Chapter 7: Big brother is also an open-minded person!

The patches of chicken mushrooms stand there like a group of little men wearing hats.

Their hats are made up of soft caps with unique shapes, like small umbrellas.

There was a faint, indescribable fragrance in the air.

That is the unique fragrance of the chicken mushroom.

It's not strong, but enough to whet people's appetite.

Just standing here and looking at these patches of chicken mushrooms, you can feel an inexplicable temptation.

Little Chen Tao shouted happily, scaring the birds in the forest so much that they flew away from the treetops with flapping wings.

After the flock of birds flying overhead disappeared, Chen Tao excitedly rushed to the group of chicken mushrooms.

"Wow, Brother Xiaoran has so many mushrooms!"

"This must weigh several kilograms!"

Su Ran walked over slowly and said, "This piece weighs at least two kilograms. According to the current season and market conditions, wild chicken mushrooms can be sold for at least more than a thousand per kilogram."

Moreover, this thing will never be hard to sell. As long as you are willing to put it out for sale, you will meet someone who knows the value of it and buy it all at once.

Little Chen Tao did some calculations in his mind, and his eyes widened immediately: "Just these mushrooms can be sold for more than 4,000 yuan? Brother Xiaoran, you are amazing!"

The little brat developed a great admiration for Su Ran.

Even his classmates were envious.

"Chen Tao, your brother is amazing. He was able to find such valuable mushrooms just by wandering around in the woods."

"Chen Tao, I want to go to your place to play, is that okay?"

Chen Tao felt elated by his classmates' compliments. He also showed the boldness of a northerner and gladly accepted his classmates' invitation to go out for fun.

"But I can tell you, I didn't find this by just turning around a few times. My brother Xiaoran relied on his own abilities!"

A blacksmith must be strong himself, and this is not an exaggeration.

If it were someone else, it would be difficult to find it even if it was more than ten meters away from the chicken mushroom and even if termites were crawling all over the ground.

Chen Tao was also a little money-grubber. Before Su Ran could say anything, he couldn't wait to grab the chicken mushroom stalk with his little hands and pulled it out with force.

When he was about to pull out the second one, a cool breeze blew on the back of his head.

A slap hit me on the head.

Chen Tao threw away the chicken mushroom, held his head with both hands and cried, "Brother Xiaoran, why did you hit me?!"

"Hit you? I want to cut you!"

Su Ran said unhappily, "If you pull out this nest like this, it won't grow again next year. Do you want to make the chicken mushroom extinct?"

Little Chen Tao didn’t understand and squatted on the ground looking like a curious baby.

The students were also eager to see Su Ran demonstrate the real digging method.

Su Ran sighed, found a branch, squatted down, and gently dug up the soil under the roots of the Alstroemeria. "We can pick them just by gently digging to the dark part of the roots, but we can't just pull them out."

"Oh, I understand. We need to leave the roots of the chicken mushroom, right?" Little Chen Tao said with a pout.

Su Ran rolled her eyes at him and said, "Leave no trace of it. This is a mushroom. Are you thinking it's a flower or a plant?"

He pointed to the bottom of the root and said, "I've said it before, the chicken mushroom and termites have a symbiotic relationship. The chicken mushroom is connected to the termite fungus bed, which is cultivated by termites and has a lot of fungi growing on it."

"These fungi will grow like crazy after it rains, and then break through the soil and grow into a chicken mushroom."

"If you pull them out carelessly like you did or even dig endlessly, you will destroy the fungus bed and even the ant nest."

Little Chen Tao suddenly realized.

The students also learned new knowledge.

"So there would be no chicken mushrooms without termites, big brother?" a female classmate asked.

Su Ran nodded: "That's right."

"Ah... then my mother had thought of buying chicken mushroom seeds from the Internet to plant them herself, no wonder she didn't grow them."

Su Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Even if it really grows, it's not the chicken mushroom, but the black chicken mushroom, which is not the same species as the wild chicken mushroom at all."

The female classmate thanked him and said, "Thank you, big brother. I will tell my mom now and ask her not to worry about those black mushrooms."

Under Su Ran's guidance, the two of them finished picking all the chicken mushrooms in a short time.

At this time, the backpack was full, and even a small white hill appeared.

There was also a patch of chicken mushrooms that Su Ran had picked, and the remaining ones were not big, but they would grow after tonight.

Su Ran plans to come again tomorrow.

Looking at his little follower, he said contentedly: "Okay, it's almost noon, we have to go down the mountain. I will make you chicken mushrooms tonight."

Then Su Ran asked Chen Tao to use his mobile phone to call his grandfather: "Grandpa, is the meal ready? Let's go to the town to sell mushrooms after lunch."

"What mushroom?" The grandfather on the other end of the phone was very curious.

Su Ran kept it a secret and said we would know when we got back.

He could even guess how happy his grandfather would be when he saw such a big basket of chicken mushrooms.

When he reached the foot of Linhai Mountain, Su Ran already saw his grandfather and Aunt Wang standing outside his yard.

Because the way down the mountain was difficult to walk on, Su Ran walked in front, and the chicken mushrooms in the basket fell as they fell, while little Chen Tao followed behind and picked them up.

When they arrived in the yard, little Chen Tao was holding a bunch of chicken mushrooms in his arms, his knees were covered in mud, and he was standing in front of his mother with a big snotty nose, smiling like a fool.

At this time, Su Ran also placed the backpack in front of his grandfather: "Grandpa, take a look, is my harvest this morning good?"

