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Chapter 52: Stinky mushrooms? Matsutake?

  Chapter 52 Stinky Mushroom? Matsutake?

  Amidst the laughter, the mute grandpa led the group to a miscellaneous forest, making gestures with his hands, which meant that there are the most mountain products here.

  Actually, it doesn’t need to be said by him, everyone has also found pieces of mushrooms, that guy, it looks like someone planted it on purpose.

  So they all put down their big baskets one after another, carried soil baskets, and started picking mushrooms.

   That’s right, just pick it up.

  Mushrooms are all over the place, so it’s just picking them up. You have to choose good varieties and good quality. Those that just popped up, or those that have already grown maggots, don’t bother to do it at all.

  Although it has been raining intermittently these days, there is a thick layer of humus in the forest, which is composed of litter and leaves year after year, and is extremely permeable.

  When you step on it, it is not slippery at all, but it feels soft, like stepping on a sponge.

  This forest is a natural miscellaneous forest with a wide variety of trees, including larch, sylvestris pine, and big red pine among the pine trees.

   There are other deciduous trees, such as oak tree, ash, yellow glass tree, white birch black birch, elm poplar, etc., dozens of varieties.

  Because of this, the types of mushrooms are also very rich, because many fungi grow in different environments and have a lot to do with tree species.

  For example, the red pine umbrellas that everyone collects now only grow in the sylvestris sylvestris forest, and there will be no larch.

  This kind of red pine umbrella is a precious natural pine mushroom with high nutritional value. Until later, it still could not be cultivated artificially, so it is 100% pure natural.

  Liu Qingshan only learned about it later, because this mushroom is shaped like a rivet, and after being boiled in water, it turns purple-red, so it has a domineering scientific name called "blood-red rivet mushroom".

   It tastes meaty and has a strong aroma, so don't be intimidated by the name.

  Liu Qingshan squatted on the ground, turned around slowly, picked up those strong red pine umbrellas, picked them up in the basket, and turned around, basically he could pick a dozen or even twenty.

   Then he moved a few more steps, and continued to squat and circle around to collect. Not far away, everyone chatted.

   Listening to the sound, it seems to be a pole.

   There was a burst of hey laughter all around, all of them were men, of course they understood.

   Then, the voice of the boss uncle sounded

  Liu Qingshan looked up and saw that the boss uncle was holding a small red pine umbrella in his hand, which was about the size of a freshly knotted cucumber.

  This kind of adult topic, he is a child and a half, of course it is not easy to get mixed up, so let's listen to those old drivers driving obediently.

   Sure enough, Zhang Ganzi is not easy to provoke: "Oh, boss, you don't think it's embarrassing!"

  Amidst the laughter of the people, Zhang Ganzi became more enthusiastic: "No wonder your family is a litter of girls, I just found out today."

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help thinking about it. If it is a fungus like a mushroom, its appearance is really enough to make people imagine.

   I don’t know, can Mr. Yang help me get in touch there?

   While he was thinking about it, his fingers suddenly touched a thick mushroom head, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously exclaimed:

   "Matsutake!"

  In front of me is a reddish-brown mushroom head. The umbrella has not been opened yet, and a thick umbrella handle is exposed underneath, showing a milky white color. There are scales on the surface of the umbrella handle.

  This scale is also the main feature of matsutake, so the locals call matsutake "peeling fungus".

   His yelling also attracted several people nearby, even the dumb grandpa.

  Seeing Liu Qingshan carefully picking up the dead branches and leaves around the matsutake, the exposed umbrella handle is getting longer and longer, almost a bunch of long.

  A bunch of adults, about 20 centimeters, the matsutake in this forest is absolutely top-notch.

   "Fuck, there are still wild ones for this thing. If the old ladies go to the mountains to pick mushrooms, they can't help but want to go to the toilet, so if they squat here..."

   Zhang Ganzi's strange cry came from behind, which was obviously not a good word.

   "Fuck off, you kid has been thinking about that all day long!"

  The boss uncle cursed, and then leaned over to take a look: "Qingshan, this is a stinky mushroom. Don't look at the size, it doesn't taste good at all."

  You said matsutake is a stink mushroom?

  Liu Qingshan blinked his eyes, and then remembered that in the forest, there is indeed a fungus very similar to matsutake, called matsutake, which has a strange smell, no matter in terms of taste or taste, it is incomparable with matsutake.

   It is estimated that everyone has tasted matsutake and thought it tasted bad, so no one even cares about the real matsutake.

   Later, some careless herdsmen used matsutake as matsutake to deceive laymen.

   "Uncle Boss, this is not a stinky mushroom. The mushroom head is about the same color as the skin of pine nuts."

  After thinking for a while, he added: "The smelly mushroom you mentioned has a darker head and messy texture, so this one is called matsutake, and the other is called flower matsutake, and the taste is different. If you don't believe me, you can smell it?"

  He has already peeled away all the dry pine needles around the matsutake, and carefully stretched his hand up to remove the matsutake.

  It is best not to touch the parasitic roots under the matsutake. After harvesting, bury all the pine needles back. Remember the location next time, and you can continue to find matsutake here.

   But someone was faster than him. I saw a black slap, and he slapped it fiercely. A good big matsutake was slapped to pieces.

  Looking at this bear with its mouth wide open and shaking its head, Liu Qingshan was also speechless, and could only reach out to pat its head.

