Chapter 263 Nothing
The dug-up Poria cocos was put back in the utility room because they didn't know how to deal with it. They didn't dare to wash it, so they just peeled off the mud and put it in a winnowing basket to dry.
Zhou Silang wanted to try his luck in the mountains the next day. He tried his best to convince his father, "Look at what Manbao has found before. Which one is not valuable? Those Ligustrum lucidum trees in the mountains, my eldest and second brothers dried them and sold them for nearly one or two taels of silver last year. And then there are the yams planted in the fields, not to mention the ginger Manbao wants to plant. We can't even make that much money from farming in a year. This Poria cocos might make more money than them."
Manbao nodded repeatedly. She made her decision based on scarcity. Since Poria cocos would become extinct so early in the future, it must be very valuable, right?
"We can't abandon our work in the fields. In half a month, we'll have to harvest the wheat. After that, we'll have to harvest the beans. It'll take until August, or even September. I'm afraid we won't have time. Your eldest brother can't do heavy work, so you guys shouldn't ferment the manure first."
Zhou Wulang volunteered, "Dad, my sixth brother and I will go. We are young and can't do much at home, but we can go find Fuling."
Old Zhou fell into deep thought. Carrying mud and pushing earth was hard work. Old Five and Old Six were young after all and seldom did such work. It was no big deal for them to go up the mountain, but...
Old Zhou shook his head and said, "If this were our village's mountain, you could run away freely, but that piece has been divided among Dali Village, and those two families are not easy to deal with. You are young, what if you run into someone and get hurt?"
It has to be led by the fourth or third child.
Thinking of this, Old Zhou rolled his eyes and said, "Well, tomorrow, the fourth brother will take the fifth brother to go first. If they can find it, you two brothers will take turns with the third and sixth brothers. Remember, don't be afraid if you meet people from Dali Village. The land you share is not permanent land. They can't do anything to you if you find something in the mountains. This is not their farmland."
The brothers agreed.
Manbao felt very sorry, "It's a pity that the mountains are too far away, otherwise I could go there after school."
Everyone laughed and thought to themselves: Fortunately, they are far enough away, otherwise they would have to take care of one more child.
Koko also expressed some regret. "Although the researchers haven't seen the results of the entry yet, I have already collected its basic data. If the host also goes, I can provide you with a scan. Now that I have accumulated a lot of energy, I can already provide a stable scan of the surrounding area within 200 meters."
This type of scanning does not consume many points, and because it is in line with the original job of the collection system, this part of the expenditure can be reimbursed by the encyclopedia and does not need to be provided by the host.
But everyone, one system, just felt secretly regretful. In their opinion, Manbao’s most important task now was to study.
Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood.
Unfortunately, Koko's job is to collect organisms. It has always wanted to find an encyclopedia introducing animals and plants for its host. Unfortunately, there seems to be no such book in this era.
Zhou Silang and his friends didn't know what they had lost, and they happily went out the next day, carrying a backpack and a hoe.
Manbao was still yawning. She had stayed up late reading at Koko's place last night and was not in good spirits. She lazily waved her paws and said goodbye to her fourth and fifth brothers, wishing them to find Fuling and have their wishes come true.
Although it may not work, good words are a good sign when you go out, right?
Then when Manbao came back from school in the afternoon, Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang came back with dejected faces. Manbao ran up to them and asked, "Fourth Brother, did you find it?"
Zhou Silang pointed to the basket, and Manbao rushed over to take a look. Xiao Qianshi smiled and said, "I didn't find any Poria cocos, but I did find a basket of straw mushrooms."
"That's pretty good. Mother told me to soak the beans and make tofu tomorrow morning. I'll have your second brother take it to the county town to sell." Little Qian said, "Father and Mother are discussing having your second brother take some Poria cocos to the pharmacy to ask for the price. If you can sell it, we can look for it later."
Zhou Silang and his friends searched for the whole day but couldn't find it. Apparently, this thing was hard to find, so after discussing it with Mrs. Qian, they decided to ask the price first to see if it was worth allocating two laborers to go up the mountain to look for it every day. If this thing was worthless.
It would be better to come back and work on the compost and crops.
Manbao nodded and said, "Okay, but I have to tell my second brother that if the money is too little, then don't sell it. Bring it back to Shanbao's house and make it into Poria Cocos Cream."
Manbao thought about it and thought it was a good idea. He happily said to Xiao Qian: "Sister-in-law, Poria cocos cream is delicious, and Poria cocos cake is also delicious. It would be great if you could make it."
Little Qian said happily, "Delicious snacks are made with expensive ingredients. We can't afford them, but we can send some to the Bai family."
Qian heard this from inside, and came out holding onto the wall, saying with a smile, "That's right, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Manbao, take two pieces to the Bai family tomorrow. This thing is so hard to find, they don't eat it often, do they?"
Manbao nodded. She didn’t eat it often. She had only eaten it twice.
So the next day, Zhou Erlang took the things to the county town, and Manbao put two pieces in a bamboo basket and went to the school. Bai Shanbao looked at them again and again with curiosity.
Manbao pushed the bamboo basket in front of him and said, "This is for you."
Bai Shanbao looked at the tree roots in the basket and asked, "Why did you give me tree roots?"
“This is Poria cocos.”
Bai Shanbao was indeed Manbao's good friend. His eyes lit up and he immediately asked, "Poria cocos cream and Poria cocos cake?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, take it back and ask your cook to make it. If it's not enough, I have more at home. I'll make some for Mr. when the time comes."
She said, "It was the master who told me that this is Poria cocos."
Bai Shanbao had the impression that this was not something that people often ate, so he asked, "Where did you get it from?"
If possible, they can buy more and store it, and then make it whenever they want to eat it.
"It's so hard to find in the mountains. My fourth and fifth brothers went up the mountain and searched for it all day yesterday but couldn't find it. I just stumbled across it the day before yesterday."
“It’s so rare, can we grow it ourselves?”
Manbao thought about it and thought his idea was good. "I think it looks a bit like yam, but it belongs to the fungus family. So how do we grow it?"
Bai Shanbao looked left and right, but couldn't figure out how it looked like yam. Could it be because they are both white inside?
Koko also couldn't see how they were similar, so he was also silent.
Bai Shanbao scratched his head and said, "When the time comes, try every method?"
His eyes fell on the Poria cocos in the basket and said, "You can try to make it sprout and then bury it in the soil, or you can dig up its soil and plant it. Didn't you say it's from the Fungus family?"
(End of this chapter)
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