Zhou Zhoulang directly took over the basket from Zhou Zhoulang, put it on the back and weighed it, and couldn't hide the smile on his face anymore, "It must be at least twenty catties."
Zhou Zhoulang has a lot of experience in estimating the weight because he has done a lot of small businesses, and he made the basket himself, so he knows how much it weighs.
Therefore, everyone trusts his estimates.
Even Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang couldn't hide the joy on their faces, and now they didn't mind that Zhou Zhoulang had been on the mountain for so long.
One took the hoe in his hand, and the other carried the treasure on his back and strode home.
If they come across so many poria cocos, no matter how dark it is, they will have to dig them out and take them home.
When we returned to the entrance of the village, the sky light was almost gone, but it was still slightly bright.
At this time, everyone came back from work in the field and prepared to go to bed.
But there are also those who dislike the hot weather and are unwilling to go into the house to sleep. Instead, they stay at the door or under the trees in the village to brag and chat with others.
Seeing the Zhou family brothers coming back from the outside with hoes and baskets on their backs, they couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing here? Oh, it's full of treasures on your back, why is it so dirty?"
Of course, Zhou Zhoulang would not be so stupid as to tell them to go to the mountains to dig Poria cocos, so when he rolled his eyes, he blurted out a lie, "We went to boil water for the paddy fields, and the full treasures were planted in the fields."
Everyone laughed happily. It is nothing to ask about boiling water for the rice fields. At this time, every family has to boil water for the rice fields, but everyone thinks it is funny to plant Manbao in the fields, so they all joked about it. Some people want to hug Manbao. Come down and ask.
As a result, Zhou Zhoulang walked forward sullenly, and disappeared in front of him with Man Bao after a while.
People who were joking couldn't help being embarrassed, Zhou Zhou Lang smoothed things over and said: "My mother is in a hurry, the third child will take her back to wash up first, you can come to my house to play when you have time."
As for the basket on Tuesday Lang's back, most people were not interested. Everyone knew that the Zhou family had grown vegetables in Xiaowan.
But there were also people who were very interested, and walked two steps forward to see, "On Tuesday, what good things did your brothers go up the mountain to find?"
It's not good for Zhou Zhoulang not to show it, otherwise everything will be spread the next day.
Fortunately, under the leaves are the straw mushrooms that Zhou Zhoulang and Man Bao found. Because of the dim light, the villagers who lifted the leaves could not see clearly, but the straw mushrooms were still recognizable.
Then I looked at the size of the basket, and couldn't help being surprised, "You found so many straw mushrooms?"
As soon as the sound came out, someone came forward to watch it immediately, "Tsk, Tuesday, you are really good, this is going to make a fortune, this thing is very expensive in the county, right?"
Tuesday Lang laughed, "It's okay, it's okay."
Zhou Zhoulang walked in front, turned around and shouted: "Second brother, hurry up, I haven't had dinner yet."
The villagers who wanted to continue watching and asking were embarrassed to drag Zhou Zhoulang any longer, watching the Zhou brothers walk away enviously.
"It didn't rain yesterday, where did they find so many straw mushrooms?"
"He has the ability, it seems that the old Zhou family has risen again."
"Tsk, it's too late for you to say this. I knew it when they built their house last year. If they didn't have money, how could their family build such a big brick house?"
"They're all in bed."
"It's also because they have a lot of family members and they work quickly. Don't say anything else. Wait for two days to harvest the wheat. Let's see. There are three or four people in your family, and a dozen or so people go to the field together. Even if they are divided into two groups, it will be easy to pass. Some thin villagers said enviously: "They have harvested three or four mu of wheat, but your family may not be able to harvest one mu."
"Yeah, every time I harvest wheat with his family, I feel uncomfortable. They change places after a while. As for us, we may not be able to cut a piece of land from morning to night."
"So it's better to have more children."
"I have to be able to stand still after giving birth."
The topic gradually became distorted, and no one discussed the wild mushrooms that Zhou Yilang carried back, but everyone had such an impression.
On Tuesday Lang returned home with a backpack on his back, and together with other brothers, he sorted out the contents of the backpack. The straw mushrooms that were okay were put on one side, and they were going to be sold in the city tomorrow, and the bad ones were put on the other side. So I sorted it out and broke two eggs for Man Bao and the others to cook together as a dish.
The Poria cocos were all placed on the ground, and the soil was peeled off and left to dry.
Zhou Zhoulang decided to bring three or four yuan to the county pharmacy to sell it tomorrow. He could carry three or four yuan a day for several days.
It is dangerous to bring too much, it is dangerous when you take it away, and it is also dangerous to bring money back, so this kind of thing still has to be done slowly.
Lao Zhoutou and Qian Shi sat on the threshold and watched them tidy up. The wrinkles on their faces looked like a multi-petal chrysanthemum. Just by estimating Poria's income, Lao Zhoutou felt more confident in getting through this winter.
Man Bao ran out after washing, smelled the fragrance as soon as he came out, and immediately ran up and sat on the stool to wait.
Because it was getting dark and the room was very dark, old Zhou Tou was reluctant to light an oil lamp, so she and Zhou Zhoulang ate directly in the yard.
There is a moon in the sky, so I can see bowls and dishes at least.
Zhou Zhoulang muttered a little bit of stinginess, and then buried himself in eating bitterly.
Old Zhou Tou sat on the threshold and said condescendingly: "Man Bao, this kind of thing of going into the mountains to find things will be handed over to your fourth brother and the others in the future. Don't follow in. You should read more and look for more things in the future." Find something as valuable as Poria cocos, teach your fourth brother and others, let them go to the mountains to find it."
While eating, Man Bao said: "Father, Poria cocos is very hard to find. It's hard to find it with fourth brother alone. If I'm not busy, I'll follow into the mountain."
She thought it was fun to go into the mountains, and she could collect more plants that she had never seen before.
Old Zhoutou didn't think that the girl would be better than the fourth child in the mountains, and thought she was making excuses for fun, and was about to train her, when Zhou Zhou raised his head and nodded fiercely, "Father, this Poria cocos is too hard to find. Well, today's Fu Ling was found by Man Bao, if it wasn't for her, we probably wouldn't be able to find anything today."
Old Zhou was a little bit stuck, and said after a while, "Did Man Bao really find it?"
"Really, especially this last piece, you don't know how deep it is hidden. If Man Bao said that there is Poria cocos in it, I wouldn't believe it..." Zhou Zhoulang talked vividly about how Man Bao found that piece of Poria cocos.
The Zhou family listened with great interest, and Zhou Zhoulang took the opportunity to put forward his theory of the wood fairy, and then looked at his parents, "Father, mother, do you think what I said is right, Man Bao is the reincarnation of the wood fairy? "
Old Zhou quickly looked at his daughter-in-law. Of course, this kind of matter should be asked of Qian, who has been asking for immortals.
Qian often worships the Lord Tianzun, of course he believes in it, so he thought for a while and said: "When I have time, I will go up the mountain and ask the Taoist priest."