Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 194 Stone and Matsutake

Cheng He picked a bunch of fruits and was so happy that he could eat slowly when he went back.

Carrying half a basket of wild fruits is not very heavy, and he can still wander in the mountains and forests.

For some reason, he thought of the part in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", where Fa Ge stood in the bamboo forest like a celestial being, with that spirit of a fairy family, that momentum of a sect.

Then, he also got excited, and stretched out one toe like that, standing on a slender branch, and then swayed his body with the branch.

It feels really interesting.

Fa Ge was hanging Wia, but he didn't, and he didn't even need to do special effects, so it was saved.

Cheng He floated from this branch to that branch, it was a little funny to think about it, it was so naive.

There are still many birds in the forest that don't need to migrate, fluttering their wings in the forest, and some of them are watching Cheng He not far away.

They may have never seen human beings before, and they don't know what a terrifying creature human beings are, and they are still watching with their necks tilted not far away.

Cheng He secretly regretted that if his daughter was here, he should be able to summon these birds.

But he can't do it himself.He just needs to be louder to scare the birds away.

Of course, if he wanted to catch it, with his speed, of course he could catch it.But what's the point?As long as my daughter makes a slight move, these frightening birds will obediently flap their wings and fly over.

This is the gap.

He couldn't help feeling a little envious of his daughter.

Well, bring her next time.

Cheng He couldn't help but smile when he thought of the way she was having fun in Ocean Park last time.

Ocean Park is very small. If the entire Yunxiao Mountains were built to the scale of Ocean Park, how many amusement facilities can be set up in it!
Look at the flow of people in Ocean Park. If Yunxiao Mountains can also have such a dense flow of people, I don’t know how much money it can make.

Then he thought about it, ahem, forget it.

The Yunxiao Mountains belong to him alone.that's all.

If Xiaolian Mountain, which is the closest to Peach Blossom Village, is developed into Ocean Park, it will be more or less the same.

Anyway, some developers are already thinking about it, and I hope it can develop.If Xiaolianshan can be as popular as Ocean Park, Taohua Village can also be popular.

After playing for a while, Cheng He asked in his heart: "Are there any gems, pearls, agates, etc. around here?"

He felt that these things should be good.After all, if you haven't seen it before, looking at it now can also increase your knowledge.

Oh no, Pearl has seen it before.

Then he denied it again, can artificially bred pearls be called pearls?

Since you are here to find treasure, then look for the best.Artificial breeding does not count.

Cheng He felt the movement in his body, and after a while, he saw a golden circle of light decompose and float forward slowly.

He followed suit.

Whatever it is, it won't run in vain anyway.He thinks this kind of questioning method is very good, at least you don’t have to try everything!
Why didn't I think of it before?

The golden circle of light floated to a certain place, and then stopped moving.Cheng He rushed forward and found a stone—the stone was grayish-yellow in color, very inconspicuous, with dark red faintly showing through some parts.not sure what it is.

Well, whatever it is, it must be something good anyway.

He knew a little about the theory of gambling on stones. Some stones are not surprising on the surface, but after being cut, there may be treasures hidden inside, such as emeralds, agates and so on.

So Cheng He was confused again. He asked so many questions just now, so what is inside this stone?
Forget it, let's get the stone back first.

The stone is a bit big!

After weighing it, it probably weighs at least sixty or seventy catties.

He only brought a bamboo basket, and the bamboo basket can only hold a few kilograms of stuff, where can it hold this?

Do you want to carry a stone back today?
He's not afraid of being heavy, it's just ugly behind the back!He carried a rock down the mountain, if someone saw him, think about the scene, tsk tsk tsk...

People will definitely think that he has water in his head.

Where is there no stone?Want to carry a piece off a mountain?
Forget it, carry it first, and put it down when you get to the place.

On the way back, after passing a pine forest with leaves, Cheng He stopped and asked again: "Is there any matsutake or truffle in it?"

The thief is not empty-handed!
Anyway, everyone is here, if there is a date or not, it will be a shot.

When I watched "Bite of Tongue" before, I saw the picture of fried matsutake and felt very delicious.

At that time, I heard the anchor say that this thing costs more than 1000 yuan a catty, and I thought it was really too expensive.How much does it cost to eat a bowl?
When passing through a pine forest today, he suddenly thought of this, so he asked by the way.

With luck, he soon followed the aperture to find some.

Just a small clump, probably less than a pound.But the size is not small, the length should be more than ten centimeters.

Fry it yourself at night. I heard that it is good for people and contains a lot of nutrition.

Only after digging this thing did Cheng He feel a sense of accomplishment.It's not a bad trip.

