In this way, the two groups of people who were chatting happily on the ox cart finally exchanged three pounds of dried mountain products for one pound of meat. With this standard, Uncle Zhang got three pounds of roe deer meat and one pound of rabbit meat.

Mr. Zhang, who originally only planned to exchange some roe deer meat for a snack, learned that he could exchange three pounds of mountain products for one pound of meat.

I thought this was too much of a bargain, so I might as well exchange it for a pound of rabbit meat.

This way, we can eat for two more days. After all, the mountain products at home can make up the few pounds by just taking out some hazelnuts and mushrooms.

And from the standards they mentioned, Uncle Zhang knew in his heart that these young educated youth were giving him convenience.

After all, the price of meat cannot be confused with those mountain products.

After all, as long as people are diligent and look carefully in the mountains, they can find those mountain products quickly, but these meats are not so easy to get.

Both roe deer and rabbit are meat. Nowadays, if you want to buy fresh meat in the town, even simple pork, you not only have to spend money but also meat tickets.

Where do ordinary people like Uncle Zhang get the meat tickets?

Therefore, during the year, we could only comfortably have one or two meals of meat after the brigade distributed the meat.

And now I can get so much meat with such a small amount of mountain products. From this point alone, this trip is particularly worthwhile.

So after the deal was settled, on the rest of the journey, Grandpa Zhang's attitude towards the educated youth in the Youth League was so kind that he could be said to be as amiable as he was to his own grandson.

He simply answered whatever the educated youths in the Youth League asked him, and he also told them a series of secrets such as "How can we avoid the people from the team? Which path has fewer people and which path up the mountain can we find what kind of mountain products?" He told the people in the Youth League everything he knew.

After learning about this series of secrets in the brigade, the young educated youth felt that the exchange of meat was totally worth it.

They arrived at the town post office in harmony all the way. After Uncle Zhang followed the young educated youth to the post office, he learned that these little guys wanted to send the things at home first and then go to the mysterious yard.

The reason why he knew about the mysterious courtyard was that during a conversation on the way to the town, the young educated youth intentionally revealed to him that all the good things they got came from a mysterious courtyard.

Actually, that courtyard was owned by the state, and Uncle Zhang had promised them at the time that he would never take anyone else to that courtyard.

I also assured them that if they wanted to buy something, I would go to the yard in person to buy it.

I would not bring my relatives or other people from the team to that yard.

Originally, Uncle Zhang just took the money with him in case of emergency after Xia Zhiqing said those ambiguous words to him when he visited his home.

After hearing these exact words, he must have known why the educated youth in the small educated youth courtyard deliberately exposed that courtyard.

It was because I thought that they would cooperate with me often in the days to come, instead of letting them work hard every time to put the things they bought and the things I wanted to sell by the yard.

It would be better to become one of them, so as to reduce all kinds of troubles.

Uncle Zhang, who felt that he had guessed the thoughts of the educated youth in the Youth Hostel, secretly swore in his heart that the people in the Youth Hostel were not as simple as they seemed, and he must establish good relationships with them so that he could have long-term development.

So after learning about the young educated youth's thoughts, he volunteered to tell everyone to go to the post office to send their things with peace of mind, and he would stay on the ox cart to guard the meat they were going to exchange for other things.

After learning that Uncle Zhang would help them keep an eye on the remaining items in the car, the eight of them all carried their bags full of things and walked towards the post office.

After arriving at the post office, because things had to be sent one by one, it would take time, so everyone decided to split up. Those who needed to make a phone call went first, those who wanted to send something sent something first, and the others lined up first.

Under such conditions, Lin Sitian handed the big bag that she was going to send to her family and the small bag that she was going to send to the military district to her companions who were queuing.

I thought about asking my friends to help me look after my things first, and then I looked at the other friends who were also queuing on the other side of the phone.

At this time, looking at the busy people inside the post office, they walked towards where Zhou Xiaoyun was.

In fact, when Lin Sitian and her group walked into the post office, not only Zhou Xiaoyun noticed Lin Sitian, but even Zhou Xiaoyun's friends and the telephone operator had noticed the large group of people carrying things walking in.

Seeing so many people walking into the post office, the staff knew they would have to keep them busy for a while.

