Chapter 203 Yellow

Sheep When Xu Lingjun was building the house, he also made some furniture. The money from selling Cordyceps was not enough, so he borrowed some from Dong Kuan, Guo Chenzi, and Haisheng. Now it is the season for picking yellow mushrooms, so he has to earn money quickly to pay it back.

"Be careful on the road." Li Xiuzhi stuffed the boiled eggs and dry food into Huang Jun's bag and hung it on the saddle.

"Don't get too tired when I'm not at home. Now that we have a house, you just need to take care of the chickens and rabbits at home. When you are free, you can write or read books. You need to understand the science of raising chickens and rabbits," Xu Lingjun reminded.

"Well, I didn't stop when I was making bricks. I would read a book when I was tired. Don't worry, I will definitely not hold you back." Li Xiuzhi's answer made Xu Lingjun very happy. It doesn't matter if you have a poor foundation. As long as you are willing to learn, you can make progress.

Seeing Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan, Haisheng and others coming over, Xu Lingjun also jumped on his horse and said, "Let's go. Don't be reluctant to eat at home. Take good care of your body so that you won't have trouble having children in the future."

Li Xiuzhi's age is quite suitable now, but she has suffered a lot in the past and is still a little weak, so Xu Lingjun is not in a hurry to have a child. He went to the town to get family planning supplies, intending to wait until her body recovers before having a child to avoid any problems.

Hearing this, Li Xiuzhi blushed immediately. Girls these days are still very shy when talking about these things, which is not like in later generations.

After saying goodbye to Li Xiuzhi, he rode his horse a few quick steps and caught up with Guo Chenzi and his companions. The big blue horse behind him didn't need to be led at all. It followed Xu Lingjun obediently, carrying two bamboo baskets, while Dahuang and Erhuang squatted in the bamboo baskets.

Guo Zizi saw the two little guys and laughed, "Haha, if these two little guys can even find yellow mushrooms, then you can be considered to have found a treasure."

“I guess it should work. Yellow mushrooms have a strong smell. Since we can find Cordyceps, we can definitely find mushrooms. Our Qilian Mountains are full of treasures. We can dig Cordyceps in spring and pick Yellow mushrooms in summer. Not to mention autumn, the mountains are full of medicinal herbs. With these two little guys helping you, your life will be better and better in the future, Old Xu.” Dong Kuan also had a smile on his face.

Ever since Xu Lingjun came to the ranch, he has been worried about this young man. Now Xu Lingjun has recovered from the blow, married a wife, and built a new house. Seeing that his life is back on track, Dong Kuan is as happy as if his own child has made it.

Arriving at the ranch and setting up the tent, Xu Lingjun took out the boiled eggs and shared them with everyone, "Xiuzhi boiled tea eggs, everyone, how do you taste?"

Everyone was not polite. This is how it is when you are in the mountains. Whoever has something delicious will share it with everyone. Guo Zizi took it and started praising it before he even tasted it. "It smells delicious. You are lucky to have such a good wife."

"You are bragging about yourself again, but Lao Xu has to thank you very much. If you hadn't brought Xiuzhi back, there wouldn't be such a good marriage." Dong Kuan said as he peeled the eggs. "Well, it's really delicious. Lao Xu will enjoy his life in the future."

He didn't tell Xiuzhi to teach his wife, because tea eggs must be made with tea leaves, and tea leaves are a luxury item on the ranch, so who would be willing to use tea leaves to boil eggs? The tea leaves in the house were only taken out when guests came.

The same went for Guo Chenzi and Haisheng. Xu Lingjun saw through their thoughts but did not rush to say anything. Now everyone was not well off, and it would not be too late to let Xiuzhi teach them when everyone's life got better in the future.

After filling their stomachs, everyone started to graze. Dong Kuan directly handed his five or six pieces to Xu Lingjun, "You go find mushrooms, we can do the rest."

"Okay, I'll see if I can prepare something for everyone to satisfy their cravings." Xu Lingjun did not beat around the bush. If they helped him now, he would help them again in the future if he had the chance. It would be too polite to just say it verbally.

"Swoosh~~" A whistle was blown, and the big blue horse came running over, and Dahuang and Erhuang quickly jumped into the bamboo basket. They wanted to save their strength for the critical moment, so let the big blue horse do more work for the time being.

"Let's go!" Xu Lingjun shouted and rode his horse towards the mountain.

Qilian yellow mushrooms mainly grow on grasslands between 3000-4600 meters above sea level. They have extremely high requirements for the growing environment and can only grow in the short rainy season from July to August. It just rained a few days ago, which is the time when yellow mushrooms emerge. We will definitely have a good harvest this time.

After running for half an hour, Xu Lingjun arrived at the area where yellow mushrooms grew. He dismounted and looked for them. After a short while, he found a few egg yolk-like mushrooms poking out of the grass.

"Da Huang, Er Huang, come here." Xu Lingjun picked a few flowers and put them under the noses of the two little guys. "Remember this smell, call me wherever you see it."

"Woof woof! Woof woof!" Dahuang and Erhuang barked a few times and then ran away. It was obvious that they understood.

"Tsk tsk, they are much more well-behaved than Zhendong and Zhenbei." Xu Lingjun couldn't help laughing. With these two little guys, this year's mushroom picking season will definitely be another bumper harvest.

Just after I picked all the mushrooms nearby and put them in the backpack, I heard Erhuang barking. Turning back, I saw this guy was barking at Dahuang not far away, as if he was showing off. Now I got there first.

Xu Lingjun rode over and rubbed its head, "Not bad, not bad, you've made progress."

"Ah~" Dahuang cried out twice in grievance. In fact, it found it, but it was a little slower than Erhuang.

"You are not bad either. I will pick the ones from Erhuang first and then go to your side later." Xu Lingjun bent down and started to work.

This job looks easy, but it is actually quite tiring as he has to bend over constantly. Fortunately he has a good physique, otherwise Xiuzhi would not be satisfied when he returned home after picking mushrooms.

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With the help of the two little guys, Xu Lingjun saved the effort of looking for mushrooms. He only needed to rush over to pick them. Before long, his backpack was full.

The price of yellow mushrooms is not cheap either. After drying, they can be sold for five yuan per kilogram. The supply and marketing cooperatives collect them, a small portion is kept locally to entertain guests, and most of them are handed over for export. Nowadays, the domestic industry is underdeveloped, and we can only sell various local specialties in exchange for foreign exchange.

This backpack contained about ten pounds of mushrooms, and after drying, it contained exactly one pound of dried mushrooms. This meant that Xu Lingjun earned five yuan in just a short while. In terms of making money, he even made money faster than digging Cordyceps.

This is not surprising. Although the price of yellow mushrooms is low, the yield is higher and picking is not as troublesome as cordyceps, so the efficiency of making money is naturally higher.

"Woof woof! Woof woof!" Just as I put all the mushrooms into the bag, I heard Dahuang and Erhuang calling out in a hurry at the same time.

Xu Lingjun looked over quickly. Hey, yellow sheep! This is a good thing! 　I just came back from the countryside, there will be more later.

(End of this chapter)