Back to 1984: I built a chicken farm on a barren mountain.

At the Chenjiazhuang soy sauce factory, Han Laosi specially prepared a small room next to his office as a place for Qin Xiaofen to rest.

Qin Xiaofen was particularly good at understanding Han Laosi's temper. Han Laosi was originally angry about the acquisition of Dengdaoshan, but she only used a little trick to make him forget his troubles.

After Qin Xiaofen arrived, Li Dahua caused a huge scene at the soy sauce factory.

According to Li Dahua's plan, as long as she beats and scolds Qin Xiaofen, Qin Xiaofen will definitely not be able to stand it and leave. However, she underestimated this seemingly weak woman. Qin Xiaofen was not flustered at all and did not care at all no matter how much Li Dahua made a fuss.

Finally, Han Laosi got impatient, picked up a big wooden stick, and chased Li Dahua out. Li Dahua went back to her parents' home in a huff.

Qin Xiaofen had settled down at the soy sauce factory. Whenever she had free time, she would stay in Han Laosi's office. The two of them would close the door and do who knows what they did inside every day.

Now Qin Xiaofen is the undisputed boss at the soy sauce factory. Han Laosi listens to whatever she says, and the workers treat her like the boss's wife.

When Hou Laizi brought this news to Chen Wenfeng, Zhou Zhiming and Niu Da were grinning mischievously, while Niu Er was stunned and for some reason thought of Chen Shuyan.

Chen Wenfeng listened attentively but didn't laugh. He knew that although Han Laosi was lecherous, he wasn't stupid. If Qin Xiaofen didn't have business acumen, Han Laosi wouldn't have let her run the soy sauce factory. He said to Hou Laizi:

"Lai Zi, keep a close eye on this Qin Xiaofen from now on, especially who she meets and what she says."

"Brother Feng, now that you mention it, I remember now. Someone went to the soy sauce factory yesterday to meet with Qin Xiaofen, and the two of them chatted for a long time!"

"Who?"

"Accountant Wang's wife."

Li Cuie! Chen Wenfeng had a sudden thought. He realized that Han Laosi would not let this go. After suffering so many losses, Qin Xiaofen's words could not cover it up. And Li Cuie's only connection to him was his third uncle, Chen Shouxin.

It seems that Qin Xiaofen is a very shrewd woman. Since it was inconvenient for Han Laosi to show up, she dragged Chen Shouxin out to cause trouble again.

Chen Shouxin is fine, but what is Qin Xiaofen up to?

......

"President Han, Li Cuie has agreed. She's going to talk to Chen Shouxin."

Qin Xiaofen stretched out her slender hand and put a slice of apple into Han Laosi's mouth.

Han Laosi opened his mouth to eat, his eyes lecherously fixed on Qin Xiaofen. He couldn't resist trying to hug her, but Qin Xiaofen dodged him, feigning annoyance:

"Mr. Han, it's broad daylight."

"So what if it's daytime? Even if the door is open, let alone closed, who would dare say anything!"

Qin Xiaofen lowered her head, showing obedience, but distanced herself further from Han Laosi, and said:

"President Han, you haven't told us about Chen Shouxin yet. What do you think of him?"

Han Laosi thought that Chen Shouxin wasn't good at much else, but he was very good at charming women. He was afraid that Qin Xiaofen would be seduced by Chen Shouxin, so he originally wanted to praise Chen Shouxin a few times. But then he changed his mind and said:

"He's unreliable and not very bright, but he's so eager to kill Chen Wenfeng that that's why we're using him."

"So what's the next step?"

"No rush, let's wait a bit. Chen Shouxin was really messed up by Chen Wenfeng before, and he's been behaving himself for a while. Let Li Cuie talk him out."

The sky was overcast that day, lacking any of the crispness that autumn should have. In the latter half of the night, a thick fog rolled in, covering the entire Chenjiazhuang village.

Chen Wenfeng got up early. Seeing the thick fog, he slowly walked up the mountain along the cleared path.

