At the beginning, there was still some tension between Sun Ruhua and Xie Jiaojiao, and it took them several days to get over each other.
The rabbits raised in Xie Zhiyi’s backyard are pregnant again, and several rabbits have very big bellies.
Sun Ruhua found time to make several rabbit cages for Xie Zhiyi and asked him to separate the rabbits.
In the summer weather, it rains from time to time, and the house at home always leaks. Xie Jiaojiao thought about the spare money in her hands, and said to Sun Ruhua that day: "Mom, please take some time, there is still something at home from last time Take the snacks sent by Shopkeeper Chen to the village chief and say that we want to buy a piece of land to build a house."
Sun Ruhua put down her work and smiled: "Is our family really going to build a house?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Xiu! Although I am used to living in this house, it is not my own anyway."
Sun Ruhua agreed.
Xie Zhiyi clapped happily and shouted, "Yeah! We're going to build a new house!"
"Why are you so happy? It's time to start repairing the house in autumn. At that time, there was little rainfall and no one was busy, so there was someone to help with the repairs!" Sun Ruhua said with a smile.
"Well! Mom, there's no need to rush this matter anyway. You can do it when you have time!"
Sun Ruhua nodded immediately and asked Xie Jiaojiao: "Then is there anything you like?"
Xie Jiaojiao pointed to a piece of wasteland at the entrance of the village: "I'll just look there. It's right at the entrance of the village and the road is wide. It will be convenient for us to do business with others."
Sun Ruhua took note of it.
As soon as he finished saying this, it was obviously a sunny day, but thunder started immediately.
Sun Ruhua said: "It's going to rain again."
The family was busy and immediately covered the soy sauce jar.
Fortunately, I acted quickly, otherwise I would have been caught in the rain.
Several people ran under the eaves and patted the places on their bodies that had just been touched by water.
Sun Ruhua said: "This rain shouldn't last long. Early tomorrow morning, I will go up the mountain to pick up some mushrooms and bring them back to eat."
When she mentioned mushrooms, Xie Jiaojiao immediately thought of picking mushrooms, drying mushrooms, drying mushrooms, etc...
"Mom, are there a lot of wild mushrooms in our mountain?"
"There are so many. In the past, when times were bad, everyone liked to go up the mountain to pick up these wild mushrooms and eat them. But when you were young, people in our village accidentally ate these mushrooms and were poisoned and died. Man, there are not many people who go up the mountain to pick up mushrooms, but don’t worry, my mother knows the mushrooms and she won’t pick up the wrong ones.”
When Xie Jiaojiao heard this, she wondered how she could miss this opportunity to make money.
"Mom, I'll go up to the mountain with you tomorrow to have a look. Maybe we can make some more money for our family with this fungus."
"Can these wild mushrooms be sold for money?"
"Why not? All the restaurants in town must be charging!"
Sun Ruhua didn't believe it. The wild mushrooms on the mountain didn't cost money. If they wanted to eat them, everyone would go up the mountain to pick them themselves.
The rain was indeed what Sun Ruhua said. It stopped after a while and the sun came out again.
Sun Ruhua smiled and said: "The sun is going to come out. When the sun comes out, there will be more fungi tomorrow!"
Early the next morning, Sun Ruhua got up at dawn, and Xie Jiaojiao also got up.
Sun Ruhua took out the noodles she made last night and steamed the buns. After the family had breakfast, the sun came out.
Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao up the mountain.
In this valley where it has rained, there was a lot of dew in the morning.
Sun Ruhua warned: "Don't pick the pretty ones. The more beautiful they are, the more poisonous they are."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded. In fact, she was also familiar with fungi. Where she used to live, there were many fungi in the mountains. Her grandparents, the older generation, liked to go to the mountains to collect fungi in the summer. People in the town liked to buy them and treated them like grandparents. A kind of income, Sun Ruhua didn't mention it last summer, nor did she think of it, so she missed this deal last year.
As soon as they went up the mountain, Xie Jiaojiao saw the fungus before walking very far.
