Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

The forest frog is an animal with very high requirements for its habitat.

It likes to live in places with water sources and broad-leaved forests. When it is cold in winter, it will hibernate under rocks in the water.

Therefore, the best way to catch forest frogs is to look for them along the water source.

The mountain road was difficult to walk on, and Li Youcai walked very slowly while carrying the iron bucket, and he almost fell several times.

After walking for more than two hours, Li Youcai went deep into the mountains and finally found the pond he remembered. He had been here several times before with his father, Li Guanghu. The water was shallow and there were many wood frogs, making it an ideal place to catch wood frogs.

Li Youcai put down his carrying pole, put on rain boots, waded into the stream and started catching forest frogs.

The temperature difference between day and night in October is very large.

After a night of low temperatures, the upper layer of the water surface was slightly frozen, and spring water continued to rush down from the mountain, gurgling and very clear.

Li Youcai held the bucket in one hand and slowly turned over the stones in the cold stream.

The cold stream water froze the forest frogs so much that they almost lost their ability to move. When Li Youcai turned over the stones, the forest frogs would not run away and were basically easily caught.

Having stored nutrients for an entire autumn, these wood frogs are extremely fat.

However, the cold stream water also caused Li Youcai a lot of pain. The stream water washed over his hands, and it felt like a fine knife scraping countless small cuts on his hands.

It feels numb, itchy and painful.

Later on, every time he caught a few forest frogs, Li Youcai would put his hands into his cotton jacket to warm them up and prevent them from getting frostbite.

There were not only forest frogs in the stream, but also a kind of river shrimp called crayfish, which Li Youcai caught and put into the bucket.

There is a big difference between the crayfish in the north and the crayfish in the south.

Crayfish have no spines on their bodies and belong to the family Crayfish. Crayfish have spines on their shells and belong to the family Crayfish.

The growth of crayfish requires extremely high water quality, and its meat is more delicious and has no earthy smell at all.

There is a famous dish in the north called cicada stewed with tofu, which is a rare delicacy.

It’s a pity that such good stuff will be nowhere to buy when you want to eat it in a few decades.

One bucket contains forest frogs and the other bucket contains crayfish.

When Li Youcai felt cold, he went ashore to rest for a while, and when he felt better, he went back into the water to continue fishing.

Li Youcai repeated this process over and over again, turning over almost all the stones in the puddle. His hands were frozen pale and his feet were numb.

But Li Youcai felt that all this was worth it.

He caught half a bucket of forest frogs and half a bucket of crickets.

A rough estimate is that the forest frog must weigh more than 20 kilograms, and the cicada must weigh about 5 or 6 kilograms.

Li Youcai changed back into cotton shoes.

He picked up some dead leaves from the ground and covered the forest frogs and crickets. This was what Li Guanghu taught him. Covering the forest frogs with leaves would prevent them from dying easily.

After finishing all this, he carried the shoulder pole down the mountain.

Dongsheng Village is nearly ten miles away from the county town. Li Youcai walked and stopped for three hours before finally arriving at the county town.

His goal was very clear, which was the glass factory family compound in the county town.

There are two reasons.

First, those who can live in this compound are all rich people!

Working in a state-owned enterprise, with a stable salary of 36 yuan, countless people are envious. In a job, a grandfather retires and his son takes over, and the son passes it on to his grandson. Leading cadres are given housing, while ordinary employees are given housing based on their length of service and contributions.

Many of the people living here are factory officials. To put it bluntly, they have the purchasing power.

The second and most important reason was to find someone. Wang Changlin, the head of the sales department of the county aquatic products company, lived here.

According to Li Youcai's memories from his previous life, the Taihe Municipal Aquatic Products Corporation established a new supply and marketing reform plan in September of this year. This decentralized power allowed each aquatic products subsidiary to independently expand product categories and develop supply channels, building on the existing unified supply system at the municipal level, in order to achieve a reform policy of product diversification and quality improvement.

However, their Taining County Aquatic Products Company did not do well in this regard.

Ding Hui, the manager of the county aquatic products company, was reported to the city for serious corruption and was taken away by law enforcement officers for investigation while in the company.

