Yuanchun emptied two baskets of mushrooms and pulled a needle and thread from her pocket. She said, "Agui, I want to send some dried mushrooms home for my family to eat, but it's inconvenient to dry them at the Educated Youth Courtyard. All the wild vegetables and mushrooms foraged by the educated youths have to be turned in to be cooked for everyone to share. If we dry our own, people are bound to be unhappy."
"I'll string the mushrooms together right here and hang them in the tree to dry without letting anyone know. In a few days, we can come back and take them to the county town to mail. Agui, you should send some to your family too."
"That's a great idea! We picked quite a few today, and there are still plenty over there. I'll string them with you, and then we can go back and pick more together."
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