Chapter 445 Chapter 447: Grabbing Territory
Over there, Xu Hongbing quickly dug away the mud around the truffles with a bamboo knife, stretched out two fingers and used force to pick the truffles out, rubbed off the dirt on them, and grinned.
"Haha!" He held up a truffle as big as a small ball, "Look, this is the third one today! God of the mountain, please bless me and give me more of these first-class products."
Qian Chunhua took a look and dug the rotten soil on the ground more and more briskly, "I'll make two bowls of knife-head meat to honor the mountain god during the New Year!"
Li Wu bent his body and increased the speed of his hands. In the end, he half-knelt on the ground like Xu Hongbing, and used his hands to dig up the soft rotten soil and pick out the exposed truffles.
The three of them were working selflessly when suddenly a shout came from below, "Hurry up, there is a pine forest here!"
In a blink of an eye, Zhou Huaijin and his family climbed up the pine forest.
"Fuck!" He looked at Xu Hongbing, his mother and Li Wu, "Why are you here so early? Did you know about this a long time ago?"
Qian Chunhua was about to speak when Xu Hongbing interrupted her, "What do you mean? I come here to dig truffles and take them home to make wine or feed pigs. What are you doing here?"
After hearing this, Qian Chunhua immediately understood what he meant. These people were Zhou Laoyao's relatives, and it would be difficult for him if he let the secret slip.
"That's right, why are you guys with big brains here too?"
"Dig truffles!" Zhou Huaijin looked at the truffles in Xu Hongbing's basket and said, "Hongbing, how about selling these truffles to me?"
Xu Hongbing glanced at him sideways, without slowing down his actions at all, "Do you want to buy it?"
"Well! I'll give you 20 cents per pound, no matter how big or small it is, I'll buy it all."
"Not for sale!" Xu Hongbing put the truffles he dug out into a bamboo basket. "Go away! Don't delay my truffle search."
Zhou Huaijin was unwilling to give up, and quickly doubled the price, "Do you want to sell it for 40 cents a pound?"
Xu Hongbing was very upset when he saw that he was delaying his search for truffles, so he pulled the backpack towards himself.
"I'm just kidding you. There's a big red paper posted at the brigade headquarters saying that truffles are being collected. Do you have no eyes or do I have no eyes?"
Zhou Huaijin was so angry that he almost died, "You fucking ..."
Qian Chunhua grabbed a handful of rotten soil and threw it over, "You bastard, who are you scolding!"
Zhou Huaijin's mother stepped forward and said, "Qian Chunhua, why are you so fierce? Zhou Laoyao and I are from the same family. When we go back, I will tell Laoyao that I will not accept your truffles!"
Xu Hongbing sneered, "Oh my! I'm scared to death, you're welcome to tell me!"
Damn it, Zhou Laoyao really treats you as a brother from the same family, he called you yesterday! He felt proud again when he thought of this, it turns out that in Zhou Laoyao's heart, I am closer to him than a brother like Dabo Ke!
The Zhou Huaijin brothers rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward. "You sneaky bastard, what are you so proud of?"
Xu Hongbing glanced at him sideways with pride, "I am proud that I came two or three hours earlier than you, and my luck is better than yours. Look! My first-class goods are already six or seven kilograms, you are jealous and envious! It's a pity that I won't sell them to you!"
Li Wu came over with a rake in his hand. "Big brother, no fighting allowed. It's written in the notice that those who fight will not be admitted."
Xu Hongbing stood up and said, "Old Li, don't try to persuade them. I'm going to see if he dares to hit me today."
Seeing this, Zhou Huaijin's mother hurriedly pulled the two brothers and said, "Forget it, forget it, let's go dig truffles!"
The whole family hunched over and stared as they searched in the woods.
Zhou Huaijin pointed to a place excitedly, "Here, here it is!"
Zhou Huaiyin hurriedly picked up the rake and started digging. He watched from the side and shouted, "Be careful, be careful, don't dig it to pieces!"
"Don't worry, I'm very careful!" Zhou Huaiyin raked down, and when he lifted the rake, he saw a fist-sized truffle stuck on it, and cried out in pain, "Oh no! It's broken!"
"Ouch!" Zhou Huaijin looked at him in anguish, "Such a big hole, that bastard Zhou Laoyao must have written it, he won't accept the rotten ones!"
Zhou Huaiyin threw the rake and said, "If you can do it, come and dig! I'll dig!"
Zhou Huaijin picked up the rake and said, "I'll do it if I can!"
Half an hour later, more than a dozen villagers came into the woods. Seeing that there were already people in the woods, they bent over and started searching in the woods.
For a moment, the pine forest was more lively than the village.
Time always passes quickly on a treasure hunt, and in a blink of an eye it was already noon.
Xu Hongbing put the truffles he had dug out into a bamboo basket, stood up and pounded his sore lower back, "Mom, are you hungry? I'm starving."
Qian Chunhua pounded her aching arm, "If you're hungry, eat some biscuits! Xiaofang wrapped them in cotton wool."
"Great!" Xu Hongbing took out a wet towel from his backpack. "Xiaofang is really thoughtful. She knew to go down and find water, and even prepared a towel for me to wipe my hands."
"It rained last night, and the mud in the forest is black. How can we eat without wiping it off?"
"That's right! Let me see if they have backfilled it?" He looked around and found that there were a few places that had not been backfilled. He shouted at the top of his voice, "Who dug those two places? Come over and fill them up. If you don't, I will go down the mountain and report it!"
The other families in the forest all knew what kind of person he was, and hurried to fill in the holes they had dug.
After a while, Zhou Huaijin's mother came back with a hoe and obediently filled the hole that had been dug.