Everyone in the branch office was silent for fear of making mistakes, and no one was in charge of this work.

It was not until the head office was about to hold him accountable that Wang Changlin, the head of the sales department, stepped forward, personally went to the countryside to find sources of goods, vigorously expanded the product categories, and gave the head office a satisfactory answer.

Because of this outstanding performance, he left a good impression on the head office and was promoted to the new manager of the branch, replacing Ding Hui.

Ding Hui was taken away just after he returned to work after the National Day. Calculating the time, this was just before the head office urged and Wang Changlin took action.

Li Youcai also wanted to try and see if he could do something during this gap.

Opportunities are created, and Li Youcai, who has climbed up step by step, knows the meaning of this sentence well.

Carrying a shoulder pole, Li Youcai walked into the courtyard of the glass factory’s residential area.

It was just past 2 o'clock and the weather was warm. There were many old men and women in the yard, some taking a walk and some exercising.

Li Youcai chose the small square with the most people and walked over to it.

For someone like him who chooses goods to sell and wants to sell them well, there are many tricks he needs to know.

If you specifically ask a single person, the other person will most likely not buy your stuff. It is human instinct to be cautious and careful.

But if you go into the crowd, it's different.

The other party will feel safer when there are more people around, and will not be so repulsive. Moreover, most people will come to see your goods out of curiosity.

Some people will even criticize it.

At this time, give more compliments.

As long as you can convince one person to buy, it will be easy to get others to follow suit.

In psychology, this is called herd mentality.

In his previous life, Li Youcai left home and worked as a peddler for several years. These were all experiences he summed up on his own.

A group of retired cadres are gathering in the small square.

Li Youcai put down his carrying pole.

"Uncle, Auntie, this is a real wild wood frog, would you like to take a look?"

"Wood frog? Let me take a look." An old man took the first step with his hands behind his back.

Li Youcai hurriedly removed the dead leaves from the bucket, revealing the forest frog inside.

"Wow, it's quite big."

"Let me take a look..."

Someone watched, and several other elderly men and women nearby also gathered around.

"It's not small. This pregnant woman is a mother and a child, right?"

"I haven't eaten this for a long time. The director and I went to the village and had it braised in soy sauce once. It was absolutely delicious."

Li Youcai was not in a hurry to sell his goods. He first let these old men and women talk enough.

When selling things, you cannot be too eager for quick success. You must fully respect your customers and praise them. This is also a sales skill.

"The real good thing about this wood frog is in the belly of the mother and child. They can squeeze out a kind of oil. The scientific name is wood frog oil. It's really good stuff."

"Uncle, you're absolutely right." Li Youcai gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Our commune's technicians said this frog oil is amazing. It can cleanse the blood in the body. What is blood? It's just garbage in the blood."

"They also say it can unclog blood vessels and lower blood lipids. If blood vessels are unblocked, people will be less likely to suffer from cerebral congestion. This frog oil is truly a treasure."

"Beyond that, they are all tributes for the emperor to eat."

After praising the old man, Li Youcai took the opportunity to talk about the efficacy of the forest frog and raised its value.

These effects are not made up by Li Youcai, but are real.

And the effects of frog oil are more than that. It can also resist aging, improve immunity, nourish the kidneys and essence, and enhance sexual function, all of which have relatively good effects.

It’s just that Li Youcai didn’t say everything. If he said too much, it would easily arouse people’s disgust.

"It seems that the technician from your commune is actually quite capable. Everything he said is true."

"Young man, you look unfamiliar to me. Are you here to visit relatives?"

"Uncle, you really have a keen eye. My family is really struggling to make ends meet, so I caught some frogs to exchange for some money. Everyone in my family, young and old, is waiting for food to be cooked."

Li Youcai grinned and started to play the victim.

"Ah, life is hard, and it's even harder for country people."

"How much do you want to sell these forest frogs for?" asked the old man.

"3 yuan per pound." Li Youcai said.

"So expensive?" someone said.

"Good things are never cheap. The best time to eat forest frogs is during these two months. After this month, they will be gone even if you want to eat them. Scarcity makes things valuable." Li Youcai did not argue with others about the price.