San Ya took Jiang Tiantian's arm and smiled proudly.

"Hehe, be envious."

"Let me tell you, Sister Tiantian is an expert at finding matsutake mushrooms. We just need to follow her and pick them up along the way."

Cha Yonghao kept smiling and pretended to be surprised, teasing her, "Is sister-in-law really that amazing?"

"Of course, Sixth Brother, I didn't lie to you."

Sanya pointed with her little hand and said, "Look, our backpacks are all full. This is all thanks to sister-in-law Tiantian."

"If we had the backpacks left, we could have continued to collect."

The fifth aunt helped San Ya, who was getting too proud of herself.

"Don't listen to her nonsense. We were just lucky today and found a forest with a lot of matsutake mushrooms."

Cha Yonghao smiled but said nothing. He didn't take San Ya's words to heart. Picking Matsutake mushrooms was all about luck.

This row of bungalows is a Matsutake purchasing point built by the village at the foot of the mountain.

Villagers from nearby villages can gather the matsutake mushrooms they collect and sell them here.

Cha Yonghao helped them carry the baskets into the house, then picked, weighed and recorded them.

"You are the last group to come down the mountain today, but you have gained the most."

Many people in the village set out to go up the mountain at three or four in the morning, and came back earlier than them.

Jiang Tiantian saw seven or eight elderly people in the room, who were skillfully sorting the Matsutake mushrooms that had just been picked from the mountain. They picked out the ones with good appearance, classified them according to different specifications and grades, and then packed them separately.

Several people divided the work and cooperated with each other, and the scene was in good order.

She asked curiously, "Where do you sell these matsutake mushrooms?"

The preservation technology was not well developed at that time, so the sales range of fresh matsutake should be very limited.

Unless you slice the matsutake mushrooms and dry them to sell as dried goods, they will not be affected by time and distance.

Speaking of this, Cha Yonghao became excited.

"Sister-in-law, you don't know this."

"I'm not bragging, but the matsutake mushrooms here are definitely the best in the country and can be exported to earn foreign exchange."

"After I sort and load all your matsutake mushrooms onto the truck, I will leave immediately. I will deliver them to Chengdu Airport tomorrow morning, and then we will airfreight them to Japan."

"If all goes well, someone in their country will be able to eat the freshest matsutake mushrooms the day after tomorrow."

He pointed at the pile of ordinary-looking matsutake mushrooms and said, "Even these ordinary goods, we can quickly find a place to sell them in Chengdu."

Jiang Tiantian really didn't expect that in this era, they had established such an efficient and fast Matsutake transportation route.

She had been involved in the logistics and transportation industry before, especially cross-border fresh food transportation, and knew that there were many links involved.

So she was particularly convinced and gave Cha Yonghao a thumbs up.

“You guys are awesome.”

Cha Jiuzhang didn't like Jiang Tiantian staring at other men with such admiring eyes.

This made him feel uncomfortable.

So, he kicked Cha Yonghao and said, "Look how proud you are. What time is it? Why don't you hurry up?"

Cha Yonghao dodged flexibly and shouted with a playful smile: "Hey, I'll dodge so you can't kick me."

Then he saw Jiang Tiantian's fox eyes, staring at him with a smile, and he touched his ears a little embarrassedly.

"No, brother, my sister-in-law is here, can you please be more careful?"

His image is originally very mature and stable.

Cha Jiuzhang ignored him and gave him a look, telling him to figure it out for himself.

Seeing Jiang Tiantian also put down her backpack, he asked in surprise, "This is the first time you dug matsutake mushrooms yourself, are you willing to sell them?"

Jiang Tiantian paused after putting down the backpack and looked at him in a daze.

Yes...

This was the first time she had dug something with her own hands since she was a child, and all of it was the proof and result of her hard work.

I would not bear to give away such memorable ingredients to others.

So, she quickly put the small basket back on her back and said confidently, "Yes, I won't sell it. I'm going to take it back and give it to my grandpa, parents and others to eat."

They have been very nice to me these past two days, and I want to return the favor.

Nothing is more sincere than picking the ingredients yourself.

Seeing this, the fifth aunt and her friends laughed secretly.

Today they all earned a lot of money thanks to Jiang Tiantian, and everyone was in a good mood at the moment.

The two old ladies who were sorting matsutake mushrooms nearby were busy with their hands, but they were smiling and whispering to each other.

"That basket weighs at least 10 kilograms, which is a lot of money. Jiuzhang asked her to keep it all for herself. I didn't expect that he dotes on his wife so much."

"Ah, it's good to be young. Unlike that damn old man in our family, he can't even fart all day long."

“…”

Except for Jiang Tiantian, the others picked out the broken matsutake mushrooms and sold the rest.

Cha Jiuzhang turned around and stuffed the money he had earned from the basket into her hands.

"You take the money."

Seeing this, Sister Guifang laughed, "Jiuzhang, you are conscious. You started paying the household expenses right after you got married."

The fifth cousin's wife also smiled and pushed Jiang Tiantian, "Hurry up and put it away. This man, you can't let him have too much money on him."

Jiang Tiantian looked at the handful of money that was suddenly stuffed into her hand and felt a little weird. This was the first time a man gave her money to spend.

It feels like it’s pretty good.

So she readily put the money in her pocket and straightened her back a little.

From then on, she had a family and someone to give her money.

Seeing this, Cha Jiuzhang smiled slightly, rubbed her head, and said softly: "Go home with your fifth aunt and leave the matsutake to mom, otherwise you will be late for dinner today."

"I'll help Xiaoliu load the remaining matsutake mushrooms into the car, then I'll go back."

The fifth aunt also knew that it was getting late and they couldn't delay any longer.

She held Jiang Tiantian's hand and said to Cha Jiuzhang, "Don't worry, you won't get lost. I will definitely help you get the person home safely."

On the way back to the village.

Jiang Tiantian learned more stories about Chajia Village from them.

The ancestor of the Cha family was a royal family of a small country in the Central Plains hundreds of years ago.

After the country was tragically destroyed, my ancestors fled here with their families and subordinates, and there were less than twenty people left.

From then on, the ancestors took the remaining people and changed their surnames to Cha, and stayed here, living in seclusion from the world.

After several years, it gradually developed into Chajia Village.

The fifth cousin couldn't help but sigh, "Speaking of which, the real direct descendant of the Cha family is currently only the third uncle (Cha Jizu) and his family in the village."

The other direct descendants had been scattered around the world over a long period of time, including during the war-torn era.

The second aunt continued:

"This road from the village to the town was built after my third uncle (Cha Jizu) brought his family back to the village to settle down. He slowly found the Cha clan members scattered overseas, raised some money, and then asked the villagers to work together. It took two or three years to repair it."

"Before this road was built, if we wanted to go to the nearest town, we had to cross mountains and ride horses for a whole day. Now it only takes two hours by car, and it only takes more than four hours to get to the county seat. It's much more convenient."

"After returning to the village, Uncle San has been working as a village doctor in the village clinic for many years. His medical skills and reputation are very good. People from nearby villages sometimes come to him for treatment. He only charges a small fee, or directly uses some mountain herbs or agricultural products to pay for the medicine."

"Chengye is now the village chief, and Mingyan is also the principal of our village primary school."

"So, they have a high status in the village and are very respected."