Chapter 240: No Appeal

Director Jiang went to the warehouse specifically to see the goods. Seeing that the mushrooms were indeed grown well, he said "good" three times, then turned to find the commune secretary.

The two chatted in the office for a long time.

That night, the mushrooms sent by the Fengshou Production Brigade boarded the train to Haicheng.

Back to the matter.

Gu Yuanshan and Dahai got a thick stack of large denominations, and they walked lightly. The two had grown up and had never carried even fifty yuan on them. Suddenly carrying several hundred yuan and running all over the street, their hands and feet were so nervous they didn't know how to place them.

"Yuanshan, my arms don't have strength, you take the bag." Dahai stuffed the torn cloth bag containing the money into Gu Yuanshan's arms.

Gu Yuanshan was also panicked.

His whole body was stiff.

"You old six..." His lips were trembling, and he subconsciously stuffed the cloth bag into his arms and hugged it tightly.

He glared at Dahai in a panic and anxiety. "Do my arms have strength? You pit-goods!"

"Throwing" away the hot potato, Dahai could finally breathe and even laugh.

"They do, aren't you hugging it very tightly? Let's go, I'll follow you."

Gu Yuanshan didn't talk nonsense anymore, strode forward, walking faster than when he came.

Fortunately, there was nothing on the way.

The two returned to the village entrance smoothly.

Seeing the figures of the villagers from afar, Gu Yuanshan touched the cloth bag in his arms. While letting out a sigh of relief, a brilliant smile appeared on his face.

"So many people!" Dahai said. "They're all waiting for us, hehehe, they definitely can't imagine how much money we sold..."

Gu Yuanshan had been nervous all the way and was too tired to speak, only caring about walking into the village.

He only had one thought now: hand over the "bomb" in his arms.

The children who had been instructed by the adults and were waiting obediently at the village entrance saw Gu Yuanshan and Dahai and let out screams.

"They're back! Uncle Yuanshan and Uncle Dahai are back!!"

"Brigade Captain, the mushroom sellers are back——!"

Like a relay race, the loud voices rose and fell.

It spread throughout the village.

The brigade members who heard the sound ran out in a hurry.

Then they surrounded Gu Yuanshan and Dahai.

They wanted to ask something but didn't know where to ask, staring at the two, their eyes fiery.

Finally, the Brigade Captain spoke.

He slapped his son on the shoulder.

"Are you mute? Speak! What's the situation? Did you sell them?"

Selling them was for sure, the two boys were carrying empty shoulder poles, and the bamboo baskets they brought were all gone.

Dahai grinned, rubbed the place where his father slapped him, and grinned. "Sold! Dad, do you want to guess how much money it sold for per jin?"

The Brigade Captain wanted to wave his palm again.

"I'll guess your head!" He said impatiently. "How much did it sell for, stop selling suspense!"

Seeing his father was about to lose his temper at any time, Dahai didn't dare to seek death. He said loudly at a fast speed: "The purchasing agent of the supply and marketing cooperative took a look and said our mushrooms were first-grade, offering a high price of seven mao per jin. What Yuanshan and I brought sold for a total of two hundred and ninety-five yuan... four mao!"

Hearing this, the Brigade Captain couldn't help but open his mouth wide, his chin falling down.

Seeing his father's mouth opening wider and wider, Dahai hurriedly helped the Brigade Captain hold his chin.

"Dad, take it slow, your chin is about to hit the ground."

The Brigade Captain seemed to have just come back to his senses, grabbing his son's arm, his eyes brighter than ever.

"What did you just say? Seven mao per jin? You didn't lie to me, did you?!"

The voice of the question was louder than the next.

It howled until everyone else's reason returned.

Grabbing Gu Yuanshan and Dahai's clothes, they asked one after another.

"Yuanshan, is what Dahai said true or false? Did the mushrooms we grew really sell? How could it be, mushrooms are more expensive than eggs?!"

"Dahai, you aren't talking nonsense, are you?" An elderly grandfather stared at Dahai and warned, "If you are talking nonsense, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson for your father."

He was the Brigade Captain's clan elder, and it wasn't excessive to say he would teach the son a lesson for the Brigade Captain.

Dahai held the grandfather's arm, his expression becoming serious.

"Not talking nonsense." The grandfather was old and his ears were bad, so he increased his volume appropriately. "It's true, the money sold is in Yuanshan's arms. Words can deceive people, but money can't."

The old man's dry lips trembled.

At this time, Gu Yuanshan found an opportunity and took out the torn cloth bag containing the money from his arms.

He handed it to the Brigade Captain and said: "Brigade Captain, the money is here."

The Brigade Captain took it and turned to hand it to the brigade accountant, asking him to count it.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the brigade members who went to handle the matter, it was just following the rules.

The brigade accountant walked to the side and finished counting the money under the eyes of the brigade cadres. It was indeed that amount.

Correct.

He nodded to the Brigade Captain.

At this time, several brigade cadres finally had a bit of a real feeling.

Really... made money!

