Chapter 580 Chapter 581: Saving Private Money
Yang Chunyan prepared the meal at home, put the wrapped rice balls into the lunch box, prepared everything she needed to go out, set the table, and went out to call her old man to eat.
When they got to the vegetable field, they saw him holding Xiao Jiuer and the chickens, ducks and geese that were put into the pen. "Grandpa, it's time to eat."
The old man nodded. "Is the youngest one back? I saw Secretary Xu, his third son, and the Datian father and son went to the old house."
Yang Chunyan took Xiao Jiuer and walked back, "They go up the mountain to pick mushrooms together. Once they are familiar with the red mushrooms, they will take samples out to collect the goods!"
"Are you staying at home or going up the mountain today?" asked the old man who was following behind.
"At home!" Yang Chunyan paused, "Village Chief Qu will send some herbs this morning, so I have to collect them at home and teach him how to recognize red mushrooms."
After hearing this, the old man nodded and said, "Then after dinner, I will go up the mountain with your husband and pick some fresh red mushrooms to make samples for you."
"I made some rice balls. You can bring some to them when you go over."
"That's right!"
The old man washed his hands and went to the kitchen, where he saw boiled eggs, buns sent by the old family, glutinous rice, fried meat with salted vegetables, and fried golden potatoes with fennel on the table. He felt that his life was better now than when he was a small landlord.
Yang Chunyan fed her son and was just about to go into the house to eat when Qian Chunhua, Lin Xiaofang, and a few half-grown children came.
"Chunyan, the youngest one said what kind of red mushrooms we want to pick, can you teach us?"
Yang Chunyan hurriedly said, "Aunt, you guys hurry to my eldest brother's house. Uncle Datian and Secretary Xu also want to go with them to identify red mushrooms. It's still possible for them to go now."
"Oh!" Qian Chunhua turned around and left neatly. She didn't look like an old woman in her sixties at all.
Lin Xiaofang smiled at her and followed her out.
After the old man finished his meal and left with the rice balls, Zhou Huaian rode his bicycle back. When he got home, he said to Yang Chunyan, "The old variety of glutinous corn that Lao Li gave me tastes really good."
Yang Chunyan took a look and said, "Does he still have this kind of glutinous corn seeds? When can I go to Aunt Li to buy two kilograms?"
The cobs of this kind of glutinous corn are small, white and tender. No matter how much fertilizer you apply, the highest yield per mu is only around 600 to 700 kilograms. Villagers who pursue high yields have given up on planting it, but this kind of corn tastes very good and is sweet and sticky when cooked.
"I'll talk to Old Li when he comes." Zhou Huaian looked at the bowls on the table, "Grandpa has eaten and left?"
Yang Chunyan handed him the egg, "Yes! He said he would ask his mother and husband to go up the mountain to pick red mushrooms and bring them back for us to use as samples."
Zhou Huaian thought of something and said with a smile: "I think Grandpa and the old man probably left early this year because they didn't go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and sell them last year."
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Have you noticed that picking mushrooms in the mountains is as addictive as digging herbs? I always think that there will be good stuff just a few steps ahead, and I can find a big deal!"
"That's right, I have this idea!" Zhou Huaian looked at the green fennel leaves on the small potatoes, picked up the chopsticks and poked one into his mouth, "The fennel stewed potatoes tastes pretty good."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Grandpa said his stomach was a little bloated and uncomfortable, so I fried some fennel to help him get rid of the bloating!"
Fennel sprouts have the effects of strengthening the stomach and promoting the flow of qi, because the main ingredient of fennel sprouts is fennel oil, which can promote the secretion of various digestive juices in the body and enhance gastrointestinal motility. It not only helps digestion, but also helps to eliminate gas accumulated in the gastrointestinal tract.
Stewed broad beans, boiled fish, cut into small pieces, add salt, red pepper, and other seasonings, mix together and eat with porridge. Fennel diet therapy: frying kidney with fennel seedlings can nourish the kidney and relieve pain. Fennel stewed beef can warm the liver and stomach, promote qi and stop bleeding. Fennel porridge can dispel cold and relieve pain.
Zhou Huaian picked up a bun and said, "I know. Last time Wang Zhen saw fennel growing here, he said fennel seeds are medicinal!"
Yang Chunyan: "There are also Patchouli, white lentils, peas, and so on. That's why people in the past said that eating more whole grains is good for the body!"
"Forget it, I still like to eat white rice and white flour buns!" Zhou Huaian took a big bite of the bun and drank a few mouthfuls of sweet potato porridge. "It would be great if I could find a few more nests of chicken mushroom eggs when I go up the mountain today."
"It's the same if you find more red mushrooms. The best ones are 50 cents a pound. I heard from my sister-in-law that Lian Jiaming and his friends have found small backpacks to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and make money."
Before she finished speaking, Zhou Jiaming and others came running in with small baskets on their backs, "Auntie, Auntie..."
"What are you shouting about?" Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked at them, "If you have something to say, say it!"
"Dad, Aunt, come have breakfast!" Zhou Jiaming and others looked at the two of them with flattering smiles.
Zhou Huaian looked at the small backpacks of the people, as well as the crowbars and sickles in their hands, "It must be no good if you are laughing like that. Tell me! What evil idea are you up to now?"
Zhou Jiaming and Zhou Xiaoqian poked Zhou Jiakang and said, "Go and tell them. If you don't go, we won't take you with us."
I’m always called, why don’t Xiaoru and Xiaowen go?
The little guy moved his back teeth a few times and walked up to Zhou Huaian. "Dad, we picked some mushrooms and came back. Can you please make some adjustments when we weigh them?"