The grandfather, who had just taken out his pipe and was about to light it, put the pipe back immediately after seeing the basket of chicken mushrooms. He asked in surprise, "You found all these wild chicken mushrooms?"

Aunt Wang also came over and said in surprise: "This is a lot of money."

"Mom, these mushrooms are worth more than 4,000 yuan!" Little Chen Tao said proudly, and then he talked to his mother incessantly about how Su Ran found the chicken mushrooms with his professional knowledge.

Then I explained to my mother all the things to pay attention to when digging chicken mushrooms.

Aunt Wang smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits: "Oh, Su Ran, you are really amazing. You are worthy of being a college student. What you have learned is useful in life and can make money. Unlike the girl in my family who just fiddles with her cell phone all day long." The old man was also very proud and nodded at Su Ran with satisfaction.

After hurriedly eating lunch with grandpa, the two of them rode their tricycle to town.

Before leaving, Su Ran asked Chen Tao to remember to come to his house for dinner in the evening.

The little guy nodded like pecking at rice.

Su Ran had packed up the mountain products from the sisters in the group and sent them by express, and the express delivery numbers were also sent to the group.

Su Ran was going to take the remaining chicken mushrooms to the town to sell.

In fact, the purchasing power in the town is still not strong enough. If we sell them in the city, we can get a higher price, but the road is too far and it is not affordable to ride a tricycle back and forth.

The weather was a little chilly, but the road conditions were good. Su Ran was still strong enough to let her grandfather sit in the truck bed with a basket of chicken mushrooms and they arrived in town in no time.

There was a market in the town. After parking the tricycle, the grandfather and grandson found a corner to set up a stall.

It's a small place, there aren't so many rules, and the urban management won't come.

So there are many vendors like Su Ran setting up stalls on this narrow road.

"Take a look, these are the freshest wild chicken mushrooms just dug from the mountains. They smell so good!"

As soon as Su Ran started shouting, many people were attracted over.

The main reason I was interested was because I heard about selling chicken mushrooms.

"This chicken mushroom is quite big."

"It smells really good. The mud is still wet. Was it just dug?"

Su Ran nodded and said, "Yes, I just dug it before noon. My grandfather and I took a few bites of it and then took it out to sell."

Fresh mushrooms have a better taste and a stronger aroma.

Moreover, the cap of the chicken mushroom dug by Su Ran should be smooth, without spots or damage, and the stems should be firm and uniform in color.

It is simply the best chicken mushroom.

Everyone had a full lunch and was thinking about making some fresh soup in the evening.

Some people who haven't had time to eat became even more greedy when they saw the chicken mushroom.

Without saying anything else, if this chicken mushroom is cooked and served on the table, who would still eat meat?

How delicious is chicken mushroom?

Or how delicious are these wild game products?

Isn’t there an idiom that says this?

It’s called delicacies from land and sea!
There’s a reason why wild delicacies are ranked first!
This kind of game, even if you stir-fry it with lard, the taste is still tempting!
Not to mention those who know how to cook and add all kinds of seasonings.

So immediately, many people began to ask the price: "Boss, how much do you sell this chicken mushroom for?"

"Brother, give me a discount price, I want them all."

"No, you bought it all by yourself, what should we buy?"

More and more people came to ask about the price, and Su Ran's stall was almost overcrowded.

Even some vendors setting up stalls nearby couldn't help but run over to buy some to take back.

The chicken mushroom that Su Ran picked is not only of good quality.

The size is also good.

Buy four or five and cut them into slices to make a dish.

Su Ran also paid exactly according to the market price of the game.

One thousand and twenty-one kilograms.

In this small town, the price is indeed more expensive.

There are potentially wealthy people in small places, too.

Not to mention those greedy people who are used to eating hard dishes.

In just a short while, without even anyone trying to bargain, the basket of chicken mushrooms was almost sold out.

Some people are afraid that they won’t be able to get it, so they are willing to pay an extra 100 or 200 yuan to buy it.

The old man was smoking a pipe, counting handfuls of banknotes, and smiling so hard that he could hardly close his mouth.

"Boss, I want all the remaining one thousand."

At this time, a boss dressed in a mink coat took out his wallet with a grunt.

"Brother, I won't sell these. I'm going to keep them for myself to eat when I get home." Su Ran smiled a little embarrassedly, packed up his things, cleaned up the cigarette butts around him, and prepared to go back with his grandfather.

"No, how about two thousand?" The boss in mink clothing looked like a wealthy man.

I remember eating chicken mushrooms in Yunnan once before. They were so delicious...

Now I can't help drooling just by looking at the raw chicken mushrooms in the basket.

It can be considered as quenching thirst by looking at the plum.

The old man was shaken.

In the end, this amount of chicken mushrooms was less than a pound, and I could make at least 6,500 yuan by selling them for 2,000 yuan.

Even so, Su Ran still didn't plan to sell it. After all, he had promised Xiao Chen Tao and he couldn't go back on his word.

The old man also knew that his grandson was reliable and he supported him.

Seeing that he couldn't get enough of his talk, the eldest brother asked, "So, brother, when will you come over next time? Tell me in advance, I'll be waiting for you here."

Su Ran said, "Tomorrow, there will be another patch of chicken mushrooms in the mountains. I plan to go dig them up tomorrow."

"Okay," the older brother in mink was also a straightforward person. He took out a business card from his pocket and said, "Don't bother making a trip. I'll buy all the chicken mushrooms you dig tomorrow at 2,500 per pound. Call me when the time comes and I'll drive over to pick them up in person!"

(End of this chapter)