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"What is this?"

In the main room, sparks flickered in the brazier, and on the somewhat dilapidated square table, the kerosene lamp flickered. In a corner where the light couldn't reach, Li Fuhai puffed on his pipe, the flame flashing intermittently.

The family sat around a small square table, on which lay half an old newspaper.

The old newspaper was covered with scribbles and dots, and a few trees were scattered across it. Shi Lanhua patted the newspaper on the table and said, "Eldest brother, second brother, I called you over to discuss digging for winter bamboo shoots."

"These are some winter bamboo shoots drawn by the third brother."

"How many places?"

Lin Xiu couldn't help but lean forward slightly. "Several places! We dug up quite a lot from each place today. Several places must weigh dozens of kilograms. Uncle Fuyuan said that the food station buys them for 41.5 cents each. Dozens of kilograms must be worth more than ten yuan."

Lin Xiu subconsciously swallowed. More than ten yuan was equivalent to all their family's savings. Usually, Shi Lanhua controlled the work points, and they would only save a little when there were family events, since they hadn't separated their households yet.

"There are three locations in total, they are close together, and the winter bamboo shoots are concentrated in one area, making them easy to dig."

This was specially chosen by Li Qingqiu. When digging bamboo shoots for his own family, he would definitely choose those that are concentrated in winter and easy to dig.

"We dug it all up; it should weigh a little over 100 jin (50 kg)."

"A little over 100 pounds?"

Good heavens, even Wang Yun and Li Qingchun, who are usually not very talkative, were not calm now. More than 100 jin, fifty or sixty yuan. You know, their whole family works themselves to the bone, and after deducting food rations, they only get a hundred or eighty yuan a year.

This is still a good year. They have many children. In bad years, they even have to sell pigs to make up for the lost money. Fifty or sixty yuan, that's half a year's wages!

"What I mean is, everyone who's not busy at home should go up the mountain tomorrow and dig up the winter bamboo shoots as soon as possible."

"Of course, your second sister-in-law and I will go tomorrow."

"That's good news!" Li Qinghua was the first to speak up. Wang Yun nudged Li Qingchun, who said helplessly, "I'm going to cut bamboo tomorrow, you go ahead."

"Okay then."

Wang Yun nodded, "Someone from the family will definitely have to come."

"no."

Li Fuhai sat in the corner, and no one noticed that he had already put out his pipe.

"Your dad is right."

Shi Lanhua took a deep breath. "There are too many winter bamboo shoots in these places; it might not be a good thing. We can't just think about money."

"Mom, these bamboo shoots were found by our third son. What's wrong with us digging them up?" Li Qinghua was a little confused.

"Yes, Mom, with these winter bamboo shoots, we can have a good New Year this year. Besides, the fourth son is more generous in his dealings." Lin Xiu echoed. With this money, they might be able to buy some cloth, mend the children's clothes, and get new shoes for the New Year.

"Third Brother is now the deputy captain of the treasure hunting team. If my family digs a little less on our own, no one will say anything. But digging up hundreds of pounds at once is probably not acceptable. With so many people in the team, if someone has bad intentions and something happens, Third Brother will definitely not be the one to suffer." Shi Lanhua was both happy and worried.

Winter bamboo shoots are great, but they're not cheap. There are just too many of them; I'm afraid they'll attract the attention of the villagers.

Even if Li Qingqiu and his treasure-hunting team dig up more treasures, the villagers won't care; they're not worried about scarcity but about inequality.

Such is human nature; Shi Lanhua and Li Fuhai, having been through enough, were not blinded by their own nature.

"I understand what you're saying, Mom and Dad."

Li Qingqiu pondered for a moment, and realized that the focus should be on the collective good, and he had been too presumptuous. "How about I draw a few more and get the old lady and her family to dig together?"

"One family won't do."

Li Fuhai tapped his pipe. "If someone sees the kids picking fruit, they'll even see them sharing it all."

"A share for those who see it?"

Li Qingqiu was somewhat surprised, as if he were meeting this taciturn old man for the first time. "I understand, but I can't just draw a few pictures and hand them to someone, can I?"

"We need to find a middleman for this."

Judging from Shi Lanhua's tone, Li Qingqiu knew someone had been chosen. "Mom, you're not talking about Han Caihua, are you?"

