A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

Every household in their mountain village has a large population and few fields, and because of the terrain, most of the fields of each household are second-rate or low-quality fields, and the harvest from the fields is poor every year.

This made the situation even worse for families who already had little food to eat due to their large population and limited land.

Therefore, the villagers who were not able to eat enough turned their attention to the mountains. Every year from the beginning of spring to before the mountains were closed due to heavy snow, the villagers would go up the mountains to hunt, dig wild vegetables, pick fruits and pick mushrooms, all in order to have more food to eat.

Therefore, in the mountain village, they store dried mushrooms every year. Although mushrooms are delicious, they are not as filling as grains.

Therefore, every year many villagers carry dried mushrooms over mountains and hills to sell them in town for money, and then use the money they earn to buy food.

But there are too many people selling dried mushrooms, and they cannot get a good price. It often takes several days or even longer to barely buy a few kilograms of food. It is a waste of time and effort and not worth the effort.

But now, some people actually come to the mountains to collect mushrooms, and the price they offer is not low. How can the villagers of Shangou Village not be happy?

Goudan's mother excitedly pushed open the gate of her house and almost tripped over the threshold. Her mother-in-law, who was mending clothes in the house, heard the noise and came out to see what was going on. Seeing her daughter-in-law's impetuous look, she couldn't help but frowned.

"Goudan, there's a wild dog chasing you from behind. You just fell down on your butt a few days ago, and now you want to fall down again!"

"Oh, mother, I am so happy!"

Goudan's mother danced with joy and said, "A merchant came to the village and said he wanted to buy dried mushrooms. The better ones can be had for ten copper coins a pound!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she searched around the house, "Mom, where are all the dried mushrooms we put away? I can't find them!"

Goudan's grandmother was also surprised when she heard this, "Can they really offer such a high purchase price?"

"That's absolutely true, mom, please help me find it!"

Goudan's mother slapped her thigh anxiously: "If we delay any longer, they will run away soon!"

Seeing her daughter-in-law was so anxious that she wanted to crawl into the chicken coop to look for it, Goudan's grandmother couldn't help but said angrily:

"You're as impetuous as a firecracker all day long, and you act like a headless fly when things happen. I don't know why my son fell in love with you in the first place."

As Grandma Goudan spoke, she pulled her daughter-in-law who was about to hide in the firewood pile and patiently took her to the utility room.

"Then who knows why your son fell in love with me? How about you go down and ask him after a hundred years?"

Goudan's mother was not afraid of her mother-in-law and spoke out loudly.

Grandma Goudan knew what kind of person her daughter-in-law was. She glared at her angrily and then took out several sacks from the big vat.

"We dried five sacks of mushrooms this year. We kept one sack at home and sold the other four sacks."

As Grandma Goudan took out the best quality dried mushrooms to sell, she planned:

"Once we have enough money, we will go to the town to buy more food and pork before the snow starts, so that we can have a good New Year!"

There are four people in their family now. Grandma Goudan’s husband and son died early.

There was no adult man in the family, only two half-grown children and two wives. There was also little land at home, so they lived a tight life day by day.

In winter, they only have two meals a day, and they are not full. Hardship and poverty are born for them.

"Oh, mother, I know, I know. Let's go to the big tree in the village quickly, otherwise they will run away after everyone has collected all the crops!"

Goudan's mother is very busy. She is so busy taking care of the family's food, drink, and toilet every day that she has no time to feel sad. She just puts on a sack on her back and runs out.

After she walked out of the yard, she saw her two sons from afar. She quickened her pace, and when they got closer, she threw the two sacks on her shoulders to her two sons.

"Goudan, Tietou, catch it!"

Seeing her two sons holding the sacks unsteadily, Goudan's mother turned around and took another sack from her mother-in-law.

By the time the family of four, each carrying a sack, arrived at the center of the village, the line of people selling dried mushrooms was already very long.

The villagers in the queue were whispering in groups of three or five, all of them expressing their joy.

"That's great, that's great. I heard that Tiezhu's family up ahead sold some dried mushrooms for several hundred copper coins."

A woman couldn't help but smile: "Tiezhu's mushrooms are not as many as mine, so shouldn't we be able to sell more mushrooms?"

"Of course I am. You know that this vendor is very fair and righteous. Not only does he give a high price, but he also weighs the exact weight. The weight here is the same as the weight you get at home."

"That's right, as long as the quality of your dried mushrooms is good, it won't be a problem to sell them at a high price.

The dried mushrooms sold well by the family of Da Niu in front of us. As soon as they got some copper coins, his mother paid off the dozens of copper coins she owed to my family!"

"Oh, God has opened his eyes. He has allowed the villagers of our mountain village to earn more money before the snow blocks the mountain. We can buy more food and cloth and spend a good and safe winter!"

"Who says it's not true? Once I sell all the dried mushrooms, I'll go to the market tomorrow and buy some meat!"

"And me, I'll go with you tomorrow, and I'll buy some meat, some cloth and some cotton to satisfy the cravings of my family!"

Listening to the words of the villagers in front, Goudan's mother couldn't help swallowing while looking at the queue. Then she reached out and patted her two big sons' heads.

"Goudan, Tietou, be good and stop making trouble. After we sell all the dried mushrooms, I will go to the market tomorrow and buy some meat for you!"

Goudan and Tietou, two half-grown children, were skinny but shook their heads sensibly and advised like little adults:

"Mom, we don't eat meat. Let's buy more food, preferably whole grains. If we buy more, we can have more meals!"

"no!"

Goudan's mother glared at him and said, "If you say you want to cut the meat, you have to cut the meat. We have four sacks of dried mushrooms at home. After cutting the meat, we can buy a lot of food. It's definitely enough to eat!"