The timeline system has gone awry; they insist that steamed buns are a magic pill.

"Qingqiu, didn't you give Zhao Nan too much money?"

Guo Chuan's liver trembled as he listened. Four yuan a day, that would be forty yuan in ten days if he worked hard, almost as much as his monthly salary.

"It's alright, brother-in-law. I've been working overtime these past few days; I don't usually have this much overtime."

"So that's how it is."

Guo Chuan and Li Qinghong both breathed a sigh of relief. Four yuan a day was really too frightening. This salary was almost the same as that of the director of the commune's revolutionary committee.

The salary of a typical commune revolutionary committee director is only about one hundred yuan a month.

"Sis, Zhao Nan's is nothing compared to Third Brother's."

Li Qingmei whispered to Li Qinghong that Li Qingqiu could earn thirty yuan a day. What? Li Qinghong was stunned. Thirty yuan? How could that be so much?

Is this still the same worrying third brother? Thirty a day, that's equivalent to my monthly salary.

"Sister, don't listen to your little sister, it'll only last a few days."

Li Qingqiu glared at Li Qingmei. "It'll be over in a few days."

"You scared me!"

Thirty yuan a day, that's terrifying.

"By the way, sister, brother-in-law, let's eat here later. You should try the food from our work group," Li Qingqiu said with a smile.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll tell Mom."

Li Qinghong also wanted to see what Zhao Nan usually ate.

When lunch was served, Li Qinghong and Guo Chuan exchanged a glance, looking at Li Qingqiu with some surprise. "Qingqiu, is this what you usually eat?"

"Pretty much, the food should be better since we're working overtime today."

Pheasant stew with mushrooms, beef stir-fried with green peppers and bamboo shoots, wild boar and pickled vegetable casserole, and cabbage stew with vermicelli—the portions were all quite large.

This meal is considered lavish not only in the countryside, but even in the county, few families can afford it, and county leaders would probably rarely get to eat such a meal.

"Sis, brother-in-law, stop staring, eat!"

Li Qingqiu picked up a bowl of rice and took a bite of stir-fried beef with bamboo shoots. He had to admit that the dishes Yin Yi cooked were delicious.

"Yin Yi, why is there so little beef?"

"That's all, just the last bit."

Yin Yi puffed out her cheeks and stir-fried all the beef she had bought earlier.

"Never mind, I'll go into the mountains and catch a rabbit when I have some free time."

Li Qingqiu greeted Guo Chuan and Li Qinghong. "Brother-in-law, sister, try this. The winter bamboo shoots are so tender, and this pheasant was killed and stewed for a while this morning."

Li Qinghong thought to herself, "This food is even better than what I eat at home. Look at Zhao Nan, she seems to have gained weight."

"Zhao Nan, do you usually have this many dishes?"

Li Qinghong asked in a low voice, and Zhao Nan shook her head slightly. Li Qinghong thought to herself that she had indeed come to add dishes because she and Guo Chuan had come. "We usually have fewer dishes, but we have meat every day."

"What?"

"Meat every day? Are you kidding me?" Li Qinghong couldn't believe it, but her daughter nodded. "There's meat at least once a day. My third uncle loves meat."

"Goodness."

Li Qinghong thought to herself, "So you've come here to enjoy life with your third uncle. No wonder you look so plump. These days, it's already enviable if a family eats meat every three to five days. But here, you get meat every day."

The third brother said he would take care of Zhao Nan, but he didn't expect to take care of her too well. He taught Zhao Nan fungus cultivation techniques, helped her make money, and even gave her meat to eat every day. This is not like going to the countryside. Working in the city is not as comfortable as this.

No wonder Zhao Nan wasn't sad at all when she saw him. She was eating well, earning money, and had someone to keep her company. Yin Yi had a good personality, but Xiao Hua was a bit timid. "Then I'm relieved."

"Sister, Zhao Nan is here, so you can rest assured. I'm here for you."

