Chapter 209 New Year's Day
"Go to the county town? Who wouldn't want to go? Why don't you go?" Haisheng asked before he remembered, "Oh, I forgot, you're still wearing a hat?"
"Yes, over the years, many people have forgotten that I am still wearing a hat. This is a good thing for me. I can't let people remember it." Xu Lingjun sighed.
He has been at the ranch for more than ten years. At first, people still remembered his identity, but he was forgotten after a while. Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan and others also protected him. Occasionally, when the leaders wanted to pull him out, they would find various excuses, such as having to go up the mountain to graze recently, to deal with the leaders.
Up to now, Xu Lingjun's life has been no different from that of other people. He doesn't want to attract other people's attention in such things. No one will say anything if he just stays at the ranch and works honestly. But it may not be the same if he goes to the county.
Xu Lingjun would occupy a position when he went to the county, so what would the people whose positions he took think? All it would take was a letter of denunciation, and he would be completely finished, and all the things he had missed before would fall on his head.
It is almost 74 years now, and there are only two or three years left for him to completely remove the hat. Just wait quietly. Why make yourself uncomfortable at this time?
After explaining the reason, Haisheng understood, "I was born into a poor and lower-middle peasant family, and I have a good family background. Even if I go to the county, these things will not happen to me. It will be different if you go there."
"Yes, if I go, not only will I not get any benefit, but I might even be criticized, so it's better for you to go. Regardless of whether you will stay in the county in the future, it's always good to go out and see more of the world."
Whether Haisheng can stay in the county or not, it will be beneficial. If he stays in the county and goes to the agricultural school, he can be asked for help in many things in the future; if he does not stay, he can gain experience outside and help himself when he comes back.
"I definitely want to go to the city, but I don't know if I can learn it?" Haisheng scratched his head, still quite yearning for this thing.
"This is not difficult. You can definitely learn it as long as you study hard. Since you can be a veterinarian, you can learn this. Don't worry, I will teach you step by step. When your mushrooms are grown, I guess you will have learned it." Xu Lingjun patted his shoulder, "Okay, let's go meet Teacher Li first."
"Yeah." Haisheng agreed readily. Such an opportunity is really rare for ordinary people. Perhaps he will only encounter it a few times in his lifetime. Of course he must cherish it.
When they arrived at Xu Lingjun's house, while eating and chatting, Li Binggui was quite satisfied with Haisheng. People who can learn to be veterinarians usually have some scientific knowledge and are willing to work hard to learn. Such people may be able to teach others how to grow mushrooms after some training.
"Okay, Haisheng, you just follow Lao Xu to learn first. If I have time, I will come and take a look. When the mushrooms are harvested, I will come and test you. If you really learn it, then follow me to the county."
"Hey, thank you Teacher Li, I will study hard, and you just wait and see my performance." Haisheng smiled naively, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Li Binggui stayed here for one night and returned to the county early the next morning. As soon as he left, Xu Lingjun got busy. Haisheng, Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan and others saw that he made money by growing porcini mushrooms, so they naturally wanted to learn too.
As a result, the entire production team was busy building mushroom sheds. Several familiar families got together and helped build your house first. After it was built, they came to help my house. When all the mushroom sheds were built, everyone came to Haisheng's house together and followed Xu Lingjun to learn how to make planting substrate.
After learning, they tried to configure it on the spot. Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi looked at them one by one, and helped to correct whoever did something wrong. After all the families had laid the substrate with guaranteed quality and quantity, Xu Lingjun gave them the strains.
They paid according to the quantity, planted the fungus species under Xu Lingjun's instruction, and then continued with daily maintenance and management.
During this process, the differences of each household were reflected. Haisheng had some scientific knowledge and was willing to work hard to learn, so the porcini mushrooms in his family grew the best. Guo Chenzi was a bit careless in character, and did not do a good job in daily management, so the growth was relatively poor.
Fortunately, Xu Lingjun was diligent in his patrols and they were willing to obey, so when the harvest time came, no family lost all their money. Everyone earned some money, some more and some less.
Xu Lingjun ignored the fact that Haisheng had the highest income in the entire production team. After weighing the dried porcini mushrooms, a preliminary estimate showed that he earned at least a hundred more than Guo Chenzi.
Guo Zizi was not jealous at all. He slapped himself in the face and said, "I let you be lazy and disobedient. Now you deserve it, don't you? You just watched over a hundred yuan go to waste. How much wine and meat can you buy with this money?"
"Just work hard next year. Practice makes perfect. With this year's training, you will definitely harvest more next year when you plant again," Xu Lingjun comforted.
"You have to listen carefully to whatever is said tomorrow. Otherwise, even if others don't say anything, my wife will blame me to death." Guo Zizi has learned his lesson.
After everyone's porcini were dried, they happily loaded them into sacks, took a tractor, and rattled all the way to the county. Li Binggui once again took them to find the leader of the local products company and exchanged the porcini for money.
Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan, and Haisheng counted the money happily with their fingers smeared with saliva, muttering as they counted, "When have we ever seen so much money? We will definitely have a good New Year this year."
This time Xu Lingjun seized the opportunity and invited Niu Guiping, the leader of the local produce company, to a nice dinner. After a few drinks, Niu Guiping patted his chest and promised, "We can collect so many porcini mushrooms at once. Our local produce company will sell them to other places, and everyone will get bonuses this year. This is also a good thing for us, so you can plant them boldly. When the time comes, bring them to me and I will definitely buy them."
"Well, thank you." Xu Lingjun did not doubt what he said. Porcini are a rare thing now, and the popularization of cultivation technology is not a matter of one or two years. There will be a situation of supply exceeding demand for a long time in the future. He can still earn this money for many years.
After returning to the production team, many families immediately started cooking and drinking, and everyone celebrated happily. Xu Lingjun became a busy man. Today, this family was entertaining guests, and tomorrow, that family was inviting guests to drink. No matter who invited him to dinner, he had to be treated as a distinguished guest. If it weren't for the improved physique that allowed his alcohol tolerance to increase greatly, he might have been drunk to death.
Not long after, heavy snow covered the pasture, and the entire production team went into hibernation. After feeding the horses with grass every day, they had nothing to do and stayed at home.
Xu Lingjun took this opportunity to tutor Li Xiuzhi well.
Just like that, before we knew it, the New Year was approaching.
(End of this chapter)
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