Chapter 40: Neighbors
The morning sun was very bright, shining into the bedroom from the window, Zhang Tao felt the sun shining on his eyes, and when he woke up and opened his eyes, he saw that the walls around him were bright, and the sky outside the window was also blue. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Yesterday afternoon, in addition to sleeping in a daze, I also slept very early at night, and when I woke up, I felt full of vitality and warmth, and I didn't feel thirsty.
Zhang Tao got dressed and washed up. Drink a glass of warm water and cleanse your stomach. Breakfast was made. Wash a fist-sized monkey head and a matsutake mushroom, cut the monkey head in half and put it on a plate, then put some condiments and salt, pour a little water into the electric wok, put the pot curtain on the plate, plug in the electric steam.
I went to the barn and got some firewood and lit the stove. Cut the matsutake mushrooms into pieces and put them in a casserole with chopped coriander, oil, salt and water, and cook them on a stove. Wash a bowl of rice several times and pour it into the rice cooker, pour water again, and press the button to cook the rice.
After breakfast, Zhang Tao called home and asked about the purchase of hazelnut mushrooms by relatives, it is now the end of September, hazel mushrooms are not long, it is time to go to the capital to sell mushrooms.
After making the call, I packed up all the things at home, took a ginseng of more than ten years and put it in a bag, locked the door and walked to Uncle Li's house, "Uncle Li!" At home? Zhang Tao shouted at the door.
"At home! It's Xiao Zhang! Come in and sit! Uncle Li said to Zhang Tao while opening the door.
"Uncle Li! Busy! Hehe! ”
"Nope! Idle! Come! Xiao Zhang enters the house and sits! Uncle Li said that he took Zhang Tao's arm and walked into the house.
"This is the eldest mother! I'm Xiao Zhang! Hello Auntie! When Zhang Tao entered the house, he saw an old lady standing at the door of the house.
"You're good! Come in and sit! I've heard the old man say, how about living here? Still used to it! Aunt Li asked with a smile.
"Habit, it's good!" Zhang Tao replied with a smile.
"Sit! Xiao Zhang! You're welcome! Aunt Li said with a smile.
"Don't sit down, this ginseng was picked in the mountains and used to make wine for Uncle Li!" After Zhang Tao finished speaking, he put the bag containing the ginseng on the coffee table.
"Such a big ginseng, it must be more than ten years, this is a good thing! This will not work! Xiao Zhang! You have to take this back, uncle can't ask for it! Uncle Li said after looking at the ginseng.
"More than ten years! This has to be hundreds of thousands! It's too precious! Xiao Zhang, take it back, I can't ask for it with your Uncle Li! Aunt Li also said.
"It's okay! Uncle! Ma'am! Take it! I've got a few more, hehe! I'm leaving! Uncle, see you back! Zhang Tao said with a smile and walked back,
"Don't go! Xiao Zhang! You take it back! That's not going to work! Your aunt and I are in good health, so you don't need it! Uncle Li picked up the ginseng and took a few steps and stuffed it into Zhang Tao's clothes pocket.
"Don't! Uncle Li! I haven't eaten your family's food or anything this month! That's the money! ”
"Those things are my own, and they're not worth much! This ginseng can be bought for decades! Xiao Zhang, if you don't take it back, your aunt and I will be angry! ”
"Uncle Li! I have to go! I may not be able to come back for a while, so you can take care of it for me! Ha ha! Zhang Tao said and stuffed the ginseng into Uncle Li's pocket again.
"That's all trifle! Why do you want to go! Give this ginseng back to your parents! Yes! Xiao Zhang! Uncle Li said that he was going to pull out ginseng.
"Uncle Li! Ma'am! You are just seeing the outside, aren't you, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors..."Zhang Tao insisted on not taking it back.
Uncle Li and Aunt Li saw that Zhang Tao was very persistent, so they accepted it. "Xiao Zhang, you're really embarrassed! I'll get you some food or something! There are no good things in our family, so you can go to your uncle's house to get food in the future, and treat it as your own home! ”
"I don't want it! Uncle! I'll be gone in a moment! Zhang Tao said with a smile.
"Then when you go back, get some for your parents! This is all grown by our own family, not on chemical fertilizer! Don't leave for a while, I'll pick vegetables for you! You're gone! I can't eat this dish with your aunt, so it's wasted! Don't go! Uncle Li said with a smile.
After Uncle Li finished speaking, he went to the yard to take a basket to the back garden and picked up vegetables, and Aunt Li took a basket of goose eggs, eggs, and salted duck eggs for Zhang Tao. Zhang Tao thanked him and walked out of the courtyard with two baskets.
