2.4w nutrient solution extra chapter for picking monkey head mushrooms
Chapter 81
Qi Donghan didn't say whether he believed him or not, but just glanced at him before slowly saying, "Then go and make the call."
"Yingying, stand behind me."
The arrangement of two people with a single sentence left Meng Yingying somewhat bewildered, but fortunately, she had a natural trust in Qi Donghan.
She quickly stood behind Qi Donghan, and Gao Chunyang's eyes darkened when he saw this.
The newly made tools were very useful. Gao Chunyang took the pole and used the hoe beside him to tap the slightly low pine trees.
When ripe pine cones are shaken by external forces, they quickly fall down with a series of "plop" sounds.
The sudden fall startled everyone around.
"This method actually worked."
"Let me count. Each time we smash the pine cones, we get at least twenty or so. This is obviously much better than climbing the tree to pick them."
When the other person finished speaking, Gao Chunyang still had the pole in his hand. He turned around and glanced at Meng Yingying, saying the first words they had exchanged since they met.
"Comrade Meng, your method is really effective."
Meng Yingying wasn't familiar with Gao Chunyang, so she nodded, "It's good that it's useful."
Just those four words, spoken in such a flat tone, left Gao Chunyang feeling somewhat disappointed.
Qi Donghan stepped forward, shielding Meng Yingying behind him. He immediately gave the order, "Gao Chunyang, go find these long poles, find all the hoes, and tie them all to the poles."
This meant that Gao Chunyang was given tasks to do directly, without giving him any opportunity to have any contact with Meng Yingying.
Gao Chunyang lowered his head and said, "I have experience in picking pine cones, so I'll do it."
He tried to save her.
Qi Donghan was very assertive, saying, "Anyone can hit a pine cone. You watched the whole tutorial on how to make a pine cone, so go and teach everyone how to make one."
Ultimately, the higher the rank, the more powerful one becomes. Although Gao Chunyang was unwilling, he had no choice but to comply.
He eventually found more than forty hoes, including sickles if he didn't have any.
They managed to gather a little over seventy tools. As a result, the team stationed in Harbin was no longer as strained as before.
When he arrived, Meng Yingying, who had been with them, had already returned to her own group.
Gao Chunyang pursed his lips and handed out the tools one by one, but when he handed one to the art troupe, it was Coach Zhao who received it.
Gao Chunyang glanced at Meng Yingying before leaving to get busy.
When I get busy, I forget a lot of these messy things.
The tall trees were left for the Jilin City garrison; they only picked the short trees, and with one swing of their poles, the pine cones fell in a flurry.
The people below just need to pick it up.
That's how it was with Meng Yingying. Coach Zhao would hit her from above with a pole, and the pine cones below would fall one after another, impossible to pick up completely.
She kept her head down, unable to even straighten her back.
Seeing the pine cones being packed into sacks by sacks by the team stationed in Harbin, it was as if they were picking up money off the ground.
Commander Cao was getting anxious. She called Commander Xiao over and said, "Send someone over to check what tools they're using."
How can the efficiency be so fast?
They've come to pick pine cones so many times, but this has never happened before.
Commander Xiao refused, saying, "If you want to know, just send someone over to see for yourself."
"We'll do it our way."
Commander Cao was so angry she almost fell over. She didn't say anything, stood there taking deep breaths for a while, and then called over the young soldiers on her side.
Let the other party see it.
After checking for a while, the other person ran back and said, "It seems they tied something to the front of the pole."
"But it's too far away, so I can't see clearly what's tied up."
Commander Cao instinctively wanted to curse him as useless, but then she thought that this man wasn't one of her soldiers, so she waved her hand and said, "I'll go see for myself."
Unfortunately, when she arrived, the Harbin team seemed to be on guard against her, and from the beginning they were trying to keep their distance from her.
They only picked low-lying trees, finishing one and moving on to the next, making it difficult for Commander Cao to catch up even if he wanted to.
Ye Yingtao, with her sharp eyes, picked up pine cones while keeping a close watch on everything around her. "Look over there?"
She and Meng Yingying stood together, and the two of them quickly picked up the four snakeskin bags.
Meng Yingying, "Hmm?"
She was busy and didn't look back.
“Look!” Ye Yingtao said, “Commander Cao must want to learn our method. Not only did she send someone over, but she also came over herself.”
Meng Yingying glanced back and saw that Commander Cao was acting suspiciously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, by the time she has learned how to collect the tools, we will have already cleared out most of the low trees."
"This pole is effective against tall trees, but not very much."
