Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo came out and saw that it was Xiangxiang's father, Li Yongzhi, who was five generations older than Li Jianguo.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect that he would come to see Jianguo and was a little curious.

Li Yongzhi is a few years younger than Jianguo. He looks a little old, probably because he often works in the fields. He is holding a bag and looks a little embarrassed. "Jianguo, my family grows some fungus and sells some to the county town, but they can't eat it. I want to ask if you can help me sell it in the capital?"

Zhang Xiuhua had heard of Heilongjiang wood ear in her previous life, but she had only seen it in the wild in her county. This was the first time she saw people growing it, so she couldn't help but become curious.

Li Jianguo grabbed a handful and said, "It's thick and has a nice color. It's as good as the Dongning wood ear I've seen before."

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly realized that some people already knew how to grow wood ear mushrooms at that time.

Li Yongzhi nodded. "This is the strain I bought from Dongning. But we are individuals and cannot sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative. The black market cannot absorb so much."

The price of black fungus is still very expensive, and rural people may prefer to eat their own vegetables rather than spend money to buy black fungus.

Li Jianguo agreed to help.

Li Yongzhi gave the bag of fungus to Li Jianguo and asked him to help sell it, "I have more than 100 kilograms at home."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. "So many? Your house is not that big, how can you grow so many?"

She had seen videos of growing wood ear mushrooms before, all of which were done indoors.

Li Yongzhi was stunned by her words, "It's not indoors. It's wood."

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly realized that they had secretly grown wood ear mushrooms in the forest. Now everything was collective, even catching a fish from the river would result in a deduction of work points. Not to mention that the forest belonged to the entire production team. Their family secretly growing wood ear mushrooms in it was digging into the entire production team.

They planted so much, but they managed to hide it for so long. How did they pick it? I didn't see them ask for leave. Could it be at night?

Li Yongzhi told them not to tell anyone, "When you help me sell the fungus, I'll give you 20%."

Li Jianguo said hurriedly, "No need! Didn't you give me a lot of fungus?"

"That won't work! We can't let you work in vain." Li Yongzhi insisted again and again, and then asked Li Jianguo to help as soon as possible. They wanted to sell the fungus before the Chinese New Year.

Li Jianguo had no choice but to agree, "Okay. I'll help you sell it."

Li Jianguo agreed to help and went back to work three days later. Li Yongzhi helped him deliver the fungus to the commune.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed and Li Jianguo helped them sell all the fungus.

At this time, the price of dried black fungus is about two yuan per pound. The price will fluctuate over time, but the range is not large.

When Li Yongzhi learned that all the money had been sold, he held Li Jianguo's hand and smiled happily, "That's great. Xiangxiang insisted on planting it before, and I thought she was a spendthrift. Now I can say that I have made back my money."

Li Jianguo was slightly startled, "Xiangxiang wasn't planted by you?"

"It was Xiangxiang. She insisted on growing black fungus. She went to her relative's house in Mudanjiang and bought a lot of fungus seeds and put them in the forest. She told me when they grew. I was afraid that I couldn't get my money back, so I didn't tell the team." Li Yongzhi was a little embarrassed. After all, he kept it a secret from the production team.

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "Xiangxiang is very thoughtful. This is a good idea. It just so happens that our production team's forest has no other use except planting trees."

Li Yongzhi gave 20% to Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo was not willing to take so much. In the end, both of them gave in and Li Jianguo asked for 10%, which was more than 20 yuan.

If Li Yongzhi went to sell it, the round trip fare plus the meal expenses would probably cost this much.

This was just an episode, and Li Jianguo did not tell anyone else. After all, Li Yongzhi was taking a risk by growing fungus in the forest. If other villagers knew about it, the fungus would become public property.

However, Li Yongzhi repeatedly assured Li Jianguo, "I will only grow it for three years. Let me save some money for my children's education. After two years, I will definitely teach the team how to grow fungus."

Li Jianguo thought about it and agreed.

Zhang Xiuhua thought: These three years must have been Xiangxiang's idea. Because the household contract responsibility system was implemented in 84. It doesn't really matter whether we report it or not.

However, Zhang Xiuhua did not object, so Li Jianguo did not bother with the matter anymore.

Time passed quickly and soon heavy snow began to fall again. The school was closed for a few days and classes would resume after the snow stopped and the roads were open.

On such a cold day, the team leader called together several team cadres to discuss building a primary school in the village.

This matter must be agreed upon now, and the repairs must be done in the early spring of next year, so that it can be put into use in September of the second half of the year.

As a member of the production team, Zhang Xiuhua also participated in the vote.

One hundred households voted unanimously, and 90% agreed to set up a primary school.

But no one was willing to pay. After all, they had spent all their savings on raising chickens, and there was really no money left to build a primary school.

The team leader said that it was not necessary to spend money, "The houses in the educated youth camp are already empty."

In recent years, the educated youth in Lijiatun have gradually returned to the city. Those who have not returned to the city have mostly settled down here and established families, and cannot return to the city.

The houses of the educated youth were left vacant, but furniture still needed to be prepared.

"The parents will prepare the tables, and we can ask the carpenter for the size when the time comes. As for the chalk and blackboard and the teacher's salary, I will go to the commune to find a solution. If we can set up a public elementary school, the Education Bureau will recruit teachers and we won't have to pay for it."

After hearing the captain's words, all the members were very happy. "If we can really build a primary school in our village, the children won't have to suffer from the cold."

"That's right! It's so dangerous to go to and from school with such deep snow."

After everyone discussed it, Zhang Xiuhua returned home.

This matter has not been finalized yet, but Zhang Xiuhua went home to see Zhuzhu and Jilin. The two children are enjoying themselves as they don't have to travel too far to go to school.

When Zhuzhu turned around, she saw her mother smiling at her, and she immediately showed off the new words she had learned to her mother.

Because Zhang Xiuhua said before that she was poor when she was young and her family had no money to study, she dropped out of school before graduating from elementary school. Zhuzhu is a filial child, and she is full of sympathy. She thinks her mother needs tutoring just like her. So every day after school, she learns a few new words at school and teaches Zhang Xiuhua a few words when she comes back. She teaches very seriously.

Seeing that she was so excited, Zhang Xiuhua did not tell her that she actually knew these words.

After Zhang Xiuhua finished reading, Zhuzhu ran back to her seat and continued doing her homework.

Just then, there was a noisy noise outside. Zhang Xiuhua had just come back and her feet were still frozen, so she really didn't want to go out.

When Baolin heard the excitement, he immediately stood on the kang and looked outside. "Oh! Someone's coming to our house. Who is that? He's dressed really cool!"

Everyone was puzzled, but Youcai, who loved to watch the fun, had already gotten off the kang, put on his shoes, and rushed out.

Baolin and Yaoyao followed closely behind. Zhuzhu was a little slower than them, but she also put on her shoes. Jilin was not only slow to react, but also slow to move. The children had already run away, but he hadn't even put on his shoes. Only Jidong sat on the Diaoyutai, flipping through the book slowly. He was not affected by the outside world at all.