Chapter 471 472: We support you in suing
Qu Qiulin: "We dug up so much of the seven-leaf radix yesterday, and we dug it up while we were digging truffles. There are about more than 100 kilograms of dried Gastrodia elata and Codonopsis pilosula in total."
Zhou Huaian looked at him in surprise, "Didn't your village and Brother Ma and the others divide up the work for each household?"
Qu Qiulin shook his head. "We won't distribute it until the end of the year. The main reason is that the village owes too much grain money. The money from this sale will first be used to pay off the grain money owed to the town. Only then can the money from future sales be distributed to everyone."
He paused and continued, "There are only about a hundred households in the village. I used the money from selling truffles last time to buy seeds, cotton, cloth, salt and farm tools in town and distributed them to each household."
The village was too poor and no one was willing to be the brigade secretary. He took over the position only after he was discharged from the army.
Zhou Huaian finally understood why they sent them together, "It should be much better for everyone to find truffles."
Qu Qiulin nodded happily, "Once I have enough money, I plan to buy some breeding cattle and sheep and share them with everyone."
Zhou Huaian praised: "That's right, you can't just rely on digging for food in the fields. I think your place is suitable for breeding and you can also grow herbs to sell."
Qu Qiulin asked curiously: "Can herbs be grown?"
Zhou Huaian said honestly: "To be honest, my family only started to try planting this year. If you are interested, we can exchange experiences with each other in the future."
Qu Qiulin held his hand gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Zhou!"
The people down the mountain either lied to them or despised them, but the Zhou family was the only one that was different. There wasn't a trace of disdain in their eyes.
Zhou Huaian scratched his head. "Big brother? Am I that youngest?"
Qu Qiulin is actually not older than him, but because the mountain people have dark skin, they look older.
At this time, Yang Chunyan and Luo Haili came out with noodles, "Village Chief Qu, eat something first."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Qu Qiulin hurriedly called the few people squatting in the yard to come over, and everyone started eating around the low square table.
Zhou Huaian took a beam scale and weighed the herbs he had brought, then wrote down the quantity and handed it to Qu Qiulin, "Take the receipt, and I'll pay you next time you come."
"Okay!" Qu Qiulin took it, put it in his pocket and continued eating.
Captain Ma and several other villagers said: "The food they cook is just better than ours."
The man who had been here last time smiled and said, "We ate here last time too."
Captain Ma nodded, "Qiulin said their family is nice and they are friends!"
Forty-six baskets of truffles, totaling more than 4,600 kilograms, of which 430 kilograms were special grade, more than 1,400 kilograms were first grade, and the rest were all second and third grade. The lowest grade was at least less than 1,000 kilograms.
With the money from this sale, I paid off the grain debt owed to the town and had some left over.
Qu Qiulin and Captain Ma took the money and said to Zhou Huaian happily, "We still have to go to town and come back the day after tomorrow."
"Great!" Zhou Huaian sent the people out of the yard and watched them leave with the mule before going back.
He found Yang Chunyan in the backyard and said, "Yan'er, the Fritillaria in the bag was given to you by Village Chief Qu. Take it and keep it. I'll cook a bowl of noodles and then go to Ning'an."
He thought about it and asked again, "Why haven't we found Fritillaria?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "I heard from an old man before that Fritillaria cirrhosa prefers a cool climate. It cannot survive in places with low altitudes and high temperatures. Fritillaria cirrhosa will wither. Only places with high altitudes and low temperatures like Huangqinggou can grow Fritillaria cirrhosa."
Zhou Huaian thought about asking them to grow herbs, "What do you think about letting them grow Fritillaria?"
Yang Chunyan scooped water into the pot and began to season. "I remember the method of growing Fritillaria in the book on medicinal herb cultivation given by Doctor Wang. You can write it down for them."
Zhou Huaian also remembered, "Yeah, why did I forget that there were planting methods on it!"
As they were talking, the water in the pot for cooking noodles started to boil. Yang Chunyan put the noodles in the pot and said, "We had hot pot last night, so I put less cooked chili oil!"
"That's right!" Zhou Huaian pointed at the pea tips, "Put a handful more."
"Hmm!" Yang Chunyan cooked the noodles, scooped them up with a colander and poured them into a bowl, "It's done."
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By the time Zhou Huaian finished his noodles and drove the tractor out, Zhou Huaishan and his colleagues had already merged the semi-dried truffles in the two ovens into one oven.
The old man burned the charcoal fire vigorously and put the cleaned truffles into the baking room.
Yang Chunyan cleaned the pots and bowls and prepared to cook.
At this time, Zhou Jiakang ran into the yard, "Aunt, Aunt, there's a bald man outside looking for cousin Haili."
"I'll go out and take a look." Yang Chunyan put down the kitchen knife and walked to the gate of the courtyard. She saw a sturdy bald man standing at the gate. "Who are you and what do you want from Haili?"
The bald man rubbed his hands and said, "Uncle Luo asked me to come. He said he had already made an agreement with Hai Li."
Could it be possible that that bastard named Luo really dared to sell her again?
Yang Chunyan looked at him coldly, "Haili has severed ties with the Luo family. She was the one who drove Luo Dayou away the last time he came. And that was what we agreed on! Who are you kidding!"
The bald man blushed, "Call Haili out, I'll talk to her face to face."
Yang Chunyan looked at his expression and felt that her guess was correct. "It doesn't matter whether you say it or not. They have already severed their relationship. No matter what Luo Dayou promised you, it's useless!"
The bald man thought about what Luo Dayou said and shouted into the yard, "Haili, Haili, come out..."
