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Chapter 146
As soon as she said this, Xiao Ye and Mrs. Lu, who were not far away, were startled and asked, "What?"
The two men immediately stopped digging for bamboo shoots and ran over with their tools. When they saw what Jiang Meishu was holding, they were shocked. "Wild ginseng."
"There really is wild ginseng in this bamboo forest."
Although they had heard of it before, most of them had just treated it as a joke. After all, that was more than a decade ago, but now it seemed that it was no longer the case.
I didn’t expect that someone actually dug up wild ginseng here.
Jiang Meishu had seen dry ginseng, but she had never seen wet ginseng, freshly pulled from the soil. She stared at the roots, examining them again and again. "Is this wild ginseng?"
"right."
Xiao Ye was a little excited, pointing at the wild ginseng in Jiang Meishu's hand. "Look at this root. Some parts are as big as my little finger. I don't know much about wild ginseng, but this one in your hand is at least a hundred years old."
Hearing this, Jiang Meishu's eyes lit up, "Then I'll be rich."
Isn’t this the wild ginseng her sister mentioned?
And it is a hundred-year-old wild ginseng.
"right."
"This one can be sold for at least a few dozen yuan."
It's equivalent to a month's salary. But as soon as Xiao Ye finished speaking, the smile on Jiang Meishu's face disappeared. She thought it was worth a lot of money.
It was only worth a few dozen yuan. For others, this might be a lot of money, but for her, it was really not much.
She really wanted to dig up ten or eight more, but unfortunately, how could good luck always be with one person?
After she put the wild ginseng away, she wandered around the bamboo forest again, but she didn't find any, feeling a little disappointed. However, Xiao Ye saw this scene and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Jiang sister, you are very lucky to have found a wild ginseng. You still want to find another one? That would be a pie in the sky."
Jiang Meishu smiled and said, "Why not give it a try? Sister-in-law, I've almost finished picking up the winter bamboo shoots. I'll go pick some frozen mushrooms and then go back. What about you guys?"
She was really curious about frozen mushrooms.
"Let's go too." Xiao Ye lifted his basket, which weighed over ten pounds and was almost full. "Let's pick up some frozen millet and cook a pot of it when we get home tonight."
When the weather is cold, it is good to eat something hot.
When she shouted, Mrs. Lu stopped picking up the mushrooms and went to pick frozen mushrooms with her.
Frozen mushrooms grew in clusters on old trees struck by lightning. They were brown and looked thick and large. Where had Jiang Meishu ever seen such a scene?
When I saw it, I couldn't help but raise my hand to break it apart. But as soon as I touched the frozen mushrooms, I couldn't help but gasp. They were really too cold.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Ye laughed, "Sister Jiang, I can see you've suffered a loss. Come on, I'll give you one of my gloves. Wear the gloves, otherwise you'll be picking frozen mushrooms. By the time you finish, your hands will be frozen red."
Jiang Meishu smiled sheepishly. After taking the gloves and saying thank you, she went back to picking the frozen mushrooms. She could hear a very subtle click, and she picked a bunch of frozen mushrooms. She didn't bring a basket, so she put them in the bag.
Then, he started looking everywhere, finding a clump here and a clump there, but he could never pick them all, never could he pick them all.
It was at this time that Jiang Meishu finally grasped the joy of growing vegetables. The satisfaction of picking fruit was incomparable to anything else.
She picked about three pounds and then stopped. If she picked more, she wouldn't be able to carry it anymore.
"Why don't you pick it?"
Xiao Ye looked back and saw her standing beside him, breathing heavily. Jiang Meishu smiled and said, "There are only two of us, Lao Liang and I, in my family. We can't eat much. This is enough for two meals."
If there are too many, frozen mushrooms will be just like mushrooms, they will not taste good if they are not fresh.
It was the first time Xiao Ye had met someone like Jiang Meishu. As she was picking the fruits, she said, "You must come from a very wealthy family."
Jiang Meishu returned the gloves to her and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Xiao Ye took the gloves and put on a pair neatly. He had only worn one hand before, and the exposed hand was already frozen and numb.
