sbdcsierra Chapter 710 The first batch of mushrooms can be picked
Chapter 710 The first batch of mushrooms can be picked
Li looked at Zhou Guo and said, "There is a gossiper in our family. What should I know?"
Everyone looked at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Isn't this easy? I'll find out once I ask the old man. This is not something that cannot be discussed. If I don't know how much silver is in the box, how much stuff is carried in?"
The old man nodded. "The Zhao family is at best a big landlord. The things you prepared for Zhou Xing are enough. Besides, the Zhao family only has one Zhao Yang. As long as she gives birth to a big fat boy for the Zhao family next year, she will be able to stand firm on her feet. Don't worry too much."
Zhou Guo asked: "Master, how much money did you give to my eldest sister when she got married?"
The old man opened his eyes and said, "Of course it's one hundred taels. I gave your eldest brother one hundred taels when he got married. It's been less than a year. Can it be increased to two hundred taels?"
Everyone laughed when they saw that he was anxious.
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After Zhou Xing left, the one who was least used to it was Zhou Guo.
In the past, the two sisters lived in one room, slept and ate together, but now she is the only one left in such a big house.
I opened the closet and found that half of the clothes were gone.
In the past, there were piles of colorful skirts, clothes and pants, but now there are only a few refreshing colors, and most of them are men's clothes, with only a few skirts.
The two tables under the window are more spacious. One of them used to store Zhou Xing's rouge, powder and needlework basket. Now these things have been put away and will be taken over when she returns home.
You know what, the two tables are really spacious. Now there is room for the books that I didn’t finish reading.
It is even more lonely when I sleep at night, with no one around me.
I wasn’t used to sleeping with someone else before, but now, I’ve finally gotten used to it, and the person next to me is sleeping with someone else.
She tossed and turned, and it took her almost an incense stick of time to fall asleep, even though she usually fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.
As a result, when I was having breakfast the next day, I realized that no one in my family had slept well. "What happened to you? Why didn't anyone sleep well?"
Zhou Mi pointed at her eyes and said, "You're still talking about us, look at yourself."
Zhou Guo touched his eyelids, which were a little swollen. "My elder sister and I sleep in the same bed every day, so of course it's different."
Zhou Mai said: "Although we don't sleep in the same bed, she is our eldest sister. Of course she can't sleep well after getting married."
Li looked at Xu, her eyes were swollen and narrowed into slits, and handed her a big bun, saying, "Alright, eat quickly. After eating, you still have to go to the school and the farm. Even if you go out, our work is still there, and we can't postpone it."
Zhou Guo drank three bowls of porridge, ate five buns, three fried dough sticks, and finally took two braised eggs and left.
There was a happy event at home these two days, so I didn't pay attention to the farm. I guess there will be a lot of things piled up.
When I arrived, I found that there was nothing big that needed to be solved.
She went to the mountain to check out the flower mushrooms and goat mushrooms. Some of them were ready to be harvested. She told Wu Jiang, "Start harvesting mushrooms today. Go get the women from the farm and ask Lai Zitou and his men to help turn the manure. Let them do the heavy work. Remember to leave a few people to watch over them so they don't spoil the manure."
Wu Jiang left happily.
This year, mushrooms are everywhere in the mountains and fields, much more than last year. When he has nothing to do, he comes to see them seven or eight times a day. He is very happy that he can finally harvest them.
When new mushrooms come out, we can sell some fresh ones. Fresh ones are easier to sell.
Zhou Guo thought so too. If the first few batches of mushrooms were sold as fresh mushrooms, more than half of them could be sold.
But since these things cannot be kept for very long, they cannot be sold like pine mushrooms. Restaurants do not order too many at a time, and since fresh mushrooms do not sell well, they can only be dried and sold.
The shops in the county town had extremely good business last winter. Not only ordinary families, but even wealthy people in the city loved to buy in the shops, especially the best batches, which were often the first to sell out.
The remaining medium and lower-quality ones were divided up by other families in the city, and some were later given to a few restaurants. By the beginning of spring, last year's stock was sold out.
This year she plans to open shops in several provincial capitals.
The price of doing this is that the mushrooms cannot be sold at such a high price in restaurants. But so what? If she relies on only a few restaurants, when will she be able to sell out all the mountains of mushrooms?
When Lai Zitou heard that the women were coming to pick mushrooms, he came over excitedly, "Boss, why can they pick mushrooms while we can only turn the manure pile? Can't you give this job to us?"
Zhou Guo was so angry that he laughed, "Give it to you? Have you forgotten that when I asked you to collect night incense, you overturned the truckload and only had one truckload left out of several truckloads of night incense. When I asked you to collect ashes, you almost got into a fight with the person who dumped the ashes. When I asked you to sell mushrooms in the shop, you sold the best batch as the cheapest."
Every time the bald-headed girl spoke, she lowered her head a little.
"You said you could do well only transporting goods among the jobs I gave you, but when could you do other jobs well? I asked you to pick mushrooms? Do I dare to let you do it? Don't turn around and flatten my whole mountain. Besides, this is a delicate job, not suitable for you men. Just turn the piles honestly. When this batch of mushrooms is picked, you have to transport them out. You will have to do the work."
Baldy left happily, as long as there was work to do.
They earned money last year and returned to the mountains. They had a good year and were hoping to earn money this year to marry wives and have a few sons.
The women and children were picking mushrooms on the mountain all day long. Zhou Guo called Wu Jiang and others over and told them to pick the mushrooms and ship them out. She would go to the front to talk to the shopkeepers first, and only after they had an agreement could the mushrooms be shipped out.
Wu Jiang said: "Master, are you going alone? Or take someone with you?"
Zhou Guo shook his head, "No need. If I bring someone along, I have to take care of you guys, which will delay my trip. It's more convenient for me to ride a horse alone."
After giving the instructions, she went back to the house, took the silver, changed her clothes, led the horse out, and prepared to go out.
Li asked, "Why are you going?"
Zhou Guo said, "Today we start picking mushrooms in the mountains. I have to go to the city to negotiate the deal. Mom, I may be away for half a month at most. If I'm fast, I'll be back in ten days. Don't worry about me."
Li rolled her eyes in anger, "You were going to be away for ten days or half a month without telling me in advance? Fortunately, I asked you a question when I saw you, otherwise you would have ridden away without saying a word? Do you still think of me as your mother?"
When Zhou Guo saw that she had misunderstood, he hurriedly said, "No, no, how could I not tell you? I haven't brought any food yet, and I need you to prepare some food for me on the road. Isn't that what I was about to tell you?"
Mrs. Li was not happy. "You didn't say it last night, and you didn't say it this morning? Besides, tomorrow is the day your elder sister comes home. Can't you wait until she comes home before leaving? Are you in such a hurry?"