Chapter 91: Picking Tea Seeds and Finding a Way Out
After returning from Zhangshu, Gao Mingcheng's pace of life slowed down again.
The next morning, he resumed his habit of getting up early and going to the mountains to practice boxing. Then he took out his throwing knife and successfully caught two wild rabbits.
We have been eating wild rabbits quite frequently at home recently, and a lot of rabbit skins have accumulated in the utility room. We can find time to sell them.
You don't have to go to the county town for this. There is a workshop that nitrates furs in the town. You can sell the furs in this workshop or pay someone to nitrate the furs for you.
Now it is autumn, the time when the fur of wild animals in the mountains becomes shiny. Gao Mingcheng is thinking about finding time to hunt some rabbits and foxes with good fur color.
From ancient times to the present, wealthy people like to wear fur, and good quality fur can also be sold at a good price.
While checking the condition of the beehives in the mountains, Gao Mingcheng discovered that many villagers had gone into the mountains to pick tea seeds.
His mother had a conflict with Gao Fuqiang's mother because of picking tea seeds and broke her foot.
Originally, his mother wanted to ask his brothers to find trouble with Gao Fuqiang's family, but his father did not allow it. His father was very concerned about his reputation and felt that his mother was not in the right in this matter. He was afraid that if the matter got out of hand, others would blame him, so he refused to let his sons stand up for Luo Xiaohua.
This made Luo Xiaohua very angry.
But Gao Mingcheng's act of sending ginseng and wolfberry to his family made Luo Xiaohua happy.
Early the next morning, Luo Xiaohua, who had injured her foot and was unable to move, went to a crowded place and loudly boasted about the ginseng and wolfberry that Gao Mingcheng had given her.
However, in just half a day, everyone in the village knew that Gao Mingcheng followed his boss out to sell medicine, and then used the money he earned to buy ginseng and wolfberry for his family.
So some people praised Gao Mingcheng for being filial, while others mocked him for being stupid and not knowing how to keep the money.
Since Gao Mingcheng has been living in Gao Zhuang's house recently, the villagers privately speculated that Gao Mingcheng had a conflict with his family.
But now seeing Gao Mingcheng taking out so much money to buy supplements for his parents, it doesn’t seem like they are having a conflict.
As a result, Gao Mingcheng's reputation in the village actually improved.
At this time, Gao Mingcheng was standing under a tea tree, looking at the tea seeds all over the tree, and thinking about picking the tea seeds.
This kind of tea tree is an oil tea tree, and you can pick the tea seeds every frost. The picked tea seeds are exposed to the sun, shelled, and the kernels with high oil content are collected, and then taken to the oil press to squeeze out tea oil.
In the mountains and forests owned by the brigade, there is a large area of tea trees planted, which were planted by the farm in the 1960s.
Now the farm is gone, the tea trees are collectively owned by the brigade, and we can earn some money every year by selling tea seeds.
Therefore, villagers are not allowed to pick tea from these tea forests, but it is inevitable that some villagers will pick them secretly.
After a while, vendors will come to the market to buy tea seeds. Fresh tea seeds are sold at 1 cent per pound. If they are shelled after being exposed to the sun, they can be sold for 50 cents per pound.
Gao Mingcheng also plans to pick tea seeds, but he does not plan to sell them. Instead, he plans to save more and then use them to extract oil.
Tea oil tastes sweet and is cool in nature. It is very beneficial to the development of the fetus when consumed by pregnant women; it can help children to promote qi, relieve constipation, eliminate heat, and aid digestion, and is very helpful in promoting the development of bones and iliac bones; while for the elderly, it can help reduce heat, nourish the skin, improve eyesight, darken hair, and inhibit aging. It has a good effect on chronic pharyngitis and the prevention of hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and cardiovascular system diseases.
In addition, tea seeds have a good insecticide effect and can treat ringworms and scabies. Tea dregs can also be used as shampoo and conditioner, which can resist ultraviolet rays, prevent sun spots and remove wrinkles.
You see, tea oil is a good thing, right? So in later generations, tea oil was a high-end cooking oil.
If there is something good, how can you not want it?
Gao Mingcheng didn't have any bags with him, so he ran back home quickly, took two bags and went into the mountains.
He did not go to the hillock to compete with the villagers, but ran into the deep mountains.
Perhaps because of the large area of artificially planted tea trees, there are also many wild tea trees in the mountains. Relying on his good physical fitness, he went into the mountains alone to pick tea trees. Not only did he not have to compete with others, but he also picked a lot more tea seeds.
After three days of busy work, the yard of my grandmother's house was filled with tea seeds.
Gao Mingcheng stopped only after he had picked all the fruits that could be picked.
Because there were too many tea seeds, grandma didn't dare to open the door to the yard these days, and didn't allow anyone to come in to visit.
Otherwise, others work hard and only get a dozen or twenty kilograms, while your yard is filled with thousands of kilograms. How can you not be jealous?
After being exposed to the sun, tea seeds will naturally crack, revealing the black tea seed kernels inside.
But some will not crack completely, and people have to hit them with a stick or peel them out one by one by hand.
But this is something that will happen in a few days, so Gao Mingcheng should not worry about it for now.
This day was the market day in the county town. Gao Mingcheng got up early and carried a large bag of medicinal herbs to the county town.
These were the precious medicinal materials and western medicines he bought from the medicine fair. He planned to sell them in the county town, so he had to take advantage of the market day to find a way to get them.
In addition to selling these medicinal herbs, Gao Mingcheng also planned to visit Gao Guobing's home, mainly to give gifts.
He also prepared two ginseng roots and a pound of wolfberries for Gao Guobing.
Today is not a holiday, so Gao Yue is studying at school, and Gao Guobing and his wife are also at work.
Gao Mingcheng carried a large bag of medicinal herbs and went directly to the police station.
He had been here before, so everyone in the police station knew that he was Gao Guobing's nephew. As soon as he entered the door, they greeted him warmly and took the initiative to tell him: "Section Chief Gao is in the office."
Gao Mingcheng thanked him with a smile and went straight to Gao Guobing's office.
"Uncle." Gao Mingcheng pushed the door open and greeted with a smile.
Gao Guobing was reading a newspaper. When he heard the voice, his face appeared from behind the newspaper. When he saw that it was Gao Mingcheng, he also smiled.
"Mingcheng, come to the county if you have time today. Sit down, I'll ask someone to get you a glass of water." Gao Guobing went out to ask someone to get water, and then sat opposite Gao Mingcheng.
After the last tomb robbery and the dagger delivery, Gao Mingcheng and Gao Guobing were already very familiar with each other, so he got straight to the point and said, "Uncle, a while ago I was commissioned to buy medicinal herbs in our village and sell them at the Zhangshu Medicine Fair. Then I bought some precious medicinal herbs that were not available here. The person who commissioned me asked me to find a way to sell them and give me 10% of the profits."
"But I don't have any connections, so after thinking about it, I have to ask my uncle for help."
Gao Mingcheng opened the bag he brought and showed Gao Guobing the medicinal herbs inside.
Gao Guobing checked them seriously and found that they were indeed precious medicinal materials that they did not have, including ginseng, wolfberry, cordyceps, deer antler, etc., as well as some western medicine.
He was not fooled by Gao Mingcheng's words, but asked: "Doesn't the person who entrusted you have any connections? Why did he ask you to find a connection? Who is that person? Is he reliable?"
His voice was serious and concerned, because he was afraid that Gao Mingcheng had been deceived.
(End of this chapter)
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