"Momo, you've got the biggest harvest again." Kang Mingyuan saw that her backpack was full and immediately put down his own. "Come, let's switch."
"No need, I can still carry this weight."
"Be obedient. No matter how strong you are, you are still a girl." Kang Mingyuan helped her take off the backpack without saying a word and put it on his own back.
"Thank you, Brother Yuan." Qiao Mo had no choice but to carry Kang Mingyuan's backpack. In fact, it was not much more or less, she felt the same, but she appreciated the favor.
"Qiao Mo is really capable." Chen Ran saw that the three of their backpacks were almost full, and his eyes were full of envy.
Compared with them, the three of us were far behind. Even Wang Jiaming, who had the biggest harvest, only had half a basket full, and most of it was bamboo shoots. I only had half a basket full, and most of it was bracken.
"It all depends on luck. We are just a little luckier." Qiao Mo said with a smile.
"You have good eyesight." Chen Ran thought she was being modest. Maybe she lacked experience, or maybe her eyesight was poor. Others could see the mushroom, but she couldn't.
"Actually, it's because we lack experience. People who grew up in the village can harvest more, but they just don't care about them." Qiao Mo also smiled and said that the villagers think that mountain products are worthless. Most of the people who go into the mountains to pick mushrooms and bamboo shoots are teenagers. Adults rarely go into the mountains to do this, otherwise there will be nothing to eat except for fruits.
"You're right. I hope I can gain more after coming here a few more times." Chen Ran nodded.
Chu Maoshen was envious of their bountiful harvest, and thought to himself that if he could have a career like Qiao Mo, with a basket of mushrooms and bamboo shoots on his back every day, he would be able to pay off his mortgage quickly and his life would be much better in the future.
Thinking of the pressure he was under, his resentment towards Qiao Mo and Kang Mingyuan intensified. If they hadn't refused to share his household, how could he have argued with Liu Ruoling over cooking? Without arguing with her, how could he have run to the river in anger? Without going to the river, how could he have been pounced upon by that ugly woman, Li Xiaomei, and thus gotten into such trouble? Not only did he catch a severe cold, but he also emptied his family's savings and incurred a massive debt?
Qiao Mo didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise, he would definitely say that they were not from the same family and were not of the same origin. He and Liu Ruoling were of the same kind, both of them were equally ignorant. They were not his parents, so why should they serve them?
When they arrived at the educated youth site, they first picked out the mushrooms, removed the dirt and rotten leaves, strung them together with needle and thread, and hung them on bamboo poles to dry. They then sorted the bamboo shoots and bracken and waited to process them the next morning.
"Let's eat first." Tang Xinmei helped to string the mushrooms and then brought the food to the table.
"Okay." Qiao Mo was also hungry. He had already dealt with everything he needed to do, so he stopped dawdling and quickly went to wash his hands and eat.
After dinner, Qiao Mo and Tang Xinmei went for a walk by the river. The grass by the river was very long and soft to step on, which was very comfortable.
"I picked up an egg and two goose eggs today. It seems that feeding poultry with earthworms is indeed a good idea." Tang Xinmei happily reported to Qiao Mo.
When Shao Lidong left, he gave his private plot of land and the crops on it to Tang Xinmei. Touched by his care for her, Tang Xinmei killed her chicken and made a roast chicken for him to eat on the road. Later, she started living with Qiao Mo and the others, so they didn't have to deal with the extra poultry.
"Of course, this has been verified." Qiao Mo said proudly, "Don't tell anyone else about this."
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