Chapter 103 Harvesting Mushrooms

In this era, it is more common for men to work outside and women to work inside, and housework is usually done by women in the family.

For example, in Zhou Ziwen's home, all the housework is done by his mother and two sisters. Oh, and Zhou Xiaomei also has to work. Zhou Ziwen's clothes and the like are basically washed by Zhou Xiaomei.

Now that they have come to the countryside, it is Chen Qiaoyi, the daughter-in-law who has not yet married, who is doing the housework such as washing clothes.

As for cooking and washing dishes, Chen Shiying is responsible for it.

It can be said that Zhou Ziwen never did much housework, whether before or after going to the countryside.

It can be said that he has a pretty good life.

But he is not the kind of person who just eats and doesn't work.

Whether it's chopping wood and fetching water, or clearing the yard and building a chicken coop, he's also doing all of these things to make a living, learning how to grow mushrooms, hunting in the mountains, and picking wild vegetables and fruits.

The man works outside and the woman works inside, and he and the Chen sisters really did it.

Although we are not a family, we are better than a family.

Look, in front of outsiders, Chen Shiying gave Zhou Ziwen a lot of face and didn't even let him wash the dishes.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chaoyang felt a little envious.

Although he and Shen Zhaodi lived together, except for cooking, they did all the other work together.

And because he is a man, the work he does is harder.

The key is that he still makes sense with such an arrangement.

Who told him he can’t cook?

If he didn't live with Shen Zhaodi, he would probably have trouble even getting food.

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After lunch, the Chen sisters and Shen Zhaodi continued to process the culture medium materials.

Zhou Ziwen went to his own mushroom house and began to harvest the first batch of mature mushrooms.

Because the first batch of mushrooms was only one square meter, and some of them were eaten one after another, there are not many left now.

After collecting the mushrooms, Zhou Ziwen roughly estimated that there should be about twelve or thirteen pounds. Adding the ones he had eaten before, this square meter should weigh about sixteen or seventeen pounds.

This is considered a good cultivation. Generally speaking, one square meter can yield about 15 to 20 kilograms.

However, at that time, his mushroom growing skills were still a little low. I believe that if he cultivates it again, he can grow at least 18 kilograms per square meter, and even 20 kilograms will not be a problem.

The picked mushrooms cannot be stored for long, so Zhou Ziwen has also made arrangements for the destination of these mushrooms.

Chen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang can give two kilograms, Master Chen can give two kilograms, Uncle Wu can give two kilograms, and Uncle Liang Wu also needs to give two kilograms.

Aunt Li often exchanges vegetables for them and can also give them some for them to try.

With this calculation, I lost ten kilograms, and kept the remaining two kilograms for myself.

With his appetite, he could eat as much as he wanted and it was no problem for him to eat a pound of food in one meal.

Two pounds of mushrooms is just enough for two meals.

Originally, he wanted to send some to the other big guys in the production team, but when he thought about the team leader's temper, he would definitely not accept it. After thinking about it, he decided not to send it.

As for Zhu Youde and Wang Hongbing, they may or may not accept it.

However, Zhou Ziwen didn't have much of a relationship with them, so it was inappropriate for him to go to their house and give them gifts without permission.

Everyone is still working at this time, and Zhou Ziwen plans to send it together later.

After finishing his own work, he went out to check on the work progress of the Chen sisters, Zhou Chaoyang and Shen Zhaodi.

As the leader of the Mushroom Group, he has his responsibilities and does not need to do the work himself.

His responsibility is to lead the team to cultivate qualified mushrooms.

Of course, if he does it himself, he can get more praise, but for him, these praises are just icing on the cake, without much benefit or effect.

His job is to lead everyone to grow mushrooms.

If the training fails, all his efforts will be in vain.

Fortunately, his mushroom growing skill has reached level three, and it will reach level four in a few days.

By the time the first batch of mushrooms in the mushroom group were cultivated, their skills had all reached level five, and there was no possibility of failure at all.

By then, just by growing mushrooms, he will have an unshakable position in the village.

In the yard, the Chen sisters, Shen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang were busy processing materials.

Zhou Ziwen took a look and found that there was nothing to guide him.

The preliminary work is very simple, they just need to crush the materials, there are no complicated techniques at all.

The most difficult part is the mixing of various materials. The mixing ratio will directly affect the effect of the culture medium.

Zhou Ziwen did not intend to hide these experiences. Firstly, he was teaching people close to him.

Secondly, others are not like him, who have an auto-play panel and are improving their proficiency every moment.

Even if Zhou Ziwen teaches seriously and they study seriously, it will take at least one or two years for them to fully learn and master it.

With such a long time like one or two years, his skills are probably already at the maximum level.

By then, it’s not certain whether he will still grow mushrooms.

After all, his skills are improving so quickly, he might already be working on new projects by then.

Zhou Ziwen never thought about growing mushrooms forever.

He has an AFK panel, and any skill can be used AFK.

He also had a big heart. Although he came to the countryside as an educated youth, he never thought of achieving nothing.

When you come to this world, you must leave something behind.

The country is currently in a difficult period, but in a few years, it will be a period of rapid development.

Even if he stayed in the countryside, he wanted to make a career.

Although at this time, you can't stand out too much.

But it’s okay to be a little bit prominent.

After all, an outstanding person cannot hide his talents no matter how hard he tries, and he doesn't want to hide.

Growing mushrooms is just the first step. He needs to think carefully about whether he can make the village and even the surrounding villages prosperous.

In this era, life in the countryside is too hard and too poor.

He doesn't have any big ambitions and is a bit easy-going, but that doesn't mean he can't do things.

We can still do good things and practical things if the conditions permit.

If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.

What the ancients said still makes a lot of sense.

"Brother Ziwen, are we going to focus on this these days?"

Seeing Zhou Ziwen come out, Chen Qiaoyi came over to talk to him.

"Yes, once these are done, we can make the culture medium."

"It will need disinfection and bacterial culture afterwards."

"When these are almost done, the mushroom house over there will probably be completed as well."

Zhou Ziwen began to talk about the next arrangements.

"Haha, this job is really easy. I was almost exhausted during the time I spent in the threshing ground."

Zhou Chaoyang on the side said happily.

"Then you have to thank Brother Ziwen very much. If it weren't for him, you would still be working so hard now!" Chen Qiaoyi said.

"That's for sure. From now on, Brother Zhou will be my adoptive parent. If he tells me to go west, I will never go east." Zhou Chaoyang patted his chest and said with a smile.

Although I was joking, the gratitude was genuine.

(End of this chapter)