Niu Zhenjie smiled and said, "It's not that simple in practice; it takes a lot of time and effort."
"It's actually not very cost-effective for individuals to grow it themselves."
The entire brigade shared one room, and they had to arrange for someone to keep a fire burning every day to maintain the temperature.
It's too costly for an individual to do this at home.
“If other brigades could do this, they could make money too.”
He thought it was great.
After all, it was thanks to these vegetables that every household in their family was able to eat meat this year.
Reporter Chen exclaimed, "You are a person with great love."
Lin Yu agreed with this statement; Niu Zhenjie is no simple character.
After leaving Niutou Brigade, seeing that reporter Chen was quite disappointed at not being able to see the greenhouse vegetable growers, Lin Yu said:
"Let me take you to see how to grow mushrooms."
Reporter Chen's eyes lit up: "That's great, let's go take a look!"
He was in high spirits the whole way.
"I've never seen mushrooms grown before."
After graduating, he worked at a daily newspaper, mainly writing news about politics and economics.
He didn't know much about the agricultural channel.
Lin Yu said with a smile, "You'll see soon enough. Dongshan Brigade not only has a large mushroom house, but each of their families also has a small one."
Reporter Chen: "So, everyone there knows how to grow mushrooms?"
Is it a traditional craft?
Lin Yu shook her head: "At first, they picked mushrooms and delivered them to us. Later, when we didn't have enough mushrooms, Comrade Qi Mei started to study cultivation."
"This mushroom house was built by Qi Mei and her husband, Comrade Chen Songbai."
Seeing that she was praising Qi Mei in her words, reporter Chen said, "Women are just as capable as men! I must meet this Comrade Qi Mei later."
Lin Yu nodded: "If you knew her story, you would admire her even more."
Then, Lin Yu told him a story about a girl from the mountains who was sold to the production brigade.
Reporter Chen sighed, "So her background is so tragic."
Lin Yu shook her head: "She doesn't need sympathy. She's very happy now. She even had a daughter two years ago, and she's adorable."
That year, Qi Mei and Chen Songbai were finally accepted by Captain Chen's family.
She became pregnant at that time.
Two years ago, she gave birth to a daughter.
Lin Yu came over to see her; the child looked a lot like Qi Mei and was exceptionally beautiful.
Chen Songbai is absolutely in love with her.
He would get angry if anyone dared to dislike his daughter.
"Look, that's Comrade Chen Songbai over there."
As soon as the three entered Dongshan Brigade, they saw a man carrying a child on his back, standing by the roadside.
"Chen Songbai, what are you doing here? And you're wearing Baozhu."
Chen Songbai turned around, saw Lin Yu, and said with a bright smile, "Baozhu wants to come and see the flowers."
So he carried the child on his back and strolled around the village, letting her see as much as she wanted.
Baozhu behind her seemed to still remember Lin Yu, waving her two little hands and calling out, "Auntie, Auntie."
Lin Yu squeezed her chubby little hand: "Hello, Baozhu."
Chen Songbai then noticed the two men who had come with Lin Yu: "Who are these?"
"Oh, let me introduce you. This is reporter Chen from Beicheng Daily, and the person next to him is the cameraman."
Reporter Chen extended his hand: "Hello, Comrade Chen Songbai."
Chen Songbai's eyes widened, and he wiped his hand on his pants before shaking hands: "Hello."
Lin Yu then explained that they came to interview the food factory and took the opportunity to visit the mushroom farm.
Chen Songbai's eyes lit up. Did this mean that even their mushroom houses could be featured in the newspaper?
Xiao Mei would be so happy if she knew.
"Come on, I'll take you there."
......
After entering Dongshan Brigade, we soon came to a large courtyard.
There is a well in the courtyard, and the courtyard is divided into three rooms.
There are people in every room right now.
Upon seeing Chen Songbai and Lin Yu, Qi Mei went out and said, "Xiao Yu, you're here."
She walked over with a smile, saw the pearl on Chen Songbai's back, and reached out to take it down.
"You little rascal, you've made your dad carry you around again?"
Baozhu smiled shyly and ran off with her short legs.
She's going to find her grandmother.
Qi Mei saw her run over to her mother-in-law before turning her gaze back to Lin Yu.
Knowing that Lin Yu had brought reporters to see the mushroom house, Qi Mei's smile became even brighter.
"Since you reporters are interested, I'll take you to see it."
Her expression was not without pride.
Reporter Chen doesn't mind this kind of pride; people with skills deserve respect.
Qi Mei led them into the first room and explained, "This is mainly for cultivating oyster mushrooms."
When reporter Chen entered, he was taken aback.
The environment inside was very clean and damp, with rows of mushroom bags hanging on the walls.
Each package was covered with dense clusters of oyster mushrooms.
Several women were already picking them.
Pick the oyster mushrooms one by one and put them into the basket.
Reporter Chen then asked, "Could I take a picture?"
Qi Mei was more than happy to agree: "Okay, go ahead and take the picture."
Afterwards, reporter Chen followed the villagers to experience what it's like to pick mushrooms.
"Are these sent away after they're harvested?"
Qi Mei: "No, we need to take it next door to pick it out, and then put it in a basket before we can send it out."
Lin Yu then explained, "Some of the lower-quality ones have to be picked out; we also have a quality inspection department over there."
Reporter Chen nodded and then looked at the other two rooms.
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