Reborn in the 1980s, starting with fishing and hunting to build a fortune

Chapter 23 Earning So Much Money for the First Time

After a hearty meal, Li Xiangdong loaded the venison, deer bones, and other meats that had been packed in sacks the night before onto the carriage.

Li Xiangyang then selected four carp, three small fish, and twenty crucian carp from the fish he had caught the day before and put them on the carriage.

Then he prepared to go out.

The carriage had barely left the courtyard when an uninvited figure darted out and stopped it.

He's a good-for-nothing.

"Li...Li Xiangyang, where are you...going so early in the morning?"

Donkey Egg wiped his nose and stammered.

He had been lying in ambush with the two brothers on the village road for a long time, and his tongue was even numb from the cold.

"Donkey Egg, what...what do you want to do?"

Li Xiangdong shouted sternly.

He was a little nervous, after all, there were fish in the carriage.

Li Xiangyang waved his hand, indicating to Li Xiangdong not to be nervous and to leave the matter to him.

He leaned slightly towards the donkey's testicles, still maintaining an indifferent attitude.

He chuckled awkwardly.

"Hey, donkey egg, you know a good dog doesn't block the way? What are you doing now? Didn't you get enough of being beaten by Old Zhang last time?"

"You...you better not bring up that old Zhang thing with me...you hurt me, I was beaten so badly by old Zhang, if you don't leave me 20 catties of venison today, I'm not done with you."

"Straighten your tongue before you speak, it's hard for me to understand you. You got beaten up by Old Zhang yourself, it's not my fault."

If you want venison, go home and bring something in exchange. Trying to get it for free is wishful thinking!

Li Xiangyang's tone was extremely resolute.

Donkey Egg was so angry that his face turned red. He rubbed his chin to make his tongue less numb.

"Fine...fine, you idiot Li Er, you're really determined to embarrass me today, aren't you? Then you can forget about leaving this village."

Seeing Li Xiangyang's attitude, Donkey Egg also became ruthless.

"Oh my, this is something new. I never knew you, Donkey Egg, would have the ability to stop me, Li Xiangyang, from leaving the village...?"

There was no fear in Li Xiangyang's eyes.

He had hung out with Donkey Egg, Big Hair, Iron Pillar and others for a long time, and they knew each other's personalities very well.

If we're talking about daring to do something outrageous, Da Mao and Tie Zhu might be able to.

But Donkey Egg... is all bark and no bite!

He's okay with petty theft, but he doesn't have the guts to do anything that risks his life.

"Fine...you'll regret it!"

Donkey Egg gritted his teeth, as if he had made some important decision, and ran towards the road in front of the carriage.

"Brother, is Donkey Egg really planning something?"

Li Xiangdong was somewhat worried.

"It's alright, brother, Donkey Egg won't cause any trouble."

Li Xiangyang comforted him.

Who knew that when Donkey Egg ran to within 10 meters of the carriage, it suddenly lay down straight.

"......?"

"...?"

This left Li Xiangyang and Li Xiangdong somewhat bewildered.

The next second, Donkey Egg, who was lying on the ground, shouted:

"Li Xiangyang, if you don't pay me 20 jin of venison before you leave the village, then go ahead and run me over."

"What...? A staged accident...?"

Li Xiangyang was amused by this jerk.

They laughed so hard they were doubled over.

He shouldn't have seen too much of this kind of thing in his previous life.

Those people are really professional; they crawl right under the wheels.

What kind of person would be so afraid of dying as Donkey Egg, running ten meters away before lying down...?

Without much hesitation,

Li Xiangyang snatched the carriage reins from Li Xiangdong's hand, shouted "Giddy up!" and drove the carriage forward.

"Donkey Egg, just bear with it... it will pass soon. When you get to the underworld, when Yama asks you how you died, don't say you crawled into a cart wheel and died, or you'll be thrown into a frying pan."

Intimidated by Li Xiangyang,

Donkey Egg had been quite resolute, refusing to open his eyes no matter what, but now he couldn't help but secretly open them to take a look.

