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

Li Jianguo came over mysteriously and asked, "Guess how much money we made from growing oyster mushrooms?"

Zhang Xiuhua really didn't know. She only knew the selling price of oyster mushrooms, but she didn't know the yield per mu of oyster mushrooms, and that oyster mushrooms can be harvested many times. She only came back once every two weeks, so she couldn't even estimate the yield.

Seeing that the corners of his mouth were raised but he was trying hard to suppress them, Zhang Xiuhua asked tentatively, "Five hundred?"

You have to know that cabbage has such a high yield per mu, and the income per mu is only fifty. She guessed that five hundred was already a lot.

Li Jianguo shook his head.

Zhang Xiuhua thought she might have over-guessed, so she changed the number, "Four hundred?"

Li Jianguo shook his head again. Seeing Zhang Xiuhua frowning, he didn't want to guess anymore, so he immediately added, "Less!"

"Four hundred and fifty!"

Li Jianguo shook his head, "It's still too little! Five hundred is also too little."

"Six Hundred"

Li Jianguo still shook his head.

"Seven hundred!"

"It can't be 800, right?" Zhang Xiuhua's eyes widened. 800 for one acre of land. How could this be possible? Oyster mushrooms are not wild hazel mushrooms, how could they be sold at such a high price?

"That's eight hundred. Excluding your mushroom bag, we still have seven hundred." Li Jianguo smiled from ear to ear. He really didn't expect that oyster mushrooms could make so much money.

Zhang Xiuhua was a little bit unconvinced, "Eight hundred for one mu of land, not eight hundred for one hour of land?"

"Yes!" Li Jianguo raised his lips, "We are the only one in the county. If there were competitors, we might not make as much money. There is an old saying that goes 'scarcity makes things valuable'. The oyster mushrooms we grow are plump and fresh. Many people love to eat them."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded. It was indeed delicious. "But it can only be made for this year. Others will surely follow our lead when they see how much money we make. There is no way to stop this. And this mushroom bun is not my original creation."

After all, Xiangxiang's parents know how to use mushrooms to grow black fungus. Oyster mushrooms are less difficult to grow.

Li Jianguo sighed. This was true. "We can only make good money this year. We may not be able to make money next year."

"I guess in the second half of the year, someone will follow suit. If not from our village, then from other villages." Zhang Xiuhua told him to be content.

Li Jianguo is truly content. "Now I know why Xiangxiang's family can afford to build a greenhouse. I make this much money growing oyster mushrooms. He grows black fungus, which is sold nationwide, so he must make more money."

Since the reform and opening up, Xiangxiang's family no longer needs Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua to help them sell black fungus. They find sales channels on their own. They have no way of knowing how much money Xiangxiang's family has made. But the approximate amount can still be guessed.

Zhang Xiuhua stayed here for a while and then went to help her elder brother and sister-in-law pick strawberries.

With such a lucrative business, the couple certainly wouldn't want to hire someone to help pick strawberries. It would probably take until midnight. If she went to help, it would at least be faster.

When she arrived at the strawberry shed, Xu Chunying and Li Jiandang were indeed busy in the shed.

The couple couldn't sit still and soon picked a basket full of fruits.

Zhang Xiuhua came to help. After squatting down for a while, her legs went numb.

She made small talk and asked Xu Chunying, "Your family grows so many strawberries. Have you ever tasted them?"

Xu Chunying said as a matter of course, "It's such a precious thing. If I eat one, I will earn less money. How can I eat it!"

This tone is in line with her style, and Zhang Xiuhua also sighed. Xu Chunying has been frugal for most of her life, and the person she has treated the most is not others, but herself. In fact, life is not bad now. Every family has so much land to grow, and they can buy cotton to make new clothes in winter, and they can eat meat once during festivals.

Her children have grown up and don't have to spend money on college, but she is still so frugal. Zhang Xiuhua doesn't understand why she treats herself badly!

But she couldn't persuade her. Her sister-in-law had lived like this all her life, and she couldn't think of herself. Zhang Xiuhua's persuasion was in vain.

When it got dark, Xu Chunying reminded her not to pick any more fruits. “On the first day, I didn’t dare to pick too many fruits because I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to sell them.”

"Are there strawberries on the market?" Zhang Xiuhua asked curiously.

Xu Chunying smiled proudly, "We don't have it here. But when I went to deliver vegetables to the next county, I saw that they had it."

Strawberries are very delicate, and can withstand bumps even more than eggs. Even though the two counties are so close, the neighboring county may not be willing to come over to sell strawberries. Of course, this is also because there are too few people growing strawberries now, and the other party can sell them all in the county, so there is no need to go too far.

So Xu Chunying will definitely make more money from growing strawberries than from growing mushrooms this year. But even with all the money she made, she didn't even treat herself!

Early the next morning, Li Jiandang went to the county to deliver vegetables and then delivered the strawberries.

