Chapter 33: Selling Matsutake Mushrooms
As soon as Aunt Bai came in, she walked into the kitchen, with a kind smile on her round face, "Sister-in-law, Xiaobai, what else do you want to help with?" ”
Liu Xiao was serving the cold beef salad and shook his head at her with a smile.
"No, brother and sister, you sit.
Eat right away. ”
If it weren't for her gluttonous girl who suddenly wanted to eat cold beef, she would have made the dishes a long time ago.
Aunt Bai smiled gently, and the tip of her nose was full of the rich fragrance of chicken soup.
"Sister-in-law, your skills are getting better and better, and I can smell the fragrance before I enter the house."
Liu Xiaoran suddenly, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, quickly took the cold dishes out, and took two bottles of beer from the refrigerator for the two old men.
"Eat more later, there's something good in the soup."
In summer, most of the time in the countryside is to eat in the yard, at seven or eight o'clock, the sky is not completely dark, the small electric fan blows again, how comfortable it is.
Before it was served, Bai Dongshan put the watermelon in cold water, and then helped serve the food and the stool.
After the family sat down, in no particular order, those who wanted to drink drank wine and those who wanted to eat vegetables ate vegetables, Liu Xiao and Aunt Bai didn't care about the two of them.
Liu Xiao first scooped a bowl of soup for Bai Xu to cool down, and then looked at Aunt Bai, "Brother and sister, you can have a bowl too." ”
"I'll come by myself, sister-in-law, you eat yours quickly." Second Aunt Bai had already seen the matsutake mushrooms in the soup, and she nodded to Liu Xiao with a smile.
"Xiaobai, this is also what you dug in the mountains?" Second Aunt Bai took a pair of chopsticks matsutake mushrooms and asked while eating.
"Well, this year's matsutake mushrooms taste okay, so delicious."
Aunt Bai was stunned as soon as she fed the matsutake mushroom into her mouth, this is too fragrant.
"Yes, second aunt, you eat more." Bai Xu picked up a piece of beef and smiled at her.
Of course it's delicious, she replaced all the matsutake mushrooms in the refrigerator with those grown in the space spirit field, how could it not be delicious.
And there is also spiritual spring water in this soup, and when you take a sip, you will feel energetic.
"Good, good." Second Aunt Bai nodded hurriedly.
Not to mention, the taste of this year is really different from previous years, and the fragrance is dead.
Bai Dongshan took a sip of beer and sandwiched a chicken leg and a few pieces of matsutake for his honest brother, "Haven't you been idle for the past two days?" Your niece said that there are many matsutake mushrooms in the mountains, so let you look for matsutake mushrooms in the mountains. ”
Bai Xu hurriedly explained.
"Second uncle, don't listen to my dad's nonsense, it's obvious that he can't see you idle."
She didn't say that, and gave her less buttons.
Liu Xiao was happy with Aunt Bai.
Bai Changlong smiled innocently, not feeling anything bad at all, "Really? Then I can go to the mountains and have a look, and I'm idle anyway. ”
Bai Changlong sometimes digs up a few chicken fir mushrooms in his orchard, but matsutake mushrooms are not so lucky.
If you can find a few good matsutake mushrooms, it is also a lot of income.
Second Uncle Bai's family is not as good as Bai Xu's family, although he has a small savings, but his son is about to get married, and he has built a new house, and his hands are a little tight.
Moreover, the income of the fruit of the fruit grove is not yet known this year, so it may be good if we can find matsutake mushrooms.
"Second uncle, it's okay to go up the mountain, pay attention to the insects. It's raining these days, and there are a lot of bugs on the mountain. Bai Xu is not wrong, there are indeed many fungi on the mountain this year, and after the fungi she dug up today are sold for money, she should be able to complete her task.
In this way, she is also relieved.
Bai Changlong nodded happily, "Don't worry." ”
Don't worry, when the time comes, he will find some herbs under the mountain face and rub them on his body, and the insects will not find him.
After eating, Bai Xu lay on the rocking chair in the yard to rest, Bai Dongshan was still drinking and bragging with Second Uncle Bai, the brothers rarely had such a leisurely time, and the two women in the family did not restrain them.
Looking at the twinkling stars overhead, Bai Xu raised his hand and tried to pluck one down.
It's been a long time since I've seen such an uncovered starry sky, and when I'm in the city, all I can see when I look up is high-rise buildings.
The evening breeze blew through the white hair, and she sat on the rickety old chair, her eyes were comfortable and wanton, such a day was full of hope.
When Bai Xu was woken up by Liu Xiao and asked her to go upstairs to sleep, she realized that she had already fallen asleep.