After putting them on, the warmth of the gloves warmed her hands, and she slowly said, "Because you're not greedy."
"I've brought many girls and older women here before to pick frozen mushrooms, pine nuts, and hazelnuts. Every one of them was eager to fill all their bags and baskets, even taking off their clothes and putting them in. When they couldn't fit any more, they would pick things and leave them on the ground, waiting until it was too dark to see and they had to go back."
In comparison, Jiang Meishu is like heaven and earth.
Jiang Meishu was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and said gently, "Sister-in-law, maybe they know how to live, but I don't."
She herself is not someone who can endure hardship or live a good life, otherwise she would not have been lucky enough to marry Liang Qiurun.
She had to admit that she was a lazy person and a hedonist. She was different from everyone else. In fact, she admired women like Xiao Ye more than herself.
Xiao Ye didn't expect to hear such an answer, "Sister Jiang, Director Liang is so lucky to marry you."
She could obviously join in the complaints about the other person's shortcomings and greed, but in Jiang Meishu's mouth, it became her laziness and inability to live.
It was such a pleasure to talk and chat with her.
It makes people feel so comfortable.
Jiang Meishu didn't understand why Xiao Ye was jumping so fast. She pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't say anything. She waited until Xiao Ye and the others finished picking.
Then he went down the mountain.
Jiang Meishu didn't have much stuff, only about 7 or 8 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots and 3 or 4 kilograms of frozen mushrooms, which added up to just over 10 kilograms. But even with so much, her arms were sore from carrying it all.
Then she looked at Xiao Ye and the others, they had such a big basket of things, but they were still talking and laughing while walking on the road. After seeing this, she could only sigh that she was a newbie.
Fortunately, after they came down the mountain, Liang Qiurun had just finished his work and was about to go up the mountain to find her. When Jiang Meishu saw him, she wanted to jog over, but unfortunately she couldn't run as she was carrying things, so she called out softly, "Lao Liang."
Liang Qiurun looked at her face which was flushed with tiredness. Although the air was still a little cold, there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, which made him feel distressed.
Liang Qiurun took the bag without saying a word and asked, "Why did you think of running up the mountain?"
"Next time you go, call me to come with you."
This person not only feels sorry for you, but also offers solutions.
Jiang Meishu smiled and said, "Aren't you busy?" She turned around and pointed at Xiao Ye and the others, "It's enough for me and my sisters-in-law to be together."
Because someone lightened her burden, she felt relieved, and her mood also improved a little.
"Lao Liang, you don't know how lucky I am." She ran into the bag and took out a wild ginseng. "Look, look."
She seemed to be showing off, "I picked it up, isn't it amazing?"
Seeing the wild ginseng, Liang Qiurun was also surprised for a moment, "Did you pick it up in the mountains?"
"Yes." Jiang Meishu smiled and said, "Aren't we going to pick winter bamboo shoots? It's growing right next to the bamboo shoots, so I pulled it out in no time."
If she had a tail, it would definitely be raised. Liang Qiurun was delighted to see this; he liked Jiang Meishu's little smugness.
“That’s amazing.”
He is also generous with his compliments.
Jiang Meishu's eyes curved, "Yeah, I think I'm lucky too. I was chatting with Sister Xiao before, and she said someone had picked it up before, but it's been so many years, so no one has seen it since. I didn't expect that I would actually pick it up after I went in."
Compared to winter bamboo shoots and frozen mushrooms, this wild ginseng is obviously more valuable.
Director Zhu, who came out to pick up his wife, also looked at the wild ginseng. He was a little surprised and said, "Your wife is really lucky."
"We locals have gone up the mountain countless times and never encountered one. But your wife is from another place and she encountered one on the first try. Her luck is incredible."
Director Zhu looked at the wild ginseng and liked it more and more. "Comrade Jiang, Director Liang, I wonder if you guys would sell this wild ginseng?"
Goods of this quality are rare in the market.
Liang Qiurun didn't make the decision for Jiang Meishu. He went to see Jiang Meishu. Jiang Meishu subconsciously shook her head, "No, we won't sell it. We'll keep it for ourselves."