When Zhou Xiaoyun's friends saw that he didn't come forward to greet Lin Sitian, they didn't come forward either, but only occasionally glanced in Zhou Xiaoyun's direction.

In fact, there were a few educated youth in the small educated youth courtyard who noticed Lin Zhiqing's move towards Zhou Xiaoyun.

But they didn't think much about it. After all, Zhou Xiaoyun was the daughter of the Public Security Bureau director and was a good friend of Lin Zhiqing.

Nowadays, when people have to queue up at every post office, it is normal for them to have some free time to say hello to their good friends, so they didn't take it to heart.

Zhou Xiaoyun was very happy when he saw Lin Sitian walking towards him, and wanted to go forward to greet Lin Zhiqing, whom he had been thinking about all the time.

However, seeing the comrade next to him who was always looking at him, he forced himself to be patient and did not go forward.

When Lin Sitian approached, Zhou Xiaoyun took Lin Sitian's hand and pulled her to the other side of the counter and asked quietly:

"Why are all the educated youth from your compound here at the post office today? Can you still go to that compound and conduct a trade with us? Or are you going to cancel the trade today?"

Hearing Zhou Xiaoyun's straightforward and simple question, Lin Sitian secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. After all, the current situation did not allow them to exchange pleasantries.

Fortunately, Zhou Xiaoyun came straight to the point without exchanging pleasantries, so Lin Sitian also answered bluntly and quietly:

“Today is a little special, so I won’t go to that yard to trade with you.

I'd like to ask if there's still a lot of stuff in that yard. The educated youth from our yard should be going there soon to discuss some business with you.

We have hunted some prey in the mountains and have cut them into pieces of fresh meat. We will take them to your yard later and hope to exchange the meat for other things in the yard or money.

Go back and tell your mother and the others first, and then ask Aunt Zhou and the others to go to that courtyard."

When Zhou Xiaoyun heard that he couldn't go to the yard to trade with him, he felt a little regretful in his heart.

But when he heard about the abundance of fresh meat, he became happy again. After thinking about the supplies in the courtyard, he whispered to the "rich man" in front of him:

“There are actually quite a lot of things left in that yard. After all, no one’s family is as honest as yours.

Not many people have enough money to buy those things, so don't worry, the people in your yard will definitely be able to exchange the fresh meat for a lot of good things later. If there is nothing good you want to exchange, you can use money to exchange it later."

Lin Sitian, who was initially worried that the young educated youth and Uncle Zhang in her yard would not be able to exchange for anything good, felt relieved after hearing that there were still some good supplies left in the yard.

He happily patted Zhou Xiaoyun's shoulder and looked towards the place where people were queuing to send things.

Seeing that his things were almost coming, he patted Zhou Xiaoyun's shoulder and said to her:

"Okay, then I'll go directly to that yard with the educated youth there, bringing the fresh meat. We'll also have some dried mushrooms and other dried fruits.

Now I see that almost everyone is there sending things, so I'll go over there first. I still have to send some things to my family.

After sending the things, I made a phone call and then went to the yard. Go back and tell Zhou Zi first!"

After learning that there were dried mushrooms and the like, Zhou Xiaoyun happily said goodbye to Lin Sitian who was busy in front of him:

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go home first and my mom will be waiting for you in the yard.

Don't worry, I'll just go back and tell my mom and then come back to work.

After all, I can't take leave every day, and all your acquaintances have to go to that yard, so it wouldn't be good for me to go there."

After the two of them hurriedly finished speaking, one of them walked directly outside, while the other walked towards the place where the things were to be delivered.

Because Zhou Xiaoyun always used small bribes to bribe the post office director.

Therefore, for small matters like going back home to inform someone of something and then returning to work at the post office in a short time, she did not need to ask for leave directly from the post office and could leave directly.

The other post office workers who had been secretly watching them saw Zhou Xiaoyun leave after talking to the educated youth, and they left in the direction of her home.

They learned that they could definitely buy some good things from Zhou Xiaoyun when they got off work this afternoon.

Thinking this way, the staff members ran diligently to help Lin Sitian send the package.

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I have my final exam tomorrow, and it's about Chinese herbal medicine identification. The teacher is super strict, so please wish me good luck!

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