"Boss Ding, do you want more tomorrow? If so, I will pick it up early in the morning and wait for you."
After receiving the money, the maids all asked Ding Yi enthusiastically.
The last time Ding Yi came to the village to collect mountain products, he left a great impression on them because he was willing to pay the price.
"Aunties, don't worry about this right now. I'll take it back and sell it first to test the water and see if there's any sales."
The maids were so enthusiastic that Ding Yi couldn't resist and quickly spoke.
"If it can be sold, I'll call Zhang An and ask him to notify you to pick it, okay?"
After hearing what Ding Yi said, no one asked any more questions.
Because others have also collected several hundred kilograms, and if they cannot be sold, they will have to pay for it themselves.
After the maids left, Ding Yi was ready to say goodbye to Zhang An.
While the ferns were still fresh, he had to quickly bring these young ferns to the store.
Before leaving, Zhang An sprinkled these young ferns with space spring water.
This allows them to stay fresh longer.
The next morning, the maids in the village came as usual and called Wang Fang to go pick young ferns on the mountain.
"Honey, Ding Yi hasn't said yet whether he wants it or not. You guys go pick it now."
"It doesn't matter, Anzi. Boss Ding can take it or not. We must pick some and make some bracken for our own consumption."
Several maids smiled and talked to Zhang An. These women had a very good impression of Zhang An.
Zhang An brought Ding Yi over, and he would collect one thing at a time and another at another time.
They made a lot of money, how could they not like this young man Zhang An.
If Zhang An didn't already have a partner, they would introduce someone to Zhang An.
People in the village usually go early in the morning to pick fern moss, but not in the afternoon.
Because the young bracken moss picked with dew in the morning is more delicious when made into dried bracken.
Bracken is a short-lived seasonal wild vegetable and its storage time is very short.
Therefore, everyone is more willing to collect more and dry it into dried fern moss, so that it can be eaten all year round.
Rural areas in the mountains are not like cities with vegetable markets.
Whenever you want to eat in the city, you can go to the vegetable market to buy something and cook it.
But this is not the case in the village. What vegetables are eaten during normal times depends on what vegetables are grown at home.
Sometimes you need to eat beans or eggplants for several months, and even potatoes for a year.
Therefore, villagers often prepare some dried vegetables when they are in season.
In this case, you can usually adjust your own recipes.
When you ask someone to do a job, you can also bring out a few more dishes to make it look less shabby.
Normal ones include dried bracken, dried bamboo shoots, tribute vegetables, salted vegetables, sauerkraut, etc.
Even the bacon is made with this consideration in mind.
Only after hearing the adults talk about dried bracken did Zhang An remember it.
This stuff is dry goods, and it can be considered a kind of mountain goods.
Wait until Ding Yi calls next time and mention this to him.
As you can tell from the name, dried bracken is made by drying fresh bracken.
But the dried bracken made in many places is not delicious and tastes dry and like eating grass.
Later, Zhang An bought many kinds of dried bracken in the supermarket, and they tasted all kinds of strange.
Zhang An thinks the dried bracken from Changqing Village is one of the more delicious ones.
When Wang Fang dries fern moss, she usually blanchs it in boiling water first.
Then take out the fern moss to dry, and don't dry it too much.
After drying only half of the time, put it away and put it in a cool and windy place to dry in the shade.
The dried bracken produced in this way does not need to be soaked for a long time when eaten.
Moreover, it tastes refreshing, crispy and tender. It can not only be eaten as stir-fried meat, but also stewed or cooked as a salad.
Cold dried bracken and fern root powder are a perfect match.
After Wang Fang went out, Zhang An had to be the shopkeeper just like yesterday.
However, not many people came to buy things today, so Zhang An was happy to lie down in the yard.
"Hello, can you excuse me?"
Zhang An closed his eyes and meditated in the yard when he suddenly heard someone shouting at the door.
When I got up and took a look, I found four people, two men and two women, standing at the door.
They looked at the little tiger lying next to Zhang An, and they shrank a little.
Zhang An knew that they were afraid of Xiaohu and did not dare to enter the yard.
"Come in, our dog is very well-behaved."
Zhang An got up from the chair, patted the little tiger, and asked him to take his baby to sleep in the pen.