"Xiao Zhang! See your parents say hello to your uncle and aunt! Uncle Li and Aunt Li sent Zhang Tao out of the door, Uncle Li said.
"Good! Uncle! Ma'am! Go back! Zhang Tao agreed.
When you get home, put the two baskets on the donkey. Then put the bag containing matsutake mushroom, monkey head, reishi mushroom and ginseng on the upside-down donkey. Then put more than ten years and decades of ginseng and pine and fir lingzhi into a fresh-keeping bag, a total of more than ten fresh-keeping bags, and sent them to relatives when the time came. The bags are put into cardboard boxes and placed on the inverted donkey.
Take the oil drum and fill the upside-down donkey with oil, and then put the oil drum back in its place. Cut a few pieces of circular gauze and moisten them with water, place one of them in the strainer, and use the other pieces on the road.
Zhang Tao rode an upside-down donkey to the gate, locked the gate, and set off to the house at the foot of Heng Mountain. When you get to the house at the foot of Heng Mountain, open the door. Moved everything in.
I called home again, and I wanted my parents to invite relatives to come to the house in Hengshan for dinner, and then pull the hazelnut mushrooms over during the meal. Zhang Tao originally wanted to invite his relatives to eat in the city, but he thought that the food in the city was not as good as matsutake mushrooms and monkey heads, so he held a banquet at home! The yard of the house at the foot of Heng Mountain is very large, and there are many barns where mushrooms can be stored.
Zhang Tao made a call to Zhou Daming after dinner, "Brother Zhou! Is it convenient to speak? ”
"It's my brother! Easy to talk to! I haven't seen you in a month! ”
"Yes! In two days, I will go to the capital to meet my eldest brother! Ha ha! ”
"Good! When the time comes, I'll treat you to jajanjangmyeon! How's my brother's harvest this month? ”
"Hazel mushrooms can have about 15,000 catties, matsutake mushrooms and monkey heads have about 1,000 catties, all of which are sun-dried, and monkey heads account for three-quarters. Ganoderma lucidum has about 1,000 catties, pine fir Ganoderma lucidum accounts for most of it, and there are some red Ganoderma lucidum, all of which are dried in the shade. There are more than 50 ginseng trees that are more than 10 years old, and more than 10 ginseng trees that are decades old. ”
Zhang Tao actually picked nearly 3,000 ginseng, almost half of the ginseng on the Sino-Russian border, which is not frightening to say that there are nearly 3,000 wild ginseng, wild radishes are about the same, and there are dozens of hundred-year-old ginseng and hundreds of years of ginseng. The rest of the ginseng will not be doubtful if some of it is taken out in the next year.
"Hey! Brother Zhou! What happened to you? Zhang Tao heard the sound of Zhou Daming's stool overturning.
"Nothing! The stool didn't sit firm! Hehe! Dude, what you said is wild? Zhou Daming said after taking a breath.
"Of course it's wild! The domesticated ones are not worth much! Zhang Tao said.
"That's great! Brothers! Let's send it! Ha ha! ”
"Yes! Ha ha! ”
"Brother! I want to build a company, how about we do it? Half of the shares are for one person, and I will pay for the construction of the factory. Where did you get the goods, count it as the capital! Zhou Daming said.
"Don't be half of a person! Brother Zhou, you give me three achievements! The 15,000 catties of hazelnut mushrooms were collected by my relatives, and I had to give them the money, and I couldn't make the capital. Zhang Tao said with a smile.
"It's okay! That's all small money, brother, your ginseng for decades is more expensive than those hazelnut mushrooms, and my stall is not counted in the company, and your sister-in-law's family has also paid for it, so it's not easy for me to do it. ”
"It's okay! Brother Zhou! I think I'll be good at three things! I may not be able to come up with so many goods in the future, but I have taken all the good things from my house, and my relatives will buy some hazelnut mushrooms or something in the future. ”
"That's fine! Half of us! Neither of us suffers! What about bro! ”
"Brother Zhou, you said so, I'll account for forty percent!"
"No! Let's get five or five! Zhou Daming insisted.
"That's fine! Brother Zhou! You wait for me for a few days, and when I go to the capital, we will eat and chat! Zhang Tao said with a smile.
"It's good! Brother, call when you come! I'll pick you up! Zhou Daming said.
After Zhang Tao and Zhou Daming finished talking, they scrubbed the room, and some tables, chairs and benches were also wiped down. Then I picked some of the dishes that I would like to eat tomorrow, washed them, and put them in the basket to dry.