Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 146 Tree Chicken Mushroom

Lu Jiansheng had just picked out two large handfuls of Gastrodia elata. Over there, Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu had also picked out seven or eight Gastrodia elata.

Lu Jiansheng raised his head and continued to look for Gastrodia elata.

Suddenly, at the base of an oak tree not far ahead, there was a bright orange-red cluster, with overlapping pieces. At first glance, it looked like a rooster's comb, which attracted Lu Jiansheng's attention.

This is a clump of arborescens. The arborescens is a specialty of Bai Chang Mountain and a very precious mountain delicacy.

Although most edible mushrooms in the mountains are not very beautiful and bright in color, the "tree chicken mushroom" is different. It grows on the stems and roots of oak wood, and its color is orange or orange-red.

The colors are bright and eye-catching, and the shapes overlap and basically overlap, much like the "cockscomb" of a rooster.

It tastes very much like chicken breast, so people in the mountains call it "Tree Chicken Mushroom", hence the name. Tree Chicken Mushroom is full of color, aroma and flavor. It is yellow with a touch of red and is very beautiful.

Moreover, it tastes tender and crispy, full of mushroom flavor, thick meat, high in protein and low in fat. It tastes delicious when young, rich in nutrients, has the same origin as medicine and food, is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can regulate the body, improve health and resist diseases.

The growing season of the tree mushroom is from late spring and summer to early autumn. The growth cycle is relatively long. It is easy to eat when young and is very durable when grown.

The best time to pick the tree chicken mushrooms is April or May. This time is just right. Lu Jiansheng started to pick the tree chicken mushrooms immediately. Unfortunately, there were not many tree chicken mushrooms. These were only enough for one or two meals. Lu Jiansheng finished picking the tree chicken mushrooms in a short time.

Then Lu Jiansheng started digging Gastrodia elata again. There were many bushes and grasses in this area, and Gastrodia elata was mixed in the bushes. It was difficult to find it without looking carefully.

After finding two Gastrodia elata plants, Lu Jiansheng knelt on the ground and began to dig up the Gastrodia elata attentively.

"Brother Jiansheng, I found five more Gastrodia elata plants here!" Lu Erniu shouted excitedly to Lu Jiansheng.

"I also found three plants here!" Liu Shengli's voice came quickly.

"Hurry up and dig! This is all money!" Lu Jiansheng replied.

Then he warned again, "Look carefully, maybe there are some around here."

"Okay." Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli agreed and got busy digging for Gastrodia elata.

Under each Gastrodia elata plant, there is a large nest of Gastrodia elata cubs, at least four or five big cubs, and some small ones remaining.

After Lu Jiansheng dug out two Gastrodia elata plants, he slowly searched around with the two Gastrodia elata plants as the center, digging through the grass and searching carefully.

After a while, I found five more Gastrodia elata plants.

"Brother Jiansheng, there are too many Gastrodia elata, what should I do if I can't put them down?" Liu Shengli asked Lu Jiansheng with a tangled face.

Just after digging platycodon, the sack brought by Lu Erniu was already full. Now each person has dug more than twenty Gastrodia elata, and there is no room to put them.

Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli were reluctant to throw away Platycodon grandiflorum.

Although platycodon is very cheap, they have worked hard to dig it out.

"You're lazy again, bring a sack next time."

Lu Jiansheng smiled and took out a sack from his backpack and threw it to Liu Shengli.

They went up to the mountains to hunt. Normally, the sacks that Lu Erniu brought would be able to hold small prey. Large ones would be carried directly back, so there was no need for so many sacks. Fortunately, Lu Jiansheng has been packing them since he bought the backpack. Have a spare.

"Okay!" Liu Shengli responded and took the sack to pour.

After Lu Jiansheng dug out five Gastrodia elata plants, he found two more clumps of arborescens. Unfortunately, these two clumps of elata were too small.

It had just grown out, so Lu Jiansheng could only give up regretfully, then remember this location and come back in a month or two.

There are really a lot of good things in this place.

I dug two more Gastrodia elata plants and prepared to end the work of digging Gastrodia elata for the time being. Judging from the weather, it was probably past noon, and I was very hungry. I finished my meal before continuing.

"Sheng Li, Er Niu, eat first, then continue after eating!" Lu Jiansheng shouted loudly.

Although the trees on this hillside are somewhat sparse, the shrubs are very dense. The three of them were digging Gastrodia elata in the shrubs and could not see each other at all, so they could only shout loudly.

"coming!"

Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli responded in the bushes. Lu Jiansheng returned to the pond with his backpack. By this time, the campfire had been extinguished, leaving only some sparks and smoke.

Lu Jiansheng opened fire and then pulled out the mud balls of the beggar's chicken.

Break open the mud ball to reveal the tender pheasant meat inside, and the hot chicken gives off a rich aroma.

After removing the mud, Lu Jiansheng turned around and washed his hands in the nearby pond. He took out the wild onions he had just pulled out and washed them clean.

This pond is living water. Mountain springs flow into it to form a pond, and then flow from the pond to the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu also came over carrying sacks.

"Go wash your hands and eat! You're done eating. Work harder." Lu Jiansheng greeted with a smile.

Lu Jiansheng took out the single cake Bai Ruoxi had prepared for him from his backpack.

