Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 40 New Era Tumu Lixin

Sanlizhuang, the home of Zhang Daming.

Song Guanjun and Song Weixing appeared at the door of Zhang Daming's house before dawn, and Zhang Daming was already waiting here.

The reason why the three got together early in the morning was because Zhao Wenmu gave them the task of buying mushrooms in Sanlizhuang!
Song Guanjun and his brothers were so happy that they almost didn't sleep all night. They came to Zhang Daming's house in the dark, only to find that this guy was already waiting.

The three of them laughed, all of them looked excited and excited.

Can't wait for someone to sell mushrooms now.

So I squatted by the door and whispered about collecting mushrooms later.

At dawn, Zhang Daming's younger sister, Zhang Xiaotong, got up to clean the yard, and was startled when she saw a few people at the door.

"Third brother, what are you doing?"

Zhang Daming is also the third, and his family has two older brothers, Zhang Dawei and Zhang Dajiang, and a younger sister, Zhang Xiaotong.

Song Guanjun quickly pulled his younger brother Song Weixing to the side.

"Xiaotong, you go and cook some food first, we'll eat first when the second brother gets up."

Zhang Daming gave orders immediately.

Yesterday he made an agreement with his second brother Zhang Dajiang to go pick mushrooms early in the morning.

Zhang Dajiang is 22 and hasn't married a wife yet because he has no money.

A few days ago, Aunt Feng from Qianjie told their family a "good relationship", but she didn't tell Zhang Dajiang, but Zhang Xiaotong.

The other party was Wu Huiming, the only son of Wu Laoer in Wujiatun. Wu Laoer was the richest man in Wujiatun, and he was willing to offer 400 yuan as a gift to marry Zhang Xiaotong.

Zhang Daming's wife, Cui Xianghong, was moved immediately.

Zhang Dawei's brothers disagreed, Zhang Xiaotong was only 17 years old, it was too early to marry!

Zhang Daming took out his own 200 yuan, saying that he could lend it to his second brother for his wedding.

Zhang Dajiang also stuck his neck and said that money can be earned by himself, and he must not exchange it with his sister.

A few days later, Zhang Daming made a special trip to Wujiatun, and after a little inquiring, he found out that Wu Er Er was a man who beat his wife every day, and his son Wu Huiming was not a good guy, and he bullied several younger sisters every day.

Just such a bastard, how can he treat his sister well?
Zhang Daming was so angry that he immediately ran to Aunt Feng's house and made a big fuss.

Even so, Cui Xianghong still did not give up.

The main reason is that even if the bride price of 400 yuan is not used to marry the son to a wife, it can still be used to give her flowers.Daughters are all losers, even if there is only one daughter like Zhang Xiaotong, who is still the youngest child in the family, what she thinks in her heart is how to get the most benefit from her.

Isn't it natural to sell a daughter?

This is Cui Xianghong's idea.

After Zhang Xiaotong cooked the meal, a few people sat around and started to eat breakfast. The meals in Zhang Daming's house were very simple, only a few sweet potatoes, some corn tortillas and a plate of pickles.

"Second brother, you can go directly to the forest farm later, the mushrooms over there are plentiful and delicious."

While eating, Zhang Daming did not forget to give advice to Zhang Dajiang.

"Third Brother, does Third Brother Zhao really collect these mushrooms?"

Zhang Xiaotong still couldn't believe it, this food is too common in Sanlizhuang, and everyone rarely eats it.

And if it is really like what the third brother said, 6 cents a catty, she also wants to pick mushrooms.

She can pick forty or fifty catties a day, which is more than 2 yuan!
"Of course it's true. Brother Champion and Brother Satellite are here to help me collect it together. Third Brother never lies!"

Song Guanjun and Song Weixing also nodded their heads in agreement.

"Then I'll go pick mushrooms later!"

"What are you going to do, you bastard?"

A sharp reprimand came from behind, and it was Cui Xianghong who came out.

Song Guanjun and Song Weixing stood up and greeted Cui Xianghong, but the other party ignored them both.Zhang Daming stretched out his hands and sat down the two brothers who were so embarrassed that they didn't know where to put them.

"Have the sweet potato (sweet potato) seedlings turned over on the mountain? Have the weeds been pulled out in the field? You son of a bitch, you know how to eat every day!"

"What's the use of raising you? It's better to raise a pig, and you can kill and eat it during the Chinese New Year!"

The old lady is not happy to see outsiders eating at her house.

Zhang Xiaotong just ate with his head down and ignored her.

Cui Xianghong saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she knocked here and there, making some noise from time to time.

Several people hurriedly swallowed the food in their mouths and dispersed.

"Mother, I went up the mountain to turn sweet potato seedlings."

Zhang Xiaotong said, picked up the long wooden stick used to turn sweet potato seedlings and left.

Sweet potato vines will grow a lot of aerial roots. If they are not picked up in time, these aerial roots will penetrate into the soil and eventually compete with the roots for nutrients, and the sweet potatoes will not grow large.

Therefore, it is necessary to flip the growth direction of sweet potato seedlings from time to time.

Zhang Dajiang also went to the forest farm to pick mushrooms with a basket on his back.

The stalls for buying mushrooms are set up under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village. Villagers often enjoy the shade here, and children like to play here.

