Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 78

In mid-July, ginseng seeds are red again, and people in the village come to pick ginseng seeds one after another.Jinghan and the others stopped other work and concentrated on picking out the ginseng seeds in their own house first.After all the ginseng seeds in her house were ready, Jinghan and the others went into the mountain again.

Jinghan has the desire to grow mushrooms in her heart, so when she goes into the mountains, she pays special attention to whether there are mushrooms or not.To grow mushrooms on wood, it is natural to choose those strains that grow on wood.As she was walking, Jinghan heard Wenxuan shout, "Sister, what do you see over there? Why is there a big piece of yellow?"

Jinghan raised her head and looked in the direction Wenxuan pointed.It turned out that there were several big tree stumps in front, and the stumps were covered with elm yellow mushrooms.God, this elm yellow mushroom grows too well, right?From top to bottom, it is densely packed, how much is this?Jinghan quickly stepped forward and came to those big tree stumps.

Elm yellow mushroom, as the name suggests, is a kind of mushroom that grows on elm trees.In a natural environment, after the elm tree dies, elm yellow mushrooms will grow.However, it usually takes many years after death, and the tree will not grow until it rots.The stumps of these trees are naturally elm trees, and they are all quite thick, probably requiring an adult to hug them.The trees are full of yellow yellow elm mushrooms, and you can smell a unique aroma of yellow elm mushrooms when you walk in.

"Come on, let's pick mushrooms. They seem to be quite a lot. Wenchang, hurry up and find my father and the others, and tell them that I asked them to bring the big baskets at home, so they can hold a lot of them. If you use your back It’s too troublesome to fit many baskets.” Jinghan asked Wenchang to go back and report that there were too many elm mushrooms here, and the four children couldn’t get them back.

Wenchang heard this, and hurried back. Fortunately, they often come to the mountains, so they know the roads well and are not afraid of getting lost.After Wenchang left, Jinghan led Wenxuan and Jingwan down to pick mushrooms first. "Put these mushrooms gently in the back basket, and we will sell them in the town later. Who can eat them like this? Besides, these mushrooms are too innumerable to dry, so they are not suitable. I want to sell them in the town. People on the Internet don’t often eat this yellow elm mushroom, right? It should be easy to sell.” Jinghan said while working.

About half an hour later, both Zhixin and Zhiming came, both Zhixin and Zhiming were carrying big baskets.There are plenty of these baskets at home. When the loess is mixed in autumn, this big basket is used.A layer of white cloth was spread inside the basket. Although it was old, it was washed very clean.

The adults came to see the situation, and without saying a word, they began to put mushrooms in the basket.With the participation of adults, it didn't take long for these mushrooms to be picked.The four big baskets, plus the children's four small back baskets, are all full.

Jinghan deliberately got a large piece of mushroom with wood, and she wanted to use this piece to cultivate the fungus.

Zhixin and Zhiming carried the big baskets, Xue Shi and Zhu Shi helped carry the back baskets, and everyone returned to the venue together.Mrs. Chen had been waiting outside, and now she was quite surprised to see these yellow elm mushrooms. "Why did it get so old? We can't eat it, so it won't rot if we keep it."

"Grandma, have you forgotten that you can still sell it? I don't think people in the town can often eat it?" Jinghan said with a smile.

Mrs. Chen clapped her hands, "That's right, why did I forget about this? Not to mention the people in the town, even we haven't been able to eat this food often. Okay, it's only the end of the day, and there is still time." Hurry up. Zhiming, you drove the ox cart to the town to sell the mushrooms, right? Jinghan also followed, your brain is smart, there should be a way to sell more. Come, I will bring you some dry food, on the way Eat when you’re hungry.” After speaking, Mrs. Chen went into the house to get things, and after a while, she took out everything including the scales.

It happened that Zhiming also got a car, and put all the four big baskets of mushrooms on the car, and kept the four small baskets. You must keep some for your own food, right?Jinghan also jumped into the car, took the things that Mrs. Chen handed over, and then Zhiming drove the car away.

"If it sells well, buy a piece of meat. Let's make dumplings at night, and we'll make dumplings with elm, yellow mushrooms and leeks." Chen ordered.

Jinghan nodded, indicating that she remembered.

The bullock cart wandered all the way to the town, and Jinghan said to go to Baiweilou first, to see if he could get some there.After seeing Guanshi Sun, he said that he immediately ordered a basket. This thing is a rare item. In terms of the sales volume of Baiweilou, a basket is absolutely no problem.Zhiming took down a basket, weighed it on a scale, and carried thirty catties with the basket.When the restaurant brought household items and put them on, weigh the big basket again, it was exactly seven catties, that is, this basket of mushrooms weighed 23 catties.Steward Sun gave ten renminbi a catty, and a basket of mushrooms was 230 renminbi. He counted the money on the spot and handed it to Jinghan.