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Zhou Huairong and a few others walked down the mountain carrying baskets on their backs. Wherever they passed a truffle forest, they found people there. It seemed that almost all the adults in the village had come, except for the elderly and children who could not do physical work.
"Huairong, are you guys also going up the mountain to dig truffles?"
He smiled and nodded, "Yes! Everyone, remember to fill in the gaps after you dig! Otherwise, you won't have truffles to dig in the future."
Someone looked at him in surprise and asked, "Are you going to collect it from now on?"
Seeing that he didn't know how to answer, Zhou Yiding smiled and said, "As long as the truffles we deliver are of good quality and the boss is satisfied, we will definitely have long-term cooperation in the future."
"Don't worry, we promise to send it down the mountain!"
Zhou Yiding said hurriedly: "Small pieces can also be sent over. Just make it clear that it's only ten cents per pound!"
"Sure, I have ten pounds of this stuff at ten cents a pound. If I sell it, I can get a pound of fat meat to take back for a snack!"
The half-grown child beside him wiped his clear nose with his sleeve and looked at him eagerly, "Old man, cut an extra pound to bring back for the braised food."
The woman next to him smiled and said, "Be obedient and work hard. Mom will ask your youngest uncle to help bring back two kilograms."
"Uh-huh!"
When Zhou Huairong and his companions walked to a forest of green locust trees, they heard shouting and cursing coming from the forest, one voice getting louder than the other. Upon careful listening, they realized that they were two women cursing at each other.
Zhou Yiding waved at the others with a gossipy look on his face, "Brother, let's go in and take a look!"
Zhou Huaishan was also very interested, "Let's go and take a look."
Several people followed the sound to the place where the quarrel was happening, and saw Ye Xiaoshuang's son-in-law holding a rake and glaring at Huang Lao Da, while Huang Lao Da's wife and Ye Xiaoshuang were swearing at each other.
"You shameless bitch, I found this first, get out of here!"
Ye Xiaoshuang showed no sign of weakness, "Bullshit! You are blind and yet you come out to dig truffles. My husband and I have left our backpacks here, and you just came. You came first, don't be so shameless!"
Everyone is busy digging truffles, and you two are here looking for trouble. You guys have your brains stuck in the door!
Mrs. Huang was also very good at talking. She kicked over her backpack and said, "I saw it first. You didn't notice it until I had walked past you. You rushed over and bumped into me, then you put the basket down.
You still have the nerve to say you saw it first! Shameless, you are crazy about money, go be a secret doorman! It is easier to make money with a pair of legs than anything else! "
"Bah!" Ye Xiaoshuang was ashamed and angry after hearing this, "Your face is bigger than a pumpkin. No one will want you even if you sell it for nothing."
She stepped forward and grabbed her hair, and grabbed her face with one hand, "I'll make you spew shit... I'll tear your mouth apart..."
When Boss Huang saw the fight had started, he turned around and kicked Ye Xiaoshuang, cursing angrily, "Shameless bitch, my brothers are gone, and you've dragged people into the house one after another. You've disgraced the Huang family..."
Cao Shuiqing swung the rake and hit him on the leg, then kicked him over and pointed at him angrily, "Why do you interfere when a woman is fighting?"
"Ouch~" Boss Huang cried out in pain and sat down on the ground.
After hearing this, Mrs. Huang pushed Ye Xiaoshuang away with all her strength, rushed over and asked worriedly, "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
Boss Huang looked at Ye Xiaoshuang and his wife fiercely, "You shit eaters, get your shit out of here, and get out of the Huang family's house!"
Cao Shuiqing was so angry that his face turned blue. He didn't want to be a son-in-law, but his five brothers were all bachelors, and his eldest brother was too old and no one wanted him to be a son-in-law.
The year before last, my second elder brother married a widow in the village and became a son-in-law. Last year, my third elder brother married a woman who lived with her family. This year, he, among his brothers, married a good-looking woman.
Although my wife had a bad reputation in the past, she has a good temper and knows how to be warm and cold. As long as she is of one mind with me, we will live a good life...
Huang's wife rolled up his trouser leg and saw a big swelling. She pointed at Ye Xiaoshuang and cursed, "Shameless Suo Ye, pay me money. If you don't, I'll make you pay!"
Seeing the simple and sturdy man's face flushed with anger, Ye Xiaoshuang also took a risk, stepped forward and pointed at Boss Huang, "I am shameless because of you guys.
Your brother just passed away, and it hasn't even been seven days since his death, and you, a bastard, came to my house and said you wanted to take care of his brother's sister-in-law. If I hadn't scared you away with the tablet of a short-lived ghost, you would have been defeated by a pig and dog."
"No matter how shameless I am, I will only look for someone outside, unlike you who are worse than an animal and dare to do incest!"
"Fuck!" Zhou Yiding thought this was a bit too much. "He hasn't even made it to the seventh day of the lunar calendar, and he's really audacious. Isn't he afraid that Huang Laoer will come looking for him in the middle of the night?"
The eyes of the surrounding villagers shot towards Boss Huang like knives, and they started talking among themselves.
The older woman said with disgust, "Shame on you, you can even kill your own sister-in-law! It hasn't even been seven days since the death. Aren't you afraid that Huang Lao Er will see you on the Wangxiang Terrace and come back to settle the score with you?"
The timid one felt that the forest was eerie after hearing this. “Stop talking now. My hair is standing on end.”
"What's there to be afraid of? Huang Lao Da has been fine for so many years. If there really was a ghost, he would have been dragged away to be his companion long ago."
"That's right. Ye Xiaoshuang is not serious himself. Who can be blamed?"
"As the old saying goes, a rabbit won't eat the grass near its burrow, so how can I eat it?"
"Why can't I eat it? Ye Xiaoshuang is much prettier than Mrs. Huang!"
(End of this chapter)
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