"Good! Good!" The Brigade Captain was so excited his face turned red.

He said to the brigade members: "Grow mushrooms! Expand planting!!"

The brigade members all saw the large denominations. They had a share of that money. They didn't know how much they would get, but no matter how much they got, it was profit.

In previous years, where was there such an income!?

Hearing Yuanshan's dad say, the mushrooms in the mushroom room could be harvested all winter.

Everyone calculated an account in their hearts...

Incredible, really incredible!!

"Grow, we'll grow!"

"My family will grow too!!"

The brigade members were very excited.

Gu Fu was frowning, saying with some worry: "Not enough cow dung."

What the Fengshou Production Brigade was using now was all borrowed from the neighboring brigade.

If they knew their brigade earned money by growing mushrooms, and earned quite a bit, the neighboring brigade would definitely be reluctant to give that little cow dung.

In this way, how to pile fertilizer.

Gu Fu had tried pig manure, it wasn't as good as cow dung, it really wouldn't work.

The Brigade Captain also thought of these problems, and the joy on his face faded a bit.

"This is indeed a problem." He said. "Let's do this first, I'll go find the secretary tomorrow morning to explain the situation and see what to do."

He had great ambition and set his sights on the farm's cow dung.

This required the commune to exert effort.

He, a small Brigade Captain, couldn't do it. For now, he could only pin his hopes on the commune.

Just at this time, the commune sent someone to the Fengshou Production Brigade.

The young man found a child to lead the way and went straight to find the Brigade Captain.

Seeing the brigade in a mess, the members all gathered together, full of joy, like the New Year, he showed confusion.

The smiles on the simple faces were very infectious, and the young man followed suit and raised his mouth.

"Brigade Captain Ye, the secretary wants to see you." He shouted to Dahai's father.

Brigade Captain Ye's expression was blank.

Didn't they just see each other?!

Remembering that he also had to report the cow dung matter to the secretary, he didn't delay much, returned to the room to get a flashlight, stepped on his bicycle, and went straight to the county.

The weather was very cold, but Brigade Captain Ye's heart was very warm.

Upon arriving at the county, he had various guesses and was inevitably anxious.

Arriving at the secretary's office.

Just after sitting down, the secretary opened his mouth and blew him dizzy.

What he said was... the arrangement for mushroom-growing work for the whole commune next.

Brigade Captain Ye was stunned.

What?

Did he hear wrong?!

"... Growing mushrooms in the whole commune?" Brigade Captain Ye raised his voice, his voice full of shock, his head all confused.

The commune secretary nodded. "This is the result of our discussion."

"Our country is in a difficult period, and all materials are lacking. Mushroom-growing technology belongs to the scarce category. Since we have researched this technology... it cannot be wasted. Our plan is to build our place into a national mushroom-growing base. If it goes well, it's even possible to send them outside."

"Your brigade is the first to do it. When the factory is built, the Fengshou Production Brigade will be prioritized. Also, since we want to grow them on a large scale in the whole commune, the epidemic prevention station must be built first, and it will also be placed in your brigade."

The technology belonged to the members of the Fengshou Production Brigade, and the commune would definitely not be stingy with the preferential treatment they deserved.

One couldn't make people's hearts cold, right?

Brigade Captain Ye's eyes were getting brighter and brighter.

"We listen to the leaders." His voice was sonorous and powerful.

The secretary was amused. "What do you mean listen to the leaders? We are a democratic society. What is democracy? Democracy is listening to the voices of the common people. If you encounter any problems, you can all raise them."

"If even you Brigade Captains don't speak up, what should the people below do?"

He considered himself not a harsh leader, and still quite close to the people. The Brigade Captains below saw him like a mouse seeing a cat, which made him very helpless.

Brigade Captain Ye had changed his impression of the secretary after dealing with him these few times.

Regarding the difficulties he had just discovered, he didn't hold them back to solve them himself as before, and said directly: "We really encountered a problem."

The commune secretary looked over. "You say."

"You also know that growing mushrooms requires composting, and composting uses cow dung. The cow dung our brigade uses is borrowed from several neighboring brigades. If the whole commune grows mushrooms in the future, this cow dung might not be enough."

Commune secretary: "We have thought about this problem and discussed it. We plan to talk to the farm. There will definitely be enough cow dung, you can rest assured!"

Brigade Captain Ye was most worried about this. The leader solved it all at once, and he was full of energy now.

Returning to the village, he immediately began to arrange work.

In the cold weather, the people of the Fengshou Production Brigade were full of enthusiasm and started growing mushrooms in a big way.

Educated youth point.

The educated youths gathered around the stove, discussing the brigade's mushroom growing.

Wen Huaiyuan took the lead: "Are we going to learn to grow them?"

Song Qian raised his eyelids, looked at his friend slowly, and kept silent.

He didn't want to grow them.

For one, he wasn't short of money, and for two, he was too lazy to spend effort. With this time, he would rather read two more pages of books.

Yan Li smiled, revealing white teeth, her appearance sweet.

"I want to try..."

