Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 37 New Business

Zhao Wenlin's orchard.

The three brothers and sisters-in-law of the Zhao family, Zhao Wenyan and Zhang Zhenshan husband and wife, Zhao Wenyuan, Qian Erniu, Qian Daniu, Song Guanjun, Song Weixing, and Zhang Daming, Zhao Wenlin's six-yuan generals, all gathered.

"Third brother, that kid Xu Peng has gone to sell wild vegetables!"

Qian Erniu was a little angry and a little sad, he thought Zhao Wenmu didn't know about it yet, so he said embarrassingly.

Qian Erniu also happened to see Xu Peng's younger brother and sister digging wild vegetables on the mountain two days ago. After inquiring quietly, he found out that Xu Peng has been selling wild vegetables since he came back!
He was so angry that he immediately went to Xu Peng to fight, but Xu Peng was determined to sell wild vegetables, so he couldn't help it.

Zhao Wenmu looked at the bruises on the corners of Qian Erniu's eyebrows, and knew that he must have gone to fight Xu Peng.

"Er Niu, Xu Peng told me that he was going to sell wild vegetables, so don't trouble him again."

After a pause, he looked at a few people, and then continued:

"If you want to go it alone, I won't stop you. After going out of this door, we are still brothers, and I will help you if you have difficulties, but you have no place in my business!"

Qian Erniu blushed immediately, and shouted loudly:

"Look who dares, I will break his leg today!"

Qian Da Niu stared, "Er Niu!"

Qian Erniu was still unconvinced, but he also shut up.

Everyone could also see that although Zhao Wenmu spoke politely, his expression was very serious, obviously he was also very displeased with Xu Peng's actions.

In the end, it was Qian Daniu who came out to smooth things over. Although he was honest and simple, he was not dull.

"Third brother, everyone is a vulgar person, there are not so many twists and turns, what do you say in the future, we will do! If anyone has any bad intentions, I, Qian Daniu, will not be the first to spare him!"

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

Several people expressed their opinions one after another, how great it is to work with the third brother, a fool wants to do it by himself!

Zhao Wenmu waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

He didn't continue to say a few soft words to win people's hearts, but directly stated his intention to call everyone to come.

"Starting tomorrow, you all go back to the village to collect moths (mushrooms)."

Dialect moths are collectively referred to as mushrooms for convenience.

Among them, Qian Daniu and Qian Erniu are from Shandongtou Village, which is very large with a population of [-]. Zhang Zhenshan is also from Shandongtou Village.

Zhang Daming belongs to Sanlizhuang, which is similar to Shanqian Village, with only about 400 people.

Zheshan Commune, where these villages are located, has a large area of ​​barren hills. In summer, the temperature rises and the rainfall is abundant. All kinds of mushrooms, fungus, and ground vegetables are everywhere.

Villagers seldom pick up mushrooms to eat, without them, it would be too expensive.

Well, that's it. Mushrooms absorb water very well, and frying mushrooms takes oil. Everyone usually doesn't like to eat mushrooms.It's just that I pick up a little every summer and go home to dry it, so that I can have more taste in winter.

"Little brother, can mushrooms be sold for money?"

In the Zhao family who had been listening quietly, Zhao Wenlin couldn't help asking.

Ever since the wild vegetables were sold for money, he has firmly believed in Zhao Wenmu's words. Even so, he still couldn't help asking.

"Brother, we rural people don't like to eat mushrooms, but people in the city like to eat mushrooms! Especially in winter, which family doesn't eat mushrooms?"

After all the people figured it out, it was true that wild vegetables could still sell so well in the city, not to mention that mushrooms are more useful.

"Third brother, what kind of mushrooms should we collect?"

"Matsutake, boletus, morel, chanterelle, red mushroom, fungus, hazel mushroom, all of them! Especially hazel mushrooms. The birch forest farm near Sanlizhuang is a rare hazel mushroom in Qilu Province. What a great place! Da Ming, when you return to the village, you must organize the villagers to pick hazel mushrooms."

The reason why Zhao Wenmu wanted to buy mushrooms was because he had a deep impression of mushrooms in his previous life.

In his previous life, he was still learning how to cook in a state-run restaurant in Pingyang County. This winter, a large number of mushrooms from the northeast were suddenly exported overseas, and they no longer shipped to Qilu area.

Not only that, because of the relaxation of the policy, many merchants from the south also came to compete with the provincial state-owned dry goods factory, resulting in a shortage of dried mushrooms in Qilu Province that winter, and the price remained high.

At that time, even the state-run restaurants in Pingyang County could not buy dried mushrooms, especially hazel mushrooms, and many dishes could not be cooked. For example, the stewed chicken with cabbage that is often eaten in winter in Qilu area must have mushrooms in it.

Li Guofu complained a lot about this.

One day even Zhao Wenmu and Wang Youming waited at the door of the dry goods stall in the middle of the night, just to grab some dried mushrooms.

On winter nights, the two of them wore military overcoats and hid in a corner of the wall, shivering.This experience was so impressive that Zhao Wenmu couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.

"Third brother, how much do we charge per catty?"

"Six cents a catty."

This price was decided by Zhao Wenmu after serious consideration. Vegetables are only about three cents a catty at the moment. The price for mushrooms is not low, but it is not particularly high either.

