CHAPTER 1172: CHAPTER 1168: BOUNTIFUL WILD FRUITS

The uncle was even more shocked, his jaw nearly dropping in surprise.

He had never seen so many wild mushrooms before.

Nor had he ever imagined that Chen Yang actually had this many wild mushrooms.

At this moment, he realized that Chen Yang wasn’t bragging. To him, these wild mushrooms were like cabbages.

"How about it? Like cabbages?"

Chen Yang noticed the uncle’s expression and immediately teased him with a joke.

The uncle collected his surprised, gaping mouth, and then dumbly nodded his head. He was thoroughly convinced.

"Young man... you’re truly impressive."

The uncle couldn’t help but give a thumbs up to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang smiled but said nothing further.

At this point, Wang Hong, who was in the temperature-controlled room, noticed the commotion outside and came out to check.

She was quite surprised to see Chen Yang bringing so many people over: "What’s going on, Yang Zi? Why are you bringing so many people here?"

"Aunt Wang, these people are here to buy wild mushrooms. You should attend to them; let them pick their own. Inside the greenhouse, it’s six hundred per pound; in the temperature-controlled room, it’s one thousand per pound," Chen Yang instructed.

Hearing this, Wang Hong was a bit stunned and didn’t know where Chen Yang had found so many mushroom buyers.

But she didn’t ask much, just nodded: "Alright, I’ll go arrange it then."

Saying this, Wang Hong turned and called two more aunts out from the temperature-controlled room to help her with the arrangements.

Chen Yang was taking it as something done out of fun, simply unimpressed by how the uncle priced the mushrooms so expensively.

Now that the matter was resolved, he had no intention to stay longer.

"Uncle, in future business dealings, be honest. I won’t take these mushrooms from you today; just make sure to do business properly in the future," laughed Chen Yang, patting the dazed uncle on the shoulder before leaving the temperature-controlled room and going back to the clinic.

The uncle stood there, dumbfounded, for a long time before leaving with his load in defeat.

Chen Yang returned home and it was already past seven.

Waking up to find Chen Yang not there, Dai Annie got up early too.

Knowing that Chen Yang had gone to the county to shop, she asked him what groceries he had bought when he returned, without asking anything else.

"Not much, as the market didn’t have much to offer, so I got some seafood to make a big meal for you all as a treat," Chen Yang said with a smile, carrying lobsters and crabs.

Dai Annie’s eyes lit up at the sight of seafood.

"Great! With seafood, I’ll definitely work the hardest today!" Dai Annie said excitedly.

Chen Yang chuckled, said nothing more, and went to the kitchen.

He filled a bucket with water and temporarily kept the crabs and lobsters alive before starting on breakfast.

After he and Dai Annie finished breakfast, Li Han, Yang Ruoxi, and Wang Qingyue arrived one after another.

Since they had agreed earlier to pick fruits together today, they all came quite early.

With the five women meeting, Chen Yang’s clinic suddenly became lively, full of laughter and happy chatter.

But, to speak of who was happiest, it was undoubtedly Chen Yang.

Knowing they had to work today, the five women were wearing simpler clothes.

Simpler clothes naturally accentuated their figures more.

This feast for Chen Yang’s eyes made his heart feel a little itchy.

It was a pity that he couldn’t do anything for now.

"Alright, it’s getting late. Let’s head to the orchard together," Chen Yang, seeing nothing could be done, quickly stopped his wandering thoughts and shifted the topic.

The five women were chatting happily, and hearing Chen Yang speak, they all turned their beautiful eyes towards him.

"Are we going now, with just our group? It’s not enough people," Li Han asked.

"Indeed, Chen Yang, we definitely won’t be enough; the orchard has so many fruits, plus we need to pick, pack, and transport them, which is quite troublesome," Dai Annie also commented from the side.

She often went to the orchard with Chen Yang and was quite familiar with the situation regarding the orchard’s fruits.

With such dense fruit, it would be impossible to handle it all with just their hands.

Chen Yang smiled: "Don’t worry about that; I’ve already spoken to Aunt Wang. After things calm down in the temperature-controlled room, she will bring over some aunts. We’ll definitely have enough people then; we’re just heading over first."

Upon hearing this, the five women finally understood.

They nodded in agreement and followed Chen Yang to the orchard.

"Bring some packaging boxes with us, and we can assemble them directly at the orchard later," Chen Yang said, then opened the door to the storeroom and began carrying out packaging boxes he had prepared in advance.

Seeing this, the five women also stepped forward to help.

Taking as many as they could.

To avoid making multiple trips.

The five women tried their best to carry the packaging boxes, but there was still more than half left in the storeroom.

Seeing there weren’t enough hands, Chen Yang didn’t force it; they could just make additional trips as needed.

Since these paper boxes weren’t meant to be taken over all at once, they would pack first, then come back for more if needed.

"Alright, let’s go, be careful on the way,"

Chen Yang carried a bundle of packaging boxes and led the way to the orchard.

On the way there, the five women were very excited, making jokes with each other as they went.

As soon as they arrived at the orchard, putting down their items, their smiles immediately turned to astonishment.

"Chen Yang... how did all these fruits appear suddenly? I remember there weren’t this many last time," Yang Ruoxi said, extremely surprised.

Li Han was also stunned.

She had heard over the phone that the orchard had yielded a new batch of fruits due to Chen Yang’s unique formula.

But she hadn’t expected there to be this much!

Each orange tree, every branch, was covered with golden, wild mountain oranges.

The branches were nearly touching the ground, as if they couldn’t bear the weight and were close to breaking.

Seeing this sight, not to mention the five women, even Chen Yang himself was somewhat surprised.

Seeing so many blossoms on these fruit trees, Chen Yang had been somewhat mentally prepared, but never had he expected such a bountiful growth.

With so many fruits, even the custom-designed fruit boxes might not be enough.

"I’m not sure about this situation either, but having more fruits isn’t a bad thing. Everyone, let’s get busy and finish earlier so we can rest earlier. I’ve prepared a special dinner for you today," Chen Yang said with a smile.

With that, Chen Yang took the first step and began to pick the fruits.

Plucking single oranges from the trees and putting them in the pre-prepared buckets, which would later be put into fruit boxes.

Once Chen Yang started picking, the five women didn’t dwell on why there were so many fruits.

They quickly began helping out, picking fruits together in the orchard.

Being familiar with each other, and the five women getting along like sisters, the whole process was smooth and pleasant.

Occasional jokes, picking and tasting as they worked, made the whole endeavor quite enjoyable.