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Chapter 904 - 886. What huge sum of money is being criticized?

Chapter 904: 886. What huge sum of money is being criticized?

As the broadcast went on, more and more viewers tuned in, quickly submerging the serious analysis and discussions that had been going on earlier in the barrage of new comments.

As for the host...

Cough, the host once again got engrossed in making Kudzu Root Powder, momentarily forgetting the fans.

In preparation for filming this video, they only gathered two baskets of kudzu roots. The Zhang Wang’s Family peeled them neatly and quickly cleaned them all up.

They then moved the ancient chopping block from the kitchen.

To be precise, a chopping stump.

It was unclear from which big tree this stump had been hewn, but after years of use, its center had slightly caved in, the sides remained a bit raised, creating a subtle curvature.

First, Zhang Wang’s Family took the chopping stump to the sink, then sheepishly smiled at everyone: "I haven’t eaten at home for a few days, the chopping board has gathered dust. Let me wash it first."

Yanping thought to himself, had it really been just a few days since you last had a meal at home? It seemed more like half a year since you last cooked!

The chopping board was caked in a thick layer of dust, making one wonder if it could even be cleaned properly.

But, he clearly underestimated the laboring folk.

Zhang Wang’s Family took up a kitchen knife and swiftly scraped the chopping board, the rushing water washing away the scraped debris and dust. Soon, the chopping board was clean again, the aged wood gleaming brightly.

He twisted the faucet, simply letting the board stay in the sink, then reached out to grab a kudzu root, and down came the knife!

"Bang!"

The plump kudzu root was chopped in half, then quickly cut into small pieces and pushed aside into a large bowl.

At the same time, he was teaching Qiaoqiao, "Kudzu Root Powder is actually made by crushing the kudzu root into a powder after chopping it into small chunks. If you put it in the mortar later, it’s easier to crush."

"You could actually not chop it too, but that requires a lot of effort when crushing. One might not be as capable with age, so it’s better to chop it first."

Qiaoqiao watched for a while: "Can’t we use a crusher? And what about that grater we use in the kitchen for vegetables, wouldn’t that work?"

This was an area Zhang Wang’s Family had not considered.

He thought for a moment: "I’m not sure, it should work, right? But using that grater takes a lot of time, and we have so much here."

After a pause, he added, "That crusher should work, right? But when we were making Ai Tiao before, we said high temperatures could affect the results... I wonder if the crusher will have an impact now?"

Qiaoqiao didn’t know the answer either.

He looked helplessly towards Teacher Xin Jun.

Teacher Xin Jun: ...Although I graduated from a proper teaching college, I really don’t teach this stuff, hey!

Fortunately, omnipotent Baidu solves everything; whipping out a smartphone to quickly search and then swiftly answer:

"I’m not sure about the heat impact, but there are now specialized hammer crushers for Kudzu root. Just like Old Zhang you said about crushing it in a mortar, it works on the same principle, so there shouldn’t be any high temperature issue."

"Ah!" Zhang Wang’s Family couldn’t help but envision: "There’s such a machine?"

After finishing, he couldn’t help but feel disappointed: "I’ve never heard of this before."

Teacher Xin Jun thought to himself I haven’t heard of it either, but comforted with: "We have a lot of mountainous areas around here, many farming machines aren’t suitable for use here, there’s no market so they aren’t promoted."

"They have specialized agricultural fairs in big cities showing various farming equipment. When we have time, we should also go and take a look."

As they talked, Zhang Wang’s Family’s hands swiftly chopped the kudzu roots into small chunks, turning two baskets of roots into just a big bowl of them.

Moving to a corner of the yard, he lifted a wooden board and everyone then realized that the big stone was hollow in the middle, which was precisely the mortar he had mentioned earlier!

He hadn’t even spoken yet, but the Vice President already came over with a camera, excitedly saying: "Great, great! What kind of farm machinery do you want? We should keep it original and simple, just like the countryside."

Qiaoqiao shook her head though: "That sounds really tough."

The Vice President chuckled: "What isn’t tough in this world? Doing things manually is indeed tiring, but nowadays, handcrafted items can fetch a good price. With good video editing, there is also money to be made from views."

"Thinking about it that way, it makes sense, doesn’t it?"

Speaking of those two, usually carrying a camera in front of colleagues means receiving plenty of praise. But now, they’re bending over backward for some sorghum and a couple of carp—manual laborers have it tough, and so do the video makers!

After all, it’s not just anybody’s Kudzu root they are selling—it’s from their own family’s harvest!

Finding a market for the crops isn’t disgraceful at all!

But the chat in the live stream got lively again:

[Indeed! Finding a market for farmers isn’t disgraceful!]

[You know what, don’t laugh, but I really love handmade items]

[Same here, even though I know that machine-made isn’t much different, I just love the feel of handmade products]

[It’s only Kudzu Root Powder, right? Is buying it not enough? Hurry up and drop the link]

[The host really doesn’t treat us like outsiders!]

[Other people’s pastoral life is so pictorial and simple, but the host’s pastoral life is all open for discussion.]

[Not gonna lie, I study video editing and post-production. Does your team need people?]

[The one asking for a job just now is absolutely crazy and desperate. Just look at the host’s family; do they look like they’d be willing to pay salaries?]

[Don’t they have a photography team already? I’ve been thinking that their camera lenses are pretty good.]

Zhang Yanping had been watching the live stream closely, and seeing these comments, he quickly said:

"Don’t get it wrong, don’t get it wrong, we really don’t have a team. We’re open to having one, but we can’t offer salaries..."

After a moment’s thought, he spoke the capitalist curse:

"At most, we could provide an internship certificate."

Basically, it’s just aimed at deterring people.

Also, it was necessary to clarify; picking up his phone and pointing the live stream camera at the Vice President and Uncle Zhang:

"Come, come, let me show you our photography team today—these two gentlemen. We from Lao Song’s family have spent tremendous effort to hire them—this one is the vice president of our city’s photography association."

"This one, a director of the photography association, an award-winner!"

"Look again at these two gentlemen and all their equipment; think how much we’d have to pay in salaries to hire such a team? It’s all because of personal connections!"

The Vice President’s face nearly crumpled: "Don’t talk nonsense! What tremendous effort? We just came to fish and were dragged here by you. We work hard all day, covering filming, post-production, and editing..."

"What tremendous effort did you put in? You just gave us a handful of sorghum and two carp—and the carp payment is even delayed till the end of the year."

"Exactly!" Uncle Li was reluctant as well:

"Don’t talk nonsense in the live stream, or else, when we go back, folks will think I got some great stuff from you, and they’ll be at my door bothering me every other day!"

After speaking, he glared at the Vice President: "You too! What’s with talking about a handful of sorghum! Can you count how many grains are in a handful? After we’re done filming, we have to sneak to another pond."

Otherwise, with all those shameless fishermen around, would they still be able to guard their treasure?

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