Chapter 581 Chapter 582: There must be something hateful about pitiful people
"Thank you!" Cousin Fang's wife stood at the gate of the yard, looking at the various flowers and plants that led from the wall to the backyard. She recognized orchids, roses, dahlias, henna, morning glories and codonopsis pilosula, and felt that this was a yard where people lived.
The two children were not interested in the courtyard wall or the blooming flowers. The younger one glanced at her and said, "Mom, I'm hungry!"
Fang's wife hit her on the back and said, "You debt collector, you ate potatoes before going out, and you're hungry again before you even get to the mountain, do you have a stomach full of intestines?"
The older one hurriedly pulled the younger one, and both of them shrank back, not daring to say a word.
When Yang Chunyan tied up the dog, she suddenly remembered that she had heard Zhou's mother mention her cousin Fang Tian in her previous life.
It is said that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person. When she was young, she was bullied by her mother-in-law and her husband, so she took her anger out on her two daughters. Later, she outlasted her mother-in-law and her husband, and sold her daughters to her son to get a wife.
When she was old, her son and daughter-in-law did not support her, and no one knew she starved to death in the house.
Yang Chunyan looked at the two children beside her and said, "Cousin Fang, bring the children in and sit for a while. Huai'an will be here soon."
"Thank you, cousin!" Cousin Fang's wife brought her two children into the yard, walked to the steps at the door of the main room, and sat on the round wooden stool.
Yang Chunyan smiled faintly, went to the kitchen, opened the bamboo cover, took out the steamed buns, and handed them to the two children, "Eat steamed buns."
The two children looked at her, took the bun and stuffed it into their mouths. The younger one choked on the bun and his face turned red.
Fang's cousin swallowed her saliva and said embarrassedly: "My mother-in-law and her husband sold all the food in the house, leaving only some potatoes, sweet potatoes and taro."
"Oh!" Yang Chunyan took two bamboo cups, picked up the teapot and poured two cups of water for them, "Eat slowly and drink some water!"
She thought of Zhao Meina and her brother. After the holiday, the three of them were like three hardworking little bees. Xiaochuan caught insects and fed chickens at home, and cut grass for pigs to send to the Su family, thanking them for teaching them how to raise rice fields and release water.
The Mina sisters make jelly every day and carry it around the streets, earning four or five yuan a day.
As the old saying goes, women are weak by nature, but they become strong when they become mothers. If you don't dare to offend your sixth aunt and your gambling husband, and take your anger out on your own daughter, are you still a human being?
Fang's wife smiled flatteringly, "It's really the youngest cousin who is capable. He has earned such a large fortune and built such a nice yard."
Yang Chunyan: "How can we compare to my cousin's family, who moved into a big tiled house very early. My family's yard was built by my grandfather, father-in-law and brothers who made bricks and tiles. Otherwise, I don't know when I would have built a house like this!"
At this time, Zhou Huaian, Xu Hongbing, and Li Wu walked in. He glanced at Fang's wife and her daughter and said, "The two sisters Mina went to sell ice jelly. I told Xiaochuan to come tomorrow."
Yang Chunyan nodded and said, "When you go up the mountain, bring your cousin's wife with you and teach them to recognize red mushrooms."
Fang's wife pulled her two daughters and stood up, "Excuse me, youngest cousin."
"No trouble!" Zhou Huaian took the backpack and belongings handed to him by Yang Chunyan, and walked out of the gate towards the back mountain with Li Wu and others.
It took some time to inform Zhao Meina and her brother, so now everyone in the village who can go up the mountain has gone up.
Turning to the back mountain, Xu Hongbing glanced at the mother and daughter of the Fang family behind him, and whispered to Zhou Huaian: "Why did Fang's wife want to come to your house?"
Zhou Huaian: "Do you know Fang Dugui's wife?"
Xu Hongbing: "I heard from Liu Laoer and the others that this woman looks pitiful, but she is not like that behind the scenes. No one in their village is willing to help her."
Zhou Huaian: "Once we find the red mushroom, we'll teach them and give them a sample to take with them, and then we'll head to the southeast forest."
"Yes!" Xu Hongbing agreed, and then looked at Li Wu with a playful smile, "Tell me the truth, who did you help carry manure water for yesterday?"
Li Wu's face turned red immediately. "Hey, do you have clairvoyance or super hearing? How come you know everything?"
"I don't have clairvoyance or super hearing, it's all coincidence!" Xu Hongbing laughed slyly, "Yesterday when you were helping people carry manure, I was breaking corn in the corn field, I saw it clearly!"
Seeing his expression, Zhou Huaian laughed, "Brother Li, the Red Luan star is moving, when are you going to invite us to the wedding banquet?"
"That's not true!" Li Wu whispered, "Yesterday I went to carry corn, and Wang Chunhua was carrying manure in front of me. She might have stepped on a stone when she passed me, so I reached out and helped her. I saw that she had sprained her ankle and couldn't walk, so I helped her carry the corn to the field." He added, "Nothing else, I just carried the corn once!"
Xu Hongbing gave him a nudge and said, "Old Li, you are really reckless. My ankle is sprained, so what if you just help carry the load a few more times?"
Li Wu said honestly: "It's okay to help carry a few loads, but I'm afraid of those gossipy women in the village... Forget it, their tongues can kill people, so it's better to avoid trouble!"
Zhou Huaian laughed after hearing this and said, "Old Xu, I just realized that Wang Chunhua and Brother Li are both honest people. It's quite suitable for them to be together!"
"That's right!" Xu Hongbing nudged Li Wu and said, "How about I go back and let my mother help you find a partner?"
