Chapter 360 Wild Ginseng

When winter came, Liu Yinyin also stocked up a bag of fresh sweet potatoes, a bag of potatoes, and a bag of taro.

These foods can also satisfy your hunger.

After counting the food at home, Liu Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief. There was enough food at home.

There are not enough fresh vegetables to eat. Most of the food we stock up at home is dried food, such as dried vegetables, dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, and dried seafood...

The only fresh vegetables were five pumpkins, two winter melons, and three Chinese cabbages.

There were still some vegetables in the wooden box outside, but not many. The weather was too cold and the vegetables didn't grow much, so there was not enough to eat.

The pickled mustard greens were even more scarce. Liu Yinyin hadn't made much pickled bacon recently, so the only fresh pickled mustard greens she had were purchased ducks.

There are also eggs... There are quite a lot of eggs. There are two small baskets in the cabinet, with about fifty or sixty eggs in each.

The hens at home can lay a few eggs every day, so the eggs are enough to eat.

Generally speaking, there is still enough food in the house. From now on, we can only take one step at a time.

Liu Yinyin poured out some beans and prepared to grind some tofu.

All the tools for making tofu were available at home, but before we could start, Gu Cheng came back with Gu Yanyan.

He was holding a bag in his hand...

Liu Yinyin hurried over to help: "Why don't you let Xiao He help? Your hand isn't healed yet."

Gu Cheng handed her a piece of persimmon cake and said, "My left hand is fine. I just went to the army and got a bag of Chinese cabbage and five kilograms of persimmon cakes."

Cabbage is durable and is a must-have winter food for most people.

Eating cabbage every day is boring, but it is better than having nothing to eat.

It just so happens that there is not much cabbage left at home.

Liu Yinyin didn't say anything else: "Your injury hasn't healed yet, don't worry about everything."

It's okay to go out for a walk, but the key is that given Gu Cheng's personality, he is probably still worried about the troops and this disaster...

A plate of tofu was ground in the evening, and Liu Yinyin gave two pieces to Zheng Qiangwei.

As for the remaining food, eat half fresh and steam the other half and then freeze it outside to make jelly tofu.

The only good thing about snowy days is that food can be kept longer, which is like a natural refrigerator.

For dinner, we had braised tofu and scrambled eggs with black fungus.

Time passed slowly, and after about a week, the weather gradually improved.

The snow on the ground is gradually melting, but we can't go out to the sea for the time being.

The supply and marketing cooperative was still closed, so everyone, whether they were residents of the family compound or villagers on the island, had to stay at home.

The New Year is almost here, but something like this happened. Everyone is worried.

Liu Yinyin glanced at the sky. It had been sunny these past few days.

The snow on the roads has melted and travel is not affected.

With nothing to do, Liu Yinyin took two bags of eggs, a bag of cabbage and potatoes, and a bag of cornmeal to find Brother Liu the Elder and Brother Liu the Second.

Brother Liu is fine, the army canteen is supplying meals normally.

Over at Brother Liu's place...the state-owned hotel is the same as the supply and marketing cooperative.

There is no supply of materials and the store is closed during this period.

At this critical juncture, no one would go to the state-owned hotel to eat.

Liu Yinyin found Brother Liu's dormitory and gave him cornmeal, cabbage, potatoes and a bag of eggs.

Due to the unexpected snowstorm, Brother Liu didn't have much food stored.

Liu Yinyin had previously invited Brother Liu to her home for dinner, but he did not agree.

Liu Yinyin could only send him some supplies.

"Brother, is there anything you need?"

Brother Liu did not answer Liu Yinyin's question, but instead told her about another thing.

"Little sister, there is an employee in the hotel who I get along well with. His hometown is in the mountain valley..."

As she spoke, Liu Yinyin looked around and saw that no one was around before she continued, "I heard from him that his family had recently dug up some ginseng in the mountains. Isn't your brother-in-law recovering from an illness? Do you want to buy some ginseng for him to heal?"

Liu Yinyin was stunned: "...wild ginseng?"

Brother Liu nodded: "Yes, I dug it up in the mountains."

Moreover, his friend already has the stock, but he is reluctant to say more about this.

Wild ginseng is too conspicuous, so his friend's family dug up the ginseng but were afraid to sell it in their hometown, so they sent it to him and asked him to secretly dispose of it in Qingshi.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

At that time, there was indeed no artificially cultivated ginseng on the market, and wild ginseng was not common.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yinyin said, "How much wild ginseng does your friend have?"

Brother Liu shook his head: "I only heard him say there were a few..."

He didn't know exactly how much.

It was also during this period that the island was closed due to snow, otherwise his friend would have sold the wild ginseng long ago.

Liu Yinyin said to Brother Liu: "Tell your friend...I want all the wild ginseng he has. Ask him how much it costs."

She is not short of money. For Liu Yinyin, money is not the most important thing; health is.

Wild ginseng is hard to come by, so you can buy some for Gu Cheng to nourish his body.

Liu Yinyin doesn't worry about buying fakes. She has a system. She only needs to ask the system to know how much wild ginseng is worth.

Brother Liu: "He is in the dormitory, how about we ask him to come out?"

Liu Yinyin didn't agree because she had no money on her.

"Brother, please ask him for me first. If he agrees to sell me wild ginseng, bring him to my house this afternoon and we can talk face to face."

Brother Liu: "Okay, I'll go back and talk to him."

Liu Yinyin returned home and found the piggy bank box at home.

Before coming to the island to join the army, all the money in the family came from Gu Cheng’s salary, most of which was saved.

Only keep a portion for pocket money.

After arriving on the island, it is not very convenient to save money.

Liu Yinyin put the money in the box.

She and Gu Chengdu both have salaries, and Liu Yinyin earns about 30 yuan a month.

Gu Cheng got much more than her, his allowance had increased to more than one hundred to nearly two hundred yuan.

Liu Yinyin often smuggles things out of the system, and the prices on the island are not high...

The household expenses are not that high. I have been on the island for so long, and I only spent a little more money on a few trips to Qing City.

But Liu Yinyin sold things on the black market, which almost offset her spending in Qing City.

Liu Yinyin counted it and found that there was nearly two thousand yuan in cash at home, not counting the money in the passbook.

Buying wild ginseng should be enough.

"What's wrong?" Gu Cheng saw her counting money and came in to ask her.

Liu Yinyin told him about buying wild ginseng: "It's a good thing. Buy some for you to replenish your body. If you have extra, stock up some. Maybe you can use it in the future."

The control over wild ginseng will only become stricter in the future. If you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to buy it in the future.

Gu Cheng was not a person who was inflexible, so he just asked with concern: "Is it reliable?"

Liu Yinyin was not sure now: "I'll ask my eldest brother to bring him over this afternoon, and you can help take a look then."