Upon hearing Aunt Zhang's question, Han Yi thought to herself, "The more the better," but to avoid arousing her suspicion, she still spoke up.
"From what Manager Tong said, about 300 catties should be enough. As for whether we need more later, we'll have to wait for his notification."
The reason Han Yiyi said 300 jin was because she had calculated that each person could pick up about 1.5 jin a day at most, and they would have to sort them. So, even if Aunt Zhang's family went to pick up everything, they could only pick up about 50 or 60 jin a day.
Han Yiyi planned to have Aunt Zhang and the village chief's families pick mushrooms. Both families knew that he had sold the recipe to Yunlai Restaurant and had done business with them, so they wouldn't doubt his reason too much.
Although Han Yiyi felt that there were too few people picking mushrooms, such as Aunt Zhang's family and Granny Fan's family, since it was already autumn and the weather would get colder and colder after October, there would be fewer and fewer mushrooms, and she would no longer be able to exchange mushrooms for points, it would be easier to find out if there were too many people.
Han Yiyi knew which choice to make: exchanging fewer points or being burned at the stake as a monster if her secret was discovered. Besides, there would definitely be other things to exchange for in the future, so it was better to be cautious.
When Aunt Zhang heard that they needed 300 jin (150 kg), her eyes widened in disbelief. Even if she picked rice with the village head's family, each family could get over 100 jin (50 kg), right? Over 100 jin (50 kg) was over 100 jin (50 kg) of rice! Thinking of this, Aunt Zhang felt her heart was about to jump out of her throat...
Then, upon hearing Han Yiyi say that the matter should not be spread, he quickly covered his mouth.
Actually, I don't blame Aunt Zhang for being excited. They would certainly be willing to eat more than 100 jin of rice themselves. If they exchanged it for brown rice, that would be more than 200 jin. More than 200 jin of brown rice could feed their family for several months. If they added some wild vegetables, it wouldn't be impossible for them to eat for half a year.
Imagine earning enough food to last half a year in just two or three days—how could you not be excited?
Seeing that Aunt Zhang and the children looked like they were in a hurry to leave, Han Yi didn't stop them.
I wanted to remind them that things like morels and snake mushrooms, which they don't usually eat, are fine to eat, but then I thought better of it. I'll tell them about it tomorrow when I have time to pick mushrooms with them. After all, some mushrooms have different names here, like bamboo fungus, which is called snake mushroom here.
Watching the family hurry towards the back mountain, Han Yi felt a little excited, after all, they were picking up her points...
After leaving Aunt Zhang's house, Han Yiyi turned around and went to the village chief's house.
Seeing that the door was not closed, Han Yiyi went straight in. In the courtyard, the village chief was talking to his wife. When they saw Han Yiyi coming, the village chief's wife quickly brought a chair for Han Yiyi to sit down.
Han Yiyi didn't stand on ceremony and sat down, recounting what she had said at Aunt Zhang's house.
After hearing Han Yiyi's words, the two looked no less shocked than Aunt Zhang. Although the village chief's family was better off than Aunt Zhang's, in this year of food and clothing shortages, which family wouldn't want to stock up on more food?
After it was confirmed that what Han Yiyi said was true, the village chief's wife called out into the house.
"Lanhua, hurry, come out with your sister-in-law, get ready, we're going to the mountain to pick mushrooms..."
As soon as the village chief's wife finished speaking, a young girl came out of the main room, followed by a woman of about twenty years old. The woman was dressed as a married woman and had her head slightly lowered. This must be Zhu Zi's wife.
The village chief and his wife only had a son and a daughter. It is said that the village chief's wife injured her body when she gave birth to Zhuzi, and it took her several years to recover before she gave birth to a daughter.
The little girl looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old as she walked and asked a question.
"Mother, didn't you just say you'd go up the mountain later? Why are you in such a hurry now...?"
When he saw Han Yiyi in the yard, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly greeted her with a smile.
"Hello, Sister Yi, after you left that den of wolves, the Fan family, you became much more beautiful..."
"orchid……".
Upon hearing her daughter's words, the village chief's wife hurriedly tried to reprimand her, but Han Yiyi interrupted her.
“Auntie, it’s alright. Lan Hua is right. The Fan family is a den of wolves. Only after leaving there did I realize that life has meaning…”
Listening to Han Yiyi's words, the village chief's wife couldn't help but recall Han Yiyi's past days in the Fan family, and couldn't help but sigh.
However, Lan Hua was not lying when she said that Han Yiyi had become more beautiful. Before, because the original owner was too thin, her cheeks were sunken, but now she has gained some weight.
In addition, unlike the original owner who always stayed up late doing embroidery, Han Yiyi's complexion has improved significantly. Although there are still some freckles on her cheeks, she looks much better than before.
The village chief's wife was still lamenting Han Yiyi's days at the Fan family's house when she suddenly remembered the purpose of Han Yiyi's visit today. Quickly, she instructed her daughter-in-law and daughter to pack their things and prepare to go up the mountain...
Seeing their anxiety, Han Yi didn't linger any longer. He needed to find Uncle Wei and ask him to go to town with him.
After all, rice doesn't just appear in your house out of nowhere.
Han Yiyi planned to have Old Man Wei wait for him at the town entrance, and then he would go to Yunlai Restaurant to take a look and see how their braised food was selling.
Old Man Wei was very curious when he saw Han Yi carrying such a large basket to town. Besides, people usually go to town in the morning, and it was already past noon. So he asked.
"Han girl, what are you going to town to buy at this time of year, and why are you carrying such a big basket on your back..."
"Well, the main beam of our house is about to be installed, and we're out of rice and flour. We'll go to town to buy some..."
What Han Yiyi said was true; the new house was indeed about to have its roof beam raised, but Han Yiyi had no intention of using the money in her pocket to buy food.
Upon arriving in town, Han Yiyi asked Old Man Wei to wait for her at the town entrance for half an hour, after which she would return. Old Man Wei had no objections.
He was a little puzzled. It was afternoon, and there weren't many people in town. The oxcart could go in, so why didn't Han Yiyi let him go in with her? But since Han Yiyi didn't say, he didn't ask. He just waited quietly, which would allow the ox to rest for a while.
After getting off the oxcart, Han Yiyi went straight to Yunlai Restaurant. As soon as she entered the restaurant, she saw Manager Tong talking to the waiter behind the counter.
It was already afternoon, and there were no customers in the restaurant, so when Han Yiyi appeared, the two people behind the counter looked over curiously.
The waiter still remembered Han Yiyi and greeted her with a smile when she came in. When Manager Tong saw that the person was Han Yiyi, for some reason, when he saw the big basket on Han Yiyi's back and thought about the process of buying the braised meat recipe that day, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
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