Once a person climbs up, there's nowhere to put their feet on such a long stick, and it's difficult to exert any force.
However, Meng Yingying was still worried. She stopped picking them up and turned to Qi Donghan. She whispered to him, "Commander Cao is here to learn from us. Tell everyone to speed things up. Even if we don't have time to fight, let them take the low trees first."
Qi Donghan understood instantly. He beckoned Xu Wenjun over and then sent someone to seize the initiative.
Xu Wenjun was a lively person, and he happened to run into Meng Yingying. He couldn't help but give Meng Yingying a thumbs up, "Comrade Meng, your method is really useful."
Efficiency has increased at least threefold, and the pine cones we collected were also packed into bags.
There's simply not enough room to hold it all.
Meng Yingying smiled but didn't say anything. After Xu Wenjun left, she also prepared to return to her unit.
Suddenly, something sweet was stuffed into my mouth.
Meng Yingying's tongue twitched, and she subconsciously widened her eyes. "You gave me candy?"
Qi Donghan nodded and stuffed a few more fruit candies and White Rabbit milk candies into her pocket. "If you feel really tired later, eat one to relax."
In the wild, eating sugar is the fastest way to restore energy. This would definitely not be possible during regular training, but since this was a gathering activity, the checks on this aspect were not as strict.
Meng Yingying touched her bulging pockets, glanced at Qi Donghan, and smiled sweetly at him, "Thank you, my Dong-ge."
The sound of "Brother Dong" made Qi Donghan's breathing quicken. He wanted to reach out and touch his head, but then realized that his hands were a little dirty.
"Don't shout like that in public next time."
He couldn't stand it.
Meng Yingying had a mischievous idea and teased him, "Brother Dong, Brother Dong, I'm going to call him that."
She called out three times in a row, and Meng Yingying watched as Qi Donghan's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. Then she smiled and ran away, saying, "I'll go check ahead and let you know if anything happens."
Looking at the radiant Meng Yingying, Qi Donghan couldn't help but smile.
Gao Chunyang, who was not far away, saw this scene and remained silent for a long time before continuing to work.
Liu Mang, who was standing next to him, was oblivious to everything, so he didn't notice anything wrong with his roommate Gao Chunyang.
On the contrary, the perceptive Chen Shuisheng shouted in a low voice, "Gao Chunyang, snap out of it! Look where your pole has landed!"
Gao Chunyang then looked up and saw that his pole had tilted to the side, and the hoe had almost fallen and hit someone.
He quickly put the pole back, and Chen Shuisheng took over the pole, replacing Gao Chunyang. He said calmly, "Gao Chunyang, there are some people you shouldn't be thinking about."
Gao Chunyang's face instantly turned ugly.
Chen Shuisheng, however, had no intention of stopping there. "Back then, out of our entire dormitory, you were the most indignant, and you were the one who said the most bad things about Qi Changming, his childhood sweetheart."
"And what kind of nonsense is this now?"
Gao Chunyang asked with difficulty, "When did you figure that out?"
Chen Shuisheng was picking pine cones when he heard this. Without turning his head, he said, "Is it that hard to tell? Even I, an outsider, can tell. Do you think Commander Qi can tell?"
Gao Chunyang's breath hitched.
"Gao Chunyang, stop now. Back then, all of us took advantage of Meng Yingying's misfortune. Only Commander Qi offered her a helping hand."
"It seems quite normal for Meng Yingying to be with Commander Qi now."
So, let go.
Chen Shuisheng's words were very straightforward. He watched Gao Chunyang make foolish mistakes time and time again, challenging Qi Donghan's limits.
If things continue like this, he'll start to worry that he'll ruin himself and end up leaving the team.
Gao Chunyang didn't speak. He wanted to let go too, but his heart and eyes were out of his control.
He didn't know when it started, but whenever Meng Yingying was around, his gaze would be unconsciously drawn to her.
Chen Shuisheng saw through it and couldn't help but shake his head. "If she were Qi Changming's childhood sweetheart, you could still snatch her away from Qi Changming, but if she's Commander Qi's sweetheart..."
"Gao Chunyang, I advise you to give up."
His chances of snatching Meng Yingying away from Qi Donghan are zero.
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Meng Yingying was unaware that she had become the subject of others' discussion. She had just spoken to Xu Wenjun when she called to Ye Yingtao, "Let's go take a look at other places."
There are too many people picking pine cones here.
Ye Yingtao nodded, clapped her hands, and then followed Meng Yingying to the front. There were pine trees everywhere, and further ahead was a low shrub forest.
