Yang Chunyan and her sister-in-law sorted the mushrooms and sent them to the drying room next door. Then more villagers came to deliver mushrooms. A few people took them to the drying room, and then Jiang Yu and others came.
Although it was inconvenient to carry the shrimp legs, he was very efficient. After Yang Chunyan and her sister-in-law sorted out a basket, he immediately sent it to the cleaning table to Jiang Yu and the others.
Last year, we only harvested red mushrooms and bamboo fungi. Not many villagers brought bamboo fungi, so we just washed the red mushrooms, which was much simpler.
There are many varieties this year, and the work is much more tedious than last year. The morels and chanterelles must be picked clean, and then rinsed one by one under the faucet. Be careful not to damage them, otherwise the shape of the flowers will not look good.
In addition, after the plump bigfoot mushrooms are cleaned, they must be cut into slices of even thickness before being sent to the baking room for baking.
There were more than a dozen people, and no one found it troublesome. They all worked diligently, fearing that they would not do their job well and be fired.
Although people these days are poor, most of them care about their reputation. If you are fired by your boss for not doing your job well, not to mention the shame, but for a wage of more than two yuan a day, there are many people willing to do it even if you don't want to.
After all, picking mushrooms and digging herbs in the mountains also depends on luck. If you are lucky, you can earn a lot in a day, but if you are unlucky, you might even be bitten by a mushroom. Not only will you not make any money, but you will also have to pay for the medicine.
In the afternoon, more and more villagers came to deliver mushrooms, and the old man also came back to help. With the help of Old Xiazi, he felt a lot more relaxed.
It took more than two hours to harvest, and the least amount of morels was harvested, with only a little over three baskets in total. Each basket weighed thirty pounds, and the total weight was only about one hundred pounds.
The red mushrooms are similar to last year. Shiitake mushrooms and big-foot mushrooms were the most harvested today. The prices of these two types of mushrooms are relatively cheap. Everyone cut the mud-foot mushrooms according to the requirements.
Some of the morels sent by villagers were trimmed cleanly as required, but some were not, leaving long muddy feet, because they can be sold for more money if they are heavier.
After Yang Chunyan pointed out the hair one by one, she told them that she would help trim it this time, and that next time they sent the hair the same way, she would ask them to trim it themselves before sending it.
As it is my own business, I cannot ask people to go home and trim their hair before coming back, so I just prepared a few pairs of scissors in the baking room, and after reminding them once, I let them trim their hair themselves.
Just as the sisters-in-law sent away a group of villagers, Yang Xiaoxue arrived. After exchanging greetings with Zhao Huifang and a few others, she took out a vegetable basket from the back seat of her bicycle. The basket was full of bamboo shoots that were slightly thicker than her thumb.
"Zhiqiang got these bamboo shoots from his mother-in-law. He knew you liked them, so he left a basket for you."
"Thanks!" Yang Chunyan took it with a smile, "When did you do it? The river was flooded, didn't you go fishing?"
Yang Xiaoxue shook her head. "No, I went with Zhiqiang to visit his grandmother. The grandmother is already 90 years old. She can eat a bowl of rice in one meal, and she is still very strong."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan laughed and said, "Oh! That person is really strong. Our old man only eats two bowls of rice at most in one meal. He says that eating too much makes his stomach uncomfortable."
"That's right. None of us have as good an appetite as she does." Yang Xiaoxue looked at the mushrooms being washed in the drying room. "We'll go pick up the goods tomorrow morning. You said you wanted to add more varieties. Have you decided on the price?"
"It's settled. Go over there and I'll get it for you." Yang Chunyan picked up the basket and walked back with her. "It's only been one day, and you've already finished planting the seedlings?"
"It's almost done." Yang Xiaoxue said with a smile, "My mom and my husband are here to help. If we work a little harder in the afternoon, it will all be done in the afternoon. Hengshan will be two days later. It will be just in time for me to finish my work and go back."
“More manpower means more convenience.”
When they arrived at Yang Chunyan's house, she went inside to get the list and gave it to Yang Xiaoxue, "Are you still going to your mother-in-law's house to collect the goods this year?"
"Let's go to Zhiqiang's mother-in-law's place." Yang Xiaoxue sighed, "My brother asked Brother Weiguo to take over the job of collecting mushrooms. He said he wanted to go over there to collect mushrooms. I didn't want to compete with them, so I had to give way!"
Yang Chunyan advised: "Forget it, it's the same if you go to Fang's husband's mother-in-law to collect it."
"Zhiqiang said so, but I still feel a little uncomfortable. Everything has a first come first served system!"
"Don't be angry, there are more varieties this year. If you work hard, it's the same if you earn more."
"We really need to buy those big-foot mushrooms!" Yang Xiaoxue looked at the list and said happily, "Luckily you told me last time, I asked Zhiqiang to weave dozens of bamboo baskets, otherwise it wouldn't be enough!"
"We have prepared a lot this year, so that we don't run out of food when the time comes." Yang Chunyan said, "Wait for me. Huai'an went to fish yesterday and brought back a lot of fish. I'll catch you a black fish and you can take it back to eat."
"I'll go with you to catch them." Yang Xiaoxue looked around, "Why don't I see your mother-in-law and Xiao Jiuer?"
"Jiuer has fallen asleep. My mother-in-law may have gone to the back mountain to check on the medicinal fields." Yang Chunyan picked up the scoop net hanging by the pool, scooped up a black fish weighing about two kilograms from the pool, put a rope through the fish's gills, and handed it to her to carry.
