My village can't be like this

Chapter 726 Mushroom Book

After taking a shower in the evening, it started to rain again. God really didn't give me any face at all.

"Xiao An, your uncle is here."

Zhang An had just changed his clothes when he heard his mother calling from downstairs.

After going downstairs, I saw Zhang Jianwen standing at the gate. He was wearing a raincoat and a hat.

"Why don't you come inside when your uncle comes? It's raining outside."

Zhang An hurried forward and wanted to invite Zhang Jianwen in.

"I just got caught in the rain and I'm all wet, so I won't go in, to avoid dripping everywhere."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jianwen immediately waved his hand to refuse. He had no intention of going into the house. He was going to leave after talking to Zhang An, so he did not take off his raincoat and hat.

"Today, many people in our village went to pick mushrooms, and everyone picked a lot, but we don't know when Boss Ding will come to collect them. I came here to ask you to help call him and tell him about this, otherwise the mushrooms will go bad if they are left for two days."

Zhang Jianwen was also helpless, but the villagers had just run to find him, otherwise he would not have run to find Zhang An in the rain late at night.

"I remember you have Ding Yi's number, uncle. You can just call him directly."

Zhang An thought it was something strange. Seeing so many villagers picking mushrooms in the mountains today, he thought these people had contacted Ding Yi in advance to come and pick up the goods.

"It's not appropriate for me to make this call at this late hour, so I came to you for help."

Zhang Jianwen smiled and shook his head. People are close to each other and they are probably all asleep at this time. It would be impossible for him to call them.

But Zhang An is different, after all, his relationship with Ding Yi is there.

"Oh, if you ask me, you are overthinking. There is no such thing as inappropriateness. Okay, I will call him now."

Zhang An knew that this old uncle's temperament was something he could not change, so he simply stopped talking, took out his cell phone and called Ding Yi in front of Zhang Jianwen.

Ding Yi had indeed gone to bed. When he heard Zhang An talking about this, he immediately agreed to arrange someone to come over early the next morning.

"Okay, uncle, he said he'll send someone over tomorrow morning."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang An spoke to Zhang Jianwen.

"Okay, okay, come into the house, I'll be right back."

After Zhang Jianwen finished speaking, he turned around and went back into the rain, slowly disappearing at the gate of Zhang An's courtyard.

Zhang An looked at his back and couldn't help but sigh. He had only seen his uncle being able to treat the villagers' affairs as his own and not procrastinate at all. If it were anyone else, they would never come out in the rain.

The next morning, although it was still raining, it was not heavy at all, just a drizzle, and there was no need to wear a raincoat when going out.

When Zhang An got up, his mother was already busy in the vegetable garden.

He only saw a lot of freshly picked peppers, eggplants, cabbages and other vegetables piled on the ridge of the vegetable garden.

"Mom, that's enough. If we make so much, it will be inconvenient for Chen Ze to take it away, and Qiqi's grandparents won't be able to finish it in such a short time."

Zhang An sighed. It wasn't that Zhang An was ungenerous to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but it was really that his mother had prepared too much.

Wang Fang was like this before, and Zhang An has become accustomed to it.

The relationship between their in-laws has always been very good. Every time Wang Fang wants to bring something, she wants to send it all.

But habits are habits, and we still have to persuade them. There are only two people in my father-in-law and mother-in-law's family, and every time we send such a large amount of food over there, they can't finish it and it ends up going bad.

According to Wu Qiuping's thrifty habit, she would be reluctant to throw away the food even if it was not fresh. In the end, there would definitely be problems with the food, which was not what Zhang An wanted to see.

"Okay, that's all. I'll go get some more chicken and duck eggs."

After hearing what Zhang An said, Wang Fang realized that she had indeed picked a lot, so she stopped.

Although she stopped messing with vegetables, she started to think about the chicken and duck eggs at home.

This time Zhang An didn't say anything, because these chicken and duck eggs were different from vegetables and could be kept for a longer period of time.

It was almost seven o'clock when Wang Fang finished packing at Zhang An's urging. Finally, Zhang An walked towards the Dongli yard carrying a large basket of vegetables in his left hand and mushrooms, chicken and duck eggs in his right hand.