"There is no better candidate than her."

"Do you have any large, loose winter bamboo shoots here? They're not easy to dig up, but there aren't many.

"To be honest, the area near the hillside, just a little before we caught rabbits last time, about an acre, has about 20 to 30 catties of winter bamboo shoots. They're not easy to dig, and they're scattered. The area on the ridge is even more scattered. That area is about three or four acres, and the winter bamboo shoots there are pretty good, about 100 to 200 catties, but they're just as difficult to dig."

"These two plots are great, especially the one at Lingtou, which is spacious and has plenty of winter bamboo shoots." Shi Lanhua clapped her hands. "You draw me a picture, and I'll go see your aunt first thing tomorrow morning."

"OK."

"Mom, what should we do with these three pieces?"

"Let's dig one first. Xiaomei and the others can go. You guys can go with everyone to dig on the ridge tomorrow. It doesn't matter how much or how little you dig." Li Qingqiu felt a little ashamed when Shi Lanhua said this. He was a college student, but he didn't think as thoroughly as Shi Lanhua, who was illiterate.

As expected, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Without saying a word, Li Qingqiu first drew out the approximate distribution area of ​​winter bamboo shoots on the ridge. The distribution here is fairly even, and there are quite a few winter bamboo shoots. Originally, we planned to dig them up slowly by our own family, but now it's perfect. We can sell them to the whole brigade. Everyone can dig them up. How much you dig depends on your luck. When our family sells winter bamboo shoots, don't be envious.

With the matter resolved, Li Qingqiu didn't linger. Tomorrow, he would lead the treasure-hunting team to dig for winter bamboo shoots in Dawo. The winter bamboo shoots were concentrated there and plentiful, so digging them wouldn't be easy. He needed to conserve his energy.

While Li Qingqiu was eating breakfast, Shi Lanhua went out to find her aunt, Wang Guizhi.

However, today was different because Shi Lanhua deliberately detoured to Aunt Liu's house. Aunt Liu was busy making breakfast when she saw Shi Lanhua holding a newspaper like a precious gem. Her brows furrowed slightly, and she said something to her husband, Li "Landlord," forgetting to put down her wooden spoon as she followed.

"Sneaking around like that can't be anything good."

Han Caihua muttered to herself as she followed her aunt to her house. Shi Lanhua deliberately didn't go inside, but spoke a little louder in the yard to explain their purpose. "There's a large patch of winter bamboo shoots near the Ox Head Stone on the east side of the ridge. Sanzi said he goes to dig some whenever he has free time. I won't say more, but digging up ten or eight catties can earn four or five yuan, enough to buy meat for the New Year."

"Oh, this child, thinking of his family, I know. I'll tell Qingqun and the others that we'll go into the mountains after we finish eating."

"become."

When Aunt Liu saw that Shi Lanhua was about to leave, she took off running, not wanting Shi Lanhua to see her.

"Sixth Aunt, what are you doing running around with a wooden spoon so early in the morning?"

"Bigfoot, I have something to tell you..."

Aunt Liu, seeing it was Big Foot, quickly went over and whispered something. "Really, Aunt Liu, did Li Laosan's mother really say that?"

"Where can you find fakes?"

"I'll go and tell Yulan."

Aunt Liu's gossip mode was on full display. Before Li Qingqiu could even finish his meal, the news had reached his ears. Good heavens, in the time it took to eat a meal, half the brigade knew that there was a patch of winter bamboo shoots near Niutou Stone on the east side of the ridge.

"No wonder it's called a loudspeaker."

Li Qingqiu sighed, "As expected, Mom knows what this defeated opponent is capable of; this loudspeaker is really loud enough."

"Li Qingqiu, are you alright?"

Yin Yi looked at Li Qingqiu with some concern, but of course, she didn't forget to take out the hot multigrain pancake from her bosom and hand it to Li Qingqiu. "Don't be angry, eat the pancake, it's very delicious."

"I'm fine."

Seeing Yin Yi's worried expression, Li Qingqiu thought to himself, "This girl is quite nice. Compared to the crispy multigrain pancakes, a little bit of wind and snow is nothing." "They smell so good! Your multigrain pancakes are the best. Sigh, I'm really afraid I won't be able to eat them again."

