"The neighbors here are all nice people. They will lend a hand if there is any problem. But the family across the street is annoying from time to time." Zhou Yumei looked at the two of them and said, "Don't worry, I know you will support me. I am not afraid of them at all."
Zhou Huaian: "Don't be afraid. Even if the business fails, my mother said that she will give you her vegetable business. You can earn ten yuan a day."
"No, I think my business is doing pretty well!" Zhou Yumei said as she took out the account book from the drawer and handed it to Zhou Huaian, "Don't underestimate my small business. When things are going well, I can make around thirty yuan a day."
Zhou Yiding praised: "Great, Sister Yumei, your income for one day is higher than the monthly salary of the temporary workers hired by the forest farm."
"We just started selling it this year, so we're not well prepared. It should be better next year." Zhou Yumei paused, "I plan to wait until the weather gets cooler, and then ask Aunt San to bring me some steamed stinky tofu, and add fried stinky tofu as well."
Zhou Huaian returned the account book to her and said, "Okay, if you have any problems, go back and call us. Don't carry it all by yourself!"
Zhou Yumei nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Zhou Huaian stood up and said, "It's already this late, there aren't many buyers. You guys close the door, come back with us to eat, and bring the dog with you."
Zhou Yumei smiled and said, "We haven't eaten the porridge we cooked at noon yet! I even bought half a braised goose specially, and I wanted you to eat it together."
Zhou Huaian: "Bring them back with you. We'll make a soup pot with gray storks, turtledoves, cuckoo birds, and bamboo fungi tonight. Chunyan and mom also picked up a lot of morels and cow dung mushrooms."
"Sister Yumei!" Zhou Yiding pushed her inside, "Hurry up and get the braised goose and take us back together."
"Okay, let's go together." Zhou Yumei smiled and held Zhou Xiaoxi in her arms, then went to call Luo Haili to pack up.
After they packed up and closed the door, Zhou Yumei went to get a mat and spread it on the sack. Zhou Yiding and Luo Qiaoling climbed onto the tractor and sat on the mat. Luo Haili followed suit.
She carefully grabbed the tall wooden baffle and sat down. The tractor then made a sharp noise and emitted a cloud of black smoke.
"Let's go, everyone sit tight!" Zhou Huaian yelled to the three people behind him, turned the car around and drove towards the town entrance.
Luo Haili suddenly felt that someone was watching her from behind. When she turned around, she saw Mrs. He standing there looking at them with a gloomy face. She immediately glared back fiercely.
Zhou Yiding saw that she looked strange, turned his head and saw a figure from behind, "Cousin Luo, was that the He family just now? What happened to that person?"
Luo Haili smiled and said, "Mrs. He was standing at the door just now, looking at us with a dark face, uglier than a night owl. I glared back at her."
Zhou Yiding nodded, "Yes, you have to glare back. This old hag loves to bully the weak and fear the strong."
Luo Haili: "You're right. The old woman used to spit and curse us whenever she saw us. But after Yumei splashed her with slop twice, she no longer dares to spit. She only dares to do dirty things."
Just like Aunt Li said, if Yumei's life after separating from the He family was worse than that of the mangy dog at the village entrance, they would feel comfortable.
But you are living a better life than them, and you have started a business and make money every day. It would be strange if they feel good about it.
Zhou Yiding gave her a thumbs up and said, "Sister Yumei is awesome!"
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Zhou Yumei, who was sitting in the front holding Zhou Xiaoxi, watched Zhou Huaian driving the tractor skillfully and said with a smile: "Youngest brother, I never dreamed that there would be a day when our family could afford a tractor."
"What's the big deal about buying a tractor? I still want to earn money to buy a big Jiefang and a car!"
"You're so arrogant!" Zhou Yumei glared at him in disapproval. "It's okay to say that to me, but don't say that in front of outsiders, understand?"
"I know!" Zhou Huaian turned his head and glanced at her, "Sister, is Fang Dongming still working in the joint defense team?"
"Um!"
"Has the scar on his face gotten better?"
"No, it looks lighter in color than before."
Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Zhou Huaian stopped asking about Fang Dongming and concentrated on driving the tractor forward. After leaving the town and turning onto the mechanized farming road, the tractor began to sway from side to side.
There are many downhill roads from Funiu, so you can drive a long way in neutral gear. The uphill road back is much more difficult to carry so much grain. The tractor rumbles and emits black smoke as it slowly climbs up the slope.
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Yang Chunyan sent away the first wave of villagers who came to sell red mushrooms at home, went to the kitchen to grab a few handfuls of bamboo fungus and soaked them in warm water, and then went to the wine cellar.
I picked up the basin and found it was heavy. I took it outside and looked inside. I saw five gray storks, turtledoves and cuckoos, which weighed at least more than 20 kilograms.
Jiang Yu took a look and said, "Oh~ Is this the gray stork that the youngest and his friends shot that day?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Yes, they were so tired after a busy day that they didn't even want to move. They even went to the river to shoot birds and didn't come back until almost one o'clock."
Jia Chunhong: "I heard that Accountant Ye went to his uncle's house to catch two elopers, and was scolded by his uncle. They said that his family couldn't even manage women well, and they asked for such a thing, and even seduced my cousin."
Jiang Yu: "You can't blame my cousin in the first place. He is so young and naive that he can't resist the temptation of a charming woman like Li Chuntao."
