"I don't know what's wrong with Li Weidong. He just had to dig up the mushrooms," said a villager watching from the sidelines.
"Shoveled it? That can't be, can it?" Wang Dahua said in disbelief.
The mushrooms at Li Weidong's farm were planted around the same time as those at my farm.
These days are the peak season for mushrooms.
How could he possibly let the money he had in his hands go to waste and destroy the mushrooms?
"Why not? Li Weidong has been working on this all afternoon, he's dug up all the mushrooms inside... I heard the soil even has to be dug out and replanted."
"He must have lost his mind, or he's made too much money and is just being extravagant!"
Just as everyone was talking, Li Weidong emerged from the mushroom shed.
"Stop talking nonsense. I removed the mushrooms because they got yellow mushroom disease and had to be removed so they could no longer be sold."
"Get ill?"
Wang Dahua paused for a moment, then burst into gloating laughter: "You're cured, you're cured! God has opened his eyes!!"
"Serves you right for hitting me, you little brat! Hahahaha!!!"
Wang Dahua burst into hearty laughter.
The gloom of the past few days was released all at this moment.
Li Weidong didn't need to look up to know that the one speaking must be Wang Dahua.
He sneered, "My mushrooms have yellow mushroom disease. What does that have to do with God? Your mushrooms haven't been sprayed with pesticides either, so they'll definitely get infected too."
"Bullshit! Our mushrooms are perfectly fine! They won't get sick!"
As she spoke, Wang Dahua took out the newly signed contract and showed it off to Li Weidong as if to show off.
"See this? This is the contract we just signed with a big boss in the city. Not only are our mushrooms fine, they've all been sold for 80 cents a pound, which is higher than what you offered!"
"You idiot!" Li Weidong was too lazy to argue with her. He muttered something under his breath and turned back to his work.
However, in Wang Dahua's view, his behavior was tantamount to surrender.
She stood there like a victor, holding the contract, smugly showing it off next to the mushroom shed.
"Look, everyone, look! It's only 80 cents a pound, a full 80 cents a pound!"
Back then, that little bastard Li Weidong only gave us five cents a pound. Tell me, what else could he be but a vampire?
Let me tell you, whatever you do, don't follow him in growing mushrooms. He's a bloodsucker, a rich landlord. If any of you want to grow mushrooms...
Come to our house! I, Wang Dahua, will take you there for free. Don't trust that scoundrel Li Weidong.
His own mushrooms are sick, how can he help you? Trust me, Wang Dahua, there won't be any problems!
Li Weidong was working in the mushroom shed when he heard Wang Dahai's boastful words outside, and he couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
Keep showing off, then.
Wait a few days until you can't deliver the goods, then see how you cry.
He was absolutely certain that the mushrooms in Wang Dahua's family's garden were also sick...
In the past, I helped my aunt's family solve all the technical problems related to mushroom cultivation.
Aside from some physical labor, they knew nothing about growing mushrooms.
So let her keep showing off. The higher this clown jumps, the harder she'll fall in the end!
...
At 8 p.m., Li Weidong finally finished his work in the mushroom shed and carried his shovel home.
As soon as I returned to the yard, I heard the phone ringing inside the house.
He rushed into the house and answered the phone.
"Hey, Brother Bin, why are you calling so late?"
The call was from Zhang Bin.
"I've been worried about you ever since I got your call during the day, so I called you now that I finally had some free time... What did you do with those sick mushrooms?"
"They've all been removed! The potting soil has also been dug out; we plan to cultivate it again."
“That’s right.” Zhang Bin on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief: “I was really afraid that you would continue to sell those mushrooms. Let me tell you, I have a relative who did this. He couldn’t bear to part with those mushrooms, so he secretly took them to the market and sold them at a low price. As a result, he was complained about and not only had his illegal gains confiscated by the industry and commerce bureau, but he was also fined two thousand yuan.”
"So ruthless?" Li Weidong gasped.
"Of course! Diseased mushrooms are poisonous, so you can't just sell them. It's a good thing you dug them up; if you had sold them, it would have been a real problem."
"Don't worry, how could I, Li Weidong, do such a heartless thing?"
"I'm relieved to see you're so aware of this. By the way, I'm calling you this time because there's something else I'd like to discuss with you."
"What's up?"
"I was thinking, how about we team up?"
"Cooperation?" Li Weidong asked, puzzled.
"Here's the thing, all my relatives and friends are now growing mushrooms with me. But as you know, I'm good at technical research, but when it comes to sales, I'm completely clueless."
My relatives are all peasants; they're good at manual labor, but otherwise, they're useless.
So I was thinking, why don't you help us sell the mushrooms? After deducting costs, we can split the profits equally. What do you think?
"Well..."
Li Weidong pondered for a moment.
He hadn't really thought about it.
“Weidong, I think you’re really smart. You don’t need to tie yourself to the mushroom shed. You should do what you’re better at. Besides, you have a tricycle, so transportation is convenient. So, you can focus on sales and transportation.”
Leave the planting to us..."
"You have a point!"
Actually, after today's incident, he didn't want his mother to continue working. He thought it better to use Zhang Bin as an excuse to transfer the family's mushroom shed so he could focus on sales and transportation.
He opened his mouth as if to ask something.
At this moment, his younger sister entered the main room, looking anxious to talk to him.
Li Weidong understood and said to Zhang Bin, "Brother Bin, let me think about this. I'll give you an answer once I've thought it through!"
"Okay, it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. You can think it over carefully. I'm hanging up now, I should go to sleep."
"good."
...
After hanging up the phone, Li Weidong looked at Li Xiaoli: "Lili, what's wrong?"
"Brother, did you upset Mom again? She looked terrible lying in bed."
"ah?"
Li Weidong was startled and quickly ran into his mother's room.
On the bed, Zhao Xiulian was leaning against the headboard, her hands covering her chest, her face sallow and sickly.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Li Weidong asked anxiously.
"Dongzi, your mother is asking you, did you uproot the mushrooms in the two sheds behind the village?"
"this……"
Li Weidong guessed that his mother must know.
He didn't hide it from her anymore: "Who told you?"
"Never mind who told me, I'm just asking you, is it because of the yellow mushroom disease?"
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