When he reached the top of Jiming Mountain, the sun, shrouded in mist in the eastern sky, shone with a white light like a small pill. As the "small pill" grew larger and brighter, the white light slowly turned reddish, and then the layer of mist over Chenjia Village was like an outer garment being slowly torn off.

Even after the thick fog dissipated, a thin layer of mist remained, like a veil, shrouding Chenjiazhuang and the surrounding mountains in a white haze. The red sun in the sky resembled a shelled chicken egg, bright red and beautiful, hanging on the eastern mountain.

The fog at the foot of the mountain dissipated, and the fog on Jiming Mountain also thinned considerably. As Chen Wenfeng descended the mountain and passed through the pine forest, he saw a layer of pine mushrooms growing on the ground. He bent down and picked one; the mushroom was incredibly tender, so delicate that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as "so delicate it could be broken with a touch." But he hadn't brought a basket, so he hurried down the mountain.

When they reached the stone house at the foot of the mountain, they saw that Old Sun was already up, boiling water to prepare noodles. Niu Da and Niu Er were also up washing their faces. He called out:

"Niu Da and Niu Er, grab your baskets and let's go up the mountain to pick mushrooms!"

Niu Da and Niu Er, hearing Chen Wenfeng's urgent call, quickly responded. Niu Er asked:

"Brother Feng, how many do you want?"

"Three of them, the three of us will each carry one. Oh, and Master Sun, don't cook ours yet, we'll cook them ourselves later."

Chen Wenfeng hurriedly gave further instructions.

Old Sun heard Chen Wenfeng's shout and stopped adding firewood to the stove, saying:

"I'll go with you!"

After saying that, he also picked up a basket, which he brought from Damin Chicken Farm and was a size larger than a typical household basket.

Last time, Chen Wenfeng led a few of them to acquire Dengdaoshan and made several dozen yuan. Old Sun also received ten yuan. He was very happy. After that, in addition to managing the chicken coop, he liked to get involved in everything else.

The four of them soon arrived at the pine forest. At this time, there was still mist in the pine forest, and the sunlight pierced through like a rain of swords, illuminating the pine forest in patches of warm colors.

The thick pine branches and moss in the pine forest were covered with mushrooms, even more than Chen Wenfeng had seen earlier. The mushrooms were growing so fast that it could be observed with the naked eye.

The four of them put down the baskets on their shoulders and picked a lot of mushrooms with almost no movement on the ground. After picking one area, they would move on to another to continue picking.

In just over twenty minutes, all four baskets were filled, but judging by the appearance, there were still more than half of the mushrooms left in the pine forest!

Chen Wenfeng immediately said:

"Let's go down and dump all the mushrooms out first. Master Sun and Niu Da don't need to come up later. You guys are in charge of picking out the mushrooms and cleaning them. Let them dry first, otherwise they'll rot if they're not dried properly."

"good!"

After the four of them went down the mountain, Master Sun and Niu Dabian cleaned up the mushrooms they had picked, removing the mushroom roots, pine needles, and weeds, and laid them out on a large rock to dry.

Chen Wenfeng and Niu Er continued to pick mushrooms in the pine forest. The two of them went back and forth three times and finally picked all the mushrooms in the pine forest.

By the time they carried the last two baskets of mushrooms down, Chen Wenfeng and Niu Er were already panting heavily.

Master Sun had already cooked the noodles and said:

"Niu Da and I are already full, you guys hurry up and eat, then we'll dry the mushrooms together!"

Chen Wenfeng and Niu Er then wolfed down the noodles.

By the time the four of them had finished collecting the mushrooms, it was nearly noon. At the foot of Jiming Mountain, mushrooms were piled high on the rocks of all sizes, and the first few mushrooms to be dried were already starting to shrivel in the sunlight.

Remembering that Wu Jiajun had mentioned needing mountain produce, Chen Wenfeng said:

"Hey guys, we've got to work a bit overtime today. We're going to the village to pick mushrooms later!"