Seeing that Zhou Jiakang didn't want to say anything but had no choice, Yang Chunyan almost laughed out loud and quickly lowered her head and didn't look at them.
Zhou Huaian glanced at them and said, "Please explain clearly. I am not well educated and I don't understand what you mean!"
Zhou Jiakang glanced at the three big ones and said, "That's right, when we come back to pick mushrooms and weigh them, if it's ten kilograms, can you tell my mom that it's only six kilograms? Seven kilograms is also fine."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian turned around and leaned against the table. "I know, one or two of you want to save some money for yourself. Jiaming and others save money for themselves to get married, but what about you guys? What are you going to do with it?"
Zhou Jiakang curled his lips, "I don't want a wife. Why should I give her the money I save? Doesn't she know how to earn money herself?"
Zhou Xiaoqian and her two sisters said, "Dad, we want to save money to buy beautiful hair ornaments, hairpins, baby books..." The sisters went on and on.
"What about you?" Zhou Huaian looked at Zhou Jiaming, "If the reason is legitimate, I will do it for you!"
Zhou Jiaming glanced at his brother and said, "Jialiang and I wanted to save money to buy a radio, but my mom and husband wouldn't let us buy one, saying that radios are a waste of money."
Zhou Huaian thought of his elder brother and sister-in-law and shook his head secretly, "If you want to buy a radio, then you have to work harder!"
Zhou Jiaming and the others looked at him with sparkling eyes after hearing this, "Dad, do you mean you agree?"
Zhou Huaian waved his hand, "Go ahead, I've agreed. Go and follow your mother and husband closely. There are many wild animals in the mountains. Don't let the wild boar take away your mushrooms instead of picking them up."
"Let's go to the old house and go up the mountain with grandpa and ancestors!" The kids said and ran with their baskets on their backs.
Zhou Huaian hurriedly chased after them and shouted, "If you guys go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, I won't take any of them. Do you hear me?"
"I heard it!" a voice came from outside the yard.
Zhou Huaian came back and said to Yang Chunyan: "My elder brother and sister-in-law are the same. I don't know what they do with all the money they earn. They can't even afford to buy a radio."
Yang Chunyan understood, "My elder brother and his wife are used to saving money. They think that having enough food and warm clothes is a good life. Why spend money on these consumables!"
"The purpose of making money is to live a comfortable life. Otherwise, what's the point of making money? When the electricity is connected, I will buy a TV and a freezer!" Zhou Huaian said, looking at her flatteringly, "Wife, don't you agree?"
Yang Chunyan agreed with what he said, "The purpose of making money is to make life more comfortable for myself and my family. What's the point of saving money and not using it?"
"My wife is the one who knows how to live!" Zhou Huaian finished the porridge in his bowl. "I put the corn in the wine cellar. If you want to eat it, just cook it yourself."
"I know!" Yang Chunyan began to collect the dishes and chopsticks. "Huaian, did you say Xiaoxue went to pick mushrooms today?"
"Of course I'll go out as soon as it starts to rain!" Zhou Huaian slapped his head, "I forgot to call Mina and her siblings."
Yang Chunyan said hurriedly: "Then hurry up and ride your bike there."
"Yeah!" Zhou Huaian put down the basket, pushed the bicycle and left.
Yang Chunyan cleaned up the pots and pans and put the corn into the wine cellar. Then she heard someone shouting outside. Lai Fu and Wang Cai were blocking the door and barking non-stop.
Thinking that if it was someone she knew, Lai Fu and Wang Cai would not block the door and refuse to let them in, she hurried out of the alley and saw a young woman who was emaciated, with a sallow face, and clothes full of patches, with two girls who were about seven or eight years old and as thin as refugees, standing by the ditch, looking at Lai Fu and Wang Cai with fear.
"Laifu, Wangcai, go back and lie down!" Yang Chunyan shouted, walked to the gate and looked at the three people, "Who are you looking for?"
The woman smiled ingratiatingly, "You are from the youngest cousin's family, right? We are from Fang Tian Fang Guisheng's family. We heard that your family wants to collect mushrooms, so we came to ask what kind you want?"
"Fang Guisheng from Fangtian?" Yang Chunyan thought for a moment, "Is it my sixth aunt's family?"
"Yes!" The woman nodded sadly, "My mother was carried out by Fang Laoer's family and thrown outside my yard. She got angry and had a stroke and is paralyzed and can't move.
Guisheng is still in the detention center, and I heard that he will be sentenced. My family can hardly afford to eat. I heard that you want to collect mushrooms, so I brought my two children to the mountains to pick some and sell them for food. "
When Yang Chunyan mentioned that Sixth Aunt was paralyzed and Fang Guisheng was going to be sentenced, there was obvious satisfaction on her face. She felt that these mother and daughter must have been tortured by Sixth Aunt and her son, and had developed resentment towards them.
"We need to collect mushrooms, but not the ones you usually pick up. They are a kind of red mushrooms. If you don't recognize them, you will pick up another kind of poisonous mushroom. You must be identified by someone familiar with it..."
The woman didn't wait for her to finish her words, "Cousin, please take us to recognize him. Your kindness is great..."
"Cousin, stop talking like that. We don't deserve that!" Yang Chunyan interrupted her. "We in the village who pick mushrooms have to teach them how to recognize them. Why don't you come in and wait for a while until Huai'an comes back, and I'll ask him to take you to recognize them?"
"Thank you!" Fang's wife pulled the two children and saw that they were still dodging and didn't dare to leave. "Cousin, does your dog bite people?"
Seeing their frightened faces, Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go tie them up!"
(End of this chapter)
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