The early spring bamboo shoots on the hill were already half as high as a bamboo, wearing a dark brown coat, they were tall and straight, and the part of the bamboo shoots that leaned against the ground fell to reveal the oily green parts inside. Zhang Fangyuan touched it, the older was too old to pinch.


    Xu He put down his basket, ready to dig some spring bamboo shoots and went home. One was that when Zhang Fangyuan went out to the stall, there were many kinds of wild vegetables to sell, and the other was that he wanted to soak some bamboo shoots, which were delicious, they could be boiledin water or dried in the sun sothey could be eaten whenever he wanted. Of course, it could also be sold.


    Although the taste of spring bamboo shoots was not as good as that of winter bamboo shoots, they were hard to find, so kept more of them. When the autumn harvest was not good, these wild vegetables could still satisfy your hunger.

    He looked at Zhang Fangyuan like a naughty child, and said helplessly: "Don't touch the new bamboo shoots, because if you touch  them, they won't grow taller."

    Zhang Fangyuan withdrew his hand funnily, and jumped to Xu He: "Then I touch you, do you not grow taller?"

    Xu He's ears turned red, and he stopped digging for bamboo shoots: "I'm already tall enough."

    Zhang Fangyuan took the opportunity to touch his hand: "Then does that mean I can touch it casually?"

    "Don't make trouble."

    Xu He scolded, but didn't move away from Zhang Fangyuan.

    The two dug together more than a dozen bamboo shoots. The spring bamboo shoots were big, and half of them were peeled off on the spot. Each of them was like a big fat head, and it was bigger than the winter bamboo shoots. Take the good-looking ones to the city.

    Xu He wandered around the mountain for a while, the sunshine on the mountain was not as good as that on the slope, and naturally wild vegetables were not growing everywhere, But he still found some thorns (

刺), the buds were still tender, and he sent Zhang Fangyuan because he was not tall, but the thorns doesn’t grow side by side, one on the east and one on the west, wanting to pick them all at once was impractical.


    "Look, there's a tung tree there!"

    Xu He's eyes lit up, and he looked at a thick trunk lying among the ferns from a distance. It may had rained in the forest yesterday, and the bark of the tung tree was still there. The wet ones were not dry, but the moisture was good, and there were some large and small mushrooms.

    The black mushrooms were seen from a distance. The small one was only as big as a thumb, and the big one was already like an ear.

    The mushrooms on this tree may have absorbed a lot of water, it was very thick, and it was soft when you pinched it, as if pinching the earlobe. Xu He carefully picked the big mushrooms and wrapped them in big leaves and put them in the basket. After picking all the mushrooms, he was a little bit reluctant, wondering if he could find them again when he came back.

    Zhang Fangyuan said: "Carry it home first, put it in the yard, and pick it when it grows. It’s more convenient than going up the mountain."

"Yes!" Xu He took the sickle to cut the trunk, but Zhang Fangyuan hugged the trunk, and with such brute force, he dragged the tung tree out.

    After cutting off the branches, Zhang Fangyuan carried the half-person-high tree trunk with the two people's baskets.

    "Zhang Fangyuan?"

    As soon as the two of them returned, they saw a man in a felt hat and carrying an arrow and basket in the distance, wrapped up like a savage, approaching them. Xu He reacted for a while before he recognized that this person was Wang Jiu, a hunter in the village.

    hunter was often on the mountain, and it was normal to wear a lot of clothes, and if there was no wife to follow to the mountain to take care of him, the man would have long beards, no contact with people for a long time, and bad temper. It was also scary.

    This Wang Jiu was about the same age as Zhang Fangyuan, when he was in his teens he used to go up and down trees together, now they were husbands.

    "I haven't seen you for a long time. I went up the mountain half a month ago and heard that you were going to get married. I didn't expect it so soon."

    Zhang Fangyuan said: "Your parents came over for a drink. I asked them about you. I heard that you went up the mountain. How is it? How’s the harvest in spring?”

    “It’s better than winter, but there are more and more people doing this, and it’s not as good as the previous two years.”

    “Just now I also saw that the distance between traps are much closer.”

    The two chatted for a while, but Xu He didn't bother, and went to look for wild vegetables again.

    Wang Jiu said again: "I heard that you are working in the meat market in the city?"

    Zhang Fangyuan nodded.

    The men in the village spoke directly, and Wang Jiu asked, "Do you accept mountain goods?"

    Zhang Fangyuan frowned, he had never sold mountain goods before: "Didn't you always sell them in the city?"

    Wang Jiu said: " Delay time." If it was not sold out today, he would have to continue tomorrow. How could it be like selling at a stall.

    The price of these mountain goods was already more expensive than pork, and most of the people who could afford it were the riches. They were not easy to sell like pork, and if the pork was not sold well, they only needed to reduce the price a little, and someone would come to pick them up immediately.

    As for mountain goods, if you came across a restaurant to buy them, it would be quick, and they would be sold out in no time, but it was not always possible to meet them.

    In the past, he made an agreement with a restaurant to deliver it as soon as it was in stock, but now the restaurant suddenly didn't want it. There were many variables and there was no way to find it.

    Wang Jiu naturally didn't say what happened next.

    Zhang Fangyuan didn't say yes or no, he just said: "To put it bluntly, I'm a reseller. If you want to sell something at my place, the price will definitely not be as high as selling it in the city by yourself.

    " It’s natural.” But the money was secure, wasn’t it the same as selling pigs in the village?

    Zhang Fangyuan pondered for a moment: "We are also old friends. I will go shopping tomorrow. I guess I will go to the city to set up a stall in the next day. You can deliver the goods tomorrow. I will take them to the city to see."

    Wang Jiu smiled: "Okay!"

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