"Then I'll keep making it for you."

"real?"

"Yes, I'm not lying."

"Okay, when I have money, I'll buy you a bag of mixed grains. I want to eat your mixed grain pancakes every day." Li Qingqiu really liked them, but unfortunately, he didn't know how to make them. Since Yin Yi liked making mixed grain pancakes, he would let her make them to fulfill her wish.

"I can buy the grains myself."

"I have money."

Yin Yi quickly interrupted, and Li Qingqiu glanced at her. "That won't do. I can't eat your food every day. What kind of person would I be? At most, I'll eat one of your multigrain pancakes every other day."

"Li Qingqiu, you're really interesting."

Yin Yi was amused. "Hmm, but I want to make you multigrain pancakes every day."

"Hey, stop joking. Who eats the same thing every day?"

"Eating this every day will get boring," Li Qingqiu muttered. "No matter how good the multigrain pancakes are, they can't compare to meat buns. Even a god would get tired of eating them every day."

"It's different. I will make a variety of multigrain pancakes and add different fillings. I won't repeat the same one all year round."

Yin Yi insisted, and Li Qingqiu thought to himself, "Fine, I'll just treat it as a way to make the little girl happy." "Okay, I'm actually looking forward to it."

"Um."

Yin Yi was happy, and so was Li Qingqiu, who got to eat free multigrain pancakes every day. As for Yin Yi's hard work of pounding multigrain before bed every day, he knew nothing about it.

While the two were talking, Li Qingzhu and his group arrived.

This time, Li Qinghui, Li Qingfu, and Uncle Fu Luo's second son Qingping and youngest son Qingguo also came, making a few more people. "Let's pack up and make sure we have everything we need. Today's task is quite important."

"Don't worry, all the tools are ready."

"Then let's go into the mountains to dig for winter bamboo shoots."

Li Qingqiu waved his hand, and just as he reached the entrance of the hillside, a large group of people swarmed in. Han Caihua led the way, accompanied by Big Foot Sister-in-law, Wang Yulan from Qinghui's family, Li Hongying from Qingjing's family, and Han Hongxia from Qingbing's family.

Then there's Li Qingqiu's cousin's family, Qingqun's cousin's wife Chen Lefeng, Qingfu's cousin's wife Fang Weihong, and Qingfeng's cousin's wife Zhang Qingyue. In addition, there's my own sister-in-law Wang Yun, my second sister-in-law Lin Xiu, and my second brother Li Qinghua.

Good heavens, it seems like everyone in the brigade has come. There are at least fifty, if not eighty, people here, all looking very energetic. When they see Li Qingqiu, some of them look away and seem a little embarrassed. Of course, Aunt Liu and a few others hold their heads high, looking quite smug.

"Isn't this our treasure-hunting team's deputy captain? What's up? Going into the mountains to dig for winter bamboo shoots? Oh, I almost forgot, we also went into the mountains to dig for winter bamboo shoots. I heard there are a lot of winter bamboo shoots in that area on the ridge. Some people even wanted to keep them all for themselves, but God just wouldn't allow it." Aunt Liu finally showed off a bit, especially since she remembered that Li Qingqiu had told his family this. Unfortunately, the whole team knew about it now.

Hehe, Shi Lanhua must be heartbroken now, and Li Qingqiu probably isn't having an easy time either. Aunt Liu finally got her revenge for last night and has energy to walk again.

"Don't take this Sixth Aunt to heart, Third Brother."

"It's alright, let's go into the mountains too. We can't let these old women lose to us."

As soon as Li Qingqiu said this, everyone agreed.

"That's absolutely impossible."

"With you here, Third Brother, we definitely won't lose."

Li Qingzhu is now Li Qingqiu's number one lackey and the treasure hunting team's number one straight man; he will never let Li Qingqiu's words fall to the ground.

"Alright, let's go to a big burrow today and dig up three to five hundred catties of it."

"Oh, three to five hundred pounds?"

The newcomers stared wide-eyed. "Are you kidding me? Let alone 300 jin, even digging up 200 jin would be a miracle!" Li Qingqiu, seeing their disbelief, got even more excited. "This is a treasure trove of winter bamboo shoots! Today we'll get them!"