In fact, he remembered that he had read some knowledge about matsutake before. This is an extremely rare fungus, and its nutritional level and rarity are both extraordinary.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the "king of bacteria".

This kind of fungus has extremely strict requirements on the growth environment, and the growth process is also extremely slow, generally taking at least five or six years.

The most important thing is that the whole world has not yet overcome the problem of artificial cultivation.

Even though Japan has studied matsutake for many years, and the research level of matsutake is at the forefront of the world, it has not overcome this problem.

It is not suitable for artificial cultivation at all!

In addition, in recent years, due to the deterioration of the environment and large-scale predatory picking by humans, wild matsutake resources have been depleted day by day, and the global matsutake production has been decreasing year by year, so the price has continued to rise.

"Bite of Tongue" said that it costs more than 1000 a catty, which is already the price a few years ago.

Moreover, this thing is divided into grades, special grades, and the price is even more difficult to estimate.

The high requirements of matsutake on the growth environment, coupled with some of its growth characteristics, also caused the reason why it cannot be artificially cultivated.

This thing is very strange, the mycelium can only grow after meeting various conditions, and it is not until five or six years later that the mycorrhizal grows a fruiting body—that is, matsutake.

However, a matsutake that took five or six years to grow will begin to age after 48 hours, and its nutrition will be fed back to the roots and soil of the pine tree, and its own nutrition will lose its effectiveness.

The matsutake that loses its effectiveness is called old matsutake.

It's useless to pick such old matsutake.

I don't know if anyone has sold such old matsutake for money, to some people who can't see it.

It doesn't matter if you don't mention these.There must be.

It can be said that Cheng He is very lucky now.

The ones he found have grown for five or six years, and they haven't reached their aging period yet, and if he comes back tomorrow, he may not be able to pick them.

In places where matsutake is abundant, people "scramble" to pick matsutake like a war, and send it to the market for trading within four hours after picking.

After the transaction, the matsutake will be cleaned in the shortest possible time, put in the refrigerator, and then shipped out of the country by air, and then sold for several times the price.

It doesn't stay fresh very long, so everything needs to be done fast.

More than 1000 yuan a catty!

Cheng He was speechless in his heart.

He thought, if only he could have a way to grow matsutake.

Others may not be able to, but he has special abilities!

It's just that he can't think of how to grow matsutake by himself.

Forget it, put this question in my heart first, and see if I can think of a solution in the future.Go back now.

Putting a handful of matsutake back into the bamboo basket, and carrying the big rock on his back, he started to rush home.

When he got to a place where no one was there, he put the stone in an unobtrusive place first, and then walked back slowly.

When he got home, he put away his things. Kindergarten was still early, so he simply sat in front of the computer and studied matsutake.

Sure enough, the growing environment of matsutake is really difficult. It can only survive by the roots of pine trees.The pine trees must also be over 50 years old, and some cypress and oak trees are needed to provide nutrients.

All the conditions have been met, and it needs rainy days. The rainwater will wash the bacteria that just fell on the roots of the pine trees to the soil, so that they can survive.

Even if these requirements are met, pest control, natural damage, etc. are still required.

It can be said that a successfully grown matsutake is a miracle of nature.

Oh, it's not easy!

Cheng He only thinks that nature is really great. After seeing so much, he doesn't know how to grow matsutake.

He is also getting more and more clueless now, wondering if he can figure out a way.

The alarm clock rang, and it was time to pick up the kids.

If you can't think of something, don't think about it first.He put this question in the back of his mind first, and didn't think about it for now.Maybe when an idea strikes, there will be a solution?

Now go pick up the kids.

The kindergarten will have winter vacation in a few days, and the little girl won't have to get up early every day.

I looked at the weather outside. It was windy and the temperature dropped again. It might rain in a while.

Cheng He brought a fur cape for the little girl, in case it rained, it would keep her warm.

Walking on the road, the phone rang with a "ding dong".

He guessed that the classmate group was clamoring for red envelopes again, but he took out his mobile phone and saw that it was from Jiang Yutong.

She sent a smiling expression, and then said: Mr. Lu will have an annual art exchange meeting in a few days, and the address is in the provincial capital. Do you want to come?

In a few days... it's time for the little girl to go on winter vacation.

Cheng He knew that this was something he asked her a few days ago.The old man Lu she mentioned may be her grandfather's old friends.Jiang Yutong said that letting Cheng He go over must be to give him a chance to introduce him to them.

As for whether he can impress them, it's up to Cheng He himself.

Cheng He was very happy. He didn't expect Jiang Yutong to work so hard and get news so soon. He immediately replied: "Okay."But can you tell me what I'd better take with me?
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

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