These eggs still feel warm to the touch. You can tell at a glance that they were laid by the chickens and ducks in our house this morning. They are so fresh.

"Zhang An, are you going to sell vegetables?"

The old ladies who came out to exercise in the Dongli yard every morning saw Zhang An carrying things in his left and right hands, and immediately surrounded him and asked.

As long as Zhang An said that everything was going to be sold, they would divide it up immediately.

"My dear ladies, when have you ever seen me go to the market to sell vegetables? These are all for my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Zhang An quickly shook his head and explained, fearing that he would be robbed by the people around him as soon as he finished speaking. He had experienced this before.

"Oh, well, I really envy your parents-in-law for having a good son-in-law like you. It would be great if I could live here earlier, so that I can introduce my youngest daughter to you. In this way, I don't have to worry about her every day, and I can enjoy the good life with you."

There was an old lady in the crowd who had been coveting Zhang An as her son-in-law for a long time. No matter how she looked at him, she felt that Zhang An was the best candidate to be a son-in-law. It was a pity that they came too late. If she had to blame anyone, she could only blame her little daughter for not being so lucky.

Of course, there were more than one or two old ladies in the Dongli courtyard who had the same idea as her, but they could only sigh.

"Come on, Mrs. Li, just think about it yourself. What you said really makes sense. When Zhang An and Xiao Su got married, you hadn't retired yet."

Hearing sigh after sigh, someone in the crowd ruthlessly shattered their last fantasy.

I remember this lady Zhang An. She seemed to be one of the first tenants to live in Dongli Yard.

Afterwards, Zhang An took great pains to break free from the obstruction of the aunts.

When they arrived at the Dongliyuanzi intersection, Chen Ze had just come out to drive with Jiang Qiong, and the timing was just right.

"No, I thought it was just mushrooms. Why did you get so many other things?"

Chen Ze looked at the pile of things in front of him, all of which he needed to take away, and immediately glared at Zhang An.

"Don't look at me. This is what my mother prepared. No matter how I try to persuade you, it won't work. If you have any objections, go talk to my mother yourself."

Zhang An was also helpless. If it were him, he would just take that basket of mushrooms and some other things along. He would not be as eager to send everything over as his mother was.

"Oh, that's okay."

When Chen Ze heard this, his attitude immediately changed.

Who is Zhang An’s mother? She is his most beloved aunt. If she can help, it doesn’t matter if he has to work a little harder.

You know, every Chinese New Year, when Wang Fang prepared New Year's goods for their family, it was also like this. How could he dare to say a bad word?

After Chen Ze drove the car out of the parking lot, Zhang An opened the trunk and loaded it. In the end, the trunk was full. When he arrived in the city, Chen Ze first bought the materials he needed to replenish, and asked someone to arrange a car to deliver them to Changqing, and then went directly to Wu Qiuping's unit.

"Aunt, my Aunt Wang asked me to bring you some things, but there are too many. I'm afraid it's not easy for you to take them back by yourself. Why don't you come with me and deliver them to your home first?"

Chen Ze said directly after finding Wu Qiuping.

There are so many things that it would be difficult for him to carry them, let alone Wu Qiuping taking them home by herself after get off work. After all, not everyone is Zhang An.

So he thought about it and decided to just deliver the things directly to his home.

After all, the person in front of him is his eldest brother's mother-in-law, not an outsider.

"Okay, I'll go tell them."

Then Wu Qiuping returned to the office. She had to leave for a while, so she had to say hello to other people so that if she had any urgent matters, they could help her out.

As soon as she arrived at the office, before she could even open her mouth, others gathered around her.

"Oh Qiu Ping, your son-in-law has sent you gifts again. I'm so envious. Why don't we have this blessing?"

Other people in the office said with envy that Zhang An would send some things over from time to time, and they remembered them better than Wu Qiuping.

Wu Qiuping just smiled and dealt with them. She knew very well why this happened.

In the past, if there were not many things, Wu Qiuping would leave them in the office and take them back after get off work.

Because of this, other people can also get some benefit.

As time went by and it happened more often, some people started to focus on her.

But this time there was no chance, because the things delivered this time were still in Chen Ze's trunk and did not enter the office at all. Even if they wanted to take them, they had no chance.

