Chapter 25 Polygonum multiflorum
Yang Chunyan turned back excitedly and shouted, "Huai'an, come and see what good stuff I found!"
Zhou Huaian hurried over, "Let me see!"
Yang Chunyan pointed at the green vine and said, "Shouwu vine, the one growing underneath is Polygonum multiflorum. You can see the stem is already as thick as a thumb, and the Polygonum multiflorum below should be a bit bigger."
Polygonum multiflorum, also known as Polygonum multiflorum, has the effects of calming the mind, aiding sleep, and activating blood circulation.
The root tuber is what we commonly call Polygonum multiflorum.
Zhou Huaian saw a lot of pictures of unity floating in front of him, "What's more valuable, Shouwu or that thing?"
Yang Chunyan understood what he was talking about and glanced at him, "Of course it's the valuable one, do you think this is the magic medicine mentioned in the myth?
Myths are just lies. Let me tell you, the celestial herb Lingzhi that White Snake gave to Xu Xian is only a few dozen yuan per pound if we pick the best quality ones and take them to the county town.
Doctor Wang and Yang Chunyan mentioned that Ning'an has more than 2,000 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, among which the high-quality and high-yield ones include Achyranthes bidentata, Polygonum multiflorum, Paris polyphylla, Dendrobium officinale, Bletilla striata, Poria cocos, Panax notoginseng, Melia azedarach, and Dipsacus asper.
Polygonum multiflorum grows on the ridges and edges of fields. In another thirty or forty years, there will be fewer wild Polygonum multiflorum, but more artificially cultivated ones, and one kilogram of cultivated ones will only cost 20 yuan.
Doctor Wang said that wild Chinese herbal medicines are more effective because they are not subject to human interference and are not affected by various chemical fertilizers and pesticides. They grow naturally and their efficacy improves with age.
The price of wild Polygonum multiflorum is ten times that of cultivated ones. In the previous life, there was a family in the village who dug up a wild Polygonum multiflorum weighing more than six kilograms in the mountains. I heard that they sold it for tens of thousands of yuan.
The best Ganoderma lucidum here are purple Ganoderma lucidum and black Ganoderma lucidum. If you are lucky, you can pick them under the stumps of maple trees that have been cut down or broken by strong winds.
But she was really unlucky in her previous life. Others could pick a few wherever she walked. It was as if those Lingzhi herbs were deliberately avoiding her...
Zhou Huaian suddenly realized, "So this thing is not worth much! The best Polygonum multiflorum is only a few yuan per pound. No wonder no one who picks mushrooms gets rich!"
"A few dollars a pound is not good enough? I think you are too careless." Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him, "My sister-in-law and her friends also saved more than 30 yuan from selling mushrooms last year, but you are lazy and didn't save a penny."
"A few dollars a pound is actually pretty good, it's just that thing is too valuable." Zhou Huaian smiled apologetically, "I'll go with you to pick mushrooms this year."
"Stop talking nonsense and quickly get your sickle to cut the Polygonum multiflorum vine."
"Yes, my lady."
The two men cut off the vines clinging to the bushes, tied them up and put them in a backpack, found the main roots of Polygonum multiflorum, picked up hoes and started digging one each.
The rhizome was rooted very deep. Yang Chunyan was busy for a long time before she saw a round head, which was quite large. Her heart beat faster. She took a deep breath, suppressed her excitement, and carefully dug along the rhizome. It took her more than half an hour to dig out the Polygonum multiflorum.
The skin of the tuber of Polygonum multiflorum is reddish-brown, and the tuber is bumpy with irregular longitudinal grooves. It is about eight or nine inches long, with a round head and a protrusion in the middle of the lower part, which is heavy and a bit heavy to the touch.
Yang Chunyan shouted happily, "Huaian, come and see, this piece of Polygonum multiflorum weighs at least three kilograms."
Zhou Huaian dropped his hoe and walked over. He weighed it in his hand and said with some disdain, "Well, it's a bit heavy. It's not worth much. What's there to be happy about?"
Yang Chunyan looked at him and smiled brightly, "Silly boy, the small ones are not valuable, but the big ones are still valuable. I heard that it takes decades or even hundreds of years for a Polygonum multiflorum this big to grow."
