jdhmnovel Chapter 452 Not Sold
Chapter 452 Not Sold
That night, Zhou Guo didn't hear any noise outside. When he got up to practice, he didn't hear anyone passing by. All the people who had gone up the mountain early were gone.
Some of them have already gone into the city today, and as for the rest, some were scared, while others planned to go again during daybreak. In any case, no one dared to go into the mountains in the dark.
Just after the Zhou family finished breakfast, someone came to the door, and everyone invited each other to go together. Even if they encountered a wild boar, with the two big Buddhas of the Zhou family to suppress it, nothing would happen. Maybe they could even eat meat, just like that time in spring.
Zhou Guo walked a lot today, thinking that he could find more things so that he could take them to the provincial capital tonight. If they were easy to sell, they would only be able to do so on this one trip, and the rest would be kept for their own consumption.
The old man walked away freely, and he took Zhou Suli with him when he left. The little guy had good eyesight and picked up a lot of things. He didn't stay with others, so he must have picked up even more.
When going down the mountain, Zhou Guo was carrying two sacks by herself. In order to save time today, she didn't even have lunch. She really found a good place that she had never been there before. She picked up a sack of things directly on the mountain. She went back and forth and picked up all the things before she was willing to leave.
The old man was also carrying more than two sacks, more than one of which was picked up by Zhou Suli. When the little guy came out, he held his chest high and looked very proud.
When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but feel envious. Of course, there were fewer people picking up things today, but they still picked up more than usual. Some of them picked up a whole backpack and even half a sack.
When everyone arrived, everyone couldn't wait to go down the mountain and walked faster than usual.
Because the people who went into the city to sell mushrooms are about to come back, and they want to know if there is anyone buying them.
When they arrived at the village, each family couldn't wait to go back.
No one from the Zhou family went into the city. The old man put down his things, put his hands behind his back and went to the village entrance.
Zhou Guo and others couldn't stay any longer and followed behind.
At this time, everyone gathered at the entrance of the village. From afar, they saw a lot of people, most of whom were dejected, some were spitting, and their expressions were so excited that they didn't know what to say.
When Zhou Guo and his companions came closer, they heard them cursing the people in the county town for being blind and not knowing what was good.
"Such delicious food, but none of those people knew what it was. We put the mushrooms out and no one came to ask about it for a long time. Then someone came up and asked what it was. We told him what it was, but he just looked at us, shook his head and walked away. I have good ears, and I only vaguely heard him say to others that we country folk must be so poor and crazy about money that we actually brought these poisonous wild mushrooms that no one knew about to the county town to sell, and we were not afraid of killing people. He said that our consciences had been eaten by dogs and that we might be bandits in disguise. Just tell me how infuriating this is!!"
"Did you sell any flowers after a day of being there? Did you sell even one?"
Everyone nodded.
He said unhappily, "It's not that we didn't sell a single one. No one in this county knows about pine mushrooms. No one even takes a look at them. We've been saying it's delicious and fragrant, and everyone in our village is eating it, but no one believes us!"
Everyone sighed with regret, "Such a good thing, but no one knows its value, it's really..."
Zhou Guo and the others looked at each other, not surprised at all. Last year, she had been displaying the flowers for an hour or two but didn't sell a single one. It seemed that she couldn't sell them in the county town. She could only take a gamble and go to the provincial capital.
After talking about pine mushrooms, he went on to talk about the man who fell yesterday. Several people who sent him to the county town came back and finally saved his life. He had multiple fractures all over his body and had to lie in bed for half a year to recuperate.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. No matter what, as long as they were still alive, it was good.
The few people who got the news turned around and went home, picked up the pine mushrooms of the past few days, classified them and stored them well. Everything had to be classified into high and low categories before it could be sold, so that it would be easier to sell it to the rich and poor.
The chopped banana leaves were placed in baskets in the yard. If there were not enough baskets, they had to borrow from others. There were actually eight baskets in the yard, and one was left for the family.
Li looked at the basket and said, "Why keep it? Take it all away. It's the season for this to grow in the mountains now. We can get at least half a basket a day. If we keep it at home, it will be dried out in the sun."
The old man eats freshly picked fruits every day.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, have you forgotten that we still have to eat at night? What will we eat if we sell everything?"
Li slapped his head and said, "Yes, I forgot about this. Oh, I don't know if it will sell well tomorrow. If it doesn't sell, I can just take it home and eat it myself. Anyway, I can finish it no matter how much there is."
During the meal, everyone discussed that those who were going to the provincial capital this time unanimously decided that the old man should go with them. He had broad knowledge and great abilities, and everyone would feel more at ease with him accompanying them.
Zhou Su hurriedly said, "And me, I want to go too."
Li was a little hesitant.
Zhou Guo thought it would be a good idea to take him there to broaden his horizons, so she said, "Okay, I promised you before, so I will take you there."
A carriage could carry so much cargo and could barely seat three people, so that was decided.
After finishing the meal, Zhou Guo started to take a shower from head to toe. As he was going on a long journey, he naturally had to change into clean clothes. People who bought mushrooms would feel at ease when they saw that they were wearing clean clothes.
Zhou Su and the old man also washed.
midnight.
It was quiet all around, even the roosters hadn't crowed yet, but the Zhou family started to light the lamps.
Zhou Guo was wearing a clean khaki coarse cloth shirt, tightly wrapped straw sandals on his feet, and carrying the bag in front of him, and everything was fine.
When Li saw her dressed like this, she was stunned. "Are you going to the capital city dressed like this?"
The old men also looked over.
Zhou Guo looked down at himself and said, "Ah, isn't it good? It's not broken. It's clean. How nice."
Li said, "You don't want to wear the new cotton clothes, but this one?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, I'm going to the city to sell mushrooms. Country people like us are dressed neatly in coarse cloth. When others see us, they are more likely to like us than those wearing cotton clothes. Once we are liked, it will be easier to sell our mushrooms."
After saying that, Zhou Su was seen wearing a bamboo green cotton shirt, which was clean and had no dirt at all. This kid ran around the mountains and fields all day long at home, so he was reluctant to wear it. These nice clothes were kept for going to the market and visiting people's homes.
The little guy was dressed very smartly. Except for being a little dark, he didn't look like a child from a poor family at all.
She said, "Mom, you should change his clothes too. He doesn't have to wear them so nicely. Just something clean will do."
Li shook her head and really went to change it.
Zhou Su didn't care. As long as he could go out and go with them, he would be willing to wear old clothes full of patches, let alone change clothes.
Zhou Guo also knew that the little guy only cared about food, and as for clothes, shoes and socks, it was enough to have something to wear.
The old man looked down at his cotton clothes. Hmm, does he need to change them too?
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Master, you don't need to change it. There is no change for you."