There is uncertainty in running a side job in the mountains. No one knows what and how much you will encounter when you go into the mountains.
Anyway, Xu Shiyan dug up Gastrodia elata when he saw it, picked up mushrooms when he saw them, and one day he even came across Ganoderma lucidum.
On a fallen tree, a circle of Ganoderma lucidum grew, ranging from as big as a plate to as small as a palm, with a dozen or so.
The few people who followed Xu Shiyan into the mountain were shocked. They had never seen so many Ganoderma lucidum before.
Changbai Mountain Ganoderma lucidum belongs to red Ganoderma lucidum and is dark red in color.
The front side and stipe of Ganoderma lucidum are covered with a layer of hard and shiny waxy substance, and the back side is small and porous.
Ganoderma lucidum from Changbai Mountain has high medicinal value, but at present, its value has not been explored by people.
The locals call Ganoderma lucidum woody Ganoderma lucidum, but they don’t regard it as a good thing, and purchasing stations sometimes don’t accept it.
Xu Shiyan didn't plan to sell it either. He picked up Ganoderma lucidum to use it for his family.
Ganoderma lucidum has the effects of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, enhancing immunity, and anti-tumor. You can keep it for Xu Shian and your father.
Under Zhou Guilan's persuasion and supervision, Xu Shi'an finished all the wild boar belly he got in the winter.
This time I happened to take Ganoderma lucidum again, and I tried every method Xu Shiyan could think of, hoping it would be effective.
At Xu Chenghou's age, he should also start paying attention to taking care of his body. As long as he pays more attention, he won't get sick so suddenly.
The time for digging Gastrodia elata is short, and the Gastrodia elata seedlings will bloom in less than ten days.
After a while, the emerging Gastrodia elata began to turn black, rot and turn into a net-like shape, giving birth to many small Gastrodia elata cubs.
And those big gastrodia cubs will also become empty.
Once the Gastrodia elata is gone, its medicinal properties will be poor and it won’t be sold at a high price, so no one will dig it up anymore.
Clean the gastrodia elata that you dug home and cook it in a pot.
In the past, when there was less digging, it was boiled together with millet porridge. The cooked gastrodia elata is of good color when dried and weighed.
But now that we have dug a lot of gastrodia elata, we don’t have that much millet to cook it with, so we can only cook it with water.
The cooked gastrodia elata is placed outside to dry, the large ones are placed directly on the mat, and the small ones can be strung together with threads.
The sprouted Gastrodia elata is just a piece of skin after it is dried. It is not worth anything if it is not weighed.
The most valuable ones are the big ones, which turn slightly yellow when dried and are translucent and of the best quality. Generally, four or five kilograms of the big ones can be used to make one pound.
The price of dried gastrodia elata is not high. The county medicinal company buys it. The skin of gastrodia elata costs one yuan per catty, and the big gastrodia bark costs two yuan.
Xu Shiyan dug at least twenty or thirty kilograms a day. At most, he met Gastrodia elata and dug more than seventy kilograms of fresh Gastrodia elata in one day.
In less than ten days, I saved sixty or seventy kilograms of dry goods and received another sum of money.
"Why do I think it's easier to make money here in Donggang than in a big house?"
Xu Shiyan took time out to go to the county medicinal material company and sold Gastrodia elata. When he came back to report the bill to his wife, Su Anying was there sighing.
"It must be much easier. There are many people here and there are many opportunities.
Of course, the most important thing is that we have an extra bicycle at home, so I can go to distant places and run in the mountains, and of course I can earn more than others."
In the past, in the big house, every time Gastrodia elata was unearthed, everyone would go into the mountains to dig.
Walking on two legs is naturally no better than walking around on two wheels. Everyone can walk close together and no one can dig too much.
Just like the first team, why is it said that the first team is digging gastrodia?
The main reason is that they are in the east, close to the mountains behind Gaolibaozi, and there are many Gastrodia elata over there.
These days, there are still only a few people who own bicycles. Xu Shiyan and the others can ride their bicycles to farther places.
Forty or fifty miles away, if I had to walk back and forth on two legs every day, I would have to run all over the mountain looking for Gastrodia elata, which would probably be exhausting even if I didn't die from exhaustion.
But riding a bicycle is different. It takes less than two hours to reach a distance of forty or fifty miles.
If you go further, you will naturally have more opportunities than others and make more money.
“You haven’t seen places like Maekuan Forest Farm and Shengli Forest Farm yet.
It's close to the Changbai Mountain Reserve, and people go into the reserve to do side jobs and make more money." Xu Shiyan explained to his wife with a smile.
Su Anying didn't bother to analyze these, she only knew that she could make money.
"Just give me half of the money, and you can keep the rest.
It's up to you to buy anything at our house. You can't go back and ask me for money to buy something, right?
As a grown man, if you don’t have some money in your pocket, you will be laughed at.”
Su Anying counted the money and kept half of it for herself and gave the other half to Xu Shiyan, just like she did when she sold Niu Mao Guang before.
Anyway, she usually doesn't go out much to coax her children. Xu Shiyan does all the shopping. If she doesn't give money, where can Xu Shiyan change things?
The couple sat on the kang and talked, but no one noticed Xu Haiyuan lying on the kang.
When they accidentally turned around, they found that the little guy had turned sideways at some point.
"Daughter-in-law, did you turn over for the child?"
Xu Shiyan felt strange. He didn't see his wife touching the child just now. Why did the child turn sideways?
"No, I didn't touch him. I just changed his diaper after feeding, and I put him down to lie down."
Su Anying was stunned when she looked at her sleeping son lying on her side on the kang.
"I guess this kid turned over on his own. It's been almost three months since he saw it. It's normal for him to learn to turn over."
Su Anying has served several sisters, so she knows a lot about this.
Turning, sitting, and crawling three times is the pattern of a baby's growth. Most healthy children follow this rhythm.
“Our son was born on April 18th, and it’s already July 12th, so it’s almost a hundred days old.
I estimate that if he waits for a hundred days, he will be able to turn over everything."
"Today is July 12th? Oops, Lao Wu should have finished the exam. I don't know how it went?
I went up the mountain all day long and forgot all about serious things, so I had time to find someone to send a message back to ask."
Xu Shiyan suddenly remembered that in early July, Xu Shixiang took the college entrance examination.
When did the test results come out in my previous life? It seems that the results came out at the end of July and the admission results came out in mid-August.
"I hope that Lao Wu will go to college smoothly and have a good job in the future. He won't have to get up in the middle of the night and work in the fields in the middle of the night."
Xu Shiyan said, looking down at his son who was already asleep on the kang.
"Little guy, you have to remember that you have to study hard when you grow up.
In the future, you will get into a good university, go to work in the city, and have a wife in the city, but don't be like your father and become an old farmer."
Xu Shiyan reached out and touched his son's tender and chubby little face, revealing the satisfied smile of an old father.
In his sleep, Xu Haiyuan did not know what his father expected of his future.
He didn't know what the little guy was dreaming about, but he suddenly chuckled, which startled Xu Shiyan.
"Hey, what are you dreaming about? Are you dreaming about marrying a wife?" Xu Shiyan thought it was funny and touched his son's cheek again.
As a result, this time, Su Anying slapped her aside.
"After you wake him up, just coax him. What time has it been? If he wakes up at this time and can play until the middle of the night, who can stay up with him?"
Su Anying rolled her eyes at Xu Shiyan and said angrily.
Xu Shiyan pulled his wife into his arms and chuckled, "Why don't we do something else while the brat is asleep?"