She had just expressed her stance when her words were suddenly cut off by Meng Xiaoying. "Try what try, I heard that growing mushrooms requires composting. Do you know what is used for composting? Cow dung! I'll say it in advance, don't make the whole courtyard smell like cow dung, otherwise I won't be done with you!"

Yan Li clenched her hands into fists, just wanting to give Meng Xiaoying a punch.

She barely thought about her own bad situation and didn't want to cause trouble, so she endured it and didn't speak again.

Love to grow or not, at worst she would go find Educated Youth Guan and Su Song Zhiqing.

Wen Huaiyuan looked at Meng Xiaoying's mean face and immediately lost the desire to speak.

He yawned sleepily and left unhurriedly.

Meng Xiaoying still wanted to talk to Song Qian, but the young man's weary gaze swept over her face without even staying, and he left the warm kitchen.

The cold wind blew, blowing his clothes, outlining a clear waistline.

Meng Xiaoying's eyes went straight.

Noticing there were other female educated youths, she gouged them with her eyes. The beautiful Yan Li got the most eye-rolls.

Yan Li: "..."

Sick?

The men at the educated youth point weren't her favorite dish. She liked tough guys. Weak chickens... had no appeal to her here, smile:)

Yan Li was a person of action. That day, she went to find... Su Song Zhiqing and Educated Youth Guan who had moved out.

Regarding her arrival, the two female educated youths were quite surprised.

Since they moved out, they were obviously closer to the villagers, and their relationship with the educated youths at the educated youth point was just for show.

Knowing Yan Li's intention, Su Yi and Educated Youth Guan looked at each other.

Su Yi looked hesitant.

She was willing, even if it was just because Educated Youth Yan was in a similar situation and shared the same illness, she was willing.

Being in the same boat, they should help each other.

Educated Youth Guan had lived with Su Yi for a long time and had already become friends. She could guess a thing or two about what the other party was thinking.

So she said: "I have no opinion, Su Song Zhiqing, what about you?"

Su Yi's black eyes shone. "I have no opinion either."

She looked at Yan Li. "Educated Youth Yan, the three of us will grow them together."

"Educated Youth Guan and I plan to build another room specifically for growing mushrooms." Su Yi said their next arrangements.

Yan Li was also a direct speaker. "I'll give you the money for building the house, how much per family?"

Building a mushroom room didn't cost much money. Su Yi and Educated Youth Guan had calculated it and reported a number. "Two yuan, more refund and less supplement, is that okay?"

Yan Li took out the money and gave it to them, saying: "I trust you."

These words made people happy. Su Yi leaned on the table with a smile. "Just like we trust Comrade Lin."

Yan Li looked confused. "Is it Comrade Lin who gave birth to twins and a dragon-phoenix pair?"

"Yes, it's her." Su Yi's eyes were bright.

She had been with Lin Zhao a few times and had a very good impression of her.

Yan Li's eyes were regretful. "It's a pity I came late and didn't know her."

When the weather was hot, Lin Zhao didn't like to go out. After the weather got cold, she took the four cubs to live in the county. Few educated youths who came later had seen her.

Educated Youth Guan said: "What's this, Comrade Lin isn't not coming back. When the supply and marketing cooperative has a holiday, close to the New Year, she will return to the village for the New Year, and you will see her then."

Su Yi looked at her. "How do you know so clearly?"

"Comrade Lin informed me." Educated Youth Guan smiled.

In fact, she asked, and Comrade Lin just informed her out of politeness.

Su Yi's expression was simply indescribable.

It was like three people traveling together, the other two suddenly had a secret, and the third person knew nothing.

Lin Zhao didn't know about the lively things in the brigade.

On the weekend, she took the four cubs home and found that the atmosphere in the village was very different from previous years.

A taste of being in full swing.

She felt very puzzled.

Until she smelled the sky-high stench.

Yubao covered his nose with his cotton gloves. "So smelly, so smelly, why did the village suddenly become so smelly!!"

Yuanbao and the others ran over. Hearing this, they sniffed their frozen snot and chattered to answer his question.

"Everyone is composting, composting will be smelly!" Yuanbao's voice was cheerful, his little nose frozen red, but he seemed not to notice the cold, and a brilliant smile bloomed on his face.

Obviously, having a profitable business in the village made him very happy.

Tie Niu said: "It's okay to be a bit smelly, as long as we can earn money! After my dad finished selling mushrooms and came back, he walked with wind, he was so happy. My mom said she would make me new cotton clothes for the New Year and buy fruit candy."

The children were talking. Lin Zhao pushed open the courtyard door and greeted the cubs to enter the courtyard. It was cold outside, and she was worried the children would catch a cold.

The courtyard became lively.

Gu Lan walked out of the kitchen and said: "Third Aunt, I boiled hot water, the thermos is full, the bedding at home was sunned yesterday, and the sheets are clean..."

The third room moved to the county, and the house in the village was taken care of by the old house. Gu Mother and others came to clean and sun the bedding from time to time. ===== CHAPTER 241 =====