Zhou Shitou thought for a moment. "Chestnuts, dried mushrooms, wood ear fungus, Sichuan peppercorns… we have all of those. Every year, toward the end of winter, we make a trip out of the mountains to the Zhenjiang co-op to sell our dried goods and use the money to buy salt and such."
After hearing this, Lin Lan felt the variety of seasonings was still too limited. They could probably only collect dried mushrooms and wood ear fungus to sell. "Cousin, about how much foraged goods does each family have to sell?"
Zhou Shitou shook his head. "The more diligent families gather more dried goods, while the lazy ones have less. I'm not sure about the exact amounts, but I'll ask around for you tomorrow morning."
Lin Lan smiled. "Thank you, Cousin."
Wu Shufang finished making the beds and brought over some hot water, telling Lin Lan and the other two to go wash up. She then went to the kitchen to help her eldest daughter-in-law, Xu Hongju, with dinner.