She hurriedly went upstairs to wash up and lay down, and tomorrow she had to go to the city.
After breakfast, Bai Xu packed up his things, put on his small satchel and walked out of the village.
The sun in the morning is warm and bright, and there is no heat, and the white flocculent walks vigorously.
Boarding the bus to the county seat, Bai Xu leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
The rickety passenger car drove unhurriedly on the road with nine turns and eighteen turns, and the wind blowing in through the cracks in the window carried a strange smell, and Bai Xu sighed.
She should drive her father's car when she is ready, the smell of gasoline on the bus is really bad, and her nose is sensitive to breath now, she always feels like she is going to vomit.
When Bai Xu changed the car and came to the city, when she got off the bus, she couldn't help but vomit, and quickly drank a sip of water to suppress the discomfort in her heart.
After finding a public toilet where no one was around, Bai Xu took out the back basket that had been placed in the space in advance, which contained the matsutake mushrooms she had prepared, and she was going to find a restaurant to eat mountain delicacies and sell the matsutake mushrooms in a while.
She had already found two restaurants on her mobile phone in advance that wanted to accept Shanzhen, and took a taxi directly.
Z city is not big, it is not small, although it is not as good as M city next door, but because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the tourism industry is more developed, and the food is much more brilliant.
In these days, rich people like to eat some game and eat something strange.
Bai Xu paid for the car, looked at the restaurant with unique decoration in front of him, and walked in.
The waiter at the door saw Bai Fu, his eyes flashed with amazement, and he smiled and said to her, "Madam, dine or make a reservation?" ”
"No, I want to ask if you can harvest wild matsutake mushrooms here?" Bai Fu went straight to the point, not very idle, she sold matsutake mushrooms, and she still had to buy seeds.
The waiter was stunned for a moment, quickly came back to his senses, and nodded, "Collect, collect, can you show me first?" ”
As a game restaurant, their boss has confessed that whether it is running in the mountains or swimming in the water, as long as it is game, the kind that does not break the law, it must be accepted.
Bai Fu put down the basket and uncovered the leaves on it to show her.
The waiter's expression was a little strange when he saw the matsutake mushroom, such a big wild matsutake mushroom? That can't be hyped up by their boss to a sky-high price.
Fortunately, she greeted customers at the door today, and it seems that there are many bonuses this month.
She immediately put on a warm smile at Bai Xu and said a word to the walkie-talkie around her neck.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll have someone take you to the back kitchen."
Soon another waiter came out of it, she said hello to Bai Xu, and led her to the back kitchen.
At this time, I haven't arrived at the hotel, there is no table of guests in the restaurant, only the waiter is busy, Bai Xu looked at the restaurant, and silently followed the waiter in front.
When I came to the pavilion outside the back kitchen, several chefs were chatting outside the kitchen, and the waiter went to call the head chef over.
"Selling matsutake mushrooms?" The middle-aged chef in a white chef's uniform saw Bai Fu, his eyes flashed, he lifted his pants, and walked over with a graceful step.
Bai Xu didn't like his eyes very much, she put the back basket on the table, her expression was not salty or light, "Hmm." See what you can offer? ”
The corners of the middle-aged chef's mouth drooped a little, he walked over, picked up the matsutake mushroom in the basket and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
This quality, as well as the fragrance, can be seen as wild.
However, the head chef closed his eyes, pretended to be careless, put the matsutake back again, and pulled it in the back basket, "Little girl, the price of matsutake this year is not high, see that the quality of your matsutake is not bad, how about giving you a thousand yuan a kilogram?" ”
Bai Su frowned, she thought she had misheard.
Last night, her uncle told her that the price of matsutake mushrooms was high this year, and the matsutake mushroom she gave to their family was seen by his friend, and he was stunned to buy it for 2,000 yuan to eat it himself.
That matsutake mushroom is estimated to be barely seven or eight taels, and it is worth two thousand yuan, so what kind of chef actually dares to give her a basket of better quality matsutake mushrooms for a thousand yuan, or one kilogram.
Bai Fu was a little impatient.
"How much?"
If it doesn't come out of her expected price, then she would rather go to a few more stores.
"The highest? Little girl, this is the highest price. The chef teased, and there was a feeling in his eyes that you could afford to look down on you so high.
The two were talking, not paying attention to the waiter next to him who took a photo of matsutake and posted it in the work group.
Seeing that he refused to let go, Bai Xu didn't want to talk nonsense with him, "Then bother." ”
Five hundred yuan a catty, if you want to take advantage of it, you want to go crazy.
She put the basket on her back and prepared to return the way she came.
