Chapter 144 - The Wildly Growing Mountain Mushrooms

After dinner, it was already around seven or eight o’clock.

At this time, they were most bored because there was nothing to do.

After sitting idle in the medical hall for a while, they sent the girl home.

After dropping off the girl, Chen Yang returned home, took a shower, and by around nine o’clock, he went to sleep.

The next morning, he got up early, immediately dressed, and went to the greenhouse.

Yesterday, many seedlings had sprouted in the greenhouse, and he had also watered them; he believed today there would definitely be an unexpected harvest!

With an excited heart, Chen Yang quickly walked to the greenhouse and took out the key to open the door.

Indeed, the greenhouse did not disappoint him.

The sight in front of him was exactly what Chen Yang had hoped for.

The entire greenhouse was a sea of white.

All of them were wild mushroom seedlings that had just sprouted from the black soil!

There were quite a few more than yesterday!

“I’m really going to get rich!”

Chen Yang couldn’t help but exclaim, and then immediately rushed forward to dig out a wild mushroom and looked at it closely.

The wild mushroom seedlings were very small, only a bit bigger than mung beans, but that was not an issue.

In a few days, he believed these little seedlings would grow as large as those in the old locust tree forest—very robust!

By that time, they would basically be like cash!

Thinking of this, Chen Yang couldn’t help standing up and then surveyed the entire greenhouse.

Looking at the super dense white spots, Chen Yang’s heart blossomed with joy.

“With such dense seedlings, if they grow up, they must weigh at least a hundred pounds, right?” Chen Yang estimated in his heart.

To be conservative, let’s first assume it’s a hundred pounds.

Seven hundred yuan a pound, a hundred pounds would be seventy thousand yuan!

A whole greenhouse of mushrooms could sell for seventy thousand yuan!

He was really going to get rich.

Chen Yang’s breathing became somewhat rapid; he was getting closer and closer to making a fortune!

“Ah!”

Just as Chen Yang was incredibly excited, suddenly Wu Kexin stood at the entrance of the greenhouse.

Seeing the whole greenhouse filled with white spots, she couldn’t help but let out a shout of surprise.

Then, looking at Chen Yang with astonishment, she said, “This…

so many wild mushrooms?”

As Chen Yang heard the sound, he also turned to look at Wu Kexin.

“Mayor, you’re here!

Come over and see how well the seedlings are growing!” Chen Yang excitedly waved her over.

Upon hearing this, Wu Kexin immediately walked over, and the two of them became very excited.

“Great!

So many wild mushrooms have been cultivated, it’s nearly a complete success!” Wu Kexin said joyfully.

“Yeah!

Wild mushrooms yield the fastest returns, I believe it won’t be long before I start making a profit!” Chen Yang was even more excited.

He had been busy for so long, and it was finally time to start making a profit.

Seeing Chen Yang’s excited expression, Wu Kexin was also incredibly happy.

“Chen Yang, now that the wild mushrooms have succeeded, what are your plans next?

Do you want to expand the scale?

Maybe set up a few more greenhouses?” After their joyful moment, Wu Kexin began inquiring about Chen Yang’s next plans.

Since the wild mushrooms could be cultivated, Wu Kexin naturally hoped Chen Yang would strike while the iron was hot and start expanding immediately.

Then make more money.

But, unusually, Chen Yang shook his head.

“No rush on the expansion for now,” he said.

Wu Kexin was stunned for a moment, “Ah?

Why aren’t you in a hurry?

These wild mushrooms go for seven hundred yuan a pound.

The sooner you expand, the sooner you’ll make more money!”

“Is it a funding issue that’s preventing the expansion?

If that’s the case, don’t worry, I can lend you some so we can get more greenhouses up and running first.”

Wu Kexin thought Chen Yang was choosing not to expand immediately because of financial reasons.

However, that was not the case.

Chen Yang still had plenty of money, and he had seventy-five thousand yuan at Li Han’s.

With that much money, constructing over ten greenhouses wouldn’t be a problem.

The reason Chen Yang chose not to expand now was that he felt the timing wasn’t quite right yet.

He hadn’t completely figured out the growing conditions for the wild mushrooms.

This time, being able to cultivate them had also involved some luck.

Moreover, they were severely short on hands now.

Two farms and one greenhouse were enough to keep Chen Yang busy; he had no energy left to think about expanding.

These were Chen Yang’s true thoughts.

