When Li Long drove the Jeep back to the county seat, it was not yet lunchtime.
It was the first time in days that he had returned so early. Back at the Purchasing Station, he drove the Jeep into the rear courtyard, unloaded the wild mushrooms, and put them straight out to dry in the blazing sun.
The Purchasing Station's rear courtyard was spacious enough, and Sun Jiaqiang had swept the red-brick paving very clean. The wild mushrooms could be poured directly onto the ground to dry.
The mushrooms Talihaal and the others collected were quite clean. Those Xiaokelaiti had collected, however, were rather hard to look at.
There was nothing for it. Since he had already bought them, he had to clean them properly. After spreading the other wild mushrooms out to dry, Li Long began clearing the dirt out of these two sacks.
He used a small knife to trim the soil-covered portions off the roots, then laid the cleaned wild mushrooms neatly to one side to dry. The scraps and dirt underneath could be swept away at the end.
Li Long said the Purchasing Station here had strict purchasing standards, but that was not entirely true. After all, if someone really brought in mushrooms of the same quality as Xiaokelaiti's, they could hardly refuse to buy them. They would, however, lower the price, and Sun Jiaqiang would clean them when he had time.
It was the same process Li Long was following now.
He did not finish that morning. Gu Boyuan called him back for lunch, and after eating, he returned to carry on in the afternoon.
As far as outsiders were concerned, this was his business. He could not truly leave it entirely unattended, so when necessary, he still had to spend some time here putting