When I got closer, I saw that it was actually a porcini mushroom!
Xie Jiaojiao picked one, and Sun Ruhua said: "This is a porcini mushroom, it's delicious! This is the most common fungus on the mountain."
It's also called boletus. As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Jiaojiao saw another one. There was a big one next to this one. The big one was not good, but the root was already broken, which was a pity.
In this village, she saw that almost no one went up the mountain to pick up wild mushrooms.
Sun Ruhua said: "In recent years, when the weather has been good, there have been fewer people picking up fungi."
The two of them picked up a basket in less than an hour on the mountain.
Sun Ruhua had called her back a long time ago, but Xie Jiaojiao didn't let her go, saying that she wanted to pick up more, and she would carry it to the town later to see if she could sell it for some money.
Sun Ruhua thought that Xie Jiaojiao said it could be sold for money, so she picked it up much harder.
Xie Jiaojiao recognized the mushrooms, but she saw that there were the most porcini mushrooms on the mountain, with several blooming every few steps, so she only picked this porcini mushroom!
Porcini mushrooms are delicious, crispy when stir-fried, and very fragrant when used to stew soup. Moreover, porcini mushrooms are easy to dry. If cut into pieces, they can be dried and used to stew soup, or when there is no fresh food in winter. , soaking a handful of dried porcini mushrooms and frying bacon is also delicious!
Xie Jiaojiao's mouth was already watering just thinking about the taste of porcini mushrooms in her previous life.
When I got home, it was still early.
Xie Jiaojiao went home and took a sip of water, picked up a straw hat, put it on her head, and went out with a backpack on her back.
She had walked a long way when she heard Sun Ruhua's shout behind her. When she turned around, Sun Ruhua brought her a bamboo tube. Xie Jiaojiao knew that it contained water.
"Slow down on the road."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Go back quickly, this sun is poisonous."
At this time, Uncle Li's bullock cart had already left, and Xie Jiaojiao had to carry the fungi on her back to the town since she couldn't get on the cart.
Occasionally I met villagers on the road and everyone said hello to each other.
Everyone was curious about what was in her basket.
Walking and stopping along the way, Xie Jiaojiao walked for an hour and a half before reaching the town. On the way, she met Uncle Li's bullock cart returning to the village. It was noon when they arrived in the town.
As before, Xie Jiaojiao went to Qingfeng Tower with a backpack on her back.
The waiter looked at her from a distance and shouted: "Shopkeeper, Miss Xie is here!"
After saying that, he hurried forward to help Xie Jiaojiao take the basket.
Xie Jiaojiao's forehead was covered with sweat.
"Thank you, little brother!"
The waiter kept shouting at her to come to the store and rest.
Shopkeeper Chen greeted the guests and came over immediately.
"Thank you, miss, what have you prepared for today?"
Xie Jiaojiao took away the grass on the fungus surface, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said: "It rained yesterday. I picked up a lot of porcini mushrooms from the mountain this morning. I thought I wouldn't be able to eat them all at home, so I brought them to Chen Shopkeeper, take a look and see if you want it in your store?"
Shopkeeper Chen took a few and looked at them, and said with a smile: "They look so fresh! You need them all. These porcini mushrooms can be fried or stewed."
What surprised Xie Jiaojiao was that the price of these wild mushrooms was actually more expensive than rice. Shopkeeper Chen paid ten cents for a pound!
Seeing the look of surprise on Xie Jiaojiao's face, shopkeeper Chen smiled and said, "The price of these wild mushrooms is already very high, because they are not easy to buy."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded, turned her eyes to Shopkeeper Chen and said, "Shopkeeper Chen, do you need this fungus every day?"
"You can ask for it. You can eat a basket like this every day."
"Then... how about I give you eight cents per catty? I will send you a basket every day, guaranteed to be fresh!"
The two made an agreement immediately.
Xie Jiaojiao was about to leave when Jiang Weinan and his two followers came down from upstairs...
Xie Jiaojiao raised her head and met Jiang Weinan's eyes...
