Chahe Township is far away from the traffic arteries, and the national and provincial highways are not touched, which can only be described as traffic blockage. Qingshan Village is an isolated village located deep in the mountains, and only a few years ago the power lines were turned on. Don't mention the traffic, there is no rural road at all in Qingshan Village to the Fork River Township Market, only a zigzag machine farming road can pass vehicles, and the road around the mountain seems farther, and it is not so difficult for the cottage people to go out.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, during the busy farming season, the main labor force of the family rarely has time to go out to the township to catch the market, go shopping, and drink, and if you want to go, you have to wait until the farm is slack. Usually, the women who are in charge of housework in the cottage go out to trade, and the family harvests mountain goods more often, and goes more often, and is more sensitive to the changes in the market demand in the outside world, and understands what products in the mountains and forests can be exchanged for more money.

Lao Xi's legs and feet are not very convenient, and there is less time to go out of the cottage to catch the market. He wanders around the mountains and forests when he has nothing to do, and has a better understanding of the situation in the mountains and forests. Hearing his wife's broken words, he hugged the hookah and said with a smile: "Do we still need to go to the special investigation? I grew up in this mountainous area, where have I not stepped on countless times in the mountains and forests, and where are there any good things that are still unclear? Hehe, when our family contracted the mountains and forests, the eldest and second didn't listen to my words to offer the price, and worked together to contract the price of this mountain? Many people still don't know, there are a lot of good things on this mountain, and I know what is produced!"

"What's the use of being clear? The things in the mountains are born and raised, and it is our family's own things to be able to pick them up in time and sell them for money as soon as possible. The wife muttered Lao Xi in her mouth.

Since the package production arrived at the household, she has to take care of the housework all these years, and the time to go up the mountain to harvest mountain goods is not much, and she is not familiar with the situation in the mountains and forests. She works with Lao Xi every day, and although she is responsible for harvesting the harvest of the old family's mountain forest, it is far less than the harvest of the mountain forest that Lao Xi is responsible for.

Since she and Lao Xi were stationed in the mountains, she has tried her best to look for them in the mountains and forests. However, because I haven't figured out the nest of fungi in the mountains, I climb up and down in the mountains and forests every day, and the harvest is that there is no Lao Xi to slowly walk around the second child's house and harvest a lot. Lao Xi also accompanied his wife to step on the old man's mountain forest a few times, helped his wife find and identify those dens that would produce wild mushrooms, and told his wife which dens were prone to produce wild mushrooms. But where is it so easy to remember such a large mountain forest, not all the fungi grow in a conspicuous place, and you have to pull out the grass and fallen leaves to rummage, let alone walk through them in a day or two.

Besides, not every variety of wild mushrooms grows according to the rules. Wild mushrooms need sunlight, rain and dew, and are affected by the right time and place. Even if it has already appeared, maybe you didn't find it hidden under the branches of the grass today, and if you look around again in a few days, you will find some wild mushrooms, maybe it has already grown too much. Wild mushrooms are not as big as possible, and those wild mushrooms that have grown too long are either too old to sell at a good price, or have begun to rot.

My wife's harvest is not as much as Lao Xi's, and what she eats now is the old family's food. A few days ago, the boss who went into the mountains to transport wild mushrooms all laughed and said: "Grandma is not as valuable as Abba, and the family suffered a loss at the beginning." ”

Hearing this, Lao Xi jumped like thunder on the spot, hugged his wife upset, and scolded his eldest son. Thinking about it in hindsight, I also feel that it is pitiful to let my wife climb up and down in the mountains alone. Although there are no large beasts in the mountains and forests of central Yunnan, there are still snakes and poisonous insects. There is still a certain danger.

The old husband and wife, the two of them live in the mountains, and the two of them act together to take care of them, and the efficiency of searching for wild mushrooms is even higher. This is also the reason why Lao Xi plans to manage the mountains and forests contracted by the eldest and second families together. There are few people on the mountain, and with his wife cooking for him, he can have more time to harvest wild mushrooms that wait for no one, and the harvest will be even greater.

When my wife has time, I can still have a companion to take care of each other when I am active with him. Men and women are not tired of working together, and they don't feel lonely and lonely when they have someone to talk to, what a good thing!

