Chapter 105 Bamboo Fungus
Taoxi Village this year.
Even Qinghe County.
Digging bamboo shoots, picking mushrooms, weaving bamboo baskets, burning charcoal...
The autumn harvest is half a month away.
They are all extremely busy.
This day last year.
The villagers still live off the land and the water.
Occasionally, I would go to restaurants and hotels in town to sell some wild game, mushrooms, etc.
But most of them still rely on one and a half mu of land to make a living.
Most of the time, we couldn't even get meat to eat.
But this year is different.
Ever since Madam Lu came to Qingshi Town and a Lu Mansion was built in the town, everything has changed.
During their free time, the villagers would go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, look for mushrooms, and even send the game they hunted to Lu's house.
Hare, pheasant, fox, snake...
Lu Qingyao's brows twitched.
All were rejected.
The once ordinary mountains and bamboo forests suddenly became treasures of the villagers in Qinghe County.
The sky cleared up after the rain.
It is the best time to pick bamboo fungus.
Jiang Miaomiao dozed off on Aunt Xiuxiu's shoulder. She got up too early and didn't get enough sleep.
My mother and aunt were pacing at the door.
Waiting for someone.
After a while, the village head's wife, Aunt Fu, and her daughter-in-law came with the villagers as promised.
"Aunt Fu, why are there only these few people?"
Lu Qingyao looked at the villagers behind them.
There are sixty households in Taoxi Village, but only a dozen people have come here.
Aunt Fu didn't know how to start.
She took her daughter-in-law to call every household, and many families either went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots or pick mushrooms.
No one wants to come.
Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't say anything, Cao Cao returned to Lu Qingyao.
"Second sister-in-law, the villagers all say that bamboo fungus is inedible, and that picking bamboo fungus is not as easy as digging bamboo shoots and picking mushrooms. No one wants to learn..."
Having said that.
But everyone knew it well, and they just wanted to know how much Lu Qingyao wanted to pay for the bamboo fungus.
More than a dozen people looked at her face.
Lu Qingyao chuckled. These villagers are really...
"Alright! Let them come with me. If the bamboo fungus we pick meets the requirements, we'll get 200 coins per pound..."
Everyone was in an uproar, their eyes lit up.
"Two hundred wen, so high!"
Liu Yu Niang was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled Lu Qingyao over and whispered in her ear, "Sister-in-law, isn't 200 wen a jin too high? It's almost as expensive as a chicken mushroom!"
Lu Qingyao replied: "Not high, sister-in-law, this thing is not easy to pick."
Liu Yu Niang was puzzled and asked, "But when we pick them and roast them over charcoal, they shrink so much that there's very little left. How can they still be tall?"
She believed that Lu Qingyao could sell it, and she had also tasted the bamboo fungus that Xiuxiu brought her, but the price was a bit too high.
Fresh ones cost two hundred coins per pound, and dried ones must be sold for one or two ounces of silver...
Too expensive!!
What kind of family can afford to eat this?
Jiang Miaomiao felt that her mother had accepted too low a price.
The bamboo fungus in ancient times was rare, difficult to pick and dry, and its growing environment was also special.
It is also shrouded in a veil of mystery.
In addition to its unique and rare taste, it also has medicinal value.
The price should be raised a bit. If you sell it at a low price, people will still complain that the product is not good.
Scarcity makes things valuable.
Only in this way can you catch the eyes of princes and nobles.
If it becomes a tribute, it will be even more incredible! !
Lu Qingyao didn't know how to explain it to Liu Yu Niang, so she just said, "Sister-in-law, this bamboo fungus has its own value. I'll explain it to you later."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Liu Yu Niang had no choice but to give up.
Now her brother-in-law and his wife have the final say in the workshop. She distributes the money from selling fresh bamboo shoots to his family as dividends every six months, and she is already very satisfied.
Although it was not her money that was spent on the bamboo fungus, she still felt sorry for her brother and sister-in-law.
Every penny is hard-earned, and she sees it all.
Someone in the crowd asked, "Boss Lu, is that bamboo fungus really 200 coins per jin?"
"It's two hundred coins, but I have to be frank. There are certain rules for picking bamboo fungus, both in terms of timing and method. Only those that meet the requirements are worth two hundred coins per catty. We won't accept any others, even at a low price." Lu Qingyao said with a serious face.
"What do you want?"
"You'll find out when you go there later. I'll teach you."
After hearing this, some of them were about to turn back and call their families, but were stopped by Lu Qingyao.
"It's too late for you to go back now. Let's do it another day, or you can teach others once you've learned it. We'll set out now and must return to Qingshi Town before noon. Don't be greedy or try to get more..."
I’m afraid that they will pick up sesame seeds and then want to pick up watermelons, and end up getting nothing.
Although everyone didn't understand the meaning of her words, they still responded in unison.
After all, bamboo fungus costs two hundred coins per pound, and people still go to pick it.
Such a good thing is what I wish for.
that's all.
The villagers of Qinghe County now have another way to make money.
Selling bamboo fungus.
One person tells ten, ten people tell a hundred, a hundred people tell a thousand...
early morning.
It was dawn.
At the entrance of Luhua Village, the Chu family.
Jiang Yunyan got up and went to the toilet.
She heard someone passing by her house, and it sounded like there were quite a few people there.
He opened the door and called out to one of them, "Aunt, what are you doing up so early?"
"Don't you know? There's a kind of mushroom called bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest behind our village. The Lu Mansion in town charges 200 yuan per pound! I have to hurry, otherwise someone else will pick it..."
"Why is her aunt so anxious? Tell me what the bamboo fungus looks like. There is such a large bamboo forest, and the thing won't run away." Jiang Yunyan held her back.
"Why don't you run away? If you go too late, it will be gone..."
The woman left in a hurry after saying this, not wanting to talk to her any more.
The Chu family was once a wealthy family, but after the father died, his children and grandchildren became lazy and indulged in food.
Nowadays, people are becoming lazier and poorer.
He didn't even think about how to make money and just stayed at home all day.
I don't even know this good news.
By the time their family realized what was happening, all the money had been made by others!
Jiang Yunyan was overjoyed and hurried back to wake her husband up.
There is a large patch of bamboo behind his house, which was planted when his father-in-law was alive. There must be the bamboo fungus that the person mentioned.
Two hundred coins, enough for his family to eat meat for several meals!
"Husband, get up quickly. We have some silver and money in the bamboo forest behind the mountain..."
Chu Yu, who was originally snoring, flipped over when he heard this, his eyes gleaming, "Where? Where is the money?"
Jiang Yunyan knew that mentioning the money would definitely wake her up, so she didn't keep it a secret.
"There are treasures in the mountains behind our house!"
Chu Yu fell asleep again after hearing this. "What treasure? It's just bamboo shoots. I've asked around, and they're only selling for sixteen coins a pound right now. I'm not going..."
"Husband, listen to me, these are not bamboo shoots, they are bamboo fungi. The villagers pick them and sell them at the Lu Mansion in town. They are 200 coins per pound. They grow in the bamboo forest. Go and ask someone."
Chu Yu became interested when he heard this, and went out after putting on his shoes and socks.
The family is now stretched to the limit. The last time I went to Jiang Yunhu's house, I didn't get anything good and even lost a pair of wild geese.
Just stop by and take a look.
I heard that my eldest niece and my younger sister-in-law all have jobs in the Lu family.
Maybe you can get some benefits.
The Lu family...
I vaguely remember that Jiang Yunze's wife's surname was also Lu.
It can’t be just a Lu, right?
Chu Yu quickened his pace as he thought about it...
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