Chapter 585 Chapter 586: The Victorious Rooster
Zhou Huaian watched him ready to attack, and when he saw that he was still a few steps away, he suddenly rushed forward and swung his fist at him in the face.
The youngest Xiong hurriedly stretched out his hand to block, but he opened his palm and grabbed his pulse point, then quickly punched out with his left hand, hitting him hard on the chin. The youngest Xiong felt his eyes go dark, his body became uncontrollable, and he swayed a few times before collapsing to the ground.
Zhou Huaian looked at the youngest Xiong who was lying on the ground, and secretly admired Wang Zhen. He thought that Chinese medicine was really powerful, as it could make a person lose the ability to resist with just one punch. He would have to learn from him in the future.
“Hahahaha…” Xu Hongbing laughed arrogantly, “A guy like this is a militia company commander, what a wimp… Hahaha… I’m dying of laughter…”
Li Wu retracted his steps and looked at Zhou Huaian with admiration. He didn't expect that in addition to being able to deal with robbers with a gun, he could also beat a strong man like Xiong Laoya with his fists.
Shen Lianfang was stunned when he saw this. He couldn't believe that a man who had been a soldier and a militia company commander couldn't even beat a pretty boy!
"Ah~ Youngest~" Zhou Sufang, who originally thought he had won, ran up to him and helped him up, asking distressedly, "Youngest, what's wrong with you? Youngest..."
"..."Listening to Xu Hongbing's arrogant laughter, Youngest Xiong wanted to die. He ignored Zhou Sufang and lay down pretending to be dead. Until now, he still didn't believe that he could not defeat a second-rate guy.
But he didn't think about the fact that a second-rate guy would have to fight desperately and have fighting power to win.
"Let's go!" Zhou Huaian raised his head and nodded at Xu Hongbing and the other man like a victorious rooster.
"Okay!" Xu Hongbing stepped forward to help him lift the backpack. The three of them took turns to help carry it. Then they lifted the wild boar and walked back in a heroic and confident manner.
The youngest bear half-closed his eyes, looking at the ever-changing clouds, and realized that he had underestimated Zhou Laoyao before. It seemed that his damn success was not entirely due to his wife...
Seeing the three of them walking away without even turning their heads, Zhou Sufang patted him lightly a few times, "Laoyao, what happened to you? That bastard Zhou Laoyao has run away. Where did he hurt you? Let's ask him to pay for the medical expenses!"
"That's enough!" The youngest bear sat up and looked at her. "I just told you to go over there and not to provoke them. But you insisted on saying those words..."
"You!" Zhou Sufang looked at her son with a sullen face staring at her, and suddenly felt a little cold in her heart. Without saying a word, she stood up, went back, picked up her backpack and left.
When the youngest Xiong saw her leaving, he felt a little uneasy. He staggered to his feet, picked up his backpack, and chased after her without caring about Shen Lianfang.
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Yang Chunyan and several children filled their backpacks and baskets. Before they reached the foot of the mountain, they looked at their watches and realized it was already past four o'clock. She hurriedly called the children back and walked back together.
Halfway up the slope, Zhou Xiaoqian pointed at the orange-red wild sweet potatoes and said, "Brother, let's pick some and take them back!"
Zhou Jiaming pulled her back and said, "There's nothing to put in the clothes after you pick them off. Come back tomorrow!"
Zhou Jiakang picked two, broke them open and sucked out the pulp, then picked a few more and held them in his hand, "Dad always carries a net bag in his trouser pocket when he goes out, so next time we go to the woods to hunt birds, we'll also carry the net bag."
Zhou Xiaoqian finally stopped scolding him after hearing this. She nodded and said, "Go back and ask my father for a few!" Then she handed Yang Chunyan a wild sweet potato and said, "Aunt, have one to quench your thirst!"
"Good boy!" Yang Chunyan took it and ate it, listening to the children chattering about coming to the big pit tomorrow to see what other treasures there are.