Fearing that Director Zhu might be suspicious, she said frankly, "We have elderly people at home, and we're keeping it for emergencies."
Now that things have come to this, Director Zhu is at a loss for words. After all, there is absolutely no such thing as forced buying or selling in this business.
After returning to the tube building, Jiang Meishu went in to change her shoes and put on her own fleece-lined leather boots. Only then did she feel her feet were a little warmer.
She went to return the pair of tube shoes to Xiao Ye. When she came back, Liang Qiurun was already packing winter bamboo shoots and frozen mushrooms.
He peeled off the skin of the winter bamboo shoots and asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
Jiang Meishu actually rarely eats vegetables like bamboo shoots, so she asked, "How do you make it delicious?"
She didn't know much about this.
"You can cook them in a pot and the bamboo shoots will be very crispy. You can also stir-fry pork belly with winter bamboo shoots, which is also very fragrant."
Jiang Meishu swallowed and said, "I want to eat them all, Lao Liang."
Liang Qiurun laughed, "Then put some in the pot and stir-fry some."
He turned around and gave her the money and the ticket. "Go to the supply and marketing cooperative and ask if they have any meat left. Buy some and I'll fry it."
Jiang Meishu felt like she was just like when she was a child. Her parents had told her the same thing. She held the money in her hand, feeling it was ridiculous, yet also feeling it was the truth.
Lao Liang really does his best to take care of her in life, so much so that many times, she seems like she has never grown up in front of him.
She held the money in her hand and stood there in silence.
"What's wrong?"
"If it's not enough, take it from my left pocket." Liang Qiurun naturally brought extra money with him when he was on a business trip. Jiang Meishu reached back to take it out. She was a mean person. After she reached into his pocket, she didn't take the money, but instead scratched through his clothes.
This made Liang Qiurun, who was cutting vegetables, couldn't help laughing. He felt a little itchy, and when he laughed, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes even rose a little.
"Jiang Jiang, stop making trouble."
The voice was filled with indescribable doting.
Jiang Meishu smiled and stretched out her other hand, scratching his waist. "Lao Liang, you are not a good boy. You are hiding your own money."
Otherwise, how would he have money in his pocket?
Liang Qiurun was tickled by her, and his waist was tilted. "That's really not the case."
He turned around to look at the bad guy and said, "This is the travel allowance that Secretary Chen withdrew from the Finance Department for me."
He is the factory director and is on a business trip to Heilongjiang Province. He knows how to use connections and treat people to meals, so it is inevitable that he has money on him.
Jiang Meishu finally realized she had misunderstood, but how could she admit it was her fault? She immediately withdrew her hand and said, "Okay, okay, I get it."
Liang Qiurun put down the vegetables and tried to catch her, but Jiang Meishu ran away quickly, "Lao Liang, I'm going to buy some meat, wait for me."
The sound was as clear as a lark, and not only Liang Qiurun could hear it, but also the neighbors around could hear it.
Xiao Ye was also processing frozen mushrooms. When she heard the noise outside, she couldn't help but sigh to her lover, "Director Liang's lover has a really nice voice."
After a pause, he added, "He's a good person, too."
He is indeed a smart person with high emotional intelligence and is very good at handling things.
Director Zhu was peeling peanuts for the children and smiled when he heard this. "Of course he's a good person. Otherwise, how could someone as hard-hearted as Director Liang take his wife with him wherever he went?"
"I've known Director Liang for over ten years, and this is the first time I've seen him so nervous."
Xiao Ye's eyes flickered with envy when she heard this. She glanced out the window at the Liang family's temporary residence and saw Liang Qiurun busy in the public kitchen outside, chopping vegetables and cooking with great skill.
That's why she is envious.
Although Mr. Zhu is a good guy, he never gets involved in the family affairs. He is different from Director Liang who hardly lets Comrade Jiang do anything when he is at home.
Just for this point, I'm afraid no man in the entire tube building can compare to her.
There is no comparison.