The little tiger now looks like a small ox. It is a normal human being, but it is quite scary to see it.
This was also the case for people who came to the village to play in the past. For this reason, Zhang An even drove the little tiger to the den to stay there for a few days.
It was okay today, only the little tiger was at home, the big tiger followed Wang Fang to the mountains, and the second tiger followed Zhang Jianguo to herd sheep and become a shepherd dog.
If the three brothers were all here, it would simply give others a sense of oppression.
"This dog of yours is really big. It looks like a lion. It's quite scary to see."
The person who just greeted Zhang An is now chatting with Zhang An.
Without Xiaohu around, they talked much more cheerfully.
"Hahaha, many people say this, but although Xiaohu looks scary, he is usually very well-behaved and will not take the initiative to hurt others. Otherwise, our family would not dare to let go like this."
Zhang An was replying to several people and pouring tea for them.
Visitors are guests, no matter what they are here for, it is the host's duty to fulfill the host's friendship.
After some conversation, Zhang An learned that the person in front of him was named Wu Ming.
He is a reporter from the city news agency, and several others are his colleagues.
The two girls, the tall one named Li Lin and the slightly shorter and more delicate one named Wang Liya, are both reporters from the newspaper.
The other man, Wang Hua, is a professional photographer, which can be seen just from the camera hanging around his neck.
Maybe the reporters were all familiar with each other, and after chatting with Zhang An, they started talking like they were acquaintances who had known each other for many years.
It turns out that several of them came with a mission when they went to the countryside this time.
Because Changqing Village has now established the only wild giant salamander nature reserve in the city.
The city's news agency must write an article on this and prepare to report on this place.
So this time they came here just to shoot the scene and then go back and write the manuscript.
After several people came to Changqing, they were attracted by the scene of Huangtu Slope.
Because the cherry blossoms and peach blossoms are now in full bloom on the mountain, it looks very beautiful from a distance.
Today, such large-scale orchards are relatively rare in the city.
So a few people took pictures in the mountains, and after the mission was completed.
I think of this mountain, half of it is as bright as snow, and half of it is colorful with fallen flowers.
They took many photos of this place from a distance, and then wanted to go into the forest to take some more photos.
After asking people in the village, they found out that the cherry blossom forest and peach blossom forest on the mountain were planted by Zhang An.
So if you want to enter the forest, you need to come over and say hello to Zhang An.
After all, on someone else's territory, you still have to be sensible.
Today's folk customs are not ordinary tough.
"Zhang An, your cherry blossom forest is so beautiful, so we came here to go into the forest and take some photos. I don't know if it's possible."
Zhang An chatted with them for a while, and then Wu Ming began to tell Zhang An about the purpose of his trip.
"There's nothing wrong with this. You can take pictures however you want, as long as you go in and don't shake the flowers."
Zhang An smiled and told Wu Ming and his group that before the cherry blossoms bloomed, he had thought that someone would want to see the cherry blossom forest.
Wu Ming didn't expect that Zhang An would readily agree as soon as he said this.
At first he even felt that he needed to say a few more words.
Because before they went to other places, others would not let them in such private orchards.
"Don't worry, we're just going in to take some photos and we won't touch the flowers."
Zhang An took them to the backyard and asked them to go up the mountain from the mountain path he had paved.
"By the way, there may be a lot of bees in the forest, but don't be afraid. Those are my domestic bees."
Only then did Zhang An remember how many beehives he had moved here in the past two days.
The flowers on the mountain are blooming so well, and the industrious little bees will definitely not let them go.
"Don't be afraid even if they land on you. As long as you don't attack them, they won't sting you."
After thinking about it, Zhang An opened his mouth to remind these people.
Although this group of wasps has become much docile after being domesticated in space.
But it would be uncomfortable to attack them rashly.
Because space not only tames their violent tempers, but also strengthens their aggression.
Ordinary people will definitely not be able to stand the sting of their bee tails.
"Okay, okay, we understand, thank you Zhang An."
"It's okay, you go ahead, I won't accompany you up there."
Zhang An waved his hands towards them and didn't return to the front yard until he saw them going up the mountain.
Wu Ming and his party of four walked on this mountain path like piano keys, all the way deep into the cherry blossom forest.