When the group arrived in front of the yard, Yang Chunyan saw Jiang Yu, Wu Qiufang, Jia Hongchun... and several others also coming over from the grove.
When they went to the backyard, Zhou's mother saw the red mushrooms in the basket and the mushrooms in the basket, and said in surprise: "Did you pick them all from the big pit?"
"Yeah!" Zhou Jiaming and others surrounded her, "Grandma, there are still a lot of mushrooms and red mushrooms. Let's pick them up tomorrow."
The old man joked, "The big pit was bought by your father. If you pick up the fish and sell them, you should give him half of the money!"
The children nodded and said, "We know. My mother said we can't go to the forest that is contracted by others to pick mushrooms!"
Yang Chunyan and Zhou's mother picked up all the red mushrooms on the backpack and put them into bamboo baskets. The old man and Zhou's father began to clean up. The big-foot mushrooms and cluster mushrooms below were sorted and put away. Those that could not be dried or stored would be destroyed tonight.
"These chicken mushrooms are enough to make a pot of soup." Zhou's mother picked up the chicken mushrooms and said, "Go wash your hands quickly and see if Xiao Jiuer has woken up."
"Hmm!" Yang Chunyan pointed at the mushrooms, "We picked a lot of mushrooms today. Kill a chicken to make soup, and stir-fry the rest with bacon."
Zhou's mother looked at them happily and said, "If we don't eat this today, it will go bad. Wash the big-foot mushrooms and dry them in the sun. Pick some other mushrooms and stir-fry them with chili peppers."
"Just do it as you see fit!" Yang Chunyan washed her hands and hurried to the front yard. Lai Fu and Wang Cai, who were lying at the door of the main room, saw her come back, wagged their tails and lay back down.
At this time, Jiang Yu and others came in, "Chun Yan, the mushroom seller hasn't come yet?"
"They should be here soon!" Yang Chunyan said with a smile, "My mom and the others are in the backyard, go sit over there!"
"Great!" Several people walked towards the backyard with smiles on their faces.
As soon as Yang Chunyan walked into the room, Xiao Jiuer, who was lying in the middle of the bed, woke up. Seeing her, he pouted and started crying.
"Don't cry, little man!" Yang Chunyan picked him up and fed him milk while sitting on a chair. "Mom is going to pick mushrooms. When our little Jiuer is old enough to eat, I will stew a chicken for you!"
The little guy paused, sobbed twice, and continued trying.
"Chunyan!" At this time, Zhao Huifang's voice came from outside.
Yang Chunyan walked to the window with her son in her arms. She saw that there were about ten people following her and Zhang Xiuxiang. "Sister-in-law, take out the straw mat. The scale is in the main room."
"Okay!" Zhao Huifang asked those people to put down their backpacks and wait, and Zhang Xiuxiang went to the backyard to get the bamboo basket.
After she fed the child and carried him on her back, she took the account book and purse and went out. She saw Zhou's mother and the others sitting on straw benches sorting red mushrooms.
Zhao Huifang said to her, "Chunyan, you come and settle the accounts." They were teaching everyone how to identify red mushrooms today, which took a lot of time. At the end of the day, they only picked up about 30 kilograms of red mushrooms, as well as some chicken mushrooms and other miscellaneous mushrooms.
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan looked at their backpacks. The bamboo baskets were filled with red mushrooms, and there were some in the backpacks, but there were also a lot of miscellaneous mushrooms.
When she saw those perfect-looking big-foot mushrooms and chicken mushrooms, she remembered that in the past, as soon as these things were brought down from the mountains, they would be rushed by the traffickers to be weighed.
I heard that there are vendors who buy Matsutake mushrooms now. I wonder when they started buying this kind of mushrooms?
After weighing them, Zhao Huifang said to her, "Sister Lai, first-grade red mushrooms are 23 jin 6 liang, and second-grade are 15 jin 7 liang."
"I heard it!" Yang Chunyan counted the bill and handed the money to Mrs. Lai, who was waiting at the table with a smile on her face. "A total of 16.52 yuan."