“Thank you for your kindness, Chief, it’s not because of financial issues, but I feel the conditions are not ripe yet.

Rushing to expand could bring great risks!

So I’m thinking about discussing expansion a bit later,” Chen Yang remained silent for quite a while before saying so.

Wu Kexin couldn’t help but ask, “What conditions aren’t mature?”

“Conditions in every aspect are not mature.

We’ve only just managed to cultivate wild mushrooms and haven’t truly understood them, nor have we achieved profit!

I’m thinking about discussing expansion later on,” Chen Yang replied patiently.

Having heard Chen Yang say this, Wu Kexin also fell silent for a moment.

She was contemplating what Chen Yang had said.

After thinking for a while, she nodded her head in agreement with Chen Yang’s ideas.

“You’re right, the conditions really aren’t mature enough, anyway, as long as you master the wild mushroom cultivation technique, we can expand anytime,” Kexin said.

Seeing that Kexin had understood his thoughts, Chen Yang smiled.

Then the two of them walked several rounds around the greenhouse, sprinkled some water on the seedlings, and then left the greenhouse.

On the way back, Chen Yang and Wu Kexin talked continuously about wild mushrooms.

While talking, they arrived at the entrance of the clinic.

At that moment, seeing the two of them laughing and talking as they approached, Xiaoxiao, who had been waiting at the clinic’s entrance for a long time, was somewhat irritated.

She pouted her lips and asked Chen Yang, “Brother Chen Yang, where did you and the Chief go early in the morning?”

Seeing Xiaoxiao a bit irritated, Chen Yang knew she must have been waiting for a long time.

So he said with a bit of an apology, “I’m sorry, Xiaoxiao, I thought you would come later.

Just now, I went to see wild mushrooms in my greenhouse with the Chief.”

Hearing about wild mushrooms, Xiaoxiao’s eyes lit up, and she immediately forgot her irritation, beginning to ask about the wild mushrooms.

“Wild mushrooms?

How are they growing?”

Chen Yang smiled, “They are growing very well; it looks like they will be ready to harvest in a few days.”

Saying that, Chen Yang walked up, opened the medical clinic’s rolling shutter door, and the three of them entered.

Inside the clinic, the three of them sat and talked for a while before Wu Kexin left.

Inside the clinic, only Chen Yang and Xiaoxiao remained.

With nothing particular to do, Xiaoxiao picked up the books Chen Yang gave her and began to read.

Chen Yang, on the other hand, lay boredly on a rocking chair, quite leisurely.

“By the way, Xiaoxiao, I haven’t seen your classmate these past few days.

Did she go back?” Chen Yang suddenly asked while lying on the rocking chair.

Hearing Chen Yang’s question, Xiaoxiao looked up at him and then said, “Yes, she went back the day she finished seeing the doctor.”

“I see, where is she from?

I didn’t know you had classmates nearby,” Chen Yang asked Xiaoxiao these questions out of boredom, just making conversation.

But upon hearing Chen Yang’s questions, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but wonder.

Why is Brother Chen Yang asking these questions?

Although puzzled internally, Xiaoxiao still answered truthfully, “She’s my college classmate; of course, you wouldn’t know.

Her home is on the outskirts of the county, which actually is quite a distance from our village.”

“I see,” Chen Yang nodded lightly, then did not continue the conversation, and soon dozed off on the rocking chair.

Time quickly moved on to the afternoon,

There were still no matters to attend to in the afternoon, and it was exceedingly boring, so Chen Yang decided to take Diaoge with him for a round at the wild chicken farm.

While taking Diaoge for a ride, he could also check on the wild chickens.

Thinking this, Chen Yang stood up from the rocking chair.

“Xiaoxiao, do you want to go out for a walk?” Chen Yang asked her.

Xiaoxiao looked up at him, “Where to?”

“Just for a stroll.

It’s too boring staying at home,” Chen Yang said.

Xiaoxiao closed the book, getting ready to agree.

But, looking at the scorching sun outside, she hesitated.

“Maybe not, Brother Chen Yang, I’m good with reading at home,” Xiaoxiao said with an awkward smile.

Seeing Xiaoxiao unwilling to go, Chen Yang didn’t press her.

“Okay then, just stay home.

If any patients come or anything, just message me,” Chen Yang said with a smile and then went straight to the backyard.

Calling Diaoge out of his pen in the pigsty, he then proceeded to the wild chicken farm.