"As Zhang An said, there are really a lot of bees."
As soon as we entered the forest, we saw little bees flying everywhere.
If Zhang An hadn't reminded them, they would really be a little scared.
Because there are indeed many bees in this forest.
"They are really hard-working. After picking this one, they fly to another flower and start picking nectar. The book says that the hard-working little bees are really right."
While talking, Wang Hua raised his camera and took some close-ups of some bees gathering honey.
On the night of the Waking of Insects, the cherry blossoms in the forest had just opened.
Until now, all the buds on the tree have bloomed.
"Have you ever felt that the cherry blossoms in this forest not only have larger flowers, but also have a stronger fragrance than other cherry blossoms?"
Wang Hua put down his camera and said to several companions.
He usually didn't notice these, but when he took pictures today, he found that these flowers were obviously much larger than the cherry blossoms in other places.
As we all know, cherry trees that can bear cherries have much smaller cherry flowers with fewer petals.
Unlike cherry blossoms that are specially grown for viewing, ornamental cherry blossoms not only have large flowers, but also have many petals.
Just before going up the mountain, Zhang An also told them that this cherry forest is full of cherry trees that are about to bear fruit.
But now it seems that these cherry blossoms are no less beautiful than ornamental cherry blossoms.
On the contrary, these cherry blossoms also carry a floral fragrance that is not found in ornamental cherry blossoms.
This is the first time Wang Hua has seen such a situation.
"That's right, I wouldn't have noticed it unless you told me. This floral fragrance smells so good. It's not only strong but also very natural, making it hard for people to notice."
Although cherry blossoms do have some fragrance, it is a very light floral fragrance and you can't smell it unless you get close.
They had never smelled cherry blossoms with such a strong fragrance. Even from a distance, the fragrance was already fragrant.
Wang Yali said, then walked to the lowered branch of a nearby tree, raised her head and smelled the fragrance of the flowers.
When Wang Hua saw this, he immediately picked up the camera and took a close-up of her.
"And you look at the ground, these clovers are growing really well."
Li Lin squatted on the ground and started looking for the legendary clover.
"Haha, I found the clover."
Li Lin held a four-leaf clover and waved it in front of everyone.
Seeing this, Wang Liya also squatted on the ground and started searching.
The four-leaf clover is the lucky clover in everyone's mouth. It is said that those who find it will have good luck.
This statement has been circulating among this girl.
Even the children in the village know this saying.
Moreover, many people like to pick the flowers they bloom and weave them into headbands.
Girls wear it on their heads and it looks very nice.
It's just that it's not the season yet, and the white alfalfa hasn't bloomed yet.
The further you go up, the more beautiful the flowers bloom on these trees.
A few people found a place that was more suitable as a background and took some photos for everyone in turn.
Every time they come out to take pictures, they will take some photos as souvenirs after completing the task.
Finally, Wang Hua took out the stand from his bag and took a group photo of the four of them.
With the clicking sound of Wang Hua's shutter, it was almost enough to capture the cherry blossom forest.
But a few people did not go down the mountain, but kept walking forward along the path Zhang Anpu made.
Wu Ming and the others had clearly seen it when they were on the bridge.
The flowers on this mountain are obviously divided into two places, one is as bright as snow, and the other is made of pink and jade.
Now that they have seen the white cherry blossoms, they also want to see what kind of pink flowers are blooming.
This stone road winds through the forest.
Wu Ming and others walked through the cherry blossom forest and came to another thirty acres of peach forest.
"I thought they were two different kinds of cherry blossoms, but I didn't expect them to be peach blossoms."
In the peach forest, there are not only various bees, but also some flowers and butterflies.
They happily spread their wings among the flowers and flapped them gracefully.
“This forest is really beautiful, ah——”
Before Li Lin finished her praise, she let out an exclamation.
"Look, that's a sika deer."
Li Lin pointed to the sika deer not far ahead for everyone to see.
Wu Ming and the others who heard the sound looked in the direction Li Lin pointed and saw five sika deers.
They were grazing leisurely under the tree, raising their heads from time to time.
And there are several butterflies flying around on their heads.
These few people have never been to the mountains very often, and they have never seen such a harmonious natural scene.