Chapter 82: It’s so hard every day, I’ll be in the ICU sooner or later
Although the combination is not very good, there are quite a lot of things. Wang Xiaoshan probably counted more than 10 big red mushrooms on the ground, and the chestnut tree in front of him was also much bigger than the one just now.
Wang Xiaoshan first put all the mushrooms on the ground into the basket, and then started to climb the tree to catch chestnuts. The big tree is good, and there are a lot of chestnut balls on it.
Wang Xiaoshan could knock down a lot of chestnuts every time from the tree. He felt that if he had a long bamboo pole, he would be able to harvest more chestnuts today.
In fact, when the chestnut is completely mature, the chestnut shell will crack, and many chestnuts will fall from the tree. At that time, the bottom of the chestnut tree is full of dark brown chestnuts.
But Wang Xiaoshan can't wait for that time. Generally, during the ripening season of chestnuts, all the chestnut shells will be knocked off before they crack.
Wild chestnuts are not big in size, but they are more expensive than artificially grown chestnuts. However, there are many people who like to eat wild chestnuts, and they are definitely a hot commodity when sold.
Wild chestnuts can generally be sold for about 15 yuan per pound, which is quite affordable.
When he was tired from beating, Wang Xiaoshan climbed down from the tree and put all the chestnuts he had beaten into his backpack. This time, Wang Xiaoshan found two branches to make a simple clamp, and then went to clamp the chestnuts.
Although it is faster to install it by hand, it is okay to pick up some by hand occasionally. If there are too many, you will inevitably get stuck.
Wang Xiaoshan harvested about 50 kilograms of chestnuts from the two treasure sites, and also picked a large basket of mushrooms.
Wang Xiaoshan's harvest was pretty good today, and he is not ready to leave now, mainly because he has no place to store mushrooms, and there are still a lot of chestnuts to deal with when he gets home.
Wang Xiaoshan chose a route with a few scattered red dots. On the way back, he stopped by to see what wild products there were, but 80% of them were probably mushrooms.
Sure enough, what Wang Xiaoshan encountered along the way were all very small and undiscovered mushrooms, which needed to be cultivated and picked again.
Wang Xiaoshan went home directly after getting off the mountain. When he got home, he first called Zhang Hanyang and asked the people who bought red mushrooms to come to his house as soon as possible to take away the mushrooms.
Fresh red mushrooms can only be temporarily stored in the refrigerator. There is a lot of water in the refrigerator and they will easily deteriorate and rot if stored for a long time.
If such expensive mushrooms cannot be sold, they have to be cooked and stored in the stomach. How can they be allowed to spoil?
Wang Xiaoshan picked out all the big red mushrooms, and then placed some relatively small mushrooms on the large wooden board used for drying mushrooms at home. The quantity was too small and could not be sold for a lot of money. All the mushrooms that could be dried were dried for easy storage. More than 40 minutes later, Zhang Hanyang's best friend arrived at Wang Xiaoshan's house. Today he picked more than 3 kilograms of large red mushrooms. The other party wanted them all, and if there are more in the near future, he would like more.
Wang Xiaoshan asked a lot. It turns out that Zhang Hanyang's best friend's wife is going to give birth soon, so she wants to buy some big red mushrooms and dry them herself, so that she can make chicken soup after giving birth.
There is little rain this year and the mushroom yield is not high. Some mushrooms that cannot be cultivated artificially are very difficult to buy, and the price is much higher than in previous years.
In fact, Zhang Hanyang's best friend called Wang Xiaoshan last night, but Wang Xiaoshan didn't pick up the phone, so he asked Zhang Hanyang to contact him quickly in the morning.
I earned 3,000 from 3 kilograms of red mushrooms. This business is okay. It would be very objective if I could earn more.
Today I picked a lot of Maitake. Wang Xiaoshan kept half of it, and let his grandfather take the rest to the mushroom harvesting place and sell the rest. The total sold was less than 100 yuan.
