"Leave a thousand pounds?"

“How many pounds will each person get?”

Zhou Ziwen asked curiously.

"There are about 500 people in our village who have the ability to work. Each of them will receive one and a half kilograms of rice. Some people who do not have the ability to work will also receive one kilogram. One thousand kilograms is almost enough," explained the team leader.

"It just so happens that the village will be distributing food tomorrow. I'll save these mushrooms and distribute them to everyone later."

"Okay, then I'll let them keep the mushrooms distributed to the villagers." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

By the way, the welfare of this village is really good. They grow mushrooms and want to distribute them to the villagers to try.

After talking to the team leader for a few more words, Zhou Ziwen arranged the matter.

The captain and Wu Dagang didn't stay long. They looked for a while and then left.

There aren't many mushrooms left in the mushroom house, probably only about two thousand kilograms.

The morning passed quickly in the busyness.

The last mushrooms in the mushroom house were picked.

When I finally weighed it, it was more than 2,300 kilograms.

Together with the more than 4,500 kilograms picked yesterday, this batch of mushrooms produced more than 6,800 kilograms, which was 800 kilograms more than he had originally estimated.

On average, the output is about 22 kilograms per square meter.

Generally speaking, a yield of 20 kilograms per square meter is considered a high yield. He can produce 22 kilograms, which is largely due to his level 5 mushroom growing skill.

"Clean up the mushroom house this afternoon, and we can have our day off."

Before leaving work at noon, Zhou Ziwen made arrangements for the afternoon work.

After returning home with the Chen sisters, Zhou Ziwen was not idle either. He continued to grind sweet potato starch with a stone mill.

Chen Yang treated us to a meal yesterday, which delayed this matter.

Seeing Zhou Ziwen busy grinding the mill, Chen Qiaoyi tactfully followed him to help.

One of them pushed the mill while the other added chopped sweet potatoes into the mill hole.

Men and women working together make work less tiring.

Chen's eldest sister's lunch is not ready yet, but they have all ground their sweet potatoes.

The ground sweet potato starch needs to settle for a few days. After the essence inside has settled, what remains is the real sweet potato starch.

Chen Qiaoyi collected the leftover sweet potato residue and dried it in the sun.

These scraps will become feed for the chickens in the backyard.

Although it is just some leftovers, it is still food and is still very nutritious.

Today's lunch is a bit vegetarian. The roe deer meat we hunted earlier has been eaten. Yesterday, Chen Yang treated us to a meal and Zhou Ziwen brought two salted fish. There are only the last two left at home.

But these two are intended for Uncle Wu to nourish his body. Apart from a few eggs, there is basically no meat at home.

"We need some more meat!"

Zhou Ziwen was eating a steamed bun made of two-grain flour, but he was thinking about getting some more meat.

Going to the county town to buy meat would not solve the problem. With his appetite, one or two pounds of meat would not be enough.

Fortunately, there is a lot of wild game in the mountains. After today's holiday, he plans to go to the mountains to look for it in the next few days.

He was about to have a banquet with Chen Qiaoyi, so he had to get some meat so that the younger sister of the Chen family could marry him in style.

Getting married in this era is very simple, especially in the countryside. You just need to invite some relatives and friends for a meal and that's it.

"Ziwen, why don't you go to the county to buy some meat tomorrow? I still have some meat tickets here." Perhaps Chen Shiying saw that today's dishes were not to Zhou Ziwen's liking, so she spoke.

"Forget it, I'll go to the mountains tomorrow and see if I can catch a wild rabbit." Zhou Ziwen shook his head.

He also knew that Chen Shiying didn't have much money or tickets. Although her family sent them some, it wasn't much.

As a man, he also doesn't want to use a woman's money.

He couldn't afford to spend other people's hard-earned savings just to get some meat.

"Okay, if we don't catch anything, we'll go to the county town to buy meat." Chen Shiying continued.

"Okay." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

After a not-so-hearty lunch, Zhou Ziwen returned home.

The sweet potato starch is almost ready, all that’s left is to wait.

For the time being, he's pretty much done with his work.

He has been busy these days and wants to take a break.

The weather outside was getting colder, so Zhou Ziwen found a quilt.

Although he is in good health, he is not immune to cold or heat.

When it's hot, he takes off his clothes; when it's cold, he covers himself with a blanket. He is no different from ordinary people.

That is Zhou Ziwen. The Chen sisters next door had already covered themselves with quilts.

After lunch, Zhou Ziwen felt sleepy and lay on the bed, falling asleep in a short while.

However, he didn't sleep for long before he was awakened by the sound of a gong in the village.

"This alarm clock is really punctual!" Zhou Ziwen opened his eyes and insisted on lying in bed for another two minutes.

It’s not that he’s lazy, it’s just that the weather is so good to sleep in.

The sun outside is not too strong and the temperature is just right.

It would be a shame not to use such nice weather to sleep.

I reluctantly got out of bed and washed my face. The Chen sisters next door were already ready to go.

"Brother Ziwen, are you going to work?" Chen Qiaoyi outside shouted across the yard.

“Here I come!”

He will have a holiday after today, and he doesn't want to miss the last half day.

Coming out of the house, Ta Yun followed him happily.

"Want to come with me? Let's go!" Zhou Ziwen called out to Tayun, and the dog followed him happily.

I didn’t bring Tayun with me before because he was still young and I was afraid he would get lost if I went out. Now that I have fed him for so long and he has been trained, it is impossible for him to get lost.

Besides, all the mushrooms in the mushroom house have been picked, so it’s okay to take it there.

If the mushrooms haven't been picked yet, he won't take them there.

When we arrived at the mushroom house, other members of the village had also arrived.

Zhou Ziwen began to arrange everyone to work, starting with cleaning up the mushroom house.

It will be winter soon and the mushroom house will be empty. If I don’t clean it up, I guess I won’t be able to see it until next year.

There is strength in numbers, and it was done in no time.

"Team leader, is there anything else you want to do?" Wang Dayou asked.

"That's all. Close the door. Everyone can leave work early."

Zhou Ziwen waved his hand and announced a holiday.

"Yeah, it's vacation time!"

As soon as Zhou Ziwen finished speaking, the team members immediately cheered.

"Let's go, see you tomorrow." Zhou Ziwen waved to the village members.

Food will be distributed tomorrow. After it is distributed, everyone will go back home and start preparing for the winter.

After closing the door of the mushroom house, Zhou Ziwen took the excited Chen sisters, Shen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang home.

"Brother Zhou, I'm going to the mountain to chop some firewood tomorrow. Do you want to go?" Zhou Chaoyang asked on the way back.

During this period, everyone was talking about hibernation, and Zhou Chaoyang was also affected and began to prepare for hibernation.

"I'm going, but I'm going to the mountains, not the same place as you." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

"Deep mountains? Can I go with you?" Zhou Chaoyang's eyes lit up, and he became interested. (End of this chapter)