Chapter 261 Possible
Old Zhou's hands almost shook as he picked up the item before Manbao and asked, "What is Poria cocos?"
Manbao said seriously, "It's a medicine. It's very delicious."
Old Zhoutou: ...are there any delicious medicines?
He looked at the piece of root in his hand with suspicion.
Manbao had already snatched it from his hand, and then she picked out everything in the bamboo basket and arranged it. She said, "I'll take it to the pharmacy to sell it after I rest. I'll also ask the doctor what this Fu Shen wood can cure."
Zhou Silang leaned forward and asked, "What is Fushenmu? Didn't you say it was Poria cocos?"
"Oh, yes, the master said there's more under the soil. The Poria cocos tree must be buried there too. Fourth brother, let's grab a hoe and go up the mountain to dig."
"What else?" Zhou Silang was eager to try and asked in a low voice, "Is this thing valuable?"
She didn't know whether they were worth money, but they must be worth points. She decided to give Keke some of each and give it a living specimen. If the technical staff at the encyclopedia could cultivate it, she would get even more points in the future.
When he thought of the points, Manbao became very excited and rolled up his sleeves and said, "It must be very valuable, Fourth Brother, let's go now.
"OK!"
Old Zhou didn't stop them, but just said loudly: "Remember to call your second brother and the others back for dinner."
Zhou Silang and Manbao both responded.
After everyone left, Old Zhou squatted in the yard, looking at the two rows of Poria cocos. He stroked his chin and said puzzledly, "This thing looks familiar. Is it really valuable?"
Zhou Dalang also thought it looked familiar. "Dad, I remember there were a lot of pine trees over there in the mountains. The two charcoal makers in Dali Village all went up there to cut them. I think I've seen this kind of thing before when I went up the mountain with the third brother to look for wild mushrooms."
When it rains a lot, they eat less of the wild mushrooms they pick themselves, and take more to the county town to sell.
This thing sells very well in the county town, especially among wealthy families. It can only be found occasionally when there is a lot of rain in spring, summer and autumn.
But during the busy spring and autumn seasons, no one would take the trouble to go up the mountain to look for it, so most of the ones sold in the county town start at the end of April.
At that time, the busy spring season was over and it would rain occasionally, so people in the countryside would be able to take time out to go into the mountains to look for mushrooms.
But didn't it rain for nearly a month in May this year? By the time everyone finished their work in the fields, it was already the end of June, and the wild mushrooms in the mountains had become old. Most of the ones we found were eaten at home, and no one sent them to the county town.
But Zhou Dalang had many years of experience in searching for wild mushrooms, and Manbao specifically said that these mushrooms grew near the roots of pine trees. Zhou Dalang thought about it and actually came up with a place.
Old Zhou stroked his chin and thought, then asked, "How many days of rest does your sister have left?"
"Three days."
"Then wait until she has her day off and goes to the medicine shop. If it's really medicinal herbs and can be sold at a good price, let the third brother go to the mountains to take a look."
At this point, Old Zhou paused and whispered, "I remember all the mountains were given to Dali Village, right?"
"Yes, we split five years ago. Our two villages almost had a fight, but it was the decision made by the village head."
Old Zhou said: "Then you must keep this a secret from me. Later, let the third child carry the bamboo basket and go for a walk. If anyone asks, just say he is looking for wild mushrooms."
Even though these mountains were distributed as farmland, in fact, apart from the particularly good and straight trees in them, no one really regarded these mountains as their own property.
So no one minds the villagers collecting firewood, picking wild vegetables, looking for wild fruits, and picking wild mushrooms in the mountains.
The owner wouldn't mind if you occasionally cut down one or two pine trees for firewood.
But if you are as stupid as the two families in the neighboring Dali Village who go to other people's mountains to cut down large areas of pine trees to make charcoal, you are asking for trouble.
This was also the reason for the dispute between the two villages. They almost broke out into a fight. Although the land belonged to Zhou Dalu's family, who was not very popular, Zhou Dalang and his brothers still carried hoes and joined the fight.
But in the end, there was no fight because the village headman stopped them. He took back the land that was divided between the two families in Dali Village and divided the eighty acres of the mountain equally between the two families in Dali Village. He also allocated eighty acres from Dali Village to Qili Village, and finally divided the mountain into two parts for the Dalu family. Only then did they stop fighting.
However, there are more pine trees in that area, and pine trees love to shed leaves, so the soil is fertile and mushrooms also prefer to grow in pine forests. So except for this year, Zhou Dalang and his brothers all like to go there to look for mushrooms.
What Zhou Dalang thought of, Zhou Silang certainly thought of as well. Before getting married, he was a well-known gangster leader in Qili Village. He often did things like going up mountains and down rivers. Of course, he also knew that there were many cut down pine trees in the mountains.
Since these two clumps of Poria cocos were found under the roots of pine trees, there should be no problem looking for them in the mountains.
Zhou Silang discussed with Manbao in a low voice, "Give me a piece for reference. Tomorrow I will take Lao Wu and Lao Liu to the mountains to see if we can find some more. When you have a rest, we will go to the county town together."
Zhou Silang's eyes sparkled. "Manbao, if this thing can be sold, you have to give me some money."
"What do you want money for?"
Zhou Silang coughed lightly, looked around, and whispered, "I told you, don't tell anyone."
Manbao loved to hear secrets. He nodded vigorously, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Tell me, tell me."
"I think your sister-in-law is pregnant. I need to buy her something. How can I do that without any money?"
"Third sister-in-law is pregnant. She has been pregnant for a long time."
Zhou Silang was completely annoyed. "What does my Third Sister-in-law's pregnancy have to do with me? That's Third Brother's business. I'm talking about your Fourth Sister-in-law. Fourth Sister-in-law, do you understand? She's my wife!"
Manbao felt a little embarrassed, then felt something was wrong and said suspiciously, "It hasn't even been two months since Fourth Sister-in-law came into the house."
"Yeah, so this is between you and me. Don't tell anyone else until it's confirmed, okay?"
Manbao felt a bit stressed when he thought about having another nephew or niece. "Then I have to prepare two full-month gifts next year."
"Oh, you still remember to give the younger generation a full moon gift?"
Manbao puffed out his chest and said, "Of course. Didn't my second cousin from my uncle's family give birth to a son last month? My eldest sister-in-law is preparing a full-month gift. As an aunt, you have to prepare full-month gifts for your nephews and nieces."
Zhou Silang smacked his lips. "No way, my second cousin has another son? He already has four sons now, right? He's going to follow in our father's footsteps."
Manbao just giggled.
Zhou Silang carried a hoe. He was not sure where the Poria cocos grew underground. As someone who had done a lot of business, he knew that selling things required a very good appearance, so he decided to dig farther and deeper to ensure that the Poria cocos was dug out as intact as possible.
Manbao didn't understand either, so he naturally listened to Zhou Silang.
Manbao rolls around asking for monthly tickets, Shanbao rolls around asking for monthly tickets
(End of this chapter)
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