Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Chapter 286 Growing Oyster Mushrooms

Chunni found the recipe for making oyster mushroom buns in the bookstore, and it cost her a lot of points.

Old Master Chu came running to help excitedly, and Chunni had no choice but to ask him to help cut the stems of the oyster mushrooms. This made Old Master Chu miserable, asking him to do delicate work with his fishing hands. He said that it was a waste of talent to use a butcher knife to kill pigs!

Old Mrs. Chu brought Chuchu and Cici to watch the fun from the side, her eyes narrowed into slits from smiling.

Chunni, who was a good cook, could not cook without rice, frowned! She decided to use the stems of oyster mushrooms to make mushroom bags.

Chunni had already cooked rice bran and sawdust and let them cool. She added appropriate amounts of sugar and lime, and then put the cut oyster mushrooms into the culture medium and mixed them evenly.

Wang Lamei saw Chunni busy in the yard and rushed to watch the fun. She happened to see Chunni packing culture medium and hurried forward to help.

"What is this? Wood chips and rice husks?"

"I'll try growing oyster mushrooms. This is used to grow oyster mushrooms." Chunni said with a smile.

Wang Lamei raised her head in surprise and asked with a smile: "Are you tired of eating the shiitake mushrooms in the backyard? Do you want to eat oyster mushrooms?"

"Yeah! Try a new variety."

Things are made secret, and words are leaked.

Chunni didn't plan to tell anyone about her plan before she grew the oyster mushrooms.

"Chun Ni..." Wang Lamei suddenly became shy.

"Hmm?" Chunni put the plastic bags in a pile, and seeing that Wang Lamei was silent, she looked up at her.

The usually cheerful Wang Lamei blushed with shame and her hands unconsciously clenched the corners of her clothes.

"Sister-in-law, we are all family, just tell me what you have to say!" Chunni frowned slightly.

"Well, Chunni, can I learn how to grow oyster mushrooms from you?" Wang Lamei finally said it.

Chunni raised her eyebrows, a little surprised. You know, big brother Yang Bangming is doing very well in Yangcheng, and the money he earns is enough to make sure his family has enough food and clothing. Wang Lamei doesn't have to work so hard to make money!

But Chunni judged others by herself and could understand Wang Lamei's idea. It was different for a man to have money than for a man to have money. It was most comfortable to spend the money you earned yourself.

"Okay!"

Wang Lamei didn't expect Chunni to agree so readily. She stood there in a daze for a while, and it took her a while to react.

"Agree now?" She was still a little unsure.

"What's there to hesitate about? You didn't even doubt whether I could grow oyster mushrooms." Besides, she had planned to teach the villagers how to grow oyster mushrooms.

Wang Lamei waved her hands repeatedly, "How can you not grow oyster mushrooms! I believe you can do it. Look at the shiitake mushrooms and dry seedlings you grow, and the restaurants and Lirenfang you open, none of them have failed..." The praises never stopped, and Chuchu and Cici were stunned.

Chunni:...She then realized that Wang Lamei was her fan.

"Everyone in the village says you're smart. If we follow you, we won't go wrong."

Chunni... It turns out that not only Wang Lamei, but many other people in the village are her fans. I wonder when her reputation has become so high? This makes her very stressed!

No, her character cannot collapse, she has to work harder.

After a few days, Chunni looked at the dense mycelium in the plastic bag and her lips curled up.

"Is it done?" He Yanqing, who happened to be resting at home, touched the mushroom bag with his hand. The touch was a bit strange, a bit soft, and felt warm.

"What should we do next?" He Yanqing rolled up his sleeves and wanted to help.

Chunni pointed to the soaked corn cobs not far away. "It's easy, just follow me!"

Free labor is not wasted.

She shouted towards the next yard: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, we are about to start!"

Wang Lamei's clear voice came from the other side.

"Okay! I'll be right there!"

Chunni had already chosen a location, right in the backyard where she had grown mushrooms before. She even hired someone to build a wooden roc.

"Sister-in-law, look at this water." Chunni scooped up a handful of water soaked with corn cobs and showed it to Wang Lamei.

"The corn cobs need to be soaked in lime water until the water turns slightly yellow! Now we need to drain the water." Chunni had been a teacher for quite a while, and she taught Wang Lamei as carefully as she would a student.

Wang Lamei also listened carefully.

Chunni pinched the corn cob with her hands and felt that the corncob was no longer leaking water. Then she said to Wang Lamei: "It's OK now. Wait a minute, I'll go to the front yard to get a pair of scissors."

Chunni just picked up the scissors, and the door creaked open, revealing Yang Ersao's brilliant smile, with Yang Dafeng, looking embarrassed, following behind her.

"Chun Ni, are you busy?" Mrs. Yang greeted.

Chunni actually quite likes Yang Ersao's unpretentious personality, and of course she can barely accept Yang Dafeng's casualness (not being clean). Therefore, when she saw the two of them, she immediately smiled.