Outside.
Liang Qiurun, who was cooking, had no idea everyone was thinking so much. He cleaned up the winter bamboo shoots, sorted out the frozen mushrooms, and took out the tofu he had bought but hadn't eaten and cut it into pieces. First, he prepared everything he needed for the pot.
Jiang Meishu was lucky enough to buy a piece of lean meat and a piece of pork liver. It wasn't luck, but rather that people these days preferred fatty meat, which could be made into oil and used as shavings, but lean meat was not popular, and at the same price, no one wanted it.
She came back carrying a pound of lean meat and a pound of pork liver.
Liang Qiurun took a look and felt a headache. "What kind of pot do you want to eat?"
Jiang Meishu, "How about pork liver and lean meat soup?" In her previous life, when she went to the south, she had eaten the Sanjidi soup made with pork liver, lean meat and wolfberry leaves, and she thought it looked very delicious.
Liang Qiurun thought for a moment and nodded, "Then let's make pork liver and lean meat soup, and add winter bamboo shoots and tofu as well."
Jiang Meishu hummed, washed her hands and was about to come over to help, but Liang Qiurun pushed her out and said, "Go play, it will be fine in a while."
He was able to raise Liang Rui alone, so naturally he knows how to cook. It’s just that he was too busy before and had no time to cook. Now that he is on a business trip in Heilongjiang Province, he actually has time to cook.
Jiang Meishu took a look and realized that she really couldn't help, so she came over with a bag of peanuts. She peeled two peanuts, one for herself and one for Liang Qiurun.
When Liang Qiurun was cooking, she didn't run around, but stayed by her side, feeding her some peanuts or melon seeds, and even cut a frozen pear.
To be honest, compared to the people next door who are cooking in a hurry and cursing, cooking at their house is actually a pleasure.
After all the ingredients for the pot were prepared, Liang Qiurun put the pot on the coal stove, boiled it over high heat, and added the ingredients.
The two of them didn't eat at the table like they did in the capital. He brought the coal stove directly to the living room, and the two of them sat around the coal stove, holding their bowls and eating while they put the hot pot in.
The white smoke from the pot rose up, lingering on Liang Qiurun's busy face, which made Jiang Meishu a little dazed. "Lao Liang, you don't have to pick it up for me, just eat it quickly."
He was busy boiling food for her the whole time.
Liang Qiurun hummed and began to eat slowly.
But he was still taking care of Jiang Meishu the whole time, even until she went to bed at night, and he even fetched water for her to wash her feet.
Jiang Meishu looked at Liang Qiurun who was massaging her feet. The soft light shone on his face. The man who seemed so unattainable on weekdays was now very gentle.
He seemed to have lowered himself into the dust.
This made Jiang Meishu subconsciously want to retract her foot, "Lao Liang, you don't have to do this."
She can wash her feet by herself, and she doesn't need Liang Qiurun to massage her feet.
Liang Qiurun looked up at her, a dark light flashing in his peach blossom eyes, "But is it too strong?"
Jiang Meishu shook her head. She held Liang Qiurun's hands and murmured, "I always feel that your hands shouldn't do these things."
Liang Qiurun's hands are used for negotiations, for signing and approving, and for giving orders.
Instead of doing what he is doing now, lowering his head and silently massaging her feet.
Liang Qiurun smiled, his eyes full of calmness and gentleness, "Husband and wife are one, so what's the right and wrong?"
"Taking care of you is what I'm supposed to do."
This made Jiang Meishu open her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
Liang Qiurun followed her position and sat on the edge of the bed, then took her in his arms and said, "If you want to compensate me."
He turned his head and stared at her, with a wicked smile in his eyes. If you look closely, there is also a bit of aggression and restraint.
"Can you come more often tonight?"
He was always concerned about her body, so he only wanted to have sex twice. In fact, if you want to say that she is satisfied, then there is no such thing.
Liang Qiurun is a person who is used to restraining and forbearing.
However, he had never expressed these thoughts out loud. When he lived in the Liang family before, there were too many people around and he was too busy with work, so there was no chance for the two of them to be alone together.
