My Wife Is the Capitalist Heiress of the 1970s - Chapter 42

After a while, Zhou Wenshan heard Zhou Yuanchao’s voice outside and knew it was almost time to leave. He released his arms from Chen Wan, cupped her cheeks, kissed her lips twice, laughed, and opened the door to go out.

Chen Wan blushed with embarrassment inside the house. She stamped her foot, sat on the bed, and didn’t dare to go out for the time being.

Once outside, they first lifted the headless wild boar and put it on the cart, then put the big boar head on as well, and took them to sell together.

After all, there’s no point in having so many pig heads, and the pig at home already has one.

Zhou Yuanchao first butchered the wild boar that he had kept for his own consumption, removing its head and limbs, and then used an axe to cut the boar into two pieces of meat.

In this way, Liu Cuihua can slowly cut the pig into strips of meat and marinate them.

Zhou Yuanchao borrowed a donkey from the village and used it to pull a cart to town to sell pork, since the pig was too big to be pulled by a bicycle.

The donkey pulls the cart, and people can sit on the donkey cart.

After all, they had already gone up the mountain that morning, so even if Zhou Wenshan wasn’t tired, Zhou Yuanchao was somewhat exhausted.

Riding in a donkey cart, we could take a rest on the way to town.

On the way, Zhou Yuanchao said, “Wenshan, most of the wild boars we sell are supplied to the state-run restaurants in town. Today I’m taking you to meet the person in charge. If I can’t come in the future, you can come by yourself.”

There are two places in town that buy these wild animals: a state-run restaurant and a supply and marketing cooperative. Although these two places are cheaper, there is no risk, as they are both state-run.

There’s a black market in town, where you can get a better price, but it’s not worth the risk of selling there for just two cents more. After all, the black market is risky!

Zhou Wenshan nodded in deep agreement. He had no space, and if he sold his goods on the black market, he would run into the police station cracking down on speculation and profiteering, and he would have no choice but to run away.

It would be better to sell it to a state-owned enterprise for stability. Besides, with his future abilities, would he be afraid of not being able to catch any prey?

An hour later, the donkey cart slowly arrived at the entrance of the state-run restaurant in town.

“Wait here for a moment, I’ll go inside to find someone!”

Zhou Yuanchao said something to Zhou Wenshan, then jumped out of the car and went into the restaurant.

A short while later, a middle-aged man wearing glasses followed Zhou Yuanchao to the door.

Zhou Wenshan knew that this must be the person in charge of purchasing for the restaurant.

I stood up, gave him a polite smile, and knew I’d likely have to deal with him a lot in the future, so I wanted to make a good impression.

The middle-aged man came to the donkey cart and exclaimed, “Wow, Yuanchao, how did you get such a big wild boar? It must weigh over 300 pounds!”

Zhou Yuanchao handed him a cigarette and laughed, “I weighed it at home, it’s 346 jin, not counting the pig’s head. If you include the pig’s head, it’ll be at least 380 or 390 jin.”

After saying that, he pointed to Zhou Wenshan, “This is my second son, Zhou Wenshan. He will come with me to hunt in the mountains from now on. If I can’t come to town to sell these things, he will come! Manager Liu, please take good care of him in the future.”

Manager Liu said with a smile, “Since you’ve asked, I’m sure I have no problem with it. Such a big wild boar is a rare sight. Okay, let’s unload it and weigh it first.”

Two restaurant employees had already come over with a scale.

Seeing such a big wild boar, they couldn’t help but marvel at how they had managed to hunt it down.

However, these are not things they should care about.

The two restaurant employees managed to tie up the wild boar with great difficulty, but when they tried to lift it with a wooden pole, they couldn’t even lift it.

The two men glanced awkwardly at Manager Liu and said to Zhou Yuanchao and Zhou Wenshan, “This pig is a bit heavy, could you two lend a hand?”

Zhou Wenshan walked over and said, “I can manage by myself. You two can carry one side.”

The two men glanced at him; he was tall and thin, and didn’t look like someone who could lift the wild boar.

Zhou Yuanchao nodded to the two of them, “My son is strong, so you two just listen to him.”

The two men, half-believing and half-doubting, walked to the side and, together with Zhou Wenshan, lifted the wild boar up, one on each side.

Moreover, seeing how relaxed Zhou Wenshan seemed compared to the two of them, they were now convinced.

Manager Liu looked at Zhou Wenshan and said to Zhou Yuanchao, “Your son is quite strong.”

Zhou Yuanchao smiled to himself, thinking, “This is nothing! Even if it were twice as heavy, my son could carry it by himself.”

The weight was quickly measured. Including the pig’s head, it weighed a total of 385 jin (142.5 kg). At 35 cents per jin, the total came to 134.75 yuan.

Manager Liu simply gave a round number, 135 yuan!

It’s pretty much the same, since it has bones in it and the pig hair hasn’t been removed.

A wild boar sold for 135 yuan, which is equivalent to at least three months’ wages for an average worker.

Both Zhou Yuanchao and Zhou Wenshan showed joy on their faces.

That’s a considerable sum of money.

They didn’t earn this much money last year.

Manager Liu said politely to Zhou Yuanchao, “Yuanchao, if you find anything good in the mountains in the future, just send it to me, and I’ll give you the highest price.”

Zhou Yuanchao put the money away. “Don’t worry, as long as the price is right, I’ll definitely sell it to you first!”

After selling the wild boar, Zhou Wenshan thought for a moment and said, “Dad, let’s go buy a machete. The one we have at home is unusable.”

While driving the donkey cart, Zhou Yuanchao replied, “Don’t rush, I know what I’m doing. I’ll go get your machete now.”

Driving the donkey cart, Zhou Wenshan arrived at the edge of town outside a courtyard. Just as he was wondering what they were doing there, he heard a clanging sound coming from inside.

Zhou Wenshan suddenly realized, “Dad, this is a blacksmith’s workshop?”

Zhou Yuanchao nodded. “There’s an old blacksmith here who specializes in making knives. The kitchen knives he makes are supplied to the town’s supply and marketing cooperative. He’s quite skilled. I happen to know him, so I came here to see if we can find any good knives. If not, we’ll go to the town’s supply and marketing cooperative to take a look.”

Zhou Yuanchao took the nearly broken knife from the car and went inside.

With anticipation, Zhou Wenshan followed Zhou Yuanchao into the courtyard, where the blacksmith’s workshop was located.

Upon entering, one finds a blacksmith who appears to be in his fifties, along with two young men who are presumably his juniors.

“Brother Chen!”

The old blacksmith looked up and laughed, “Aid Korea? What brings you here, kid?”

Zhou Yuanchao handed him a cigarette, saying, “I need your help, Brother Chen.”

Chen the blacksmith took the cigarette, took out the fire tongs, and lit the cigarette on the red-hot tongs. “What’s the matter? I’ll definitely help if I can.”

Zhou Yuanchao handed over the machete, “My machete is broken, I want to replace it with a good one, do you have any here, brother?”