Chapter 120 The price of Coriolus versicolor has increased
The rain lasted for four days in a row and only stopped on the evening of August 26th.
Early in the morning on the 27th of the Gregorian calendar, which was July 12th of the lunar calendar, Lin Heng and Xiulan rushed to Hongfeng Mountain.
Both fish ponds were full and water was flowing out of the overflow.
"Do we need to drain all the water from the two ponds?" Xiulan asked Lin Heng.
Lin Heng was holding two pieces of plastic hose with a diameter of five centimeters that he bought from the town. Each piece was seven or eight meters long.
"No, just put in the water from the second pond."
Lin Heng shook his head and said that the first pond had been disinfected, so the water did not need to be drained and it could just be kept there.
The second pond has not been dug yet. It needs to be drained and left to dry for a day before work can continue tomorrow.
Lin Heng blocked one end of the water pipe, laid it outside the pond, and then asked Xiulan to fill it with water.
After it was filled up, he pinched the can and put it into the pond. Lin Heng opened the pipe below, and Xiulan let go. The water in the pond was automatically drained out by the siphon effect.
In order to drain the water cleanly, Lin Heng brought two pipes and used them together.
Without electricity, even if there is a water pump, it cannot be used, so we can only use this clumsy method.
Fortunately, the effect is quite good. The water was drained in one morning, and under the strong sun, if I can't work tomorrow, I can do it the day after tomorrow.
"Honey, tomorrow, July 13th, is market day. Are you going to town to attend the market?" Xiulan asked on the way back.
"No, I want to go pick mushrooms tomorrow." Lin Heng shook his head.
"That's great. You stay at home and take care of Xiaoxia. Mom asked me to accompany her to the town hospital to buy some medicine. She has been having stomach discomfort recently." Xiulan looked at him and said.
"Okay, go ahead and let mom check me out and buy some more medicine. You can give me some money." Lin Heng nodded.
"I understand. Don't worry." Xiulan nodded.
After returning home and having dinner, Lin Heng, Xiulan and their family of three went up the mountain to pick mushrooms. Since there was not much farm work to do, life was still very leisurely.
During this period, there were more tea tree mushrooms, and there were also some blue-headed mushrooms and egg mushrooms. The broom mushrooms that Lin Heng was looking for did not appear, so he estimated that he would have to wait until mid-September in the solar calendar when the temperature dropped further.
Broom mushroom, also known as coral mushroom, is a very delicious mushroom that grows in autumn.
Two Ganoderma lucidum were found, and this thing was almost stopping growing.
Lin Heng is looking forward to the temperature dropping in autumn. That’s when some mushrooms like matsutake and hericium will bloom.
If you are lucky, you can also find a lot of black truffles.
They have black truffles here, and someone discovered one last year. But since it grows underground, finding it often depends on luck.
"Hey, it's Lin Heng."
When Lin Heng was going back in the afternoon, he met Jin Yan on the road. She looked at Lin Heng and greeted him with a hint of resentment and a hint of amusement in her tone.
Not only did Lin Heng take all her mushrooms last time, but she also didn't know what trick he used. Since then, Lin Hai didn't even look at her.
Even though she took the initiative to talk to Lin Hai, he remained indifferent. Jin Yan felt that this must be Lin Heng's doing.
She felt that Lin Heng still couldn't let her go and didn't want to see his cousin having any contact with her, so he used a trick.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Heng held his daughter, looking confused. What was wrong with Jin Yan's tone? But Jin Yan didn't say anything at all, just glanced at Lin Heng.
Xiulan looked at Jin Yan, and her intention to protect the food was very obvious.
"Don't look at me like that. I wouldn't want you even if you gave me your man." Jin Yan smiled disdainfully.
She felt very superior. This was just a man she didn't like. Only Chen Xiulan treated him like a treasure.
Xiulan nodded calmly: "This is the best, it's enough for me to cherish him."
Jin Yan sneered and left.
Xiulan turned her head and looked at Lin Heng.
She never doubted Lin Heng's feelings for her, she was just simply wondering what had happened.
"I'll tell you when I get back. She probably hates me for ruining her good fortune."
Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded.
After returning home, while processing the mushrooms, Lin Heng recounted what happened last time.
He probably took all her mushrooms, and then called Lin Hai away, saying that the woman was for sale and was not Lin Hai's type, and that he might as well chase after Tian Yan or something like that with his time.
"Do you understand now? She hates me for calling Lin Hai away." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan nodded: "Understood?"
