For the next day, Zhou Ziwen was busy at the mushroom cultivation base.

The mushrooms from the mushroom workshop were loaded onto flatbed trucks and pulled out one by one. Then Wu Dagang arranged for other strong villagers to receive them and send them to the commune.

The dirt roads in the countryside are difficult to travel on, and the village oxcarts are too busy, so these mushrooms can only be transported by manpower.

If there are not enough flatbed carts, we will borrow some from the villagers. If the villagers don’t have any at home, we will use baskets.

The production team did not have enough baskets, so the villagers took out baskets from their own homes.

Any backpack, basket, or anything else that can hold something was used to hold mushrooms.

The members of the production team who were supposed to be working in the fields were also transferred to help transport and harvest mushrooms.

Harvesting mushrooms is a big deal. Without delaying going to the fields, everyone else comes to the mushroom growing base to get busy.

Harvesting mushrooms is a big deal and the time is tight.

Although it doesn’t matter if the mushrooms take a few more days after they mature, the impact is not that big.

But Wu Dagang strives for perfection and is ready to fire the first shot.

The mushrooms are harvested as soon as they mature, which not only ensures their taste but also their appearance of freshness.

If they continue to grow for a few more days, these mushrooms will become older. Although ordinary people cannot tell the difference, the taste will indeed be a little different.

Just like the vegetables in the field, there is a difference between newly ripened vegetables and those that have grown old.

The villagers were very cooperative. They happily carried baskets on their backs and went to the commune in groups with cheerful steps.

These boxes of mushrooms are all money!

This batch of mushrooms alone is enough for them to have a prosperous year.

Not to mention that this is just the beginning. At least two more batches can be planted before the autumn harvest.

One hundred thousand kilograms of mushrooms, at 20 cents per kilogram, would be 20,000 yuan.

It is almost one-tenth of the annual income of the entire production team.

This is still income. In fact, the production team also has expenses and the villagers also need to eat.

The production team reportedly had an annual income of 200,000 yuan, but on paper there was not much.

The cost of growing Zhou Ziwen’s mushrooms is not much, just some manpower and material resources.

As for the mushroom strains and mushroom culture medium, Zhou Ziwen made these himself, and they just required some consumables.

In this way, Zhou Ziwen's cost of growing mushrooms is almost zero.

No wonder Wu Dagang keeps such a close eye on Zhou Ziwen.

Such a good business is simply a treasure trove.

"The mushrooms grown by Zhou Zhiqing are really big, even bigger than those picked from the mountains."

"Yes, they are big, white, and very tender. Look at these oyster mushrooms, you can tell they are delicious just by looking at them."

"Of course not. Zhou Zhiqing is also fair and tender. It's up to him!"

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The villagers were happily picking mushrooms, and their mouths were busy too.

I was originally praising the mushrooms for their good growth, but the topic got off track as I was praising them.

There is strength in numbers. Although 100,000 kilograms of mushrooms may sound like a lot, with hundreds of people working together, the harvesting speed will be much faster.

In just one day, half of the mushrooms at the planting base were harvested, and it would only take another day to complete the harvest.

When it was almost time to get off work, Wu Dagang looked at Zhu Youde eagerly.

"Old Zhu, quickly calculate how many kilograms of mushrooms you harvested today?"

Wu Dagang urged.

"Don't worry, I'm calculating right now! Don't disturb my train of thought."

Zhu Youde didn't even raise his head, but the abacus in his hand was clattering.

He was exhausted just from calculating accounts and recording data today, so it's no wonder he was in a bad mood.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and calculate, I'm still waiting to see!"

Wu Dagang didn't care about his tone at all, he only cared about the data.

Fortunately, Zhu Youde was really good and figured it out after just a short wait.

"Sixty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-one pounds."

Zhu Youde gave an accurate number.

"How many?"

Wu Dagang raised his voice.

"Sixty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-one pounds."

Zhu Youde answered again, not caring about Wu Dagang's surprise.

In fact, he was so excited at this moment that even the hand holding the pen was shaking.

"Haha, more than 64,000 kilograms, great, that's great, how much does that cost, Lao Zhu, quickly calculate it, I'm a little confused."

Wu Dagang laughed excitedly a few times, then started urging again.

"Then let me calculate."

Zhu Youde also started to calculate excitedly.

Wu Dagang came up to Zhu Youde, took out his pipe tremblingly, and began to fill it with tobacco leaves.

At such an exciting moment, I have to take two puffs to calm down.

"I've calculated that if we sell all of this batch of mushrooms, we can get 12,968.2 yuan. Of course, we haven't taken into account the loss or damage."

"Hey, over twelve thousand nine hundred, that's enough, that's enough."

Wu Dagang laughed so hard that his teeth were not visible.

Just based on today's news, he probably was so happy that he couldn't sleep.

"Ziwen, thank you. Thank you for your contribution to our Dabazi Village. With your mushroom, we won't be so poor that we can't even afford to eat in the future."

Wu Dagang held Zhou Ziwen's hand and was reluctant to let go for a long time.

"Haha, Uncle Wu, our good days are still ahead. This is nothing."

Compared with Wu Dagang's excitement, Zhou Ziwen seemed much calmer.

After all, he has plenty of techniques like growing mushrooms.

When his planting skills reach a high level, he can plant whatever he wants, mushrooms, herbs, or even grains.

However, considering that there are only so many people in Dabazi Village, if we give them some other things, I guess they won’t be able to digest them all in a short time.

And he doesn't want to be too prominent.

Just growing mushrooms is enough for him.

After all, the situation has not been very good in recent years. If you become too prominent, it is easy to fail.

"Yes, yes, we will have a good life in the future."

"Ziwen, don't go back today. Come to my house later. I'll ask your Aunt Chen to cook some food and we can have a couple of drinks."

Wu Dagang invited.

"OK!"

Zhou Ziwen nodded happily.

This was not the first time he had gone to Wu Dagang's house for dinner.

Anyway, Wu Dagang's family has enough food, so I might as well go over and have a meal. Maybe the old man will be happy!

After a busy period, it's time to get off work.

Zhou Ziwen and Wu Dagang went to his house for dinner, and the two sisters followed them.

Speaking of which, these two sisters are much more popular than Zhou Ziwen.

Especially after Chen Qiaoyi became pregnant, Aunt Chen treated her very well.

Even before she knew what the baby in her belly looked like, Aunt Chen was already preparing clothes for the baby.

"Xiao Chen, Da Chen, if you have anything you want to eat, tell me and I'll make it for you."

As soon as we arrived at Wu Dagang's house, Aunt Chen came out of the kitchen.

When she saw the two sisters, Aunt Chen enthusiastically held their hands.

"Auntie, we don't have anything we want to eat, just give us something casually, don't make it too much trouble."

Chen Shiying began to persuade.

"Well, it's no big deal. It just so happens that your uncle Wu cut some meat yesterday. I'll make some braised pork for you guys later."

Aunt Chen didn't care about that. When she saw them coming, she was already thinking about what delicious food to make for them. (End of this chapter)