Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 111 Hiding a secret

At this time, everyone below also saw Li Muyang and the others.

They all showed expressions of surprise.

Li Tuanjie, who took the lead, stepped forward a few steps, came to a few people, and asked with a smile: "Brother Mutian, what are you..."

"Didn't Brother Jin ask us to come here?"

Li Mutian was stupid and couldn't speak, so Li Muyang took over.

Li Jianshe has four brothers.

The youngest brother had an accident a few years ago and died, leaving three of them in the world.

Li Jianshe, Li Tuanjie, Li Jinfa.

The three of them are still very united and play their respective roles on the road of "getting rich together".

Specifically, Li Jianshe was looking for opportunities through his position as village chief.

Li Development is responsible for organizing personnel.

Li Tuanjie opened a pharmacy in the city, which was equivalent to doing business.

"I see. So, you and our goals are the same."

Li Tuanjie is a gentle man with a chubby face and thin-rimmed glasses. He looks very shrewd.

He usually doesn't come back, but this time it was probably because Cordyceps involved his professional nature, so he rushed back.

Li Muyang originally thought that Li Jinfa was responsible for leading the team.

"Yes, that's right. Didn't we just listen to what Brother Fu said about being here? We happen to be familiar with this place, so we came here first."

Li Muyang explained with a smile.

"Didn't he tell you that we would come over after gathering together today?"

"I think I told you, but the baby shouted so loudly that I didn't hear it clearly. I thought the place is here anyway, so I'll just come over here."

Li Mudi took the conversation next to him, and Li Muyang had already explained everything in advance.

"That's it, that's alright. You can come by yourself. You finally know the place and you're not in the wrong place."

Li Tuanjie did not continue to dwell on this matter. He called everyone together, stood on a relatively high little bumper, and coughed dryly, "Let me tell you briefly, what are you calling for? Yesterday my brother gave you Having said that, I won’t go into too much detail.

The thing is very simple, just dig up a kind of herb here, and someone will show you how to dig it specifically. After you learn how to do it, you can each rely on your own ability. You will get 2 cents for each one you dig. The more the better, the more you work, the more you will get. "

The villagers are gearing up.

Among them are also people who are relatively close to Li Muyang, such as his five cousins ​​and others who share the same great-grandfather.

When Li Tuanjie was speaking, Li Muyang and others also returned to the group and stood together with everyone.

At this time, the two bald heads Li Muyang saw last time came to the front and said to everyone: "We are divided into two groups. Everyone lines up towards the back and stands in two lines."

After lining up, a bald man led a group and dispersed to look for Cordyceps.

Li Muyang asked the other four people to form a group, and he was in a separate group. He and the staff here followed his bald captain and watched him crouching and looking carefully on the ground. They searched for more than 20 minutes before they found a stick. Cordyceps.

"Look carefully, this is the herb we want. Once you find it, dig it out with a shovel. Remember to be careful. It must be complete. If it is broken or damaged, we don't want it."

After saying that, he asked everyone to pass the cordyceps around so that everyone could see clearly what they were. He also took out a thick stack of money and told everyone to dig out one and bring it to him in exchange for money.

After the explanation was completed, everyone went to work.

Li Muyang also followed the large group and dispersed in a decent manner.

He laughed secretly in his heart.

There is a problem with the exploration method taught by this bald head.

Cordyceps is indeed too small, and it is difficult to see the buds of Cordyceps if you stand too high.

But you can't lower your body and become a cat.

Catching is so tiring. You can barely hold on at first, but if you keep doing it for an hour or two, your back will hurt and you won’t be able to straighten it.

Why continue to dig?

Seeing through it without saying anything, he slowly broke away from the crowd and ran to the side to look for it.

Don't mess with these people.

Everyone wants to find as many Cordyceps as possible, and no one will pay special attention to him.

He continued to work without any distractions.

Another two or three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

When it was time to eat at noon, he heard a voice calling for dinner. Li Muyang followed the others and found that Li Tuanjie had prepared lunch for everyone.

Although it was just two steamed buns, some cold vegetables, and cold water, we didn’t have to go home to eat. We could rest where we were after eating, so everyone didn’t have any objections.

What's more, some people may not always be able to eat steamed buns at home.

Li Muyang was not polite, and followed the crowd to get two steamed buns, put some vegetables on them, looked around, and came to a person.

