Though there were dozens of acres of land, not much of it was suitable for planting pumpkins. A team of about ten people finished planting all the seedlings in three or four days.
Not long after the pumpkin seedlings were in the ground, Zhou Shitou and Wu Shufang arrived in the East Market.
The mother and son brought a large quantity of dried mushrooms. Some they had dried themselves as a gift for the family, while the rest were from fellow villagers who had entrusted them to sell to Lin Changyou.
Prices in the East Market were higher than in Zhenjiang, so everyone was willing to pay a small fee for Zhou Shitou's family to bring their mountain goods out to sell.
Wu Shufang told Wu Shufen happily, "Sister, the mushrooms are exceptionally good this year. We've foraged a ton of termite mushrooms, boletes... We get a huge haul every time we go into the mountains."