"Yeah! A bit busy."

"Look at your luck. We just happened to be free and could help." As she spoke, Yang Ersao rolled up her sleeves and looked ready to do something. Seeing Yang Dafeng blushing and standing there motionless, she cursed, "You unlucky woman, your sister's family is in trouble, and you, as her cousin, are just standing there doing nothing?"

Yang Dafeng's toes could dig holes in Chunni's bluestone. She was not as shameless as Yang Ersao, who came to learn from Chunni even though she knew she was growing oyster mushrooms at home. If it wasn't for her Ersao forcing her, she would never have come to Chunni's house.

Mrs. Yang whispered, "You fool! Chunni asked you to help, but you just stood there. Didn't you say outside that you wanted to learn how to grow oyster mushrooms? Don't miss the opportunity!"

Yang Ersao and Yang Dafeng are real cousins, and unlike Chunni, both families have five more generations of mourning! Therefore, she really scolded Yang Dafeng and felt sorry for her. She glared at Yang Dafeng with a look of disapproval, then tilted her head back and smiled at Chunni.

"Ni'er, your second sister is shy, please don't mind it!" After saying that, she pulled Yang Dafeng and followed Chunni to the backyard.

Chunni smiled faintly and said nothing, acting mysterious.

Yang Ersao, who had specially trained her thick skin, couldn't help but feel nervous.

Although Yang Ersao and her sister-in-law were nervous, they became extremely diligent!

"Lay out the corn cobs first, in an orderly manner, like the formations in the National Day parade."

Chunni's family bought a big TV last year, and her home became lively all of a sudden, just like fireworks being lit up. Many people would gather at Chunni's home every evening, and everyone would come to see this new gadget and comment on the TV plot. The most lively times are New Year's Eve and the National Day military parade!

There were so many people that they couldn't even fit into the house. He Yanqing had no choice but to put the TV in the yard. But there were still so many people that Chunni had to open the door to the yard so that the villagers outside could hear what was going on. Not to mention, some people were standing on benches, climbing trees, and even climbing walls, which made Chunni laugh and cry. The scene was so crowded that it was no exaggeration to say that it was crowded.

Later, Yang Qianjin's family, Sun Ping's family, Li Shufen's family, and the uncle next door all bought new TVs, and the situation improved.

Yang Ersao obviously had a deep memory of last year's military parade. The corn cob formation she arranged was neat, uniform and pleasing to the eye.

Chunni nodded with satisfaction. She cut open the plastic film on the outer layer of the mushroom bag, broke the mushroom bag into small pieces, and evenly placed them on the corn cob.

"Now put another layer of corn cobs on the table!" Chunni said to Yang Dafeng.

Yang Dafeng breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of her mouth that were about to rise were then suppressed. She picked up two corn cobs and rubbed them in her hands, rubbing the mud off her hands before placing the corn cobs on the corn square array.

Chunni...did you just come back from the fields?! My second sister has also started to pay attention to hygiene, but she doesn't agree with the way she talks about hygiene!

Chunni spread the mushroom buns on the corn cob again, "Sister-in-law, come here."

Wang Lamei rubbed her hands and walked forward.

Chunni did not stop until she had laid out five layers of corn cobs and five layers of mushroom bags. She then carefully covered the entire square of corn cobs with film.

"Okay, now let's leave it to time!" Chunni clapped her hands.

"How long will it take for the mushrooms to grow?" Wang Lamei asked.

"About fifty days!"

"We just don't care? Do we need to water it? Do we need to ventilate it?" Yang Dafeng is a good farmer, and he compared growing oyster mushrooms with raising rice seedlings in dry land.

Chunni nodded to Yang Dafeng in appreciation. "Not bad, second sister! You dare to think and think."

Yang Dafeng was delighted.

"But you're overthinking it. You don't need to do anything until the mushrooms emerge."

Yang Dafeng... Is she being too smart? Chunni is such a considerate and good sister, she didn't even laugh at her nonsense. She looked at Chunni with starry eyes.

Chunni looked away with difficulty and said to He Yanqing who was trying not to laugh: "Shall we try using soil cultivation again?"

"Okay!" He Yanqing was straightforward. He had been planning to show off his skills, but Yang Ersao had taken over the job. Now he finally had a chance to show off his skills!

He Yanqing picked up the hoe and came to the back of the house.

This piece of land was originally allocated to a relative. Because Chunni wanted to take care of the oyster mushrooms nearby, she exchanged it with that person for a piece of prime paddy field.

It is not cost-effective to exchange soil for fields. But not everything can be measured by money. Only the most suitable is the best. Now this piece of soil is quite suitable for Chunni to grow oyster mushrooms.

The soil had been dug out long ago, and it was fine and moist. Now it was dusk again, and the soil was beginning to have moisture, which was a good time to plant oyster mushrooms.