Then he saw Li Xiangyang driving his carriage, rushing towards him without slowing down at all.

I reckon we're only 4 or 5 meters away from him.

"Oh my god, Li Ershazi, you really want to kill me?"

The donkey egg was so frightened that it tumbled and scrambled away.

He's a scoundrel, not an idiot.

After this incident, he realized that trying to reason with Li Xiangyang was not an option.

Then let's use the underhanded method.

"Li Ershazi, if you don't let me have an easy time, I won't let it go either. You'd better not let me catch you doing anything wrong."

After uttering those harsh words, Donkey Egg left indignantly.

.........

The carriage hurried along, finally arriving at the backyard of the state-run restaurant in town.

Before me stood a traditional courtyard house, its gate painted with dark red lacquer, suggesting it was built during the Ming or Qing dynasties.

It has become slightly mottled due to the erosion of time.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

Li Xiangyang skillfully put his right thumb and forefinger into his mouth and blew three horse whistles. This was the secret signal he had agreed upon with the hotel purchasing agent yesterday.

A moment later,

A dull thud of wood sounded, the door slowly opened, and a familiar middle-aged man poked his head out.

He called out in a low voice, "Xiangyang, take the carriage further away and bring the fish in."

Li Xiangyang understood, jumped off the carriage, and carried a sack of fish that he had packed that morning into the courtyard.

Upon entering the courtyard, the middle-aged man eagerly opened the sack to inspect it.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, the restaurant's business has been booming, and they're worried about not having enough ingredients.

"Comrade, I brought you four carp, three small fish, and twenty crucian carp today. How many would you like?"

Li Xiangyang asked.

"My name is Tu Weimin. You can call me Uncle Weimin from now on."

As Tu Weimin rummaged through the sack, he casually remarked:

"I'll take all these fish. Go and bring in two more carp and four catties of crucian carp."

"There aren't any left outside. If you want some, I'll bring you more tomorrow."

"That's it...? Only this few fish today?"

Tu Weimin was somewhat dissatisfied.

He remembered Li Xiangyang telling him that they caught at least 100 jin of fish every day.

There are only a few pounds of fish in this sack.

"Xiangyang, we can talk about the price. Whatever price you sell it for on the black market, that's what I'll give you."

"Uncle Weimin, we really didn't bring that many fish today. We do have some at home, but the carriage can't hold them all. We caught a red deer yesterday and were planning to take it to the purchasing station to sell."

"Horse, or deer?"

Tu Weimin was both incredulous and delighted.

Normally, when their restaurant buys venison from the supply and marketing cooperative, the purchasing station gets it directly from the hunters. Not only is it expensive, but sometimes when they run out of coupons, the cooperative won't even bother with them.

"Quickly, bring the carriage over here. We also want some venison."

"Okay."

Li Xiangyang was somewhat surprised.

In his previous life, before state-run restaurants were banned, he had never eaten at a state-run restaurant, so he naturally did not know that state-run restaurants would order venison.

but,

As long as the price is the same, it doesn't matter who you sell the venison to; if you sell it to a state-run restaurant, they can at least get a lighter load.

then,

Li Xiangyang went out again and called Li Xiangdong to bring the carriage back. Finally, they unloaded 20 catties of venison and one catty of deer tendons from the carriage.

Venison was sold to Tu Weimin for 1 yuan per jin (2g), and deer tendon for 9 yuan per jin.

It sold for a total of 33 yuan.

Adding the 15.2 yuan they earned from selling the fish, they made 48.2 yuan on this trip alone.

When they received four large unison bills and a large stack of small bills, the two brothers, Li Xiangyang and Li Xiangdong, were quite excited.

This was the most they had ever earned since they started selling fish.

But just four days earlier, on the day Li Xiangyang was reborn, the entire Li family was struggling to raise the 50 yuan ranch rental fee.

The sky was overcast with gloom.

Indeed, small fortunes come from diligence, while great fortunes come from luck.