Mother Zhou smiled and said, "Chunyan gave them so many mushrooms for free last year. She bought morels at a few yuan a pound, and she gave them a big bag. It hurt me to see it.

Look, after eating Chunyan's mushrooms, they said they would buy them this year, and there are several more varieties. So, we should not be stingy, we should be generous. "

Zhang Xiuxiang and the others all smiled and nodded, "Yes, the red mushrooms were also sent by Chunyan to Dr. Xiao Wang's family for eating, and that's why we got the business back."

"I just wanted to give them some local specialties. I didn't expect them to find them delicious and plan to sell them." Yang Chunyan saw that they changed the subject before Zhou Huaian finished speaking, and she looked at Zhou Huaian and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing that they were not in a hurry to ask about the shares, Zhou Huaian continued what Zhou Huairong had just said, "Brother, morels are not just any other mushrooms. Boss Zheng said that they started collecting morels and matsutake mushrooms from other places two years ago, and sent them out to sell.

The mushrooms are sold to the poor and South Koreans, who eat the same food as us. Our truffles are shipped out and sold to those tall-nosed foreigners, and they also help the country earn foreign exchange through exports!"

Li Qiuyue asked curiously: "Youngest brother, what is foreign exchange earning? Don't you have to pay for selling to foreigners?"

Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "Wang Zhen told me that earning foreign exchange seems to be earning money from foreigners. If we have their money, we can buy their advanced products and it is worthwhile to use their money."

"Knock knock!" The old man sitting at the door and smoking leaf tobacco knocked his pipe on the leg of the stool. "It's a good thing to be able to help the country make money. The world is good now. You brothers and sisters-in-law should discuss things before doing anything. Don't be petty and think more about each other. I and your mother will help you look after the family."

"I understand, Grandpa." Everyone agreed.

Zhou Huaian looked at the old man again, "Grandpa, give some bamboo baskets to Yiding tomorrow, and he will pull them to Sancha Road to collect the goods."

"There are quite a few mushrooms over at the fork in the road." The old man counted and said, "I think it will take at least two hundred to exchange them all."

"Then you can give him two hundred tomorrow, and we'll deduct the money for the bamboo baskets later."

Zhou Huairong smiled and said, "Youngest, when they sent the bamboo baskets to me, I was saying that we already had so many bamboo baskets at home, why did you ask someone to make hundreds more? It turns out that you already knew that the provincial capital was going to collect morels and big-foot mushrooms!"

Zhou Huaishan also said: "That's right, I was wondering why so many bamboo baskets were made, now I know this is the reason."

Zhou Huaian said: "The last time I went to the provincial capital, Boss Zheng told me that Chunyan had asked me to tell you guys a long time ago. I thought it was not the first time to receive goods, but it was just a matter of one sentence, so I didn't take it seriously and kept dragging it out until now.

I have discussed this with her, and the rules are still the same as for collecting red mushrooms and bamboo fungus. My family will get half, and the three of you will get half. The families of Uncle Datian, Uncle Xu, Xiaoxue, Erchun, and Xu Hongbing will remain the same.

Yiding is unemployed now, so I told him to go to the collection point at Sancha Road. My second brother has to go to the power station, so my eldest brother, my third brother and I will take turns driving the tractor to collect the goods at Baicaoping and Bailingshan."

After hearing this, the three families of Zhou Huairong looked at the two gratefully, "Youngest, Chunyan, you are the ones who are good at receiving and selling goods. You can arrange how to receive goods, how to sell goods, and how to arrange the purchasing points, and we will follow your instructions."

Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Brother and sister-in-law, Chunyan and I also have unexpected things. If you find anything inappropriate, please bring it up. Just follow what grandpa said and we will discuss it and do it together."

"Okay, if we find anything, we'll bring it up." Zhou Huairong paused, "Youngest, Chunyan harvested a lot of morels and bigfoot mushrooms last year... Have you discussed the price? Is the loss big? Should we charge the same price as last year or what?"

"Chunyan was harvesting them last year. Just ask her and you'll know." Zhou Huaian looked at Yang Chunyan, "Have you calculated the loss of these types of mushrooms?"

Yang Chunyan thought for a moment, "The mushrooms harvested on rainy days are very humid, and the loss is high due to cutting the stems, removing the mud, and cleaning. If we average the mushrooms harvested on sunny days with those harvested on rainy days, we need at least ten kilograms of fresh mushrooms to produce one kilogram of dried mushrooms.

Last year, I bought both large and small morels, at prices of two yuan, three yuan, and four and a half yuan. They also said that this year they only want first-class quality for these types of mushrooms.

Then we will follow the highest price of last year. The first-class morels that are over 2.5 inches in size, intact, with long caps and unopened caps are 4.5 yuan per pound. The big-foot mushrooms and chanterelles are 0.5 yuan, and the shiitake mushrooms and green mushrooms are 0.3 yuan. "

Zhang Xiuxiang: "Chunyan, last year, many of the morels that came to sell still had mud on their feet. For example, the small ones were sold at 4.5 yuan per pound. I think some of them were lost by cutting off the mud.

Yang Chunyan thought about it and found it was true. "Last year, I harvested a kilogram of large morels with only ten or so, and a kilogram of small ones with fourteen or fifteen. I didn't harvest any smaller ones.

How about this, for those with long caps and large bodies, we will charge 4.5 yuan per pound, and for those with short caps and long mud feet, we will charge 3 yuan per pound. What do you think?"

Zhang Xiuxiang and the others nodded. "That's fine. I think we should let the youngest write it out and post it on the door so they can see it clearly and understand it. This way they won't think we're deliberately trying to lower the price."

