As dawn broke and the village remained shrouded in tranquility, Mo Hongying was already out of bed. She dressed quietly, careful not to wake her two sleeping children. After a quick wash, she hurried towards the mushroom greenhouse. For her family, today was an extremely important day!
Last night, the whole family sat down together and decided that today we would pick the first batch of ripe mushrooms and take them to the county town to check out the market prices. This is related to the family's income for the foreseeable future, so everyone is taking it very seriously.
By this time, the rest of the family had also woken up. Mo Gang and his wife, along with Hongxia, had to get up early to set up their breakfast stall; Yu Xiue stayed home to look after their two young children and help prepare their breakfast; the rest of the family went to the mushroom greenhouse to help with the picking. Even Lin Xue, who rarely participated in this kind of work, volunteered to go to the city with them today, just to ensure that nothing went wrong with the operation.
The family arrived at the greenhouse in the dark and gently pushed open the door. The greenhouse had already been powered on, and Mo Hongying skillfully pressed the switch, instantly dispelling the darkness with bright light. Everyone got to work, carefully selecting the fully grown, plump mushrooms. They cautiously picked the mushrooms and gently placed them in baskets, their movements as delicate as if these mushrooms were fragile treasures.
To ensure the freshness of the mushrooms as much as possible, after each basket was filled, someone would immediately bring a damp cloth and carefully cover it. In this way, everyone worked in an orderly manner, and more than an hour passed without them realizing it.
Finally, Mo Yuan, who had been working diligently, looked up, wiped the sweat from his brow, and called out, "Everyone, let's take a break!" Hearing this, everyone straightened up and turned to look at Mo Yuan. Mo Yuan continued, "This is our first time picking mushrooms, so we can't pick too many at once. Besides, some mushrooms, although they look almost ready, would actually be better if they grew for another two days. So, let's load these onto the truck for now!" With that, everyone worked together to move the baskets full of mushrooms to the truck parked at the door.
Several large baskets of fresh, plump mushrooms were neatly stacked inside the handcart, filling it to the brim with no gaps. Mo Yuan skillfully connected the handcart to the back of his bicycle, thus eliminating the need for him to pull the handcart into town manually, saving him a lot of trouble.
When he arrived at the pre-arranged meeting point at the village entrance, he could clearly see Gouzi and his mother, who had been waiting there for a long time, and Mo Chunsheng's family's car parked nearby, all looking energetic and ready to go.
After everyone met, they inevitably exchanged greetings and pleasantries.
After a brief chat, the convoy of several vehicles set off towards the county town.
Their first destination was that rather large state-owned supply and marketing cooperative.
In fact, Mo Yuan had already mentioned a general intention to cooperate with the relevant personnel of this supply and marketing cooperative before. So as soon as he arrived at the place, the warm-hearted Sister Ma immediately called over their person in charge.
Upon seeing Mo Yuan, the person in charge immediately put on a friendly smile, nodded repeatedly to welcome him, and exchanged a few polite words with him.
Next, the person in charge walked to the cart, gently lifted the coarse cloth covering it, and carefully examined the mushrooms inside. A look of satisfaction gradually appeared in his eyes, and he nodded repeatedly, clearly very pleased with the quality of the mushrooms.
Then, he straightened up, smiled, and said, "Not bad! I really didn't expect you to actually be able to grow such good mushrooms. You know, these things are a rare commodity in our small county; many people have never even seen one! Since the mushrooms are fine, let's discuss the price!"
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