Chapter 152 Fungus
Huo Beixi reached out to hold Hua Xiali. He didn't know what the circumstances were that made her say such a thing to someone she didn't know at all, but he knew that she must have been desperate.
But he was also glad that he had extended a helping hand, which allowed him and her to be where they are today.
"I know you're a matter-of-fact person. Since this is money back to me, I'll keep it." Anyway, after they get married, he will give all his money to her. As a grown man, he doesn't need a lot of money.
"Then I'll go home. You should also go to bed early so as not to affect your work."
When Hua Xiali turned to leave, Huo Beixi grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. "Didn't you say you would move to a new home after the New Year? When do you plan to move?"
"Don't worry, wait a little longer. My older sister and younger sister will be going back to school soon, and the house will be quiet all of a sudden. I'm worried that my mother won't be able to adapt, so let's take it slow!" Now that we have the homestead and the house, there is nothing to worry about.
A few days later, Hua Chunli and Hua Qiuli returned to school. Hua Chunli was already in college, so no one needed to say anything. Hua Qiuli only had a few months left before the high school entrance exam, and the next few months were especially important. Hua Xiali told her to concentrate on reviewing and not to worry about other things. At this critical moment, she should not waste time maintaining friendships with classmates and just wait until after the exams to get together with everyone.
Friendship between classmates is not an important thing in itself, and it is even less important than important examinations. Moreover, after graduation, even if you are from the same town, you will never see each other again.
Hua Xiali had never met any classmates in all these years in his previous life. He was really far away from home. All his elementary school classmates lived nearby, but he couldn't meet any of them.
My junior high school and high school classmates were all from the same town and county, and there were no outsiders at all. Yet, I had never met a single one of them.
After Hua Chunli and Hua Qiuli went back to school, only Hua's mother, Hua Xiali and Zhang Yongfeng were left at home. Zhang Yongfeng is now in charge of the Halogen business, and Hua's mother no longer gets a share of the money. Like everyone else, she only gets three yuan a day as a reward, so the rest of the profit belongs to Zhang Yongfeng and Hua Chunli.
There is no need to worry about the vegetable fields, because everyone is a farmer. Even the men can grow vegetables and take good care of the land. It's just that the progress on the sugarcane fields is slow. There is a lot of land and it is also wasteland, which is more difficult to deal with. Hua Xiali is now waiting for the land to be tidied up before he can teach everyone how to grow sugarcane!
Hua Xiali had nothing to do, so she went to the reservoir near her fourth uncle's house to pick freshwater clams. The water level of the reservoir had dropped a lot, and the silt on the edge had emerged from the water, so she walked around the reservoir again.
It was not until half a month later that the sugarcane field was ready. Hua Xiali then went over to teach them how to plant sugarcane. They placed the previously cut sugarcane nodes on the soil, with the buds facing the sides, not downwards, otherwise it would affect germination. After the sugarcane was laid out, they were covered with a thin layer of soil and then watered with some water diluted with spiritual spring water.
After Hua Xiali taught everyone, she let them plant the sugarcane by themselves, and she supervised from the side until everyone was taught. From then on, she didn't have to worry about the sugarcane fields anymore. She just had to go over occasionally to check on the growth of the sugarcane.
At this time, shepherd's purse was growing particularly luxuriantly in everyone's vegetable gardens and on the ridges of the fields. Hua Xiali had nothing to do, so he took a small basket and a small shovel and went out to dig shepherd's purse.
She did not run far away, but dug along the alley behind her uncle's house. The alley was not in the sun and had shorter hours of sunlight, so the shepherd's purse here was fresher and tenderer.
Of all the wild vegetables, shepherd's purse should be the one that tastes the best, right? In her previous life, there were people who specialized in growing shepherd's purse. She had seen it in the vegetable market, and it was five yuan per pound, which was more expensive than the oyster mushrooms that people grew themselves.
Hua Xiali dug along the alley to the back wall of his uncle's house. When he stood up to stretch his muscles, he saw that a tree in front of him, as thick as a bowl, was covered with densely packed black things that looked like wood ear mushrooms.
So Hua Xiali quickly picked a piece of fungus from the tree, examined it carefully, and smelled it. It was indeed the fungus that everyone ate in their previous life.
But I didn’t expect that their Qinglong Village is not a mountain village, so how could there be wood ear mushrooms?
So Hua Xiali hurriedly picked a handful of wood ears, put them in a basket, and hurried to the brigade headquarters to find Huo Beixi. Fortunately, there was no one else in the brigade headquarters at this time, so there was no need to worry about the secret being leaked.
"Huo Beixi, look what this is?" Hua Xiali excitedly placed the fungus on Huo Beixi's desk, but not on the documents, but on the table.
After all, fresh wood ear mushrooms are juicy, and it would be bad if they stain the documents.
"What is this?" Huo Beixi picked up the fungus, looked at it carefully, and smelled it.
"This is black fungus, edible black fungus, and it's top-grade black fungus, which means it has the best taste and texture." Hua Xiali said excitedly, "Huo Beixi, our village can actually grow such good black fungus, which means our climate is suitable for the growth of black fungus. If we seize the opportunity to cultivate black fungus, then will our Qinglong Village have an industry? If we have an industry, will our Qinglong Village still be poor?"
"Xia Li, you are right." Huo Beixi was also very excited. "Where did you find this fungus? Take me over to have a look."
Huo Beixi is working in Qinglong Village now. Naturally, he hopes that Qinglong Village will get better and better. Of course, he is not thinking about promotion and salary increase. He knows that he has no family background and no connections, so it should be impossible for him to get promoted. He estimates that he will have to stay in this position for the rest of his life. But if everyone is getting better and better, then won’t he have to worry less?
Arriving under the tree covered with fungus, Hua Xiali pointed at the tree and said, "Look, this is the fungus growing on this tree."
Huo Beixi looked up and saw that the tree was densely covered with fungus, like countless small fans. Just from this tree, it is estimated that several kilograms of fungus can be picked. If...
"If we wait for wood ear to grow on the tree, it probably won't grow much. But do you know how to plant it?" Huo Beixi asked.
Hua Xiali shook his head, "I don't know how to grow it, but we can ask the professor of mushroom science at the Agricultural University to help. They are usually willing to provide assistance."
"Okay, then I'll have a meeting with the villagers first." Huo Beixi picked a handful of fungus and said to Hua Xiali seriously, "Xia Li, thank you."
Hua Xiali smiled and said, "Why thank me? If the village is better, everyone will be better off!"
After that, Huo Beixi left quickly. Hua Xiali picked a few more wood ears. Fresh wood ears cannot be eaten and need to be dried before being eaten. The ones she picked after drying should be just enough for the whole family to have a good meal, but there were not many.