Yang Xiaoxue followed her to the front yard, "My family is still planting rice seedlings, so I'll leave first!"
"Come and play after you're done." Yang Chunyan smiled and sent her out of the yard. After she got on her bicycle and left, she turned around, closed the gate, and went to help in the oven.
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When Zhou Huaian came back from work, Xu Laosan, Zhou Huaiqing and Xu Erchun all came to take the order away. He thought for a moment and said to Yang Chunyan:
"I'll go to Yiding to see if he has confirmed the purchase point at Sancha Road, and by the way, I'll deliver the order to Lao Xu."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Okay, the meal is almost ready, come back early to eat."
"Yeah!" Zhou Huaian rode his bicycle to Zhou Yiding's house first. He saw his tractor parked in the yard and Zhou Yiding lying on a rocking chair. "Your child is comfortable!"
Zhou Yiding opened his eyes and said with a bitter face: "I am so tired. I went to the fields to plant rice seedlings right after returning from Sancha Road. My old waist is sore and uncomfortable."
"Damn it, you only have two acres of land. You can't be as tired as me even if you die of exhaustion." Zhou Huaian pulled a chair and sat down. "That stinky woman behind your house, is she still bringing wild men home?"
Zhou Yiding looked at him with his eyes wide open, "What's wrong? Are you attracted to that bitch?"
"Stop disgusting me. That bitch brought..." Zhou Huaian told him what happened when Yang Chunyan and her sisters-in-law encountered Xu Feng in the bamboo forest.
"Fuck~" Zhou Yiding cursed, "My sister-in-law and the others are too good-tempered. They should have caught her and scratched her face into shreds before letting her go."
"It's mainly because Su Ruilan and Lin Aihua kept apologizing and begging for mercy. We are from the same village, and we are doing business, so we don't want to make enemies with too many people. If it weren't for them, Chunyan and the sisters-in-law wouldn't let her go so easily."
Zhou Yiding thought about it and agreed. "There are already many people in the village who are jealous of your family. It is right for them to do this."
"Not only that, last time Old Xu told me that bitch was spreading rumors outside, saying that there were treasures in the big pit I rented. I never settled the score with her. And those hairy pears by the ditch were probably her doing too."
"I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it." Zhou Yiding suddenly remembered something, sat up and said, "Xuejiao mentioned it to me once last year. She said she met that bitch going to town to sell hairy pears. It seems that she stole ours, right?"
Zhou Huaian had a gloomy face. "She stole it from us 100%. Not only did she steal all the fruits, she also cut the vines into a mess. It hasn't grown well this year. And she came to bully us today. Did she really think I couldn't do anything to her?"
"What do you want to do?" Zhou Yiding said with a smile, "Go find her. I think she's looking forward to it!"
"Stop disgusting me." Zhou Huaian glanced at him, "Didn't you say that woman had a lover?"
"Xu Feng's man looks solid, but he is a jerk. He is completely controlled by that stinky woman. I think he can't get hard even if he sees his wife cheating with someone else."
"Fuck! What's the point of this kind of person still living in this world? He might as well just buy a piece of tofu and die!"
Zhou Yiding glanced at him and asked, "Do you know who her lover is?"
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes at him, "Didn't you say you didn't know last time?"
Zhou Yiding whispered, "Of course I don't know if you ask me. Ask Old Xu, the gossiper. He even knows how long Aunt Wang's foot binding was."
"That's right! Why did I forget to ask Old Xu?" Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "Then who did Old Xu say it was?"
"That piglet, Xiong Lao San..."
"It's that bastard of Xiong Lao San again? Bastard, he has a great appetite and can eat anything dirty and smelly."
"I haven't finished talking yet, why are you panicking?" Zhou Yiding patted him, "There's another one, guess which one it is? If you can guess it, I'll show you how capable you are."
Seeing that he looked constipated, Zhou Huaian thought for a moment and said, "Could it be someone from our Zhou family?"
Zhou Yiding nodded, "I guessed half of it right."
Zhou Huaian looked at his expression, "Zhou Huai...Xing!"
"Fuck~" Zhou Yiding twisted his body and looked at him sideways, "Did your kid ask Old Xu a long time ago?"
"Don't you see who I am?" Zhou Huaian took a long puff of his cigarette, leaned on the bamboo chair and shook his legs, and blew three smoke rings at him proudly, "The least picky eater in our Zhou family, besides that thing, is the pig in the pen."
"Great!" Zhou Yiding clasped his fists towards him, "I admire you so much!"
"Damn it, no wonder that bitch keeps eyeing my house. After all, both of my mistresses are my enemies." Zhou Huaian held a cigarette in his mouth and squinted his eyes. "Ding Ding Mao, how do you think we should deal with these three bitches?"
Zhou Yiding thought for a moment, "Wang Chunming is out quarrying stones all year round, and is only at home during the busy farming season. How about letting the three brothers meet up?"
Zhou Huaian thought this was a bit difficult. "How do we meet? Get some food and wine, call them together, have a drink and talk about our experiences?"
Zhou Yiding glanced at him and asked, "Do you remember how Cai Ermei got in?"
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes, "Why can't I remember? Stealing and having affairs!
But the case of Cai Ermei was reported by her mistress's man, so are we going to report her for having an affair?" (End of this chapter)
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