Fan Jin really didn't expect that he hadn't planted an orange tree!
The mountains in Shanshui Village are not high, just small hills. There are no precious timbers on the mountains, mostly miscellaneous trees and common trees. There are few fruit trees and the fruit is not tasty.
Shuiqing wanted to eat fruit, and all kinds of different fruit. It would be a good idea to gradually replace the miscellaneous trees on the back hill with fruit trees, which would also be more practical.
However, if fruit trees are to be planted, the villagers will inevitably find out, so it's something that can't be done secretly.
During that time, he would buy orange trees in the prefectural city—Guangning Prefecture was famous for its oranges, so it had the most orange trees. He would pack them up and transport them back, and then, at the place he had arranged with Shuiqing, he would load them with the good varieties of peaches, pears, bayberries, grapes, etc. that she had bought from the market.
After planting peaches, pears, bayberries, and grapes, these orange trees naturally couldn't be ignored either. They were all fruit trees, so they were probably not much different from each other, and were planted along with them.
I never imagined they weren't orange trees!
"It's not an orange tree, what is it? And, Uncle Ding, look, they're all bearing little oranges."
Although it is still green, unlike the yellow color when ripe, its shape is already beginning to resemble a small orange.
"Moreover, the person who sold the orange trees told me that these are large oranges with thin skin and sweet fruit. He said that he had too many of them on his mountain, and it would be a waste to cut them down for firewood, so he had to sell the fruit trees with a heavy heart."
They also said these orange trees were several years old and would bear fruit the following year, and sure enough, they did this year.
Ding Heli looked at the 'orange tree' laden with fruit in front of him. After the previous torrential rain, many small fruits had fallen, which was equivalent to thinning the fruit. The remaining fruits were growing very well.
He just didn't know whether to sympathize with Fan Jin for being cheated by buying a fake orange tree, or to envy his incredible luck!
"These are not orange trees, but they look similar to orange trees and the fruit is also very similar. This is called tea branch mandarin orange. You probably don't know it and may never have heard of it."
Its fruit has a thick, sour peel that's not very tasty, but you just need to know that the dried peel is called Chenpi (aged tangerine peel), which is a medicinal material, and the longer it's stored, the more expensive it becomes.
Fan Jin truly never imagined that orange peel could be used as a medicinal ingredient.
By the way, it's not an orange tree anymore; it's called a tea branch mandarin orange, and the fruit it bears isn't orange peel but dried tangerine peel.
Ding Heli felt that his mood fluctuated too much during the trip up the mountain!
It's one thing to have He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) before, but to be tricked into buying fruit trees that turned out to be tea branch tangerines is just... indescribable.
After the two descended the mountain, they ran into Shui Qing and Qin Yilin, who were coming out of the teahouse after chatting for a while.
Qin Yilin excitedly told them that there were yams on the back mountain of Shuiqing and that she had agreed to cooperate with the two families.
Ding Heli: .....He Shou Wu is one thing, Cha Zhi Gan is another, but why does it also produce yam!
Wait, you're saying our family is in charge of preparing it?
Qin Yilin nodded vigorously.
Ding Heli wanted to cry but had no tears.
His silly wife, you agreed too soon!
You only know that yam is easy to process, but did you know that there is also Polygonum multiflorum on the hill behind his house?
It was incredibly complicated and incredibly arduous!
Looking at her husband who seemed about to cry, Qin Yilin asked uncertainly, "Honey, are you just excited?"
No more searching for herbs all over the mountains and fields; they can process medicinal materials at home and earn money. The key is that they can also hire the women in the village to work under the name of Shuiqing.
They can delegate the simple but extremely tiring washing and scrubbing tasks, focusing instead on management, just like they did in Nanjing.
Shui Qing can take the lead, while the other two can stay behind and focus on controlling the key moments.
Ding Heli pursed his lips, looking at Yilin with sorrowful eyes, wanting to ask her where she could tell he was excited.
He told her about finding He Shou Wu on the back mountain of Fan Jin, and his wife, who had been all smiles, suddenly lost her joy, her face darkening like the stormy weather of the past few days.
Qin Yilin pouted, feeling a little like crying.
Her comfortable and happy days are over!
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