vrcanaries Chapter 126 Growing Mushrooms
Chapter 126 Growing Mushrooms
The uncles and aunts were particularly enthusiastic today, which made Qin Huiyin, who was used to being ignored, feel a little uncomfortable.
She doesn't think she is socially anxious, but when she meets uncles and aunts who have nothing to talk about, she begins to understand the feelings of the socially anxious group.
"Hey, Heiwa, don't pull its tail." Qin Huiyin quickly rescued Mantou from Heiwa's hands, and then said to the uncles and aunts who were still reluctant to end the conversation, "I'm sorry, my puppy is too young and has to go home to eat. Uncles and aunts, let's talk again when we have time."
Slip away, slip away quickly.
The villagers looked at the direction Qin Huiyin ran and said, "This little girl is quite cute and polite. We used to have prejudices against her and her daughter."
"I think so. We should interact more with their family in the future. By the way, why haven't I seen Li Erniu recently?"
"I don't know. When I saw her the day before yesterday, she was so thin I almost didn't recognize her. Why mention her? That woman deserved it. Don't sympathize with her."
Qin Huiyin ran home with steamed buns in her arms, as if she was being chased by someone, which scared Li Taohua.
"what happened?"
"The villagers are suddenly so enthusiastic that I can't handle it."
Third Master Tang said with a smile, "You'll have to get used to it. In the future, more and more people will be enthusiastic towards you."
Tang Lvwu's ramen was a success, and the whole family praised her cooking skills. Tang Lvwu, who had never had much confidence, smiled shyly, and her eyes brightened.
After Tang Yixiao drank the medicine, he went to count the chicks. In just a few days, the chicks had grown a lot. Tang Yixiao was digging in the soil with a shovel. Qin Huiyin sat in the yard and watched him. He caught earthworms from the soil and fed them to the chicks.
A busy day drew to a close. In their simple courtyard, they watched chicks nibble on earthworms, their puppies tugging at their trouser legs for presence. Li Taohua and Mr. Tang San drank wine with braised pork and fried dried fish. Life was comfortable and beautiful. Only Tang Dafu, back in the county town, was suffering, but that suffering was only temporary. Afterward, he would emerge anew, a remarkable advancement for him.
"These dried fish are good. Huiyin girl, do you want to sell new dishes?" asked Mr. Tang San.
"I'm going to town tomorrow to find a carpenter to make tables and chairs. I plan to take these dried fish to town and ask him. If I can sell them, it won't be a wasted trip."
Mr. Tang San said to Li Taohua beside him, "You are such a restless girl. If you get the chance, you will definitely look for some business opportunities. But I will go there tomorrow, so you don't have to go. We are just looking for a carpenter, so we don't need so many people. If you trust me, leave the dried fish business to me and I will sell it for you."
"Thank you, Third Uncle. Although you're my biological grandfather, even grandparents have to settle accounts. These dried fish are fried so crispy, and a lot of oil was used, so you can't sell them cheaply. Sell them at eight cents per pound. If you buy two pounds, you can get half a pound free, and if you buy three pounds, you can get one pound free. Oh, and bring our mobile cart and set it up. Once these things sell, I'll give you 20% of the commission."
"My granddaughter is filial. Don't mention 20%, even if you say 50%, I will accept it. Don't worry, this is a bargain for grandpa."
Li Taohua chuckled and said, "An old fox and a little fox, you really are becoming more and more like a grandfather and grandson."
On the second day, Mr. Tang San moved the cart onto the ox cart as agreed yesterday, and took the dried fish and braised meat with him.
Qin Huiyin said a few words, probably about what to purchase, and then handed the silver and drawings to him.
Not long after Third Master Tang left, Li Taohua came out yawning, "I drank a little too much with Third Uncle last night, and I just heard his voice again in my dream."
"Mom's alcohol tolerance can't match Third Grandpa's. Don't drink so much next time. Third Grandpa has been gone for a quarter of an hour, and you still think you are dreaming!" Qin Huiyin teased her.
"I haven't practiced for a long time, and I've regressed so much." Li Taohua muttered.
"what?"
"Nothing." Li Taohua brushed her teeth with a willow branch dipped in salt.
The mushroom matter was left to the aunts, and what they had to do today was to clean the ceramic pots.
After breakfast, Li Taohua went to the village chief to rent a new place to live, and Qin Huiyin took the Tang siblings to fetch water to wash the pottery jars.
Li Taohua soon returned with good news. When the village chief heard they were looking for a place to live, he offered them the largest vacant house at a very low rent.
Qin Huiyin decided to move there within half a month. Once they moved there, they could start building a new house.
After lunch, Song Tieniu and Zhang Jieba brought the mushrooms over.
Qin Huiyin looked at the loads of mushrooms coming in and said in surprise, "There are more this time than last time."
"A lot of people brought mushrooms here today. I heard from them that you agreed to it. You said as long as they pass our inspection, we can accept them. We took the decision and accepted them."
"The uncles and aunts in the village asked me about this, and I told them this: As long as there's no problem with the goods, of course we can accept them. How many kilograms are here in total?"
After collecting the mushrooms, the next step was to clean them. Song Tieniu and Zhang Jieba stayed behind to clean them, while Qin Huiyin followed the two sisters-in-law to Song Tieniu's house to meet the other aunts.
The aunt who said yesterday that she was willing to learn mushroom cultivation technology was waiting at the Song family's house. When I pushed the door open today, I saw seven or eight aunts waiting there.
The aunts were a little embarrassed. Although Qin Huiyin was young, no one dared to look down on her. Can an ordinary little girl support a family? Anyway, they had never seen it. Even though this little girl was young, she had wisdom that ordinary people did not have. Both men and women admired the strong, and they were instinctively a little afraid of Qin Huiyin.
Qin Huiyin noticed their nervousness and thought they were not confident in their learning ability, so she comforted them with kind words and then began to talk about the techniques of growing mushrooms.
The conditions in ancient times were not as good as they are today. It is very easy to grow mushrooms today, but in ancient times, people could only use local resources.
She first taught them the method of stacking straw. She observed that some women had spare straw or wheat straw at home. Cow and horse manure, as well as other livestock manure, were also readily available, making this method simple for them. They were eager to try it.
She also talked about the log cultivation method and the soil covering cultivation method. No matter which method, it was child's play for these rural women who had worked in the fields.
"Huiyin is so smart! We've been farming for so many years, and we never thought mushrooms could be grown this way. We used to be so hungry we had to dig wild grass in the mountains to eat. If we had known about this technology earlier, wouldn't mushrooms taste better than wild grass?"
The women relaxed and were no longer as nervous as before. They started chatting and laughing with Qin Huiyin.
"Aunts, go back and try it first. If you don't understand, you can come to me." Qin Huiyin said, "If you have a cellar at home, you can plant it there. It will grow faster that way."