Chapter 130 - Completion

Leaving the village office and returning to the clinic, Chen Yang took a bath and lay down on his bed.

He didn’t go to sleep immediately, instead, he lay there thinking about matters and planning for the future.

Now that the breeding farm was set up, the mushroom cultivation farm could be completed tomorrow.

The investment had already been fully put in place; what worried him next was whether he could make money smoothly.

Though the breeding farm project seemed very stable and was bound to not lose too much money, Chen Yang was concerned about how the Yuan Dan might affect the meat quality of the wildlife.

And regarding the soon-to-be-successful mushroom farm, Chen Yang worried whether the cultivation would be successful.

Such feelings were quite uncomfortable!

This was his first venture, and naturally, Chen Yang did not want to be hit hard.

“It looks like I’ll need to sell a batch of wildlife these coming days, to try out the taste first.

If the Yuan Dan affects the quality of the meat, I must stop using it immediately.”

After pondering for a long time, Chen Yang finally decided to sell off a batch of animals from the breeding farm first.

Because he had been worried about the meat quality of the wildlife lately.

To dispel his concerns, there was only this one method.

After making this decision, Chen Yang fell asleep.

The next day, the construction team arrived very quickly.

A little after eight o’clock, just as Chen Yang had walked back from the pheasant farm, he saw from afar, Boss Lin’s large truck driving into Liuhe Village.

Seeing this, Chen Yang immediately quickened his pace and returned home.

He then greeted Boss Lin and followed up, together they arrived at the greenhouse.

“Boss Chen, the nutrient layer has almost finished volatilizing, if you think there’s no problem, we can start spreading it in the greenhouse,” Boss Lin said after inspecting the nutrient layer they prepared yesterday.

Chen Yang looked up at the steamy black earth inside their equipment, then nodded, “Alright, then go ahead and spread it out!”

“Okay!”

Once Chen Yang confirmed, Boss Lin immediately called his workers to get busy.

This so-called nutrient layer was just fertilizer prepared through a special method.

Spreading this material on the turned-over soil surface could make plants grow very vigorously.

The workers bustled about intensely, and soon the entire greenhouse was covered with a steamy black nutrient layer.

After finishing this task, Boss Lin came over again to ask Chen Yang for the next steps.

Since Chen Yang wanted to cultivate wild mountain mushrooms, Boss Lin had to follow Chen Yang’s instructions.

Chen Yang pointed toward the branches he had moved up yesterday: “Boss Lin, please cover those branches over the nutrient layer.”

Huh?

Boss Lin was momentarily stunned, a bit confused, “Boss Chen, what’s the use of those things?”

Chen Yang smiled, “The mountain man has his own clever plan.”

Watching Chen Yang’s mysterious demeanor, Boss Lin scratched his head, but didn’t say much more, instead doing as Chen Yang instructed.

After all, if the cultivation wasn’t successful, it wouldn’t be his responsibility.

After spreading the branches, Chen Yang didn’t rush Boss Lin to spread the mushroom spores.

Instead, he asked Boss Lin to leave the spores and teach him the technique for spreading them.

“Boss Chen, don’t tell me you plan to wait a few more days before spreading the spores?” Boss Lin guessed Chen Yang’s intention.

Chen Yang didn’t deny it, simply nodding, “That’s right, I want to wait a few days before spreading the spores.”

“That won’t do, the best stage for fungi growth is when the nutrient layer is freshly prepared; doing it your way is definitely not going to work.” As soon as Boss Lin realized Chen Yang was serious, he immediately objected.

Chen Yang could accept other methods he proposed.

But this particular approach was really too much for Boss Lin.

In his view, Chen Yang acting like this was just fooling around.

“Haha, Boss Lin, just relax, I have my own judgement on this matter,” Chen Yang was somewhat annoyed inside, but he still spoke courteously on the surface, “Tell me the method for spreading the spores, then I can settle the payment with you now.”

“This…” Boss Lin still wanted to say something to Chen Yang, but upon hearing the words ‘settle the payment’ now, he sighed and compromised.

It’s still the same old saying.

After all, if the cultivation isn’t successful, he doesn’t need to take responsibility.

He just takes the money and leaves.

Afterwards, Boss Lin told Chen Yang how to spread the fungal culture and even handed over a sealed bucket containing the culture to him.

Once Chen Yang confirmed he had grasped the method, he settled the accounts with Boss Lin.

For these three days, the costs for the greenhouse fungal culture and other miscellaneous expenses added up to over thirty thousand yuan.

Chen Yang was very straightforward, immediately taking out his phone and transferring the money.

“The money’s sent over, Boss Lin, please check it,” Chen Yang said.

Boss Lin checked a few times, and after confirming the money had arrived, he smiled and nodded, “Alright then, we’ll be leaving now.

I hope your cultivation is successful!”

Although Boss Lin said this on the surface, he actually thought Chen Yang was simply messing around.

If Chen Yang could cultivate it successfully, he would eat the substrate as his meal.

Chen Yang, of course, didn’t know what he was thinking, but through some subtle details, Chen Yang could still tell that Boss Lin was very doubtful of him.

But he didn’t mind.

As long as he could make money, why did he need him to think positively?

“Mm-hmm, goodbye!”

Chen Yang waved his hand, seeing off Boss Lin and the others.

No sooner had Boss Lin and his group left than Wu Kexin arrived.

Watching the retreating figures of Boss Lin and his party, Wu Kexin approached Chen Yang and asked, “Is the nutrient layer and the culture all spread out?”

“Mm-hmm!

It’s almost done,” Chen Yang nodded.

“So, what do we do next?” Wu Kexin inquired.

Chen Yang smiled and then handed the sealed bucket to Wu Kexin, “This is the culture bucket left by Boss Lin; please take it back to the clinic for me.”

“Ah?

Hasn’t the culture already been spread out?

Why is there still more?” Wu Kexin said in astonishment.

“Boss Lin only spread out the nutrient layer.

I want to let it ferment for a few days before spreading the culture,” Chen Yang explained.

“Why are you doing it this way?” Wu Kexin was even more baffled; her thoughts were similar to Boss Lin’s.

She believed that spreading it out when the nutrient layer was laid was the best time.

“Because I have one more step to do.

After I finish this last step, I can spread these cultures into it,” Chen Yang said.

“Okay…

alright then, I’ll take this culture back for you first.” Wu Kexin, although very confused, had decided to support him, so she didn’t inquire further.

As long as Chen Yang knew what he was doing, that was enough.

“Thanks, Mayor,” Chen Yang expressed his gratitude, and after watching Wu Kexin leave, he immediately went to the locust tree grove.

He began picking up the decayed branches scattered about and some of the well-grown wild mushrooms around the area.

Chen Yang had not spread the cultures right away because he wanted to perfectly replicate the environment of the old locust tree grove inside the greenhouse.

The environment of the old locust tree grove was very unique, with rotten branches everywhere and black soil on the ground.

To successfully cultivate the mushrooms, Chen Yang decided to transport some of this soil and the rotten branches from the grove to the greenhouse.

This way, the chance of success should be greatly increased.

Chen Yang circled around the entire locust grove collecting for a while, until his hands could carry no more, then he headed to the greenhouse, piling up the gathered decaying branches, fresh branches, and the nutrient layer.

“Just branches aren’t enough; I also need to bring in some soil!” he thought, and his body immediately sprang into action.

He turned and went back to the clinic, picked up a bamboo basket and a hoe, and returned to the locust grove to dig up soil.

There was a lot of black soil in the locust tree grove, so digging went quickly, and it didn’t take long to fill the basket.