But now that he was on a business trip, the space between the two of them was separated.
When Jiang Meishu heard this, her face inexplicably became hot, "Lao Liang." She raised her hand to hit him, but ended up hurting her own hand.
He took her hand and brought her into his arms, his eyes full of tenderness and possession, "Okay?"
What could Jiang Meishu say? She was not as strong as Liang Qiurun. The other party captured her with one hand, and she couldn't break free even if she wanted to.
She was angry and annoyed, biting his chest, "Lao Liang, you are doing this."
It would be fine if you didn't bite it, but once you bite it, it's like opening the crater of a volcano and the volcano erupts instantly.
Liang Qiurun gave Jiang Meishu almost no room to refuse, and he held her in his arms forcefully, gently twisting and biting her, and the room was filled with romance.
When Jiang Meishu woke up again, her whole body was about to fall apart. It was as if Liang Qiurun had been given some kind of crazy injection last night.
It happened over and over again, and in the end, she didn't know how it ended. She only knew that she fell asleep.
When she woke up and looked at her watch, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. It was almost time for lunch, but she hadn't gotten up yet.
Jiang Meishu rubbed her waist, and when she stood up, her legs softened and she almost fell to her knees on the bed. She couldn't help but mutter, "What nonsense."
This was really a mess all night.
While she was in a daze, there was a knock on the door. "Sister Jiang, are you awake?"
Xiao Ye knocked on the door, and Jiang Meishu hurriedly put on her clothes and went to open the door, "Sister-in-law, you're up, what's wrong?"
Xiao Ye looked at her pale face and the thick dark circles under her eyelids, and couldn't help but want to laugh, "Did you make a fuss last night?"
Jiang Meishu was a little surprised. How did the other party know that?
Xiao Ye covered his mouth and laughed, "We all came from here, how could we not know it?"
"Look at you, you're so depressed."
"It's obvious that your man made a fuss half the night and didn't let you rest."
Jiang Meishu's face flushed. She was embarrassed to discuss sex with outsiders, so she changed the subject. "Sister-in-law, what are you looking for me for?"
This question made Xiao Ye bring up the real business. "I'm out of honeycomb coal, and I guess yours will be out of it too. Do you want to go to the coal station to buy some?"
Jiang Meishu's family really didn't have many honeycomb coals left, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come after I wash up."
She was very fast and finished in just three minutes. She put on her scarf and followed Xiao Ye to the coal station, but they arrived at the wrong time.
"No more, no more. The coal supply is low this year. It won't be available until the first of next month. Please save some these days."
As soon as these words fell, there was a sudden groaning among the crowd. "It's only the 13th, and there's still more than half a month until the first of next month. How can anyone persist?"
"It's so cold, you can't let people not use coal, right?"
"How should I know? The coal from above hasn't been brought in yet. Even if you ask me for it, I don't have it."
"Let's go, we're off work."
As soon as he finished speaking, the gate of the coal station closed.
Jiang Meishu felt that this scene was very familiar. She had encountered such a scene in the capital before.
So, she turned to Xiao Ye and said, "Oh no! I'm afraid there will be a shortage of coal."
At the same time.
In the pig farm director's office, Liang Qiurun was talking to Director Zhu when there was a sudden knock on the door. Director Zhu, without even looking up, called out, "Come in."
It was Director Chen from the Logistics Department. "Director, our farm is running out of coal, but the supply hasn't kept up."
As soon as these words fell, the office fell silent. Director Zhu subconsciously said, "That's impossible. Our pig farm always gives priority to supply every year."
If we don’t supply them, it will be difficult for anyone in the province to eat pork.
"Indeed not, Director. The bottom will be reached by next week at the latest, but the coal station wants us to wait until the beginning of the month. How can we wait until the beginning of the month when there are so many pigs waiting to be fed in the factory?"
Director Zhu was also troubled. "I understand. You go down first. I'll think of a solution." But after his subordinate left, Director Zhu turned to ask Liang Qiurun, "Director Liang, do you have any idea how to get some coal?"
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