Seeing Xiao Aimin's firm attitude, the others pretended not to understand and stopped asking questions.
But he kept this matter to himself.
Xiao Yiyun, in particular, felt completely numb.
The brother who had been with her all her life had become an outsider.
This, this, sigh...
When Xiao Aimin saw that none of the children asked, he assumed that the matter had been kept secret.
He doesn't care about that now; he just wants to know if or not this kind of fungus can be grown.
In the end, he still took a few books, but after much deliberation, he shamelessly refused to pay.
Actually, he didn't have much left; the team even covered the eldest brother's medical expenses!
He still needs to discuss it with the people at the brigade headquarters.
That evening, Xiao Aimin took the books and went to find his second brother, Xiao Aijun.
The two brothers discussed it and then took the book to their third uncle.
The men sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed) drinking. There wasn't much good food: a plate of peanuts, a plate of scrambled eggs, and some fried snacks.
These were all prepared by Xiao Aijun's wife, and the two brothers brought them over.
If you want to eat something good at their third uncle's place, you're dreaming.
Sometimes, his third uncle would fool them by giving them some coarse salt and letting them lick it after drinking some wine.
The two brothers, who had experience before, always brought their own drinks when they came.
And that snack, it was a gift from his third daughter-in-law to him as a token of filial piety.
He used it to give as a gift to his third uncle, Xiao Datian.
Xiao Datian didn't drink alcohol; he just kept the snacks in front of him and ate them one after another.
Under the dim light of a kerosene lamp.
Xiao Datian looked at the books one page at a time.
He didn't know many characters, but he could at least understand the general meaning.
I've roughly flipped through all five books.
He then stopped touching the snacks beside him, picked up the wine cup, tilted his head back, and gulped down a glass of wine.
After finishing his drink, he smacked his lips and then shouted in a strong voice, "Good wine!"
The two brothers, who had been keeping a close eye on their third uncle, were immediately struck by his appearance.
"Third Uncle, do you think this can be done?" Compared to his second brother, Xiao Aimin, the youngest, was indeed more impatient.
Xiao Aijun rolled her eyes at her younger brother.
His third uncle's actions were quite obvious!
He ignored his foolish younger brother and picked up the wine bottle to refill Xiao Datian's glass.
As expected, he received an approving look from his third uncle.
Xiao Datian was in a good mood at the moment and didn't mind saying a few more words to his foolish nephew: "Of course you can do it, why can't you?"
Then I picked up my glass and began to savor it.
This liquor has a high alcohol content, so it's meant to be savored slowly. The way he drank it just now was a bit too much, considering he's already in his sixties or seventies.
However, their ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke!
We should definitely celebrate!
To be able to marry such a wonderful girl, she's a golden phoenix!
They don't have these books here.
They didn't know where to buy it either!
More importantly, no one told them how to grow crops and mushrooms, as the book taught!
It seems we really need to get serious about our child's education!
Or, once I've made some money, I can build a school.
Oh dear, it was all brought by Xiao Su!
Xiao Yichen's grand-nephew is truly lucky, and so is the Xiao family.
While basking in his own smugness, Old Master Xiao had no idea that his lucky nephew was undergoing isolation and investigation.
The direct reason for the investigation was his unrealistic expectations of a golden phoenix.
Seeing his third uncle's optimism, Xiao Aimin wondered if his uncle had made a mistake: "Third Uncle, the book says that wood ear mushrooms must be planted during the rainy season, but the rainy season is over now."
After slowly savoring the food, Xiao Datian picked up a peanut and then asked, "Do you heat your kang (a traditional heated bed) in winter?"
"Burn it!" Xiao Aimin was completely confused. What did this kind of wood ear fungus have to do with heating a kang (a traditional heated bed)?
Is the room warm after the kang (heated brick bed) is heated?
"It's warm!"
"Do you know how to grow wood ear mushrooms?" Continuing to eat scrambled eggs, the second son's wife's cooking was quite good, not bad at all.
Xiao Aimin continued with an innocent and bewildered look: "No way!"
Then his third uncle hit him on the forehead with chopsticks.
"You good-for-nothing! You don't even know how to grow wood ear mushrooms. Your family heats the kang (a traditional heated bed) in winter, so you know that heating the kang makes you warm. Why don't you try planting some in the house first? If that doesn't work, go to the commune and buy some plastic sheeting to build a greenhouse. What if the rainy season is over? Why don't you try sprinkling water on it and see what happens!"
Or are you trying to grow a whole field of mushrooms right off the bat? This isn't like growing vegetables. Everyone in our village is an expert; nobody knows anything about this. We have to try it little by little. It's the same with mushrooms; they have to grow from small to large. You're trying to eat a giant, fat mushroom right off the bat—aren't you afraid of choking?"
Xiao Aimin was in despair: "Can I even live like this anymore? I get scolded at home, and I get scolded when I go out!"
Seeing that his younger brother was being scolded so badly, Xiao Aimin quickly took over the conversation: "Third Uncle, how about we hold a meeting first to see what the people in the brigade think, and then hold a village meeting so that everyone can try it voluntarily?"
This is, after all, my own younger brother.
Xiao Datian, who was enjoying his meal, said, "I think it's a good idea! The team can add some wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms later. Those few dishes are indeed a bit lacking. Didn't we say we were going to build a greenhouse?"
Those oyster mushrooms are grown in a greenhouse. We'll harvest them together; I've seen them, and the temperature and humidity are basically the same. Let's get a little this year to learn how. If it works, we'll harvest more next year!
The two brothers nodded repeatedly as they listened!
The people at the brigade headquarters had no objections.
This is a good thing!
The daughter-in-law of the Xiao family spent money and effort to hire someone to buy books, just so she could eat some mushrooms every week. Why can't she do that?
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