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Chapter 253 Can You Take Hezibao Out?

Green peppercorns are good green peppercorns, the quality is quite good, and the quantity is large enough; if the shabu-shabu peppers can be grown here successfully, it is luck to ship one product, and the same is to ship two products, the difference is not big.

But now, the shabu shabu has been dug up by the villagers. If it cannot be grown, it is a one-time item, and he and Uncle Dongliang can take away dozens of catties of shabu shabu.

Now it mainly depends on Li Yanfu's mother. If the survival rate of planting is high, Xu An doesn't mind buying the green peppercorns; but if the survival rate is low, then forget it. Hezibao is really not unusually remote. The shipping fee is enough for Xu An to drink a pot.

Maybe it was because Xu An was silent, or maybe Li Sixin felt that the timing was wrong, so he came out in time to smooth things over.

"Hahaha, I'm joking with Boss Xu, let's go to the mountains. Don't look at the sun is quite bright, it will be cool in the mountains."

"Indeed, on this mountain, the temperature gets lower the higher you go up."

Xu An and the two chatted along Li Sixin's words, and the atmosphere became heated again, as if the silence just now was just an illusion of a few people.

Most of the villagers here get up at four or five o'clock in the morning to catch up with the first wave to go into the mountains to pick mushrooms. Now around twelve noon is the time for them to go home.After Xu An and the others entered the mountain along the path, they met many villagers who were descending the mountain.

"How's the harvest today?"

"It's not very good, it's less than a catty, and there are some cheap ones that are edible but buyers don't want."

"It's okay. I dug out a few old houses and found a lot of high-quality products. Although the quantity of this basket today is not much, it can sell for 80 yuan and 100 yuan."

"Hahahaha, I was lucky today. I got a super big dried fungus. Secretary, look, it's so big!"

As he spoke, the man took out a fungus like a blooming peony flower from the basket, black and white intertwined, shaped like a peony, layered upon layer, like the Milky Way in the deep night sky, mysterious and alluring.

Oh!

As soon as this dried fungus came out, not only Xu An and the others, but even the fungus collectors who passed by for many years couldn't help but let out a voice of admiration. I haven't seen a dried fungus that can't be held in both hands. I haven't seen it a few times.

"That's good, that's good. Just this dried fungus is enough to earn you a week's income in the mountains." Li Sixin patted the man's shoulder in relief, looked back at Xu An and the others, and said to the surrounding fungus collectors : "Have you picked any dried mushrooms? Let's forget about the big ones. Let me gather the small ones and see how many there are."

"Yes, yes, I picked three small bones and sent them to the secretary."

"I have a few here too."

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The villagers did not hesitate at all when they heard the words, and dug out a pile of dried mushrooms from the back basket. One of them took out a plastic bag from his pocket, packed all the dried mushrooms together, and handed it to the villager. Li Sixin.

"Okay, then I'll take it." Li Sixin didn't refuse, and while taking the bag of dried mushrooms with his left hand, he took out a piece of 50 yuan and stuffed it into the hand of the person who handed him the mushrooms. : "It's not easy to count this fungus for one person, so you can use the money to buy some meat and share it with everyone, so that the children in the family can eat meat."

After all, Li Sixin took Xu An and others and left the scene as if fleeing without waiting for a few people to react.

"If you don't leave, they will have to catch up." Li Sixin explained, then raised the bag of dried mushrooms in his hand, and said with a smile: "This fried rice with dried mushrooms tastes first-rate, and I will use this to fry Hezibao's specialties for you, Boss Xu, tonight." The fried rice with dried mushrooms, I definitely want to eat it.”

"Okay, then I'll look forward to it!"

Then on the way up the mountain, I still met a lot of fungus collectors, and I also met a few people who were carrying a few shabu-shabu in their hands, walking down with red eyes and noses.Among these people were villagers from Hezibao and villagers from nearby villages.

Xu An and the two of them were very unfamiliar with the villagers of Hezibao, so they didn't find anything wrong. They just looked at the hot trees, and their hearts ached.

But Li Sixin, as a village cadre who has been back to his hometown for many years, felt guilty when he saw this situation.

Don't tell anyone about this matter until it's done. Why are people in nearby villages also poking fun?
But now the main task is to take Xu An and the two to experience the fun of picking mushrooms. Li Sixin was puzzled for a while, and did not continue to think deeply, and continued to take Xu An to search for mushrooms in the mountains with Li Yanfu.

There are a lot of mushrooms encountered along the way, such as red umbrellas and white stems, forget it, they are poisonous mushrooms at first glance; some mushrooms look very harmless to humans and animals, almost without saying 'eat me to eat' on their faces I'm going to eat me', but when I asked, it turned out to be a poisonous mushroom.
If Xu An and Xu Dongliang went into the mountains alone to pick mushrooms, the mushrooms they liked would be enough for them to lie down several times and hold several banquets.

After walking and stopping to find the mushrooms, they walked all the way to the top of the mountain, and the mushrooms in their hands did not exceed half a catty.

"We came late. The mountain has been raided several times by the fungus collectors. It's lucky to find these." Li Sixin forcibly held everyone's respect: "This is not a lot, and a pot of chicken soup is more than enough."

