when she saw Chunni looking at her.

Chunni...

Married people are really open-minded.

Thinking back to the time when Wang Lamei met her brother, she was very shy and spoke in a soft voice.

It's been less than half a year and he already has to shout to speak.

After a while, Yang Bangming came back. He washed his hands first and asked Chunni why she came.

"Brother, you should know that I sell food on the black market, right?" Chunni went straight to the point.

Yang Bangming certainly knew, he had run into her in the black market. Her business was very good, and he had tasted the cold rabbit, which was delicious. He roughly guessed the purpose of Chunni's visit.

"To be honest, selling cold rabbit does make money, but I'm just doing it on a small scale. If I want to make more money, I have to find your cooperation."

"What do you think."

"Let's do it together. I'll be responsible for frying the rabbits and you'll be responsible for selling them. We'll split the profits 50-50." Chunni expressed her thoughts.

"We can work together, but the solution is yours, I'm just running errands, I won't take advantage of you, the profit is 30% to 70%, I'll take 30%, you'll take 70%!" Yang Bangming was very determined. As the eldest brother, he should take care of his cousins. If the family wasn't really poor, he wouldn't have to share the money.

"Brother, it's risky for you to sell cold rabbits on the black market. Those speculators..." Chunni was interrupted by Yang Bangming before she could finish her words.

"Sister, I also know the danger of doing business in the black market. If it weren't for the risk, I wouldn't ask for 30% of the profit. Also, don't worry, if I get caught, I won't give you away." Yang Bangming planned to use his not-so-thick shoulders to protect his family, including Chunni and her brother.

"Brother..." Chunni was choking and unable to speak.

"Okay, okay. If your sister-in-law hadn't found out she was pregnant, I wouldn't be so eager to make money. Your situation is no better than mine, and you have to support your brother and sister-in-law to study, so there are many places to spend money. Let's work hard together as two people who are short of money!" Yang Bangming couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, and spoke with great pride.

Chunni was also happy to hear that Wang Lamei was pregnant. The old man and old lady could finally hold their grandchildren, as their grandchildren of the same age were already able to help with cooking.

After congratulations, Chunni and Yang Bangming turned the topic back to the rabbit business.

They decided to sell the rabbits from two families first, and then buy from someone they knew.

Anyway, the rabbits raised by most families in Shizishan Village have grown up, while the rabbits of the few families have already been eaten and turned into fertilizer.

Perhaps the reputation of the cold-eaten rabbit had spread, and the business was going very smoothly. The demand for cold-eaten rabbit on the black market was also increasing. A month later, Chunni and Yang Bangming did a simple calculation and found that Chunni had earned more than 100 yuan. Yang Bangming also earned several dozen yuan. Chunni's wallet began to swell again.

Yang Bangming also told Chunni that because the Chinese New Year was approaching, the county had stepped up its crackdown on speculation, and the black market would be closed and business would be suspended. The specific opening time would have to wait until the beginning of next spring, and it would depend on the situation at that time.

Chunni felt a little regretful, but she also knew that the situation was irreversible. She couldn't go against the entire state apparatus, so she accepted it calmly.