Chapter 39 Acquisition of Mushrooms

Author: Mahjong Jun

Chapter 39 Acquisition of Mushrooms

When I wake up in the morning and open the window, I feel so good!

Zhao Wenmu opened his eyes and looked at the peaceful sleeping faces of the two beauties, one large and one small, lying next to him, and felt extremely satisfied.

He tiptoed to get dressed and get out of bed. After washing himself, he started an ordinary but fulfilling day as a nanny.

First go to the kitchen to boil water and put it in a big glass in the living room.

The little girl will cry for milk when she wakes up. Even if the little guy cries for one more minute, Zhao Wenmu will find it unbearable. Moreover, the milk powder must be brewed with warm water, otherwise its nutrition will be destroyed.

Then it was time to prepare breakfast for Zhao Jing and herself.

It may be due to the psychology of the elderly in his previous life. In short, he wakes up earlier in the morning. Of course, rural people generally wake up early.

Zhao Jing originally woke up very early, but after being fed by him for more than two months, she got up later and later.

A fresh grass carp in the water tank has no idea that danger is coming.

A pair of hands suddenly grabbed its fateful gills and lifted it out of the water. The last thing Yu Sheng saw was the handsome fish tail reflected on the bright kitchen knife.

Knock him out with a knife.

Then the fish was quickly scaled and disemboweled, and the fish walked away peacefully.

After a while, the plate was filled with fresh, tender and uniform fish fillets. Add a little shredded ginger and salt to marinate.

The next step is to light a fire and cook porridge, which is rice porridge. Rice is much more expensive than white flour in Qilu Province, and few ordinary people can afford it.

When it comes to eating, Zhao Wenmu never wrongs himself, let alone his family.

Simmer until the rice soup is thick and the rice grains are soft and glutinous.

At this moment, the cry of the little girl came from the house, followed by the sound of pouring water.

It seems that both women at home are awake.

Zhao Wenmu picked up the plate, spread the fish fillets evenly into the porridge, then added firewood and burned over high heat until the fish fillets were cooked.

Sprinkle in a little coriander and green onion.

The fresh and delicious sashimi porridge is completed.

In this hot summer, the delicious and light fish fillet porridge, paired with Zhao Jing's own pickles, will make people appetite.

"Sister, even though it's hot now, you can't touch cold water for the past two days."

Another reason why Zhao Wenmu made fish fillet porridge this morning was that Zhao Jing was on her period.

Zhao Jing naturally understood what he meant.

"Know it."

"Brother, what are you going to do today?"

"I'll go find Uncle Xuelei later and talk to him about the purchase of mushrooms, and then ask him to accompany me to Sanli Village and Shandong Toucun to talk to the cadres there."

"Oh, then be careful on the road."

Before going out, Zhao Jing brought him a bamboo hat, for fear that he would be exposed to the sun.

Zhao Wenmu didn't bring any gifts, so he went directly to Zhao Xuelei's house.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xuelei was not at home and went to the water lifting station construction site early in the morning. Although it is summer and everyone avoids the noon time when working, they will not start work so early.

"Second uncle, why are you here so early?"

On the construction site, Zhao Wenmu found Zhao Xuelei who was taking measurements from east to west with a tape measure.

"I won't worry if you don't come and measure me every morning!"

"What's the matter with your kid coming to see me so early?"

Zhao Xuelei put away the measuring tape, wrote down the data in his notebook, and then looked at Zhao Wenmu with interest.

"Second uncle, look at how beautiful our mountains are!"

Zhao Xuelei raised his foot to kick him, but Zhao Wenmu quickly dodged.

"Don't worry, just listen to what I have to say."

"Second Uncle, you say that growing wheat is labor for us farmers, but picking mushrooms is labor?"

Zhao Wenmu looked at him and said.

Zhao Xuelei just looked at him steadily, and after a while he spoke:

"You want to harvest mushrooms? Yes, no problem! How many pounds per day?"

We can catch wild game, so picking mushrooms for the members is nothing, and what this guy just said seems to make sense. Does going up the mountain to pick mushrooms count as labor?

Of course it counts!

Labor is glorious!

"15,000 pounds, every day."

Afraid that Zhao Xuelei would misunderstand, Zhao Wenmu added "every day" again.

"puff!"

Then there was a violent coughing sound.

After a while.

"How much?! Do you know what 15,000 kilograms is? We, the whole village, men, women, old and young, can't collect so much in one day!"

This kid is going to shake things up.

"Second uncle, don't worry. It's our village, Sanli Village and Shandongtou Village. The total of the three villages is 15,000 jins a day, and we will collect it during the three months of slack farming."

Zhao Xuelei is a sensible person, and he knows the situation of these three villages very well.

After a little calculation in his mind, he knew that this matter was feasible and would not affect daily agricultural work.

Not only that, Sanlizhuang Mountain has many forests and uneven terrain. It has always been one of the poorest villages in the entire Zheshan Commune. Picking mushrooms may make their lives easier.

But the stakes are high.

There are too many people to mobilize, accounting for one-fifth of the total population of the three villages. If children who are too young are excluded, this number will be even greater.

But this is indeed a good thing. Some elderly people, women and half-year-old children who are on summer vacation can pick mushrooms and help reduce the burden on their families.

"How much do you pay for a pound?"

"For six cents, I want mushrooms and fungus."

This price completely tempted Zhao Xuelei.

"Amu, do you know that this involves too many people, and the production team must come forward to organize and coordinate. Once the production team comes forward, the nature of this matter will change."

He let out a long sigh.

This is indeed the case. When purchasing game meat before, the production team only acquiesced and would not personally help organize it.

There are so many people involved in picking mushrooms. If the production team still pretends to be deaf and indifferent, it will easily lead to confusion.

"Second Uncle, you can sell excess grain, but why can't you sell mushrooms? Moreover, what is the essential difference between picking mushrooms and growing wheat?"

"Second uncle, times are about to change."

He added in a low voice.

Zhao Wenmu naturally knew that in the context of the times, what he had just said was just rhetoric.

"Can that be the same? The grain is sold to the supply and marketing cooperative, and to whom are the mushrooms sold? I don't believe you bought so many mushrooms and sold them to state-owned hotels!"

Zhao Xuelei also lowered his voice and scolded.

Then he softened his voice and said:

"Amu, there is nothing wrong with being at the forefront of the times, but don't be the first person! You don't like to hear what my second uncle says, but if something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it."

"Second uncle, nothing will happen! Otherwise, what do you think we should do? Why don't we accept it?"

Zhao Wenmu was also a little frustrated. If he couldn't convince even Zhao Xuelei, there would be no need to try for the other two villages.

In that case, you will have to pick mushrooms yourself.

How many mushrooms can just a dozen of them pick?

"Collect it, why don't you collect it?!"

This turn of events caught Zhao Wenmu off guard.

"The production team will charge a portion of the money."

You, old man, have been laying the foundation for your relationship for so long. Is this just for this?

If you had said it earlier, you would have said no!
To be continued...