Black Tiger's Paw Mushrooms were easier to grade than the Fritillaria they bought. They only needed to check how intact the dried mushrooms were. All Tie Lanhua had to do in the back courtyard was trim the stems and remove debris, which was much easier.
In late July, with nearly all the wheat harvested, Li Long returned to the Fourth Team.
There were six or seven threshing grounds throughout the village, and each now held enormous stacks of wheat straw. Quite a lot had also been piled outside the boundary wall of Old Ma's Place. Uncle Lao Luo and the others had bought it as fodder for the cattle.
Chopped into short lengths and mixed with sugar residue, the wheat straw was something the cattle loved to eat.
Li Jianguo had already returned from harvesting wheat and was now working on the Dongfanghong 75 tractor. With the wheat cut, the grain from the threshing grounds put into storage, and the grain levy paid, the farmers had time to prepare for plowing.
"Big Brother, are many people asking you to plow this year?" After dividing the snacks he had brought between Li Juan and Li Qiang, Li Long leaned against the tractor and asked Li Jianguo.
"Plenty. Heh, apart from a few who are close to Wang the Miser and Old Xu, everyone else has come to me." Li Jianguo chuckled. "Every family planted wheat. This plowing will keep me busy for a while."
"Did you earn enough from this wheat harvest to buy a tractor?" Seeing how dark his brother had become in the sun, Li Long felt a little sorry for him. "Your face is so dark. It'll take a while to recover, won't it?"
"What's wrong with being dark?" Li Jianguo didn't care in the slightest. Greasing the