My village can't be like this

Chapter 576 Going down the mountain
Zhang An almost couldn't help but laugh when he heard what they said, but luckily he held it back.

If these people knew that Zhang Ping was not lucky, but that he had found a place where fungi grew, he would still be unable to sleep at night.

No one else asked, and Zhang Ping didn't take the initiative to talk about it.

Just because he was willing to tell Zhang An didn't mean that others were the same.

It is no exaggeration to say that the place where we picked up mushrooms today is a treasure trove.

As long as no one knows about it, if he occasionally picks it up when he is patrolling the mountains, he will definitely be able to sell it for a lot of money throughout the year. It is probably more valuable than some people's crops in one season.

Originally, after these people saw Zhang Ping's achievements, they also wanted to take a look at Zhang An's achievements today.

But they only saw the huge honeysuckle tree at Zhang An's place, and then they realized that the fungus Zhang An picked up today was on the fat man.

However, they were not familiar with Fatty, and they only knew who this person was. They even had some restraints when speaking, so they all gave up their previous thoughts.

Moreover, they saw that the basket on the fat man's back was only half a basket after it was covered with straw, which was not much more than them, so they felt a little more balanced.

Zhang An didn't expect that this fate could be avoided by letting the fat man go down the mountain in a basket due to some strange combination of circumstances.

Otherwise, according to the temperament of the people in the village, seeing the morels and Hericium mushrooms picked up by Zhang An today would definitely spread the news in the village.

"By the way, we saw so many fungi today, where do you plan to sell them?"

Although they were shocked and stunned by Zhang Ping's basket full of fungi, now that they have calmed down, they are quite satisfied with their harvest today. Although it is not as much as Zhang Ping picked up, it is not a lot, and it is still worth it. Some money.

So on the way back to the village, someone asked everyone what to do with the fungi picked up today.

"It's not dark yet. I'm going to take it to the bridge and display it for a while to see if I can sell it to the people in Dongli Yard."

Speaking of this, some people immediately expressed their thoughts. As soon as this was said, several people immediately echoed.

Since there are more and more tenants in Dongli Courtyard, everyone will use whatever they have to set up a stall. This has really boosted a lot of production capacity in Changqing Village.

"Then you go ahead. I plan to get it to the city early tomorrow to try it out. It should be easier to sell there and the price can be higher."

However, there are still some people who have their own ideas. When they see so many people wanting to use it to set up stalls in the village, they don't plan to join in the fun.

After all, so many people came, and the tenants in Dongli Courtyard alone would definitely not be able to eat that much.

Not only were they not sold out, but they also had people pick out all the good ones, making it difficult to deal with the rest.

It's better to wait until tomorrow morning and go to the city early to grab a morning market. Although there will be round-trip travel expenses, maybe you can still make some money.

"I also plan to take it to the city to try it. It would be best if I can sell it. If there are some left, it's okay. When the time comes, I can sell it to Boss Ding after drying it, or I can keep it for the New Year."

Most people won’t worry about whether the mushrooms they picked up today will rot in their hands because they can be dried into dried mushrooms and sold as dried goods.

But when it comes to price, fresh ones have to be more valuable. Although dried mushrooms look expensive, it takes several kilograms of fresh mushrooms to produce one pound of dried mushrooms, so the price will be cheaper over time.

"By the way, Zhang Ping, you have done so much today, how do you want to deal with it?"

Everyone was talking to each other as they walked, and soon the topic returned to Zhang Ping.

After all, he picked up so many today, and they all looked very good, so no one had any objections to calling him the King of Bacteria.

"You have to ask my mother about this. Usually I don't care about this."

Seeing everyone asking questions about him, Zhang Ping was very experienced and blamed everything on his mother.

In fact, Zhang Ping has no worries about selling this basket of fungi, and he won't worry about having more.

Because he is an employee of the Forestry Bureau, these mountain products obtained in the mountains can be sold directly to the canteen through internal channels.

Even if the Forestry Bureau's canteen cannot be used by itself, it will be distributed to other brother units.

And it's not just Zhang Ping, but also the rangers stationed in other places in the Forestry Bureau.

This is considered as a benefit given by the Forestry Bureau to rangers like them, just as a subsidy. After all, it is quite hard for them to patrol the forest.