"Brother Hongyun, are you eating?"

This man's name is Li Hongyun, Li Muyang's cousin and the second son of his uncle's family.

"Well, these two steamed buns can't be full."

Li Hongyun stuffed the last bit of steamed bun into his mouth in one gulp, smacking his lips, as if he was still unsatisfied.

"Here, I'll give you one of mine."

Li Muyang handed over one of his steamed buns.

"Give me what you want to eat. No more. These steamed buns are small to begin with. I can only eat two to fill my teeth. How can I have the energy to work for the rest of the day?"

"It's okay. I ate when I came here in the morning. I'm not very hungry yet. Just have a meal."

"This..." Although Li Hongyun still wanted to refuse, his eyes betrayed him.

"Take it, there's no need to be polite between us brothers, we're not outsiders."

Li Muyang stuffed it directly into his hand.

"Then I'll eat it. When our apples turn yellow, I'll ask my son to bring you a basin. Didn't you keep talking about it last year?"

"The relationship is so good. Let alone the apples on your tree, there is no one nearby who can match them."

"Lao Wu, how was your harvest?"

Li Muyang smiled awkwardly, "I only found three in total. Maybe the method is wrong. I think the bald guy found it very quickly. Why can't I find it? What about you, Brother Hongyun, are you much better than me?" "

"You only have three, so I'm better than you. I found seven."

"Ah, there are more than twice as many as me. How did you find them so quickly?"

"It's nothing special. You just have to be careful. Grass buds will be hidden among many weeds. If they are not very careful, the more anxious you are, the harder it will be to find them. I think you must be too anxious."

"Hey, can I not be in a hurry?" Li Muyang deliberately looked around to make sure no one was there, then whispered: "Brother Hongyun, I heard people say that this cordyceps is very helpful to the health of the elderly. You also know , My mother’s body... Well, I just thought that if this grass is so effective, maybe my mother’s health will be better after eating it.” “It really has such an effect, who did you listen to?”

"I'm just guessing. It's been shown in movies. If you're not in good health, you need to take ginseng or something to replenish your body. Yesterday, Li Fufa said that Cordyceps sinensis is similar to ginseng."

"That's right, you can definitely try it."

"But you see my speed is very slow, and I don't know when I can accumulate some. If I just use a little bit, I'm afraid it won't have the same effect."

"What should we do? Why don't you wait until everyone hands over their things to Unite and then go buy some from him?"

"You still don't know that the village chief's family can only eat inside and vomit outside. It doesn't work."

"That's right, what should I do? If there is a way to make my aunt feel better, I must give it a try."

Li Muyang lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up, "Brother Hongyun, how about this? Instead of buying it from Li Jianshe's people, you might as well sell it to me directly..."

"Shall I sell it to you?" Li Hongyun had not yet reacted.

"Yes, they didn't say one cent per dollar, so I'll give you two and a half cents per dollar, so that you won't suffer any loss. What do you think?"

"How can this work? How can I take advantage of you?"

"Oh, brother, as long as you are willing to help me, I will be grateful. You also dug it out from the ground, so I can't let your hard work go in vain."

"No, no, this won't work. I can't charge you more."

Li Hongyun quickly waved his hand, his voice a little louder, attracting others to look this way, and then he lowered his voice, "Muyang, since you need it, I will keep it for you. How much money do you need?"

"That's not okay, Brother Hongyun. If you do this, I won't talk to you anymore. We are brothers and we have to settle accounts. I also know the conditions in your family. I can't take my brother's things for free."

"Can……"

"Okay, that's it. I won't argue with Brother Hongyun, so as not to be discovered by them. You can pay part of it to them, and then leave part for me. Take it to our house in the evening, and I will give you the money."

"I just said..."

Li Hongyun wanted to say something else, but Li Muyang stood up and walked away quickly.

Li Hongyun waited for him to go away before she realized what was happening. She murmured to herself, thinking that the Cordyceps looked like a bug and was scary to look at. Could it really have such a good effect?

Muyang said he would sell it to him, but he didn’t have much money. He was still a bachelor now and didn’t even have a decent courtyard wall. Did he really have the money to buy Cordyceps?
Hard to say.

Forget it, just take some with you and go take a look at it in the evening. If you really want to give money, then bring it to him, which can be regarded as indirectly helping your aunt.

If I don’t have any money and it’s just a joke, that’s fine. Anyway, just a few cordyceps won’t kill me.

