The dog days were like a big ball of fire, the roasted earth was steaming with heat, and people who had nowhere to hide were sweating in the hot weather.

Finally, in the evening, the people who had been bored for a day finally had some spirits, and people could be seen chatting and strolling around the gate at the gate, under the old trees, on the streets, and everywhere in the village.

This is the case in the rural areas of Northeast China, where a village lives, and the neighbors and neighbors all know each other, and most of the relationships are good.

Just like Zhang Dongming's mushroom harvesting, although he and Tang Wan distributed 800 leaflets in the bazaar, but in the past two days, not to mention that most of Beishan Township knows about it.

This Zhang Dongming can think of, but he underestimated people's enthusiasm for selling mushrooms.

Following yesterday's popularity, today Zhang Dongming exaggerated more than 2,800 catties of mushrooms.

Throughout the day, from opening the door at nine o'clock in the morning to closing at six o'clock in the evening, the people who came to sell mushrooms never stopped, and Zhang Dongming and Tang Wan didn't even eat in the middle.

Gongli National Yard.

Sun Shufen handed Tang Wan a piece of watermelon: "Xiao Wan is tired today, right?"

Tang Wan took the watermelon and took a bite: "It's okay, it's just to check the money, and my hands are a little cramped." ”

Zhang Dongming said: "Teacher Tang has worked hard. ”

Tang Wan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Remember the salary." ”

Gong Liguo was fanning the wind happily with a fan on the side, the fat man was guilty in the summer, and he was sweating shirtless: "Dongming, is this mushroom harvest so profitable?"

Zhang Dongming took the watermelon handed by Sun Shufen and took a few bites: "It's okay, it's mainly dried mushrooms to make money, especially dried red mushrooms, I collect 30, sell 80, and earn 50 for this catty." ”

"It's too earning. From last night to now, Sun Shufen still hasn't slowed down a little bit: "Collecting mushrooms makes so much money, why didn't many people collect them before?"

"People don't know how to make money. Tang Wan smiled and said, "Besides, there is no place to sell it if you collect it, Teacher Zhang, doesn't it matter, right?"

Zhang Dongming smiled and nodded, it was indeed the case.

If it weren't for Liu Chuan's relationship, he wouldn't be able to sell his mushrooms, after all, other companies have stable raw material customers, and generally do not accept retail investors, throwing away the quality factor, he doesn't take this mushroom company seriously at all.

Gong Liguo said to Zhang Dongming: "Yesterday, I was anxious to find that Li Bald man in Dadao Township, and today I contacted Zhu Lao Er in our township, I know this person, he is quite honest, let's use his car tomorrow, and I know the roots." ”

Zhang Dongming's impression of Li Bald is actually okay, but it would be best to have such a person, after all, every trip is a business of tens of thousands of yuan, just in case.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Zhu Laoer's car came over, in his forties, quite dry and thin, and he looked very honest, but he was not as good at things as Li Bald, Zhang Dongming and Li San didn't say anything about helping after half a day of driving.

It was almost ten o'clock when the car arrived in the city, and it was still the manager Wang who greeted him, weighing, picking mushrooms, settling accounts, and settling accounts, and it was almost noon when Zhang Dongming left the factory.

first called Liu Chuan, this kid hasn't come back from a business trip, saying that it will take three or five days, and then Zhang Dongming found a decent roadside restaurant and had dinner with Zhu Lao Er, all he wanted was hard dishes, Zhang Dongming didn't eat much, Zhu Lao Er ate a lot, and talked a little more.

When I came back, it was almost two o'clock, Tang Wan was watering the flowers in the garden, and she didn't know who she was calling while watering the flowers, talking and laughing.

Zhang Dongming changed his clothes, washed his face and cooled it, and looked at the time when it was almost half past two: "Is it okay?"

"Of course, I am not tired of lecturing yet. Tang Wan handed over the towel with her hand: "You don't want to rest for a while, just came back?"

Zhang Dongming took off the towel and put it back on the pole, "No, this is where to go." ”

Tang Wan smiled: "Then let's go." ”

The next few days are roughly about harvesting mushrooms and selling mushrooms.

The first two days were still very busy, and I could harvest 2,000 catties of mushrooms every day, but on the third day, it was reduced by half, and on the fifth day, it was reduced by more than half, and today I only collected 400 catties in one day, and I can hardly collect dried mushrooms.

This is a normal situation, and it also shows that the mushrooms saved in Beishan Township have been almost harvested by Zhang Dongming, and if they are harvested next, they are basically newly picked by people in the mountains.

It's okay, more than 10,000 catties, which has exceeded Zhang Dongming's previous expectations.

Today's trip to send mushrooms, because there are not so many, there is no need to consume them every day, Zhang Dongming decided to change to harvest mushrooms every three days, and synchronize with the market that opens every three days.

Leaving the factory, Zhang Dongming asked Zhu Lao Er to drive back by himself, he was going to find Liu Chuan, this kid had come back from a business trip yesterday.

Liu Chuan usually goes to work in their company's old factory, and Zhang Dongming didn't go there, and the two of them said on the phone that they would see each other at the old market station in the city center, and there were more restaurants in that area, and they were all better in the city.

Zhang Dongming first took a taxi to the bank to withdraw 20,000 yuan, and as soon as he arrived at the old market, Liu Chuan also took a taxi.

The two of them entered a bone restaurant across the street, there were not too many people, they found a table on the side, ordered food, and Liu Chuan asked for a bottle of liquor: "What?