"Huh? No, don't you agree? That's the price this year. The chef was stunned at first when he saw her move swiftly out, and then chased after her to explain.
But Bai Xu didn't even look back, the chef was in a hurry, trotted two steps to catch up, and opened his mouth with a smile on his face.
"Why don't I add some to you, one thousand two, how about one thousand two?"
The quality of the matsutake mushrooms in her hand is the best batch he has seen this year, and the portion is not small.
Bai Xu didn't want to say anything to him, since she was not sincere, don't waste her saliva.
"One thousand and five, little girl, there really is only so much." The head chef was a little annoyed, and watched Bai Su walk to the gate, and finally added another time.
One thousand and five, she should be satisfied after all.
Bai Xu pursed his lips and directly stopped a taxi, ready to go to other restaurants.
The head chef behind him panicked, no, Qianfi is still not satisfied?
He frowned and took a sip, if you don't sell it, forget it, one thousand and five is not enough, and he is very black-hearted.
At this time, the owner of the shop hurriedly came down from the second floor, with a happy face, and didn't look at the head chef's face at all, so he opened his mobile phone and said, "Lao Wang, have you collected the matsutake mushroom?" I'm about to catch up with the king of matsutake mushrooms, so hurry up and let me take a photo and send it to the old guests, who must like it. ”
When the time comes, he will be able to make the business of his store prosperous for a while.
The head chef smiled, he didn't expect the boss to know so quickly, and explained dryly, "Mr. Chen, no, I didn't receive it, she doesn't sell it." ”
The boss was confused, how could this be.
"Not for sale? Why not sell? What price do you give? ”
No, how could people not sell it, and it took a lot of effort to come here and ask the price, is it a joke?
"One thousand and five!" The chef replied weakly, but he didn't dare to say that it was 151 kilograms.
If the boss knew 1,500 kilograms, he would probably be able to pick up his skin.
The boss put the phone away, sighed, and glared at him rather dissatisfied.
"One thousand five? It's so low, you don't know what the price of wild matsutake mushrooms is this year, why don't you give more, or you call me. It's a shame that matsutake mushrooms are of such good quality. ”
It's not impossible to give 3,000 for such a good matsutake mushroom, and in case someone else has matsutake to sell.
"What one thousand five? Brother-in-law, it's 1,500 kilograms. ”
The waiter at the door couldn't stand it anymore, picked at his fingernails, and unhappily opened his mouth to find out the fault in his words.
The king of the dog day is talented, and she has no bonus at the end of the month, and she is embarrassed to frame other beautiful sisters, phew.
The boss frowned, his fists waking up, "What? What one thousand fifteen kilograms? ”
He immediately turned his head to look at Wang Youcai, and his sharp eyes almost pierced him.
Wang Youcai's face was full of shame, and he didn't dare to scold the waiter, "No, boss, I, I'm still raising the price, and she left." ”
He just didn't think Bai Xu knew the price, so he planned to fool her, and he didn't want to accept it.
The boss slapped him on the head, became furious, and yelled at him.
"You pig, whose matsutake mushroom only gives a few hundred yuan a catty, whether they are deaf or blind, come out to sell matsutake mushrooms, don't you inquire about the price?"
I'm mad at him, I'm mad at him, such a good wild matsutake mushroom, if it is placed in their store, it will definitely not make more than half of the money.
Made, a good chance to make money, was ruined by this fool.
Ding Zhen Pavilion
Bai Xu looked at the game restaurant in front of him, saying that it was a game restaurant, which felt more like a private restaurant, quiet and chic.
After a moment's hesitation, she walked in with her feet up, the same procedure, but she was taken to a private room, and the waiter poured her tea before going to ask for someone.
After Bai Xu sat for less than two minutes, there was a sound of high heels kicking outside the door, and a beautiful middle-aged woman with a plump figure pushed open the door and walked in with a smile.
"Girl, you want to sell matsutake mushrooms, right?"
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Bai Xu nodded, smiled at her, took out a matsutake mushroom from the back basket and handed it to her.
The woman's eyes lit up, and before she had time to appreciate Bai Fu's appearance, she was first attracted by the quality of matsutake mushrooms, and turned to the waiter at the door and said, "Go and call Lao Xiang over." ”
This head, this quality, must be collected.
She looked at the pile of green leaves in the basket, as if there were still a lot of matsutake mushrooms, and she hurriedly asked.
"Sister, my surname is Zeng, you can just call me Sister Zeng, I see that you still have matsutake mushrooms in your back basket, they are all for sale, right?"
Why don't you take a foam box and put it up, it would be a pity if it was crushed.