   "You, you, you slapped dozens of pieces of candy away with one slap."

  The boss uncle next to him heard the implication: "Qingshan, is this thing so valuable?"

  Liu Qingshan nodded: "Of course, you have to meet a suitable buyer."

  It’s like the mountain goods I brought to the county last time. If they are placed on the counters on Hong Kong Island or the island country, they will be worth a hundred times in no time.

  But in the purchase station in the small county, it was the price of cabbage, and in the end Liu Qingshan gave it to Principal Xu.

  For mushrooms like matsutake, of course fresh products are the best, and the value is also the highest.

  However, given Liu Qingshan’s existing conditions in Jiapigou, they can only choose to pickle with salt. In this case, the price will directly shrink by more than half.

  No way, the current conditions are still too backward.

   After Liu Qingshan explained the difference between matsutake and matsutake, people spread out again, fanning forward slowly.

  When encountering matsutake again, everyone will carefully pick them according to the method described by Liu Qingshan, trying not to damage their living environment.

  In addition to mushrooms, when encountering rotten wood, everyone will carefully pick the black fungus on it.

  The sky is cloudy and the sun cannot be exposed to the sun. When the time comes, put a bed on the top of the kang at home, and it will still be able to dry on the kang.

   "Wow, what a big tree chicken!"

   I don’t know who yelled, but it happened to be not far from Liu Qingshan, so he also leaned over to have a look.

  On the side of an oak tree, there is a cluster of brightly colored fungi, the color is very eye-catching, the front is orange, and the back is milky white, layered on top of each other, a cluster the size of a washbasin.

  The scientific name of this thing is sulfur fungus, and the common people call it tree chicken mushroom or tree chicken.

  One reason is that this kind of fungus is layered on top of each other, which looks like a cockscomb; second, it is named because it tastes delicious like chicken, and it is a famous vegetarian meat.

  A cluster of tree chickens filled almost a basket, and everyone became more excited.

  There is only a pole, which is a typical work without any effort. After picking two mushrooms, I look up at the sky and rest for a while.

   Not only does he have the smallest back basket, but it also has the least fungus in it.

   "Gaozi, don't always look up at the sky, work hard!"

  Captain Zhang couldn’t look down on him either, and yelled.

  Zhang Ganzi can really deal with it: "Who is looking at the sky, I am looking for a monkey head, hehe, look, there is a big monkey head on that branch!"

  The people nearby followed his fingers to look over, and sure enough, on an oak tree, there was a mass of milky white, fluffy things, like a white ape poking its head out there.

   This is the wild Hericium erinaceus, which is as famous as shark's fin. There has always been a saying that "shark's fin in the sea, Hericium in the mountains".

   Zhang Ganzi, who hit by mistake, rushed over excitedly first, and climbed up with the big oak tree in his arms, but slipped down before reaching a height of one meter.

   "Go aside, don't get in the way."

  Dashuai Zhang took out a pair of foot ties from the basket and tied them to the shoes.

   This thing is a special tool for climbing trees, not to mention climbing a small oak tree, even a big red pine with a height of tens of meters, you can still climb up and hit the pine cone with your feet.

  The most dangerous thing about mining mountains in the forest is to dig pine cones.

  The structure of this foot binding is also quite simple, it is an iron frame, one side is put into the shoe, but on the inside, there is a sharp steel thorn on each side.

  When climbing a tree, the two feet take turns upwards, and the steel thorns are inserted along the bark, which plays a very good role in fixing.

I saw Zhang Dashuai **** his feet, jumped up the tree with his short body, surpassed the monkey in agility, and climbed to the branch of the tree where the monkey head grew, took out the knife tied to his leg, and carefully Cut off the monkey head.

  Liu Qingshan also leaned over to take a closer look, this Hericium was neither old nor tender, it was just right, about the size of a sea bowl, and the hair that hung down was fair in color, without any signs of aging or yellowing.

   Get it under the nose, and you can smell a delicious fragrance, even Liu Qingshan can't help but feel refreshed.

   Liu Qingshan couldn't help but praise in his heart: This forest is really a great treasure!

  Dashuai Zhang was not in a hurry to untie his feet, but excitedly yelled: "Damn it, there are a pair of monkey heads as long as they grow. Everyone is groping in front of them. There must be more!"

   Everyone was about to spread out to search, but they were stopped by the dumb grandpa. He made gestures in his hand and told everyone not to pick any more.

  Zhang Ganzi still remembered the grievances of being black and blind, so he made up in his mouth: "Dumb, you are waiting for us all to go back, so you can pick it yourself and sell it for money. No wonder you saved so much money!"

The dumb grandpa was not annoyed either, he still had a smile on his silly face, he shook his hand, and continued to make gestures: It turned out that he meant to let the remaining monkey heads continue to grow, and then reproduce naturally, so that the hericium in the forest will grow in the future. , the species will not become extinct.

  The old mountain herdsmen never exterminated all wild animals. It was their rule not to kill the mother beast or harm the cubs.

  Even when dealing with these mountain treasures, they all collect one and put one away, in line with the ancestral precept of sustainable use.

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help giving the dumb grandpa a thumbs up, expressing his inner admiration, because just now, he was also anxious to pick another monkey head, and he didn't have the feeling of dumb grandpa at all.

  He felt that people like Grandpa Dumb are the real guardians of the mountains and forests!

  (end of this chapter)

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