1oo88 New Urban Farmers Chapter 135 Bamboo Cutting (First Update)
Pi Guodong, engrossed in explaining the account books, slept very late and comfortably, his body covered with a thin blanket to protect himself from mosquito bites. He made do for the night, but felt unwell the next morning. As soon as Zhang Guodong entered the tent, he zipped it up and went straight to his paradise.
In Peach Blossom Spring, a newly added Simmons bed was placed at the foot of the mountain peak, and mosquito nets were erected around it to prevent bees from attacking. Covered with a silk quilt, the air was not too damp and very comfortable.
They even carved out a small plot of land to put an office desk, a chair, a recliner, and a dining table. There's also a multi-tiered refrigerator next to the Simmons bed; it doesn't have electricity, but it can hold snacks and such. Anyway, in this idyllic place, there's no worry about food spoiling.
The main reason for putting it in the refrigerator was to prevent Big Black, Second Black, Little Green, and the Big Fool couple from stealing the honey. Old Green was alright. But these seven guys were quite restless. Besides fighting, they would tease the five little turtles, harass the beehives with crabs, and do all sorts of mischievous things. Especially after being stung a few times, Little Green was too scared to go stealing honey. Then they encouraged the Big Fool couple to steal honey. The Big Fool couple, with their thick fur, were expert honey thieves, and they kept drooling as they stared at the bucket under the pile of pebbles.
Action speaks louder than words.
When the honeycomb overflows, it automatically flows into the bucket, resulting in a full pound of honey in the bucket – a significant increase in yield. Furthermore, the wild bees collect nectar from the plants and flowers of this pristine paradise, plants that have absorbed abundant essence. Therefore, the quality of this nectar is comparable to, or even surpasses, that of royal jelly from outside sources!
Moreover, a very small portion of royal jelly is found in the beehive. This book defines royal jelly and bee jelly as two different grades, with the latter being of higher quality than the former. This is the true treasure!
However, this required Zhang Guodong to personally extract this portion of royal jelly, which had turned into a golden solid. Although it was only a small piece, it was brimming with spiritual energy and was meant for the queen bee, but she usually couldn't eat this much.
So the silly couple foolishly went to steal. But every time they got close to the pile of pebbles and the beehive, Old Green would roar at them as if teaching them.
The silly couple were very unwilling, but now that Lao Qing was the king of this paradise, they were destined to have no share of the honey!
The changes in Taoyuan are not limited to this.
Zhang Guodong has been running around and the changes in Taoyuanli are significant.
It is like a tree garden.
The century-old wild tea trees are lush and verdant. The leaves are small, tender green, almost dripping with moisture; a single breath invigorates the spirit. This tea is definitely one or two grades superior to even the finest Longjing or Tieguanyin; brewing it is an absolute must-have for longevity! Unique and unparalleled.
Home!
It's ready to be harvested!
However, the trees in Peach Blossom Spring are different from those in the outside world. Harvesting doesn't require picking all of them; only what's needed can be picked, and the rest can remain on the tree to absorb the spiritual energy of Peach Blossom Spring.
This also eliminates the need for post-harvest preservation. It's important to know that preserving tea leaves after harvesting is very difficult. However, tea leaves can remain permanently green and tender on the tree – this is what sets this paradise apart from the outside world. Outside, tea leaves must be harvested promptly, otherwise they become old leaves and lose their freshness.
Two more green fruit trees are now flourishing with lush foliage, their branches growing as thick as a baby's arm. The main trunks are also thickening gradually, and they are growing larger. Although they are far from flowering and fruiting, everything is growing rapidly.
The flowering berry tree is now bearing large, green flowering berries on its branches. They are so densely packed that it's estimated that harvesting them when ripe will easily yield sixteen or seventeen pounds.
Then there were the three trees that were planted later. One was a 300-year-old jujube tree; its green leaves had already unfurled and small yellow flowers stood proudly on the branches, very dense, and it would bear fruit soon; the 400-year-old pear tree had also grown dark green leaves, and some branches even had white flowers blooming; the 300-year-old sedum tree, with its special aroma of spices, was already spreading and its branches were shaking.
vegetable garden.
There are already twenty-two varieties, including tomatoes, large green chilies, cabbage, mixed vegetables, sweet potatoes, daylilies, dragon sprouts, wild celery, bracken, monkey leg vegetables, coriander, purslane, goji berry sprouts, quinoa, mustard greens, green beans, cucumbers, eggplants, chives, early northern scallions, onions, and potatoes!
Shuiji Garden.
The five baby turtles have grown a third larger than when they first arrived, gradually adapting to their environment. After eating their fill each day, they climb onto the pond to bask in the sun. The crabs are river crabs, and the specially enclosed earthen mounds are teeming with them. The river shrimp have grown considerably in size and number. The yellow croakers have also increased in number, but after being caught a few times, the slightly larger ones are gone. The snakehead fish is a species that Zhang Guodong has been focusing on reducing. Each time he catches them, he catches most of the adult snakehead fish, leaving only the smaller ones to grow. The grass carp, common carp, silver carp, and gudgeon are all thriving. It can be said that the pond has now become a small aquatic world!
Medicinal herb garden.
Legendary items include rare, undiscovered medicinal herbs such as Dinosaur Grass and Golden Dragon Ball: Golden Snake Grass Fruit, Purple Tai Sui, Flat-capped Lingzhi, Red Lingzhi, Iron-skin Stone Material, Flower-skinned Huoda, Snake Spirit Grass, Ginseng, Hundred-year-old Hewu, and Dinosaur Grass (ten kinds).