Wangcai and Lai Fu started barking at him.
Zhou Huairong's three brothers and Luo Haili ran out from the backyard. When they saw the bald man, they said with a gloomy face, "Why are you here, Huang Baldy?"
Huang Tuzi said, "Your husband came to me yesterday and told me that you said that you would agree to marry me as long as I gave you 500 yuan as a gift."
"Bullshit!" Luo Haili was so angry that she was shaking all over. "Go back and tell Luo Dayou that I have nothing to do with him. I want to sell his Luo Haiyan."
He wanted Luo Haiyan! But she was a virgin, how could Luo Dayou agree to marry her to an old bachelor like him?
Huang Tuzi's face flushed. "Your old man took two hundred yuan from me, and you..."
Zhao Huifang sneered, "Mr. Luo charged you 200 yuan, and you came here to ask for someone from him. What are you doing here?"
Zhou Huaishan stepped forward to drive away Huang Tuzi, "Go, go! Go back to Luo Dayou to ask for the person."
Huang Tuzi saw that the duck in his mouth flew away, and he pointed at Luo Haili in frustration, "You two have teamed up to cheat me of my money, I'm going to sue you!"
"You are welcome to file a complaint!" Yang Chunyan looked at him sarcastically, "Can you find the police station? If not, we will send you there!"
Baldy Huang was stunned for a moment, then said viciously: "Just you wait!" After saying that, he left angrily.
Zhao Huifang looked at Luo Haili, whose eyes were filled with tears, and said sympathetically, "Don't be angry. As the old saying goes, if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. There is no point in being angry at a beast like Luo Dayou."
"I'm not angry!" Luo Haili raised her head and wiped away her tears. "If Huang Tuzi dares to come again, I will go to the police station and sue them."
"Okay, we support you in suing him!" Yang Chunyan said and pulled her towards the backyard, "Come on, let's go make something delicious."
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "How about diced bacon and stir-fried peas and rice?"
Yang Chunyan thought of the glutinous rice she had eaten in her previous life, "Put some truffles in it when it's ready to serve, it tastes really good."
Zhang Xiuxiang took over the conversation, "Yesterday I cut some to make steamed eggs as you asked. They smelled stinky after steaming, but they tasted pretty good."
The sisters-in-law discussed it and started to make food. When the food was ready and they started eating, Zhou Huaian also arrived at Desheng Hall.
Wang Zhen smiled and asked, "Why are you here again?"
"I've brought you some delicious food." Zhou Huaian smiled and held out the basket. "I left two pounds of black goat for you from the one I killed yesterday, and some freshly pickled sauerkraut. Chunyan said you like it, so she insisted that I bring it to you."
Wang Zhen took it with a smile, "Sauerkraut, tofu and pork ribs stewed with a handful of peanuts, my favorite dish." At this point, he suddenly felt a little strange. How did Sister Yang know that I like to eat sauerkraut?
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Then I'll go to the vegetable market later to see if there are any ribs for sale. I'll buy some and stew them to try."
"I promise you'll like it." Wang Zhen took the mutton and pickled cabbage in and put them away. Seeing him take out some Chonglou, he asked, "When did you go up the mountain?"
Zhou Huaian shook his head, "It wasn't me, it was sent by the mountain people above Huangqinggou... I'll bring it here for you to see."
After Wang Zhen looked at Chonglou, he said, "The price of special-grade goods is the same as before, but the price of first-grade goods has dropped by 2 yuan per catty. Now it is 8 yuan per catty, and second-grade goods are 4 yuan per catty."
Zhou Huaian took out the Gastrodia elata and Codonopsis pilosula and asked, "Where are these Gastrodia elata and Codonopsis pilosula?"
Wang Zhen looked at it and shook his head, saying, "The Codonopsis pilosula needs to be cleaned and the roots removed before being dried. They didn't clean it thoroughly enough, and it may have been exposed to rain while it was drying. You can see that it's a little moldy inside."
Zhou Huaian picked up two and took a look. There were indeed mold spots inside. "Look at these Gastrodia elata?"
Wang Zhen picked up the Gastrodia elata and looked at it. "Gastrodia elata is no good either. Look, it's all black. I rubbed it too hard when I washed it, and damaged the skin and both ends of the Gastrodia elata."
"The standard way to dry the gastrodia is to remove the remaining stems, keep the arrowheads, gently scrub them clean with loofah pulp, and then steam them. The steaming time for large and small gastrodia is also different. Steam until they are cooked through (without the white core). "
"If there is too much gas during the steaming process, pierce it with a bamboo stick or needle to release the gas, then dry it on a hot bed or in an oven. You can also boil it thoroughly and then dry it in the sun, shade or oven."
Zhou Huaian frowned after hearing this and said, "They still have more than 100 kilograms at home. It's such a pity to waste them all!"
Wang Zhen nodded. "Quality like this does not meet the purchase standards. Medicine is used to cure diseases and save lives. If the prepared medicinal materials do not meet the standards, it will directly affect the efficacy of the medicine."
Zhou Huaian regretted not showing it to Yang Chunyan. "I understand. If you want to collect it in the future, we can either let you dry it or send it directly to you."
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "I feel absolutely assured that Sister Yang and you are checking. If Huangqinggou sends herbs down the mountain in the future, you should ask them to send fresh ones, and you can dry the simple ones before sending them over!"
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian put the Gastrodia elata and Codonopsis pilosula back into the basket, "Luckily these Chonglou and his friends dug up fresh goods."
"Yes!" Wang Zhen picked out six of them, "These are the special ones, and the rest are first-class!"
(End of this chapter)
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