"Nameko mushroom? What's that?"
Miao Qingsong and Miao Wang looked puzzled; this was the first time they had ever heard this term.
Wu Mancang, who happened to be in the Lin family's courtyard at that moment, also overheard it.
This was the first time he had ever heard this word, and he couldn't help but feel curious.
Lin Mo hadn't expected to be able to grow fungi.
Mushrooms like oyster mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, and enoki mushrooms are easy to grow, but they can only be cultivated when the weather is warm.
When Lin Mo accidentally found frozen mushrooms in Jiguanshan that day, he thought of the nameko mushroom.
This thing is also a very cold-resistant fungus, and it grows at the same altitude as frozen mushrooms, between 500 and 1500 meters.
The old bald mountain closest to the village has been almost completely cleared by the village's logging for firewood, making it a very feasible location to build a greenhouse.
It can be planted if the temperature inside is kept above five degrees Celsius.
Since frozen mushrooms can grow in the crevices at the top of Jiguanshan Mountain, we can definitely find nameko mushrooms there.
If you can find nameko mushrooms, you can get the nameko mushroom spores.
As for the price...
Even in later generations, a pound of fresh nameko mushrooms would cost several tens of yuan, and dried mushrooms even more...
whee.
Lin Mo briefly explained to his two childhood friends the environment required for the nameko mushroom, and that if they could make it, the price of a pound of dried mushrooms would conservatively be no less than ten yuan.
"The nameko mushrooms are quite pretty, bronze-yellow in color, with a thick, buttery cap on top, and long, sturdy bodies, each about the length of a palm and the thickness of two fingers."
"It's easy to spot. If you go deep into the mountains and meet someone at a high place, you can recognize it at a glance."
The two childhood friends blinked their big eyes, listening intently and nodding repeatedly, trying to remember the characteristics Lin Mo described.
Meanwhile, two ears were pressed against the outside of the wall.
Wu Mancang and Wu Fengshou also heard it.
Wow, this kid has so many ideas up his sleeve.
Although it was just casual chatting and a few shallow words, it still made the two of them very excited.
Dried mushrooms can sell for at least ten yuan per pound?
And that greenhouse thing is something I've never heard of before.
Wu Fengshou smacked his lips and stared at his older brother, waiting for his next move: whether he would go in and chat with Lin Mo, or turn around and go back to his own home.
Wu Mancang, on the other hand, had a lot on his mind.
Being treated unfairly at work is incredibly annoying.
If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't bear to give up this secure job...
Greenhouses are used to grow valuable nameko mushrooms.
If this industry proves feasible, perhaps we can pull some strings to transfer it to the Agricultural Bureau.
If you can't fight, can't you at least run away?
If it proves feasible, then we'll ask the villages we know to try it out.
"How is it?" Wu Fengshou asked in a low voice after waiting for his brother to respond.
Wu Mancang didn't say anything, turned around and walked out, while raising his hand to beckon his younger brother to leave with him.
"If he really wants to cause trouble, you should secretly protect him in the village and prevent any obstacles or difficulties from being created for him."
"Let's see if he can really make a fuss, then call me over to check the situation."
Wu Fengshou nodded knowingly.
Unbeknownst to Lin Mo, he became Wu Mancang's experimental subject under secret observation.
“Old Bald Mountain may be bald, but it’s still surprisingly high. It’s not easy to find flat land on it.” After hearing Lin Mo’s words, Miao Qingsong was quite eager to try it out.
But even before he started working on it, he could already realize there were many problems.
Firstly, the high-altitude growing environment limits the growth of nameko mushrooms; they cannot grow on flat ground and can only grow on mountaintops.
There are also temperature, humidity, and so on.
I'd heard that this thing could only grow in the frigid high-altitude forests, and I figured there were plenty of other mountain products in the area. This thing is quite resilient and can endure hardship.
But now, trying to simulate its growth conditions feels like setting the bar too high.
"Does one have to suffer like this to survive, you slippery mushroom?" Awang joked.
After sharing his winter plans with his two childhood friends, Lin Mo abruptly changed the subject:
"I'm going on a long trip early tomorrow morning. Do you want to come with me?"
Upon hearing this, the two childhood friends narrowed their eyes wide again.
Since they were born, they have only been to the county seat and never been anywhere else.
Rural people have long accepted that they should be born and die wherever they are, and they do not yearn for distant places. Instead, the idea that fallen leaves should return to their roots is deeply ingrained in their minds.
When the topic of "going on a long trip" came up unexpectedly, the two childhood friends almost simultaneously said:
Where to?
"Heihe," Lin Mo roughly estimated.
"From our An County to Heihe, it's about five or six hundred li to the south."
Upon hearing that it was so far away, the two childhood friends immediately backed down, since even going to the county was considered far for them.
Suddenly running so far... I'm scared.
"Ahem, let's just stay at your place, enjoy the warm kang (heated brick bed), and shell some pine nuts, hehe." Miao Qingsong was the first to back down.
"Me too, hehe." Miao Wang follows his cousin's lead in everything.
If Miao Qingsong doesn't go, then he won't go either.
Lin Mo didn't mean to ask them to come and help him; he just wanted to take advantage of the rare opportunity to go out and see the world, and wondered if they were interested in going out to take a look.
If you don't want to go, that's fine, it doesn't matter.
Can I go?
Suddenly, a ghostly, ethereal sound drifted in from outside the window.
Chen Xin, wrapped in a military overcoat, was standing outside the window at some point, looking at them through the window.
The glass window was covered in hot fog, and when they turned their heads, they suddenly saw a blurry human face, which startled the three of them.
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