Zhao Guocheng smiled and looked towards the yard and said, "Forget it, let's not force it. We can only owe them a favor first. When they need help, we can just go and help them a little more."

"That's true." Wang Ronghua nodded.

The work of peeling, cutting and cooking bamboo shoots is not completed until the middle of the hour of Hai.

Dinner not only includes cold bamboo shoots, but also stir-fried oyster mushrooms and stir-fried wild vegetables.

The whole family enjoyed the meal.

Before dawn the next day, Wang Ronghua and Zhao Guocheng got up and called the children.

There’s no other way. There are too many things. The children must help as well.

After blanching, Zhao Guocheng squeezed out all the water from the bamboo shoots soaked in the large vat, and then put them into buckets and baskets.

Because two buckets were not enough, they only filled a small half.

Put all the remaining ingredients directly in the basket, and add some cleaned wild vegetables if there is still space.

Oyster mushrooms are packed in two cloth bags and placed directly on one basket, and raspberries packed in cloth bags are placed on the other basket.

It took all the cloth bags, backpacks, buckets, baskets and backs in the house to finally pack all the vegetables. They also did some camouflage and spread the wild vegetables on top of the baskets and backs to prevent outsiders from seeing what was underneath.

At daybreak, the family set out for the market.

Because there were so many things to carry, it took the family a quarter of an hour longer to get to town than the last time they went to market, and even then it was only the end of the morning.

As soon as I put down my burden, someone came to ask me.

"Oh, I finally see you. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Do you still have the hazel mushrooms and bamboo shoots I bought the day before yesterday?" Customers who had bought from them before were so happy to see Zhao Guocheng.

"Hazel mushrooms are gone, but we have oyster mushrooms, bamboo shoots, raspberries, and wild vegetables," Zhao Guocheng introduced enthusiastically.

Then quickly tidy up.

Wang Ronghua also put down a load of buckets of water. Today, Zhao Shiying was held by Zhao Shimin.

Several older brothers and sisters took turns holding the baby.

"Give me five pounds of bamboo shoots, two pounds of oyster mushrooms, and one pound of raspberries." This customer is really generous.

Zhao Guocheng responded quickly and immediately started to serve the customers bamboo shoots.

Wang Ronghua packed oyster mushrooms and Zhao Shihui packed raspberries.

Then they were all given to Zhao Guocheng for weighing.

Zhao Shisheng sorted the backpacks and baskets and put them in a row, while Zhao Shimin held Zhao Shiying.

Today, the price of oyster mushrooms is twelve cents per pound, bamboo shoots are three cents per pound, wild vegetables are two cents a bunch, and raspberries are three cents per pound.

The arrival of the first customer seemed to boost business, and people came to buy in an endless stream. Some wanted to try something new, and some were old customers who had bought from the store before.

Soon a whole basket of oyster mushrooms was sold, half of the raspberries were sold, and most of the wild vegetables were also sold. The most left was bamboo shoots.

However, the portion of wet bamboo shoots was large, and only a small half of them were sold.

The cloth bag on Zhao Shisheng's chest was already heavy with copper coins.

"Hey, I'm here. I've been looking for you for half a day. I thought you wouldn't come today." Liu Heng and Chen Qing ran over breathlessly and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Zhao Guocheng.

"Who are you, gentlemen?" Zhao Guocheng was stunned, and only reacted when he saw that it was Liu Heng and Chen Qing.

"I'm sorry, the place where we set up the stall was occupied the day before yesterday, so we have to move to another place." Zhao Guocheng explained. After all, this place is occupied by whoever arrives first. The place where we set up the stall last time was already occupied, so they could only occupy a place at the corner over here.

"It's okay, as long as I can find you. Are there any hazel mushrooms and bamboo shoots?" Chen Qing asked while looking around. There were bamboo shoots.

"There are no hazel mushrooms, but there are oyster mushrooms, bamboo shoots, raspberries and wild vegetables," said Zhao Guocheng.

"Okay, give me 20 catties of bamboo shoots, 12 catties of oyster mushrooms, 5 catties of raspberries, and half a basket of wild vegetables." After Chen Qing finished speaking, Zhao Guocheng and his family were stunned.

Why do you need so much?

"Can we finish all this?" Wang Ronghua asked worriedly.