Li Wu's face turned red as if it was painted red. "You two are getting more and more outrageous. I'm not going to pay attention to you." After saying that, he strode upstairs.
"Hahaha!" Xu Hongbing laughed so hard that he fell down. "You're a grown man, but you're still blushing and shy!"
Li Wu turned around and glared at him, "I don't want to bother with you!"
Last night's rain made the distant mountains no longer so weak and the trees became lush and green, but it made the mountain path a little slippery and difficult to walk on.
Seeing that all three men had gone up, Fang's wife turned her head anxiously and glanced at the two sisters, "Zhaonan, hold Zhaorong's hand and walk faster, or you won't be able to catch up with your uncle and the others."
"Oh!" Fang Zhaonan grabbed his sister's hand and quickened his pace.
After hearing this, Zhou Huaian turned around and looked at the mother and her two children behind him, "Cousin Fang, follow us. We will wait for you at the top of the mountain."
"Hey!" Cousin Fang's wife glanced at the two sisters, reached out and grabbed Fang Zhaorong's hand, quickened her pace and caught up.
At this time, Li Wu, who had already walked into the forest, held a few big-foot mushrooms in his hand and said, "Youngest, look, everyone has gone with your brother and sister-in-law to look for red mushrooms. No one is picking up these delicious big-foot mushrooms."
Zhou Huaian looked at the little fat boy in his hand and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to wait until we meet a chicken mushroom to find someone to pick it up today!"
Xu Hongbing picked up two mushrooms and looked towards the fence. "Youngest, where is the beehive you put over there last time?"
"My grandfather and Chunyan are both afraid of bees, so I moved a nest for them!" Zhou Huaian saw a hint of purple and red under the pine needles. He used a pry bar to push away the pine needles and saw two big, plump red mushrooms.
"It's dark under the lamp! There's one right at my back door, why are you running so far!" He walked forward and patted the surface of the mushroom, inserted the crowbar into the soil, pried it up, pulled the red mushroom up, shook off the soil, and put it in the basket.
He stood up and looked around, and saw that there were still a dozen or so around. He said to Xu Hongbing and Li Wu, "Come here, Master will teach you how to recognize the big red mushroom."
"Fuck!" Xu Hongbing didn't even bother to pick up the chanterelles after hearing this. He ran over and said, "Let me see what this fresh beauty looks like."
The two had seen some dried red mushrooms that Zhou Huaian had sent to Secretary Zhang to see, and they wondered if they were the same red mushrooms that they were thinking of.
Zhou Huaian pointed proudly in front of him, "That one, that one, and that one... they are all there. Pick them up and I will teach you slowly."
Xu Hongbing and Li Wu plucked up the flowers he pointed out, and the mother and daughter of the Fang family also arrived at the grove.
Zhou Huaian handed the big red mushroom in his hand to her, "Cousin Fang, this is the big red mushroom. Look at its cap, it's bright red with purple, the front is deep red, and the center is dark red... The stem of the red mushroom is short, round and solid.
Poisonous red mushrooms, such as the red-faced mushroom, have thin flesh, only the part near the surface is red, and taste bitter... The stem is white or pink and hollow. "
He looked at them and said, "Remember it?"
Fang Zhaonan nodded, and Fang's cousin's wife blushed and nodded again and again, "Remember, the little red-faced mushroom is poisonous, and the solid-stalked ones are not poisonous."
Zhou Huaian looked at the two girls who looked like little beggars, thought about it and said, "We charge 5 cents per pound for mushrooms like this with complete caps and stems, and 3 cents per pound for smaller ones. Be careful, don't pick up the poisonous red mushrooms. They will be selected before being weighed when they are delivered to you."
Fang's wife looked at him gratefully and replied softly, "Okay, I'll remember that!"
She felt that Yang Chunyan was arrogant and looked down on others, while Zhou Huaian was a better person, speaking softly and looking good!
Why are other people so lucky? They find men who are good-looking and capable, and even their in-laws are good.
Over there, Xu Hongbing and Li Wu had already picked up the dozen or so red mushrooms and put them all in Zhou Huaian's basket. "Youngest, are you ready?"
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian walked towards the two of them, "Village Chief Qu from Huangqinggou will be here soon. I'll send some samples down to Chunyan. You two wait here for a while."
"Yes!" The two of them started searching in the woods with baskets in hand.
When Cousin Fang saw Zhou Huaian running down the mountain with a few red mushrooms, she followed him for a few steps, then stopped, turned around and walked up the mountain with her daughter.
Zhou Huaian ran home and saw Yang Chunyan feeding the child. He put the red mushroom on the table and said, "We found it in the forest behind our house. When Qu Qiulin comes later, you can take it away for them."
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan said with a smile, "When grandpa comes back, I will go to the back mountain to take a look."
Zhou Huaian laughed and teased her, "Seeing that everyone else is picking mushrooms, your feet must be itching!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Really? I'll go to the big pit and take a look later!"
"Remember to put on your boots before you go." Zhou Huaian said, touching his son's face, "I'm leaving!"
“Be careful!”
Zhou Huaian waved his hand and quickly ran out of the door. When he went up the mountain, he saw the two people waiting there and asked with a smile, "Are they leaving?"
"Let's go!" Xu Hongbing picked up the red mushrooms in the basket, "Youngest, it's pretty much what we thought."
"Yes, you can recognize it if you look carefully." Zhou Huaian told the two the difference between the poisonous red fungus and the red mushroom, "Old Xu, Brother Li, when you two go to collect the goods, you must carefully distinguish and identify them clearly. Don't take back the poisonous red mushroom."
Xu Hongbing and Li Wu nodded heavily, "Remember! We will definitely identify them before collecting them."
(End of this chapter)
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