He had to make three trips back and forth, two of which were to deliver fresh vegetables and eggs, and one of which was to deliver meat, chickens, ducks, and fish.

The old village chief's fish also began to be sold. Although they were only raised for a year, the grass carp had grown to more than one kilogram. At this time, farmers would catch them in the river and sell them in the city. The size was even smaller than the farmed ones. The city people didn't mind, as long as they could eat fresh ones.

When he came back, he told Xu Chunying that the strawberries were selling particularly well.

Because it is a fresh fruit, even though the price is a bit higher, many people still rush to buy it. It is more popular than oyster mushrooms.

Xu Chunying was so happy that she smiled from ear to ear and kept saying that she had made the right choice.

However, she made money but did not brag about it to the villagers.

However, many people in the village grew wood ear mushrooms and earned more than 200 yuan per mu. Everyone in the village knew about it.

Aunt Wang didn't know that she had missed the opportunity to make a fortune from strawberries. She was already satisfied with the money she made from fungus. She planned to build another acre of greenhouse next year.

Not only Aunt Wang thought so, many people in the village expressed their desire to build more greenhouses.

Aunt Wang felt a little regretful, "If I had known that fungus could make so much money, I should have learned from you and built more greenhouses."

"You can still cover it next year." Zhang Xiuhua was a little worried. "Can you handle all the work of growing black fungus? You have to shovel snow in winter."

Aunt Wang laughed, "We are not afraid of hardship. We all got through it this way."

She asked Zhang Xiuhua how much money Xu Chunying made from growing strawberries.

How could Zhang Xiuhua know? "She didn't tell me. Besides, I wasn't home for half a month, so I couldn't tell how many strawberries grew in her field."

Aunt Wang was just asking casually. She didn't hold out any hope. She muttered, "Your sister-in-law is really amazing. She actually let her grow it. She's really brave!"

"It has to be small. She has three children, and Hongwu still owes a mortgage. Both husband and wife work, and 80% of their salary goes to the mortgage, and the remaining 20% ​​goes to food. They can't save a dime."

Hearing her talk so pitifully, Aunt Wang stopped asking questions. "It's not easy for outsiders to make a living. She shouldn't have bought such an expensive house."

"She bought a house in the city center. If she bought it outside the city, the house would be cheap, but it's not safe. Pengcheng is very chaotic, especially outside the city." Zhang Xiuhua had been to Pengcheng before, and the rampant thieves at the train station were just child's play. In many places, even life safety is not guaranteed! The quality of the police at that time was worrying. She also heard about the incident of beating people to death in the detention center. But it has never been exposed.

Aunt Wang Er thought it was very dangerous. "No wonder people in the village don't like to go out to work."

The two chatted for a while, and then Aunt Wang had to go to the fields to work, so she left first.

As she left, Zhang Xiuhua also wanted to go back. She saw her sister-in-law walking happily on the path. She was moved and waited until she was three or four meters away from her to greet her, "Hey, what are you so happy about? You're walking with the wind!"

Xu Chunying smiled and said, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant. How can I not be happy?"

Zhang Xiuhua showed surprise at the right moment, "You should be happy. So when will you go take care of the kids?"

Hearing this, Xu Chunying was stunned, and the smile on her face disappeared. Strawberries are so profitable, what will happen if she leaves? !

"The baby's due date is April next year. It's still early. I can still make it this year." Xu Chunying rubbed her brows and could only comfort herself in her heart that her grandson was more important than money.

Xu Chunying was in a hurry to go to the fields to tell her husband the good news, and left first.

Zhang Xiuhua also went to the orchard and told Li Jianguo about this.

When Li Jianguo heard this, he was also happy for his elder brother and his wife, "Hongwu has a grandson now, and it won't be long before we can have grandchildren too."

Zhang Xiuhua was not envious of having a grandson. As long as her child didn't get married, she felt that she was still young. She didn't envy others having grandchildren. She just asked him, "If your sister-in-law goes to Pengcheng to take care of the child, you will be the only one to take care of our mother. Your brother is busy with the vegetable wholesale company, and he may not be able to take care of her."

Li Jianguo said as a matter of course, "She is our mother after all, so I will take care of her."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't say anything more. As long as he was happy, she would not be a bad person. "Okay! Then let's give the land to someone else next year. It will save you from having to take care of it."

Li Jianguo felt a little pain. Oyster mushrooms made a lot of money, but he couldn't continue such a good business.

But his wife was right. If he had to take care of his mother every day and feed the animals, he thought about it and said, "I'd better ask someone to help. I can't bear to outsource it to others. The greenhouse in our house cost a lot of money to install."

Zhang Xiuhua was surprised, "Aren't you tired?"

"Farming is not tiring at all." Li Jianguo feels that life is much better now than before. "I have been farming since I was a child, and I am used to it."

Zhang Xiuhua just felt sad.