Zhou Mingshu took a look and said with disgust, "Zhou Mingyuan, can you please pay attention to hygiene when you play outside? It takes a long time to wash your clothes. Do you think you can still wear them if they are dirty?"

Zhou Mingyuan hadn't paid attention to these things before, but when he looked down, he saw that he was indeed covered in dirt.

"Oh~ Third sister, I get it. I will take good care of it in the future." Zhou Mingyuan scratched his head, but pulled out a piece of dry grass, and his face suddenly turned the color of liver.

The whole family sat at the table and started to eat lunch. Everyone was very tired today and they ate with great relish.

Boss Zhou told his wife that he was going up the mountain, and she nodded in agreement. She would just clear the small patch of grass at the edge of the field and she would be able to finish it in a short while.

"Uncle, when you go up the mountain, could you please pay attention to the wood on the mountain? I want a board." Zhou Mingshu put forward his needs at the right time.

"Board? What do you want the board for?" Boss Zhou was very confused.

"I want a piece of wood to write on. I think writing on the ground is not so convenient after all. It is not easy to preserve. If someone steps on it or it rains, it will be damaged. If I write on a wood board, I can put it away at any time, which is more convenient to use."

"Yeah, okay. I'll keep an eye on it today. How big of a board do you want?"

"There are no specific requirements for this. The bigger the better. The bigger the board, the more words you can write. If you don't have a suitable board, you can also piece together small pieces of wood. Anyway, the simpler the better."

Boss Zhou silently kept his niece's words in mind and thought about finding a good tree.

But Zhou Mingqin raised a question: "Sanya, what should we use to write the words?"

This is a good question, and it hits the point.

Zhou Mingshu smiled slightly and kept it a secret. "Sister, you really hit the nail on the head. But I'm already preparing chalk. You'll know tomorrow. Then we can both write, and we don't have to worry about the cost."

Everyone knows that pens, ink, paper and inkstone are very expensive, and the family cannot afford them now. Even if all foreign debts are paid off, it is impossible to provide everyone with a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Now, after hearing what San Ya said, the problem they have been worried about is solved.

After hearing this, Boss Zhou became even happier and said frankly that he would definitely find a very good board.

After dinner, everyone went to take a nap.

Zhou Mingshu returned to the room, separated the rich version of mugwort paste that had been left to stand, put it into a small ceramic pot to heat it, and then completed the bottling work by himself.

The quantity of the rich version of wormwood paste was very small, and she finished it in a short while.

She doesn't have to go up the mountain in the afternoon, so she can have a good rest.

When Mr. Zhou and his group went up the mountain, Zhou Mingshu was still sleeping soundly in the house.

Old Mrs. Zhou gave instructions to her third daughter-in-law, and she also picked up her hoe and went to weed.

Zhou Mingshu woke up late. When she got up, Feng, Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi were washing mushrooms at the back of the house.

Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie brought back the washed mushrooms, cut the larger ones into slices, spread them on bamboo baskets, and placed them on the roof to dry.

"Sana, you're awake. Aunt and elder sister are behind the house. Come over after you've packed up."

"Okay, big brother, I'll be there soon."

Zhou Mingshu tied her hair into a simple bun, washed her face, and then carried the basin over.

At my aunt's feet was a kitchen knife and a few pumpkin leaves.

They each took a leaf in their hands and rubbed it on the mushroom caps to clean the mushrooms.

If the mushroom feet are difficult to wash, my aunt will cut them off with a kitchen knife.

Hearing the noise behind them, several people turned their heads and said, "San Ya, you're awake."

"Yeah, I see you guys have been washing a lot. Didn't you take a nap at noon?"

"I slept, but woke up after a short while. Since I couldn't sleep, I came to work."

As Zhou Mingqi spoke, he moved to the side to make room for her.

Zhou Mingshu joined the bacteria washing team. Looking at the fish basket not far away, she suddenly remembered that she forgot to put the fish in it this morning. No wonder she didn't hear her uncle say anything for most of the day. It turned out that she didn't catch any fish.

Zhou Minghua was assigned to pick snails on the side, but Zhou Mingyuan slipped away as soon as he woke up, and no one knew where he went.

Several people were washing mushrooms by the water. When there were not enough, Zhou Mingzhi and his brother would come over to help.

Not long after, Aunt Caixia came over with her daughter Xiaodan. They also came to wash mushrooms. They carried several baskets back and forth before stopping.

Feng talked to her, and they both praised each other's abilities, before they stopped talking and got back to work.

After Old Mrs. Zhou finished clearing the grass, she came over to help. It took them the whole afternoon to wash the baskets of mushrooms.

But everyone is happy. The rain came relatively late this year, and the mushrooms in the mountains also came out late. Now that they have so many mushrooms, Mrs. Zhou is very happy.

Fortunately, I listened to San Ya's advice a few days ago and added a few bamboo baskets to my home, otherwise there would be no place to dry so many mushrooms.

After washing the mushrooms at home, a group of people packed up and went home. Old Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Feng went to prepare dinner for everyone, while Zhou Mingshu picked up a stick and wrote in the corner of the wall, continuing to teach everyone to recognize words.

Not long after, Brother Zhou and his two companions came back with three baskets of mushrooms. This time there was no rush to wash them. Old Mrs. Zhou planned to pick out some and give them to her uncle's house.

Boss Zhou put down his things and called Zhou Mingzhi to go up the mountain together, saying that he had seen a fir tree that he had chosen and would cut it down and bring it back.

The fir tree is rather thin, and two people can carry it back after removing its branches and leaves.

When Grandpa Zhou was alive, he was the one who did all the carpentry work in the family. Although he was not a professional craftsman, he was still able to do simple work like making a wooden basin or table.

Therefore, after years of learning, Boss Zhou has some skills in this area.

Zhou Mingjie also wanted to go up the mountain with them, but it only took two people to cut down trees, and he would be idle if he went, so he might as well learn to read with his sisters at home, so he stayed behind obediently.

Boss Zhou took tools such as axes and chisels and went up the mountain with his eldest son. On the way, they met Wang Laizi. The two men greeted each other when they met.

"Brother Zhou, what are you doing with the axe?"

"What else can we do? Go to the mountain and chop down some trees. What about you?"

"I just wandered around the mountains and tried my luck."

The two of them exchanged a few words, and then because they were going in different directions, they missed each other and walked away.

All the villagers in Lianglin Village knew that Wang Laizi had great luck last year. He picked up some Ganoderma lucidum in the mountains and sold it for a lot of money. Naturally, Boss Zhou knew it too.

When I heard him say that, I thought he was going to the mountains to pick Ganoderma lucidum.

But not long after walking in, I saw daffodils again.

Huang Shuixian wanted to hide when she saw someone coming from the opposite direction, but when she saw it was Brother Zhou, she held up her bangs and walked over with the basket.

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