Chapter 118 Patrol the Mountain

Gao Zhuang's marriage was settled, and he was smiling like a fool these days. However, no matter how happy he was, he had to wait until the spring plowing season before he could marry He Xiuman.

He Xiuman's parents wanted to keep He Xiuman at home to finish the spring ploughing, so they set the wedding date in May.

Gao Zhuang also needed to prepare the wedding banquet in advance, so he agreed.

After the New Year, Gao Mingcheng's wedding banquet was getting closer. At his request, Gao Yuanjian would hold a wedding banquet for him in the early spring, and after the banquet, he could get busy with spring ploughing.

Gao Mingcheng had promised Xuanyuemei that he would buy her a sewing machine, so he specially called Chen Guolin's tractor to go to the county to pull all the things back to the village.

In addition to the sewing machine, I also bought a large iron pot, a kitchen knife, an axe, a machete, a cotton quilt, bed sheets, etc., and I almost decorated the new home in one trip.

Next, he had to go into the mountains to collect firewood in preparation for cooking.

The old house is not big enough, so the wedding banquet was held in Gao Mingcheng's new home. It is expected that there will be about 17 or 18 tables, and in addition to relatives, people from the village will also be invited.

Of course, it is impossible to invite everyone, but each family can invite one person as a representative to come for the drink. With this calculation, about twenty tables of food will need to be prepared.

Two days before the wedding, Gao Mingpeng found Gao Mingcheng, hoping that he could go into the mountains and hunt another wild boar for the wedding.

Gao Mingcheng spread his hands and said, "How can wild boars be so easy to hunt? I was lucky and only caught one twice. If you don't believe me, why don't you come with me into the mountains and hunt?"

Gao Mingpeng was speechless for a moment. He had actually gone into the mountains to hunt before. After walking in the mountains for a long time, he finally found the trace of wild boars. However, as soon as he showed up and made a little noise, the wild boars were scared and ran away. Their speed was as fast as the wind!

He couldn't catch up with the wild boars at all, and finally had to go down the mountain in disappointment.

But Gao Mingcheng had succeeded before, so Gao Mingpeng continued, "Why don't you go into the mountains and try, maybe you can catch him?"

Gao Mingcheng looked at him and knew that this elder brother was very smart. If he didn't agree to go into the mountains and give it a try, he might keep using this as an excuse.

So I agreed.

But even if he agrees, it is up to him whether to do it or not.

Gao Mingcheng doesn't want to do it!

Even though his parents agreed to pay for the wedding banquet, the gifts also belonged to them, so they did not lose money. If he also went hunting in the mountains and provided the most expensive meat, then his parents would have made a lot of money on this wedding banquet!

In fact, it’s no big deal to let parents earn some money, but it will make him look stupid!

So the next day, Gao Mingcheng said he was going hunting, and he actually went into the mountains, but he went into the mountains to check on the condition of the beehives.

After a winter, the condition of the beehives is relatively stable.

In order to obtain nectar, he moved the beehives to the tea forest, because camellia oil flowers bloom in winter and are a high-quality nectar source.

But with the coming of spring, all kinds of wild flowers in the mountains gradually bloomed, but there were not many of them yet. By March and April, the mountains were covered with flowers and the fragrance of flowers filled the air, making it as beautiful as a fairyland.

After checking the honey storage in the beehive, Gao Mingcheng estimated that the honey could be shaken once in April, and then once every two months, so the honey shaking machine should be prepared in advance.

They don't have honey extractors for sale here, but it doesn't matter. As long as you know the principle of a honey extractor and buy the necessary parts, you can ask a carpenter to help you make one.

There is no rush for this, you can arrange it after you get married.

In addition to checking the beehives, Gao Mingcheng also checked some pine trees that he had cut down years ago.

These pine trees are not used to build houses or make furniture, but to grow Poria cocos.

Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos are mostly found in pine forests, but their reproduction methods are different. Ganoderma lucidum reproduces through spores, while Poria cocos reproduces through mycelium.

Last year, relying on his good physical condition, he ran all over the mountains and picked most of the Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos, leaving the rest for reproduction.

Fortunately, he stayed. While chatting with people under the camphor tree, Gao Mingcheng learned some knowledge. He then realized that Poria cocos can be cultivated artificially, and the key to cultivation is that it requires pine wood and mycelium.

Wild Poria cocos is the Poria cocos that forms sclerotia when its hyphae spread and grow under suitable conditions. This kind of Poria cocos can be used directly as medicine, or it can be used to expand production or to isolate fungal strains.

After learning about this, Gao Mingcheng decided to plant Poria cocos and expand its production.

Our ancestors left us a method for finding Poria cocos: Look for it on red pine trees. This means that Poria cocos usually grows on naturally withered pine trees.

However, there are not many pine trees that will wither naturally. If you want to plant Poria cocos and expand production, you need to cut down the pine trees in advance to cut off their vitality. After the spring, you can transfer the Poria cocos mycelium to the pine trees for artificial cultivation.

Although he had learned the method, it was his first time to do it, so Gao Mingcheng was not very confident about it. However, his greatest advantage was his willingness to learn and to do.

Just like on patrol, after checking all the treasures hidden in the mountains, Gao Mingcheng prepared to go down the mountain.

"Black Tiger, let's go!" Gao Mingcheng called out. Black Tiger, who was having fun in the distance, heard the voice and ran towards Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng looked closely and saw that the black tiger was holding a vole in its mouth.

"Haha! You are such a busybody, meddling in other people's business! Well, you can eat your spoils yourself!" Gao Mingcheng smiled and sat down on a rock, waiting for the black tiger to enjoy its spoils.

Black tigers usually eat raw meat, but they will also eat cooked rice and bones. They will also catch some field mice in the mountains to eat.

I have to say that Heihu is quite talented in catching voles.

But the black tiger did not eat the vole immediately, but ran away again. But soon, it came back with another vole in its mouth, and put the vole in front of Gao Mingcheng. Then it looked up at Gao Mingcheng and called out in a low voice.

Gao Mingcheng burst out laughing and reached out to stroke the black tiger's head. The hair under his hand was shiny and smooth, and felt very good.

"Thank you!" Gao Mingcheng was not averse to eating field mice, and did not want to disappoint Heihu's kindness, so he lit a fire and started grilling it. The flames rose, roasting the skinned field mouse meat, and the unique aroma of barbecue gradually spread.

Next to the fire, Black Tiger also lowered his head and enjoyed his vole meat.

Gao Mingcheng had a very leisurely day, but Gao Mingpeng, who was expecting to hunt a wild boar, was not very happy. However, hunting was a matter that depended on luck, and no one could say anything about it.

Gao Mingpeng was not the only one disappointed. Gao Yuanjian was also somewhat disappointed. At dinner that night, Gao Yuanjian said to Luo Xiaohua, "I will go to the market tomorrow to buy 50 kilograms of meat and some fish. You can kill two chickens at home. Two of them don't lay many eggs, so just kill them! And make a few plates of tofu!"

"Mingpeng, go to the mountains to dig some spring bamboo shoots tomorrow. Dig more."

"Shufang, help your mother go to the fields and harvest all the vegetables!"

"Okay, okay!" The family members all responded and got busy.

I spent some time looking up information today, but the key is that I haven’t found anything particularly useful. I’m crying!

(End of this chapter)