Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 90 Ginseng Drying
Yue Siyuan talked with Jinghan for a long time, and then Jinghan also agreed to sell these silkworm cocoons to Yue Siyuan.Although it is said that the silkworm chrysalis inside is a good thing to nourish the body, no one can eat that much at once, so the value of the silkworm chrysalis can be ignored for the time being.The price Yue Siyuan gave was ten Wen per catty of silkworm cocoons, and there were nearly two thousand catties of silkworm cocoons at home, which meant that they could be sold for about 20 taels of silver.Jinghan did some calculations, and it was pretty much the same. They didn't spend anything else, but they just burned some fires when they first warmed up and hatched. time.It's not bad to be able to sell it for 20 taels of silver.

Now that the talks were made, Yue Siyuan agreed that someone would come and take them away tomorrow, and that next year's silkworm cocoons would also be left to him, so he had to study them carefully.Regarding this, Jinghan naturally has nothing to say, it is rare to meet someone who knows the goods, and I should leave it to him. "Uncle Yue, apart from the fact that the tussah silk is a little yellow on the top, it is not easy to dye. In addition, this tussah silk has good elasticity and is relatively washable, and the yarn woven from it will have natural wrinkles, which is very beautiful. " Jinghan still decided to tell some characteristics of tussah silk, and let Yue Siyuan use it as a reference. "Also, this kind of silk can also be used as a quilt. It's not as soft as mulberry silk, it's a bit hard, but it retains warmth very well."

Yue Siyuan nodded, and didn't ask Jinghan how she knew about it. This little girl was a bit mysterious, but Yue Siyuan wasn't the kind of person who just idled around and inquired about it. "Okay, I remember what you said."

After discussing this, Yue Siyuan went to the old man's house to see the old man and the old lady, "Uncle, auntie, I was too anxious to see the tussah cocoon just now, and I didn't come to see you two first. Don't be angry." Yue Siyuan entered the house and first apologized to the two old people.

"Oh, how dare you do it. We are very grateful that Master Yue can come to this mountain in person. Besides, this silkworm cocoon is a big deal, so we dare not be an apology from Master Yue." The old man hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Uncle, don't call me master or master. Zhixin and I are brothers, so you can just call me Siyuan. Wenhan and Pengcheng are classmates, and the two of them are inseparable. We are just like relatives." " Yue Siyuan stepped forward to greet the old man, then helped the old man onto the kang, and the two chatted there.And Mrs. Chen went out to boil water and make tea.

Everyone sat down in the room, and then they talked about seeing ginseng on the mountain. Yue Siyuan couldn't help sighing after hearing what happened to the Xu family over the years. "Uncle, you don't have to think too much, I think this is pretty good. Whose family lives without ups and downs? Even if it is the first rank in the dynasty, I dare not say that there will be no dilapidated day. We are suffering in front of our eyes. Some, but these children in the family are all capable, and these children will not be ordinary people in the future. Uncle, you are always a person with future blessings, and you will be blessed in the future." Yue Siyuan patted the old man's hand and said .

"Okay, with the good words of my nephew, I, an old man, will wait to enjoy the blessings of my children and grandchildren. Don't leave at noon, let them cook some delicious dishes, and let us have a drink." The more the old man and Yue Siyuan chatted, the more speculative they became , let him stay for dinner.

"Uncle, I appreciate your kindness. I can't do it today. I have to transport these silkworm cocoons back and think about it carefully. Besides, there are a lot of things at home, so I have to go back and get busy. Another day, another day I will arrange things It's done, and then I went up to the mountain to meet my uncle for a drink, don't you think so?" Yue Siyuan's family has a lot of property, if he hadn't heard about this kind of silkworm that he had never seen before, how could he have the time to come up the mountain.

The old man also understood that he was busy, so he didn't force him to stay, so he nodded, "Sure, then we can make an agreement, and we will definitely come when we have time someday."

Yue Siyuan chatted with everyone for a while, then got up to leave.Naturally, those silkworm cocoons couldn't be transported in one truck, so they took three hundred catties with them first, and sent someone to pull the rest when they got back.The two servants of the Yue family are all able to peel cocoons and reel silk, and it won't take long to get them back together.

There are large scales on the mountain, and everyone weighs baskets like this.These baskets were made by Brother Zhixin when they were free, and everyone in the farm household knew these baskets, and it didn't matter how beautiful they were, as long as they could be used.One basket of silkworm cocoons weighed about 200 catties. Yue Siyuan and the others transported away two baskets of silkworm cocoons, and they agreed that the rest would be taken away tomorrow.

Seeing the shadow of the carriage going away, Jing Han felt relieved.Either way, she sold the cocoon, otherwise, she was really afraid that it would fall into her own hands, and it would be of no use. "Grandma, these silkworm cocoons can probably be sold for 20 taels of silver, which is not a lot. If you keep more this year, you will be fine next year, and next year will be much more than this year." Jing Han was still very excited, so she kept Nearly a thousand seed cocoons were sold for 20 taels of silver. If all the thousand or so cocoons hatch next year, it will be ten times the number of this year?That way, there are many.Jinghan couldn't help imagining that situation.