As Meng Yingying walked, she slipped her a piece of candy. Ye Yingtao's eyes lit up. "You brought candy?"
Meng Yingying shook her head, "No, it was given to me by Qi Donghan."
Ye Yingtao was about to click her tongue, but before she could say anything, Meng Yingying interrupted her, "Xu Wenjun just spoke to me. He probably wants to find out about you."
What are you thinking?
She had told Ye Yingtao about Xu Wenjun's family situation last time, and she had never heard Xu Wenjun's name mentioned by Ye Yingtao again.
Hearing Meng Yingying's words, Ye Yingtao fell silent for a moment. She held the candy but didn't eat it. Instead, she said in a low voice, "Yingying, Xu Wenjun is a good person, but he is from the countryside. I have said that I can be flexible with his family conditions and the number of his siblings, but he cannot be from the countryside."
She herself is from the countryside, and her most basic requirement for marriage and finding a partner is that they be from the city and receive government-supplied food.
Meng Yingying genuinely felt it was a pity, "Xu Wenjun has a bright future, and although his family is from the countryside, they are locals from Harbin."
These locals are highly sought after in later generations.
Ye Yingtao shook her head again, "No, that won't work."
She refused to marry a man from the countryside.
This is the bottom line.
Seeing that she was very principled, Meng Yingying didn't say anything more. She casually kicked a dead tree branch on the ground, and a clean white mushroom was kicked out.
It's huge, bigger than her fist.
"What's this?"
Meng Yingying didn't recognize it at all, but Ye Yingtao squatted down to take a look and suddenly realized, "Monkey head mushroom."
"These are very valuable monkey head mushrooms, how come there are so many here?"
As far as the eye can see, the dense, withered forest stretches as far as the eye can see; for every withered tree, there is a monkey head mushroom.
No, some tree stumps even have more than one monkey head mushroom growing on them.
Meng Yingying quickly realized what was happening, her breathing quickened, "There's no going back."
"Pick it."
"Hurry up and pick them."
These large trees must have been felled; the stumps and dead branches are covered with plump, white monkey head mushrooms.
Upon hearing this, Ye Yingtao realized what was happening. "Pick them! We must pick them all before anyone notices!"
Meng Yingying has already started. The monkey head mushroom is white and plump, and it's still a bit soft in your hand. If you squeeze it too hard, you might accidentally crush it.
She picked the monkey head mushroom with very light force, and without even putting it in a bag, she put it directly on the ground.
Ignoring what was behind me, I just kept picking the plants in front of me, and the area I could see was almost completely barren.
Pine forest.
Qi Donghan watched Meng Yingying leave. He checked the time; she had been gone for half an hour and hadn't returned yet.
He was a little worried, so he called Liu Mang over and said, "Go along this road and see Comrade Meng and Comrade Ye. Why haven't they come back yet?"
Liu Mang said憨憨地, "I'll go right now."
"But what about the work I have on my hands?"
"Give it to someone else."
Upon receiving the message, Liu Mang ran forward as fast as he could. After running for about twenty minutes, he indeed saw Meng Yingying and Ye Yingtao squatting on the ground near a patch of dead trees.
"Comrade Meng."
Just as Liu Mang called out, Meng Yingying called out to him, "Comrade Liu, come over here quickly, pick some!"
"There are so many monkey head mushrooms here."
This is much more valuable than pine nuts.
Liu Mang saw it too. Looking at the huge patch of monkey head mushrooms, he exclaimed in shock, "My goodness! How come there are so many monkey head mushrooms here?"
A pound of monkey head mushrooms costs 35 cents. If you pick them all, how much would that be?
Liu Mang instantly forgot what he had come for, squatted down, and joined the army of people picking monkey head mushrooms.
Liu Mang has been gone for half an hour and hasn't returned yet.
Qi Donghan thought something had happened and wanted to go there in person, but Xu Wenjun stopped him, saying, "Old Qi, you keep an eye on the Jishi garrison. I have a feeling that Commander Cao is going to cause trouble. Only you can keep him in check. You can't leave."
"I'll go in your place."
Qi Donghan nodded, still worried, "Go ahead, and come back in twenty minutes, whether you've found them or not, and report back to me."
Xu Wenjun readily agreed, but after he arrived and saw the vast expanse of monkey head mushrooms, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "I'm not going back!"
Where are you going?!
He absolutely won't leave until all the monkey head mushrooms are picked!
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Author's Note: Bonus chapter for 23,000 nutrient solution readings! I'm so hungry, I'm going to go get some spicy chicken noodles~
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