Return to the small mountain village in 1981

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Zhou's mother sighed: "What kind of money are you making! The money for the youngest to buy a tractor was lent to him by his father-in-law. To build the brick house, Chunyan took the youngest, Huifang and the others up the mountain to look for herbs to sell. They were lucky. I bought an injured wild boar and sold it for some money."

She paused for a moment, "Later, the youngest and his wife found ways to collect eels and herbs to sell. We also met a kind-hearted Huang Buying to help us. He sent the chickens, eggs, and vegetables at home to the city to hand over to restaurants. Earned some."

"One and two only saw the thief eating meat, not being beaten! Our whole family woke up at midnight and went to bed in the middle of the night. Even Jia Ming and the others helped choose vegetables, wash herbs and work until midnight. The youngest and the third youngest were there every day before dawn. Just send things to the city in exchange for money.”

"Your brother and Huairong are carrying yellow mud to burn the kiln, and the skin on their shoulders has been worn several layers. The old man is dozens of years old, and he still helps us step on the mud, turn over the adobe, and guard the kiln to light the fire every day. Otherwise, Where will the money come from to start building the house?”

"Yes, I think they are jealous of you." Zhou Nu looked at her flatteringly, "Second sister-in-law, I heard from eldest sister-in-law that you are still buying eggs and vegetables at the eldest brother and third brother's house. I also have a lot of eggs and vegetables. .Can you help me sell some?"

Zhou's mother said apologetically: "It's not that I won't help you sell them. You also know that we are helping the eldest brother and the third family sell eggs and vegetables. The city only needs so much, and we can't sell more!"

It turned out that the talkative woman Li Yinfu told her, and the third child knew about it, and it was not long before the eldest and second child knew about it.

"That's it!" Sister Zhou rolled her eyes, "Second sister-in-law, our team also has a lot of herbs, how about you teach me how to dig herbs and sell them!"

Zhou's mother smiled and said: "Plantain, dandelion, sticky grass... you know all these, just dig them up and bring them over."

She was thinking, why did Li Yinfu's talkative woman talk about digging herbs but not picking up red mushrooms?
"I want it!" Miss Zhou stretched her neck and looked around, "Why don't you see old man Nan?"

Mother Zhou didn't expect her to agree so happily. She glanced at her and said, "The old man is over there at the earthen kiln. I will take you there."

"Let's go!" Sister Zhou took the lead and walked forward.

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Yang Chunyan had just poured the stuffed rice into the rice cooker and started steaming the rice at home when she saw Wednesday's aunt and daughter-in-law coming in with baskets on their backs.

As soon as Zhang Hongmei saw her, she said: "Chunyan, it's hard to find them. The red mushrooms we found today don't have many bacteria."

Yang Chunyan stepped forward and took a look. One person weighed at most six or seven pounds, "It's a bit small."

Aunt Zhou nodded, "Your sister-in-law and the others haven't come back yet?"

Yang Chunyan looked at the time and said, "It should be soon!"

The three of them picked up the red mushrooms into a bamboo basket and weighed them. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law only picked up 15 and a half kilograms in total.

Today's harvest is more than double that of the first few days of collecting red mushrooms, but the two of them still earn a few dollars a day, which is better than anything else they do.