Song Anxin saw something flash through her mind, but before she could grasp it, she heard Lin Erxi's voice from above:
"Second Aunt, I noticed the vine rope on the side wasn't very secure, so I went to find some new vine rope nearby, but we don't need it now! Look who found it!"
Song Anxin looked up and saw Qingshan and Qingfeng. Qingshan said:
"Madam and the two young ladies, do not be afraid. I will bring you up right away. Qingyu has already gone to inform the others."
Song Anxin only felt a blur of light from Qingshan and Qingfeng, and they had landed safely. Dacao and Xiaocao clapped their hands with joy:
"Wow, it's flying! It's flying! Uncle Qingshan Qingfeng is amazing!"
Song Anxin: ...Is this the magic of lightness skill? I really want to learn it, but it's too late. She was crying inside.
However, they came up too quickly, and she didn't have time to check if there were any more silver ear fungus down there, so she asked Qingshan to take her down again.
After going down, she and Qingshan carefully searched the pit and found some rotten wood with many silver ear fungus growing on it. Song Anxin was overjoyed.
She and Qingshan picked the silver ear fungus and put it in their baskets before coming upstairs. At this time, Qingyu had already brought Brother Lin, Sister-in-law Lin, and their group.
Brother Lin, Sister-in-law Lin, and Da Xizai carefully checked Da Xiaocao from head to toe, and breathed a long sigh of relief after confirming that the two were really alright.
Sister-in-law Lin patted her chest frantically, "Oh dear, you two brats, why did you run off to such deep mountains by yourselves? You scared your grandmother half to death."
Lin Daxi also looked shaken. "Big Grass, Little Grass, remember, you must never run around on your own again. You scared your mother to death."
The two little grasses knew they were wrong, and they quickly patted their mother and grandmother's chests, saying:
"Grandma, Mom, we won't run around anymore. Xinxin is here, Xinxin is alive again."
"Grandma, Mom, Xinxin is here, Xinxin is alive."
The little grass also learned from it in a soft, sweet voice.
Sister-in-law Lin and Erxi's group were immediately amused by the two children's innocent remarks. Seeing that everyone was laughing, Da Xiaocao quickly brought out the flowers she had picked:
"Mom, Grandma, here are some flowers for you. They're pretty flowers, we picked a lot of them."
Brother Lin, standing nearby, was startled when he saw the flowers. He picked one up and examined it closely.
"This... I've never seen it before, but I've heard people say it's shaped like a chrysanthemum and as white as silver. Could it be... could it be..."
He was somewhat unsure.
Song Anxin chimed in, "Big brother, that's right, this is indeed silver ear fungus. Da Xiaocao stumbled upon a treasure by accident!"
Sister-in-law Lin asked in confusion, "Oh my, what kind of flower is silver ear fungus? Why is it considered a treasure? You know, it's quite pretty."
At this time, Fengnian Fengshou and Song Mei also arrived after receiving Qingyu's message. They breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw that Da Xiaocao was alright. Their group split up to search.
When Granny Wei and Granny Sun, who were following behind, saw the silver ear fungus in Da Xiaocao's hands, their eyes widened.
"I...I...I can't believe my eyes! Are the young lady, her uncle, and her aunt holding silver ear fungus?!" Granny Wei exclaimed in surprise.
"You know this old woman with silver ear fungus too?" Sister-in-law Lin asked.
“Oh my, how could I not recognize something so precious? Half an ounce of this stuff is worth tens of taels of silver! The silver ear fungus that you, Uncle, and Miss have is of such high quality, it’s even more valuable.”
Granny Sun added, "Silver ear fungus is a luxury item for high-ranking officials and nobles. This one, which is of excellent quality, is even more priceless and has a market value of over a hundred taels of silver."
Keep in mind that in an era when the average annual income of ordinary people was only two taels of silver, one hundred taels of silver was equivalent to a household with ten thousand yuan in the 1970s and 1980s.
When Sister-in-law Lin heard this, her mouth dropped in shock. She quickly and carefully picked up the "flower" in a flustered manner, her hands trembling as she did so, afraid that she might break it.
"What, what's this called, this precious white fungus! Oh my, oh my! This is like a pie falling from the sky and landing on my family's grass!"
Lin Erxi was immediately overjoyed, "There are seven or eight of these! That's almost a thousand taels of silver! Mother, are we rich now? Hahaha..."
She laughed wildly.
Although the two girls didn't understand what was going on, they understood "fa cai" (发财), which meant "very rich." So they excitedly echoed their aunt's call:
"Get rich! Get rich! Lots of money in the house...to buy lots of delicious food..."
Song Anxin laughed at their antics and said, "It can indeed fetch a considerable sum of money. I've found some here too, thanks to Da Xiaocao."
Sister-in-law Lin immediately came over and said, "Sister-in-law, how do you plan to sell them? We'll go with you. We country folk don't know the market, so we don't get ripped off without even realizing it."
Song Anxin shook her head, "I don't plan to sell it, I plan to keep it and grow it!"
When she went down and saw those broken trees, the thought that had flashed through her mind suddenly became clear: silver ear fungus can grow on its own!
Moreover, since this thing is so precious in this era, why doesn't he grow it himself? Besides, silver ear fungus is also a fungus and can be cultivated and planted like mushrooms.
Brother Lin, Sister-in-law Song Meifeng, and Granny Wei and her group were all stunned.
"This, this precious silver ear fungus can be grown?! I've never heard of such a thing before!" Granny Sun's face was full of disbelief.
Granny Wei also said, "Yes, I've never heard of it either, but it's not necessarily true that the lady can do it. We know how capable the lady is; she can even grow mushrooms in winter."
Thinking of this, everyone went from disbelief to anticipation, and they were also proud to be following such a capable master.
After his initial shock, Lin Fengnian's eyes lit up with eagerness. He said, "Mother, how do I plant this? I'll definitely plant it well!"
Seeing her eldest son's excited expression, Song Anxin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll teach you when we get back!"
Sister-in-law Lin finally snapped out of her shock. "Oh my! If this precious stuff could be grown, it would be a never-ending source of money!" she thought. "Maybe I should ask my sister-in-law to teach us." But no, no, even though she was her sister-in-law, she couldn't just ask her for the method so casually. That would be shameless! Even if her sister-in-law was kind and generous enough to give them the method, they didn't have her skills, and they might even fail.
Oh well, never mind.
Brother Lin was overjoyed and thought the same way; he couldn't be so shameless as to ask for someone's method.
Lin Erxi knew perfectly well what her parents and older sister were thinking. She said speechlessly:
"Then let my second aunt grow our family's white fungus. Consider it an investment by our family."
"Hehe, you know how Second Aunt uses that word, right?"
Song Anxin smiled and nodded. Erxi was quite receptive. She had more or less guessed what her older brother and sister-in-law were thinking. In fact, if her older brother and sister-in-law had suggested planting together with her, she would never have refused to give them the method. She knew that her older brother and sister-in-law were kind and honest and did not like to take advantage of others. Even their own younger brother and sister-in-law were always very considerate.
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