A person can probably pick thirty or forty catties of mushrooms a day, and earn about 2 yuan, which is already very impressive.

"Little brother, is six cents a catty too expensive?"

The villagers had never sold this thing for money. Zhao Wenyan estimated in her heart how much she could harvest in a day, and was surprised that she could earn more than 2 yuan a day, so she couldn't help asking.

"Sister, this price is not expensive. If it is too low, you won't be able to receive enough mushrooms."

It was only then that the big guy realized that Zhao Wenmu hadn't said how much mushrooms he wanted to collect, and subconsciously felt that harvesting mushrooms was the same as harvesting wild vegetables before, only one thousand or eight hundred catties a day.

"Little brother, how many mushrooms do you plan to collect?"

"Brother, at least [-] catties a day, the more the better!"

Hiss, everyone gasped.

Ten thousand catties!It takes at least 40 people to harvest 250 catties a day for one person!And listening to Zhao Wenmu's tone, [-] catties is not enough!

"Little brother, can you sell [-] catties? The mushrooms will rot after two days. And if so many people go to pick mushrooms, will there be any problems?"

Zhao Wenmu did not expect that it was Zhao Jing who asked this question. Since everyone came to the arbor, she sat obediently on the side, watching Zhao Wenmu's handsome appearance in control of the audience.

But looking at the trace of guilt and worry in her eyes, Zhao Wenmu immediately understood Zhao Jing's intentions. She was worried about something happening to her, so she had to remind her in such a cryptic manner.

Zhao Wenmu handed her the letter of introduction from the state-run hotel.

"Sister, help me read the content of this letter to everyone."

Zhao Jing looked at the headline of Pingyang County State-run Hotel on the letter of introduction and the bright red seal underneath, her eyes lit up, and her soft and melodious voice soon echoed in the arbor.

Everyone listened carefully. This is a letter of introduction from a state-run hotel. The name of a county-owned hotel is better than a commune.

"Are we selling all the mushrooms to state restaurants?"

"Only a few hundred catties are sold to state-run restaurants a day, and the rest are dried and stored."

About selling mushrooms to the state-run restaurant, Zhao Wenmu made an agreement with Li Guofu this morning.Because vegetables are plentiful now, and wild vegetables are no longer tender, Zhao Wenmu will not supply wild vegetables to state-run restaurants in the future.

There are also a few vendors selling wild vegetables in the city. In the future, the small amount of wild vegetables that state-run restaurants need can be asked of them.

The supply of mushrooms he agreed with Li Guofu is 200 catties per day, which also includes the part for the city's state-run restaurants, and the price is 1 cents and 4 catties.

In fact, he really doesn't like this kind of mushrooms. His daily income is only 28 yuan. Now the supply of wild game to state-run restaurants has reached 600 catties a day, and even neighboring counties are looking for them to supply.

The gross profit is 660 yuan, this is the big one!

"Everyone checked carefully when they went back. There must be no poisonous mushrooms mixed in. If anyone sells poisonous mushrooms, they will not accept any mushrooms in the future. Do you understand?"

The mushrooms purchased by Zhao Wenmu are common edible mushrooms in the local area. Normally, the villagers will not confuse them with poisonous mushrooms, but they must be guarded against intentional damage or carelessness.

Poisonous mushrooms are not just for fun, they can make people want to die at the slightest, and at worst, the whole village will have a feast.Especially after the dried mushrooms are sun-dried, they are even more difficult to guard against.

"Third brother, will the mushrooms we collected be dried and shipped?"

"Every night, you transport the harvested mushrooms to Shanqian Village, and let them dry in the open space next to my house."

The vacant land next to Zhao Wenmu's new home is about [-] acres, and that land is included in the barren hill contract, so he can use it as he pleases.

The clearing is now leveled and compacted for drying mushrooms.

Not only that, Zhao Wenmu also asked Zhao Wenguang to step up to make a batch of multi-layer wooden frames, just like small beds, with wood as the skeleton and sorghum stalks or reed stalks as the bed surface.

Use it to dry mushrooms for a more efficient use of space and faster drying.

It can also be dried indoors on rainy days.

Several square and long houses were built in the northeast corner of the higher open space. Before the villagers were still discussing what they were for, Zhao Wenmu just said with a smile that they were "warehouses".

"Eldest sister, brother-in-law, Daniel, and Erniu, the four of you are responsible for buying mushrooms in Shandongtou Village."

These four people all live in Shandongtou Village, and Shandongtou Village is a big village, so it needs more people.

"Daming, Champion, Satellite, you are responsible for the acquisition in Sanlizhuang."

"Wenyuan, I will leave it to you to deliver the goods to state-run restaurants in the future."

"Brother, sister-in-law, second brother, and second sister-in-law, you are responsible for buying game and mushrooms in our village."

Zhao Wenmu explained the tasks in an orderly manner, basically arranging manpower according to workload and distance.

"it is good!"

"no problem!"

The echoes came and went, and everyone was full of energy.

There was another person with wide eyes, looking at Zhao Wenmu expectantly, with "What about me? What about me?" written in his eyes.

That is Zhao Jing.

"Sister, I will leave all the accounting to you!"

"Ok!"

Zhao Jing nodded heavily, her eyes narrowed into a lovely crescent shape.

(End of this chapter)