Zhang Ping has been into the mountains so many times in the past two years, and every harvest is handled in this way, and Zhang An also knows it.

But he couldn't say this directly in front of everyone, otherwise others would definitely ask him to help.

Although it is said that it is a convenience given to them by the Forestry Bureau as rangers, they cannot go too far.

After hearing what Zhang Ping said, the others stopped talking about this and started talking about other gossip.

The team returning to the village was quite large, including men, women, old and young. At this time, there was no shortage of topics to talk about, and the parents came here casually.

Of course, gossip about who and what happened to so and so's family is essential, but now we rarely hear about this village, and most of them talk about what happened in other villages.

At this moment, there was no sign of rain in the sky, and the clouds that had shrouded the sky in the morning had completely dissipated.

It was in the evening, and although the sun had not appeared all day, its afterglow could still be seen on the horizon at this moment, dyeing the place where the top of the mountain touched the sky red, as if it was burning.

When there are more people, walking doesn't feel monotonous. You say something to me, and you arrive in the village without knowing it. Then everyone goes their separate ways and goes back to their homes.

When Zhang An and Fatty walked to the door of their house, the first people they came out to greet were the big dogs at home.

Their noses are very good. As soon as Zhang An comes back, they will know immediately.

"I'm back. Why did I bring such a big tree back?"

Su Ying and Zhang Zilin were chatting in the yard, while watching over little Siqi, who was not a big teacher.

After seeing Zhang An and the two returning, the first thing he noticed was the honeysuckle tree that Zhang An was carrying.

As soon as little Siqi saw his father coming back, he was not thinking about the big dogs, so he immediately gathered around him.

"Didn't you say that our courtyard wall is a bit monotonous? I went into the mountain today and saw a pretty good-looking honeysuckle, so I dug it back up."

Zhang An placed the honeysuckle tree in the corner, then shook the leaves and dirt off his body.

But when he came back with the honeysuckle, all the water drops on the trees fell on his body. It was a little moist this time, so he didn't reach out to hug little Siqi.

"Here, take a piece of handkerchief to the little thing and wipe it a little. After walking around in the mountains, it's stained with dirt."

At this time, Zhang An took the ball out of his pocket and handed it to Su Ying.

If you don't clean it up, its dirty body will definitely get everywhere, including little Siqi.

"I just said why I didn't find it today. It turned out that I followed you to the mountains. You don't know that your young master didn't find it after he woke up and lost his temper at home for a long time."

Su Ying said, and glared at little Siqi who had been reaching out for the ball on the ground. It was obvious that she was a little impatient from her son's torment this afternoon.

"I didn't want to take it with me. I didn't even take the little tiger with me. How could I take it with me? The little thing hid in the basket and followed it. We didn't find it until we were halfway there."

Zhang An quickly explained that this matter had nothing to do with him, otherwise his mother would find out later and she would be nagged for a long time.

"But don't tell me, Qiuqiu has done a great job by following me today. He took me to find the treasure." Although the blame must be thrown away, the little thing must also take some of the credit.

"Oh? What did you find?"

As soon as they heard Zhang An say they had found the treasure, Su Ying and Zhang Zilin immediately asked.

"Hey, fat man, bring it here and let them see what we have gained today."

Zhang An chuckled, asked the fat man to bring the basket over, and then uncovered the grass covering it.

"Hey, you actually picked up so many fungi. What kind of fungus is this? It grows so big."

After seeing the fungi in the basket, no matter who it was, their attention was immediately attracted by the three huge Hericium mushrooms.

"This is Hericium. Look, it looks like a monkey's head. Okay, Xiao An, you are so lucky today that you encountered such a big Hericium."

Hearing Su Ying's exclamation, Zhang Jianguo was also attracted.

"Oh, that's not all. There are even morels, which are at least three or four kilograms. Your trip is as good as someone else's search for them in the mountains for half a month."

Zhang Jianguo said it was rare for half a month, not to mention that the weather with continuous rain at night is rare in summer. Even if there is, the Hericium and Morels are not so easy to find.

"Hehe, Qiuqiu took me to find this, otherwise we wouldn't have found it ourselves."

Although there are many fungi in that place, they can't find these Hericium mushrooms at all without the balls, and they may not even be able to find many morels.