Li Qingqiu waved to Yin Yi. "Give me some rice crust. Wild boar stew with pickled vegetables is the best with rice crust. Brother-in-law, sister, you guys have some too."

"You."

"He really knows how to eat," Li Qinghong exclaimed. "This kid is picky, but the food is really good. Yin Yi looks so quiet and gentle, I didn't expect her to have such good cooking skills."

No wonder the third brother liked hanging out with her; he had a silver tongue.

Just as they were eating, a kid came running in. Li Qingqiu looked up and saw it was Li Xianbao. "Li Xianbao, what's going on? Why aren't you home for dinner? What are you doing here at your uncle's?"

"Uncle, come here, I have something to tell you."

Li Xianbao had one hand behind his back, and waved the other at Li Qingqiu. Li Qingqiu muttered, "What's wrong with this kid? He's being so mysterious." "Spit it out!"

"Uncle, come here."

"Alright, alright, what are you doing, kid?"

Li Qingqiu put down his chopsticks and followed his brother-in-law. His sister told him to come into the yard, and Li Xianbao tugged at Li Qingqiu's sleeve. "Uncle, look."

"puff."

Li Qingqiu's eyes widened. A pheasant! This kid actually caught another one! What incredible luck! It's unbelievable! "Where did you get it?"

"It was a trap."

Li Xianbao said smugly, "Uncle, you said you'd help me sell my schoolbags."

"Alright, Uncle keeps his word."

Li Qingqiu really didn't expect that this kid would actually get another pheasant. Strange, what kind of luck is this? Hmm, Li Qingqiu looked Li Xianbao up and down. Wasn't this kid in the last lottery? No way, a prodigy of the immortal sect?

"Let's try again," Li Qingqiu said, taking out a dollar and handing it to Li Xianbao. "Uncle will buy this pheasant. I'll help you buy the schoolbag later after the mushrooms are sold."

"Thank you, Uncle."

"Don't go, have you eaten?"

"I've already eaten, Uncle."

"You've eaten, alright. Here's two candies. Don't go over there on the hillside, or your father will find out and give you a beating." Li Qingqiu rubbed Li Xianbao's head. This kid is bold; he might really go into the mountains to mess with wild things. There's a foot or two of snow in the mountains, so he might get into trouble.

"Understood, Uncle."

"Remember to close the door for your uncle."

"know."

Li Qingqiu thought to himself, "I wonder if this kid got his way through luck or skill. If it's skill, he's really quite remarkable." "A born hunter?"

"what?"

"Where did this pheasant come from?"

"I just bought it, sis, you can take it back with you later," Li Qingqiu said with a smile.

"Keep it at home for your own consumption; it's more convenient for us to buy meat at the commune."

Li Qinghong was stunned for a moment after she finished speaking. Something was wrong. How could they buy meat in the countryside and eat meat every day?

Just as I was about to ask, there was a knock on the door. Who could it be now? Can't even have a peaceful meal?

"Sister, brother-in-law, you two eat, I'll go check on things."

When Li Qingqiu opened the courtyard gate, he was stunned. Good heavens, what's going on with all this people? Looking at everyone, he recognized Zhang Qingya. Why was she here?

"You must be Comrade Li Qingqiu."

"it's me."

Li Qingqiu sized up the person speaking in front of him. He looked somewhat familiar. Wasn't this the brigade leader of Wangjiazhuang next door? Right, the old man next to Zhang Qingya also looked somewhat familiar. Wasn't he the brigade leader of Zhangjiazhai? No, why did these two families come to him?

"You are Captain Wang."

"It's me, it's me! You've finally found the right person!" Wang Dapao had a loud voice and seemed like a straightforward and generous man. "Comrade Qingqiu, I'm here to ask you for a favor."

"Beg me?"

Li Qingqiu looked puzzled. Asking for his help? Was he kidding? He was used to eating and drinking well and wasn't particularly hardworking; what could he possibly help with? "Captain Wang, have you got the wrong person?"

"You've come to the right place, Comrade Qingqiu. I heard you've discovered a type of mushroom that grows in winter."

"yes."

