Chapter 486 Is this more valuable than thousand-year-old ginseng?

The wild fruits from the mountains are a rare snack available these days.

Wild vegetables are also a very important resource.

An Wenjing knew exactly what would grow at what location and in what season on the mountains near the village.

Taking Chen Hui and An Wenyi with him, he walked up from the back door of her mother's house, heading east and west.

An Wenyi jumped all the way.

When I saw some wild flowers blooming on the roadside, I ran over happily to pick them.

He stepped on a loose ball of dirt and almost rolled down.

An Wenjing caught her quickly, patted the grass off An Wenyi's body and muttered:

"You should be more careful. It's not like you are not allowed to go out and have fun. Why are you so excited about going up a mountain?"

"Whee!"

An Wenyi smiled heartlessly, stretched out her hand and said, "Sister, Huahua is for you!"

"So good!"

An Wenjing smiled sweetly, took the wild flower and pinched her sister's tender little face.

"Little brat, do you miss your old life? You are so happy just picking some wild vegetables in the mountains!"

Chen Hui talked and laughed as he casually removed the weeds that An Wenjing hadn't swatted away.

An Wenyi thought about it seriously, shook his head and said, "I still like the present! We didn't have rice to eat before!"

"This kid knows very well the difference between a full meal and a full meal!"

Chen Hui smiled and rubbed her little head.

The two people continued to follow An Wenjing upstairs.

After passing Lin Jiao's vegetable garden, which is now being taken care of by Shi Lan, we went a little further into the forest.

An Wenjing led the way and soon found the firewood in the forest.

This thing grows on the mountain and Chen Hui can hardly find it.

He simply left the job of picking wild vegetables to the two sisters, and carried a basket on his back, using a machete to collect thin branches and long-leaf ferns suitable for making fire nearby.

After looking around, he called to the other side, "Wife, let me go to the front! Almost everything over here has been cut by the villagers!"

"Got it! Go ahead and follow us when we finish picking them!"

"This place is too close to the vegetable field, and it looks like they have all been picked!" An Wenjing responded loudly.

An Wenyi's giggling laughter came from the woods, and she sounded very happy.

"These two sisters!"

Chen Hui muttered something quietly and continued walking up the mountain with the basket on his back.

While walking, pay close attention to your surroundings.

In the mountains close to the village, there are no wild deer or goats, not to mention smaller animals like pheasants and rabbits.

All Chen Hui could sense was the mountain rats running past in the woods not far away.

It seems that it will be difficult to gain anything extra today.

After confirming that there was no more meat to fight, Chen Hui simply felt at ease.

He used a sickle to chop and cut here and there, harvesting everything that could be used to make fire.

An Wenjing picked the piece of firewood she had just picked.

Taking An Wenyi to another direction.

A few people kept a distance so that they could be found by shouting, and each of them went about their own business in the mountains and forests.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard An Wenyi shouting, "Brother-in-law! Come here!"

"What's the matter!?" Chen Hui stopped what he was doing and responded to her.

"Brother Chen Hui, come here! We found something special!" An Wenjing shouted.

"coming!"

Chen Hui put the sickle into the backpack and strode towards the direction of the sound.

After walking for a while and not seeing anyone, he shouted again, "Where are you?"

"Over here, there is a pine tree!" An Wenjing's voice came. Chen Hui felt it first, but there was nothing valuable.

Walked over with doubts.

"Brother-in-law, come quickly! I found a very strange mushroom."

An Wenyi saw people, trotted over and pulled Chen Hui forward to a place between some pine trees.

Pointing to the bottom of a tree, he said, "Look!"

Every year when the chicken mushrooms and porcini start to grow, the county will start to promote the idea: when picking mushrooms in the mountains, only pick those you recognize; mushrooms you don’t recognize should not be picked or eaten.

Every year there are always a few people who do not believe in superstition and will take the initiative to add materials to the publicity work.

The more publicity we do, the more the concept will be deeply rooted in people's minds.

An Wenjing pointed at the mushroom and asked, "Brother Chen Hui, do you recognize this? Can I eat it?"

"Eh?"

Chen Hui squatted down and observed carefully.

"Brother-in-law, can I eat?"

"This mushroom is so strange and hard." An Wenyi squatted aside and asked.

An Wenjing immediately educated him: "Why are you touching it? Didn't I say you can't touch it?"

"Wife, this is Ganoderma lucidum. There is actually Ganoderma lucidum in our village." Chen Hui said.

Ganoderma lucidum is not uncommon in popular martial arts novels nowadays.

An Wenjing likes reading very much and has borrowed almost all the books available in the village.

She was not unfamiliar with the word, but she had never seen the real thing.

I couldn't believe it when I saw it suddenly.

"Ah? This is the Ganoderma lucidum? So this is what Ganoderma lucidum looks like!"

"Brother Chen Hui, is this thing more valuable than thousand-year-old ginseng? Are we rich?" An Wenjing said happily.

Chen Hui laughed after hearing this and explained to her objectively:
"Ganoderma lucidum is actually an annual mushroom, and strictly speaking it is the same thing as the chicken mushroom."

"It's just that it has medicinal value and is rarely seen in the wild."

"The price is definitely much higher than that of the chicken mushroom, and it is incomparable to wild ginseng!"

An Wenyi didn’t understand what it was used for as an annual medicinal herb.

I only understood that I didn't get rich today, and I let out a long "ah" in disappointment.

"As long as it can be sold for money, it's all profit, no matter how much or how little."

"Since this thing has medicinal value, Grandpa Wu should accept it, right?"

An Wenjing quickly accepted the gap and was very happy about the extra gains.

"Don't sell this thing to Grandpa Wu. I might be able to find a more valuable way for it."

“Although the price cannot be compared with ginseng, it should still be able to be sold for a few hundred dollars.” Chen Hui thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"Who are you selling it to? Sister Juanjuan and the others?" An Wenjing asked.

Chen Hui shook his head and took out the fern leaves and softer hay from the backpack.

Press the remaining branches to make them firmer, and then put the fern leaves and trunks back.

"Pick them slowly and try not to damage the roots. Put them gently here so they won't be damaged on the way back."

As Chen Hui spoke, he turned over the surrounding soil and carefully pulled out the Ganoderma lucidum.

The roots of Ganoderma lucidum are not deep and are relatively hard, so it is very easy to get a complete one.

An Wenjing nodded.

He gave the small backpack filled with Chinese cabbage to An Wenyi for safekeeping.

The two of them worked together to pick the four or five Ganoderma lucidum around.

Chen Hui straightened up, looked at the sky, glanced at his watch and said:
"Have you enough firewood and vegetables? If you have, let's go back."

"It's almost time. We need to take these Ganoderma lucidum back and process them."

(End of this chapter)