"Are you jealous?" Lin Heng chuckled.
Xiulan gave him a glare and said, "Why don't you kneel on the washboard like other men?"
"But you still have to stay away from other women, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable when I see you. You can only be mine."
Xiulan added another sentence, expressing her strong possessiveness.
"Yes, I promise." Lin Heng nodded vigorously. He didn't think this was a mandatory order, but a proof of his wife's love for him. He was very happy in his heart.
And Xiulan herself did the same thing. Except for occasionally responding to a greeting, she never spoke to the men in the village alone.
"Daddy is mine." Xiaoxia raised her little hand and held her father's hand and said crisply.
"You are my child, and you are mine too." Xiulan pinched her daughter's face and found it a little funny.
After dinner, Lin Heng read a story to his daughter and coaxed her to sleep.
"Wife, I want to eat some paper towels." Lin Heng smiled, lifted the mosquito net and got on the bed.
Soon I was eating the big, fragrant and soft buns, the kind that were so big that one hand couldn’t hold them all.
Xiulan fiercely demonstrated her possessiveness of Lin Heng and overwhelmed him with her gentle and delicate feelings.
The next morning, when Lin Heng woke up, his wife was already getting dressed. He watched with interest.
"Be good and take care of the child at home. I'll give you candy when I come back." Xiulan patted his face playfully.
Lin Heng chuckled: "Sister, I still want to eat the wrapping paper."
Xiulan gave him a glare and said, "Well, that depends on your performance."
Lin Heng stayed in bed and didn't get up. The main reason was that he was a little tired yesterday and his lower back felt a little weak.
Xiulan cooked some vegetables for Lin Heng and steamed some rice. She ate a portion herself and went into the bedroom to poke Lin Heng in the chest. “Get up and eat by yourself later. If you want to rest, eat before going to sleep. Otherwise, you’ll be hungry and your sister will be distressed.”
"Yeah." Lin Heng nodded. It felt so good to be loved by his sister.
It’s great to marry a wife who loves you more than you do, and who is considerate and caring.
Xiulan glanced at him, took out ten dollars and put it in her pocket in front of him, then went out with the backpack on her back.
"Lin Heng isn't going?"
Mother Lin looked at Xiulan and asked.
"No, he's still resting." Xiulan said with a smile.
"What a lazy guy! Let's go." Father Lin complained with a smile.
Father Lin also went to the market today. He planned to sell some medicinal herbs. There was nothing he could do about Liu Qichen's evil heart. He couldn't just take every little thing to the city to sell.
Because it had rained continuously for three or four days, many people went to the market when the weather cleared up.
When they arrived in town, Xiulan accompanied Lin's mother to the hospital to see a doctor and buy medicine.
Father Lin went to sell medicinal herbs. When he arrived at the purchasing station, he heard a lot of noise, as if something big had happened.
"What's the matter?" Father Lin asked as he walked forward.
"The price of Coriolus polypore has increased significantly. It has suddenly risen to RMB 3.5. Look at the big words written on the wall." A person nearby responded.
"The price of Coriolus polypore has increased significantly?" Father Lin was stunned, unable to believe it.
He immediately looked up and saw a few big words written in black charcoal on the gray-white plaster: Buying a lot of Coriolus versicolor, 3.5 yuan per pound! !
“Oh my god!!”
Father Lin was shocked; the price of Coriolus versicolor had really increased.
Rubbing his eyes, he looked carefully again and found that the price had indeed increased.
"No, I have to go ask." Father Lin felt that the words on it were unreliable.
I squeezed to the front and found the seller Liu Qicheng and asked, "Is it true that the price of Coriolus polyphylla has risen to 3.5 yuan per catty? Are you kidding me?"
As soon as Liu Qicheng saw Lin's father, he immediately recognized that this was Lin Heng's father, Lin Xuan.
His expression instantly became complicated, a mixture of regret and jealousy.
He really regretted it now. When Lin Heng bought Coriolus versicolor, he thought he was an idiot and crazy.
Now it seems that he is the biggest clown. If he had left some Coriolus versicolor behind, he would have made a lot more money now.
The most painful thing was that the young man whom he looked down upon transferred such a large sum of money from him.
Especially these days, he has been saying everywhere that there are fools who still keep mulberry fungus. Now these people look at him and say, oh, so this is the real fool.
"Of course it's true." Liu Qichen said this very reluctantly.
Father Lin was stunned. This information had such a huge impact on him that he couldn't recover for a while.