"Hey!" Mrs. Lai happily took the money and scooped some chanterelles from the basket and put them in the bamboo basket. "Thank you so much, Aunt Chen! I'll give you some dried mushrooms to eat."
Zhou's mother, who was busy sorting, looked up and said hurriedly, "We have some at home. We also went to pick them up today."
"What's yours is yours, the chanterelles are delicious!" Mrs. Lai walked away quickly carrying a backpack and a bamboo basket.
Everyone laughed after seeing this. "Gui Lan, she gave it to you out of joy. Your family brought everyone to pick up worthless mushrooms and gave you such a good price. It's only right that she gives you some mushrooms to eat."
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Hey! We are also collecting money for the boss in the provincial capital. You should thank them!"
Aunt Chen, who raises pigs, said, "We all heard about it. Your youngest daughter-in-law was reading a book and found that the red mushrooms described in the book were the same as the poisonous mushrooms we call here. She picked some and dried them and sent them to the provincial capital to show them the samples. Only then did they buy them."
Mother Zhou: "Yes, Chunyan picked it up and told me it was edible, but we didn't dare to eat it. We asked Doctor Wang to send it to the provincial capital to have it checked by the boss there. He was willing to pay for it, so we believed it."
Aunt Chen: "It's better to be educated. You can make money by reading books."
Zhou's mother: "Why don't you send your grandson to school? He won't have to go to the ditch every day to catch eels and loaches, and end up like a mud monkey."
Aunt Chen smiled and said, "We're going there right after school starts. I don't know if you can sit still."
One after another, villagers happily took the money and left. More and more villagers came to deliver red mushrooms, and soon there were many people waiting in the yard.
Cousin Fang's wife and her daughter also came with baskets on their backs. The three of them were lucky. The two grades of red mushrooms weighed more than 40 kilograms, and they sold them for about 30 yuan in total.
Fang's cousin's wife looked at the money Yang Chunyan handed over, her hands were shaking as she took the money. There was a brand new big unity banknote, and there were five yuan and one yuan notes...
She took the money and her eyes turned red. She had lived for nearly thirty years, and her eldest daughter was already ten years old. The largest denomination of money she had ever handled was one dollar and fifty cents...
I have to keep this money safe. The old woman is paralyzed in bed and can no longer manage the money she earns.
Yang Chunyan glanced at Fang's cousin's wife, who was wearing torn rubber shoes, and then looked at the two children standing barefoot beside her. She felt sorry for them and said, "Cousin's wife, I have something to say!"
Fang's wife was stunned for a moment, then smiled at her flatteringly, "Cousin, just say it!"
Yang Chunyan said, "Red mushrooms have just come on the market, and there are still a few months before the market strike. The money from today's sales can be used to buy some food to take home. Only when the children are well fed will they have the strength to work, don't you think?"
She paused, pointed at the two barefoot children and said, "It's best to buy your children a pair of boots or yellow rubber shoes when you go into the mountains to pick mushrooms. There are many poisonous insects in the forest. If they get bit by something, the extra money will be wasted."
"Well!" Biao's wife blushed and glanced at her two skinny daughters. "I'll go buy them from the families in the village who have food. Could you please bring me a pair of rubber shoes for them?"
Fang Zhaonan and Fang Zhaorong looked at their bare feet and their eyes lit up. Their cloth shoes were all worn out and they couldn't walk on the muddy road. Every time it rained, they had to go barefoot. They had never worn yellow rubber shoes before!
"Okay, I'll bring them back to you tomorrow!" Yang Chunyan said, stretching out her hand toward her, "Two pairs of shoes for 7.60 yuan."
Mao had made a mistake in the price of buying red mushrooms before, and almost made Chunyan's family lose money. It takes eight to ten kilograms of red mushrooms to dry one kilogram of dried mushrooms.
Dry goods are sold at 10 yuan per pound, and they are sold at 1 yuan per pound. This is a loss-making business. (*/ω＼*)
(End of this chapter)
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