Yang Chunyan looked at Zhou Huaian and said, "Write down our requirements and the purchase price later, and give one to Yiding, Uncle Xu and the others, and then post it at the gate of the yard here and the gate of the oven."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian nodded in agreement, "When you guys are done, I'll write together."

"Chunyan," Zhao Huifang said with a smile, "When I was collecting bamboo fungus last year, I heard many people who sent me bamboo fungus say that they were fine when they picked them, but some of them were bad when they sent them to me. They asked me what happened, but I didn't know."

Yang Chunyan: "Bamboo fungus spoils quickly. Every time we go to pick bamboo fungus, we sort them out and hang them upstairs to dry in the sun as soon as we get home. Otherwise, they will spoil over time and become worthless.

In addition, we only sold less than 100 kilograms of dried food last year. The fresh bamboo fungus we bought at 5 yuan per kilogram had a similar loss as the morels. We sent it to the provincial capital for 75 yuan per kilogram, so we made a profit of 25 yuan per kilogram.”

Zhao Huifang: "So we should still collect according to last year's standards this year?"

Yang Chunyan: "Well! We still follow last year's standards, the stems must be more than three inches and a half long, and the flowers must be in perfect shape."

Zhou Huaian said: "Uncle Xu and Yiding can't harvest bamboo fungus, and it looks like they won't be able to harvest much this year."

Yang Chunyan: "Last time we found bamboo fungus, we arrived there at about six in the morning the next day. When we got there, we saw that most of the bamboo fungus had bloomed. We will get up early tomorrow to help you pull the seedlings for half an hour. It will be just the right time to go there."

Zhou Huaian: "After the seedlings are planted, let the eldest and third brothers go to Baicaoping to collect the harvest. I will take you to the bamboo forest in the southwest. I guarantee there will be a lot of bamboo fungi there."

Zhao Huifang: "They couldn't wait for us to go. Last year, Aunt Qian and Xiaofang knew we were going to collect bamboo fungus, so they went to the bamboo forest early every morning to pick bamboo fungus. They sold them for hundreds of yuan in one season!"

Zhang Xiuxiang said with a smile: "The price of bamboo fungus seems high, but the production is small. I think it may not be as profitable as big-foot mushroom and green bar mushroom in the end."

Zhao Huifang nodded. "That's right. I think honey fungus and chanterelles are not only cheap, but also delicious. How many people would be willing to buy bamboo fungus and morel mushrooms that cost dozens of yuan per pound?"

"That's not necessarily true. Last year, the morels and bigfoot mushrooms I collected were the most expensive morels that were sold out first when they were sent to Ning'an." Yang Chunyan said with a smile, "But most of them were bought and sent to relatives and friends to eat."

Zhou's mother nodded. "Yes, people in small places are reluctant to do so. In big places like the provincial capital, there are many wealthy bosses. Last time we went to the "ghost market", those big bosses used big Jiefang and Dongfeng trucks to transport goods to the ghost market to sell."

Li Qiuyue said with a smile: "Look, Mom goes out to see the world and comes back with a different experience. We should go out to see the world someday."

Mother Zhou smiled and said, "That's easy. When you're done, you can go to the provincial capital with your sister to broaden your horizons."

The old man and Zhou's father also thought it would be a good idea to go out for a walk and see a big city, and their ideas changed.

Yang Chunyan remembered something, "Mom, I have to tell Aunt Jiang and the others tomorrow morning that they can help plant rice seedlings at home in the morning, but they have to come to work in the afternoon."

Mother Zhou waved her hand, "No need, I told them yesterday, one or two of them are eager to come every day!"

Zhou Huaian looked at his mother, "Mom, I hired Lao Xiazi to help Grandpa light the stove and deliver mushrooms to the drying room. He will take turns with the old man at night. Meals are included and the daily wage is two dollars. He will start work tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, I'll cook more rice tomorrow afternoon." Zhou's mother thought that the youngest son had often gone into the mountains in the past two years, and it was all thanks to Lao Xiazi who taught him things about the mountains that they were safe and sound. Now it is different from the past. If there are more people eating, just add more pairs of chopsticks.

Zhou Huairong and his brothers had no objections. After Zhou Huaian learned how to hunt, they also ate a lot of good food. Since they had to hire someone to do the work anyway, it would be better to hire him than others.

After everything was discussed, Zhou Huaian went to get a pen and paper to write down what he had just discussed. He would send one to everyone tomorrow and post a few more at the gate of the courtyard for those who came to deliver the mushrooms to see.

Father Zhou looked at him for a few seconds, then turned around and asked Zhou Huaijun, "Second brother, are you going to work at the power station tomorrow?"

"No, the engineers in the city went home for the Dragon Boat Festival and won't be back until the eighth day of the first lunar month. I'm just at home helping to plant the rice seedlings."

Father Zhou thought of the two brothers who had invested more than 200,000 yuan in the power station, and he reminded them worriedly: "Second brother, our family has invested a lot of money in the power station. You must study the technology seriously. Don't be stingy when the master needs to give you festival gifts."

Zhou Huaijun nodded, "Don't worry, Xiuxiang has prepared everything."

"How can we feel relieved?" Zhou's mother said worriedly, "You four invested so much money. What if someone with a ruthless heart finds out and embezzles it all? Who will we blame then?"

Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. We are not the only peasants working on the power plant. We also have Wang Zhen and Uncle Xu. If anyone dares to embezzle so much money, they will be shot if they are found out." (End of this chapter)