Jia Chunhong: "Ye Laoyao's cousin is also a fool. He is going to have a wedding soon, but he left a virgin girl behind and eloped with a woman who is not decent. He will regret it one day."
"I don't think Ye Laoyao regrets asking for such a thing at all, and he's even pissed off!"
"Don't men like those who are enchanting?"
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Yang Chunyan couldn't help but laugh when she saw that the jokes they were making were becoming more and more obscene. She thought that it was not just the men who told obscene jokes together, but the women did the same.
After chopping up the three kinds of wild birds, she filled two basins. She scooped out the boiling water in the pot and replaced it with cold water. Then she poured the meat in the basin into the pot. After blanching it, she rinsed it several times with water and poured it into a colander to filter the water.
Thinking that the fire in the oven was too big and the soup would be dry by the time Zhou Huaian and the others came back, she took some more charcoal out and put it in the oven, then carried it to the kitchen to light the fire.
After scooping water to clean the iron pan, wait for the pan to heat up and stir-fry the oil of the gray stork and turtledove, then put the bird meat in the basin into the pan and stir-fry until the water is dried up.
Add water and bring to a boil, then skim off the foam, wash the soaked bamboo fungus twice and put it into the pot, add scallion, wolfberry, red dates, and then grab two handfuls of coix seed and put it in. After boiling, simmer over low heat.
Slowly, waves of hot air came out from the lid of the pot, and a fresh and fragrant smell wafted through the kitchen.
"What a nice smell!" Jiang Yu sniffed as he was washing mushrooms outside. "Chun Yan, what kind of mushrooms did you stew? Why do they smell so good?"
Yang Chunyan: "The bamboo fungus that Yiding sent me is called the queen of fungi, and it tastes the most delicious!"
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "Even chicken stewed with mushrooms doesn't smell this good. Good things are expensive for a reason!"
Jiang Yu: "That's right. Otherwise, why do they say that only money can distinguish goods? We also know that morels and matsutake mushrooms are delicious, but the price is high. If we find them, we will sell them immediately for money. Who would be willing to eat a single bite?"
"I didn't know it before and thought it was poisonous. I didn't pick it up when I saw it in the bamboo forest. This year, I saw Chunyan was collecting it, so I went to the bamboo forest and picked up two kilograms to sell for money." Jia Chunhong laughed, "Whenever my family picks good mushrooms, we send them here to sell for money. We can kill an old hen and stew a pot of them someday."
Zhao Huifang: "Aunt Jia, your family picked up a lot of morels and red mushrooms yesterday. We picked out two or three pounds. Why don't you stew them?"
Jia Chunhong: "We sold all the good mushrooms we picked this year to Chunyan. How can we bear to eat the ones we picked out? We have to dry some and save them for relatives and friends during the New Year and other festivals."
Zhao Huifang: "No wonder people say that those who pick mushrooms can't eat good mushrooms, and those who grow millet can only eat coarse grains."
When the stew was almost done, Yang Chunyan sliced the cow dung mushrooms and big-foot mushrooms, opened the lid of the pot, and smelled a rich, fresh aroma that rushed straight to her head.
She couldn't help swallowing her saliva, "Today's soup is delicious!"
"Oh my god, it smells so good!" Zhang Xiuxiang came in carrying a bamboo basket, looked into the big pot inside, sniffed, "Is it all stewed in one pot?"
Yang Chunyan put the chopped mushrooms into the pot. "With so many people here, I'm worried that this pot won't be enough!"
"Oh my!" Zhang Xiuxiang put down the bamboo basket and swallowed her saliva. "I didn't feel hungry just now, but when I smelled this fragrance, I felt so hungry all of a sudden."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Grandpa brought back some tender corns. If you want some, I'll go pick some and put them in the stove to cook for you."
"Forget it. I want to save my stomach for good food." Zhang Xiuxiang picked up the bamboo basket and left. She was worried that if she watched any longer, she would not be able to swallow her saliva.
She put morels, shiitake mushrooms and green oyster mushrooms into the pot. There was also a full basket of chicken mushroom flowers that she had collected in the afternoon. These things can be eaten after being blanched in the pot. You have to wait until the pot is taken out of the water before putting them into the pot.
Just as I put the mushrooms into the pot and covered it, Zhou Jiakang ran in with a few corns in his arms, "Aunt, help us roast some tender corns."
Yang Chunyan took a look and saw that the two people were carrying tender corns. "Put them in front of the stove. Auntie will cook them for you later."
After Zhou Jiakang put down the corn, he went to the pot and sniffed, "Aunt, what's in the pot? Why does it smell so good?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Grey stork, turtle dove and cuckoo bird stewed with mushrooms."
"Ah!" Zhou Jiakang looked at her in surprise, "When did my father go to fight back? How come I didn't know?"
"You were asleep, of course you didn't know!"
Yang Chunyan stroked him and went to the stove. There was still a lot of ashes inside. She tore off the old leaves outside and saw that he was picking the tender corns that had not dried yet. "Go pick two more and let Auntie burn them together."
"Okay!" Zhou Jiakang turned and ran out, and soon came back with a few corn cobs, "The ancestor said that this is delicious when cooked."
"No wonder, I thought you were so capable that you could even pick corn." Yang Chunyan tore off the outer leaves and stuffed them into the ash pit under the stove, then shoveled some fire ash on top and covered it. It won't take long for it to be cooked. (End of this chapter)
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