Xu An smiled and said nothing, standing on the top of the mountain, blowing the mountain breeze, looking down at the large fields at the foot of the mountain, inlaid with sporadic cultivated fields, it looked particularly eye-catching.

"Secretary Li, I heard from Yanfu that you are the first college student in Hezibao, and you found a good job when you graduated. Why did you want to return to Hezibao to be the village secretary? " Another gust of mountain wind blew by, and Xu An's voice was caught in the mountain wind, sounding ethereal and empty.

"Boss Xu, would you be interested in listening to me tell me how I went to college all the way?" Li Sixin didn't answer Xu An's question directly, but directly asked back.

"Of course I'm interested, Secretary Li, please tell me."

"We don't have a kindergarten or preschool here. When we go to school, we go directly to the first grade. At that time, many people help out at home, and when we are ten or eleven years old, we go directly to the third grade."

Li Sixin stood up from the ground as he spoke, walked slowly to Xu An's side, and stood side by side with Xu An.

"The school is far away from Hezibao. You have to get up at four o'clock in the morning and walk on the mountain road for two hours to get there. It's such a long journey, it's impossible to go home for lunch, so you have to bring your own rice and vegetables. Go to school. Because of this lunch at noon, my family doesn’t plan to let me study, and I can not only save books and food expenses, but also help the family with some chores.”

As he spoke, Li Sixin sighed, not knowing whether it was because of emotion or because of rejoicing.

"Fortunately, I was the only boy in my family. The village secretary came to chat with my parents every day, and finally persuaded them to let me go to school. A fifth grader who doesn't know how to write, and doesn't even know how to spell aoe."

Li Sixin followed Xu An's line of sight, looked at the foot of the mountain, and looked at the little black spot walking back and forth in the field, his voice became ethereal.

"The following story is very clichéd. I learned that this learning opportunity was hard-won, so I studied hard and was admitted to junior high school, high school, and university. With the support of everyone in Hezibao and the support of national policies, I finished reading. University, became Hezibao No.1 and so far the only college student.”

Having said this, Li Sixin stopped for a long time, until Xu An couldn't help looking sideways at him, then he suddenly opened his mouth and continued.

"Two months after I graduated, the village party secretary at the time found me and asked me a question."

Li Sixin turned his head to meet Xu An's gaze, sweeping away the gentle and elegant posture in the past, his body was straight and tense, his eyes were firm and there was some sadness, his expression was serious and dignified, he said every word Said: "The people of Hezibao helped you go out, you, can you help the people of Hezibao go out."

Hearing these ordinary words in Xu An's ears, he felt that a huge stone was pressing on his heart, and he was too heavy to breathe.

From this incomparably simple sentence, Xu An heard a hint of trusting the lonely.

"Then, that secretary is now."

"When he said this, he was already lying on a hospital bed in the township hospital. He passed away within a week after he finished speaking." Li Sixin's voice trembled a little. He looked up into the distance sideways, and no one on the field could see him The expression at this moment.

Silence, incomparable silence, the atmosphere of silence lasted until the four of them walked to the foot of the mountain, went to Li Yanfu's house, and saw Li Yanfu's mother.

"Ah, Boss Xu, you are indeed the big bosses. This is really lucky. You can find so many fungus when you enter the mountain for the first time!"

Li Yanfu's mother praised the mushrooms that Li Sixin handed over, and then arranged for the final destination of these mushrooms.

"This bag is full of dried mushrooms. There are so many. Let's make fried rice with dried mushrooms at night. The mixed mushrooms here are less than half a catty. You can also cook soup or stir-fry meat. Boss Xu, which way do you want to try?"

Xu An glanced at the little hens running around in the yard, and said with a smile, "Auntie, let's stir-fry the meat. I drank the soup yesterday. Let's taste the fried meat today."

"Okay, okay, I asked someone to cut two catties of pork belly this morning, and the fried mushrooms are just right!" Li Yanfu's mother laughed when she heard this, put the two bags of mushrooms on the stove, lifted her apron and wiped her hands, feeling a little embarrassed Asked: "Boss Xu, do you think you should go to see that ghost now, or take a break and go after dinner?"

"It's still early for dinner, let's go and have a look first!"

"Hey, okay, here and here."

Li Yanfu's mother immediately led everyone out of the house, walked straight towards the hillside behind the house, and explained to everyone as she walked.

"This ghost has a very strong smell. At the beginning, it was planted in the yard. After sowing a handful of seeds, two trees survived. It made people unable to sleep during the day and night. I couldn't bear it anymore. Later, I planted it on this small hillside. A small plot of land planted this."

While talking, several people walked to the back of the house, and saw a solitary field at the bottom of the hill from a distance. On the field, there were more than [-] shabu-shabu plants growing here and there, because there were too many of them. People from far away could feel the strong breath of this pepper.

Seeing these twenty or so shabu shabu shabu shabu, Xu An's face was overjoyed.

There are a total of 120 households in Hezibao. Even if a family can only grow [-] shabu shabu plants, there will be [-] plants in total.

One plant can harvest about ten catties of shabu shabu, and about two catties after drying, 120 plants, that is 1 catties of shabu shabu, this amount is enough for Xu's lo mei shop to consume for a year!There may even be a surplus!

The premise is that other villagers in Hezibao can plant successfully.
(End of this chapter)