After all, both the eldest and the second are their own sons, and the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat, and wild mushrooms will emerge by themselves when the time comes, and they will fend for themselves if they can't find them. The two of them can go for more runs in the mountains, and they can gain more, and the eldest and second can have more income.

Early the next morning, the eldest grandson Xi Jiachang went into the mountains to deliver daily necessities to the old couple, and by the way, they picked the wild mushrooms they received yesterday and returned to the village. Lao Xi asked the eldest grandson to bring a message to the eldest and second child, and let them take time to go into the mountains for a family meeting.

When the two brothers, Xi Youguang and Xi Youming, took advantage of the darkness to have little to do at home, and when they came to the hill contracted by their house, the old Xi couple were sitting outside the thatched house with gas lamps lit, drinking and laughing and eating dinner. Seeing the two sons entering the mountain, Lao Xi nodded with a smile, pointed to the wine bottle, and motioned for the two sons to take the dishes and chopsticks to accompany him to drink.

The eldest Xi Youguang first filled the cup that Daddy drank half, and then filled it with his two brothers, and asked with a smile: "Daddy, what do you have to say about us entering the mountain?"

"Drink first. Lao Xi was not polite to his son, picked up the wine glass, and drank a large sip of self-brewed Baogu wine.

The two brothers didn't say anything, sat down to drink with Daddy, and Grandma saw the two sons coming, and went to clean up the three of them.

After a few sips of Baogu wine, Lao Xi groaned, looked at the two sons who had started a family, and said slowly: "Over the years of planting flue-cured tobacco, you are busy with farm work at home and tired, and you usually don't have time to go into the mountains to have a look." Do you know that there are a lot of good things in the mountains this season? ”

"Daddy, why don't we know that there are many good things in the mountains and forests? In the past, it took time to go into the mountains to find those good things, and it took time to take them out and sell them.

"Hehe, isn't it just for a few dollars to be busy with those farm work? You have planted more than a dozen acres of flue-cured tobacco this year, Xiaofang has to go to school again, and there are only three people in the family to work, which is enough for you to be busy. Lao Xi smiled and talked to his eldest son about the family's farm work.

"Hehe, Xiaofang's girl is so competitive that she can go to high school, and it will be her blessing if she can be admitted to a university this year. Xiaochang is 20 years old, and he also said that he is a good family, and he will almost marry him. When the family needs money, we can't plant a few acres of flue-cured tobacco. Xi Youguang didn't live with Daddy, but he respected his Daddy very much, drinking wine with Daddy and talking about family affairs.

"Of the five grandchildren in our family, Xiaofang is currently the most promising. Hehe, the others still have to work hard, and if they can read more, they still have to read for them, and only by reading more can they have a chance to get out of this mountain. Lao Xi said happily, the three grandchildren of the second family are still young, and there is hope to go further.

"Daddy, what's the matter, you always tell me directly, let's listen!" the boss asked bluntly.

"Now, the village is contracted to go to the forest, and your grandma and I have been wandering around this mountain for a while. I think there is a lot to be done in this mountain forest. I have worked with your grandma, and I plan to combine the mountains contracted by the two of you to facilitate the harvesting of more mountain goods and subsidize your family. Lao Xi didn't beat around the bush and said his plans straight to the point.

Xi Youming didn't seem to have eaten dinner yet, and after sitting down, he ate with his head bored, finished a big bowl of rice, drank wine, and said with a smile: "Yes! Daddy, that is, now someone goes into the mountain to collect those fungi and mountain goods, and everyone can sell the mountain goods collected from the mountain in the village." Otherwise, we would not be willing to spend so much money to contract mountains and forests. ”

"It's worth the money. During the contract period, the mountain cannot be cut down except for the trees, and the mountain goods produced on the entire mountain will be harvested by our family. Since the beginning of this month, your grandma and I have collected the money from the wild mushrooms we have recovered, and we have already earned back your contract fees. Lao Xi finished speaking with a proud face, and took a sip of wine from his cup.

"Hehe, I'll earn it back early. Selling wild mushrooms today, my family has made a net profit of more than 3,000 yuan. Second child, your family earns more, right?" asked Xi Youming with a happy smile.

"Almost, almost. If it weren't for Grandma cooking for Abba, there would be no shortage of mushrooms harvested. Hey, hey, hey......." Xi Youming responded to the eldest brother embarrassedly.