Wrap wild onions in a single pancake, then tear off a chicken wing, take a bite of the pancake, eat the chicken wings, and eat deliciously.

After Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu washed their hands, they also sat over and took out the dry food they brought from the cloth bags on their waists.

Lu Jiansheng took a look and saw that it was a mixed noodle pancake.

Although Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu have made money, and Liu Shengli's family also eats white flour, not everyone is like him and can eat white flour single pancakes every day.

Lu Jiansheng didn't say anything else. He tore off the two chicken legs and handed them to Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu: "Here, I'll reward you guys!"

"Why reward us?"

"Er Niu, you are stronger and do the most work. I will reward you with a chicken drumstick."

"Sheng Li is not bad either. You dug a lot just now. I will reward you with a chicken drumstick!!"

Lu Jiansheng said with a smile.

"No, no, we followed Brother Jiansheng into the mountains. We already took advantage. You are very capable. You eat the chicken legs, and we can eat some other meat!"

Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu waved their hands. "Okay, don't refuse, I'll give it to you, just take it!"

"Eat quickly, I feel like there is still a lot of Gastrodia elata in this piece. Let's get back to work after eating!"

Lu Jiansheng gave the chicken legs to two people.

"Brother Jiansheng, you are so kind to us."

Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu then took the chicken legs and ate them deliciously.

"Brother Jiansheng, this pheasant meat is so delicious!" Lu Erniu said happily with his mouth full of oil.

"Haha! Follow me from now on, I'll make you tired of eating chicken legs!" Lu Jiansheng said.

"OK!"

The two nodded quickly.

The three of them ate a pheasant among themselves, then each drank some water, and then got up to work without resting.

Gastrodia elata, at least one piece per pound, is more expensive when dried. Although the money does not sound like much compared to the four to five hundred per piece of grass gallbladder, but in 1983, how much was a worker's monthly salary?

Even in a big city like Ha Giang, the average salary is no more than thirty yuan.

They had just been digging for a while. Together, the three of them dug up almost a hundred kilograms of gastrodia elata, which could be sold for at least 100 yuan, which was higher than the wages of people in the city.

The three returned to the place where they found Gastrodia elata and continued to search for Gastrodia elata.

Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli were looking for them as hard as they could get chicken blood.

Soon, Lu Jiansheng discovered another Gastrodia elata.

Good guy, this Gastrodia elata plant is really not very tall, it is more than two meters high.

You know, the average Gastrodia elata is only seventy or eighty centimeters tall, and some artificially cultivated ones are only about one meter tall.

This Gastrodia elata is considered a giant among Gastrodia elata.

If it hadn't been for Lu Jiansheng's kick, he would have almost ignored it.

Now that you have discovered it, what else can you say?

Just dig right in!

There is a saying that blinding such a big man is in vain.

This sentence is also applicable to Gastrodia elata.

With the two-meter-high Gastrodia elata, Lu Jiansheng thought he could dig up a few more big ones.

As a result, Lu Jiansheng dug up everything within three feet of the surrounding area.

But in the end, Lu Jiansheng only dug up four large Gastrodia cubs, and then some smaller ones.

Put the Gastrodia cubs into the backpack.

I don’t know if all his previous good luck has run out. After digging up this big Gastrodia elata, Lu Jiansheng didn’t find any more Gastrodia elata for a while.

But the harvest was quite fruitful, especially since the platycodon in the front field had not been dug yet.

Moreover, Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli also discovered Platycodon in the north. Although Platycodon is not as valuable as Gastrodia elata, although the mosquitoes are small, they are still meat! And the quantity is larger.

However, we can't dig today. It's getting late.

Lu Jiansheng said: "Let's go! It's getting late, hurry up and go home!"

"Yes, go home!"

Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu said excitedly.

Then Lu Jiansheng and the others carried the sacks and set off on their way home.

Lu Erniu was very strong, so he was asked to carry the largest number of sacks.

Lu Jiansheng and Liu Shengli resisted less.

But these are not light. Next time I dig platycodon, I will bring the red deer with me.

Lao Hei and his six dogs led the way, and the three of them followed behind and returned.

What Lu Jiansheng didn't know was that just as they were preparing to leave, Wang Dagui and four other people not far away from them were still looking for prey in the mountains.

These kings and nobles go out early and come back late, hunting in the mountains every day. They have no choice because the Wang brothers were short of money due to Liu Chengbao's incident some time ago.

"Brother, it would be great if we could kill the blind bear like the Jiansheng brothers."

Wang Ergui said.

If you can kill a blind bear like Lu Jiansheng did, you can not only fill the hole in the Liu Chengbao incident.

The remaining money can be used to build a yard and give the third son a wife.

The Wang family is a small family in Liuligouzi Village, but the brothers work together. Now, of the three Wang brothers, only the third is unmarried.

Their strategy is to first focus on getting the eldest brother married, then focus on finding a wife for the second eldest brother, and then the third eldest brother.

I originally planned to build a house for my third son and marry my daughter-in-law within this year.

As a result, the Liu Chengbao incident happened. Not only did the third child lose his house, but he also lost the money to marry his wife.

　Thanks to book friend Hai Weiyue for the tip...

　　

　

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