After getting in the car, Wu Qiuping saw Jiang Qiong and immediately said with a smile: "This is Xiao Jiang, right? Our Xiaoying often tells us about you. When you have time in the future, come to our house more often with Aze."

The Chen family and the Su family are in-laws, and because of Chen Ze, Jiang Qiong is also considered a family member.

"Okay Auntie, we will come often in the future."

Jiang Qiong was already facing an elder, and her face suddenly turned red.

After returning to the family compound, Chen Ze started moving things upstairs.

When he took out the basket of mushrooms, he imitated Zhang An's tone yesterday and said to Wu Qiuping: "Aunt, these are mushrooms we just picked up in the mountains. Don't keep them there, or they will go bad soon. Also, make sure to fry them before eating."

"Okay, okay, Auntie, I understand, but why are there so many?"

Although Zhang An often said this when he sent mushrooms over in previous years, Wu Qiuping still happily agreed to Chen Ze's instructions.

"This is not a lot. You don't know that Zhang An and Xiao Ying picked up two full baskets yesterday, and the two of us together only picked up one basket."

Although he said this, Chen Ze's tone was full of pride.

Afterwards, Chen Ze sent Wu Qiuping back to the unit before accompanying Jiang Qiong for a walk on the street.

In the other village, the people Ding Yi called over to collect mushrooms had already set up a place at the entrance of the village.

The old ladies in the Dongli yard saw the villagers selling mushrooms, and ran over to buy some.

Although each of them doesn't ask for much, the large number of them cannot cope with it.

This time, Ding Yi called a young man and a young girl, who seemed to have just been recruited.

When they saw that the mushrooms they had not yet received were about to be divided up by these old ladies, they immediately became anxious.

Collecting mushrooms is their job today. It would be bad if they didn’t collect many when they go back.

Seeing this, Zhang An walked over to them and began to comfort them.

"Don't worry, just let them buy first. There were a lot of mushrooms picked yesterday, and they can't buy them all. Even if they buy them all, it's okay. People from the village who went into the mountains to pick mushrooms will come back in the afternoon, and then we can get fresher ones."

When the two heard what Zhang An said, they were no longer in a hurry and waited slowly on the side.

In fact, it was because they had no experience. If it were those who used to come to the village to collect goods, these old ladies would not be able to join the team at all.

The two men waited until the old ladies left before they began their work.

The villagers still had a lot of mushrooms left. Although the old ladies had made a big fuss just now, they only ate one-third of them at most.

You know, yesterday the villagers came back carrying mushrooms in baskets, so you can imagine how much they picked.

When the two young men were collecting mushrooms, Zhang An was right beside them because Ding Yi had informed them in advance that they might collect poisonous mushrooms, so he asked Zhang An to help keep an eye on them, which was also a way of keeping the situation under control.

However, Zhang An found it quite interesting as he watched, because when the two of them were collecting the mushrooms, they took out a booklet to compare with the mushrooms.

Not only are there photos of various mushrooms, but also purchase prices, etc.

This thing is a good thing.

The villagers knew that they could sell the mushrooms today, so they sorted them in advance. Compared to the two young men, it was quite easy for them; they inspected the goods, weighed them and paid for them all in one go.

In two or three hours, they collected all the mushrooms brought by the villagers.

However, they listened to Zhang An's advice and did not go back directly, but waited here for the villagers who had gone into the mountains to come back.

"Can you let me see this booklet?"

While taking a break, Zhang An started chatting with them.

"Of course, thank you for what I said just now, big brother."

The little girl immediately handed over the booklet and said thank you.

Just now when a few villagers wanted to make fun of them, Zhang An spoke up for them.

It took Zhang An some time to finish reading the booklet, and then he returned it.

This mushroom booklet is a good idea, and Zhang An plans to talk to his uncle about it.

At that time, with the help of the village, all the mushrooms will be compiled into a booklet and distributed to each villager. This will reduce the probability of mushroom poisoning in the village, and it can be used every year.

After all, picking mushrooms has become an important task for the villagers every summer, and it is very important to distinguish the types of mushrooms at this time.

As for taking pictures of the mushrooms, there is no need to worry at all. Even if he is not there, Wang Hua is in the Dongli yard, and he will definitely not refuse.

(End of this chapter)