Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

"Damn it, it's so hot, I need to take a break."

In the mountains and forests, a sturdy man in his thirties, carrying a lawnmower, haphazardly scraped a few leaves off the ground.

He unloaded the machine from his back and lay down under a big tree.

A man carrying a rake approached with a smile: "Old Liu, this is only the beginning, and you're already slacking off."

Both of them were villagers from Qingshan Village, employed by Yang Lin to help him clear the forest.

The man carrying the lawnmower was named Liu Budu, and he was responsible for cutting down the low shrubs and overgrown weeds in the forest.

The man with the rake was called Chen Ergou. He was responsible for moving the cut shrubs and weeds to a designated place and piling them up.

Under the supervisor's arrangement, their group's work area today happened to be on one of Yang Lin's five thousand square meters of mycelium.

Beneath the seemingly ordinary soil, a clump of mycelium larger than a basketball court was being trampled underfoot by the two people.

Bang.

Hu Ran teased Liu Budu, and Chen Ergou dropped his tools and lay down beside him.

"Ergou, wanna play cards?"

Liu Budu pulled out a deck of cards from his pocket and asked.

"Playing cards with just two people is no fun, I'm not in the mood for it." Chen Ergou shook his head slightly and turned to scroll through his phone.

The forest that Yang Lin contracted was not too far from the village, and there was some signal.

After playing on his phone for a while, Chen Ergou suddenly jumped up and pulled Liu Budu up from under the tree.

"Old Liu, get up quickly, Yang Lin is walking this way."

Upon hearing Chen Ergou's reminder, Liu Budu immediately started the lawnmower and began working diligently.

There's nothing I can do; I've lost a lot of money these past few days, and I don't have any left to play at the table.

Yang Lin picked up a bunch of bad habits in the big city; he keeps all his money in his account and can't find any cash on him or at home.

Rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows.

They're all from the same village. If he resorts to violence, he won't be able to get along well in the village in the future.

If he weren't short of money and had no money to pay for the meal, he wouldn't have come to the mountains to work for Yang Lin.

He had experience doing odd jobs, and Liu knew exactly how to put on a good show in front of his boss.

"Huh, the noise has suddenly gotten louder."

Before even reaching Liu Budu and Chen Ergou's location, Yang Lin had already sensed the movement through the mycelium.

These two people also look like they're working hard.

Just as Yang Lin had expected, when he arrived near the two men, Liu Budu and Er Gou were working hard.

"Hey, Boss Yang, you've come all this way to supervise the work, are you afraid we two will slack off?"

"This place is really troublesome, it's going to be difficult..."

Upon seeing Yang Lin arrive, the two, who had anticipated it, wiped the sweat from their brows and began to tease each other with smiles.

His words also implied various problems in the place, making it difficult to carry out his work.

Since the two were working, Yang Lin felt a little awkward and didn't know what to say.

After exchanging a few brief pleasantries, he turned to find the foreman, Li Laosi.

Li Laosi used to work at the vegetable market years ago, and I heard he was even a group leader.

When the town launched the program of returning farmland to forest and organized people to plant trees, it was Li Laosi who led the people of Qingshan Village.

He was quite experienced in supervising construction, so Yang Lin invited him to come.

"Boss Yang, why did you come in person?"

"Uncle Li, I'd like to ask what the tasks are for today?"

Yang Lin got straight to the point, asking Li Laosi for detailed information on the task allocation.

I want to see which area each group of workers is specifically responsible for.

Then check the cleaning progress of each area.

Making money is indeed not difficult for him.

You can quietly earn a few hundred dollars by using the mycelium of termite mushrooms.

After the forest restoration is completed and the mushrooms are sold on a large scale, he will be able to earn even more.

But this does not mean that he can tolerate others cheating or shirking his responsibilities.

He's just rich, not stupid.

"Specific arrangements? There's no such thing!"

Upon hearing Yang Lin's question, Li Laosi remained completely unconcerned.

I'm just doing some work in the village; I'm not taking on any government projects or undertaking any big projects.

In our village, who has time to bother with these clanging and jingling things?

Every day, we would point in one direction and head into the mountains together, carrying our tools.

When it's time, we'll all come out together and check the overall effect; that should be enough.

If we keep too close an eye on things, the villagers will start gossiping about us.

"Huh?"

"Uncle Li, does that mean I was wrong?" Yang Lin was both amused and exasperated.

"Without specific arrangements, how can we know who is working diligently and who is slacking off?"

"Don't worry, no one will slack off. We're all from the same village, we'll all work together and keep an eye on things together," said Li Laosi.

"If anyone deliberately slacks off, the others will definitely say so."

"No, I paid you to be the foreman, not to herd sheep?" Yang Lin asked, frowning.

"Boss Yang, what do you mean by that? In this sweltering heat, I'm feeding mosquitoes in the mountains every day, counting employees and keeping track of work hours for you... and you think I'm just a freeloader?"

Hearing this explanation, Yang Lin was both amused and exasperated.

He sensed that after he came to ask Li Laosi about the situation, Liu Budu and Chen Ergou stopped moving again.

It's only been less than ten minutes.

Without arguing with Li Laosi, Yang Lin began to wander around the mountains and forests.

For an hour straight, there was no movement from Liu Budu's position.

However, whenever Yang Lin tried to get closer, there would immediately be a commotion from that place.

Every time Yang Lin arrived at their location, he would always see the two of them working hard and sweating profusely.

The reason why the location hasn't changed much is that the environment here is harsh, making the work very time-consuming and laborious.

They are tackling a difficult challenge.

Once Yang Lin turns and leaves, the activity on the mycelium soil will quickly disappear.

This has happened several times in a row.

"Are you kidding me?"

Yang Lin finally understood that the area he had contracted for the mountain forest was not very large, and there were many informants in the forest.

No matter which direction he patrolled from, someone would tip off Liu Budu and Chen Ergou.

After delivering lunch to the workers, Yang Lin left the mountains.

He realized that those people felt they were outnumbered and didn't care much about him, relying entirely on the conscience of others to get the work done.

Whether you're on the mountain or not doesn't make a big difference.

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"Village chief, I would like to ask you to help me supervise the construction and keep an eye on the other villagers."

After leaving the contracted mountain forest, Yang Lin immediately went to the village chief.

The only reliable person he could think of who could keep the other villagers in check was the village chief.

"No time, no time, I'm very busy." The village chief directly rejected Yang Lin's request.

"There are a thousand knives above and one head below. The village committee has a ton of work to do in the town and county, so we don't have the energy to take on your side jobs."

"Then I want to find someone to replace Li Laosi. Does the village chief have a suitable candidate?" Yang Lin asked again.

"Li Laosi is capable, but the villagers might be too embarrassed to take him seriously. If you want to hire someone to manage things, it's best not to use someone from the village; go find someone from outside yourself," the village chief said.