Just give it to them directly, which is considered as fulfilling your filial duty to your aunt directly.

What he didn't know was that Li Muyang found two other cousins ​​and did the same thing and said the same thing.

The three uncles' families each find a cousin, and when they exchange cordyceps for money at night, they can start again and ask them to help find someone to talk to and try to get more cordyceps.

After starting work in the afternoon, Li Muyang once again devoted himself to realistic acting.

At the end of the whole day, he handed over sixteen cordyceps in total, which was not the least.

The other brothers and sisters-in-law were not as bold as him, and they all had about twenty friends.

As for several cousins, each of them has more than 20, which is considered to be a medium level.

In this way, the first day of collective Cordyceps harvesting ended happily.

According to Li Muyang's rough estimate, a total of 41 people arrived today. If each person calculated an average of 30 sticks, that would be more than 1200 sticks, which is less than a pound.

Even if the price is 900 yuan per catty, it is only about 600 yuan. If we give you more than 300 yuan, there will be more than 200 yuan left.

How to put it, it looks like a lot, but in fact it's not much.

Although today is the first day for everyone, the output is generally relatively small, but even if the speed speeds up later, it will be doubled at most, and the profit will be about 500 yuan that day.

For ordinary people, it is an astronomical figure, but for the village chief who mobilizes a large number of people, the benefits seem to be only average.

When everyone returned home, their five-person team first gathered at Li Muyang's house and handed over the goods they had "deducted" to Li Muyang. Including the ones they dug early in the morning, the four of them had exactly 150 pieces in total, which was not bad.

Li Muyang gave them money respectively and asked them to go back and rest early and start early tomorrow morning.

Including Li Muyang's own 50 sticks, it was just enough for 200 sticks.

The eldest brother and the second brother drove away, and the three cousins ​​behind them successively sent theirs to Li Muyang.

These people were slower. The three of them only saved 70 pieces in total. Li Muyang did not charge them at the price of 2 cents, but directly gave them 5 cents.

He also told them indirectly that the Cordyceps sinensis sold to them would only cost 3 cents anyway. As for how it came about, everyone could figure it out.

If you charge 3 cents a piece, you can probably sell it for 5 cents. Even after stabilization, if you collect 100 pieces a day, it will be 20 yuan.

It can be considered a small fortune.

After sending everyone away, Li Muyang washed the dust off his body and ate rice dumplings and rice comfortably.

Burning rice is a kind of millet.

People here don't have glutinous rice to eat, so burning rice is a substitute.

After the burning rice is cooked, it basically has the same properties as glutinous rice. It is also very similar to glutinous rice. If you eat too much, it will not be digested, so you will have a stomachache.

While eating, Nuan Nuan held a small spoon and kept rushing over to dig out the rice in his bowl.

"Uncle, I want some candy."

While making a sweet request.Li Muyang
The sugar juice for burning rice is usually made with bee sugar. If conditions do not permit, brown sugar or black sugar can be used instead of bee sugar.

Put the sugar in a pot and boil it into sugar paper, pour it on the rice, it will be extra sweet.

"Brother, don't give it to her. She's eaten a lot. If she eats more, she'll make trouble if she can't sleep at night."

Li Xiangqin is making rice dumplings on the side.

The Dragon Boat Festival is over, and the remaining leaves are useless. They have to be wrapped today.

Li Muyang had the intention not to feed Nuan Nuan, but seeing her cute little face and her shining eyes like stars staring at him eagerly, his heart softened and he still let her take a small spoonful.

Li Xiangqin complained that he spoiled his child, and he smiled.

"Brother, just put it down after you finish eating. I'll finish brushing the cordyceps before washing them. You can rest quickly."

Not long after Li Xiangqin arrived, he took over the task of brushing Cordyceps, which could be considered as doing his best to help Li Muyang lighten the burden.

Li Muyang smiled and said, "I don't have time to rest. I'm going to Li Jianshe's house later."

"Why are you looking for the village chief?"

"Let's talk about contracting Taoshan. I went to see our [-] acres of land at night. I should be able to get it at a very cheap price. With a little improvement, we can stably produce peaches in two or three years."

"But the peaches on Peach Mountain can bear fruit. Don't forget why you removed the land in the first place?"

Li Muyang smiled again.

"I have my own way, just look at it."

(End of this chapter)