Uncle Chen Jiu was a man who did things promptly. The next day, he gathered the villagers in front of his yard and talked to them about growing mushrooms.

In the past, when the harvest was good, villagers often went into the mountains to pick mushrooms after the rain, but they never thought that they could grow mushrooms themselves. They were curious, excited, and a little skeptical.

Uncle Chen Jiu asked Zhao Hu to take a small basket of freshly picked mushrooms and said with a smile, "I knew you wouldn't believe my empty words. Let me show you!"

The mushroom circulated among the crowd and returned to Zhao Hu's hands. This time, it was like a drop of water falling into hot oil. The villagers all clamored for a way to grow mushrooms.

Uncle Chen Jiu stretched out his hand and pressed it down, smiling and said, "I won't let you suffer the cold in vain, will I? However, this mushroom thing was figured out by Yingzi. I don't know how to do it. I'll let her teach you later.

"Oh, by the way, who said before that reading and writing are useless? If Yingzi couldn't read and write, would she have thought of this?"

Qin Ying was a little nervous speaking in front of so many people. She licked her lips and her voice trembled a little when she opened her mouth.

Zhou Yu slowly stood behind her and encouraged her, "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

Uncle Chen Jiu also shouted, "Stop arguing! Listen to what Yingzi has to say!"

Qin Ying cleared her throat and talked seriously about how to grow mushrooms, emphasizing the ratio of the culture medium and the need for calcination, and then asked everyone to prepare.

Grandma Wang smiled and said, "Yingzi, I'm old. Your uncles Ergou and Tiezhu haven't come down from the mountain yet. Why don't you and Huzi come over and help me?"

Qin Ying agreed immediately, and someone asked Aunt Zhao to come over for help.

Zhou Yu took the initiative to say, "You guys go and do your work. I'll take care of An An for you first. If she makes a fuss, I'll bring her to find you later."

Seeing that her grandmother, mother, and uncle were all looking at her, An An raised her hand and patted her head: "An, be good!"

For a moment, everyone laughed.

The mushroom cultivation in Tongshu Village started in full swing.

Uncle Chen Jiu's family was no exception. Xu Xia didn't let him get involved. He prepared the culture medium according to Qin Ying's instructions, then spread it out in the yard and burned it, while nailing the wooden trough.

As dusk fell, the first batch of mushroom culture medium was ready. Qin Ying asked everyone to water it thoroughly and move it into a warm place at home. She repeatedly reminded them: "Don't be stingy with the firewood. If it's too cold, mushrooms won't grow well."

Uncle Chen Jiu strolled around the village on his cane, shouting, "There are no lazy men or women in Tongshu Village! There's firewood everywhere on the mountain these days, just pick it up! If anyone's chimney doesn't emit enough smoke, I'll hit him with my cane!"

Since Zhou Yu did not need too many people to dig the canal for the time being, he sent people out to help collect firewood. Combined with the efforts of the villagers in Tongshutun themselves, soon there were high piles of firewood in and outside the courtyards of every household.

Some people are trying to figure out how to save firewood...

There were not so many mushroom strains, and not enough to distribute to all the villagers. Qin Ying checked the first batch of culture media that were qualified, and helped them plant the mushrooms first. After two or three days, she helped plant the next batch. In no more than ten days, the whole village was covered.

Because she was worried that the success rate would be low for the first planting, Qin Ying specially took An An to check every household and corrected any mistakes in a timely manner.

Sometimes Aunt Zhao accompanied him, and sometimes Zhao Hu followed him.

In just two days, the first batch of mushrooms began to sprout. Those families were so happy that they cried. If they could eat more mushrooms, they could save more food. They were no longer afraid of the famine!

Afterwards, the mushrooms planted in Tongshutun grew out one after another. With Qin Ying's hands-on teaching, they grew very well.

By the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the first batch of mushrooms can be picked. On that day, the whole Tongshu Village is filled with the aroma of boiled mushrooms.

An An once again gained 0.5 energy.

Zhou Yu went to the Zhao family in person.

The Zhao family happened to be having dinner, and the whole family hurriedly stood up and offered their seats to them.

Zhou Yu saw the vegetable soup they were drinking and asked in surprise, "Why are there still leafy greens at this time?"

Aunt Zhao said with a smile, "These are the cabbages we grew ourselves. We planted them densely so that we can pick them up and eat them when they grow bigger.

"If you plant them in wooden troughs, you don't expect them to grow very big. You just plant one crop after you eat it."

As he said this, he stood up, lifted the curtain, and asked him to look at the wooden shelf in the room.

Because that was their bedroom, Zhou Yu did not go in. He stood at the door and looked. When he saw the tender green onions, garlic sprouts, coriander, and bok choy, his eyes were full of surprise and he couldn't stop praising them.

The Zhao family members felt embarrassed by the praise.

Aunt Zhao went to scoop up a bowl of vegetable soup. After spending some time together and seeing Zhou Yu's kindness, she felt less restrained and asked Zhou Yu to sit down and drink with her.

Zhou Yu did not refuse.

After dinner, Zhou Yucai proposed to order a batch of mushroom strains.

Qin Ying said hurriedly: "We are preparing it. The villagers have some too. It can almost help two villages."

Zhou Yu nodded in thanks, "I can't let your efforts go in vain this time. Many people have benefited from it, and you have done a great service to the government.

"I'll have two bags of food delivered later. I also bought two chicks from someone. Do you want to raise them?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhao Hu was the first to raise his hand. When the chicks grow up, they can lay eggs. When there are enough eggs, they can hatch chicks. When the chicks grow up, they can lay eggs again...

If this goes on, won’t An An have endless supply of eggs and chicken?

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying exchanged a glance. Although they were very tempted, they still refused: "Master Zhou, it's not that we are ungrateful, it's really... it's hard to raise a dog in this cold weather.

"Besides, every household doesn't have it, except us. I don't understand the big principles, but I do understand that the first rafters to rot are the ones that stick out."

Qin Ying nodded silently.

Zhou Yu was speechless for a moment, he had not thought about this.

An An blinked her big, dark eyes, looked at this, then looked at that, and said in a confused manner, "Chicken?"

Of course she knew what a chicken was, and she can still savor the delicious taste of the egg custard, chicken soup, and chicken meat.

She didn't feel anything before, but after materializing, her appetite has become stronger and stronger.

Ah, she is no longer the princess who does not care about food and drink!

All the adults' eyes instantly fell on her.

An An's eyes suddenly widened. Wow! Energy! +0.06!

She was just greedy for a moment.

It seems that I have to indulge in it every now and then?

"How about this," Zhou Yu thought of a compromise, "I'll keep the chicks first, and then give them to you to raise when I leave Tongshu Village. How about that?"

The Zhao family hesitated.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu added, "I'll have people search for more later. If we find more, we'll give some to the villagers. That way, you won't notice them."

He had said this, how could the Zhao family refuse? They thanked him repeatedly and agreed.

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