"It's still our Jinghan who is capable. I met a bug on the mountain, and it can be sold for money. It's amazing." Zhiming gave a thumbs up and compared to Jinghan.

"Third Uncle, you can't say that. If it wasn't for Jing Wan and Jing Xian to help me, how could I be busy?" Jing Han smiled, "Okay, I won't tell you, I just made a new one. The strains should be almost ready, and we have to grow mushrooms in two days. Everyone is tired these two days, let's rest first." After Jing Han finished speaking, she led Jing Wan and Jing Xian back to their room , went to rest.No matter how energetic a child is, he can't stand being so busy all the time.

The next day, Yue Siyuan sent someone to take away the cocoons.After soaking all the silkworm cocoons, they weighed more than 2000 catties and were sold for a total of 21 taels of silver.The steward of the Yue family gave the money to Zhixin directly, and then had someone drive him away.

Mrs. Chen said she wanted Jinghan to keep the money, but Jinghan didn't want it, so Mrs. Chen kept it.

After being busy with these cocoons, the next step is to grow mushrooms.Still like last year, punch holes in the wood with punching tools, then fill in the bacteria, and then cover the wood.This time, there are more types of elm mushrooms. Last year's elm mushrooms are still producing mushrooms, so this time we should get less.It is not yet July, these mushrooms have been planted, and it is estimated that there will be a crop this year.The quality of fungus growing in autumn is better than that in spring.

Because there are only those two houses in the family and the place is not big, Jinghan can only grow less elm yellow mushrooms and flat mushrooms, and more Hericium erinaceus and fungus.If I want to buy a house in the future, I really have to get a few big houses specially for growing mushrooms in winter, otherwise, I don’t need to do this mushroom business.Jinghan was thinking about the future.

After planting the mushrooms, the ginseng seeds at home should be pinched again, and the ginseng seeds should be blocked next.Several people in the family were short of work, so everyone had to work together and try to do it as quickly as possible.

Wen Han and the others were going to take the college examination, so in mid-July, Wen Han left with Zixuan and Pengcheng.Before leaving, Wen Han went back to the venue, and Mrs. Chen took 30 taels of silver for Wen Han to use for the hospital examination.Because there are other people traveling together, and the family is really busy, so the Xu family has no one to accompany them.But the Yue family sent two servants to follow them.

As soon as Wen Han left, Mrs. Chen had to say a few words every day. Everyone said that this son could not even keep up with his grandson, so Mrs. Chen put it down and stopped talking.

Next, the grain in the field should be harvested at home, and the village has set a new date for August [-]th.This year's manpower is not so sufficient, but now it's busy. Everyone got up early and worked late, and it took six or seven days to collect all the crops in the field and process them properly.Wenxuan and Wenchang came back on the tenth day of the eighth lunar month to help the family with sticks and so on.

This year, I asked for another 120 feet of ginseng soil, so I still handed in 170 catties of sticks, leaving [-] catties. Chen led his wife and granddaughters to brush and steam the sticks.Wen Cheng also stopped sending fish to the town, and everyone went into the mountains to pull all kinds of things together. There are only a few days in a year, who is willing to waste it?

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qingnian and Zhide's family also came back and helped the family for two days before leaving.At any rate, this is considered to have blocked all the places where the sticks were played, and the sticks that were blocked were probably similar to those of the previous two years. The Chen family and the others steamed them all again.

This year's weather has started to make trouble at this time. It rains all day long, but there is no sun.Now, Mrs. Chen was very worried, these sticks were steamed, they were to be dried outside.But in this kind of weather, let alone put the clubs outside to dry, even put them inside the house.Seeing that the stick was about to grow hair, Chen was so worried that his mouth was blistered.

"Grandma, what are you worried about? Aren't there fire walls and stoves in the two idle houses of our family? Put all the sticks in the house, and then burn them on the fire. Pay attention to ventilation, and it can also burn The mallet was dried." Jinghan asked why grandma was in a hurry, and then said dumbfounded.In the previous life, there was a special ginseng store, which was used for drying.The weather in the past few years was good, so Jinghan didn't think about it.

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen spoke with half-belief. "Can this work? Haven't you tried it before?"

"Grandma, don't worry, it's fine. It's just a dried mallet, which is slightly darker than a sun-dried one. It's okay if you don't look carefully. It's better than what we do, let the mallet grow hair." Jinghan persuaded Mrs. Chen.

Chen had no choice but to agree with Jinghan's method, put up some shelves in the two houses, and then carried the sticks and forks in, and set up a fire wall and a stove in the house to roast the sticks.This method worked really well, and the mallet gradually dried up.

(End of this chapter)