After the mushrooms were sold out, it was time to peel chestnuts. Wang Xiaoshan found a tong and several pairs of gloves at home.
It is actually very easy to peel off the thorn shell on the outside of the chestnut. There is a cross on the thorn shell. Just use scissors to cut along the cross to peel off the outer skin and then take out the chestnut.
You can also use two feet to step on the thorn shell, and then rub the thorn shell away with force. Anyway, there are many methods.
Some of the viewers in the live broadcast room today wanted thorny ones, and some wanted them without thorns. Wang Xiaoshan had no choice but to peel half off and leave half.
Wang Xiaoshan wore several layers of gloves with his left hand, grabbed the prickly shell of the chestnut with his left hand, and cut it open at the cross with scissors with his right hand.
Some of the chestnuts he took out were milky white and some were brown. Wang Xiaoshan was peeling them when the flying squirrel ran out of the house.
Flying Squirrel saw the chestnut peeled by Wang Xiaoshan in the basin and reached out to take it. Wang Xiaoshan quickly took the basin away. This was for sale. Even if he scratched it with his furry paws, he didn't know if there were any bacteria.
Wang Xiaoshan put the basin on the stool, took out a chestnut from it and placed it on the ground. You can eat it if you want, but you can't harm the basin.
I saw Momonga sitting on the ground, hugging the chestnut with his two front paws, and started to chew it. He finished one in the blink of an eye. He ate so fast.
Wang Xiaoshan would feed one to the flying squirrel while peeling it. Sometimes, before Wang Xiaoshan had finished peeling one, the flying squirrel had finished eating both, and after a while, the shells were spat out all over the ground.
Wang Xiaoshan was afraid that Flying Squirrel would eat too much and cause problems, so he wouldn't give you any more. Unexpectedly, once Flying Squirrel stopped giving you any more, he would pull you with his two front paws like a dog.
Wang Xiaoshan gave Flying Squirrel a few more chestnuts, but Flying Squirrel's appetite was astonishing. He ate at least more than 10 just now. After eating, he crawled on the ground and fell asleep without even returning to his nest.
In more than an hour, Wang Xiaoshan peeled more than 20 kilograms of chestnuts with thorny shells. After sweeping the floor, he put on his backpack and took the chestnuts to the county for delivery.
More than 20 kilograms of chestnuts with thorns were finally allocated to 12 kilograms of chestnuts, which cost 18 yuan per kilogram. There were more than 26 kilograms of chestnuts with thorns, and the price was 9 yuan per kilogram. A total of 450 was sold.
Only about 1 catty of chestnuts can be extracted from 2 pounds of thorny chestnuts, so the thorny ones are relatively cheaper.
After delivering the express, Wang Xiaoshan rode home. I will definitely be able to eat delicious mushrooms when I go home today.
After returning home, grandma used fresh Grifola frondosa to make Grifola frondosa grilled pork ribs, and used Huanghua flowers to make Mushu pork.
I cooked two dishes today, but not all of the yellow flowers I picked were used, and some were left by grandma to dry in the yard.
The fragrance of Grifola Grifola is overflowing. Cooked Grifola Grifola is very delicious, crisp, tender and refreshing. It tastes a bit like shredded chicken. You will never get tired of eating it, but the price is a bit expensive.
After dinner, Wang Xiaoshan chatted with his grandfather and learned that there were many people in the mushroom harvesting place today. Many people from the village went to the mountains to pick mushrooms, and even some people from other villages came.
No wonder Wang Xiaoshan just picked up a few mushrooms on the mountain. The emotional mushroom picking army came, it’s so crazy.
Wang Xiaoshan has only two choices tomorrow. If he wants to pick mushrooms, he has to get up earlier than a chicken, or he can avoid the crowd of mushroom pickers and walk farther away, or walk deeper.
In the end, Wang Xiaoshan chose to avoid the army of mushroom pickers. He couldn't have his cake and eat it too. He got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog. He stayed in the ICU in the morning and evening every day.