Doctor Xiao Wang said that wild Polygonum multiflorum can only grow a few grams in the first year. The growth rate will accelerate in the first few years after the plant grows up, but it will slow down after five years...
It takes at least 10 years for wild Polygonum multiflorum to grow to a weight of 250 to 300 grams.
Artificially cultivated Polygonum multiflorum can generally grow to eight or nine taels in two years because of the use of fertilizers and loose soil.
"Really? Let me take another look." Zhou Huaian took it again, "Yan'er, how much can this be sold for?"
In her previous life, Yang Chunyan had dug up a fish weighing more than a pound and sold it for dozens of yuan. She had never dug up a fish this big before. "I don't know either. I'll find out when I send it to the county tomorrow."
Zhou Huaian looked like a money-grubber, "Yan'er, give me an estimate!"
Yang Chunyan calculated the amount of money the villagers had sold the piece of land they dug up. "It should be worth about a hundred yuan, right?"
"It's worth so little when it grows so slowly." Zhou Huaian curled his lips in disappointment and whispered, "Bezoar is still better. It's sold for so much money when it's so small!"
"Huaian!" Yang Chunyan looked at him and whispered solemnly, "Don't show off about selling bezoars. As the old saying goes, good wine makes people popular, and money makes people's hearts move.
If Xiong Dahai gets wind of this, he will definitely come after us. With such a large sum of money, who knows what will happen?"
Zhou Huaian looked at Yang Chunyan unhappily, "I'm not stupid!"
"You are the one with a smart face but a stupid mind." Yang Chunyan exposed him without any hesitation.
"You..." Zhou Huaian was so angry that he recalled that he had chased a cow off a high ridge and caused it to fall to its death. He felt that Yang Chunyan was not wrong and said with a smile, "Yan'er, I've learned my lesson after suffering a loss. I know I was wrong, so please don't mention it again in the future!"
Yang Chunyan didn't expect him to admit his mistake. She looked at him in surprise and said readily, "Okay! I won't mention it again in the future."
"Actually, it's pretty good to be able to sell it for over a hundred." Zhou Huaian looked at Yang Chunyan a little embarrassedly, "Let's dig that piece out quickly. Two pieces this big will add up to two hundred."
Two hundred. Zhou Huaian was stunned for a moment when he said this. Suddenly, he thought that with more than two hundred yuan, he could get more than forty yuan. Even if his wife cheated and deducted some, he could still get at least twenty yuan. The more he thought about it, the happier he felt. He picked up the hoe excitedly and started digging carefully.
Seeing his lips curled up and his eyebrows dancing with joy, Yang Chunyan knew that he had figured it out, and quickly reminded him, "Be careful, don't dig it up and rot it, otherwise it will be worthless."
"I know. Didn't you see me digging along the edge?"
More than half an hour later, a piece of Polygonum multiflorum that was slightly shorter and redder than Yang Chunyan's was dug out. Zhou Huaian happily brushed off the dirt on the root tuber and said, "Yan'er, this one weighs more than two kilograms."
Yang Chunyan looked at him with a smile, "Huaian, we were able to dig up two pieces of Polygonum multiflorum this big. Is our luck turning?"
"Can you take it off?" Zhou Huaian leaned over and kissed her on the lips. "Wife, our luck has turned."
Yang Chunyan slapped him with a fierce face and said, "Go ahead. It's broad daylight. Aren't you afraid of being seen?"
Zhou Huaian held up the Polygonum multiflorum with a sly smile on his face, "I kissed my own wife, not my mistress, so if you see it, then see it!"
"You're in your twenties, and you're still not serious."
Zhou Huaian glanced at her sideways, "Tsk~ If I were to speak in a formal manner like my elder brother, you would find it boring again."
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I don't want to bother with you. It's getting late. Hurry up and bring your backpack over. Let's pack up and go home."
"Okay! Let's go back!" Zhou Huaian put down the Polygonum multiflorum and walked briskly towards where the backpack was placed.
Yang Chunyan nodded, and the two of them loaded the Polygonum multiflorum vines into the backpack. "We will each carry half, go up the mountain to get the sacks, go back and organize the herbs, and go to the county town tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)
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