"I'm going to make some of these mushrooms for my mother, as well as some morels. As for the hericium, I'll make them tomorrow, just in time for my grandpa to come down the mountain tomorrow."

After Zhang An handed over the work to Su Ying, he and the fat man went to change clothes and wash up.

Although I didn't sweat much today, there was still dew hanging on the weeds and branches, making me feel wet and uncomfortable.

"Come on, come on, let's eat like this for now, and I'll make you a fungus feast tomorrow."

In the evening, Wang Fang used the mushrooms picked up by Zhang An and others to cook meat slices and mycelium soup, fried chicken berries, and stir-fried morel mycelium.

This is because when Zhang An and the others came back from the mountain, she had already prepared a lot of dishes, so she wouldn't be able to cook too much later.

Otherwise, she could use these mushrooms to directly prepare a large table full of dishes full of mushrooms.

"Xiao An, please send some of these fungi to Xiao Ding and Xiao Chen's family so that they can enjoy them too."

After finishing the meal, Wang Fang separated some of the fungi, not only from a few relatives at home, but also from the homes of Zhang An's friends.

Of course, she didn't forget Li Hongbin's house, but because the two families were next to each other, she had already sent some to them just now.

"Okay mom, I'll send it over right away. Fatty, do you want to go?"

Zhang An picked up the fungi that his mother had divided and shouted to the fat man.

"Go on your own, I really don't want to move."

The fat man immediately shook his head. He had been running in the mountains for most of the day today, which had exceeded his usual exercise load.

He didn't feel it when he just came back, but now after resting for a long time, he just wanted to lean on the chair and didn't want to move.

"Young people should exercise more."

Seeing that the fat man refused to go, Zhang An smiled and teased him, and then went by himself.

When I came to Chen Ze's house, only Aunt Li was at home. Chen Ze had something to do these days, and the old man must have gone out to find his old friends in Longmen Town.

After handing the fungi to Aunt Li, Zhang An didn't stay long, and then walked inside to the Ding family.

"Hey, it seems I'm lucky."

When Zhang An went to Ding's family, they happened to be having dinner.

"Xiao An is here, come and eat together."

Seeing Zhang An coming, the family greeted him, and Ding Yi's mother got up to go to the kitchen to get Zhang An dishes and chopsticks.

"No, no, Auntie, you don't need to be busy. I just ate it at home. I'm here to give you some mushrooms. I went into the mountains to pick them up today."

Zhang An quickly stopped Ding Yi's mother. He had just finished eating at home and now he couldn't eat at all.

"Well, Zhang An, you don't even have to call me when you go into the mountains to play."

Ding Yiyi's eyes immediately widened when he heard that Zhang An went into the mountain today but did not come to call him.

Because of the bad weather today, he stayed at home all day and was simply bored.

"It's okay, I'll do it next time."

Zhang Anxin thought it was a good thing he didn't come to call him, otherwise this guy would be as paralyzed as a fat man and not want to move.

Early the next morning, the sky cleared away yesterday's haze, and the morning sun had already risen from the mountainside in the east.

When Zhang An got up, Zhang Jianguo was already starting to take action in the yard.

Yesterday, I learned that Zhang An dug a honeysuckle tree from the mountain and planned to plant it in the yard. He got up early today.

After all, the temperature is not high at the moment and the soil on the ground is still moist. Planting it early will have a greater chance of survival.

"Dad, let me do it."

After Zhang An finished washing, he walked to the yard and took the hoe from Zhang Jianguo's hand, and continued to dig the pit deeper.

Soon, the fat man also got up.

"Hey, you're up. I thought you needed some rest today."

Zhang An really didn't expect the fat man to get up so early, but compared to yesterday, he was walking with a limp, and he was probably feeling sore all over.

"Go, go, go, who are you looking down on?"

Although this was true, the fat man still said it stubbornly.

In fact, if it were at home, he would definitely stay in bed for a day and a half.

But this was at Zhang An's house, and he was a guest, so he was too embarrassed to show off like this.

So after waking up, even though his body kept saying it didn't want to move, he gritted his teeth and got up.

However, a tough talk is a tough talk. When he saw Zhang An and his son planting trees, he was obviously helpless in wanting to help, so he simply sat in the yard and watched.

(End of this chapter)