"Of course. My host is inviting us to dinner tomorrow, so I have to buy more, not less. And you guys are not coming tomorrow, so I can only buy more today." Chen Qing understood that this farmer's family only came to sell things every other day, and they were all honest people.

"Okay, I'll weigh it for you now." Zhao Guocheng smiled happily and immediately started packing the bamboo shoots. Of course, the bamboo shoots were packed in a cloth bag, but fortunately, there was a clean cloth bag.

The oyster mushrooms were packed in a backpack, and when weighed, they weighed 15.6 jin.

"Then let's go with 15.6 jin." Chen Qing took a look and said.

"Okay, let's count it as fifteen kilograms. The weight of the backpack has not been deducted yet." Zhao Guocheng said with a smile.

Chen Qing nodded, knowing that Zhao Guocheng was honest and kind.

"You have bought yours, it's my turn now. I want five bundles of wild vegetables, six kilograms of bamboo shoots, five kilograms of oyster mushrooms, and all the remaining raspberries." Liu Heng also said.

Liu Heng took all the remaining raspberries.

Zhao Guocheng and Wang Ronghua started to get busy again.

"Manager Chen, it's not easy for you to carry so many things. Please take my backpack back first. I will bring it to you next time when you are free at the market." Zhao Guocheng said.

"Okay, thank you very much." Chen Qing smiled and nodded.

The two paid the money and left after confirming that they would come back to set up the stall the next day.

After the two of them bought the items, the only ones left were wild vegetables and bamboo shoots; everything else was sold.

The lady selling eggs nearby was very envious when she saw that Wang Ronghua was doing such a good business.

"Big sister, can your bamboo shoots be eaten? Can they be sold for money?" the egg lady asked curiously.

"Ordinary ones are definitely not edible. Ours have been processed in a special way before they can be eaten. And they are not expensive. We just want to eat them for the novelty." Wang Ronghua was not proud at all, and did not dare to show any other emotions. She explained very humbly.

"Auntie, your eggs are so big and look so fresh." Wang Ronghua said enviously. Thinking of Zhao Shiying, she wanted to buy a few eggs and let her child eat some egg custard. Otherwise, it would not be a good idea for the child to keep craving for meat and licking his fingers.

"Of course not. Those chickens can only lay such big eggs because I take good care of them." The egg lady said with a smile. This was the only thing she had to brag about.

"How do you sell it?" Wang Ronghua asked again.

"Three cents for two, do you want to buy some?" the egg lady asked in surprise.

"Well, it's just right for nourishing the children." Wang Ronghua nodded.

"That's great. I want the bamboo shoots from your house. How about we exchange them? How many eggs do you want?" The egg lady was very smart.

I was embarrassed to say it before, but now I know that Wang Ronghua wants to buy eggs and she wants to buy bamboo shoots, but she has no money, so it is not a good idea to exchange her eggs for bamboo shoots.

"Okay, I want six eggs. How many bamboo shoots do you want?" Wang Ronghua asked.

"I want a pound of bamboo shoots." The egg lady is a thrifty person and is reluctant to exchange too much.

"Well, I'll weigh you a pound of bamboo shoots and give you six coins. Just give me six eggs." Wang Ronghua smiled and immediately packed the bamboo shoots.

"Okay." The egg lady grinned. She was really curious about what the bamboo shoots tasted like. Usually they are bitter, but this didn't look like it.

It’s really bitter, and not many people buy it.

The two of them changed quickly, and at this time more customers came. They sold sporadically for half an hour, and finally all the bamboo shoots and wild vegetables were sold out.

After packing up their things, they went to buy what they needed.

Wang Ronghua felt that there were not enough cloth bags and backpacks. She could have cut bamboo and made her own backpacks, but she didn't have the time at the moment so she could only buy them.

After all, they have time to weave the backpacks, so they can dig up a lot of bamboo shoots.

[Mom, meat, I want to eat meat.] Zhao Shiying seemed to have telepathy. She knew that her family had made money, so she wanted to eat meat.

Wang Ronghua and Zhao Guocheng: “….” This kid is so greedy.

Sisters and brothers: “…” It was the youngest sister who dared to speak up. They were craving for meat but didn’t dare to say it. Besides, mother had already bought eggs, so they should be able to get a share.

Everyone looked at Wang Ronghua.

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