"Are you still selling medicinal herbs?" Liu Qichen looked at him and asked, his tone involuntarily becoming a little kinder.
"No, what's the point of selling it!" Father Lin grinned, turned around and rushed out, running all the way to the hospital.
"Dad, what happened? Why are you running in such a hurry?" Xiulan asked hurriedly.
"That's right, why are you in such a hurry? Can't you just walk slowly?" Lin's mother was speechless. Even though he is so old, he is still like a baby.
"Don't... don't talk about this. Let's go see the doctor later. I'll take you to see something." Father Lin said excitedly while panting.
"What's the matter? It's our turn soon." Lin's mother wondered why her husband was like a child today. She didn't know what could make him so excited.
"Hey, stop talking nonsense, you will understand when you get there."
Father Lin was too lazy to explain, he just pulled Mother Lin and walked out quickly, and Xiulan had no choice but to follow them.
"Really? If it's not a big deal, you'll have to bear the consequences." Lin's mother was speechless. She didn't even let him see a doctor when she was sick, so why did he come to see this?
When Lin's father brought them to the purchasing station, Lin's mother and others found that many people from the village had come here and were looking at them with strange eyes.
"Look at the wall for yourselves!" Father Lin pointed at the large black words written on the plaster in front of the purchasing station.
They all have primary school education and know these words.
"Buying large quantities of Coriolus versicolor, 3.5 yuan per pound!!!"
Mother Lin read the sentence several times in a low voice before she understood its meaning and she could not help but stand there in a daze.
When Lin's father asked them to come here, Xiulan had already guessed that the price of Coriolus polypore might have increased, but she was still stunned when she saw the specific price.
She didn't expect the price to increase so much all of a sudden, from 20 cents to 3.5 yuan, which is more than ten times the original price.
It is nearly twice as high as the original price of two yuan per pound.
Not only was Xiulan Lin's mother stunned, but most of the people in the nearby Hongfeng Village were also stunned.
Coriolus versicolor costs 3.5 yuan per pound, so Lin Heng must have stockpiled at least 1,000 pounds. How much does that cost?
Oh my god.
They simply couldn't figure it out, and had never thought about how to spend so much money in their entire lives.
Jin Yan, who was standing not far from Xiulan, was silent for a while, and was a little confused about how much money Lin Heng would make.
She looked at Xiulan in front of her left, and her eyes inevitably revealed envy and regret.
If she had agreed to the Lin family's proposal, she would be standing there waiting for everyone to envy her.
Yesterday she said that she wouldn't even want Lin Heng if he gave it to her, but now she really regrets it.
It would be better if she never had it, but she once had the opportunity, but she looked down on him because she thought he was poor.
In the end, he gave up on it, and Chen Xiulan picked it up as a treasure, and actually found a piece of gold inlaid jade.
The feeling was so sour that Jin Yan could hardly bear it. She felt empty in her heart, as if she had lost something.
"Jin Yan, why are you running so fast? Calculate it carefully and tell me how much money Lin Heng can make this time?" Liu Lan next to her said quickly.
As soon as she said this, many people looked over and Jin Yan ran even faster.
"Liu Lan, you are too short-sighted. Lin Heng has proposed marriage to Jin Yan before." Someone said with a smile.
"That's right. Why do you care how much money Lin Heng makes? He must be the richest man in Hongfeng Village. How can Jin Yan not feel uncomfortable?"
The people who were talking were somewhat gloating, they were also envious and regretful. But when they saw that there were people who were suffering more than themselves, they felt much better.
Xiulan came back to her senses, glanced at Jin Yan who was running away, then pulled Lin's mother and said, "Mom, let's go."
"Okay!" Lin's mother nodded. She felt that it was indeed inappropriate to stay here. The whole village was talking about them, so it would be better to leave first.
As they walked, she whispered, "Xiu Lan, how many kilograms of Mori Huang did Lin Heng collect?"
"A little more than two thousand pounds." Xiulan said with a smile.
Mother Lin calculated and opened her mouth wide: "Oh my God, that's not seven thousand yuan, how much money is that?"
"More than that. This is just the price Liu Qicheng gave. It should be more expensive in the city. Not only will your son become the richest man in Hongfeng Village, he may also become a millionaire."
Father Lin excitedly grabbed Mother Lin's hand. He really couldn't see through Lin Heng.
"Oh my God, I wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing." Mother Lin widened her eyes and opened her mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"We have to thank Xiulan for this. She is the biggest contributor."