Jinghan took the money, then said goodbye to Guanshi Sun, and came to the market with Zhiming.At this time, it happened to be the beginning of noon, and many people were buying vegetables in the market.Seeing that there are sellers of yellow elm mushrooms here, they all gathered around to inquire about the price.Jinghan sold it to the restaurant for ten yuan a catty, and the retail price would be more expensive, so she called out thirteen yuan a catty.

Some people turned around and left when they heard that it was so expensive.But there are still many people who say that it is not expensive. After all, this thing is in the mountains, it is not easy to come across, and it is normal for it to be expensive. "Come on, little girl, weigh three catties for me. How many times a year can I eat this thing? Isn't it a fresh idea?" An old woman said.

Once there was one at the beginning, the rest came to buy it too. You wanted three catties, she wanted two catties. Not long after, two more baskets were sold, and there was only one basket left.Jinghan hurriedly set aside about five or six catties of yellow elm mushrooms, which were to be sent to Huixin.This thing is a novelty, so they must try it too.

A few more people came here to buy mushrooms, and after a while, all of them were sold out except for those left by Jinghan.Jinghan was afraid that someone would still want to buy it, so she hurriedly let Zhiming drive the car and left this place.The uncle and nephew went to buy meat, and then came to Huixin's house.

Huixin and Jingya had just finished cooking and were about to eat when they heard someone knocking on the door.Wen Han ran out to see that it was the third uncle and younger sister who came, so he hurriedly let them in.

Huixin saw that it was her elder brother and niece who came, and hurriedly took another two sets of bowls and chopsticks, "Third brother, Jinghan, I didn't know you were coming back, and we didn't prepare any good food at home, so let's just eat something with us. "

Zhiming was not polite either, and led Jinghan to sit down and had a meal together.After eating, Zhiming left the mushrooms to Huixin, and then walked back with Jinghan.In the car, Jinghan counted the harvest today, and sold a total of more than 900 Wen, which was almost a tael of silver.Jinghan couldn't help making a grimace, this thing is really a good price.

After returning home, she handed over the money and meat to Mrs. Chen, and then Jing Han went to sleep.She got up a little early in the morning, and just now she was swaying in the bullock cart for a long time, and now she was really tired, and fell asleep directly on the kang.Jinghan woke up within half an hour after falling asleep. She was still thinking about cultivating the strains, so she got up to prepare the materials.

In Jinghan's previous life, the neighbor's house sold edible mushrooms. Jinghan often went to his house to play, and later worked part-time at his house.So basically I understand the cultivation of this strain, but there are many things that are missing here, and Jing Han has no idea whether the strain can be cultivated or not.So far, it's only a little bit of experimentation.

Jinghan got some sawdust and soaked them in water, as well as bean cake water, sucrose, etc., and boiled them in a pot.After the water cools down, tie the yellow elm mushrooms left today with ropes, hang them on the top of the prepared culture solution, and cover them with a thin cloth to avoid dust.This thing can't be done overnight, so Jinghan is not in a hurry, just leave it there.

Here, Mrs. Chen and the others have already started making dumplings. The leeks and elm mushrooms are mixed with meat. The bright yellow and green colors make them look appetizing.After the dumplings were finished, all the workers came back. The dumplings were boiled in the pot, and everyone ate dumplings stuffed with elm and yellow mushrooms.This taste is different from that of mountain vegetables. Everyone nodded and praised after eating it.

Three days later, Jinghan lifted the thin cloth on the culture medium, and saw some white flocs appeared in the culture medium. It should be that the spores of the yellow mushrooms fell into the culture medium and began to develop.Jinghan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that there might be hope that the bacteria could be cultivated.According to this, in two days, the hyphae should be able to spread all over the culture medium.Jinghan began to prepare the medium for the next level.

This time it's medium, so we'll have to use some solids.Jinghan prepared sawdust, which is available in this family. The sawdust left over from sawing firewood and crops was piled up together, and kept for fire in winter.In addition, there are bran, bean cake powder, corn flour, sucrose, gypsum powder and other things, which Jinghan mixes according to a certain ratio.Some things are not available at home, so Wenchang and the others bought them from the town.

After the culture medium is prepared, it is steamed out of the pot. After it cools down, the culture medium is mixed in and placed in a large container to continue the cultivation.This process will take about seven or eight days, and Jinghan is very patient. She put the medium in place, and followed Wenchang and the others to pick up the ginseng seeds.

Still like last year, there will always be fallen ginseng seeds in the ginseng field where the goods are made.Last year, they had already tasted the sweetness. This year, Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Zhu, and even Mrs. Chen and the old man came to stop the ginseng seeds. Only Zhixin and Zhiming wanted to fight the ginseng soil and did not participate.Everyone worked hard for three or four days before the work was over. This year is almost the same as last year, and we have made ginseng seeds twice as much as our own.The old man decided right away that next year he would need thirty feet of ginseng soil. The old man was getting mad. He must develop ginseng. In the future, his family can have a few hundred feet to make goods.

(End of this chapter)