kingnovel Chapter 510 Another Mushroom Sales Day
Chapter 510 Another Mushroom Sales Day
"Hey, what do you think the material of her lock is made of? It's really beautiful, the color is nice, the style is nice, I want to get the whole set to wear. And that big gold locket, oh my, did you see it, it's so big, how much did it cost? Mrs. Li is really willing to spend money on her daughter, to buy such a big one. I see that her youngest son and two nephews only have silver lockets."
"Don't even think about it. Don't you see the material? Silk costs several taels of silver per piece. How can we afford it?"
"Oh, you are just lazy. How can you not afford it? At worst, I can pick more mushrooms this year and sell them. After a month, I can at least afford a few feet, right? Make one for the child, and when he goes out to propose marriage, every girl will look at him twice. When people see that we can wear such material, it will be easier to propose marriage. And the gold locket, when I make money this year, I will also go to the silver shop and buy one for my little son. If you can't afford gold, buy a combination of silver. Wearing it will make you live longer and richer!"
Zhou Guo didn't know that when she walked around in the crowd wearing such an outfit, the villagers were in a state of confusion. They all secretly encouraged themselves to go in and make a set of such beautiful clothes for Jinzi and the others. Even if they couldn't wear them themselves, they had to get some for their children.
Zhou Guo returned home, and Li and others also arrived home.
Everyone sat in the yard to rest.
I asked, "How is it? Are there many people coming out of the mountain?"
Zhou Xing shook her head. "Not many. They are all newly discovered. However, although there are few, they are all in good condition. They are all unopened and are all top-quality. Although each family didn't find many, they are all very happy."
Zhou Guo glanced at their backpacks. With so many people going up the mountain, there were two and a half backpacks. "These are about 30 to 40 kilograms. Not too little. At most we can harvest for one more day. Anyway, I have an ice cellar this year."
Li said, "Last year you asked Wu Jiang and his men to dig such a large cellar, and in the freezing winter you asked them to chisel the ice from the river and bring it back piece by piece. I said it was a waste of work, but now it's showing its use."
Zhou Mai smiled and said, "Mom, you may have forgotten what I said when I drank the icy green bean soup in the hot summer."
Everyone laughed.
Li also laughed, "I was thinking that it would be a waste to spend so much effort to make so much ice just to eat it, right?"
Zhou Guo said: "My ice cellar has more than just these uses. This year we will store some fresh pine mushrooms for ourselves and eat them slowly until the pine mushrooms are ripe next year. This way we don't have to eat them every day for a month and get tired of them in the end."
The old man was very happy, "That's the best. The taste of dried ones is still far inferior."
At dawn the next day, Li and others got up, had breakfast, and followed the team up the mountain again. Zhou Guo stayed at home preparing the money, baskets, and account books needed to collect the mushrooms.
On this day, the mushrooms everyone picked were similar to those picked yesterday.
Zhou Guo took a look and saw that most of them were of the best quality. He decided not to wait for the time being. Two days of mushrooms would be enough. A small quantity is better than a small quantity.
Li was worried, "Four restaurants, how can this be enough?"
Zhou Guo said: "How can it not be enough? Aren't you still picking up trash at home? This is not the only trip we have. There are many more to come."
He turned around and called his brothers, "Big brother, second brother, third brother, go to the village and tell them to start harvesting mushrooms tomorrow morning."
Zhou Gu and the others turned around and walked out.
"Let's go too." Zhou Su pulled Li Wang with one hand and Li Lai with the other and walked out.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, the villagers came with things.
But this year is different from last year. Last year, when it was time to harvest mushrooms, the yard was so crowded that it was impossible to squeeze in. Adults and children from the village all came.
There are not many people this year, only one person from each family, and they are all elderly.
I guess those who can walk have gone up the mountain.
They have been looking forward to this for a year, and have been planning this month's work since last year. They have made clear arrangements for what each person will do. They don't want to miss any opportunity to work, and don't want to delay for even a moment, as every extra moment can earn them a lot of money.
The fungi have been weighed at home, so we just weigh them again here.
Zhou Guo and the others recorded the money one by one and distributed the deposit of 100 wen according to the custom. The elderly in each family held the 100 wen in their hands and staggered on their crutches, unable to bear to leave for a while.
Li had no choice but to make tea for them, bowl after bowl.
The old people drank up the tea in one gulp because they were thirsty. Those who were not thirsty didn't even look at it. The old man frowned when he saw it. These were good teas for him. He decided to buy a big bag of tea foam at a few cents a pound when he went to the market next time and give it to them. It was a real waste of his good tea.
After several people finished registering, Zhou Guo checked the account book and found nothing missing. He looked up and found that none of the old ladies and old men had left, so he smiled.
There are several old playmates here that the old man can chat with.
But when these people saw that she had finished her work, they waved at her and said, "Zhou girl, come here."
Zhou Guo was stunned, and walked forward as he was told, "Old lady, what's wrong?"
Even when she was sitting, the old lady was leaning on the stick with both hands, and she said softly, "Let me ask you, are you going to get rid of the fat in your backyard?"
Before Zhou Guo could answer, an old man with all his teeth lost said, "We know this is difficult, but nothing is easy. Even though this fungus is selling well, if it is found in other places someday, it won't sell for a high price. Fertilizer is different. As long as you can make it, the crops in the field will not grow much. Your descendants will have food to eat and won't go hungry!"
The old people all nodded and looked at her with concern, fearing that she would put the cart before the horse and lose the great cause of composting.
She puffed out her chest, smiled confidently, and said, "Don't worry, I have it all figured out."
When the old man saw her smile, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
After the old people left, I couldn't help but go to take a look at the backyard. I paused when I saw how clean the backyard was. It seemed like the backyard hadn't been so clean for a year.
I couldn't help but stroke my beard and smile, she was really something.
After all the mushrooms were collected, only more than 3,200 kilograms were collected this time. Together with the ones that Wang Fugui and others collected for free, there were almost 3,600 kilograms. These were divided among the four buildings, and each family only got 900 kilograms.
But thinking of the prosperity of Yunzhou, I still feel that Yunzhou should get more, so let's give it one thousand kilograms, and the rest will be divided among the few families.
Oops, there aren’t many mushrooms this year, so she has to raise the price!
After dinner that night, the entire convoy set off.
It was still the same people and cars from last year, dragging this year's new mushrooms towards the four prefectures in the east, west, south and north.