Zhang Dongming nodded: "Quit, my physique is not good, and I can't drink." ”

Liu Chuan took the waiter's wine, opened it on the side, and said with a smile: "I don't smoke anymore, and now I have quit drinking, you kid can't do it, don't say that your little object is in charge." ”

Zhang Dongming smiled: "What kind of object, just live together." ”

Liu Chuan stretched out his hand and took the two cups: "You can get it, but then again, that girl is really serious, that little face, that little body, why didn't I see you have these two moments when I was in school." ”

Zhang Dongming smiled bitterly, and then saw Liu Chuan pour him wine, and stopped: "It's really quit." ”

Liu Chuan persuaded twice, and when he saw that Zhang Dongming said that he couldn't drink anything, he poured it for himself: "If you don't have a bottle of beer, it's not interesting for me to drink it myself." ”

Zhang Dongming originally planned not to drink alcohol, but he couldn't be so insistent in the face of Liu Chuan, so he still asked for a bottle of beer.

The two chatted while eating, Zhang Dongming handed the handbag containing 20,000 yuan to Liu Chuan, Liu Chuan looked at it and immediately handed it back: "What are you doing here, talk to me about this." ”

There is no one in this world who knows Liu Chuan better than Zhang Dongming, but now he is back sixteen years ago: "This is not for you, for your father, without your father, with your little ability, can I sell this mushroom?"

Liu Chuan still didn't understand Zhang Dongming's thoughts, but he really didn't think about it: "You get this money back quickly, if you know that you are like this, I won't help you." ”

Zhang Dongming drank a glass of wine and said scoundrelly: "It's okay if you don't want to, then I'll send it to your dad in a while, your dad doesn't want me to send it to your mom, you can always send it out." ”

Liu Chuan looked at Zhang Dongming, and finally smiled bitterly: "Only this once." ”

Zhang Dongming smiled and nodded.

It was more than eight o'clock in the evening when I came back from the city, Tang Wan was not there, Zhang Dongming thought she had gone to Gongli country, and after more than an hour, she didn't see the girl come back, Zhang Dongming called, and Tang Wan said that she was going home.

Under the starry sky, Zhang Dongming was lying on the wall of the garden: "The things in the house have not been cleaned up, and they should be returned." Zhang Dongming thought so.

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When he got up in the morning, Zhang Dongming stewed some rice and ate the cucumber pickles, and after watching TV for a while, Zhang Dongming got up and went to Li San's house in the East Courtyard.

Li San has also helped a lot in collecting mushrooms in the past few days, Zhang Dongming gave Li San three hundred yuan yesterday, plus the usual relationship is also good, seeing him coming, Li San and his family are also very enthusiastic.

Li San's daughter-in-law gave tea and went to the garden to pick beans, Zhang Dongming and Li San sat on the kang and chatted: "Third brother, do you have the phone number of Lao Liu's family, hasn't his house been selling, I plan to buy it." ”

The old Liu family that Zhang Dongming said was the owner of the house where he and Tang Wan lived, and the idea of buying a house was also what he had just thought of and decided.

Although it was rented out, Li San and his family had been taking care of the house for the old Liu and his family, so naturally they had their phones, so they got up and went to the drawer of the TV cabinet to find the phone book, and flipped through it back and forth: "This, the son of the old Liu Tou'er." ”

Zhang Dongming called according to the number and said that he wanted to buy a house, and the other party asked for 35,000.

After all, it is an old house, and the price is actually a bit high, according to the current market in Beishan Township, this house is worth up to 30,000 yuan, and it is precisely because of this that it has not been sold.

Zhang Dongming chatted with the other party on the phone for a while, and his attitude was very resolute, that is, the price was 35,000, and he would not sell it for any less.

In the end, Zhang Dongming said okay, just 35,000, and asked the other party when he could come over, and said tomorrow.

Unlike in the city, there is no legal formality for buying and selling a house in the countryside.

Generally, as long as there is no dispute between the two parties, there is no dispute, and the boundaries are clear, a certificate is issued in the village, and then a few witnesses are found, and everyone sits down together to write an agreement.

At noon the next day, Lao Liu's son and his daughter-in-law returned from the county.

Under the testimony of Gong Liguo, Li San and Bai Laoga in the backyard, Zhang Dongming signed a simple agreement with the other party, and if he gave money, the house would be bought.

In fact, Gong Liguo and Sun Shufen both don't agree with Zhang Dongming buying this house, it's easy to say whether it's expensive or not, mainly because they think that Zhang Dongming is rich now, he can buy a house in the city, and he can rent a house first when he works here, so there is really no need to buy it.

However, Zhang Dongming is very insistent on this, there is nothing they can do about it, the children are older and have their own ideas, and what they say is not necessarily right, just like harvesting mushrooms, if Dongming listens to them, how can he make so much money.

I slept too late yesterday, and it was almost eight o'clock when Zhang Dongming woke up in the morning.

Today's market opens, it's time to collect mushrooms, and after a simple breakfast, Zhang Dongming went out to the store.

After two days, it was also the opening of the market, and there were more people who came to sell mushrooms.

In more than an hour, Zhang Dongming collected more than 300 catties, but most of them were fresh mushrooms, which were obviously picked by people who went to the mountains in the past two days.

Then because of the lack of Tang Wan, Zhang Dongming was also extremely busy today, checking, getting on the scales, paying, looking for money, and he was so busy that he was dizzy.

"I'll do it. ”

In the chaotic shop, a gentle voice sounded.

Zhang Dongming, who was looking for money, looked up, and a tall figure stood in front of him, Tang Wan came back.