Father Lin looked at Xiulan and said, "Xiulan is the only one who has always believed in Lin Heng, even though we are against it. If it were any other woman, I'm afraid that even if she got married, she would be secretly sold. Lin Heng really found a good wife."
"Yes, Xiulan has made the greatest contribution. If it weren't for you, that bad boy Lin Heng might still be fooling around out there." Mother Lin grabbed Xiulan's hand and nodded affirmatively.
Xiulan smiled, with a happy expression on her face: "Mom and Dad, you guys are exaggerating. I'm not that good."
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Not long after Xiulan and the others left, Lin Heng's father Lin Xuping and aunt Li Ping also came over quietly.
Looking at the current price of Coriolus polypore, they were stunned. They had been waiting for Coriolus polypore to drop sharply again so that they could laugh at Lin Heng. However, not only did it not drop, it actually soared.
They felt empty inside and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The two looked at each other and left silently. With every glance, the regret and jealousy in their hearts increased.
In Hongfeng Village, before Xiulan and the others returned, someone had already brought back the news.
The news of the sharp price increase of Coriolus polypore spread as fast as wings.
Village chief Zhao Xiancheng was drinking tea at home when his wife Tang Qing rushed into the house and said, "The price of Coriolus polyphylla has risen sharply to 3.5 yuan per pound. Lin Heng is going to make a fortune!"
"What!!" Zhao Xiancheng was stunned when he heard this and almost dropped the enamel pot.
Did that guy really make a lot of money by hoarding Coriolus versicolor?
He felt it was a bit unreal. He was fooling around with his son before, but now it has become like this all of a sudden.
Tian Dongfu, who also received the news, seemed much calmer: "Now we don't have to worry about Lin Heng not being able to pay the wages. It will probably not be long before we have a millionaire in Hongfeng Village."
"This is incredible. How did Lin Heng determine that the price of Coriolus polypore could increase?" Wang Qin was very confused and couldn't figure it out.
Glancing at her daughter Tian Yan who was reading in the yard, Wang Qin smiled and said, "I heard that Lin Heng pursued you before. Do you regret it now?"
Tian Yan rolled her eyes and said, "Why are you regretting this? I'm attracted to the person, not the money."
As she spoke, Lin Hai's shadow flashed through her mind.
"Hahaha, you are worthy of being my daughter. Cultural people really look at things differently." Tian Dongfu laughed.
Regardless, this was something to be happy about for him.
Before 12 noon, Xiulan and Lin's father and mother came back. Her parents did not go home and went directly to the new house with Xiulan.
"Lin Heng, you've made a fortune!!" Lin's father shouted happily as he entered the door.
Lin Heng was playing games with Xiaoxia in the room. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile: "The price of Coriolus versicolor has increased?"
"Yes, not only has the price increased, it has also increased to three yuan and a half per pound, which is a big increase." Lin's mother said excitedly.
"Haha, it's good that it's going up." Lin Heng said with a smile. Although his tone was calm, he was very excited in his heart.
Although he was reborn, he couldn't be sure that the price would increase. What if it changed due to some butterfly effect?
"Well, I won't say anything no matter what you do in the future. I really can't understand what's going on outside." Father Lin shook his head and said.
"Yes, just do what you want. Even if we lose money, your father and I will not let you starve to death." Lin's mother nodded and said, feeling that Lin Heng had really grown up and matured at this moment.
"Mom and Dad, don't think too much about it. I know you don't let me collect Coriolus fungus because you are worried about the money I have worked so hard to earn. I'm not angry." Lin Heng said with a smile, feeling a little heroic in his heart.
It’s been nearly half a year since I was reborn, and I finally got my parents’ approval.
"Brother, you have become rich."
My eldest brother and his wife also came to congratulate me. They had just come back from picking mushrooms in the mountains when they learned the news.
There were the most sincere blessings in the eldest brother's eyes, while there was envy and gratitude in the eldest sister-in-law's eyes.
I envy Lin Heng for making so much money, and I’m glad that I married Lin Yue so that I can get some benefit from him.
"Mom, Dad, and Big Brother and Sister-in-law, let's eat here at noon. Xiulan bought some meat, so let's celebrate."
Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Yes, I'll go cook." Xiulan was so excited that she forgot to cook.
After having lunch and drinking some wine, the family finally calmed down.
Lin Heng didn't dare go out in the afternoon and stayed at home with Xiulan.
If I go out, I will still be bombarded with inquiries and congratulations. I'd better wait until things calm down a bit.
(End of this chapter)
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