The three originally thought that someone would come to sell mushrooms soon, but until the scorching sun and the air waves began to roll on the ground, no one came to sell mushrooms.

Only a few children were playing not far away.

The three of them scratched their heads anxiously, wishing they could grab a few people and ask why they didn't come to sell mushrooms!
In fact, the villagers are also watching to see if anyone comes to sell mushrooms.

They still don't believe this thing can sell money.

Always worried about what kind of trap it might be!
Compared with Shanqian Village and Shandongtou Village, Sanlizhuang is poorer and more isolated, and people's thinking is more conservative and backward.

Not only were they worried that the mushrooms would not be sold for money, but they were also worried about whether there would be any problems in selling the mushrooms, even though the village cadres brought people to talk about collecting mushrooms.

No one wants to be the first to eat crabs.

Even if Zhang Dajiang came to sell mushrooms once, the villagers did not believe him, after all he is Zhang Daming's own brother.

“大江哥，一共是18斤6两，6分钱一斤，就是1块1毛2。”

Song Guanjun carefully counted out 1 yuan and 1 cents and handed it to Zhang Dajiang.

The oldest and careful Song Guanjun is in charge of managing the money and accounts of this mushroom collecting team.

Zhang Dajiang was very happy to receive the money, and immediately went up the mountain again with a bamboo basket on his back.

After Zhang Dajiang left, no one came for another half a day.

"Xingxing, hurry back to the village and find the third brother!"

Song Guanjun felt that if he waited like this, there might be no results, so he hurriedly ordered Song Weixing to go back to rescue soldiers.

Without further ado, Song Weixing put on his bamboo hat and ran back against the scorching sun.

Zhao Wenmu did not expect the situation in Sanlizhuang to be so extreme.

What he could foresee was that there were very few people who came to sell mushrooms at the beginning, but as long as someone made a start, big guys would flock to them soon.

In fact, this is indeed the case in Shandongtou Village.

In the beginning, only five or six young people came to sell mushrooms, and each of them only had a few catties of mushrooms, and the least one person didn't even have a catty.

But after these people received the money, others also went up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

Just at this moment, Zhao Wenyan and the others have asked the villagers not to bring a catty or two of mushrooms to sell again and again, but to let everyone save it and sell it once in half a day.

Otherwise, they are really too busy!
Looking at Song Weixing's hot, red face, and his angry face, Zhao Wenmu knew that the other two must also be anxious.

"Satellite, it's all right, don't worry about it. You go home and rest for a while, I'll go and have a look."

After talking to Zhao Jing, Zhao Wenmu got on his bicycle and came to Sanlizhuang.

Seeing Zhao Wenmu, Song Guanjun and Zhang Daming looked ashamed.

"Champion, what's the matter, is there still no one coming?"

Zhao Wenmu asked directly without waiting for them to speak.

"Third brother, no one has come, why don't we go door to door and talk about it?"

Song Guanjun and Zhang Daming discussed for a long time, and they felt that there was no other way but to go to the villagers' homes to talk about it.

"No, Da Ming, you go to the small shop and buy three catties of candy, along with a few old newspapers."

Zhao Wenmu pushed the car under the shade of a tree, and beckoned Song Guanjun to come and cool off for a while.

After a while, Zhang Daming came back with candy and newspapers.

"Come, come, count, and divide these candies into 30 parts!"

The three divided the candy into 30 equal parts and wrapped them in newspaper.

The hard candy is 6 cents a catty, and after being divided, each portion is worth 6 cents.

"Da Ming, take a bag of candy and show it to the children, and tell them that you can get a bag of sugar for a catty of mushrooms."

Zhang Daming took a bag of candy and walked among the children, said a few words, and then opened the newspaper in his hand to show it.

Then the children broke up and ran around.

They all went home to get their baskets.

The adults only saw their children rushing into the house like a gust of wind, and then disappeared like a puff of smoke.

Not long after, a group of children came back one after another.

More or less holding some mushrooms in his hand, the appearance may not be good, but there are no poisonous mushrooms.

Zhao Wenmu weighed each child carefully and asked them whether they wanted money or candy.

The children's opinions were unanimously unanimous: "Candy!"

When all the children had their candies, he said again:
"You guys are awesome! I earned so much candy today, shouldn't I take it home and give it to my parents, brothers and sisters?"

"Good!" "Yeah!".
A group of children ran home excitedly holding the candy.

After a while, adults went out one by one with bamboo hats and bamboo baskets on their backs.

Just like that, we entered the mountain under the hot sun.

Looking at the backs of the villagers going up the mountain from a distance, Song Guanjun and Zhang Daming were stunned.

It can still be so!
Near noon, villagers came to sell mushrooms one after another.

Looking at those dark faces and eager eyes, Zhao Wenmu felt that collecting mushrooms was more meaningful.

The people in Sanlizhuang are all poor and afraid, and there are not many opportunities to see cash, and everyone wants to make more money quickly.

The villagers were in high spirits, and they all rushed to sell mushrooms before noon. Zhao Wenmu and the others were overwhelmed for a while, completely forgetting the passage of time.

It was past noon and he hadn't come home yet.

And since he was reborn, there has never been a day when he did not go home for lunch.

(End of this chapter)