Precious medicinal materials: 289 kinds including Coptis chinensis, Astragalus membranaceus, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Herba Artemisiae Latifolia, Vine Rootless, Rhizoma Cinnamomi, Radix Morindae, Fructus Schisandrae, Radix Gastrodiae, Caulis Spatholobi, Herba Kudingcha, Herba Sterculiae, Cortex Eucommiae, Herba Hemerocallis, Radix Polygonati, Radix Panax notoginseng, and Rhizoma Dioscoreae.
Common medicinal materials: Gan
It can be said that Peach Blossom Spring is now thriving and brimming with treasures!
The camera pans back.
Liu Neng hesitated whether to wake Zhang Guodong. After waiting for a while, there was finally movement in Zhang Guodong's tent. The tent zipper rattled, and Zhang Guodong popped out, looking refreshed.
"Good morning, Mr. Zhang! Did you sleep well last night?" Liu Neng greeted him with a relieved smile.
"Thank goodness, Mr. Liu, is everyone up yet?" Zhang Guodong smiled slightly and looked around.
There were fewer than ten people; these people had probably gone back to continue manually moving the machine parts, while the others were waiting for him and watching him.
So he chuckled to himself, "Looks like I'm the last one!"
Liu Neng hurriedly said, "It's not too late, it's not even six o'clock yet, it's very early. I'm worried that Boss Zhang might not be able to sleep."
It's fair to say that Liu Neng is now putting all his effort into ingratiating himself with Zhang Guodong. Zhang Guodong is quite pleased with this. Although Liu Neng's wealth comes from illicit means, having someone like him working for him makes his life much easier.
"It's alright, I slept very well and I'm not that pampered!" Zhang Guodong asked with concern.
"Has everyone had breakfast yet?"
Liu Neng said, seemingly moved, "We've all brought bread and milk, so we'll make do with that until noon when another group brings pots, pans, vegetables, and meat. That should be enough for a meal, Boss Zhang."
Zhang Guodong nodded and said, "That's good! I've eaten, so don't worry about me. Are you getting ready to go into the mountains to cut bamboo? Then let's go."
After practicing his boxing techniques ten times in Taoyuan, working up a good sweat, he quickly washed up and ate some cooked food. There was also some duck, smoked chicken, and braised beef, which he ate with scallions and a little wine for lunch.
I'm quite full!
Zhang Guodong now expends a lot of energy and needs a lot of physical exertion, so his breakfast has changed from light to greasy and meaty, and he has a great appetite.
What's even more encouraging is that the injury on my leg has completely healed without even leaving a scar.
As soon as Zhang Guodong finished preparing, his bamboo-cutting team set out. Each person carried a gleaming machete.
Only one person remained at the Red Beach campsite: Master Teng, the experienced bamboo craftsman who knew how to build bamboo houses and towers. Being a bit older, he was stationed there while Master Chu, a younger bamboo artisan in his thirties, led the others in cutting bamboo.
The area around Chuandu generally produces moso bamboo. The quality is relatively high, though it can also be found in the Dinosaur Mountains.
However, we need to walk a little further into the mountains.
Otherwise, the surrounding area lacks mature bamboo needed to build bamboo houses, and most of the bamboo is young bamboo left over after people have cut it down, which is not old enough or strong enough.
After walking about a mile, the group came across a bamboo forest of about 600 to 700 square meters. The bamboo was ten meters tall and the stalks were thick; even the young ones were four or five meters long. The bamboo leaves were long, slender, full, and very lush. The growing environment here was excellent.
"Xiao Lou, go dig up some bamboo shoots. We can make a dish for lunch!" Liu Neng directed a young man to dig bamboo shoots.
Zhang Guodong heard it.
Bamboo shoots? They seem to be the young shoots or buds of bamboo? This is a delicious dish! A culinary delicacy!
So Zhang Guodong followed Xiaolou to dig for bamboo shoots. Liu Neng and the others were taken aback, then pretended not to see anything. Bamboo shoots are very common wherever there are bamboo groves here.
But Zhang Guodong is from the north.
I've heard there's bamboo in the Qinling Mountains, but it doesn't grow very tall and mostly grows sporadically, making it difficult to dig up. Besides, that bamboo is generally for wild giant pandas, so isn't it illegal to cut it down indiscriminately?
Zhang Guodong went there specifically for the bamboo shoots.
"We'll dig up some whole bamboo shoots and transplant them to Taoyuan. Then we'll have as many bamboo shoots as we need. We'll never have to worry about not having enough bamboo shoots!"
Zhang Guodong felt like a mad plunderer, wanting to take everything he saw into the paradise.
Xiao Lou is familiar with digging bamboo shoots. He basically digs away the dead leaves and thick soil, then uses a machete to cut the bamboo shoots at the root, leaving the roots in the soil so that they can continue to grow and not become extinct.
Some bamboo shoots have two or three shoots sprouting small tips together, which are generally considered to be quite tender. Of course, there are four things to consider when choosing the freshest bamboo shoots.
"First, look at the root; the mole should be red. Second, the closer the nodes are, the better. Third, the outer shell should be bright yellow or pale yellow with a slight pink tinge; the bamboo shoot should be intact, plump, and smooth. Fourth, the bamboo shoot should feel plump to the touch, with flesh as white as jade!" Bu Lou seemed shy but was very knowledgeable and answered Zhang Guodong's questions fluently.
"I've learned something new, I'll dig up a few and try it myself!" Zhang Guodong nodded and smiled.
Then cut into the two bamboo shoots that were half a foot tall to the side.
However, unlike Xiao Lou's decisive uprooting, Zhang Guodong was transplanting the bamboo shoots, so he couldn't just cut them off. These bamboo shoots were treasures in his eyes.
Each tree was dug up in a few minutes, most of them about half a foot long. And they were dug up with their roots still attached. I put seven or eight of them in my backpack.
No one raised any objection to this.
The boss is just trying something new; if you're so capable, why don't you try it too?
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