There's no point in hiding this; the commune and the county already know.

"We came here to ask you to sell some mushroom branches to our village."

"And our Zhangjiazhai village too."

Old Zhang sighed. "Comrade Qingqiu, you don't know, this heavy snow has caused more than ten houses to collapse in our village. It's terrible. What are we going to do? The team doesn't have any savings. If we go into the mountains, we won't be able to hunt anything decent."

"I heard that you can make money from your fungal spawn, so I shamelessly came to ask you for help."

As he spoke, Old Zhang insisted on stuffing a wild rabbit into his hand, and Wang Dapao quickly followed suit with a deer leg. Good heavens, these two brigade leaders even brought gifts.

"No, no, no, Captains, Junzhi, I really can't help with this."

Uncle Fuyuan ordered 500 branches, and other members also wanted to buy them, so there were no extra branches.

"Comrade Qingqiu, please help us out, just out of pity for those collapsed houses in our village."

"Yes, you don't know, those houses are gone, what are we going to do? The team has no money, the elderly and children probably won't make it through this winter."

You've come here to play the victim, but thankfully, Li Fuyuan and Li Fuluo heard the news and are rushing over.

"Old Zhang, Wang Dapao, you two sons of bitches, what are you doing in our brigade?"

Li Fuyuan ran over. Those two bastards are definitely up to no good.

"Brother Fuyuan, look, I was just thinking of going with Brother Zhang to have a drink with you later." Wang Dapao quickly called for someone to bring over another deer leg. "Look, I brought all this food with me."

"Yes, I brought some too. Look how fat this rabbit is."

Not to be outdone, Old Zhang caught another wild rabbit.

Li Fuyuan could tell from their demeanor that these two old men were definitely up to no good. They were usually very stingy, and it would be difficult for them to even get a cup of tea, let alone deer legs or wild rabbits. They would usually be extremely jealous of each other, even if they didn't call each other enemies.

Several families had fought each other in the commune over relief, and now that they were coming to curry favor, Li Fuyuan thought to himself that they were definitely up to no good.

"Uncle Fuyuan."

Li Qingqiu quietly told Li Fuyuan what had just happened.

"Great, they're eyeing our brigade's mushrooms."

Don't even think about it.

"What, are these mushrooms yours, Li Dazui? I've heard that Comrade Li Qingqiu got them. I'm not here to see you, Comrade Qingqiu, you're a reasonable person." Old Zhang's words left Li Qingqiu speechless.

"I'll listen to Uncle Fuyuan."

Li Qingqiu thought to himself, "Stop joking, what are you talking about?"

"He always hides behind others; he has no manly spirit whatsoever."

Zhang Qingya muttered under his breath, while Li Qingqiu rolled his eyes in exasperation, too lazy to argue with him.

"What happened?"

Seeing that Li Qingqiu hadn't returned after a while and hearing a commotion outside the courtyard, Li Qinghong and Guo Chuan quickly came out, fearing something might have happened.

"Sis, it's okay, you and your husband go have dinner."

"This is nothing, but they've already blocked our doorstep."

Li Qinghong glanced around and saw more than ten people. What were they doing?

"Sister, this is the production team leader of Wangjiazhuang and Zhangjiazhai. They've come to buy mushroom branches from us," Li Qingqiu explained in a low voice.

"Oh, buying mushroom scions?"

"Yeah, I told you, we don't have any now, but they won't leave, so I had no choice. Look, they forced these rabbit and muntjac legs on me."

Li Qingqiu was quite helpless. These guys were all carrying things, so it was really hard to say anything unpleasant, since they were all very polite.

Li Qinghong stared blankly at Li Qingqiu carrying a wild rabbit, his deer-like legs a little stunned. He really didn't expect that his third brother was now so capable that even the brigade leaders from the surrounding villages were coming to him for help.

The three production brigades were arguing like fighting cocks. When the other brigade heard that they couldn't buy mushroom branches, they couldn't sit still any longer and all rushed to the educated youth settlement.

This is getting even more interesting...